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#3348735 28-Feb-2025 15:33

cddt:Left my work PC for 10 minutes and came back to find this... afraid to restart in case it decides to use a language I don't speak.

Go on be a daredevil and learn a foreign language🤣. What could possibly go wron........g.

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#3348738 28-Feb-2025 15:44

msukiwi:

Go on be a daredevil and learn a foreign language🤣. What could possibly go wron........g.

It's useful to at least learn German so you can appreciate Rammstein properly.

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#3348742 28-Feb-2025 16:00

neb:

It's useful to at least learn German so you can appreciate Rammstein properly.

I know German already (at least, to roughly a B1/B2 level).

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#3348761 28-Feb-2025 18:12

cddt:

neb:

It's useful to at least learn German so you can appreciate Rammstein properly.

I know German already (at least, to roughly a B1/B2 level).

當然，但我肯定會設置中文。😁

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#3348794 28-Feb-2025 21:58

cddt:

Left my work PC for 10 minutes and came back to find this... afraid to restart in case it decides to use a language I don't speak.

You'll find that was just a test and based on previous tests of a similar nature you won't even notice the intermittent flashing light.

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#3348799 28-Feb-2025 22:17

MadEngineer: This is a photo I took of their DC many moons ago. Managers only pretended to care.

That is an odd looking door. There is no obvious latch. Is it a cavity slider? or the closer is on the other side?

I see wires at the top like the usual open detection.

None of that arrangement looks appetizing for the average consumer. I've seen a few supermarket storage areas. I've seen nothing like that.

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#3348801 28-Feb-2025 22:25

Looks like a concrete tilt-slab wall; I doubt it's a cavity slider.

I think 'DC' is 'distribution centre', so no customers expected.

Just a push? Might be an intermediate door between one part of the building to another, but without a need for a lock.

If there's a butchery, bakery, or bottling section, the door may be monitored to make sure it stays closed to prevent contamination/pests. The old foodstuffs Upper Hutt distribution centre had a coke bottling plant in which I imagine was quasi-cleanroom. I don't think this is that facility, though.

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#3348876 1-Mar-2025 01:31

Tinkerisk:

cddt:

neb:

It's useful to at least learn German so you can appreciate Rammstein properly.

I know German already (at least, to roughly a B1/B2 level).

當然，但我肯定會設置中文。😁

Unfortunately that's all Greek to me, despite having ancestry of the language's main speakers.

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#3348878 1-Mar-2025 05:22

deepred:

Tinkerisk:

當然，但我肯定會設置中文。😁

Unfortunately that's all Greek to me, despite having ancestry of the language's main speakers.

For me it‘s Chinese too. 🤣

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#3348894 1-Mar-2025 08:46

cddt:

Left my work PC for 10 minutes and came back to find this... afraid to restart in case it decides to use a language I don't speak.

That happened on my work computer too. It's still in English. Looks like Microsoft must have broken something...

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#3348911 1-Mar-2025 09:24

Well don't swap over to Skype because Microsoft is shutting it down in May Skype is shutting down after two decades

Looks like it is over to What's App for Desktop. Which is going to be interesting educating some of our families over 80's who desktop video their kids & grandkids all over the world and have done so for years. One lot don't even have a mobile phone.

Whilst the difficult we can do immediately, the impossible takes a bit longer. However, miracles you will have to wait for.

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#3349079 1-Mar-2025 21:48

Behodar:

Looks like Microsoft must have broken something...

Noooooh! Microsoft? Surely not!

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#3349990 4-Mar-2025 13:26

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/543689/pak-n-save-whanganui-apologises-after-grilling-customer-over-1000-grocery-bill

What?

if it were me being asked to provide ID in this same situation (unlikely - I’m white), I’d respond it exactly the same way. Has anyone been asked to provide ID when they’ve purchased a TV, for example? The only time they should be doing that is at the time of presenting a credit card

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#3349992 4-Mar-2025 13:32

Groceries are expensive. I'm more surprised that the $1000 threshold isn't hit more frequently.

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#3349994 4-Mar-2025 13:56

From the article:

'We didn't explain this properly' - Pak'n Save

In a statement posted to social media on Tuesday, an unnamed spokesperson said Pak'n Save Whanganui acknowledged Williams' experience "and take this opportunity to provide some clarity".

"Under tax legislation introduced in 2023, businesses are required to collect certain details for purchases over $1,000 to ensure compliance with tax rules. Unfortunately, in this instance, we didn't explain this properly, and we sincerely regret the frustration and confusion caused.

Can't say I've run across this before but I'm also not in the habit of spending $1k in person.

I would expect this to be KYC/AML not tax requirements.

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