Posts by va2lam@mastodon.nz
(DIR) Post #Az1rD2fWrIl0ZhIDpo by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2025-10-09T09:51:44Z
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@lightweight @Firesphere @ewenmcneill I used X1 Carbons for a long time but the last one I had lasted not-long-enough until the USB-C charging ports broke and were non-repairable :(
(DIR) Post #Az1rbNeIVTOSarK2uu by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2025-10-09T09:56:04Z
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@lightweight @Firesphere @ewenmcneill I took it to a store and they fixed it once but then said they couldn't do it again
(DIR) Post #Az1sapoeOfVhcHT70y by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2025-10-09T09:58:31Z
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@Firesphere @lightweight @ewenmcneill (I've replaced screens in the past but don't really want to do that now). For the X1 I think the port was soldered to the main board in a way they didn't want to undo.
(DIR) Post #Az2kvaw6JHD34cIka0 by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2025-10-09T20:16:00Z
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@lightweight @Firesphere @ewenmcneill yes, they did replace the USB-C port once.
(DIR) Post #Az9DlOkiofdQ0hEFAO by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2025-10-12T23:07:26Z
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@lightweight @Antigrav @ClareBear tautoko! Online voting is just this bad idea that keeps coming back.
(DIR) Post #Az9E83GqqpZG2v3jAe by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2025-10-12T23:11:33Z
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@lightweight @Antigrav @ClareBear haven't really seen one in any country that I follow, alas, though maybe it happened in Germany if there is that court declaration that you mentioned?
(DIR) Post #Az9Fj07lc2buxKzbGK by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2025-10-12T23:29:27Z
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@lightweight @Antigrav @ClareBear with an extrinsic incentive, perhaps more people will vote, and likely some of them will try to be informed. But it is true that it's not that easy to find out about the candidates beyond the short blurb. I did do some research, and Wellington is easier than other places.
(DIR) Post #Az9G5Rtj22TrSt82dM by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2025-10-12T23:33:11Z
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@lightweight @Antigrav @ClareBear I enjoyed the Bird of the Year videos. The council candidate videos, not so much.
(DIR) Post #Az9GPrHYMaBJz70Qts by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2025-10-12T23:37:12Z
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@lightweight @jeremy_pm @Antigrav @ClareBear yeah, goes without saying almost (and yet here we are)
(DIR) Post #AzPZvUQrrPlo2gWBd2 by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2025-10-20T20:13:14Z
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? (University of Waterloo campus)
(DIR) Post #AzQJmgRaQbeEa4aqGm by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2025-10-21T05:04:57Z
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@futurebird lots of people who were in NZ at the time have answered that better than me. One thing I can notice as an outsider, though, is that it is true that many people don't seem to trust the stock market. But the NZ stock market is small and maybe not that diversified. Another thing is that most of the coverage of stock market investing in NZ is a bit behind the times and doesn't know about low cost index funds. Which do exist. But you have to know about them.
(DIR) Post #AzrdvXSsWSMuoullQm by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2025-11-03T09:27:54Z
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@futurebird which first, self driving cars (including in the snow) or nuclear fusion reactors...
(DIR) Post #B0KojHnPpRchGXRuPQ by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2025-11-17T11:15:35Z
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@futurebird aren't all math books yellow? (Actually I don't own any of the Springer yellow books).I do own some bookshelves that I got made to measure with specific shelf heights though.
(DIR) Post #B0OJAiS6mXeYPb2JGq by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2025-11-19T03:40:46Z
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@ricci c'mon you know you want to be Dean
(DIR) Post #B0aKXuXXzkeLAymbg0 by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2025-11-24T22:52:45Z
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@strypey Cars do sometimes just randomly burst into fire. Happened to a flatmate of mine once at like 2am.
(DIR) Post #B0mqm2UckfwOKFiQAS by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2025-11-30T23:50:25Z
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@ricci what about nuoc mam?
(DIR) Post #B0mr8bslr5W8SGlxXE by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2025-11-30T23:54:27Z
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@ricci this looks more like the dipping sauce nuoc cham than the fish sauce nuoc mam, but I'm sure there is an equivalent! https://woonheng.com/vegan-fish-sauce/
(DIR) Post #B0p7TRCkjkqT0DzZke by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2025-12-02T01:01:14Z
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@miado we used to complain about low quality reviews for programming languages venues but I haven't complained recently; people have talked about rebuttals putting some pressure on reviewers to not say false things
(DIR) Post #B2SUBoKib4bygqr6no by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2026-01-19T23:47:17Z
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@futurebird NZ seems to always have public toilets everywhere. Very civilized.
(DIR) Post #B2c5GwSJGpxy3XM6xU by va2lam@mastodon.nz
2026-01-24T14:53:16Z
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@bucknam @futurebird what? You don't have to have a knot to start sewing? I just learned about better ways of tying shoelaces which don't come undone as much. I used to have to re-tie every few hours.