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  #2945546 23-Jul-2022 09:53
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richms:

 

Particularly ones like the raspberry pi ones that not only have the logo upside down but seem to add extra protrusions to the side making them too wide.

 

 

Yes! Why do they put those plastic wings on the side, that seem to have no purpose?!


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  #2945570 23-Jul-2022 13:43
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neb:.. (And there are indeed power boards with widely-spaced sockets to accommodate wall warts).

 

 

 

I bought a couple from Bunnings recently - $12 each.

 

I also have an ad hoc solution for existing power boards that have a mixture of cord plugs and wall warts:

 

I plug a "piggyback" or "tapon plug" into every second socket and plug the wall wart into the top of that.  (I have a stock of such plugs salvaged from junked equipment.) Although looking at the prices of new tapons, the $12 power board is a better deal...





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  #2945575 23-Jul-2022 14:16
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Particularly ones like the raspberry pi ones that not only have the logo upside down but seem to add extra protrusions to the side making them too wide. All the ones with my external HDDs etc are all narrow enough to fit fine.

 

 

For powering all of that stuff, I get a Meanwell 12V 5A power brick and run everything off a splitter cable, so a single IEC power cord to the brick and then everything powered off that.

 

 

And then a second USB brick for the cretins who think that running a power-guzzling mini PC off a cellphone charger is a good idea.

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  #2945577 23-Jul-2022 14:17
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Behodar:

richms:

 

Particularly ones like the raspberry pi ones that not only have the logo upside down but seem to add extra protrusions to the side making them too wide.

 

 

Yes! Why do they put those plastic wings on the side, that seem to have no purpose?!

 

 

For grip when removing them and to space them away from other items for cooling, if you wedge several wall warts up against each other there's a chance they'll cook each other.

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  #2946052 24-Jul-2022 20:29
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Getting notified by the Covid app that some helpful person near me in the last 36 hours has tested positive. 🤬





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  #2946132 25-Jul-2022 09:39
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Geektastic: Getting notified by the Covid app that some helpful person near me in the last 36 hours has tested positive. 🤬

 

I got the same thing in the early hours of Sunday morning.

 

It's my understanding that these notifications get sent out if you've been in bluetooth proximity for 15 minutes or something like that which, for me, would limit the potential sources to work or the bus. Work seems very unlikely as I would be informed if one of my colleagues tested positive, so it has to be the bus. As a daily bus user I probably get exposed to covid cases on a frequent basis, so I guess this one just happens to be someone who had the bluetooth tracing feature enable on their phone. 

 

It's hard to know how to react other than following the instructions to 'monitor for symptoms and get a test if any develop', which is clearly something that I would be doing regardless of this notification!


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  #2946139 25-Jul-2022 10:29
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Travelling to Tauranga to look at and purchase a bike for my son, only to be told when I contact the guy to get his exact whereabouts that he sold it two days ago. 

 

I wasn't very polite in my response to that message. 

 

I'm not doing a deal outside of Auckland off Marketplace ever again. I also don't like the idea of using Marketplace at all, but my son is the one that insists on looking there. 





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  #2946141 25-Jul-2022 10:40
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Handsomedan:

 

Travelling to Tauranga to look at and purchase a bike for my son, only to be told when I contact the guy to get his exact whereabouts that he sold it two days ago. 

 

I wasn't very polite in my response to that message. 

 

I'm not doing a deal outside of Auckland off Marketplace ever again. I also don't like the idea of using Marketplace at all, but my son is the one that insists on looking there. 

 

 

The amount of stuff on there that is long gone is amazing. Its what happens when something becomes zero cost to use, it gets full of crap.

 

 

 

 





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  #2946153 25-Jul-2022 10:57
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Also things like this are really helpful when there is no way to appeal.

 

May be an image of table and text that says 'This listing goes against our rules on overtly sexual products It looks like this listing goes against our Commerce Policies on overtly sexual products. It has been removed and only you can see it now. If you think that we ve got this wrong, you can request a review. See Options'

 

From this facebook page...





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  #2946157 25-Jul-2022 11:30
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The Wellington Metlink app that says the bus is due and yet it does not come for another 5 minutes at least. One would assume it's using GPS but if so, then their GPS is pretty in accurate. And it's made worse for me when the bus shelter is an older style with no windows so if you sit inside the bus can come whizzing while you are sitting inside sheltering from the wind and rain.





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  #2946171 25-Jul-2022 12:12
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Do they even have realtime GPS tracking? Maybe the due time is just an average arrival time?

 

 


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  #2946172 25-Jul-2022 12:15
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Do they even have realtime GPS tracking? Maybe the due time is just an average arrival time?

 

 

Yes, buses in Wellington have GPS and telemetry but the arrival time estimates still seem to be hit and miss. 


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  #2946178 25-Jul-2022 12:33
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richms:

 

Also things like this are really helpful when there is no way to appeal.

 

May be an image of table and text that says 'This listing goes against our rules on overtly sexual products It looks like this listing goes against our Commerce Policies on overtly sexual products. It has been removed and only you can see it now. If you think that we ve got this wrong, you can request a review. See Options'

 

From this facebook page...

 

 

I must admit...it got me going. 





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  #2946199 25-Jul-2022 13:50
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richms:

 

Also things like this are really helpful when there is no way to appeal.

 

May be an image of table and text that says 'This listing goes against our rules on overtly sexual products It looks like this listing goes against our Commerce Policies on overtly sexual products. It has been removed and only you can see it now. If you think that we ve got this wrong, you can request a review. See Options'

 

From this facebook page...

 

 

Well, we all know what tables are used for!

 

 





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Handsomedan:

 

richms:

 

Also things like this are really helpful when there is no way to appeal.

 

May be an image of table and text that says 'This listing goes against our rules on overtly sexual products It looks like this listing goes against our Commerce Policies on overtly sexual products. It has been removed and only you can see it now. If you think that we ve got this wrong, you can request a review. See Options'

 

From this facebook page...

 

 

I must admit...it got me going. 

 

 

ahh, a leg man.





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