The thread of learning something new every day
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@MiketheSnow said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Didn't realise these had failed ...
He who builds his house on sand…
well compacted sand is great till it liquefies.
Seriously though, reclamation is hard. Singapore does a bit of it, so do the Netherlands. Dubai is a fascinating place - but I have no urge to visit
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@nzzp said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@MiketheSnow said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Didn't realise these had failed ...
He who builds his house on sand…
well compacted sand is great till it liquefies.
Seriously though, reclamation is hard. Singapore does a bit of it, so do the Netherlands. Dubai is a fascinating place - but I have no urge to visit
Feel exactly the same way
Friends rave over it though
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@MiketheSnow said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@nzzp said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@MiketheSnow said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Didn't realise these had failed ...
He who builds his house on sand…
well compacted sand is great till it liquefies.
Seriously though, reclamation is hard. Singapore does a bit of it, so do the Netherlands. Dubai is a fascinating place - but I have no urge to visit
Feel exactly the same way
Friends rave over it though
look, if I had enough money to race and crash range rovers in the desert after smashing soft drinks, it'd be great fun - but I just can't get excited. SO I guess I'm not a Sheikh.
I so wanted to make a 'no great Sheikhs' joke, but I didn't
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@nzzp said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@MiketheSnow said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@nzzp said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@MiketheSnow said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Didn't realise these had failed ...
He who builds his house on sand…
well compacted sand is great till it liquefies.
Seriously though, reclamation is hard. Singapore does a bit of it, so do the Netherlands. Dubai is a fascinating place - but I have no urge to visit
Feel exactly the same way
Friends rave over it though
look, if I had enough money to race and crash range rovers in the desert after smashing soft drinks, it'd be great fun - but I just can't get excited. SO I guess I'm not a Sheikh.
I so wanted to make a 'no great Sheikhs' joke, but I didn't
Well, you almost kinda just did
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Dubai is mega expensive, but it's a great place to visit.
A few friends who live there certainly enjoy it, but none of them rave about it. Peronsally, it's a little bit perfect for me in that it doesn't really have a soul and reminds me a lot of Macau. It's all sounds a bit cliche, but there's only so many cloudless days, expensive boozy brunches & over priced, fake, sporting facilities that I can take.
Zero tax would be awesome though - not that I can complain after 13 years in Hong Kong!
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@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Civilisational decline
Niue is worse, so many empty buildings. Why? Cos they got access to NZ passports and an airport and 2/3 of the pop left
1950 4,667
1960 4,830
1970 5,130
1980 3,402
1981 3,281 28 September
1986 2,531 29 October
1991 2,239 3 November
1997 2,088 17 August
2001 1,788 13 September
2006 1,625 9 September
2011 1,607 10 September
2017 1,591 9 March
2022 1,564 11 November -
@Machpants said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Civilisational decline
Niue is worse, so many empty buildings. Why? Cos they got access to NZ pass[ports and an airport and 2/3 of the pop let
1950 4,667
1960 4,830
1970 5,130
1980 3,402
1981 3,281 28 September
1986 2,531 29 October
1991 2,239 3 November
1997 2,088 17 August
2001 1,788 13 September
2006 1,625 9 September
2011 1,607 10 September
2017 1,591 9 March
2022 1,564 11 NovemberWasn't that down to the depletion of their resources (phosphates?) ?
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@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
Civilisational decline
I've been a fan of urban/ industrial decline ever since I saw the unfinished Sheraton in the Cook Islands.
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@antipodean You'll be disappointed to learn then that it is due to open later this month following a refurb
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I learnt of Point Nemo Island, apparently the most remote spot on the planet.
Situated in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and South America it is closer to the astronauts on the International Space Station than it is to any other human beings.
I assume that is only while the ISS is overhead...
Point Nemo: facts about the Earth’s farthest point from land
Have you ever wondered where our space junk go?
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'Damn the Dam' was originally an advertising jingle for Pink Batts.
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@Bones said in The thread of learning something new every day:
@booboo said in The thread of learning something new every day:
I did not know this ...
I don't get the use of the word precise here. From the diagram it appears to indicate a speed range?
Yeah, well, pretty certain English is not his first language. I just took it as 'indicative'.
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NZ Folksong * Damn the Dam