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Cake day: August 27th, 2023

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  • That’s huge for them on the tax front!

    I really love how our IRD now gets bank data.

    I’ve found it impossible to even get my family off Whats App, let alone facebook. When I first opened my facebook account the only people I could add were my online American friends because no one here seemed to have heard of it. So I guess I was part of the problem. Am trying to spread awareness of the Fediverse so hopefully that will balance out my karma!

    I think you’re right, so many of us do aspire to get away from social media surveillance and we will eventually have an ecosystem. Thank you for your part in it!😀


  • This might be a big city thing. In my town the cost of bulk rice for example is always cheaper at Pak n Save (which does 5kg bags) than in either Bin Inn or the Asian supermarkets. Same with meat versus butchers.

    Veg is hit and miss everywhere but green veges are sometimes cheapest at some of the Asian places, though to be fair it’s not usually the same veges.

    When I lived in Aucks and Wellington we shopped more like you describe, but frustratingly it just doesn’t work like that here. Might also be that I have way less money now and am always after the cheapest things.


  • I agree, but I really hope some of us are at least in a position to sort it out. There’s this concept Surveillance Capitalism that points out how corporations have become more powerful because of it and their interactions with governments.

    Even without that, in the US they have had legislative capture for decades (eg they are not allowed easy online taxes like we have because HR Block and TurboTax lobby against it) and NZ is beginning to show signs of it. Peter Thiel owns a surveillance company that develops war AI.

    That said historically there are always swings in favour of human rights every now and again so here’s hoping we as a species see sense.












  • Homeopapes are definitely a thing. News agreggators, RSS feeds and customizable news like Reuters, and things like pocket being able to send to ereaders.

    Alias phone is not some exciting tech unfortunately. I just have another phone that has a number and email account of its own that get used for signups. It’s on casual prepay and is associated with its own human name and online accounts. It’s kind of like I have an invisible flatmate who likes things like fuel cards and free streaming services.

    Hopefully we will soon have glasses you can buy that use AI to block out adds within our vision

    If we get that I want the They Live plugin!!





  • Oh no, easypeel are the best. Sudden childhood flashback to my mum having to demonstrate to me that actually no a sausage roll is not hard crusted dried meat all the way through, only the bits that stick out the ends. 🤦‍♂️

    Yep tangelo, still going crazy, so is the mandarin. I was going to cut some fruit for the birds and post a photo friday PSA about feeding windfalls to waxeyes and tui but got too caught up in mundane paperwork. Citrus is great though isn’t it, comes along at the perfect time!

    When it ends will be the best time for pruning too, to repay the tree with a bit of tlc.