worldnews World News EU warns Elon Musk after Twitter found to have highest rate of disinformation
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    12 months ago 100%

    That's kind of what is happening with Kim DotCom. He's been in New Zealand for years and never set foot in the US, but he is accused of conspiring to distribute pirated material that belongs to American corporations. He supposedly broke US law, while in New Zealand, and has never been to the US.

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    ELI5: In software engineering, what is a Scrum, and what useful purpose does it serve?
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    newzealand Aotearoa / New Zealand Tunnels, light rail, cycling and bus lanes - govt unveils ambitious $45b new harbour crossing plan
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    newzealand Aotearoa / New Zealand Tunnels, light rail, cycling and bus lanes - govt unveils ambitious $45b new harbour crossing plan
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    newzealand Aotearoa / New Zealand Tunnels, light rail, cycling and bus lanes - govt unveils ambitious $45b new harbour crossing plan
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    misterharbies
    1 year ago 100%

    Take out the road crossings, and take out the Light Rail tunnel from North Shore to Albany (instead convert the Northern Buswsy to Light Rail). With an improved PT corridor, you should expect to see less demand for the additional road crossing, and we should be thinking about more climate friendly options.

    And the Light Rail plan from CBD to Mangere should be on the surface along Dominion Road. I don't get the obsession with tunnels. They are expensive and more difficult to access.

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  • announcements Announcements Upcoming AMA with Lemmy's creators: Monday, 7 Aug, 1500 CEST
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    misterharbies
    1 year ago 100%

    Not sure if you saw the news, but the BBC are experimenting with their own Mastadon instance. They can probably afford to host video.

    I understand that many instances are run by volunteers and hobbyists. But that doesn't mean that a business such as BBC couldn't come and host their own instance.

    And I don't think I implied that you wanted to ban video. I just want to see video integrated natively into Lemmy so that instances can turn it on or off. A Youtube link is no good. I don't like being rickrolled.

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  • announcements Announcements Upcoming AMA with Lemmy's creators: Monday, 7 Aug, 1500 CEST
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    misterharbies
    1 year ago 100%

    The Deaf Community uses sign language which can only be captured and distributed as video. Many Deaf people did not have a good education, therefore their English is not at a level to be fluent. Their first language will be Sign Language. My first Language is Sign Language, but I am also fluent in English. I was privileged to be able to have a good education, thanks to my parents who supported me and made good choices for my educational needs.

    Now, back to the point about video in posts and comments. I would like to see an opportunity for a Sign Language instance. There may be funding to cover the cost of storage to allow this, but this can only be a reality of video can be implemented natively.

    Other instances can choose to turn this feature off? Let there be an option 👍

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  • lemmy_support Lemmy Support Is Lemmy a good option for the Deaf Community?
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    1 year ago 100%

    For the Deaf Community, their first language is Sign Language. I am Deaf myself, and I am privileged to be fluent in English, however I cannot say that my Deaf friends are also fluent in English. Many of them have the English level of an 8-year old (because of their poor education) so writing in English is not "Deaf-friendly"

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    Lemmy Support misterharbies 1 year ago 84%
    Is Lemmy a good option for the Deaf Community?

    Are we able to post videos or images in the comments? I know that you can post a video in the post such as a sign language video, but are people able to respond with a video comment in sign language? This will be a big deal breaker for the Deaf Community. At the moment the only option for many Deaf people is to use Facebook.

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    newzealand Aotearoa / New Zealand National unveils transport policy: Four-lane motorways from Whangārei to Tauranga
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    football Football (Soccer fútbol fußball 足球 ) Wow. ESPN showed only three of the five goals in the Sweden/Italy match. They cut it short to talk…about American football TRAINING CAMP.
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    misterharbies
    1 year ago 100%

    Similar thing happened here in New Zealand where we are one of the co-hosts for the FIFA Women's World Cup. The sports segment started with a story about the night's rugby match between New Zealand and Australia.

    They ended the sports segment talking about the Women's Football (soccer).

    Now that the rugby game has completed, and tonight the New Zealand women's Football team are playing a must-win match Vs Switzerland, I'm very interested to see what the news segment starts off with tonight. Will it be tonight's women's football game, or highlights talking about last night's rugby?

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  • offtopic NZ Off topic (now at six stories in 3 days) Does anyone else find it weird how much press coverage the Lauren Dickason case is getting?
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    newzealand Aotearoa / New Zealand Does New Zealand need a Waste-to-Energy plant? Can't be good when even the local doctors are against it.
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    misterharbies
    1 year ago 100%

    I'm not sure if I would consult with a doctor about whether a waste to energy plant is a good idea. They should probably stick to what they are trained and qualified for.

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  • newzealand Aotearoa / New Zealand Countdown supermarkets to rebrand back to Woolworths
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    misterharbies
    1 year ago 94%

    The World Cup could be referring to so many things!

    We have the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023, Mens Rugby World Cup 2023, Netball World Cup 2023, Mens Cricket World Cup 2023. And there's probably more.

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  • moviesandtv Movies and TV Shows Have you noticed how movies are getting longer?
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    misterharbies
    1 year ago 100%

    I don't really watch more than 2 hours per day. Sometimes I just watch the 1 episode, and if I've started it earlier enough, then I might be able to sneak in another episode before I get into bed.

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  • moviesandtv Movies and TV Shows Have you noticed how movies are getting longer?
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    misterharbies
    1 year ago 84%

    I've generally stopped watching movies because they're too long. I prefer the shorter episodes of TV shows.

    Every now and then when I'm in the mood for a movie I'm looking for 90 minute movies. Otherwise I doze off

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  • news_world World News Lisa Marie Presley's cause of death revealed
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    1 year ago 100%

    Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of rock 'n' roll legend Elvis, died of a bowel obstruction, the Los Angeles County medical examiner's office has said.

    The obstruction was a result of adhesions caused by weight-loss surgery she underwent several years ago.

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  • fediverse Fediverse I kinda wish related communities shared a common instance
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    misterharbies
    1 year ago 100%

    I think this problem could be partly solved with the option to curate your own feeds. Currently I am using Connect for Lemmy, and I see 3 feeds, Subscribed, Local, and All. It would be good to be able to create a new feed and populate it with content from specific communities.

    And going even further, I should be able to make my feed public, so other people can subscribe to my custom feed too.

    Maybe this is already an option with some of the other Lemmy apps?

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  • newzealand Aotearoa / New Zealand All Blacks captain Sam Cane lashes out at pitch invader
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    What's up with all the old articles being shared?

    Have been seeing plenty of old news articles popping up here. Is this someone from Reddit trying to undermine Lemmy as a source for up-to-date football news?

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    misterharbies
    1 year ago 100%

    I think many instances have updated their Lemmy version.

    Clear your cookies and cache for your Lemmy instance, and it should work.

    I've just done that myself after reading another comment about it

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  • newzealand Aotearoa / New Zealand Anyone going back to Reddit once the blackout is over?
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    New Melling line would cut Wairarapa commute times https://www.thepost.co.nz/a/nz-news/350020504/new-melling-line-would-cut-wairarapa-commute-times

    I have always wondered why the Melling line was not extended to connect with the Wairarapa line at Manor Park. Now it could be a possibility. And we may have missed an opportunity to relocate the Melling Station onto the other side of the river on the Riverbank car park, closer to the Lower Hutt CBD. We could still retain the car parking as it is, and have the new station on raised platforms, with the cars below. But I'm not a geotechnical engineer.

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    newzealand Aotearoa / New Zealand Anyone going back to Reddit once the blackout is over?
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    misterharbies
    1 year ago 100%

    I mostly used Reddit for Football (Soccer) highlights, so I'm really hoping that Lemmy will provide the highlights for the games I follow. I've subscribed to a few communities that have potential.

    I also enjoyed other subreddits such as instant_regret, nextfuckinglevel, yesyesyesnoyes for the LOLs but I can live without that. I'll find my LOLs in other places.

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  • sports Sports New NRL community on Aussie.zone
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    misterharbies
    1 year ago 100%

    Thank you so much. I was searching for NRL, rather than !nrl@aussie.zone and it kept taking me to Aussie.zone where I am not logged in.

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  • sports Sports New NRL community on Aussie.zone
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    misterharbies
    1 year ago 100%

    Like many other people, Lemmy is new for me, and I cannot figure out how to subscribe to nrl@aussie.zone

    My server is lemmy.nz

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