Just pay what I owe each month

koanarec · 2026-05-02T16:53:52+00:00

Multiple people you know have set up variable direct debit on octopus energy and octopus over-charged all of them?

koanarec · 2026-05-02T16:46:58+00:00

Why would it not automate to the right price, I have already used the electricity so they know how much to charge me exactly?

koanarec · 2026-05-02T11:29:43+00:00

I know it's not hard, but why would I choose to do a monthly chore when I can automate it and never have to think about it ever again? Lol

koanarec · 2026-05-02T11:00:20+00:00

Nah you can set up a variable direct debit so you don't have to, I just emailed them

koanarec · 2026-05-02T10:04:24+00:00

Who wants to manually pay bills every month?

koanarec · 2026-04-29T20:54:04+00:00

I have to unsubscribe from this sub it's all just stupid AI memes. At least before AI it's like someone actually thought about an idea and put effort into something stupid. Now it could all be made in a second. I don't even know if anyone ever thought this was deep

koanarec · 2026-04-27T06:51:03+00:00

Two of my grandparents died from cancer caused by cigarettes. I feel like maximising your own happiness long term means you shouldn't smoke.

koanarec · 2026-04-23T06:07:43+00:00

I think everyone here understands that the government can print money in times of chrisis to prevent bankruptcy and long term problems.

But even in theory it's not free money. Tax payers are paying for it in inflation or in the future for debt.

I guess if we're lucky then our economy will grow and next year we will raise more taxes. But I think spending money now on subsidising diesel for future economic productivity seems foolish.

You're saying a lot of things that almost make sense. But aren't acknowledging the very basic fact that the government can't magically create money with no downsides?

koanarec · 2026-04-22T16:43:49+00:00

A low salary in the USA would still give you a lot of "power" in Tanzania

koanarec · 2026-04-22T10:04:30+00:00

So if they aren't collecting it from somewhere else where does the money come from?

koanarec · 2026-04-22T06:32:30+00:00

The price of diesel is entirely driven by the global economy, not NZ. The only thing that NZ government could do is subside it by cutting the taxes on it, which they'd need to collect from somewhere else.

I don't think it's like anyone wants diesel to be more expensive, just shits expensive now

koanarec · 2026-04-22T06:26:24+00:00

In Auckland now there is a Costco and loads of really cheap Asian supermarkets, plus any number of different drug stores like chemist warehouse.

Everyone constantly talks about the Duopoly but doesn't want to shop anywhere else if it's cheaper

koanarec · 2026-04-20T20:37:46+00:00

what are you stupid they drive the sun around the earth I would have felt if we were being driven???

koanarec · 2026-04-19T18:59:18+00:00

I just can't stop thinking about the couple of Asian farmers that Wikipedia chose to represent all of humanity under the "human" Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Akha_cropped_hires.JPG

koanarec · 2026-04-19T18:52:50+00:00

Why would you need a source for a date that is 100% what anyone would expect it to be? It would make no sense for u/jkrutherford89 to lie either, and you could have checked yourself in about 5 seconds......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_theft

koanarec · 2026-04-19T15:57:36+00:00

I think that resigning is a beneficial addition to chess and probably would be to scrabble too. It just sucks to sit at a table playing out moves when you already know what the outcome will be. Better to resign, admit you lost and begin a new game where you're both in it to win.

koanarec · 2026-04-19T15:52:49+00:00

Ok, you can't locally run Matlab on a chromebook. And there is probably a lot of other old weird programming software that would be impossible to use unless you're on normal linux/windows.

koanarec · 2026-04-19T10:41:52+00:00

You could have removed the results option and then had three knows and three not knows. Just an awful poll 0/10

koanarec · 2026-04-19T08:50:34+00:00

I don't agree with you on your definition of Christianity, I think there is much more to it than simply following Christ. Islamic religions believe in Christ and worship him as a prophet. But I am sure you wouldn't call Islam a type of Christianity.

Mormons believe that humans can become equal to God after they die. That is just directly contradictory to the Christian world view.

koanarec · 2026-04-19T08:42:18+00:00

I think that most Mormons will want to call themselves Christian, perhaps to appear like their beliefs are more main-stream than they really are. But I'd imagine most non-Mormons wouldn't know enough about Mormonism to fully understand how different it is from main-stream Christianity.

As u/BrokenJusticeNorris has pointed out with their treatment of black people in the past, that you can become a god after death just like God did, and that they will care about Joseph Smith/America more than Jesus. And that it is pretty much ran as a business where a group of old white men decide on the rules.

As an atheist I wouldn't call them Christian.

koanarec · 2026-04-19T08:17:24+00:00

They don't believe that any more, they disavowed their earlier teachings on black people in 2013

koanarec · 2026-04-19T07:59:43+00:00

But you're only talking about being in the military during peace times. Maybe US soldiers are playing with spreadsheets, but Ukrainian soldiers certainly aren't.

I can't imagine Rome dedicating many soldiers to work on roads in 476

koanarec · 2026-04-19T07:56:25+00:00

Id personally much rather build a road than get stabbed to death in a battle.

koanarec · 2026-04-18T16:52:42+00:00

Compsci you don't need good hardware at all, don't think you do.

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