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#3246573 9-Jun-2024 17:57

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#3250136 17-Jun-2024 19:39

I’m going to be on the road for a few weeks.

I’ve got a variety of cables with USB A to C and C to C fittings.

Many hotels, planes and so on have only USB A.

What’s the best solution to ensure compatibility? Ideally 4 or 6 outputs in A and C with both A and C input options.

Does such a thing exist?

I might not be explaining it well. I want a hub I can connect to either USB A socket or USB C socket in the ‘wall’ which both USB A and USB C cables can be connected to. Does such a multilingual device exist?

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#3250139 17-Jun-2024 19:43

Satechi make great units that charge everything.

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#3251642 21-Jun-2024 15:39

I ended up with an Anker 737 GaNPrime charger that has 2 USB C and one USB A port and will deliver 100w charging.

Plus a couple of adapters to turn USB C into A if I need to plug in whilst on a plane etc.

The charger will do a good job of even my 16” MBP which I’m not taking this time but it’s good to know it’s capable of it if required.

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#3252692 24-Jun-2024 16:44

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#3252697 24-Jun-2024 17:00

Coming up to Matariki?

Seems to be an emoji, not an image, so can't get hints from the URL...

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#3252702 24-Jun-2024 17:16

SomeoneSomewhere:

Coming up to Matariki?

I never even considered that, but could be right!

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#3252755 24-Jun-2024 17:56

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#3252793 24-Jun-2024 20:52

Behodar:

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#3252875 25-Jun-2024 08:12

Geektastic: I ended up with an Anker 737 GaNPrime charger that has 2 USB C and one USB A port and will deliver 100w charging.

Plus a couple of adapters to turn USB C into A if I need to plug in whilst on a plane etc.

The charger will do a good job of even my 16” MBP which I’m not taking this time but it’s good to know it’s capable of it if required.

I also have an Anker 737. Great piece of kit for at home or travelling. I have a couple of other GaN chargers rated to 100W with multiple outlets but I tend to trust the Anker more.

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#3254192 28-Jun-2024 17:24

Anyone able to recommend some cheap nice feeling roller ball pens ? Temu or Ali Express are fine.

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#3255027 1-Jul-2024 11:13

How are unemployment figures calculated and are they accurate?

My wife works as a contractor doing change and programme management mainly in Wellington. Her contract just ended because the budget cuts for the department meant the project was canned.

She tells me many friends and colleagues in Wellington are going through similar and usually survive on savings between periods of work. This means they won’t claim government support and so I wondered how or if those kinds of unemployment get counted in official numbers.

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#3255173 1-Jul-2024 14:34

IIRC there are two official measures.

One is the number of people claiming unemployment benefits (I think it's called "Job Seeker" nowadays).
This is an easy-to-calculate measure that obviously doesn't contain people who are between jobs but can't claim a benefit, or those who consider it not something they want to participate in - such as your wife's contractor acquaintances. It also doesn't include sickness beneficiaries and those on other benefits.

The other measure is through the Household Labour Force survey run by Statistics NZ. Every so often - maybe yearly - they randomly select a bunch of people who they then ring up once a quarter and ask them what they've done with their time - paid work, voluntary work, housework and leisure - and how much they've earned. If you're not in full-time paid work, they ask you if you are looking for (more) work, too, so they can get measures of under-employments as well as unemployment.
[I have in the past been part of the Household Labour Force survey.]

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#3255335 1-Jul-2024 20:44

Interesting. Thanks.

I wonder what the percentage of “uncounted” jobless is. My wife says that based on conversations with others in her sort of work there are plenty that aren’t likely to get counted.

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#3255340 1-Jul-2024 20:52

Geektastic: I wonder what the percentage of “uncounted” jobless is. My wife says that based on conversations with others in her sort of work there are plenty that aren’t likely to get counted.

Counted, here:

https://www.stats.govt.nz/indicators/underutilisation-rate/

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