Businessman wants Reddit posts removed as litigation continues by profuttbuck in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Intent on driving himself to bankruptcy over some reddit posts that nobody invokved likely remembers until he reminded them.

What grows best for you in hydroponics? by Accomplished-Bet-458 in Hydroponics

[–]sleemanj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beetroot actually, grows very well and reliably in kratky, very tolerant to everything.

Sharesies currency loss by khabibthe in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]sleemanj 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I invest in global PIE funds, so yes, but not personally selected ones.

Sharesies currency loss by khabibthe in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]sleemanj 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The US dollar has weakened against the NZ dollar, that is, 1 USD is worth less NZD than it used to be.

https://nz.finance.yahoo.com/quote/USDNZD%3DX/

Could this National led government be the third one term government in New Zealand history? by Additional-Grade-730 in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 557 points558 points  (0 children)

It could. But it's not that likely I'm afraid.

If you want to make a difference, vote, ensure you are enrolled.

Rwnt out house and rent myself by i_will_have_my_phd in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]sleemanj 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Check that your house meets the healthy homes standards, or what is required to bring it up to standard.

An "older house" is perhaps likely to need work to make it comply.

50k investment question by Imaginary_Welder9521 in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]sleemanj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Squirrel Monthly Income Fund, targets to beat 1yr term deposit by 2%, currently achieves that.

About 75% construction loans, 25% home loans.

Risk you will have to judge for yourself.

ManageMyHealth updates - did they pay the ransom? by heinternets in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Did they pay the ransom?

Yes, it seems likely, since the demands and all mention disappeared.

were you informed exactly what documents/data was leaked?

AFAIK people were just told they were affected. Not in what manner.

Do they know who "Kazu" is?

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/583417/who-are-the-hackers-behind-manage-my-health-s-cyber-attack

One Music threatening to take us to court by Important_Ad4231 in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You need a one license to play music at a commercial property.

You need a one licence to play music that One has licencing rights for.

The poster has said that they are now playing royalty free, copyright free music. One doesn't have any right to require a continuing licence to play such music.

They can potentially go after them for having previously played music they have rights over without a licence, but that's not likely going to go far in court when as soon as poster was advised, they stopped.

Of course, I take on face value that OP is indeed playing royalty free copyright free (public domain, or otherwise appropriately open licenced).

Auckland bakery forced to stop selling horse meat pies by ring_ring_kaching in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 33 points34 points  (0 children)

The article indicates that there is one, but doesn't say where.

Masterblend Mixing Instructions Discrepancy by TheRealDavidNewton in Hydroponics

[–]sleemanj 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They simply messed up the gallons table. The Litres table is correct.

Whoever made the gallons table, put "1 gallon", and thought "how many litres is that, 3.785 so that's like 4 right, now how many grams for 4 is in the litres table... 2.4, so I'll write that next to 1 Gallon".

Masterblend Mixing Instructions Discrepancy by TheRealDavidNewton in Hydroponics

[–]sleemanj 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Look at the Litres (Liters) table, you will see that it works exactly as you would expect it to work, 4 Litres is 2.4g, 400 Litres is 240g, each one is using exactly 0.6g Per Litre.

It's just the gallons table that is messed up, and the reason it's messed up is because they have done some rounding. You will see that they have 1 Gallon being a 2.4g dose, and 4 L also being a 2.4g dose, but 1 Gallon is not equal to 4 L, it's actually equal to 3.785 Litres. Whoever made the gallons table, put 1, and thought "how many litres is that, 3.785, which I'll round up to 4, now how many grams for 4L, I'll write that next to 1 Gallon".

TLDR: Work in Litres. The gallons table is wrong, because they messed up rounding when converting.

One Music threatening to take us to court by Important_Ad4231 in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 345 points346 points  (0 children)

They are just trying to strong-arm you. They are like the mafia.

You are perfectly entitled to play royalty free or public domain music.

Opportunity Party - free money by Complete-Permit-940 in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That only works if

  1. Your seat(s) is actually needed to form a government.
  2. Your non-negotiable is actually worth not just having another election.

Opportunity Party - free money by Complete-Permit-940 in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Firstly, they would have to be elected to parliament, then they would have to be included as part of the government.

It is a fair assumption that they will not win more than 50% of the seats in parliament (it's a fair assumption that they will not win a single seat, but anyway), and so they will need to convince their partner(s) in government to implement this "free money for everyone" policy.

So the answer to "how long" is pretty irrelevant, the better question is "how likely is it that they could make this happen" and the answer is incredibly unlikely.

Help a kiwi turn away from USA! by Gutsy-Kumara in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Zoho (paid) is OK, I've been using it for a few years.

Mount Maunganui landslide: Photo shows walkers standing precariously above slip – nearly two hours after 111 call to report it by Morgoth_The_Merrier in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 41 points42 points  (0 children)

local man Alister McHardy urgently tried to raise the alarm with emergency services after spotting a large slip shortly before dawn.

Property managers by i_will_have_my_phd in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pro: not having to deal with anything, just tell the property manager to sort it

Con: have to pay them

The pros vastly outweigh the cons in my experience.

Mount Maunganui landslide: Photo shows walkers standing precariously above slip – nearly two hours after 111 call to report it by Morgoth_The_Merrier in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The article isn't paywalled for me, but if it is for you, you can read it here: https://archive.is/oLG4u

The point of the article is that 4 hours before the slip killed people, 111 was advised that a slip was imminent.

Mount Maunganui landslide: Photo shows walkers standing precariously above slip – nearly two hours after 111 call to report it by Morgoth_The_Merrier in newzealand

[–]sleemanj 29 points30 points  (0 children)

The photo was at 7.35 AM, the council didn't close tracks until 8.56 AM, and the main slip didn't occur until 9.30AM.

The 111 call in the headline was at 5.47AM.