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#3401149 8-Aug-2025 18:10

freitasm:

(Also, the article itself is something of a war situation brewing between Italy and the UK).

I hope there aren't any Italians reading, because I think the BBC version actually sounds quite nice! I might give it a go on the weekend.

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#3402067 12-Aug-2025 13:51

Not really a headline but this word salad from Chris Hipkins is worthy of Kamala Harris:

“Eventually, Hipkins said, “I’ve always said taxing the family home shouldn’t be taxed, but I’m not announcing a policy that we haven’t announced”.

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#3402116 12-Aug-2025 17:10

The Herald files a story about people stuck due to train problems in Auckland, under Entertainment... really?

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/train-delays-in-auckland-as-newmarket-station-faces-infrastructure-issue/FFYGXMWNPBEFDCSFJQCGKJ4QC4/

I guess the Herald is drifting further towards infotainment rather than a real news outlet.

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#3402432 13-Aug-2025 19:15

RNZ talking about an earthquake today.

It struck at 5:53pm on Friday Wednesday

Surely it wasn't shaking so much you couldn't work out what day it was.

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#3405462 19-Aug-2025 08:56

Stuff AM quiz 19/08/2025:

Sometimes I use big words I don't always fully understand in an effort to make myself sound more photosynthesis.

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#3405464 19-Aug-2025 09:08

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#3405522 19-Aug-2025 10:01

I use ChatGPT too so I guess there is no point in reading their articles.

Plesse igmore amd axxept applogies in adbance fir anu typos

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#3405536 19-Aug-2025 11:04

floydbloke:
Stuff AM quiz 19/08/2025:

Such little content yet so much wrong. I'm quite confident that the author (or are they "content creator" now?) wears slip-on shoes. Tying their own laces would be far in excess of their capabilities. Imagine the brain attack when filling out their address in web forms where City is followed by Country. But, but, but isnt that the same thing?

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#3407880 27-Aug-2025 19:04

From: https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360804939/why-didnt-costco-expand-out-auckland-thats-crucial-question-nicola-willis-woos-supermarkets

Bizzarely, Costco - the American megastore - has managed to drive down the cost of New Zealand butter and New Zelaand mince in West Auckland. It opened in 2022 and, as the Commerce Commission noted in 2024, it led to supermarkets in West Auckland lowering their prices.

How the H*ll did Zelaand get through their spellchecker?

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#3408526 29-Aug-2025 13:43

What????

source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360806989/threatening-emails-reported-schools-nationwide

Sometimes I use big words I don't always fully understand in an effort to make myself sound more photosynthesis.

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#3408530 29-Aug-2025 14:05

Just throw the word "suspected" in there somewhere. I've now read an article talking about a "suspected break-in" (which really happened) and another one about the "suspected fugitive" Tom Phillips.

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#3410966 4-Sep-2025 09:17

From Stuff: "AM quiz: In terms of smartphones, what does the "S" stand for in "SIM"?"

Hmm. It's not a "smartphone" thing. Also "In terms of"?

Perhaps change to "What does the "S" stand for in "SIM" on a cellular device?"

(This would cover feature phones, smartphones, tablets, IoT devices, routers, etc)

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#3411021 4-Sep-2025 10:19

freitasm:

From Stuff: "AM quiz: In terms of smartphones, what does the "S" stand for in "SIM"?"

Hmm. It's not a "smartphone" thing. Also "In terms of"?

Perhaps change to "What does the "S" stand for in "SIM" on a cellular device?"

(This would cover feature phones, smartphones, tablets, IoT devices, routers, etc)

Perhaps the author of the quiz isn't old enough to have early signs of experience lines (polite name for wrinkles...) and doesn't know anything about the first generation of very basic GSM phones from the 20th century that required SIM cards, and they only know about some current smartphone tech that still rely on said cards.

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#3411027 4-Sep-2025 10:55

geek3001:

the first generation of very basic GSM phones from the 20th century that required SIM cards

Back when they were actually cards!

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#3411028 4-Sep-2025 11:04

Behodar:

geek3001:

the first generation of very basic GSM phones from the 20th century that required SIM cards

Back when they were actually cards!

Precisely.

I actually recall having to deal with a phone way back then, where that full credit card sized card could fall out of the phone if you weren't careful, leading to problems when later you found you no longer had a working phone as its card was elsewhere and invariably lost.

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