International testing indicated New Zealand had more bad readers among its 10-year-olds than other developed nations, but the picture improved for teenagers....
So do I. I wish we were more like those countries with a lot of civil infrastructure where people put out packages of information for the public to get informed of issues. Like Switzerland.
The Stratford-revered glockenspiel has stood proud in the main street, Broadway, since it officially opened in 1996, but it had stopped working over the weekend....
I don’t think it would help us estimate, though, because it depends on quality of manufacture and some of them were made like a century ago. I’ll just have to hope for the best!
It’s much easier to find something if you know it’s a thing. But I think google (and maybe wikipedia) failed us on this. If I win lotto I’ll give that paid search engine a go.
I can’t find it either, though I bet I could find something rudimentary in a library. But it’s an old artisan skill, so the only real way to learn is to apprentice ourselves to a master clockmaker. I did however spot how to build one in Roblox!
What has your general experience of Kagi been like? Disappointed it was no better at this.
That’s a bit disappointing. I probably do have good search skills but the way search engines are going it takes more effort these days to get the same level of results, so I was aspiring for something that could help if I ever got to the point I could afford it.
Next time I’m doing a big project I’ll give the 100 free searches a whirl.
I was hoping it was more like vivisimo/clusty which used to clump results in patterns, or old version altavista which used to dredge up 10x more results than other engines.
Good on you for supporting tech goals and stuff. That’s really cool.
That on’s probably also because Smokefree Aotearoa was introduced under John Key’s National Government in the first place.
Tariana Turia spearheaded it when the Māori Party was in coalition with National, it came out of a Māori Affairs Select Committee process back in 2011 but John Key was totally on board with it and every iteration of the goverment has been.
It’s not a National vs Labour issue and no one had any reason to think it was about to be derailed. We’ve collectively spent a fortune on it, and no one is particularly passionate about making young people start smoking (except tobacco companies).
This government doing it’s best to ruin the country and our reputation overseas. Having said that I have witnessed too many acts of corruption to every buy that we were somehow more honest than other countries.
But it doesn’t have to be about enriching yourself.
There are plenty of people on the left who want to save the environment by “any means necessary”. A fast track could come in handy for creating national parks etc.
Oh my goodness I was joking. Of course not. The quotation marks around “any means necessary” were scare quotes to indicate an ironic use of the term.
Relax, I’m not writing to Chloe Swarbrick to demand the use of the fast track to slaughter babies.
I don’t see anything in our conversation above (or other conversations with you) that would indicate that I’m either criticising the left or else that I’m some kind of delusional homicidal fringe member of the left.
Anyway, my idea of a witty comment did not work and tone is hard on the internet. Sorry. I think maybe I need to stay out of the politics section!
That’s unnecessarily cruel. There’s no need to tell me I’m “no sane person” or to say I “need to learn what a joke looks like”, just because of one misunderstanding that I literally just apologized to you for straight away.
We’re on the same side about this issue. All I was trying to do, was agree with you and share ideas for how I think left wing people like me could maybe influence middle New Zealand to see how bad the fast track bill is.
I know I’m poorly socialized these days. I don’t get to practice much because I hardly ever get to have conversations irl any more, but it felt friendly here in lemmy.nz until right this moment.
I don’t know if you’re having a bad day or if it’s always like this, but I just… Idk, I don’t come here to get into arguments and be called names, it’s depressing, so I won’t be doing this with you any more.
Anyway, thank you for all the articles you posted in recent months. I have really enjoyed reading them and your thoughts. Nga mihi.
Lemmings, do any of you avoid politics on here?
How bad at reading are New Zealand children? [not that bad] (www.rnz.co.nz)
International testing indicated New Zealand had more bad readers among its 10-year-olds than other developed nations, but the picture improved for teenagers....
Stratford-revered glockenspiel stops working (www.rnz.co.nz)
The Stratford-revered glockenspiel has stood proud in the main street, Broadway, since it officially opened in 1996, but it had stopped working over the weekend....
No bouncer at this club (lemmy.world)
Poll: Labour could return to power if election held today (www.1news.co.nz)
Lol
Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 29/4/2024
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Fast-track bill could affect NZ's reputation - Transparency International (www.rnz.co.nz)
This government doing it’s best to ruin the country and our reputation overseas. Having said that I have witnessed too many acts of corruption to every buy that we were somehow more honest than other countries.
Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 19/4/2024
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