That’s one thing I noticed about NZ, during my first trip: the speed limits are generally sane. If anything, the rural speed limits have a genuine sense of reality to them.

In stark contrast, driving in Canada (Toronto area) and the US (Texas) most times I felt I could safely go faster, were it not for the constant threat of speed traps or random / stealth cruisers.

In NZ if you’re doing a long drive and you don’t heed the slower speed limits as you enter a bend in the road, you may have just fucked yourself. Especially if the roads have a layer of moisture, which is likely.

And the more built up areas have a decent amount of traffic calming, which is nice.

Toronto and really all of the GTA need a severe dose of NotJustBikes to get sorted.

Oh no!

Anyway, how’s your weekend been going?

Something something superior siege weapon

Now that’s a pretty cool bit of news :)

Orthogonal, but I have fond memories of the firewalls mailing list (greatcircle.com iirc) as well as the Usenet Oracle

Just wanted to throw something else into the discussion.

I’ll preface this that a) I’m no economist, and b) I’m Canadian.

Let’s harken back to circa 1996 when the Quebec separatists were once again threatening to leave. Also, they were going to keep the Canadian dollar as their currency.

I was having a chat with a coworker, who did have a minor in finance. He pointed out that if Quebec separated and kept the Cdn dollar, their fiscal policy would be dictated by Canada.

So reframing this for Texas: if they seceded, would they keep the USD? If not, how quickly would they be able to design their own currency and mint it? What exchange rate would they use for their citizens and how quickly could they get the new currency into the hands of everyone, including out in the boonies?

I’m completely glossing over any considerations around what might happen if they kept the USD.

Interesting.

Will add that to my mental corkboard, thanks.

But Americans aren’t allowed to read the story anymore — by order of a court in India.

While the article starts out with what seems to be a decidedly “this is targeting Americans” bent, further reading clarifies that it’s a global thing, not specific to Americans at all.

🤔

Eisen meaning iron.

And Kot meaning vomit.

The phrase “zum kotzen” got burned into my memory decades ago.

A similar suggestion to the other poster:

Try relocating one of the troublesome units to someplace nearby but not mounted to the ceiling. The top of a bedroom dresser, the floor, a bathroom countertop, the top step of the stairs, halfway down the stairs, hanging from a wall (picture hook)… just get creative.

And since you haven’t mentioned it, I presume these are all smoke detectors? Do you have any heat detectors or carbon monoxide detectors installed?

“We have also developed a tomato which can eject itself when an accident is imminent.”

Back in the Before Times of Reddit, there was a guy who knew quite a bit about vacuums. Did an AMA at least a few times.

Long story short, powders such as baking soda or any of the common ‘freshness’ options damage vacuums. Avoid using them.

I’ll be the dense lunkhead and ask/say the obvious:

https://www.google.com/search?q=find+a+Hollywood+movie

I’m guessing you were trying to find a specific, older movie?

OT, but now I’m disappointed to have discovered that LMGTFY’s SSL throws a NSURLErrorDomain error. I would have used that instead.

Don’t forget AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Towing Service

FWIW I enjoyed your post. And yeah, quite the knack for shite friends/relationships :D

TIL, thanks

Big fan of douchecanoe. Been using it for many years.

I once dropped ‘douchecanoe’ in a convo with my manager in reference to someone we both knew outside of the company, without thinking. She gave me one of those “hol’ up - what did you just say?” reactions. New to her, she was amused.

Proper air-drying is key. Gotta maximize the surface area. If there’s a gentle breeze nearby, all the better.

Living somewhere where you can use a clothesline would fit this most times (ie, if it’s not raining all the time).

You just need to avoid Alderaan places.

Yeah, that works because of the ‘z’ I would say.

I’m having trouble finding another word that rhymes but still uses an ‘s’ and not a ‘z’.

I guess there’s ‘choose,’ but visually it looks closer to ‘loose’. Which would just confuse the people we’re trying to give clarity to.