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  nuts securing the tower to its baseplate were removed
Posted by: king1 - 24-06-2024, 02:05 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - Replies (20)

OK, I'm not an engineer but even I know that this was a dumb idea

I presume the maintenance must have been to replace rusty bolts or some such, in which case common sense would dictate to replace one at a time...

Quote:At a press conference on Monday afternoon, Transpower chief executive Alison Andrew said all the nuts securing the tower to its baseplate were removed, "which caused the tower to lift off the baseplate and fall".
Andrew said it was the organisation's belief that "the specifications and procedures for this type of work were not followed".
https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zeala...-says.html

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  Republican tells black Americans to 'kindly leave the US if they don't like it"
Posted by: Lilith7 - 23-06-2024, 11:37 AM - Forum: Opinion and Politics - Replies (3)

America desperately in need of better education.

Quote:https://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/other/missouri-republican-tells-black-americans-to-kindly-leave-us-if-they-don-t-like-country

Missouri┬áRepublican┬átold Black Americans to ÔÇ£kindlyÔÇØ leave the┬áUS┬áif they ÔÇ£donÔÇÖt┬álikeÔÇØ the country in a message posted┬ábefore the┬áJuneteenth┬ánational holiday celebrating the end of slavery.
Trump supporter Valentina Gomez has become well-known for her controversial and attention-grabbing stunts, such as when she told followers not to be ÔÇ£weak and gayÔÇØ┬áwhile running in a bulletproof vest.
On Tuesday, she called Juneteenth the ÔÇ£most ratchetÔÇØ of holidays as she argued against┬áreparations for slavery.
Gomez, who is running for secretary of state, posted the video just days after the Trump campaign announced an effort to attract Black voters as the race against Joe Biden heats up.
ÔÇ£Reparations from slavery and Black victimization is about to be shoved down our throats for the most [wretched] holiday in America,ÔÇØ Gomez says in the video, wearing a shirt saying ÔÇ£DonÔÇÖt be weak and gay.ÔÇØ
ÔÇ£It is outrageous to see people ask you for reparations, even though they never went through slavery. These ungrateful people should be celebrating because they were born in the greatest nation to ever exist,ÔÇØ Gomez adds. ÔÇ£HereÔÇÖs a tip ÔÇô If you donÔÇÖt like America, kindly, get the f*** out.ÔÇØ

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  Interislander ferry ran aground on rocks
Posted by: nzoomed - 22-06-2024, 08:44 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - Replies (14)

Doesnt look too good, looks like the ship lost power/steering.
Very reminiscent of the Baltimore bridge disaster when that ship lost power.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/35031969...r-steering

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  Gif in WhatsApp for Windows
Posted by: Galaxy01 - 22-06-2024, 03:05 PM - Forum: PressF1 - Replies (1)

How to copy a Gif file and post it in WhatsApp for Windows?

I have tried but to no avail.  Just won't work.

Is there any tricks in doing so?

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  Donald Sutherland Dies
Posted by: zqwerty - 21-06-2024, 07:53 AM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - Replies (7)

https://deadline.com/2024/06/donald-suth...235978933/

https://deadline.com/gallery/remembering...land-1965/

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  Louisiana...ten commendments
Posted by: Lilith7 - 20-06-2024, 03:40 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - Replies (5)

Louisiana has taken several steps backwards in the general direction of much earlier times; the ten commandments must now be displayed in every public school classroom.

Which should prove interesting as some are claiming it's in breach of their constitution; the first amendment guarantees the right to hold whichever religious beliefs they see fit.
Their founding fathers must be rotating rapidly in their graves... Rolleyes

Quote:https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/35031...classrooms
Governor Jeff Landry signed legislation Wednesday requiring every public classroom in Louisiana to display the Ten Commandments, becoming the first state with such a law and inflaming tensions over the separation between church and state.
ÔÇ£The First Amendment promises that we all get to decide for ourselves what religious beliefs, if any, to hold and practice, without pressure from the government,ÔÇØ the Louisiana chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, the Freedom From Religion Foundation and other groups said in a joint statement Wednesday. ÔÇ£Politicians have no business imposing their preferred religious doctrine on students and families in public schools.ÔÇØ

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  CPU Benchmarks
Posted by: king1 - 19-06-2024, 09:54 AM - Forum: Computing and Technology - Replies (3)

Long been my goto for comparing CPU performance but this I find hard to interpret

https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu...5U&id=5294

Benchmarks ranging from 10,000 to over 20,000

How is that now meaningful?

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  Teslas plan to introduce Hydrogen
Posted by: nzoomed - 18-06-2024, 11:29 AM - Forum: Environment - Replies (3)

Didnt see this coming.
Not a big fan of hydrogen at all, but I guess the market pressure, from the Japanese market in particular may have been a factor?
https://www.drivespark.com/four-wheelers...50291.html

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  Police issue warning to Facebook marketplace users as man faces the Court
Posted by: zqwerty - 17-06-2024, 04:50 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - Replies (6)

Facebook MarketPlace, be careful, scammers galore:

https://www.police.govt.nz/news/release/...min=&cmax=

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  The Long Game - Stuff Circuit Doco
Posted by: TinkandTiff - 16-06-2024, 10:29 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - Replies (19)

Worth watching. Husband and I watched it today. An interesting watch.
Anyone else seen it?

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