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Posts by Strong Stable Dave

Just take that picture to Jaycar and they will sort you out. You can solder a new plug on to the original cord, or get a completely new power supply for not much
BTW I have found the ubiquitous 5V supplies work fine if you can't find a 6V one

3 weeks ago 1 0 1 0

Unless you are one of the 3 local people employed...

3 weeks ago 1 0 0 0

Very chill...

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The Excel Spreadsheet Error That Justified Global Austerity Investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, analysis of national and world affairs, and cultural criticism that matters.

See the famous spreadsheet error...
Note NZ featured :)
inthesetimes.com/article/the-...

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And disabled AI and smart features

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For Linux folk, I'm using the Epiphany browser (now called Web) configured as a web app for Gmail, ie one tab for Gmail only. Links will open in the default browser, for me LibreWolf

3 months ago 0 0 2 0

Unfortunately a bike is one of the things that some people don’t want to see but actually really are 😩

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Hey @woolworths.bsky.social what is the point of Stollen without Marzipan???
What waste of $14, actually $28 as I bought 2

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‘It’s an open invasion’: how millions of quagga mussels changed Lake Geneva for ever The molluscs are decimating food chains in Switzerland, have devastated the Great Lakes in North America, and this week were spotted in Northern Ireland for the first time

Salutary tale for NZ...

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

4 months ago 0 0 0 0

ALWAYS the same
Maui gas...
Hunter valley coal...
I'm sure there are lots more examples

4 months ago 1 0 0 0

To the waiting list for emergency housing, where of course they will be carefully counted 😉

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Lack tables...
Ideal for side tables, bed side tables, 3d printers, and heavily modded, and only $15
www.ikea.com/nz/en/p/lack...

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Pseudoscience: What are some of the craziest ideas held by Nobel Prize winners? Answer (1 of 5): Here are a few Nobel laureates who've espoused ‘unorthodox’ ideas that are strongly rejected by the mainstream science community (but which, due to winners’ celebrity, often received ...

Even Noble prize winners aren't immune:
www.quora.com/Pseudoscienc...

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It took me 50 minutes to get back from Sandringham to Grey Lynn during the rush for the Metallica concert. This is only going to make things worse...

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Why have deaths and serious injuries in collisions involving HGVs being driven in London halved since 2019? The number of people walking, cycling or motorcycling who were killed or seriously injured in a collision with an HGV driver in London has fallen from an average of 71 people per year to 35 since last...

@nzta.nzcow.com
We need this in NZ...
Do @aucklandtransport.bsky.social buses comply? If not why not?
road.cc/content/news...

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Absolutely...
One reason I never talk to my brother-in-law and sister. He made his millions part owning a copper mine in The Congo.
You know the workers make less than 1USD/day

5 months ago 2 0 0 0

Now the next problem...
Stop drivers traveling towards the city making a U turn to enter the station at the bottom entrance
They suddenly appear as you are looking over your shoulder to check for cars turning left into the station
Best solution, the path should be behind the station, like Australia

5 months ago 1 0 0 0

I was so happy to see these 😁 But we also need a speed bump at the exit of the service station.
Very recently a guy in an SUV was blocking the exit, I called out "bike", he moved back to let me through. And then got out of his car to accost me! I mean WTAF!

5 months ago 1 0 0 0

Files?

5 months ago 0 0 1 0

I understand why they might try to rewrite history to their favour, but maths? That makes no sense at all

5 months ago 1 0 0 0

Because you know - soap salesman 😉

5 months ago 1 0 0 0

Ironic 😉

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No, it doesn't!
I'm sick of people - usually in the wrong - telling me this when I am as calm as. Just because I am a cyclist that needs to make myself heard before I get run over by a very aggressive motorist.
The proper answer is "sorry"

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It did...

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I'd just ask, where do we get our spying and facial recognition capabilities from?
I don't know, but I can guess...

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Cyclist casualties down 28% and 900 fewer road injuries since 20mph limit introduced in Wales – but driving instructor still brands change a “total disaster” "We thank Welsh drivers who have altered their behaviour to make their communities even better places to be,” says the 20's Plenty For Us group

@greaterauckland.bsky.social @bikeauckland.bsky.social
Just FYI...
road.cc/content/news...

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Hosting A Website On A Disposable Vape For the past years people have been collecting disposable vapes primarily for their lithium-ion batteries, but as these disposable vapes have begun to incorporate more elaborate electronics, these …

Not blazingly fast...
hackaday.com/2025/09/15/h...

7 months ago 1 0 0 0

Except, the Greens will insist. So if they want to get into power he might have to change his mind...

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Remember Google "don't be evil"?

Yeah right...

7 months ago 0 0 0 0

You would rather not know...

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