Brilliant

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@nonpartizan said in The thread of learning something new every day:

@Bones said in The thread of learning something new every day:

@nonpartizan yeah think it took me until my early twenties maybe.

The classic case of you look at the picture one way you see this, the other something entirely different....

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Classic Stuff, and appropriate for the thread title. Behind a paywall (or at least a 'register' wall).

Also, they strongly argued this was an 'advertisement' not an article, so the BSA shouldn't have jurisdiction.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/wellbeing/360683845/nz-media-council-upholds-complaint-about-stuffs-failure-disclose-paid-sponsorship

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@antipodean said in TV Serieseseses:

@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:

@Bones said in TV Serieseseses:

@Victor-Meldrew said in TV Serieseseses:

@mariner4life said in TV Serieseseses:

@Kruse said in TV Serieseseses:

Larry Ellison

I've started watching The Dropout (about Elizabeth Holmes, the Theranos chick)

So far the most unlikeable character by far is Ellison. They've painted him to be a giant fucking douchebag.

Which is concerning for the rest of the show to be honest

Ta.

Now on my list. Read about this a fair bit.

Watched a doco that was good too, I think it was The Inventor.

Doco and book excellent

This has started a bit naff to be fair, and if they make her sympathetic i am going to be pissed

Could be a second series for this Theranos saga

Haha what the fuck?

@NTA said in Happiness Scale:

Well, just to fuck life up when things seemed to be getting on track after the recent episode:

Boxing Day 2023 I woke up with a bit of vision loss in my left eye. Hospital is always fun that time of year (not) and after spending most of the next day there and running all sorts of tests, they decided to pump me with steroids and sent me off to see a Neuro-Opthamologist.

The diagnosis was optic neuritis. But they wanted to know what was causing it.

And today - after over a year of mostly waiting between tests - the same specialist reckons the diagnosis is Multiple Sclerosis.

Now for another MRI to see if it has advanced, so we can look at treatment options from there.

Given the extended and repeated kicks in the balls our family has received over the past 8 years, I fully expect to win the lottery any minute now.

On the plus side, the doc said it was caught very early and treatments were becoming more and more effective. We're a long way from people being wheelchair-bound by the time they're 50 (I'm turning 49 in June).

He's talking 10-20 years before any impacts to lifestyle at the moment, but needs the next round of tests before being sure.

I've got 5 caps to get for the rugby club to get above two other blokes (absolute peanuts) who don't deserve to be there TBH, and then refereeing. A trip to Europe and other shit once my daughter finishes school this year.

Get busy livin', or get busy dyin'

Nick, just read this. Keep on keeping on, lots to live for mate. Cliche I know but wordiness is not my strong suit. All the very best. You’re a good person.

@booboo said in Grumpy Old Man:

You know what makes me Grumpy? Technology.

Like pushing the edit button instead of the quote button and ruining someone else's post.

(Err ... sorry)

Oh, and "client facing".

That's quite funny, you left in the only phrase I wasn't actually grumping about!

The oldest living All Black has died.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360679739/bill-mccaw-who-was-oldest-living-all-black-dies-aged-97

@Bovidae said in Movie review thread...:

The original (1930) is still the best.

Yep. If just for the single greatest shot in movie history.

@Machpants said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:

@antipodean said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:

I think this is the correct thread. Does Andor (season one) get more interesting? I'm one and a half episodes in and starting to think every Star Wars movie/ tv series is just for kids (Mandalorian being the exception).

Andor is the best SW r ever, imo. Def not for kids, a slow burn with tension and some great acting. Less action, more story, character growth and plot

Andor season one was better when I watched it second time round and picked up on things more.

Even though we know what ultimately happens the stakes are still really high, we're invested in the characters etc.

Haven't watched season 2 as yet, waiting to binge it but have picked up the odd spoiler here and there. Sounds like it is doing a great job in establishing the Empire as a fascist regime that needs to be overthrown. Interested in how they use a few characters I've seen in the shorts that were first introduced to us in Rogue One. I'm also keen to see if there are any Vader/Tarkin/Emperor cameos. That might be pretty cool.

@canefan said in Greatest kiwi lives:

Katherine Mansfield

An absolute colossus of her field.

I reckon a boat driving past on a trailer is the MPI equivalent of a fly past, surely?

https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360666621/mpi-apologises-genuine-mistake-after-fishery-officer-disrupts-anzac-service

Time to dust these off again...

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Lest We Forget

Mildly amusing but the last sentence got me.

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