taldennz

@taldennz@lemmy.nz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is a video streaming co-op a useful idea?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  In New Zealand, there is a provision in the copyright law that handily makes having a copy legal, while also making it impractical for most people.

  Prior to the addition of the format-shifting provision, making a copy was always illegal (eg that recording on your VCR was illegal). Adding the provision made it legal, but subtly also not generally useful.

  The format-shifting exception allows the owner of the physical media to make a copy themselves, for their own use. If they transfer ownership of the physical media they must destroy the copy (they can’t even pass on the convenience to the next owner).

  Since making copies is more technical than is practical for the masses, most cannot take advantage of the provision - and that’s the way copyright owners like it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Zero-hour contracts(Zero-hours contracts let employers hire staff with no guarantee of work, with employees only offered the hours for which they are needed) reach new record high⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Shh. Don’t let the current NZ government hear. They’ll want to bring zero-hour contracts back… Anything hurting this many workers is likely to be very popular with their donors.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fun science fact⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I imagine Mrs Claus more like an Enderverse Hive Queen.

  All of the Elves and Santa’s are just extensions of the self. This is how she can compile ‘the list’. You think those Santa’s and Elves are just doing dress up for the season, but all year they are extensions of the Santa hive, watching to see who is naughty and who is nice.

  Did your parent ever put on a Santa hat? They walk among us.

  This is also how ‘Santa’ delivers all of the presents in a single night… They are all ‘(Mrs) Santa’.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hi do yall this my hair is red⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But without all that prejudice, just think of all of the missed reaction-video income…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hi do yall this my hair is red⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Though there is a tinge in the fringe, there’s a word that’s not mine to use…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I fast-forward through the songs...⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Not when it’s Buffy. It fit right in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Iron Fist Actor Finn Jones Continues To Advocate For His MCU Return⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  And relative to other recent offerings, will it just seem better?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Elon Musk and Wikipedia are feuding⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Shhh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨turkey pot pies⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago⁩:

  Thankfully that’s not the case here in NZ. Otherwise the rather popular mince-n-cheese pie would be weird.

  Today, ‘mincemeat’ as a term by itself, is unusual. It’s usually either just ‘mince’ (meat) or ‘fruit-mince’ (not meat).