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Behodar

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#3482491 20-Apr-2026 12:44

I remember when the local council produced some sort of event guide, and did a find and replace, Whakatane -> Whakatāne. They, too, did this without any regard for where the text appeared, including inside URLs. You can imagine how much stuff that broke.

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#3482896 21-Apr-2026 20:23

The latest release of TVNZ+ for iPad pretends that no one ever uses it in landscape…so now it is only able to be used in portrait…

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#3482898 21-Apr-2026 20:31

@jonherries check out this thread for the multitude of issues https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=151&topicid=324397

iPhone is locked the same, but don't worry, their press release mentions this is a good thing ;-)

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#3485446 29-Apr-2026 09:54

myIR 2FA

I recently got access to my (late) father's IR online account (completely legitimate as POA and then as executor). This is in addition to my own.

Google authenticator now shows 2 entries called myIR:Untitled, with absolutely zero indication which line item is tied to which account.

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

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#3485770 30-Apr-2026 13:09

floydbloke:

myIR 2FA

I recently got access to my (late) father's IR online account (completely legitimate as POA and then as executor). This is in addition to my own.

Google authenticator now shows 2 entries called myIR:Untitled, with absolutely zero indication which line item is tied to which account.

OK, user error......sort of.

Turns out you can right-swipe and customise anything to the right of the colon .

Still pretty shoddy from IR though, most of the other ones already pre-populated that element with a specific identifier.

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

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#3485774 30-Apr-2026 13:21

Kookoo:

Pak'nSave self checkout. When you get to the payment stage the audio instructions are "Insert card or select a payment method to continue." This makes zero sense - you haven't selected the payment method, so why would you insert the card? I tried doing just that, and naturally absolutely nothing happens - it's waiting for the input of payment method selection.

Yay, they fixed it.

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#3485779 30-Apr-2026 13:36

Kookoo:

Kookoo:

Pak'nSave self checkout. When you get to the payment stage the audio instructions are "Insert card or select a payment method to continue." This makes zero sense - you haven't selected the payment method, so why would you insert the card? I tried doing just that, and naturally absolutely nothing happens - it's waiting for the input of payment method selection.

Yay, they fixed it.

Their new software release is a big improvement.
Now the prompt says "Do you want a receipt and fuel docket?" and when you say "No", it doesn't give you one! 🥳🥳🥳

Also, their payment process software is still significantly quicker than Woolworths'

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#3485786 30-Apr-2026 14:10

PolicyGuy:

Now the prompt says "Do you want a receipt and fuel docket?" and when you say "No", it doesn't give you one! 🥳🥳🥳

Is this for New World too?

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#3486267 1-May-2026 15:40

Microsoft's developer blogs, specifically the comments section. When a post is short, it appears verbatim. When it reaches a certain length, it gets truncated and a "Read more" link is added. This is probably acceptable.

However... the truncation is more than a simple truncation. Code blocks get turned into the text "<code>". But even worse, quotes of previous text lose their formatting and appear as if they're part of the post. Combined with the brain-dead default sort order of "oldest posts at the bottom, newest at the top, unless they've gained X replies in which case they get to override that order" it can be really difficult to figure out who said what.

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