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  • Wiki/Collaboration Software

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    We use the Atlassian stuff at my work - we've had JIRA nearly nine years (I built its predecessor) and Confluence is what we use for documenting shit (or it was up until they decided we should have a developer portal as well 🙄 )

    However, I find no matter how well the tool sells itself, the principles are the key. Bad practice will always kill good systems.

  • The Things Kids Talk About...

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    @jegga @Crucial He never calls, he never writes...

  • IT/PC issue

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    @Baron-Silas-Greenback said in IT/PC issue:

    @canefan said in IT/PC issue:

    I (stupidly) briefly opened the link on an email I thought was from someone on my contacts list, until I realised afterwards that it was not his email address, and it took me to some non-descript news looking website. I closed it off immediately, ran ESET NOD scan and all appeared OK. I've noticed no change in internet or PC performance. Should I be concerned people of the Fern?

    Depends. If the link you followed was a script or a link. You won't know that now. If it was a script you might be in trouble. If it was a link that led to a page with scripts embedded and you didn't interact with it... you are prob fine.

    I think it was likely just a link as scripts and links to execs are usually busted by your OS or email client.

    I would bet on you bring fine.

    Thanks mate. It looked like a "news" page, I didn't click on anything else, just got out of dodge and deleted the email. These Nigerians are clever!! 😉

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  • Driving in New Zealand

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    @broughie said in Driving in New Zealand:

    @Hooroo Wow about 20 years now.

    Ok, that makes sense. I think you would struggle to find one of those annoying cars now. (Most have a limit you can reset and change at will)

  • Ron Swanson

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    @MajorRage said in Bye Bye HK ... Hello UK ... Hello Tauranga Ferners ... ?:

    Some thoughts on our South Island tour ...

    Queenstown - awesome.
    Invercargill - guess you need to know some people ...
    Balclutha - the beaches near there on the way to nugget point are some of the best I have ever seen, anywhere on this planet. Stunning
    Dunedin - fascinating place
    Moeraki Boulders - kids LOVE this place, LOVE it
    Christchurch - depressing. utterly depressing.
    Arthurs Pass - stunning stunning drive. as good as milford sound
    Greymouth - chilled, very chilled .. in both sense of the wod
    Hanmer Springs - cracking little town, beautiful place to kill some time
    Nelson - awesome ... if I lived in NZ, I'd probably have a holiday house here
    Blenheim - loved the wine tour there, loved it.
    Interislander ... snore.

    Wellington now ... North tour to come!

    Don't forget to take in the highlights of Palmy if you can find some.

    If you can, try and find time for a stop at the Army Museum in Waiouru. Especially if you have relatives lost on duty, the weeping wall is worth plugging their names in.

    Another recommendation is catching the chairlift up to the Knoll Ridge Cafe at Whakapapa. Spectacular views, nice modern cafe, fun of a chairlift ride for the kids and there will likely be a few snow patches for them to play in as well. I'm not sure what is running at the moment (their website is ambiguous). There have been a lot of changes this year under a new CEO and while the chairs used to stop for a period inbetween summer sightseeing and winter skiing, I suspect they may be running all year now. Phone ahead on +64 7 892 4000

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  • Uber v Taxis

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    http://m.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11859781

    An investment bank breaks down the cost of a cheap EV part by part, and finds that they are thousands cheaper than originally thought, and that there's room for more savings, so EVs will soon be cheaper than petrol equivalents.

  • Eurovision 2017

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    I started watching in 2014. Italy would have got all my votes that year

  • Cyber Attack

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    As my brother put it; stop opening shit you weren't expecting. Stop visiting dodgy sites. Get remote backups for the other 0.001%

  • Made up words

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    @booboo choise bro

  • Arduino Coding/sketches

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  • Shoulder Pads

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    I tried it for a about 10 minutes one game and discarded it. Felt like my head was cooking. Then again that was in Brisbane. In colder climes it may be different.

    But as mentioned, at junior level 95% of kids here use headgear. It's almost as important as a mouth guard.

  • Flouride raring its head again

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    This could be interesting, Dickinson has the science on her side and the anti fluoride weirdos are prone to saying things like Hitler put fluoride in the water to make the population docile .
    Yeah that worked out well didn't it?

    Also Nanogirl is quite hot.

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  • TCs Debbie & Cook

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    @Baron-Silas-Greenback similar story for us in Wellington. We had rain overnight and a bit of wind, but nothing like Wahine level storm they were talking about. I'm all good with a safety first approach though, especially as the storm did cause some serious damage in other parts of the country.

  • RIP Charlie Murphy

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  • Mouthguard Advice

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    @NTA said in Mouthguard Advice:

    @Hooroo said in Mouthguard Advice:

    I had mine done by dentist in airforce. 17 years ago and it still fits like a glove.

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    Big sonic the hedgehog fan

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    It's OK, no need to panic. We can just vaccinate all the children.
    Surely no one would object to that idea?