Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!

Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!

Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.

So, how’s it going?

  • eagleeyedtiger@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Are there any rules around parking on the wrong side of the street (e.g. facing the wrong direction)?

    I don’t know why but it makes me irrationally annoyed when I see people do this.

  • Dave@lemmy.nzM
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    11 months ago

    Bad start to the day this morning when I was informed it was Thursday today, when I had thought it was Friday.

      • Dave@lemmy.nzM
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        11 months ago

        I guess on the plus side, I have an extra day to organise Christmas presents (which I’ve left pretty late this year).

          • Dave@lemmy.nzM
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            10 months ago

            Nah, nothing that I want is ever a good price. I think it’s well established by now that places raise prices leading into black friday to make the deals seem better than they are.

            I’m keep to get a Pixel phone and install GrapheneOS on it (because that’s my idea of fun). I have been looking for a second hand one on trademe but I’d like a 256GB storage model and apparently no one buys Pixel 7s with any more than 128GB. I’ll monitor for a while and see if any come up.

            • NoRamyunForYou@lemmy.nz
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              10 months ago

              Yeah I’ve seen a lot of posts online talking about that. Though I usually have a list of things I’ve been looking at for a while, so I know their ‘regular’ prices, and can always compare to that.

              I’ve heard of GrapheneOS, and have always been meaning to do some more reading into it - and I’ve always wanted a pixel phone, but they make it such a hassle to get one in NZ.

              • Dave@lemmy.nzM
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                10 months ago

                If you pop on Pricespy.co.nz there are plenty of places selling Pixels (unofficially). GrapheneOS only supports Pixels, though there are other OSs that support other models. My understanding is that Pixels are the only ones where you can re-lock the bootloader after installing a custom OS, making it more secure.

                I’m really keen to get one because I want to see if I can live without the google integrations. No play store, no google notification service, no google on my phone.

                I reckon I’ll struggle but it’s fun to try 😆

                • NoRamyunForYou@lemmy.nz
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                  10 months ago

                  Yeah that’s the thing. I wonder why they can’t start selling them here “officially” lol.

                  Yeah, I think no google would be pretty tough, but i’d like to try and diversify and have the backup option if needed :)