William

CTO | Engineer | NZ 🇳🇿 | Kept in check by @mikethegirl

[William @rombulow]

@rayhogan @jik_wtf @firworksyt @SnazzyLabs I feel the same way using a Windows/Linux layout (I’m Mac-native). I think it’s simply what you’re used to.

[William @rombulow]

@timexcellent This is SMS only, and supports only a handful of Android phones.

[William @rombulow]

@boulderbrett @Starlink @onenzofficial @ATT No, you need a OneNZ SIM with contract and despite what Elon said this only works with 4 particular models of Android phone right now. No voice calls or data, only SMS … and it takes around 3 minutes to send each SMS. https://t.co/i58RP4hAQV

[William @rombulow]

@UlyssesTruth The thing is, Labour didn’t spend us into oblivion. Sure, NZ is in debt… but by international standards not badly so. Things were picking up post-COVID.

[William @rombulow]

@stevebiddle I flew through there yesterday and there were 1-2 lanes out of action hidden behind those big plastic wall things.

[William @rombulow]

@sponno No, wait. I switched to a Motorola ROKR right before the iPhone came out. The ROKR was a candy bar phone … a Motorola/Apple collaboration. It had native iTunes sync but was brutally slow. The iPhone was the ROKR on steroids.

[William @rombulow]

@sponno Palm Treo 650! I loved that thing. It was the model that ran PalmOS, not WinCE.

[William @rombulow]

The @FlyAirNZ app is now sending 2FA codes via WhatsApp and that just feels super-icky. I really don’t feel comfortable about that. Anyone else, or just me?

[William @rombulow]

hey @WestpacNZ got a phone call from one of your mortgage managers and they sent me a 2FA code via SMS. How do I know it’s not a login request for online banking and actually legit? I refused to give them the code and it was a bit awkward.

[William @rombulow]

@dairymanNZ I saw this post last night and then had to deal with this Wpac verification just now. I refused to give them the code on the grounds it looks like a 2FA code and they were able to verify me with name/dob/address. I’m not happy about it.

[William @rombulow]

@damnyeahbaby @GregPresland At least maybe it would get done? I feel like whatever we have at the moment in way of supplying fresh water to folk across NZ really isn’t working and hasn’t been for quite some time.

[William @rombulow]

@passcod I found a place the other day that sells a 1U rack thing that holds half a dozen rpi. I didn’t have a need for it, but I wanted it all the same. I feel you need it.

[William @rombulow]

Never mind. Still haven't got the email, but all the SMS just arrived 😅

[William @rombulow]

Hey @FlyAirNZ I can't login to the Air NZ website to change some flights -- I'm not getting the SMS 2fa code, or the email code and I can't login with password. What do I do?

[Craig Renney @CLRenney]

The CTU has taken a look at the costs of the Cook Strait Ferry upgrade (sometimes called the IReX Project). It's a huge deal, with a huge price tag. The recent decision by the Coalition Government to end it however should be viewed against the other decisions they have made. A 🧵

[William @rombulow]

@samjarman Yes. TP-Link Tapo. I have spent a lot of time over the last decade playing with home security cameras and the Tapo cameras are phenomenal bang for your buck and rock solid.

[William @rombulow]

@samjarman Did Apple ever enforce this? I knew it was a rule, sent complaints about a few apps, but never saw anything enforced.

[William @rombulow]

@TradeMe Kia ora! I almost got scammed, just sent through a support ticket 4076369 with details and I know that at least one other Trade Me user has sent the scammer money in the last two hours. Any chance you could escalate this ticket?

[William @rombulow]

@cutaway_cafe @antiboomerparty When I did engineering at UoC the grades were sculpted after marking so that a % passed/failed many of the courses. iirc first year engineering as a whole had a 50% pass rate.

[William @rombulow]

@MyNamesNotKezia Did you end up buying any tickets? I made it through and now I’m very much cbf’d.

[William @rombulow]

I keep reading articles about how nobody in NZ is buying FIFA tickets. So, let’s buy some FIFA tickets. First I need to decide if I’m an Australian or NZ “resident”. (I think this is a translation hiccup — it should be “NZ Matches” or “Australian Matches”.)