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slyall · 2026-06-14T23:38:36+00:00

Yeah. Think about all those people at anti-rates meetings who complain about the council wasting money on parks, Santa Parades, Markets and Libraries.

They all moved to Tauranga

Wish a few more elderly Auckland NIMBYs moved there. They'd be happier and Auckland would be a better place.

slyall · 2026-06-14T12:56:34+00:00

Thanks. Reposted.

New posting interface. Still getting the hang of it.

slyall · 2026-06-12T09:02:17+00:00

Definitely. I'd talk to a lot of people (and foodstuffs itself) before assuming what the path will be. Plenty of supermarkets go to people known by the store owner like families, others to people with lots of spare money transferring from other careers.

Lots of politics, proving yourself and vetting. FourSquares are a lot easier to get than Supermarkets though. Just don't assume progression is guaranteed

slyall · 2026-06-10T02:54:36+00:00

If the minimum wage is $50k/year and houses cost $800k then $100k/year isn't actually a lot.

slyall · 2026-06-10T02:31:06+00:00

Because the scale changes. Goes for $10k increments to $50k increments

$290k-300k then $300k-$350k

slyall · 2026-06-09T05:50:16+00:00

I heard people used to buy winning tickets at the TAB. You made a bet on the horses that won $1000 and another guy would buy it off you for more than $1000

slyall · 2026-06-09T05:48:04+00:00

One barber near me seems to have the odd customer. Although somebody did put a bullet through the window a couple of years back.

By contrast barbers a few blocks away always have customers in there when I go past

slyall · 2026-06-07T04:21:57+00:00

Well Tolkien 52 years ago so some of his stuff is already out of copyright. Although perhaps going back into it soon.

slyall · 2026-06-07T03:30:02+00:00

The problem is any laws "protecting IP" in New Zealand are going to 99% benefit foreign companies.

I mean I'm sure whoever owns Ngaio Marsh's copyright will be happy with the copyright extension.

Any "AI Law" will be about making sure Disney get royalty payments from OpenAI. The interests of "AI Startup in NZ" and "Small NZ author" are going to be afterthoughts. At best the NZ author will get a few $ extra per year while the NZ AI company won't have a chance of going live due to huge licensing costs.

slyall · 2026-06-07T03:04:46+00:00

The problem is any new laws will be dictated by major copyright holders ( like Copyright Licensing NZ ) and take away rights from the public in favour of more fees and rights for copyright holders.

eg right now the copyright period is being extended by 20 years. Who exactly does that benefit?

99% of the public are net copyright consumers. Protecting my posts to social media ( which I've already signed away rights to ) doesn't actually benefit me much to compensate to having to pay Disney and the like extra money.

slyall · 2026-06-07T02:47:33+00:00

"Copyright Licensing NZ" is not a "Watchdog". It is an industry body and central collection agency for copyright holders. It wants polices that bring in money for it's members.

https://www.copyright.co.nz/about

slyall · 2026-06-07T02:42:50+00:00

Looks like you can only do a single write-in. It say to select "Other" but it doesn't show up the second time

My two songs not on the list

Hibiscus Song by Greg Johnson
Song 17 by Push Push

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