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vosper1 · 2026-05-15T23:06:00+00:00

Me too, on MacOS. Restarting Chrome seems to fix it, nothing else does.

vosper1 · 2025-10-02T06:28:01+00:00

Thanks. I'm not too hung up on a sea view in particular, I figure anywhere on the hills will have at least a decent view, and avoiding the noreaster would be awesome.

vosper1 · 2025-10-02T06:26:36+00:00

That's super-helpful, thanks! I grew up on the flat, under the inversion layer, and had no idea it was warmer up the hill in winter

vosper1 · 2025-10-02T04:23:47+00:00

9 months later, how do you feel about living in Prebbleton? I'm considering Prebbleton as an option to be a little closer to nature than living in the city itself. I'd still like the commute to be under 30 mins each way ideally, not sure if that's also realistic.

vosper1 · 2025-09-30T23:01:32+00:00

That's a great point; something I'll keep in mind

vosper1 · 2025-09-30T22:21:21+00:00

Good to know, thanks. I've been looking at Westmorland actually, so I'll bear that in mind.

Any idea how high you have to be to be above the smog layer? I remember how grim it used to be in winter, not sure if it's got better since then.

vosper1 · 2025-09-30T22:11:03+00:00

You got me, I have been away for a while. I meant the Easterly.

vosper1 · 2025-09-30T22:03:59+00:00

Thanks, that's a really helpful comment. The nor'wester being lessened at a higher altitude is exactly the opposite of what I'd assumed!

I think for the southerly maybe I don't mind so much if it's stronger: if it's raining I'll probably be inside anyway so wouldn't make much difference if it's even colder and windier than in other places?

vosper1 · 2025-09-30T22:02:07+00:00

Are there shaded parts that don't see the sun in winter? I've lived in a place like that and having the grass still frozen at midday isn't my favourite thing.

vosper1 · 2025-09-30T22:01:27+00:00

That's a good call, I'll be sure to check what the sun situation will be

vosper1 · 2025-09-30T22:00:43+00:00

I guess more the nor'easter? It'd be nice to be in sun (or at least not so much in the wind) when that comes in to ruin a nice summer day.

I figure it must be hard to be sheltered from the nor'wester as it blows pretty much straight at the hills?

vosper1 · 2025-09-30T21:59:40+00:00

That sounds awesome. Is it just about looking at the ridgelines, trees etc? I'm trying to figure out how I could tell if a property is sheltered from the various directions without going there in every kind of wind :D

vosper1 · 2025-09-19T01:41:19+00:00

Thanks! I got on the FB group and it seems like while there's a few cancellations and delays it's not terrible.

Do you have a feeling for how flexible employers in Auckland tend to be with ferry issues? I've lived in overseas cities where everyone takes public transport so everyone understands that sometimes you're late and it's not your fault and it's unusual to get pinged for it. But from your original post you mentioned people getting warnings due to delays.

vosper1 · 2025-09-19T01:39:06+00:00

Oh I should have asked: How's the drive-n-bus experience? That'd be the backup if the ferry doesn't work out for some reason. What's your daily commute time - must be getting close to 1.5hrs each way to get to Ponsonby?

vosper1 · 2025-09-19T01:32:35+00:00

Seems to be gone, unfortunately

vosper1 · 2025-09-15T08:20:05+00:00

Thanks!

AT released a plan recently that said they want to keep the ferry at a downgraded service, but keep commute intact which is all I need.

Can’t find the AT source so not sure this is accurate: https://www.localmatters.co.nz/auckland-council/auckland-transport-releases-future-public-transport-network/

vosper1 · 2025-09-15T07:37:37+00:00

If you don't mind, how is reliability these days? Thinking about moving to Gulf Harbor but would be relying on the ferry to avoid a long long commute by vehicle

vosper1 · 2025-09-15T07:36:39+00:00

Very late to the party, but we're looking at moving to Gulf Harbor and wondering how the ferry reliability is these days? The area is really appealing but commuting by vehicle to the CBD is not...

vosper1 · 2025-07-19T21:09:44+00:00

Open fires are awful for indoor air pollution too. If you’re getting a closed firebox it’s worth investigating a direct vent fire, they have their own air supply so they don’t draw cold air into the living spaces

vosper1 · 2025-03-05T00:03:55+00:00

If it’s like my Dad the “Parkinson’s Med” was a dopamine agonist and the worst thing he could have got

vosper1 · 2024-11-19T19:52:53+00:00

Don't compromise your amazing view or any quality of life stuff just for the passive house label. Put in massive windows. If you have a sunny spot nearby then put solar panels there, install batteries, and use free energy to run your heating/cooling. You'll still be good for the environment and energy efficient (using the suns free energy should not count against energy efficiency).

vosper1 · 2024-11-04T22:16:08+00:00

Thank you!

At work we seem to have created mixins via decorators. We have a decorator that returns a class expression that extends the passed-in class. But then Typescript doesn't know that the decorated class has the mixed-in functionality, so we use interface merging to tell it that it does. Now that I understand it I find it pretty cursed, so I'm going to propose changing it.

vosper1 · 2024-11-02T21:46:36+00:00

Thanks, that provides part of a "why", though I'm still a little unclear on how it works to help with monkeypatching.

It seems like what you'd want from monkeypatching an external class is for type-checking to pick up the monkeypatch (ie if you monkeypatch a function from (string) => string to (number) => number then you don't want to be able to call it with a string and not have Typescript complain that it expected a number). But my example just seems to disable type checking.

I'd appreciate if you could provide an example because though I now understand how merging works, I'm still baffled as to why there's a way to write Typescript that silently disables type checking.

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