Some of the central beaches are sometimes crowded, but many beaches are just empty. Went for a swim today and water was fresh (16 degrees) but refreshing ! Where are you based ?
NZ is not cheap indeed and Auckland is insanely expensive (managed to buy despite the crazy housing market), but nice beaches and awesome for sailing !
creativenolo: former child :)
So Auckland dropped 33 places just because of few Covid cases ? It is true that we had a peak of Covid cases this year, but it was never really massive by international standards. At the same time, Auckland is pretty…
To be totally fair, the capital should be Nelson which is the true geographic center of NZ!
Not only you do not have much time for yourself but it is often not really "quality" time. It rarely comes in uninterrupted blocks of say 90' or 2h. It is going to be 20 minutes there, 40 minutes there, and maybe 30…
Recently applied to a DevOps Engineer position and after multiple interviews (took ages to plan them...), I finally reached the take-home challenge stage. I have been tasked to work on something absolutely not related…
This reminds me a colleague creating a Python class like this import os class Bla(): def __init__(self): self.var1 = os.env["VARIABLE1"] self.var2 = os.env["VARIABLE2"] # ... self.varN = os.env["VARIABLEN"] def…
Yeap agreed! I discovered a lot of tools just reading them. Thanks everyone !!
It is possible indeed that the Pfizer vaccine is not particularly efficient against Delta but, at the same time, Israel is only one country among a growing list of countries facing a new wave of Covid and what we can…
My understanding is that the vaccines are mainly here to avoid you to die or to require severe ventilation and, based on the available studies, they are doing the job. The hospitalisation rates are way lower than any…
SF is located on fault, with mega wildfires and mega drought for decades to come... At least the photo of the empty reservoir will be taken with a cheap Chinese-made smartphone, good stuff! Some peoples value other…
If they go through MIQ first, all good!
Fiji overtook Australia at the top of rankings for Oceania so it is not particularly a great period for them either :/. French Polynesia is on the rise as well but NZ is holding so far!
Recruiters are like realtor/real estate agents, they work for themselves (to close deals) and that's it. They never give you the appropriate level of information about the opportunity before you commit to a phone/Zoom…
Many drivers of SUV are not aware of the body of their vehicle because these are so large and high. How many a large car is turning, say right (via a dedicated lane), but 10-20% of the vehicle is still in the other…
In the US, you bring your own car for your driving exam... And this is barely a joke !!
Sounds awesome! Time to move to Sweden haha :)
Respect man!
Yeah same story in NZ. You can take a decent parental but the payout is limited ($500 NZD/pw). Of course, you need a cap but you might end up leaving quite a lot on the table. And on top of that, your value of your…
In NZ, my wife took 6 months of parental leave (with a huge drop of salary...) and I took 2 weeks* (one unpaid and one paid by my company). So yeah, I did not take anything else because our mortgage is not going to…
Nice from them to provide the rain precipitation! Have been to the Death Valley twice in November and January. Truly amazing place!
It is never the right time to buy and few years later, after the market took 25%, you are like "We did a good move back in the day!". Bought my house 2 years ago (Auckland) and it is pretty good conditions (for NZ) with…
I am in group 4 (out of 4) and vaccination was supposed to start in July and it has been pushed to end of July. Some people in group 3 have still not been contacted and there are plenty of frontline workers not…
> on track to vaccinate 100% in 51 days I can guarantee you that this is not going to happen... I would be lucky if I am vaccinated this year... Vaccines are super scarce so we are real snails atm!
Some of the central beaches are sometimes crowded, but many beaches are just empty. Went for a swim today and water was fresh (16 degrees) but refreshing ! Where are you based ?
NZ is not cheap indeed and Auckland is insanely expensive (managed to buy despite the crazy housing market), but nice beaches and awesome for sailing !
creativenolo: former child :)
So Auckland dropped 33 places just because of few Covid cases ? It is true that we had a peak of Covid cases this year, but it was never really massive by international standards. At the same time, Auckland is pretty…
To be totally fair, the capital should be Nelson which is the true geographic center of NZ!
Not only you do not have much time for yourself but it is often not really "quality" time. It rarely comes in uninterrupted blocks of say 90' or 2h. It is going to be 20 minutes there, 40 minutes there, and maybe 30…
Recently applied to a DevOps Engineer position and after multiple interviews (took ages to plan them...), I finally reached the take-home challenge stage. I have been tasked to work on something absolutely not related…
This reminds me a colleague creating a Python class like this import os class Bla(): def __init__(self): self.var1 = os.env["VARIABLE1"] self.var2 = os.env["VARIABLE2"] # ... self.varN = os.env["VARIABLEN"] def…
Yeap agreed! I discovered a lot of tools just reading them. Thanks everyone !!
It is possible indeed that the Pfizer vaccine is not particularly efficient against Delta but, at the same time, Israel is only one country among a growing list of countries facing a new wave of Covid and what we can…
My understanding is that the vaccines are mainly here to avoid you to die or to require severe ventilation and, based on the available studies, they are doing the job. The hospitalisation rates are way lower than any…
SF is located on fault, with mega wildfires and mega drought for decades to come... At least the photo of the empty reservoir will be taken with a cheap Chinese-made smartphone, good stuff! Some peoples value other…
If they go through MIQ first, all good!
Fiji overtook Australia at the top of rankings for Oceania so it is not particularly a great period for them either :/. French Polynesia is on the rise as well but NZ is holding so far!
Recruiters are like realtor/real estate agents, they work for themselves (to close deals) and that's it. They never give you the appropriate level of information about the opportunity before you commit to a phone/Zoom…
Many drivers of SUV are not aware of the body of their vehicle because these are so large and high. How many a large car is turning, say right (via a dedicated lane), but 10-20% of the vehicle is still in the other…
In the US, you bring your own car for your driving exam... And this is barely a joke !!
Sounds awesome! Time to move to Sweden haha :)
Respect man!
Yeah same story in NZ. You can take a decent parental but the payout is limited ($500 NZD/pw). Of course, you need a cap but you might end up leaving quite a lot on the table. And on top of that, your value of your…
In NZ, my wife took 6 months of parental leave (with a huge drop of salary...) and I took 2 weeks* (one unpaid and one paid by my company). So yeah, I did not take anything else because our mortgage is not going to…
Nice from them to provide the rain precipitation! Have been to the Death Valley twice in November and January. Truly amazing place!
It is never the right time to buy and few years later, after the market took 25%, you are like "We did a good move back in the day!". Bought my house 2 years ago (Auckland) and it is pretty good conditions (for NZ) with…
I am in group 4 (out of 4) and vaccination was supposed to start in July and it has been pushed to end of July. Some people in group 3 have still not been contacted and there are plenty of frontline workers not…
> on track to vaccinate 100% in 51 days I can guarantee you that this is not going to happen... I would be lucky if I am vaccinated this year... Vaccines are super scarce so we are real snails atm!