high profile, very public, violent crimes in the last few months.

This is what the media chooses to show.

If "statistically speaking" crime isn't trending up, but it's being sensationalised to the point that people feel like it is, what's the actual issue?

If you're essentially saying here that the facts don't matter if they contradict peoples feelings, shouldn't we at least be looking into who is influencing peoples feelings in the first place and what they have to gain?

I just spent a month in Europe and tapped-to-pay my credit card every I went, from the center of London to a train station in the south of France to a small cafe in Poland - without a surcharge.

Why are they getting away with it in NZ? Are we just too much of a captive market to do anything about it?

(money talks?)

"Land talks" should be our new national motto.

The idea is that the city will build upwards, rather than outwards

Yeah an absolute bolt from the blue, how can New Zealand ever prepare for the sudden and unprecedented invasion of multistory buildings.

Saw a comment on my local councils post of someone worried that the Tauranga CBD would look like Shanghai in a fews years "at the rate they're going".

Some of the most popular, picturesque tourist spots and residential locales in the world make NZs "high density" plans look laughably wastaful in comparison, and people are still tearing their hair out about it.

The idea is that the city will build upwards, rather than outwards

Yeah an absolute bolt from the blue, how can New Zealand ever prepare for the sudden and unprecedented invasion of multistory buildings.

Saw a comment on my local councils post of someone worried that the Tauranga CBD would look like Shanghai in a fews years "at the rate they're going".

Some of the most popular, picturesque tourist spots and residential locales in the world make NZs "high density" plans look laughably wasteful in comparison, and people are still tearing their hair out about it.

Same deal, never had to worry about it or think about it ever so I consider it money well spent.

The sale to twodegrees doesn't leave my hopeful though. Not because of twodegrees themselves, but if myrepublic found this product unsustainable I can't see it lasting unchanged or at the same quality from it's new owner

Maybe something to look into when my wifes position stabilises. I'm in Tauranga though so the critical mass here for IT employment may not be sufficient.

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Ain't that the truth. Or the ones that have been advertising for 3 months straight.

But I'm not sure I'm built for the contractor/project hopping lifestyle. Maybe I need to change my attitude about that stuff. I'm very precious about building good foundations and that sort of thing

Reminds me of an internal project I saw named Project Horizon, presumably named for the fact that despite the years spent moving towards it, it never seemed to get any closer.

Have you considered high pay, short hours, not caring about everything imploding because the people who make decisions don't understand them, just let the implosion happen?

As long as my ability to do my job doesn't get sledgehammered by the implosion, where do I sign up?

Just got back from a month in Europe. It's cold here yo.

While I was gone, work had to make some decisions about what direction to pursue our data needs. I made my recommendation but of course come back to find we've taken the most conservative, manual, one-size-fits-"all" solution. Must be that time of the year where I look for a job with worse quality of life but that actually takes data and IT seriously.