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Arowin

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FinTech CTO, gin distiller, cheese maker, beer brewer, Minecraft player, YouTube watcher, dad, husband, gin drinker, cheese eater, beer lover, .NET dev

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Arowin @arowin.bsky.social · 20d

Latest update... aventine.co.nz/blogs/news/1...

Rare 1772 Resolution Medal Unearthed in Wellington

A rare medal dating to Captain Cook’s second voyage to New Zealand has been discovered. Explore this latest remarkable discovery with Aventine Numismatics.

aventine.co.nz

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aethylred.bsky.social @aethylred.bsky.social · Sep 8

The time to save the city to the sea walking bridge was about 2016 and no one voted to increase rates to fund nice things like quake strengthening public infrastructure

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Arowin @arowin.bsky.social · Aug 25

It would have been in Wellington, but not sure sorry

Arowin @arowin.bsky.social · Aug 25

Holy crap!

Celica (looking for work) @nothingxs.net · Aug 25

yet another reason why you don't use AI or AI browsers: getting bodied on reddit with your bank account via prompt injection

i need everything AI related to burn to cinders already, christ

A Twitter post by zack_overflow that reads: "Why is no one talking about this? This is why I don't use an AI browser. You can literally get prompt injected and your bank account drained by doomscrolling on reddit."

A reddit screenshot from a sub named r/testing_321123. The post is called "What are your thoughts on Comet?" and there is a reply to it that seems to contain a prompt injection that works against Comet Assistant.

Arowin @arowin.bsky.social · Aug 25

@historyaotearoa.bsky.social Something you might find interesting - a mate of mine does metal detecting as a hobby and came across something cool and related to where we are in the pod...

collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1521463

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Arowin @arowin.bsky.social · Aug 7

Kings seeds do one as well!

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Arowin @arowin.bsky.social · Aug 6

The Space Karen extension really is the best thing ever

Screenshot of an article link where the words "Elon Musk" have been replaced with "Space Karen" through a browser extension.

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Arowin @arowin.bsky.social · Jul 22

We went 2 weeks ago. So full at the end. And truly all you can eat, not all they can make!

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💉💉💉Kumara📎Republic↙️↙️↙️ @kumararepublic.bsky.social · Jul 8

2025 InternetNZ voting guide as of 9/7/2025 11:14. Probably max 13 candidates (⚖️=pending MoJ check):

✅ Reeve
✅ Grizhar
✅ Hunt
✅ Jones⚖️
✅ Roger Brown
✅ Dunn
✅ Kenlon

❔ Hilyard
❔ Tingley

❌ Ayling (FSU)
❌ Douglas Brown (FSU)
❌ Cunliffe-Steel
❌ Neilson (Hobson's)

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Arowin @arowin.bsky.social · Jul 4

Decided to withdraw my nomination to the InternetNZ board yesterday. Although I would have loved to be a member to help where I could, I think it was more important to not dilute the pool too much. Too much at stake this year. Good luck to the nominees!

Arowin @arowin.bsky.social · Jul 3

Oh, and just an FYI - Aussie is pronounced "ozzy" not "ossy" :)

Arowin @arowin.bsky.social · Jul 3

I see your canadian goose and raise you a cassowary!

www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2019/4/...

Why the cassowary is the world's most dangerous bird

Find out more about these flightless Australasian birds and why they deserve to be treated with respect!

www.guinnessworldrecords.com

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Arowin @arowin.bsky.social · Jul 1

I had been considering as well, but I'm also aware that more options might dilute the pool of "normal people" and might affect the end vote... I'm kind of torn :(

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · Jun 20

Every guy with a tragic backstory (in a movie):

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Arowin @arowin.bsky.social · Jun 14

LGR did a really good deep dive into these a while back (with the focus on Animorph book covers)

youtu.be/tRLi0VWdNIg?...

Animorphs: How Those Weird Covers Were Made Using Elastic Reality

YouTube video by LGR

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Esme Weatherwax 📚🧶🦉🌳🔬📸 🌈 ally @esmeweatherwax8.bsky.social · Jun 11

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Arowin @arowin.bsky.social · Jun 5

Since Taranaki Maunga is a legal person, please add them - it'll be amazing!

Arowin @arowin.bsky.social · May 29

NZ vs AU

$6.50 vs $9.95

Westgold butter salted 400g costs $6.50 in Australia from Woolworths

Westgold butter salted 400g from Woolworth in Australia costs $9.95

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · May 8

Cassocks are red
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a

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Arowin @arowin.bsky.social · Apr 23

Well I'll be a ewe in a pig pen! You're right!

Arowin @arowin.bsky.social · Apr 22

I would reckon you should. Really great Sci Fi!

Arowin @arowin.bsky.social · Apr 22

Assume you've read the Expanse series?

Arowin @arowin.bsky.social · Mar 24

Fair enough. Maybe just an ease of human readability (if its not formatted nicely?) 🤷

As an aside to some of your other posts recently, have you heard of home assistant for local control of your devices etc?

Arowin @arowin.bsky.social · Mar 24

My assumption would be the square brackets are an easier way to know its an array definition, having multiple curlies would make it hard to know it was an array without traversing back through the json again?

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Ruth Husko @dankackroyd.bsky.social · Mar 21

This is class

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