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[–] [email protected] 2 points 49 minutes ago

There's a whole Wikipedia page about it. But here is the important bit:

In the past, caller ID spoofing required an advanced knowledge of telephony equipment that could be quite expensive. However, with open source software (such as Asterisk or FreeSWITCH, and almost any VoIP company), one can spoof calls with minimal costs and effort.

Some VoIP providers allow the user to configure their displayed number as part of the configuration page on the provider's web interface. No additional software is required.

So it's pretty trivial these days because the phone number coming from the phone network doesn't help when the phone network lets you set whatever you like.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Unfortunately the calling party can show whatever they want for the caller number, there's no validation that it's true.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Ah that's a shame.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

I found this:

screen shot of incident report F4198690, wellington central, classes as Hazardous Substance

On this page: https://www.fireandemergency.nz/incidents-and-news/incident-reports/incidents/?region=2&day=Wednesday

I guess the link will not work for long since it literally just says Wednesday in the URL and not a specific date, but the incident number is F4198690.

Is there a way to find more information about it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Eradication is likely impossible, but there is still a lot that can be done to control populations. But it seems no one is even thinking about it yet (and it might need the "pest" label before anyone puts money into control).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Here's how you can tell if it's actually decentralised.

 

Last weeks thread here

Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.

It’s for talking about anything that might not justify a full post. For example:

  • Something interesting that happened to you
  • Something humourous that happened to you
  • Something frustrating that happened to you
  • A quick question
  • A request for recommendations
  • Pictures of your pet
  • A picture of a cloud that kind of looks like an elephant
  • Anything else, there are no rules (except the rule)

So how’s it going?

 

Hundreds of people gathered at Kaiuku Marae in Māhia where poppies and white crosses were placed in the ground around the local war memorial.

Wairoa RSA president Jeremy Harker said Kaiuku Marae always had a big turnout for the dawn service.

"Obviously there's a lot of understanding about the past, and I think this is a pretty special place and people like coming out here.

"It's quite cool, you know the first place to see the light, so it works really well and it's just a really special occasion."

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Was there any more info released about this? Or will we never know the full story?

 

An entomologist says the spread of Portuguese millipedes across Wellington - and beyond - is almost certain after residents on the south coast sounded the alarm about infestations of the invasive species.

Residents have described waking to find hundreds of scaly black millipedes around their homes, discovering them in shoes, bags and even their beds.

Biosecurity New Zealand said the invertebrate had been identified on the south coast and in Lower Hutt for about 20 years, but not much was known about it.

A local councillor is now calling for an urgent meeting with local authorities to discuss how to tackle the problem.

picture of millipede

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I like the implication that the AI screening saw "vengeance" and decided they were worthy for short listing.

[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I like the implication that the interviewer saw it in the job application and decided to invite them to a formal interview before even mentioning it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ah, interesting. Thinking about it, do they have vanity plates? If so then all my arguments are invalid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Currently there is a system. One number, three letters, three numbers. So no chance of mixing up certain characters. If you introduce a different system you will need to make sure you know what system is being used. With your plan you could get a plate that looks exactly like the old system except it's using 0 instead of O.

I suspect there is also a lot of benefit in knowing where numbers and letters will be for having more accurate plate recognition cameras.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (5 children)

The issue is probably that those I, O, Z, and Ss are already on plates since the system is different?

 

When Shihad announced they would be calling it quits in 2025, they left not just a legacy of tinnitus-inducing live shows stretching back 37 years, but also one of the richest catalogues of recordings by any New Zealand band.

 

New Zealand is extending its military assistance in support of Ukraine's self-defence until December 2026.

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon made the announcement early this morning (NZT) in London.

"New Zealand is unwavering in its support for Ukraine against Russia's illegal and unprovoked invasion," he said.

"That is why we are extending our deployment of up to 100 New Zealand Defence Force personnel to train Ukrainian soldiers in the UK and throughout Europe, and provide intelligence, liaison and logistics support through to December 2026."

 

A New Zealand architecture company has designed a three-bedroom house that three people can assemble in six weeks for $335,000.

RTA Studio just constructed its first 'Living House' in Rotorua.

It is 85sqm and designed for quick assembly once the foundations are in place, the cost includes a functional kitchen with appliances as well as flooring, lighting, carpets and heating. It does not include the land value.

 

It’s one of those moments in the year when many parents wonder why they lie to their children about a magical rabbit that leaves Easter eggs in the garden.

In our multicultural society, there are various approaches to the concepts of Santa, the Easter Bunny, and the tooth fairy. At a guess, for the majority of New Zealand children, these fictional characters are real — at least in the first few years of their lives. After all, New Zealand Post receives more than 100,000 letters each year addressed to Santa at Christmas.

But there are some, whether it is for religious or ethical reasons, who don’t raise their kids to believe in these fictional characters.

 

Last weeks thread here

Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.

It’s for talking about anything that might not justify a full post. For example:

  • Something interesting that happened to you
  • Something humourous that happened to you
  • Something frustrating that happened to you
  • A quick question
  • A request for recommendations
  • Pictures of your pet
  • A picture of a cloud that kind of looks like an elephant
  • Anything else, there are no rules (except the rule)

So how’s it going?

 

When it cools down and autumn hits in New Zealand, office kitchens and staff rooms are suddenly abundant with the sweet smell of our widely available little fruit – the feijoa.

But spare a thought for Kiwis who have made Australia home – where they don’t seem to understand our feijoa fantasy.

Piera Maclean, who has lived in Melbourne for a decade, longs for the taste.

“Normally at this time of year in New Zealand everyone's having feijoa crumble all the time and making cakes. They've got so many. Whereas here it's like if you find three, you know you're feeling very lucky and it's the best day ever.”

 

Severe weather is continuing to batter the top of the North Island as Cyclone Tam brings heavy rain and strong winds.

Towards Friday, the storm will begin to arrive in Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and the north of the South Island.

What you need to know:

  • A large weather system is delivering heavy rain and strong winds to the upper North Island.
  • Here's what you need to know as the bad weather hits.
  • Around 25,000 properties had no power overnight in Northland and there are many outages in Auckland too.
  • Cellphone towers have been damaged in Northland, landlines are still working. ONE NZ is working on opening up Satellite Text as an option for those with 4G.
  • Air New Zealand has cancelled some flights, some ferry services in Auckland are either cancelled or suspended. See here for the ferry specifics.
  • Up to 180mm of rain could strike Northland with possible thunderstorms, and strong wind warnings also in place.
  • Auckland is experiencing high winds and rain.
  • Rain is also forecast to spread into the South Island on Thursday.
  • Warnings are in place for motorists using Auckland Harbour Bridge due to strong wind gusts.
 

Hey how can we troubleshoot when communities are not being federated?

For example, this community shows that there was an error federating to Lemmy.nz (but not what the error was). Previously it was showing as not allowed. screen shot showing metabolic_health@lemm.ee is not allowed to federate

Here are my settings: settings showing things like that it's enabled, disables NSFW, requires fediseer endorsement

There are other communities listed in this post, though really I'd like the tools to troubleshoot myself: https://lemmy.nz/post/21531352

Any help appreciated 🙂

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Hi all!

TL;DR You can donate to Lemmy.nz's server costs here: https://ko-fi.com/nzfedi

As you may or may not know, Lemmy.nz is jointly hosted with some other NZ fediverse services. Due to lower fees, donations to support the hosting of Lemmy.nz can now be made here: https://ko-fi.com/nzfedi

  • You can do one off donations, but regular donations are best even if smaller, as it helps for longer term planning.
  • If you're currently donating to the Open Collective page, please cancel that and use the ko-fi link if you can, as the fees are lower.
  • Please mention in the "Your message" box that you're from Lemmy.nz (or if you use both Mastodon.nz and Lemmy.nz or Pixelfed.nz, say so), that helps with seeing where donations are coming from.
  • If making the donation will materially affect you, PLEASE DON'T DONATE! Lemmy.nz is not going to die if you don't donate. Please only donate if you have plenty of money, but if you can donate on a regular basis without it materially affecting you, then please consider a regular donation.

There have been some changes to the structure and the team that host the server are decentralising a bit. The hardware we were on was also ageing, so the server is now running on leased hardware with ongoing costs, which is around $85 per month. The host has other costs that add up to the annual goal shown on ko-fi such as email sending and backup costs, but for Lemmy.nz I do emails/backups/etc separately so we just want to try to cover our share of that $85/mo (Lemmy uses a fair bit of CPU and disk space so our share is possibly 50% or more of that figure).

I'm going to make a more prominent link to this post so that people can find it in future.

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