MaungaHikoi

MaungaHikoi, 9 months ago

Oooo old school forum flame wars. Is it weird that I miss that format? Might just be nostalgia, non-threaded forum arguments are kind of annoying to skip if you want something else out of the thread. It was always fun opening a long thread at the end and seeing the final dregs of the fight play out, then backtracking to find where it started.

MaungaHikoi, 9 months ago

I’ve done that. Was looking at the radio to change songs while going through an intersection. My brain was on autopilot and I followed a guy running a red turn signal. Just about had a head on crash with the straight through traffic 😬

MaungaHikoi, 9 months ago

My chemistry teacher taught me a trick that knocks the pain back for a little bit - cold head and hot hands. Basically, cool my head down with ice wrapped in a small wet towel, while heating my hands up somehow. It’s supposed to pull the blood away from your head which lessens the pain.

MaungaHikoi, 9 months ago

That’s my diagnostic tool as well. My GO told me to use the rizatriptan as my first medicine, so if that doesn’t kill it then I know it’s not a migraine.

MaungaHikoi, 9 months ago

My mum found an ice pack shaped like a ski mask that covers my eyes, it’s magic for this. It’s black so it blocks out the light and has that ice pack gel in it so if you get it cold it stays cold for quite a while.

MaungaHikoi, 9 months ago

USB-C and USB 3.1 comms can create a lot of RF noise which could manifest as lag. I saw this on a laptop with an external hard drive, when the backups were running the wifi died.

MaungaHikoi, 9 months ago

I live in the far north and they’d be better off increasing the heavy rail capacity to get all the fucking logging trucks off the road. Will fix some of the pothole problems too - they created that mess by increasing the weight limits on large vehicles under the last National government, now they get to winge about Labour not fixing it. Standard right wing strategy.

MaungaHikoi, 9 months ago

Mine was about 1/4 moss the last time I mowed it. Looks like about 1/2 now.

MaungaHikoi, 9 months ago

I just finished Tears of the Kingdom last week. No spoilers, the final boss fight felt like a dragon ball Z episode. The health bar busting out of its usual bounds and hitting the edge of the screen was a “shit just got real” moment for me and the kids, lots of hype. I didn’t think I would see anything top Breath of the Wild in this generation but glad to be wrong.

MaungaHikoi, 9 months ago

This but DotA 2 for me. 6000+ hours and I’m still trash.

MaungaHikoi, 9 months ago

I’m old. I’ve been playing Dota2 as my primary game since 2012. It works out to about 500 hours a year or so, which is still a lot but yeah.

MaungaHikoi, 9 months ago

At least read what he posted before replying. We don’t need to build another reddit where people just rage at each other on behalf of their team.

MaungaHikoi, 9 months ago

I’ve been having a bit of a shit time with my back the last couple of weeks but it’s finally coming right. Didn’t realise how much of an effect it was having on my mood but I feel a lot better now 😄

MaungaHikoi, 9 months ago

Yeah it’s been a bit shit. Worked out I just can’t sit at my desk for any length of time so have been using a standing desk for the last couple of days and it’s really helping. Plus the exercises the physio gave me are good too. Hoping to ease back into the gym routine, I miss lifting weights.

MaungaHikoi, 9 months ago

Fuck yeah Friday, plus I told my asshole boss to stick it up his ass and left work at midday. The best part about being self-employed (ish, it’s a small worker’s cooperative).

MaungaHikoi, 9 months ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/laff-tv-jim-carrey-truman-show-the-Ib6HUhF07BzRcma1MD

Edit: awww man, can’t get GIPHY links to work in my Lemmy client.

MaungaHikoi, 9 months ago

That plays at like 20x speed for me in Memmy 😂

MaungaHikoi, 9 months ago

https://i.imgur.com/7EIg2eo.jpg

🛠️ memes aside, I’m a software developer and I don’t trust software-only systems with no fallback. Too many moving parts that can go wrong.

MaungaHikoi, 9 months ago

100% this

MaungaHikoi, 10 months ago

Came here to say flight as well. Great tasting coffee

MaungaHikoi, 10 months ago

The West Island is welcome to join Aotearoa any time they like 😂

MaungaHikoi, 10 months ago

Yep just to tack onto this, I find their stuff is fairly easy to stack together as well. Have ended up building my entire home network and security setup with Ubiquiti gear, there’s a good Home Assistant integration if you’re into that.

MaungaHikoi, 10 months ago

As someone who started and still works in a co-op, it’s because it’s hard. Banks don’t understand worker coops and won’t lend money to you without a real person to attach the risk to, which means founders have to take an enormous risk which it can be hard to compensate them for. The legal structure isn’t common so you are limited in the lawyers who can set one up for you. Others have mentioned the cost problems - I started a software dev coop so we didn’t have a large capital outlay but it did cost nearly 10k just in setup costs.

It took a lot of work to get to where we are, with little supporting resources. In contrast, I started an LLC in half an hour and $150 registration fee to the government. So no, it not just “what people choose”.

MaungaHikoi, 10 months ago

Our lawn has dried out a bit finally, could mow it at the weekend without sinking into it.

MaungaHikoi, 10 months ago

Haha you’d know about it if it was them. I had to look it up to make sure. The sap in mothweed is a real nasty irritant.