2026-04-29T23:07:56Z https://yabu.me MonkeyKing https://yabu.me/npub1v383h5rs7qchdedfsy60m3zdnnyfv8wyjs42fnsqpgcazevpn2nqs8ay6t https://o.mastodon.nz/accounts/avatars/109/531/018/584/343/977/original/98e87ab0db160555.png https://o.mastodon.nz/accounts/avatars/109/531/018/584/343/977/original/98e87ab0db160555.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv9zunryaldf5w865knxz2l3azu5f8k5qd5symeu4tfcf4yepkcrszypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2v66u62t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw7zrf8h9zy9x385qlhxxumswzs3qa9pgw62p3h3dsj9h8jyln9tqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43qw3tk0l'>nevent1q…tk0l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq0e9sa2pk946q9nydj8qqtpyrd36e7zmqfdv34c45fsqngth0avnqmxvvev" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq0e9sa2pk946q9nydj8qqtpyrd36e7zmqfdv34c45fsqngth0avnqmxvvev</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…vvev</span>)</a></span> Neither am I (then again, I have had no need or desire to fly a flag from my car): what are the provisions? 2026-07-05T05:44:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs83d62jctefynqrf5f470ytc3nzr2hvxs5nx6ptr9mcpl3uj9cfygzypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2vhyvq80 I&#39;m guessing the driver&#39;s American (or possibly the person who lives near the Tawa-Porirua road who seems to be flying a different and seldom-repeated flag each time we drive past). Wonder what a flag that size does to fuel consumption?<br/><br/> <img src="https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/116/865/322/084/882/993/original/7ce1493cba0e6b1b.jpg"> 2026-07-05T03:49:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq2a8sc0g4magjhtrz0mkxz3g5l9n2u7u4aut6zt8e0n2k9ndmv3gzypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2vv7u2f9 Not surprised that YouTube has started sending Reflecting Pool videos my way but this one is rather more interesting than most, being from an environmental scientist specialising in water management. Suspect this may be the most watched video she&#39;s ever done!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PrT4p8SMAU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PrT4p8SMAU</a> 2026-06-26T23:39:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw2cnkvqhakldaeldqmls4xghlyqvdz2g3ljf2xmch283vt829lmgzypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2vtxc47y Brekkie burger here looks great apart from being too tall to eat as a burger...<br/><br/> <img src="https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/116/683/776/467/745/247/original/8ae120b4cfe9a02f.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/116/683/776/539/701/689/original/7a9abcdff68a047b.jpg"> 2026-06-03T02:21:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdat4rkh4lnv45cg70q8f6c7spc5nzalkg2kpea6wsp3s8ks34kpczypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2vwf5xg7 First quokka sightings. We have instructions to keep our distance from them. They do not appear to have similar instructions to keep their distance from humans.<br/><br/> <img src="https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/116/678/303/275/405/936/original/ad059d6db165f757.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/116/678/303/738/420/155/original/631d875d2e492daa.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/116/678/304/083/038/645/original/312b13e9e4bc430e.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/116/678/304/451/132/986/original/97147a44ad937ff9.jpg"> 2026-06-02T03:07:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8wqhytdlqtxyw2tqlenha9y9zr3cpm74fjjf8ck5ekgkz5vumxlczypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2vqfdzca Up for virtual London Sci Fi Pub Meet!<br/><br/> <img src="https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/116/625/733/407/796/404/original/69a4c42b19aa53f6.png"> 2026-05-23T20:19:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9tqd5q4uvc5qxzd7l3rz6snva0htqu2qk0ph737slkjrwqyz30xqzypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2v2ke728 &#34;South Africa has decided to withdraw its draft national AI policy after it was found that some of the rules were AI-generated, citing fictional sources.&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;&#34;The most plausible explanation is that AI-generated citations were included without proper verification. This should not have happened,&#34; Mr Malatsi said.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-policy-south-africa-withdraw-b2966866.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/ai-policy-south-africa-withdraw-b2966866.html</a> 2026-04-29T22:36:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9w5m07c009pn25twy2hms7rdkfd5rj4zwhdlakz8klywqnt0pq7gzypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2vqa6um7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyq4ksc5n4r7y9wq2mfu83rrjmkhefxwc53geee4mjfgrw5qm3ejspz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43qwnezyj'>nevent1q…ezyj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqxw2mexzsxusn4qkglfjwjrrpgv4dn05h06ennrw3w3vnjjr4765qqfwj33" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqxw2mexzsxusn4qkglfjwjrrpgv4dn05h06ennrw3w3vnjjr4765qqfwj33</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…wj33</span>)</a></span> Once had an interview with the UK office of a US-based consultancy. The person who met me in the waiting room introduced himself with &#34;Hi, I&#39;m Randy.&#34; I hope I didn&#39;t look too shocked... 2026-04-03T22:55:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdghxul53h2mah56rksnxwh457wdl8wt2s6lv8vx47ptvw5s8ygygzypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2vwcu9qd Is it just me or does Randy George sound like the sort of nickname you acquire shortly before an urgent appointment with HR?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8d63v058zo">https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8d63v058zo</a> 2026-04-03T22:18:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswn8xrruj2jxqlnzwxx5lk08qe5yvkz4hhlsgxq8prvj6td62tyzgzypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2v3mkv7w Great work by the Facebook algorithms!<br/><br/> <img src="https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/116/158/126/266/338/959/original/388c5bc738a9340b.png"> 2026-03-02T06:19:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgu5tpf4rweh87ar2l99s5phdj9gx6fyekl4squz5x0zc3qz5gl7szypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2v9hzmcl Spotted this sticker (sadly, no fridge magnets) in a Wellie Collective store this evening. Wonder if Ea-nāṣir had any idea people would still be talking about him some 3,776 years later.<br/><br/>Reminds me of that games industry quote: &#34;Late is just for a little while. Suck is forever.&#34;<br/><br/> <img src="https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/116/136/413/850/202/965/original/91d57151dd005e25.jpg"> 2026-02-26T10:18:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdrvsa7vgvh5fmsmktj3xsxldtgtlq06vg3elk9zzvzy8sststtpgzypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2vgerzt3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0cws6tnxx2cgg3hg43greyqw37ch0hgc28f7d040ne255gsuaavqpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43q0t4czx'>nevent1q…4czx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqxw2mexzsxusn4qkglfjwjrrpgv4dn05h06ennrw3w3vnjjr4765qqfwj33" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqxw2mexzsxusn4qkglfjwjrrpgv4dn05h06ennrw3w3vnjjr4765qqfwj33</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…wj33</span>)</a></span> I know. That&#39;s the only reason I&#39;d bring peanut butter back from Malaysia to New Zealand! :-) 2026-01-23T22:01:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr8w4339du37u8fhw9gw5ghrtytdjvwen297f73xa90sqzhr5lx5gzypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2vjez4gt About to have some Jobbie for breakfast.<br/><br/> <img src="https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/115/946/651/720/388/347/original/cdefc4edaa67af57.jpg"> 2026-01-23T21:59:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs844z0nycn7wh8vkxct7lqs9k9vht52wy33386hqvm6kxynyuhx3qzypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2v9h2d57 TIL NZ Post rules prohibit sending keys internationally. They showed me the section in the rule book but they couldn&#39;t tell me why. Any ideas? 2026-01-14T23:58:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9n9ctzz4ex2mzykv4u0le33qjmp2mgnrasjg55xasypuwt76dwmqzypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2vh0yut0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0jm07wrmqdqz4utgjywjz9eugxy2sym8q5gzdnyzkf4qawnkcd0qpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43z7tf0h9l'>nevent1q…0h9l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyqfq4npkt24vy2w7xc840kwmg9kl7afc2hyr65gp29y032wrwle3yr2etrn" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyqfq4npkt24vy2w7xc840kwmg9kl7afc2hyr65gp29y032wrwle3yr2etrn</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…etrn</span>)</a></span> we&#39;d noticed our neighbor&#39;s cat had been things our place a lot more lately. Turned out it was because they had a new 10-week old kitten and he wasn&#39;t happy about that and only going on to eat and hiss at the kitten while doing so! 2025-12-24T04:23:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspeth4gvekv04c8gvvf40fdaugcah7dp7krxm9z7ttreh9yjyry3szypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2vhegftu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr8awvmfn2h34dgyyplhevxs7csrkhnzxal3tqyauhmvuq5ya4ygspzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43z79eze0k'>nevent1q…ze0k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyplykr4gxckhgqkv3kguqpvysdk8t8ctvp94jxhzk3xqzdpwal4jvanfwwf" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyplykr4gxckhgqkv3kguqpvysdk8t8ctvp94jxhzk3xqzdpwal4jvanfwwf</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…fwwf</span>)</a></span> Heh. Yep, confirmed as an Xbox 360-USB controller adapter cable. 2025-11-16T03:03:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9aey2pjggtcu47a593q7kk0uev4xhm57e8cl8832tg4cstcte68czypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2vagxyfy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr6cds25sa40w6lu0gya859c7e5ygz5hl9xqpa80ac2wwlqnty7cgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43z7vdwaxh'>nevent1q…waxh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyr8t0wty25yz5vmv2sjue7lujcunyx3g7zkacl4r38099jhwgzd5vf2p7rx" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyr8t0wty25yz5vmv2sjue7lujcunyx3g7zkacl4r38099jhwgzd5vf2p7rx</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…p7rx</span>)</a></span> This one didn&#39;t. Obviously just a sample of one but, if Thailand is anything like Malaysia, suspect that may be a thing of the past. 2025-11-08T00:57:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9nz2jmpsqtw5u7my9e6gcee2j00yrkahw0swu8s4jmqq385ur2lczypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2v6zr3gz Yep, Thai Hot &amp; Spicy KFC is, unlike NZ! 2025-11-07T12:54:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs234kux6vh9fun5arkk7xs30p4q3tzz6lnf6acecm484gjtu4d57gzypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2vlnmdmq So, AWS outage followed by Azure. So, GCP next week and Alibaba Cloud the week after? 2025-10-30T06:21:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqya83w69xvf4jedtsjuxrvny74g3ky8za4pjy9vez66ak7h4mj3czypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2v7rr2j0 Slightly disturbing to see PB Tech selling 128GB flash drives for NZ$10.75, not least because my first PC had a then cavernous 90MB hard disk (which cost a lot more than that)! 2025-10-19T08:26:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9hdwt22ksajxlewv4cse0a8pawx8cslj5wvufvgw3xnsv5yj0luszypjy7x7swrcrzah94xqnflwyfkwv39sacj2z4fxwqq9rr5t9sxd2vrf09lk Not sure which surprises me more, that Trump wasn&#39;t awarded the Nobel Peace Prize or how well he and his supporters are taking it. 2025-10-11T00:38:06Z