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  First fault tolerant quantum computer
Posted by: nzoomed - 05-02-2024, 12:18 PM - Forum: Computing and Technology - No Replies

Looks like its come sooner than I expected.
A 10,000qbit machine will also be ready by 2026 with this technology.
https://www.livescience.com/technology/c...it-in-2026

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  Apple Vision Pro
Posted by: zqwerty - 05-02-2024, 09:49 AM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - Replies (17)

Is this the future of computing?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvkgmyfMPks

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Rainbow To brighten up your day
Posted by: harm_less - 04-02-2024, 04:24 PM - Forum: General Discussion - Replies (1)

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  I think the US of A
Posted by: allblack - 04-02-2024, 11:57 AM - Forum: PC World Chat - Replies (6)

needs to unload on Iran, blow the shit out of them and that will solve a few Middle East headaches. And while they're bombing Iran the 101st Airborne can jump into Yemen and take out the Houthi's. Should be over by lunchtime.

Yeah there'll be a tussle, some US soldiers will die, but that's what they signed up to do.

That will also shut North Korea up, and then the US can go back to propping up NATO who are doing nothing in Europe.

MAGA

..oh yeah, that border. C'mon guys, Abott can't do it all himself. Roll on November.

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  Bryan Bruce on David Seymour & the treaty
Posted by: Lilith7 - 04-02-2024, 09:55 AM - Forum: Opinion and Politics - Replies (12)

I suspect he's hit the nail on the head & greed is at the core of this.


https://www.facebook.com/www.redsky.tv

"Waitangi day ought to be the day we celebrate the signing of the founding document of our nation. Some years it is a moment to pause to remember the things that unite us as a nation. But some years it emphasizes the things that divide us and this, sadly, is one of those years.

I took the time this morning to read David Seymour’s State of the Nation address in which he refers to why he is promoting his Treaty Principles Bill.
Broadly argues the idea of two peoples in partnership tangata whenua (land people) and tangata tiriti (Treaty people) ..
“…is incompatible with the fundamental democratic value that all citizens are equal under the law.” And that ..`” This divisive idea has been fuelled by unelected bureaucrats and judges promoting a ‘partnership’ interpretation of our founding document.”
Well, just taking that last sentence first , he conveniently forgets that it was an elected Parliament that set up the Waitangi Tribunal in 1975 as a response to growing protest over the current and historical treatment of Māori in society.
Māori were NOT being treated as equal under the law that’s why for example there was a huge land march to Parliament calling a halt to sales of remaining Māori land.
Secondly Seymour needs to explain how the idea of partnership is incompatible with democracy when he himself is in political partnership with two other leaders to form the current government.
What then is Seymour’s motive in promoting his bill?

Is it purely philosophical as he would have us believe?
Or should we read his desire to re-evaluate the Treaty in the context of his other policies stated in his address… that “business is a force for good “ and there should be less government in our lives.
So is his desire for us to debate the Treaty because it is a problem for the greedy?
For one thing it gets in the way of selling the rest of our country to overseas interests - a process that has been slowly eroding our national sovereignty since the introduction of neoliberal economics in 1984 an economic theory that spawned the politics of selfishness.
So, nothing wrong with partnership and democracy Mr Seymour which you know that from your own experience.
And debate of this significance ought to to arise from facts not falsehoods such as the partnership idea "being promoted by unelected officials" when it was an elected parliament that recognised the unequal treatment and grievances of Maori in establishing the Waitangi Tribunal."

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Question Ergonomic Chair
Posted by: GameJunkie - 04-02-2024, 08:45 AM - Forum: PressF1 - No Replies

Hi,

I'm looking at replacing my office chair as it is almost at the point of falling apart, and given that i WFH several days a week, having something comfortable is important.

What suggestions do people have or what do you use yourself?

Budget not really an issue unless the options really get up there.

Thanks.

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  PM's sister in law works for big tobacco
Posted by: Lilith7 - 03-02-2024, 05:59 PM - Forum: Opinion and Politics - Replies (7)

My, how very surprising... Rolleyes Big Grin


The PM has admitted his sister in law works for a tobacco company but says he has not discussed tobacco policy with her. I'm sure we all believe that, don't we... Rolleyes

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/508...co-company

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  Ubiquiti edgeemax router, any experts?
Posted by: nzoomed - 03-02-2024, 10:08 AM - Forum: PressF1 - Replies (3)

Got one of these I'm trying to set up on 2degrees, have set vlan to 10 with dhcp, etc.
Router says its connected, but does not display any IP address.
There is a ton of variables you can change on these routers, so was wondering if there is something else I've missed?

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  US is on the brink of Civil war
Posted by: C_T_Russell - 02-02-2024, 09:28 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - Replies (20)

Not much reported here, but a friend of mine is heading over to Texas next week, told me he is concerned about going over there, national guard has been called in.
Looks like Texas has been ordered by the white house to open the borders and remove the razor wire.
They are refusing to comply and 28 other states are supporting Texas.

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  Anyone seen our iceberg...??
Posted by: Lilith7 - 01-02-2024, 02:36 PM - Forum: News and Current Affairs - Replies (8)

Also in Canada..an iceberg has gone missing. Possibly with that missing stuffed polar bear. Rolleyes Big Grin Big Grin


https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47232355


"A Canadian vodka distiller has lost 30,000 litres of valuable iceberg water in what appears to be a heist.
Iceberg Vodka CEO David Meyers says he is mystified as to who - or why - someone would have stolen the water.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police say someone made away with the liquid - enough to fill a tractor-trailer tanker - from a warehouse in the historic community of Port Union, Newfoundland.
The water is valued at between C$9,000 ($6,775; £5,200) and C$12,000.
The CEO of the Newfoundland-based distiller told the BBC that the water was discovered missing on Monday after their facility manager found one of the tanks had been completely drained over the weekend.


Mr Meyers said it would have taken "a bit of work" to have been able to access the tank and remove the water, which was secured behind a locked gate and door.


The water is insured but the company is only able to harvest it in the spring from the ice giants that appear annually on Newfoundland and Labrador's coast along the famed "iceberg alley".
"We only have one crack at doing an iceberg harvest a year," he said. "It's just like a grape harvest for the wine industry."

More puzzling to the CEO is that he believes it would be no easy task to sell thousands of litres of stolen iceberg water.
"It's not like there's a black market for [it]," he said.
"So if someone is trying to offload 30,000 litres in a tanker or something, I would like to hear about that."

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