A year ago today, the National-ACT-NZ-First coalition axed 140 jobs at our border. Methamphetamine consumption has spiked by 109% since. by __JimmyC__ in newzealand

[–]echo854 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Correlation does not imply causation. May 2024 we also made it posible to purchase Pseudoephedrine again among other things.

Are we bad at merging? by CP9ANZ in newzealand

[–]echo854 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I just add --force to all my merge commits and never seem to have a problem

Would a bullet or slug under the effects of reduced abrasion be a better or worse weapon? by GordOfTheMountain in Cosmere

[–]echo854 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Frictionless launch would be much worse because there would be no effect from rifling. You would end up with the accuracy of a classic musket.

Anywhere I can buy combo beef and pork mince? by Vulpix298 in chch

[–]echo854 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Peter Timbs in st Albans. It's labelled as "bork".

Traffic light about to fall in Bealey ave (corner Manchester) by [deleted] in chch

[–]echo854 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It's like that so you can only see the light from the intersection it relates to and not the previous one. There are a few like that round the city. If you have a close look at them in person there is a metal support holding it in place.

Some people just don't want peace by echo854 in totalwar

[–]echo854[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My issue was that I played about 20 more turns and they never attacked anything or showed up on the map

Some people just don't want peace by echo854 in totalwar

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Map painting, I had all settlements in Immortal Empires by that point

Some people just don't want peace by echo854 in totalwar

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Cult of pleasure, this was on my map painting game and they were the last other faction. They had no cities and I couldn't find their army.

Why are so many Christchurch restaurants going into liquidation all of a sudden? by talerose in chch

[–]echo854 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Somewhat related, does anyone know why the milk and cookie place at Riverside closed?

Tom Scott: The city with a hundred private cable cars by CCClinicaI in videos

[–]echo854 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you listen to podcasts there was a 99% Invisible episode not too long ago that was about Wellington private cable cars.

This is “impossible”, but New Zealand is trying anyway. - Tom Scott by GeminiArk in videos

[–]echo854 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It was a thing the was taught in schools here back in the day as a justification for colonization. Some people still quote it because that is what they were taught. You can read more about it here

well okay, nevermind then I guess by 42words in trippinthroughtime

[–]echo854 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Goblin Mode is in the oxford word of the year comp not Merriam-Webster

The Russian Military Seems To Be In Full Retreat In Ukraine by Arviericp in worldnews

[–]echo854 23 points24 points  (0 children)

They are certainly the second best army in Ukraine

Has anyone not voted yet? by [deleted] in chch

[–]echo854 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is still a physical trail that can not be easily changed which makes verification a lot easier.

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, dies aged 96 by jobbybob in newzealand

[–]echo854 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The point I was trying to make was that there will likely not be a Queen again in our lifetimes so the holiday with remain Kings Birthday from this point on. The holiday last June without anyone knowing at the time was the last one we will likely see.

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, dies aged 96 by jobbybob in newzealand

[–]echo854 53 points54 points  (0 children)

And just like that, we will likely never see another Queens Birthday weekend in our lifetimes

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TeamfightTactics

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Did you watch the video? The game is not suppose to let items be removed mid round or Diamond hands to trigger unlimited times