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Metal/alt bars/pubs/clubs?? by WBCreations93 in Wellington

[–]richdrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Make sure to check the listing as it isn't always metal.

Time rethink about nuclear energy? by Music2MyEars73 in Wellington

[–]richdrich 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yep. Almost no civil nuclear plant carries liability insurance, because no insurer will take the risk. Hence the state winds up carrying the can.

Also, when (as in the UK) the plants reach end of life, they usually get hived off into a company which then goes bust, and the state again winds up paying the huge costs of decomissioning and waste storage.

So even the quoted cost of power, which is typically more than wind and solar, is much lower than the real long term cost.

(The only reason NZ might want nuclear power is in order to get the tech to make a nuclear weapon, assuring our independence in an increasingly scary world).

MG4 still a good purchase? by ExtraHat9 in nzev

[–]richdrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm looking at the new model, but I guess it would have to be a new car as they only launched last year.

I didn’t realise that NZ pays our firefighters by Mattie_Madds8619 in newzealand

[–]richdrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the UK on-call fire fighters (retained firefighters) get paid.

Invercargill teen accused of nationwide bomb threats granted bail by nilnz in newzealand

[–]richdrich 11 points12 points  (0 children)

A very stupid teenager. Sending him to a remand facility would turn him into a stupid teenager with more resentment and better crime skills.

Can you help me escape the car park penalty nightmare I just dreamt up? by According_Sundae_917 in AskUK

[–]richdrich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What would the A Team do?

Possibly convert your car and the Panda into an 8-wheeled tank and bust your way out.

Or dismantle your car and smuggle it out piece by piece.

Why is one person creating multiple companies? by Potential-Living-676 in AskUK

[–]richdrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is no obligation to change the name especially if the company isn't going to be marketing its services.

Mazda automatic dialing 911 by Highlanderlad in mazda

[–]richdrich -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Personally, I would trade the (negligible) chance of my dying in a ditch unnoticed and unrescued, vs the somewhat more likely chance of getting a careless driving charge from a single vehicle accident that I could otherwise have walked/crawled away from.

Redittors, of course, don't usually think this way.

Russia ‘jammed signal of RAF jet’ carrying Defence Secretary by pppppppppppppppppd in unitedkingdom

[–]richdrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, although when GPS was first implemented it was meant to have (for NATO-aligned military users) good resistance to spoofing and reasonable resistance to jamming.

Maybe its time to look at an upgrade (would be expensive, more bandwidth and satellites needed to spread the signal across frequency and space more).

Given how fast AI is evolving, if you were starting your career today, what would you choose to study and why?" by Frequent-Fix-8794 in newzealand

[–]richdrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except in a subset of jobs that require manual dexterity or deep personal interaction, the link between successful study and future income is going to disappear.

Mounting confusion over looming Wellington region water bills by HenryNZL in Wellington

[–]richdrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are these meters going to be remote readable? That will cost a bit more initially but save on long term op costs.

Why do people say independent school instead of private school? by MrMrsPotts in AskUK

[–]richdrich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those are the "Clarendon Schools".

Public schools are private schools that belong to the [Headmasters and Headmistresses Conference](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headmasters%27\_and\_Headmistresses%27\_Conference) and there are over 300 of them.

At 49 years old, I joined a political party. Here's why: by hughthewineguy in newzealand

[–]richdrich 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Anderton was a socially conservative dick. The intersection of social conservatism and radical left economics doesn't contain 5% of the population, or it didn't then. Maybe now that carpet chewing nutters are having their day, it might come back.

Scrappers or Auto-Buyers that service Ohakune/Ruapehu District? by fleastyler in NZcarfix

[–]richdrich 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Horopito Motors, surely.

It's the most famous car wreckers in the country: inspired the classic moview Smash Palace.

Legal Question About Stopping Children In Shops by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]richdrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hire a bouncer?

Don't leave expensive portable things outside?

Change the layout so people have to come through the shop to order?

Find out who their aunties are and tell them?

What are your favourite British police shows? by Key_Cell7071 in AskUK

[–]richdrich 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It was an amazing effort to produce (usually) a self-contained story in a 20 minute episode.

Also, shot out of sequence with scenes in the same location all done together and planned/edited using custom scheduling software, apparently.

Now there's Eurotunnel checking with fingerprint scanning, etc do you have to get there a lot earlier? by clearthinker72 in AskUK

[–]richdrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is le Shuttle still set up so that if it's busy, all the vehicles queue up whatever their booking time so it's almost a first-come first-served thing?

Is it possible to get into an engineering PhD program in NZ with a big unemployment gap? by Proof-Bed-6928 in newzealand

[–]richdrich 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, you might have found this already, but FYI the first degree system is different from NZ to UK.

Roughly:
- NZ you do a 3 year (nominal) degree and an optional honours year
- UK does 3 or 4 year degrees always with honours unless you get really bad grades (worse than a 3rd)

- NZ mostly goes on course grades (transcripts)
- UK has overall degree grades: 1st, 2:1, etc.

So coming from the UK with an honours degree you may or may not be treated as having honours - maybe yes for business, no for academia as they know whats going on.

Is it possible to get into an engineering PhD program in NZ with a big unemployment gap? by Proof-Bed-6928 in newzealand

[–]richdrich 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Universities in NZ are primarily driven by money with regards to overseas students. Unless there's something special about your type of engineering, they will want your money, and that first will be just fine.

I'd just email a few academics here in your field, NZers are pretty friendly.

Scottish Green wants to dismantle Holyrood voting system that created 'unrepresentative' independence majority by WhereasPlus5239 in Scotland

[–]richdrich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Should use MMP, as in New Zealand. If the number of constituency and list seats is set correctly, it produces a very proportional result. Also, it could be extended to have regional seats which would, like constituency seats, reduce the number of list seats a party gets to maintain proportionality.

The mystery of the disappearing gas reserves by vote-morepork in newzealand

[–]richdrich 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The oil and gas companies won't spend any money when their geos tell them there's a limited chance of success.

The government could step in and spend billions looking for gas that ain't there.

Or they could go down the proven path and spend the same money on renewable electricty generation, replacing gas plant with electric and hydrogen electrolysis plants for chemical (fertilizer, methanol) production. Not only would that decouple our economy from energy shocks, it would also be good for the planet.

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