The “revolutionary” air-breathing engine could, in theory, lift an aircraft from a runway to more than 30km (18.6 miles) into the stratosphere and continuously accelerate it to 16 times the speed of sound....
Another good write up showing that the Government is misleading the public about the state of public finances and the economy, and also benefit sanctions....
It’s electioneering in that it is to create damage control ahead of dropping or delaying any promised reward to those that voted for the income tax cut.
It can allow them to defer until they claim that NZ is not fragile, which would probably be as a re-election campaign: vote for us because WE fixed a fragile economy, let’s keep the momentum so that we can let people keep more of their hard earned income.
Consultation on the 2024-34 Long-term Plan opens on 12 April and closes on 12 May. It is a key opportunity for Wellingtonians to have their say on the city’s 10-year plan and budget....
Don’t have to be a a great and prosperous country to have people want to move here. Just have to be better than where they are (with respect to their personal circumstances).
Local companies may have similar names to others that exist overseas.
To require them to be in a globally common non-regionalised pool of domain names is more likely to increase scam risks.
Should the various regional companies of the Vodafone brand be forced to have all their world wide customers sign in to a global parent organisation Vodafone.com? Is it not better for the regionally specific customer portal be vodafone.com.au and vodafone.co.uk?
We estimate that by 2025, Signal will require approximately $50 million dollars a year to operate—and this is very lean compared to other popular messaging apps that don’t respect your privacy.
Google Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web results (arstechnica.com)
Daylight saving creator left the chat.... (lemmy.world)
The National Court orders to block Telegram in Spain (www.gearrice.com)
Reddit keeps testing desktop UI changes ahead of its IPO (www.androidpolice.com)
Why the far right and far left support Russia, China, and Palestine (youtu.be)
China invents most powerful detonation engine for hypersonic flight (www.scmp.com)
The “revolutionary” air-breathing engine could, in theory, lift an aircraft from a runway to more than 30km (18.6 miles) into the stratosphere and continuously accelerate it to 16 times the speed of sound....
Conveniently enter your phone number with a single input (lemmy.world)
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We’re not as fragile or as lazy as Luxon says (thekaka.substack.com)
Another good write up showing that the Government is misleading the public about the state of public finances and the economy, and also benefit sanctions....
Council confirms Long-term Plan options for community feedback (wellington.govt.nz)
Consultation on the 2024-34 Long-term Plan opens on 12 April and closes on 12 May. It is a key opportunity for Wellingtonians to have their say on the city’s 10-year plan and budget....
The Puzzling Testimony of Craig Wright, Self-Styled Inventor of Bitcoin (www.wired.com)
Jack Tame: Are migration numbers a blessing or a curse for the economy? (www.1news.co.nz)
Taliban Shuts Down 'queer.af' Domain, Breaking Mastodon Instance (www.404media.co)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/11820406...
Why is the caret made, and why does it blink?
It’s the vertical line that blinks in text boxes and documents when you edit. Other than that I don’t know much about it.
Woolworths scrambles to close loophole after shoppers register multiple cards to gain points (www.rnz.co.nz)
Good on them, I hate these BS loyalty schemes, and typically avoid any store that offers them....
Does Harry Potter only know fifth grade math?
He was abducted by Hagrid when he turned 11 so that would place him maybe around the fifth or sixth grade....
Privacy is Priceless, but Signal is Expensive (signal.org)
We estimate that by 2025, Signal will require approximately $50 million dollars a year to operate—and this is very lean compared to other popular messaging apps that don’t respect your privacy.
Is there something I can add to a direct video URL to make it loop?
So if I have lorenipsum.com/test.mp4, can I modify it like so: lorenipsum.com/test.mp4?&loop=1 or some other append to make it loop?
Spotify Wrapped is creepy, meaningless – and shows just how much data big tech has on you (www.theguardian.com)
Some fantastic reporting from RNZ after Winnie spoke to media today (lemmy.nz)
Full article if anyone is interested