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I can't find the stat, but if memory serves me correctly, NZ over-indexes in CSAM-related crime. It's unfortunate, but it's not always good news down on our little islands.

Anything greater than 0, in leadership roles of the organization that should be one the most highly trusted in the country, is a plague.

We have a plague here in NZ of top-level Police officers using work-issued devices to access and store CSAM material.

Box disintegrated in the rain, but product is in fair used condition for its age.

Yeah, I'm a bit disappointed as well. Based on what I've read on various forums, I'm not holding my breath for any future updates that will unlock higher fps given CPU is already constrained, and PS5 Pro's benefits over the PS5 is GPU.

I guess it will be a typical Rockstar play of buying the PS6 version to get 60fps.

Yep PS5. But apparently for PS5 Pro as well, it will be capped at 30fps (!).

I don't think I quite agree with that.

Virtually all offices I've worked in, the bathrooms have been less than ideally used by colleagues. The people you'd class as 'commons' may not be having public sex, shooting up drugs, but many can be dirty and/or selfish. And this is in an office where cleaners regularly clean the facilities (I'd hazard more frequently than public toilets are cleaned). There's always be pee on the floor, pee on the seat, etc etc.

As someone who doesn't work in this field (I'm in boring old Accounting/Finance), but would like to learn this field (both to future-proof my skillset, but also because I have an interest in it), would it be wise for me to learn math?

Is it something that's going to be fundamental for future technologies? I always plan to learn, but end up in a death spiral feeling like I'll invest so much time and energy only for the puck to have moved somewhere completely different.

Would gladly accept any advice :)

Where's the lie?

If someone stole your food, and then offered to give you crumbs as a peace deal, would you accept it?

You can quantify the number of peace deals as much as you want. But when you don't present the facts and context behind it, you're being purposely deceptive.

These trite replies also worked 20 years ago, but not today.

People that have read history know your assertion - vaguely suggesting it was the Palestinians that rejected many peace deals - know that this is completely false.

Please do tell why an Israeli Prime Minister was assassinated?

X does the same thing.

Did not know that!

Might check it out. Thanks for letting me know. But really been enjoying Analogue lately.

They just released a major update, but it's not something I would pay a subscription for. I paid the lifetime fee in it's early days, but that doesn't unlock the new updates sadly.

I use Analogue for day to day capture, and NoFusion and Moment apps for things I will want to edit later. All with one-time purchase. I don't mind paying for quality apps, but I do have subscription fatigue now.

> So this is just producing a single photo that is clearer in a middle rectangle and blurrier outside that rectangle?

Yeah that looks to be the case. Not sure what use case this solves with that 'limitation'. I don't think photographers would particularly like this.

The common talking points online are that it's solely from one ethnic group. Not sure if you have read Rupert Lowe's report, but it was explicitly framed around a particular ethnoreligious pattern of offending - especially men of Pakistani Muslim background, and it repeatedly connected that pattern to immigration and multiculturalism.

And that report has further driven the narrative online that it is solely an immigrant problem.

TBF they are real, but are they isolated to one ethnic group? No. Are the victims as numerous as Rupert Lowe's report makes it out to be? No.

This is really cool!

I miss those welcome videos!

Well it's definitely not in piece/s I guess

I just can't fathom how employees of a company would do all this because someone with a newsletter criticized the company often.

I understand employees committing fraud for their own gain. I don't understand Directors and analysts doing this to someone, especially when senior execs weren't charged. Seems like there were a lot of cover ups going on.

I recently purchased an Xbox Series S for ~NZD$180 to re-play GTA4 (and Episodes) as I never got to finish it when it first came out, and to get through all the GTAs before GTA6 comes out.

512GB Series S consoles in NZ are now retailing for close to $1,000. Might have an appreciating asset on my hands!

That's super interesting - will have to take a look into this!

It probably could. Wait till the 3rd generation where it will eventually end up growing in size such that unfolded it'll be equivalent in size to an 11" iPad.

I already remote into my Mac from my iPad using Mirage by Ethan Lipnik. Would be amazing being able to do that from an iPhone foldable!

I think there's a software route you can go, but I went the hardware route. Essentially requires opening up the iMac, gutting out all the internals, and replacing it with a display driver board (from AliExpress, eBay, etc).

The display driver board has various inputs like HDMI, Thunderbolt, USB-C etc so it ends up acting like any other external monitor. It has a remote you control the brightness/contrast etc settings.

I've got my Mac and PS5 hooked up to it. Love it!

Best thing I've done - monitor wise - is buy a 2019 iMac 5k and convert it to work as an external display. Such a beautiful display. Only downside is once you go 5k it's very hard to go back to any lower resolution. I ended up converting a (much cheaper) 2015 iMac 5k for use in the office.

I think the iPhone's one (based on the leaks anyway) will be slightly smaller, but I still think it's going to be a popular device. Especially with Apple's experience from iPad OS, it's going to be like two devices in one.

Yeah, initially my skepticism was around the fact that the front screen wouldn't be useful for day-to-day 'normal' smartphone things (messaging, scrolling X etc), and the inner screen would be too small for any of the 'tablet' benefits.

But the reviews seem to suggest the front screen is actually very usable, and you get back some of the old smartphone one hand reachability, and the inner screen looks very versatile for media and side by side apps.

I was a bit skeptical on this form factor, but after watching a few reviews I think I'm convinced. The heart says yes, bank balance says definitely no.

I think with Apple's software optimization, it'll be a really solid device. The only thing I'd be missing are the Pro level cameras.

Apotris on my TrimUI Brick Hammer is my modern method of getting my brick game fix.