Notices by 🇳🇿 :tinoflag: 💉*9 Roger (rogerparkinson@mastodon.nz)

This evening I had to wire a mains power plug. I've done this lots of times and when I think about it the first time I did it I was far too young to be allowed near such tasks. Still, I don't do it often and I'm careful, both of which mean I'm still alive.

I wanted to check I had phase & neutral around the right way so I grabbed my phone and did a quick search for a diagram with the right labels. I'm in Aotearoa/New Zealand so we use the plug style the Australians use.

The first diagram I found was a UK style plug, though it was labeled Australian. Hmm. The second one showed the correct style but it showed the plug and the socket, which would have been okay except the labels on the pins contradicted each other.

I don't often search with my phone, and I realized I had not turned off the AI, which may have been the problem. Meanwhile Mrs had found a decent diagram on her tablet so I used that. Everything worked, no one died.

But this kind of thing really could kill someone.

#slopai

After more than a century of debate, scientists have finally proven that a pianist's touch can change the very color of sound
https://www.ecoportal.net/en/scientists-prove-pianist-touch-effect/22234/

@strypey @matt @activitypub.blog @index @john when I post a blog entry (I use grav) I always toot, grab the id of the toot and edit it into the post with a 'comment here'. So my comments are all on Mastodon, I don't have to moderate comments on my blog or weed out spam. It's just a bit more fiddly than I'd like, ie going back to the post and doing the edit.
But since I hardly ever blog, and I get very few comments, it doesn't seem worth making more effort.

We think we have a small tragedy here. There's a female putangitangi (paradise shell duck) standing alone on our grapevine post. She's been there since early morning calling. They always have a mate nearby, but there's no sign of him.
She sounds pretty sad.

Interesting ancient history around transgender. in case anyone thinks its a new thing.

https://theconversation.com/trans-people-affirmed-their-gender-without-medical-help-in-medieval-europe-history-shows-how-identity-transcends-medicine-and-law-248559

@paw @mekkaokereke it is very easy to think this way, but I have dear friends who live there who are kind, decent people. I guess I am saying "not all Americans," but I think that does need saying.

COP29: A life of living in fear Vanuatu’s ‘new normal’ | RNZ News

https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/533296/cop29-a-life-of-living-in-fear-vanuatu-s-new-normal

I was looking at a different story recently which portrayed Nicole McKee as far more moderate. But I just found this, which suggests she really is keen to get us to a USA style armed population scenario.

https://www.labour.org.nz/news-release_nicole_mckee_unfit_for_firearms_portfolio?

Half a million New Zealanders without access to safe drinking water | RNZ News
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/520724/half-a-million-new-zealanders-without-access-to-safe-drinking-water

Petition for public housing

https://our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/public-housing-now?source=rawlink&utm_source=rawlink&share=1c2330ae-bc8c-4284-9d8e-0a5918422be9

@hotkey @prefetcher I once built a system where the choices included UNKNOWN and NOT_KNOWN, and they really did mean different things. Still proud of that one.