Happy Christmas y’all

by "Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen" (distraxi)
Published 12/24/2017 at 14:31

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Traditional kiwi Christmas morning scene. You’ll have to add in the smell of coffee, and bacon & eggs on the barbecue.

Despite this, it’ll be turkey and all the trimmings for dinner: tradition is tradition :-).

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"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe)
12/24/2017 at 14:47, STARS: 2

traditional dutch christmas morning scene

(bah humbug... grey wet and boring once again)

"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
12/24/2017 at 14:57, STARS: 0

You live in New Zealand?

"Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen" (distraxi)
12/24/2017 at 15:00, STARS: 1

Yup

"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
12/24/2017 at 15:39, STARS: 0

Neat, I’m flying there in a little over a week. Any good car events (or other events) on the north island in January?

"Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen" (distraxi)
12/24/2017 at 16:33, STARS: 2

Perfect time to be here for car events

https://hamptondowns.com/nzfmr/

https://www.iticket.co.nz/events/2018/jan/tasman-revival-meeting-taupo

http://www.kumeuhotrodshow.co.nz/about.html

https://www.protectainsurance.co.nz/news-and-events/caffeine-and-classics (patchy but can be good)

http://www.leadfootfestival.com/

(Must do if you’re still here early feb)

https://www.concours.org.nz/ (February)

See also:

http://www.events.nz.com/motorsport/#North_Island_1-1

http://www.nz-hotrod.com/COMING-EVENTS.html

"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
12/24/2017 at 16:37, STARS: 0

Well, Looks like I’m all set then. Thanks!

"Brian McKay" (brianmckay)
12/24/2017 at 17:20, STARS: 2

This is why we invented motorized carriages.

"BaconSandwich is tasty." (baconsandwich)
12/25/2017 at 09:35, STARS: 0

Have you always lived there? It sounds like a pretty neat place - one which I wouldn’t mind visiting some time.

"Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen" (distraxi)
12/25/2017 at 13:36, STARS: 0

Yes, apart from a few years in England after I graduated. It’s a fantastic place to live - good climate, not too many people, decent economy, relatively low inequality.

Only downsides are wages are low relative to cost of living (by US/Euro standards) and it’s a heck of a long way from anywhere if you want to travel. Though that’s also a good thing, when Kim & Trump start waving their dicks around

"BaconSandwich is tasty." (baconsandwich)
12/25/2017 at 15:05, STARS: 0

Neat. It’s definitely up there on my list of places to see. As a software developer, I totally agree with the ban on software patents there, but I wonder if things like the trans-pacific partnership will put an end to it.

"Distraxi's idea of perfection is a Jagroen" (distraxi)
12/25/2017 at 16:50, STARS: 0

No, we get to keep that exclusion under TPP. The bigger implication is for copyright law. There’s a good paper on how TPP affects NZ tech industry here: https://internetnz.nz/sites/default/files/submissions/tpp-ip-it.pdf

What flavor of dev are you?

"BaconSandwich is tasty." (baconsandwich)
12/25/2017 at 18:33, STARS: 1

Back end. Currently doing Python/Django development for the agriculture industry, but I started with .Net in the oil and gas industry.

That makes me happy to hear that you guys get to keep that as an exclusion. Given all the garbage that software patents have caused, and that district in east Texas that is a total gong-show, it makes me want to go to New Zealand. Even the company I work for is a bit patent happy, which saddens me.