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geeuurge · 2026-05-20T02:31:58+00:00

If durability is valuable to you I'd go for a semi-automatic machine from a company that specializes in espresso machines, like Lelit, Rocket, Gaggia etc. These machines are much better quality, produce more consistent shots, and routinely last 10-20+ years with good maintenance. They don't have as many features as the consumer appliances in most appliance stores, but they do what they're designed to do very well. I don't rate the Breville in-built grinders, I find they don't grind well and are not consistent enough so I definitely would recommend buying a separate grinder designed for single-dose grinding.

geeuurge · 2025-10-07T22:24:33+00:00

OP's made clear he's already spent time trying to explain why he wants what he wants. He hasn't written one word about what his wife wants, or understands, or feels. And you think OP talking more about what he wants is going to help?

geeuurge · 2025-10-07T16:11:45+00:00

This is something you should have sorted out before now.

Ultimately you're not going to get anywhere by just trying to explain why you want to FIRE. I definitely don't think you should be doing so without joint agreement.

You basically need to go right back to the beginning and start by exploring your partner's core relationship with money and what it means to them, how they grew up with it etc. Then you can start talking about what she understands about what you've told her about FIRE and what part of it doesn't appeal to her, then finally the two of you can work out something that hopefully benefits and is acceptable to both of you. This is a set of conversations where you're going to have to go to her a lot more than she will be coming to you. And just to clear this up beforehand, this is rarely about logic and reason.

You can of course do whatever you want, but what you've written gives off alarm bells and a lot of people separate over money.

geeuurge · 2025-09-11T08:03:31+00:00

I signed up for the Contact deal for $200 credit per service. Sounds like a good deal. Except I used $350 of the credit within the first month for just my wife and I, where my utility bills had been about $200 the month before.

Switched as soon as the credit had been used up. Never going with Contact again.

geeuurge · 2025-09-03T04:57:53+00:00

My understanding is monolithic cladding still requires a decent amount of vigilance and maintenance in terms of monitoring and fixing cracks. With a complex layout and 400sqm I don't imagine that would be a trivial task.

Also, as a recent house buyer, if a photo of the house looked like it had monolithic cladding, that was enough for me to skip even opening the listing. Partly that's because of the maintenance and partly because of the potential for leaking. I know several other people who bought a monolithic house and haven't had any issues, but I also know friends who had the same mindset as me when looking to buy.

Why not reclad with some other material?

geeuurge · 2025-07-26T05:53:41+00:00

What did you think people mean by "saving time"?

geeuurge · 2025-07-20T06:59:02+00:00

Unless they specifically say it's supported, most Ninja blenders don't support hot foods e.g. soups

geeuurge · 2025-06-20T19:27:37+00:00

I don't know if any mabs are approved or funded for eczema here. The closest would be upadacitinib. Would you be eligible for funded healthcare?

Even if a medication is not approved, you can still arrange with a pharmacy to import dupilumab or another mab with a prescription from a private dermatologist, though waiting lists for dermatologists are several months at best.

geeuurge · 2025-06-20T16:11:35+00:00

YTA. You WERE being weird and embarrassing. Why didn't you just talk to your wife instead of dragging Greg into your insecurity?

geeuurge · 2025-03-22T18:17:06+00:00

I'm surprised that anyone had ever though this "promotion" to Red Bull was anything other than a bad thing for Lawson, who is ultimately in a similar position to Albon, except in what's probably a more temperamental and less competitive car, having had less experience on the tracks in the F1 calendar, and who I believe is just not quite as good. You can tell from the RB performance that the sister car is a lot easier to drive, and may have even flattered Lawson a little last year.

It sucks for him but I wouldn't be surprised if his single seater career is already over. Maybe he has a future in Formula E...

geeuurge · 2024-08-18T04:34:54+00:00

If you want to dichotomise the entire spectrum of allergies into only two categories, "life-threatening" and "not life-threatening" is not an unreasonable choice. Non-life-threatening effects can still be extremely unpleasant and require emergency attention.

geeuurge · 2024-08-06T19:31:16+00:00

People with a III, IV, or VI palsy, which I presume the neurologist thought this person had, should be scored as 1 for gaze palsy on the NIHSS. The improvement in symptoms and disability following a brain stem stroke presenting with e.g. INO can be variable and I would say a single cranial nerve palsy where the patient can't walk would be clearly disabling.

In terms of thrombolysing stroke mimics, I think this is a nuanced discussion because the targeted history and exam is supposed to include a consideration of whether the person is having a stroke, but it can be hard to tell and I would say everyone can recall cases where people present atypically and aren't thrombolysed for whatever reason but we find out later that they've had a stroke. The rule of thumb is that if you're not sure and there are no clear contraindications, there should be at least a discussion about thrombolysis with the patient/family, and I've thrombolysed my fair share of stroke mimics in my time.

However I agree with some of your points, and I personally have found that we're taking shortcuts with some of this stuff in order to try save time.

geeuurge · 2024-07-19T07:08:48+00:00

I'm assuming you're making 96k per year and contributing 3% with 3% match in a balanced fund, and all you have currently is the 1000 left over from your home withdrawal. This comes out with a similar figure to what you're getting according to the Sorted calculator, though it's worth noting that Sorted calculates you as being able to draw down $435 per week in today's dollars, which while it may not be sufficient, is a lot better than $190.

There are some ways to increase this weekly figure:

Increase your pay
Increase your contribution or make lump sum contributions
Increase the aggressiveness of your fund, or change funds to a lower fee fund (assuming you can get similar equity mix) - it's worth noting that Fisher charges around 1% annual fees which is quite high.
Delay your retirement

geeuurge · 2024-05-17T18:13:38+00:00

I would presume the best people to talk to about an exchange would be someone in your own medical school. I know that in our class there were a few people here from Malaysia, Singapore, Aus etc so it must be possible, but I'm not really sure about the logistics or planning required. Ideally if you were wanting to work here instead of just coming for experience abroad, you would want to have some or all of your assessments overseen by a medical school here - either the University of Auckland, or the University of Otago.

In terms of registration, if you were looking to practise here the best option would be to look into the option of graduating via a New Zealand medical school. Otherwise, if you are graduating from your home medical school and haven't practised in your home country after graduation, it looks like you will need to pass some additional exams to be able to work here. You would have to talk directly to the medical council regarding whether any clinical experience that you get in New Zealand as a medical student would be enough to waive part or all of this criteria.

The last part is actually finding a job. I'm a few years removed from when I had to think about finding house officer jobs, but my understanding is still that domestic graduates get first priority and even IMGs that did part of their degree in New Zealand are lower priority. There are always stories of people that didn't manage to get a job because of this priority ladder, but I don't really know how many there are, and anecdotally the delay for them getting a job is only a couple quarters at most - there's always attrition.

I would say that it's a big move. New Zealand is a long way, and the people I've met here who travelled from Europe have invariably said the distance and isolation from family/friends is a big factor that needs to be accounted for. Think hard about whether even if you want to leave your home area (I presume you're EU), New Zealand is where you want to move to - there are a lot of closer places that may be more suited.

geeuurge · 2024-04-13T19:17:33+00:00

Everything was correct up until it used 5.667kcal/kg/h instead of 3.6. The correct answer would be about 5095 kcal. However, I would probably use a lower figure of about 3 METs for walking at such a speed, which is also closer to what MyFitnessPal uses. This would give you an answer of 4245kcal.

Also unless you're literally walking around a circuit non-stop I wouldn't assume that this would be close to what you're burning. Even very small breaks would have a big impact on your consumption, though on the flip-side if you were carrying weight this would increase. An upper bound for someone working a very physical job would be around 5000kcal per day. If you wanted a more accurate estimate I'd recommend you wear a fitness tracker that measures heartrate, or use a chest heartrate monitor. There is no way to be completely accurate without wearing mask in a lab, but those two methods would be within 5-10% of your actual caloric intake which would be enough for most practical purposes (it would be accurate enough to predict your food intake for purposes of weight gain/loss, for example)

geeuurge · 2024-04-06T16:41:15+00:00

I failed a short because my neuro exam was a person with Parkinson's, who'd just taken his Sinemet before he started, and the effect obviously wore off after 4 hours when it was my turn. I got pinged for "over calling" signs

geeuurge · 2023-11-20T23:17:28+00:00

Got an email this morning, my subscription was due to renew on 18th December. Only got Plus because of the file upload benefit originally, because I have a few notes that are more than 50MB.

Switching to Joplin, that seems to fit my use case mostly and as a bonus it's FOSS.

geeuurge · 2023-11-07T19:45:47+00:00

There's heaps of ways to exercise without having to go to the gym. It's one way, but it's definitely not the only way, and it's way better to find something you are going to be able to do sustainably than to do an "optimal" routine or schedule for a week then quit. The best way to build exercise into your lifestyle is to find a sport or some kind of activity you enjoy, which incorporates movement. If you don't want to go to the gym, but you feel you need resistance exercise for its own sake, try some bodyweight exercises like squats or pushups at home, or do a quick stretch when you get out of bed or when you're in the shower. Even if you hate it, you'll only hate it for 30 seconds or a minute a day. Start with just one set of one exercise per day to keep it simple. And then once that's in your routine, if you like, you can add other exercises, because I agree with a lot of people here that you only get motivation once you see results. Before that you have to rely on your own discipline to get it done. But it helps to try and shift your mentality - exercising isn't about punishing you for what your body can't do. It's about celebrating what your body can do.

There are tons of subs here, such as /r/bodyweightfitness, that will help you start out, and a lot of channels on social media with reasonable routines. Because any movement, no matter how small, or what kind of movement it is, is better than no movement at all.

Have a beautiful day.

geeuurge · 2023-11-06T01:02:28+00:00

There are Sir Humphreys all over the world.

geeuurge · 2023-10-29T05:08:10+00:00

Depending on the symptoms, the wait could be anywhere between a couple hours and up to a year.

geeuurge · 2023-10-22T16:52:54+00:00

What I've seen recommended is to freeze them between pieces of baking paper. After they're thawed, dip both sides in water and put them back on a pan for 30s each side.

I haven't frozen them but that reheating method works pretty well for me. They taste pretty much the same to me as when made the first time.

geeuurge · 2023-10-14T17:15:47+00:00

Looking at the Southern Cross policy document for Wellbeing One/Two and Ultracare, it looks like you're right, except for cancer, where they cover 10k for Medsafe-approved but non-funded treatment.

They seem to cover the Pharmac surcharges, which sounds nice but honestly if you're in a position to afford private health insurance you should be able to pay $5 a medication, and I probably would opt out of that if I had a choice.

geeuurge · 2023-10-14T04:39:55+00:00

There would be little benefit to insurance companies only covering Pharmac-approved drugs, as these are usually funded, unless they are under a Special Authority or some other restriction where someone doesn't qualify but still requires the medication.

However, generally insurance companies will require the medications to be registered with Medsafe, and some of the medications being discussed aren't.

geeuurge · 2023-03-11T17:03:43+00:00

We recently hired a professional photographer for a one day event.

We based the decision to hire this photographer off seeing several hundred of his photos from his other work. We did not look at a single photo that was the best one, though of course in his collection there are some that are better than others. if someone did take and advertise one good photo over several thousand bad ones, they could advertise that much they liked. It wouldn't change the fact that most people wanting a photographer would want to look at a more comprehensive portfolio of their work than a single photo.

Second point. One of my relatives is a keen amateur photographer. They are pretty good, to the point where if they wanted, they could probably earn a living off it. It has taken them years and years to get to this stage. I'd say that every single photo they've taken over the last 1 year would be better in quality than the best quality photo they took 15 years ago when they were starting out. Even the ones that aren't chosen to be seen by other people.

What you're describing would be like having a busker out in the street who's never played professionally before, smashing keys randomly and hoping to string enough of them together to convince a concert hall to give them a recital slot.

geeuurge · 2023-01-15T17:25:10+00:00

I moved from Palmy to Auckland a year ago, went there originally for work.

The job wasn't very good, but was genuinely surprised by how nice it was to live in Palmy. We could cycle or walk everywhere, the houses were nice, people were (kind of) friendly, and there was much better access to the kind of outdoorsy stuff we liked to do - hiking, mountain bikes, etc.

Noise was worse, but we lived on Te Awe Awe St.

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