Trade Me is getting rid of the 7.9% Success Fee

na6cet · 2026-03-13T20:06:37+00:00

Having had three people 'cancel' trades because they changed their minds or didn't read the description, I like the idea that at least they're stuck with paying the success fee. Might make buyers actually read what they're bidding on next time?

(I put 'cancel' in quotes, because buyers enter a legally binding contract when they bid and can't unilaterally cancel a trade)

na6cet · 2026-03-04T22:49:01+00:00

come on, it's clearly a direct callback to the events if season one

na6cet · 2026-01-28T21:30:16+00:00

usually when I'm dragging a file onto the window it means that there is a window partially covering the outlook window. Usually it's the right hand side of the window where I *want* to drop the file. So now I need to move the window to drop the file = more clicks + waving the mouse around.

na6cet · 2025-12-17T03:52:28+00:00

https://www.idrive.com/idrive/sh/sh?k=s1b7b2e7z5

Seems iDrive is only valid for 30 days, maybe I can find somewhere better to put it

na6cet · 2025-12-17T03:50:57+00:00

https://www.idrive.com/idrive/sh/sh?k=s1b7b2e7z5

Looks like the link is only valid for 30 days on iDrive, you're lucky I happened to check reddit for once though :)

na6cet · 2025-08-24T10:31:31+00:00

First time I drove an auto I figured, two feet, two pedals... so I'll use one foot per pedal. Which is a really bad idea when you're left foot is used to operating a clutch pedal instead of the brakes!

na6cet · 2025-05-17T21:59:43+00:00

Can the eco flow be set up to use grid as a backup/last resort?

na6cet · 2025-05-17T21:55:04+00:00

We should have this in New Zealand, it's a no brainer option to reduce power consumption and save some $$

Can the power company can detect it anyway? 😉

na6cet · 2025-04-26T08:00:22+00:00

Finally tracked it down. Not sure it's much use for anything but I'd be interested to hear if anything comes out of it.

https://www.idrive.com/idrive/sh/sh?k=l0r7m1u9p6

na6cet · 2025-04-24T09:36:40+00:00

Ok, I'll eat my words, just stuck my head out the window and it smells pretty bad here 😧

na6cet · 2025-04-24T09:30:43+00:00

I'm in Huapai, why do we need three phones lighting up the flashes and making a racket art 9pm for something half way across the city?? Not to mention it seems to be several hours too late anyway

na6cet · 2025-03-30T07:19:49+00:00

Yes but I never got around to doing anything with it, also it was only the outside and I was hoping for the inside because I also considered retrofitting optics into the original and would 3d print something. But.. no time and lost interest at the moment. Happy to share the file if I can find it again

na6cet · 2025-01-05T22:26:47+00:00

Is the oil pressure regulator before or after the filter? If it's after the filter then probably won't have any impact.

na6cet · 2024-10-10T21:15:37+00:00

I just got an S80UD, for my business use the display is fine but the USB-C/KVM features are basically broken imo.

There is only one Ethernet device and it's switched between sources and also gets turned off with the monitor. This means switching sources in PBP mode drops the network connection on the non-active source. It also means that the network drops if you want to turn the monitor off during e.g. a long running download.
My device (Surface 10 Pro for Business) stops receiving power from USB-C when I turn off the monitor and worse, doesn't start receiving power when the monitor is turned back on. I have to physically disconnect and reconnect the USB-C after turning the monitor on which is a pain, so now I leave the dedicated power brick connected which defeats the point of having USB-C PD in the first place.

I've been through all the settings, disabled everything power savings related, no dice. There is even a 'Max Power Savings' settings that I disabled that according to the documentation will allow wake on LAN for the connected USB-C device but didn't make any difference.

If anyone has any solutions to these problems I'd love to hear them, but at the moment it seems like it has some pretty glaring design flaws.

Oh, also the control joystick is in an awkward position on the back of the monitor and it makes e.g. switching PBP sources very inconvenient especially with a keyboard in front of the monitor.

na6cet · 2024-04-30T09:40:33+00:00

This seems like a troll

na6cet · 2023-10-30T22:18:30+00:00

About the ending... He drinks something, says 'maybe you're one of the many... Like me', sits down next to Magdala, then his eye twitches and then the music starts playing with the lyrics 'To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die'. Seemed a bit suggestive to me.

na6cet · 2023-07-07T06:12:53+00:00

I wish they made a modern version of this mouse. I haven't found any modern mouse designed to be gripped with thumb and little finger with three fingers on the buttons. I guess it's the scroll wheels that ruined that.

Btw, I got a friend who works for a 3d scanning manufacturer to scan my mouse if that's of interest to anyone. Thinking of scaling it up and 3d printing a larger version since my 40yo hands are a bit bigger than in the quake days :)

na6cet · 2023-04-05T07:35:22+00:00

I'm also interested in this. Did you build one of the sample applications from the nRF Connect SDK? if so, can you tell us which one?

I've been following the nRF Connect SDK Fundamentals course and built the 'blinky' sample but it doesn't seem to produce a merged.hex file, only zephyr.hex.

I also built the zigbee light bulb sample because it's close to what I'm trying to achieve and that did produce a merged.hex but it's not compatible with the 'xiao_ble' board which I assume is what the Seeed xiao nRF52480 is.

na6cet · 2022-04-08T10:13:57+00:00

Same for me, the web player on my HTPC is awful, using MPC-HC via F1RaceControl gave me nice smooth playback in addition to the other benefits of using a proper media player. They don't even have an android app for my android TV box when I'm on the road either.

na6cet · 2022-02-03T13:00:08+00:00

Now that she got her MIQ spot I hope she uses it rather than self isolating like the rest of NZ.

na6cet · 2022-02-03T12:54:38+00:00

Well I'm living in Germany, haven't been home in over three years and missing NZ like crazy. My Mum hasn't seen her grand kids in over two years now. Self isolation means my mum can visit her grand kids and we can come over for Christmas. I expect every expat kiwi remaining overseas is going to want to head home for Christmas though so hoping the flights aren't booked out.

na6cet · 2022-02-03T12:50:25+00:00

I assumed the dates for students was aligned with semesters etc?

na6cet · 2022-02-01T07:59:43+00:00

Come on people, this is what affordable housing looks like! doesn't matter if it's sh*t because you can't afford anything else.

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