Couldn't help noticing on TM that someone wanted a backup of the Computing forum...

"wholetruth" was sadly shot into space in a bizarre trampolining incident (tbh, it was a double bounce disaster), but his next of kin was given access to all the code (what, and nothing else?), so a backup has been made of Computing. No doubt it will be uploaded somewhere at some point - will keep you posted.

Can backup some others - happy to take requests as long as it's not that Health & Beauty trainwreck. Would happily backup the sensible posts, but the words of dim-witted cretins are really not worth the 1s and 0s in any time or space.

When I'm scrolling down I keep seeing the same messages repeated and repeated and it puts me off using this forum.  Is it something I'm doing wrong?

Why is it the South Island folks need a kick up the backside or wake-up call - surely it is those that travel here from the North Island that need one...   

I mean seriously, he developed a sore throat in the time it took to travel from Rotorua to Blenheim?  I think the only thing that developed was his conscience... 

or am I being too harsh?

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-c...IBPNUSHDA/

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/...since-2020

Greetings to all new members, we are looking at alternative names and a bit of an upgrade.

Currently we have "too many message boards" as the name, but are welcome to community suggestions.

Please share below what acronym you would like and we will go to a community poll!

One suggestion I will start off is with "Talk more message boards"

Try and get creative, and we will go with whatever choice goes with the most votes. We will then ask members to submit a logo to vote on

Something a little different, a bit esoteric in places, and quite a lot of revealing the answers in my case...

https://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/weekend/564

Is anyone else having trouble getting into TM...well, to the messageboards.

I'm having heart failure, and thinking 'you b*st*rds', that they have shut them down early.

Couching my words carefully, why does a certain ethnicity lag behind? What's the root cause?

As a team of 5 million, we've all had oodles of chances to be vaccinated. Given that the Māori over 50's are comparable with the rest of the population, that would suggest that access isn't the problem, so its the mindset of the "youngsters" at fault. Is social media behind it, like most things these days? 

There's been a lot of moaning from the likes of the Māori Party, but I'm not sure what they want to happen exactly. There's no magic bullet. A lot of the vaccine advertising on TV has been aimed at Māori and Pacific, so they're obviously not watching it. Maybe Ash needs to do some TikToks.

First dose %s
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Asian 95%+
European 87%
Pacific 82%
M─üori 68%

Get ready for reds, oranges and greens!

Link to the new framework

I'm gonna need more face coverings, sigh.

Just thought I'd start a poll to see what sort of devices everyone has! 

Personally I own two desktop computers (one for gaming, one for video editing), a laptop, and a smartphone. Yes, you guessed it, I'm a millennial

Most of the Waikato is in Level 3 until at least the 27th.

I didn't think they'd let us out before the long weekend, which makes sense I guess.

How's everyone coping in the Waikato at the moment? Aucklanders are doing it tough for sure, but the Waikato is heading into its 4th week of level 3 during the current outbreak so a lot of lives are no doubt being affected here too. 

Hope everyone in Te Awamutu is doing ok! Gets a bit scary when the virus is close to home.

I'm Hamilton based and I'm lucky that I can do my job within the level 3 rules, but it's a tough situation to navigate at times. Really hoping we see some sort of normality in the next month or two.