I left NZ a few years ago and one of my main reasons were the lower incomes and high cost of housing. It all came down to the fact that I couldn't even afford to rent a flat by my self, whereas right across the Tasman I could earn twice the salary and have a comparable if not lower cost of living.
Eventually I've ended up in Europe and I'm earning almost 4 times of what I was earning back home. I've considered coming back, bit the prospect of maybe never being able to own a home keeps me away.
Reminds me of a story a friend told me when I was traveling through South America.
My friend was walking home late at night and a guy from another country (forgot which, but it was obvious from his accent) asked him for money. This exchange of course happened in Spanish:
"I have an iron" "what does iron means in your country?" "by iron I mean knife" and pulls out a knife "oh, because here iron means this" and pulls out a gun.
Then the robber just ran away.
participation trophies are like a 100 years old concept, they also got them when they were kids
very big company, I was told they go through hundreds of laptops each quarter. Seems like keeping them in stock is more costly than selling them to the employees or sending them for recycling
Hi ThinkPad community, I just wanted to share this amazing amazing thing that brigthened my day. I hope this feel-good story also brightens your day too
I recently started a new job for a company that gives ThinkPads to all their employees. But since I started in Q4 last year I was given the "old" E14 gen4 model and the head of IT told me it was a shame I started before they got the new gen5 in stock so I had to stick with the old gen4 for at least 2 years before applying for a new laptop.
I told him it was alright, I really had no need for the newest hardware to do my job, but he told me that if they had some new spares by February he could put some strings and get me upgraded to a new one. I thanked him and told him not to worry about it.
Fast forward to this month and he let me know there were some brand new E14 gen5 in stock if I wanted to upgrade, I replied it wasn't really necessary but he insisted I "really really" wanted it. I decided to agree with him and submited a ticket requesting the new laptop.
Next day I got the new gen5 laptop and signed the paperwork for the handover of the old gen4.
> "Now, since this is old stock it will be sent for recycling, however, since you were the last user you have first priority on buying it from the company
wink wink
> How much would that be?
> Well, after depreciation, tax deductions and (some finance gibberish I don't understand) ... about €200
I sent the request to the finance department as fast as I could and yesterday I got the confirmation that the amount would be deducted from my next paycheck.
edit: here are the specs
Intel i7-1255U / Iris Xe / 40 Gb RAM / 500 Gb SSD
First and last time I bought a HP laptop it came with a dead CPU fan, the thing would overheat and shutdown.
I went back to the store and you could see the thing not spinning under load, and the computer would consistently shutdown once it reached 100°C.
They claimed it was a software issue and not covered under warranty. I mentioned it also happened under Linux so it was absolutely a hardware issue, then they claimed I voided the warranty by installing another OS.
I ended up opening the damn thing and the CPU fan was in fact unplugged. Fixed it and used the laptop for at least 4 years before recycling it and never buying anything HP ever again
I bought a laptop that came with a broken charger, I could easily test it myself as a friend also had an HP laptop with the same brick (this was before the days of USB C).
I tried to make a warranty claim and they wanted me to send the laptop too and wipe the HDD, the RMA process would take weeks on top of that.
I ended up buying a 3rd party charger, I'm sure their RMA process is overly long and convoluted to deter people from making warranty claims
try watching the videos from the F1 channel without it.
sorry for the late response, I got locked out of my account
are you using a VPN? Formula 1 YouTube channel blocks VPNs. It's the only channel I know if that makes use of this feature
NZ is usually used as a Guinea pig by tech companies, small population, English speaking, etc.
However I think it might be that the Alll Blacks might face off the Springboks in the Rugby World Cup Final and Elon wants to minimise the shitposting on Twitter. /s
Linux user since 2008 here.
Boring Debian for servers and Pop Os for my desktop because everything works out of the box
Linux user since 2008 here.
Boring Debian for servers and Pop Os for my desktop because everything works out of the box
During my last trip to Germany I made the mistake of traveling by train. My scheduled train got canceled and the next one would come in 1 hour.
I decided to wait and when the time came, no train showed up, the display said the train would arrive on platform 5, the announcement said it was platform 5, their app said platform 5 but nothing showed up.
About 10 minutes after the scheduled time I went to the ticket office to ask what happened, their answer was a "maybe it went through another platform".
After the revival they just re-released the Batman games, announced a sequel to The Wolf Among Us and then nothing for 4 years? It is sad to see Telltale gone, but at the same time I am not surprised.
I had to replace the USB C port on my Fairphone 3, took about €30 and 10 minutes.
In any other phone it would've meant getting a complete new device
yes, and according to the article, OpenOffice was already abandoned for 4 years ago by then
My sister's job just switched to LibreOffice in 2018, OO is still alive and kicking in a lot of small companies
Surprised to see FLCL Shoegaze dropping this soon, I was expecting it to come at least next year