Posts by Martin Lindberg
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I've been quite shocked today about the reporting of homicide on the front page of the Herald, I must say.
Yep, that illustration certainly made me go WTH into my morning coffee. With that in mind, Russell's question:
And do we trust news organisations in this fevered age to use any new freedoms responsibly
is certainly valid.
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Well, there are many still covered by the govt guarantee
Well, that doesn't count. But is there something inherently wrong with the business model that finance companies adhere to?
Again, I'm not personally interested, I'm just wondering if this can be done right?
I believe pyramid schemes are illegal - so there must be some aspect of this industry that separates it from one of those schemes and makes it legal. What's the distinction?
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I'm curious - sssuming for a moment that I have money to invest - are there any finance companies that would be worth investing in? I can't help feeling that the whole industry is a giant pyramid scheme. But then we only hear of the failed companies, so my view is tainted by that.
Are there any good ones? And how would I be able to tell if they are any good?
(Note: I will not use any advice to actually invest in these companies ;-))
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Looks like I'll be going the long way home past Victoria Park New World to pick up a few bottles from The Crouching Brewing Company.
Trophy AND Gold (not sure how that works?) for their Czech Pilsner.
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Statistician, not a science.
Since when is statistics not a science?
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You can get styli for capacitive screens. Not sure who stocks them in NZ.
Try the butcher - sausages apparently work quite well.
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That's it for party balloons, and steampunk dirigibles then.
Hydrogen works just as well so long as you don't smoke.
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Can't help defending the underdog.
Hey! That's what I was doing! ;-)
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This is what happens with this debate, on both sides, pretty much everywhere, not just at PA. Each side believes they're presenting a piece of the picture that the other one is omitting. Each sees the other as universalising a particular experience when neither actually is, so in attempting balance you just end up skewing wildly between two extremes.
Happy to plead guilty to that one.