MaungaHikoi

joined 1 year ago
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[–] MaungaHikoi 7 points 1 year ago

Obviously!

I didn't put too much in my intro as I don't think I'm all that interesting and I didn't want people to think I was getting a big head. Short version of my relevant bio:

  • I'm a 15+ year veteran of the software dev industry
  • I run a small contracting company (a sub-5 person cooperative)
[–] MaungaHikoi 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's an easy sell for me. I've got two kids myself, and one of my close friends growing up had a single mum and needed that kind of support. Hate the thought of kids going to school hungry or cold.

I'm donating about 25% of what I put aside for my retirement, hoping to bump the numbers up as I make more money

[–] MaungaHikoi 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My kid woke me up at 3:30 this morning for snuggles. I didn't get back to sleep til 6 but he certainly got a sleep 😬

It's struggle town at work today

[–] MaungaHikoi 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I had mushrooms growing on my lawn this summer, was pretty nuts. Have to wear wide shoes when I got feed the chickens or I'm liable to sink into the bog, the ground just can't support any more water. Good thing we have a bunch of trees along the edge of the property keeping us in place!

[–] MaungaHikoi 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Speaking of feeding hungry kids, KidsCan is a good one to support IMO. I give them $100 a month.

[–] MaungaHikoi 1 points 1 year ago

Sweet, sent you a DM

[–] MaungaHikoi 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I could do a bit of moderation if you need some help.

[–] MaungaHikoi 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah they're not very good and take an age to run. I looked at heat pump options when we got a dryer and the cost savings didn't stack up against the extra purchase cost unless you were running multiple loads a day through it. We only use ours in winter so not worth it.

[–] MaungaHikoi 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We got double glazing in that same house and it did help with the noise a bit.

[–] MaungaHikoi 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah those are a pain, I keep finding them in my compost bin.

[–] MaungaHikoi 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Had something like this and it was fine but in a late 90s house and in Wellington so the wind covered a lot of noise so YMMV.

On a windless day we could hear only hear the neighbours via the windows - out theirs and in ours. Nothing except a massive party would go through the firewall.

[–] MaungaHikoi 1 points 1 year ago

Vultr have been pretty awesome, been running a client's site on them for 3 years now and it's been pretty much rock solid.

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