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#3500214 4-Jun-2026 13:17

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Wouldn't worry about it. It'll be too blurry to watch and forget where you were up to /s.

Then it will stop working and by the time you have uninstalled and reinstalled the app and logged in, it will be over.

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#3500228 4-Jun-2026 13:44

Seems to be a common theme when you get traditional broadcasters do things.

Me: Why is ABC iView still 720p in 2026?

Friend: Because they can't be seen to be spending money on anything useful.

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#3500230 4-Jun-2026 13:50

Behodar:

Seems to be a common theme when you get traditional broadcasters do things.

Me: Why is ABC iView still 720p in 2026?

Friend: Because they can't be seen to be spending money on anything useful.

They have invested millions in gear that achieves the same thing a twitch streamer can do on a PC, but with a rigid and inflexible framerate and resolution. Give them a break, they have to get those kickbacks from the companies selling them a $30k video encoder that somehow is better than what you can do in OBS despite the output result looking worse.

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#3500815 6-Jun-2026 18:58

This seller on trademe. And these are listings that trademe will advertise over onto facebook etc.

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#3500817 6-Jun-2026 19:43

The trader Smartfox was a drop shipper. They now claim that their stock is all local, but I wonder why their heavier items often have outrageous prices.

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#3500824 6-Jun-2026 21:26

richms:

Wow. Just wow. I don't know if I feel sorry for anyone who purchases it or surprised that they are willing to pay nearly three times the cost per can from a supermarket.

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#3500826 6-Jun-2026 21:33

HelloThere:
richms:

Wow. Just wow. I don't know if I feel sorry for anyone who purchases it or surprised that they are willing to pay nearly three times the cost per can from a supermarket.

Items on TradeMe are always a bargain, right?

For some reason some people will pay stupid prices for stuff on TradeMe

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#3500832 6-Jun-2026 21:59

HelloThere:

Wow. Just wow. I don't know if I feel sorry for anyone who purchases it or surprised that they are willing to pay nearly three times the cost per can from a supermarket.

Maybe the empty space in the shipping carton is filled with the spirit bottle of your choice. But of course TradeMe wouldn’t allow that 😁

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#3501066 7-Jun-2026 16:21

richms:

This seller on trademe. And these are listings that trademe will advertise over onto facebook etc.

No reason to get annoyed at all—in fact, it’s a good test to prove my mind is still working: I wouldn’t drink this swill voluntarily, not even if they paid me that price. I already feel guilty enough about the sugary Indian tonic water in my Sunday gin and tonic as it is.

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#3501392 8-Jun-2026 21:39

A 'charity' that looks like it is set up to invoice the vulnerable people it is claiming to benefit after contacting at least one 'client' using Facebook:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/hdc-finds-charity-chair-financially-exploited-vulnerable-woman-he-met-on-social-media/DJJBLIRK4FB5XMRIAD25PD6TY4/

There are similar cases for the same 'charity' apparently. It sounds like something that should be immediately deregistered. The Ministry of Social Development is currently in the process of contacting 'clients' of this 'charity' to advise and assist.

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#3501393 8-Jun-2026 21:57

Above charity not named to free to continue exploring the vulnerable as the wheels of process slowly turn?

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#3501822 10-Jun-2026 16:26

An amusing one, asked android auto (Gemini) to navigate to Devonport (from Auckland suburbia) this morning. Response was “I can find two Devonports, one in Auckland and one in Tasmania. Which one would you like me to navigate to?”. Did I accidentally upgrade to Android for Boeings?

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#3501823 10-Jun-2026 16:35

shk292:

An amusing one, asked android auto (Gemini) to navigate to Devonport (from Auckland suburbia) this morning. Response was “I can find two Devonports, one in Auckland and one in Tasmania. Which one would you like me to navigate to?”. Did I accidentally upgrade to Android for Boeings?

Android Airbus obviously. ;-) (It's still AA then).

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#3501831 10-Jun-2026 17:42

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shk292:

An amusing one, asked android auto (Gemini) to navigate to Devonport (from Auckland suburbia) this morning. Response was “I can find two Devonports, one in Auckland and one in Tasmania. Which one would you like me to navigate to?”. Did I accidentally upgrade to Android for Boeings?

Android Airbus obviously. ;-) (It's still AA then).

If there were an Android system in an Airbus, it certainly wouldn't have asked this question in the first place, given the lack of equipment in his car. 😁

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#3501840 10-Jun-2026 19:24

shk292:

An amusing one, asked android auto (Gemini) to navigate to Devonport (from Auckland suburbia) this morning. Response was “I can find two Devonports, one in Auckland and one in Tasmania. Which one would you like me to navigate to?”. Did I accidentally upgrade to Android for Boeings?

I suppose there's still no substitute for the good old fashioned Knowledge that London cabbies have to memorise.

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