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Tightrope, a daily trivia game | Britannica

Jul. 26, 2025

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My Score: 1940

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 14 minutes ago

Ah is that what it was. Everyone was always raving about Immich but it was always so slow for me!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 17 minutes ago

Nextcloud Memories is something to check out. It is a vast improvement on the default photo experience and saves moving all your stuff.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago

I am regularly closing and opening the browser 😅. I also am sure hardware acceleration was disabled, it was immediately obvious when sites with animated transitions slowed to a crawl.

I might try creating a fresh profile, that should hopefully avoid the risk of previously saved settings being reloaded even after a reinstall.

Waterfox is a good idea too haha. I should try it for a while and see if it has the same issue.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

In @Dave news this week, I failed to work out why my firefox UI (but not tabs) keep freezing, and I bought a security camera to play with Frigate.

I am also about 8 questions in to analysing the lemmy.nz census data, out of something like 42 questions 😓

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

(I disabled all addons except uBlock, and the UI still froze. 🤷 🤦 😭 )

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Is it? With the advent of cloud storage, it seems that is the easiest way. Any cloud storage, any OS, its the concept of cloud storage that solves this problem.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

Thank you, it was bothering me that the creator didn't understand how crosswords work.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

I have an original framework I got via freight forwarding as they don't sell to my country. Later they went hard and really locked down their systems against freight forwarding, so I can't get a newer model. I was really keen for the 16 inch AMD one.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Easy. Raspberry Pi. Made in UK, doesn't come with bloatware, Windows, or even any OS (unless you buy the kit that comes with Raspberian pre-installed).

It's also upgradable (or at least expandable) through its many available connections.

Not feasible as a daily driver but it meets the specified requirements.

It will have components made in China but it will be hard to avoid that for pretty much anything made of more than a few different materials.

Alternative answer is the Framework laptop, made in Taiwan, can also be ordered without an OS or even without a hard drive (DIY version that you assemble yourself). You can then be picky about the other parts you buy, it's possible to buy RAM, SSD, etc not made in China.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

It is not likely to be the judges' fault. The terms will be laid out in law and precedent, including the discount. It will also be partly about what charges the prosecution brought them up on. The judge can't (and shouldn't be able to) just say it doesn't feel long enough so they added 10 years. While it seems counterintuitive, judges should not have large amounts of individual judgement, and things like this should always be set out in a framework that all judges follow. Otherwise you get significant differences between judges (a book that talks about this is "Noise: A flaw in human judgement").

If we think that this should have a longer jail term, then that should be set out in law, not something an individual judge decides.

[-] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago

In New Zealand it's pretty common to have a midwinter Christmas, even if you have never lived in the Northern Hemisphere. Not that everyone or almost everyone would do it, but in my experience most people would have at least heard of the concept (and I know people who do it most years, and others that do it occasionally).

This is in addition to, not instead of the normal summer Christmas.

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New Zealand singer Daphne Walker has died, aged 94.

Walker was best known for songs likes ‘Haere Mai (Everything is Kapai)’ popular in the 1950s.

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A former Inland Revenue employee has lost her bid to claim unjustified disadvantage and constructive dismissal after making comments other workers found offensive.

She posted [on intranet]: "This is awesome but a shame it took so long coming. And interesting, now that men can menstruate, free period products are available in IR bathrooms."

Massof's manager, Leah Galbraith, became aware when the comment was reported to her by IR's rainbow network, which said some people were offended and upset.

Galbraith met Massof to discuss the comments and set expectations for the future.

She filed a statement of problem with the Employment Relations Authority saying she had been unjustifiably disadvantaged in her employment and Inland Revenue had not acted in good faith.

She then resigned.

"Insofar as Ms Massof complains that IR's provision of free sanitary products by IR in the bathrooms was an unjustified disadvantage, this claim cannot be made out. The provision of free product to all staff with no requirement for use or engagement by staff cannot be categorised as a disadvantage, much less an unjustified one."

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[2025] CANVAS 2025 IS LIVE (2025.canvas.fediverse.events)
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cross-posted from: https://toast.ooo/post/8396304

OK WE'RE ACTUALLY LIVE NOW

a little hiccup at the start but we're here

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There is an announcement post here: https://lemmy.nz/post/25124710

We drew this last time: screen shot of canvas image with various NZ icons, such as a map of NZ, a fantail, a kiwi that cuts open to a kiwifruit centre, and references to !newzealand@lemmy.nz and no.lastname.nz

Any suggestions for what we could draw this time? I'm happy to put together a template, it would be nice to have some new ideas for this year.

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New Zealanders with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) will now have easier access to diagnosis and medication after the government changed prescribing rules.

But there is still so much we don’t know about ADHD in Aotearoa. And while these changes will help many, easier access to medication alone won’t fill the gaps in other supports people with ADHD need to live well.

From February 2026 trained GPS and nurse practitioners will be able to diagnose and treat ADHD. Under the current system, only paediatricians or psychiatrists can make the diagnosis. GPs and nurse practitioners then provide followup care.

The current process – which is both time-consuming and expensive – has been widely criticised. The government’s changes are expected to at least partially address these issues.

Worldwide estimates suggest ADHD in adults ranges from 2.5% to 3.4% of most populations. But England’s 2023 Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey found 13.9% of adults met criteria warranting clinical assessment. Only 0.5% had been professionally diagnosed.

Recent research found 0.6% of the adult population in New Zealand was receiving drug treatment for ADHD. Based on a conservative estimate of 2.6% of adults with ADHD, this shows a large “treatment gap” exists.

Māori and Pacific peoples are less likely to receive ADHD medications. These inequities begin early. Tamariki Māori screened for ADHD at age four are less likely to receive medication than their non-Māori peers.

There are also substantial differences in the age of diagnosis across sociodemographic groups. These inequities raise serious concerns about access and systemic bias.

International research shows untreated ADHD is linked to worse mental and physical health, higher mortality, and reduced life expectancy.

ADHD prevalence is also five times higher among youth prisoners and ten times higher among adult prisoners compared to the general population. In Australia, ADHD’s social and economic costs are estimated at A$20.42 billion per year, or $25,071 per person.

Adult women were overrepresented in the sample, constituting 83% of the 689 participants, with over 80% reporting being diagnosed after age 24, reflecting global trends of underdiagnosis in early age among women.

Growing evidence shows many of the negative outcomes of ADHD are mitigated by treatment with medication. One study from Sweden found a significant association between initiating ADHD medication treatment and lower mortality.

However, medication is only part of the solution. Strategies focused on the strengths of people with ADHD can have huge benefits for the individual, their whānau and communities. Particularly when they receive timely diagnosis, treatment and necessary accommodations.

Researchers argue that while ADHD medications provide effective treatment, they should never be the only form of treatment offered.

Expanding prescribing authority is a vital step, but this alone will do little to increase access to psychological and allied health supports to ensure the right care can be provided to people with ADHD.

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Hundreds of citizen scientists are set for a stint of bird spotting as the annual New Zealand Garden Bird Survey gets underway on Saturday.

It's the 19th time that Te Tatauranga o ngā Manu Māra o Aotearoa has been held.

From now until 6 July people were encouraged to get out in their garden or go to a local park and look at and listen for birds for one hour, on one day, and record the highest number of each species they notice.

How to take part in the New Zealand Garden Bird Survey:

  1. Visit the NZ Garden Bird Survey website to get started.

  2. Select a garden or a local park.

  3. Choose any ONE day between 28 June and 6 July.

  4. Look and listen for birds on that day for ONE hour.

  5. For each species, record the HIGHEST number seen or heard at one time.

  6. Submit the results online via the NZ Garden Bird Survey website's Take Part page.

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A pair of fishers are likely to face charges after being caught with more than 1800 pāua in Porirua.

The pāua was seized by fishery officers based in Wellington earlier this week.

"While inspecting a vessel shortly after it landed at Titahi Bay on Tuesday afternoon, fishery officers discovered 1863 pāua, which had already been shucked," Fisheries New Zealand regional Manager Phil Tasker said.

The estimated retail value of the pāua was approximately $25,000.

Tasker said it was one of the biggest hauls of illegally harvested pāua in recent times.

"There is a maximum daily limit of five pāua per fisher in this area, which gives some context to the scale of this offending, and the potential damage it could do to the pāua population."

He said it was incredibly disappointing to see offending of this scale.

"This fishery is a shared resource, and the rules are there to protect its sustainability for everyone. Our message for those who think they can steal this shared resource is that we will pursue offending and there will be consequences."

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