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  #3509566 8-Jul-2026 19:40
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Handsomedan:

 

THIS annoyed me today. 

 

More sentence reductions and ridiculous statements from a Judge when sentencing these admitted and guilty criminals who actively participated in violent crime that has changed the victim's lives forever. 

This statement is particularly galling. "That fact, as well as other personal matters, his guilty pleas, and the time already spent on electronically monitored bail, the judge said, meant a sentence reduction of about 50%.

 

He was a “full participant” in the cruel and violent offending, the judge said. She was not convinced he was influenced by his co-offenders.

 

Te Amo was sentenced to a total of four years and four months in prison.

 

The judge acknowledged the victims may not think the sentence was long enough but said it was a long time for a young person and should not be “crushing”."


 

 

I see today a coward punch killer who killed a wonderful father and community pillar got less than 4 years so will probably be out in two. That incenses me, the victim’s family must be incandescent. 
And then there’s the judges that keep discounting until the sentence is less than two years and automatically converted to home detention complete with booze, Xbox and p0rn   


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  #3509575 8-Jul-2026 20:46
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Behodar:

 

Behodar:

 

Ticket logged with vendor when version X was current. Vendor then releases version Y. Issue confirmed to still exist in version Y. Ticket updated with comment that it's still broken in Y. Six months later, the vendor closes the ticket with "this is for version X which is now out of support". Latest patch update for version Y still exhibits the issue.

 

 

Now the vendor's being obtuse. The original ticket was "If you go to the list of items, then switch to e.g. page 3, open an item, then click Back, it returns you to page 1 instead of page 3." There was a note, intended to aid with troubleshooting, stating that the URL still includes "?page=3" so it's "trying" to work, but failing.

 

When I reopened the ticket, they closed it again with "we don't use query strings any more". They've homed in on an implementation detail and ignored the actual issue: that it goes to the wrong page.

 

Check your SLA with that vendor and if necessary, open a ticket that they are closing your tickets without your confirmation of resolve.

 

You could even open a ticket that your closed ticket isn't being correctly dealt with.

 

I have done this and from experience, works wonders





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  #3509600 9-Jul-2026 09:10
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johno1234:

 

I see today a coward punch killer who killed a wonderful father and community pillar got less than 4 years so will probably be out in two. That incenses me, the victim’s family must be incandescent. 
And then there’s the judges that keep discounting until the sentence is less than two years and automatically converted to home detention complete with booze, Xbox and p0rn   

 

 

That kind of assault should be ineligible for manslaughter charge.  It should be a mandatory murder charge.





Mike


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  #3509618 9-Jul-2026 10:30
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I have doubts about these kinds of comments. My sentiments are the same. These thugs should be punished in every way possible and never released. But I don't really know and I wonder if anyone else does. Armchair generalling is cheap and easy but nobody outside the case really knows what the issues are or why certain decisions are made. It certainly seems wrong and unjust to me, but since I don't really know and cannot, I feel compelled to refrain from passing judgement on the judges. One has to assume they have reasons for their decisions and they know what they are doing. I have no judge knowledge or experience so have no reason to think I would do better. 

 

 

 

 





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  #3509868 9-Jul-2026 16:48
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I have to go out tonight , and the weather is rainy and cold so I should wear some kind of coat.

 

Problem is, I will have to stand and probably get hot at this event.

 

 

 

NZ venues never have a coat check facility so my choices are:

 

  • not wear a jacket or coat and get wet and/or cold on the way there and home.
  • sling my jacket in a corner and hope no-one pinches it
  • cart my jacket round all night like it's my security blanket

 





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  #3509894 9-Jul-2026 20:22
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Platitudes and stupid emojis on chats when things aren't working. I'm sure there is some sort of marketing/comms bumf behind it but it makes me angry when something isn't working.


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  #3509895 9-Jul-2026 20:31
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elpenguino:

 

I have to go out tonight , and the weather is rainy and cold so I should wear some kind of coat.

 

Problem is, I will have to stand and probably get hot at this event.

 

 

 

NZ venues never have a coat check facility so my choices are:

 

  • not wear a jacket or coat and get wet and/or cold on the way there and home.
  • sling my jacket in a corner and hope no-one pinches it
  • cart my jacket round all night like it's my security blanket

 

 

 

Black garbage bag, reusable and fits in pocket or a bit more sartorial, one of those $2 shop pocket raincoats. Job done. In this wind I’d go for the garbage bag. 


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  #3509897 9-Jul-2026 20:55
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F@&$ Parkinson's





A world that has gone totally insane.


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  #3510464 11-Jul-2026 17:15
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Finally warm enough in the shed to be doing things, so I start moving my storage from the old rack without middle holes and a table beside is as the rails for the supermicro appeared to need the middle holes. Finally get things in and somehow I have a spacing error of 1/3 U on the big heavy ones. Sod it, they can stay like that because I need to get it back working before its too cold out here.





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  #3510473 11-Jul-2026 18:58
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MikeB4:

 

F@&$ Parkinson's

 

 

I don't whether to support this post or downvote it (if I could on Geekzone).

 

But yeah F*#K Parkinson's!


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  #3510485 11-Jul-2026 21:01
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I don't whether to support this post or downvote it (if I could on Geekzone).

 

But yeah F*#K Parkinson's!

 

 

I hear this week that to be a companion to the condition that has already put me in a wheelchair I have been handed Parkinsons. Right now I don’t know if I can fight this or want to fight this. F*%k Parkinsons is all I have.





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  #3510517 12-Jul-2026 10:24
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What a gut punch that must have been @MikeB4. Hopefully it is mild and will stay that way while research continues and new drugs and techniques develop. AI is bound to speed this up substantially. So sorry this is happening to you. 


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  #3510870 13-Jul-2026 09:31
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Thought I'd take the Paypal route with Mighty Ape, hadn't signed into my account, and this came up.... Logged into MA and paid via debit card and surprise surprise, they do ship to my location 🤷‍♂️

 

 

 


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  #3510968 13-Jul-2026 12:54
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After the third round of illness sweeping through the family in the last three weeks we bought a multi-RAT kit for $9, sacrificed the sickest child's nostrils, and it came back positive for Influenza A. God only knows what it was last week, or the week before. 

 

We should get a refund for the cost of the vaccination... 


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  #3510974 13-Jul-2026 13:02
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I've been walking to work but due to some overexuberance at the gym, I have a calf muscle tear (new PB though!).

 

But wait ... I can get I can get public transport.  The bus stop is only a 10-minute walk from my house 😃. The first bus leaves at 9:13am 🙁.  It takes me 20 minutes to drop about 8 minutes from the office😱.  So a total trip of 38 minutes to avoid an 8-minute drive🤬.

 

Public transport in Blenheim is clearly targeted at school kids and retired people.





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