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@news Thanks. I've only just discovered the auto-generated captions for images, which I think is a great bit of functionality, and this will save me converting PNGs and WebP formats.
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@pkboi They certainly were generous.
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@Miraz Yes, indeed! 👍
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@jonathanharker That was one I was going to look at. I think you mentioned it before. We don’t have a battery or plug in electric car (just a standard hybrid), but I’m sure we can get a better deal than Contact’s 8c/kW.
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@crossingthethreshold Thanks for that explanation David. You’re a long way ahead of me in the blogging and publishing area. I’ve spent some time trying to find the perfect social media site. I long started ignoring Facebook and Twitter when I discovered Mastodon-based sites. But they were a bit limited. Then I went to Firefish, but the guy running that abandoned it, so I ended up at a Friendica site. It’s good, but tends to be pretty serious, which I do like, but the little personal posts that show a person’s full life didn’t seem to fit so comfortably there.
Then I discovered micro.blog, which does make room for anything. And I haven’t lost the other sites I still have a use for. When I post on micro.blog, the post can get cross-copied to my Friendica account, which is then drawn to my remaining Mastodon account on the Vivaldi instance I keep as a back up for announcements if either of the other ones go down.
It sounds a bit convoluted, but it seems to work. Long story short, micro.blog is now my main one. And I really like it.
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@alexink That makes her behaviour even worse!
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@alexink I think you made the right choice about not confronting her. No point getting hurt unnecessarily. I would have expected the driver to say something, at least, although I know violence seems to be a daily problem for them around the world, and they are probably under instructions not to take a risk like that.
Unfortunately, the other woman, like most bullies, will be encouraged by getting away with that sort of behaviour. I hope you’re feeling better today.
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@Miraz It sure is!
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@markstoneman I suspect my better half will want to listen to it, even though it's in the middle of her working day and we live on the other side of the world. On the other hand, that could mean we can avoid the endless analysis by reporters because we heard the original. Or is that wishful thinking?
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@Miraz The area around the Square has always been an unexpected pleasure, even when I was a student there in the 1970s. A nice green space in a part of town dominated by shops and cars.
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@MacPsych It looks great. I’m very much in the ‘a phone should last at least 5 years’ camp. You can save heaps to spend on something more essential!
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@billbennettnz That's a disgrace. Some people have no respect for tradition.
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@Miraz Yes, we got that heavy rain as well. It was pretty wild for a while!
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@pkboi Also, I don’t think I’m going to Team Medical (corporate owned GP practice) after hours in future without a very good reason. They are our family GP’s after hours service, and they are trained in emergency medicine, but it was mighty expensive. I would be just as happy going to our local community hospital, even if I had to wait four hours or more. That’s not an unusual waiting time if they’re busy. I’d always have a book to occupy me. 📚
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@philipbrewer Good for you. Definitely worth it if you are in the least bit vulnerable to chest infections.
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@pkboi She is now home unscathed and is heading for the shower and bed. Fortunately, she still has one day of sick leave left arranged with work, so she doesn't have to go in or let them know she needs sick leave.
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@pkboi People driving around the harbour or Plimmerton roundabout should be aware of the tides.
The latest low tide at Plimmerton was at 8:39am. Tide is now rising. Next high tide is 2:19pm.
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@pkboi Ignoring all advice to the contrary, we are having to go out this morning for one of my regular twice-weekly blood tests!
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@pkboi Porirua City Council makes good use of its Facebook page with updates and warnings.
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@pkboi The Herald has a running blog of warning and updates.
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@pkboi The southbound train between Paekakariki and Pukerua Bay has been struck by rocks and has returned to Paekakariki. State Highway 59 — Centennial Highway — might be marginal. Drivers should use Transmission Gully instead.
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@billbennettnz I don't think there is a big user base across all the instances, but I imported all my former Mastodon and Firefish contacts into it so it's a comprehensive and usable combination of Mastodon for people and Facebook for functionality (sort of). Longer posts (5,000 characters) and I can now cross-post from Micro.blog, which I am growing to love. The Mastodon profile I use now is via Vivaldi and I use it as a backup. Seems to work.
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@amit It’s here apps.apple.com/nz/app/to...
As you can see, it’s not updated very often, but Mastodon is not the main service I use , so it’s adequate for my needs
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@crossingthethreshold Batten down the hatches! Good luck.
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@billbennettnz I've also noticed that going from micro.blog to Friendica. Normally, it takes a few seconds, but once or twice it took so long I though the cross posting connection had failed.