Luuk Paulussen
@luukpaulussen.bsky.social
Husband, Dad, Software engineer (C) / Team Lead, NZ Greens member. Learning Te Reo. Into board games, reading, 3D printing, tinkering with hardware. Based in Ōtautahi, NZ. Progressive, lefty, Christian. He/Him
Gives a new meaning to military school...
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Gives a new meaning to military school...
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Holy shit. But also, holy shit.
Be aware that inbound firewall rules are ineffective against connections being initiated from inside the house.
codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
Be aware that inbound firewall rules are ineffective against connections being initiated from inside the house.
codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me
Would you allow a stranger to drive a camera-equipped computer around your living room? You might have already done so without even realizing it.
The Beginning: A Curious Experiment
It all started ...
codetiger.github.io
October 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Holy shit. But also, holy shit.
Be aware that inbound firewall rules are ineffective against connections being initiated from inside the house.
codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
Be aware that inbound firewall rules are ineffective against connections being initiated from inside the house.
codetiger.github.io/blog/the-day...
But they're entitled to their entitlements...
October 20, 2025 at 10:19 PM
But they're entitled to their entitlements...
I guess that's why they call them local body elections...
October 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I guess that's why they call them local body elections...
Living wage is calculated at 1.5EFT (60 hours, so $90,324). i.e. this is $25K less than what a family of 4 is needs to get by.
October 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Living wage is calculated at 1.5EFT (60 hours, so $90,324). i.e. this is $25K less than what a family of 4 is needs to get by.
Sorry Nick Moody running for ECan, but parking your billboard trailer in a bike lane pretty much rules you out as an environmental organisation candidate from my point of view...
September 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Sorry Nick Moody running for ECan, but parking your billboard trailer in a bike lane pretty much rules you out as an environmental organisation candidate from my point of view...
You also aren't charging your time - I imagine it takes a lot more time to do everything from scratch instead of buying from the supermarket, which should feed into the equation if someone tries to present it as a commonly viable solution.
September 12, 2025 at 1:12 AM
You also aren't charging your time - I imagine it takes a lot more time to do everything from scratch instead of buying from the supermarket, which should feed into the equation if someone tries to present it as a commonly viable solution.
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I swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles the Third, King of New Zealand, His heirs and successors according to law, and that I will faithfully observe the laws of New Zealand and fulfil my duties as a New Zealand citizen. So help me God.
September 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty King Charles the Third, King of New Zealand, His heirs and successors according to law, and that I will faithfully observe the laws of New Zealand and fulfil my duties as a New Zealand citizen. So help me God.
"I swear that I will respect the constitutional order of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, its liberties and rights and I swear that I will faithfully fulfill the duties which this citizenship imposes on me. So help me God."
September 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"I swear that I will respect the constitutional order of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, its liberties and rights and I swear that I will faithfully fulfill the duties which this citizenship imposes on me. So help me God."
I'd actually quite like to see a change in citizenship oath if it removed the oath of allegiance to the king/queen from it. It's a blocker for me. It's in the Te reo version as well.
Comparison of NZ and Netherlands oaths (both with a king as head of state):
Comparison of NZ and Netherlands oaths (both with a king as head of state):
September 7, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I'd actually quite like to see a change in citizenship oath if it removed the oath of allegiance to the king/queen from it. It's a blocker for me. It's in the Te reo version as well.
Comparison of NZ and Netherlands oaths (both with a king as head of state):
Comparison of NZ and Netherlands oaths (both with a king as head of state):
Got an email this morning saying that my power price is increasing...
September 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Got an email this morning saying that my power price is increasing...
Reposted by Luuk Paulussen
According to a 2022 MBIE report, 110,000 #NZ households cannot keep warm. Meanwhile, the 4 big power “gentailers” (who generate electricity as well as sell it) make collective profits of $2.85 billion per year = $7.8 million every day. Re-Nationalise #Power Companies #nzpol
September 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I'm pretty sure even just a bag of muesli has gone up by nearly $5
September 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I'm pretty sure even just a bag of muesli has gone up by nearly $5
Time to ask for a raise for the same amount.
August 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Time to ask for a raise for the same amount.
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"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
April 2, 2025 at 12:57 PM
"Age verification" laws are actually "upload your ID or get your face scanned to access every website, ending anonymity and associating your identity with everything you do online" laws and if more people understood that they would not be down for this authoritarian nonsense
"Correction: This story has been updated as the initial headline and angle suggested that Collins was looking at possible crackdown at teachers’ right to strike. "
August 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"Correction: This story has been updated as the initial headline and angle suggested that Collins was looking at possible crackdown at teachers’ right to strike. "
The increase offered doesn't cover 3 days striking...
August 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The increase offered doesn't cover 3 days striking...
How do you crack down on someone's right to withhold labour? Drive them into the office by force?
August 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
How do you crack down on someone's right to withhold labour? Drive them into the office by force?
There's a reason that they told us on Friday afternoon...
August 15, 2025 at 3:18 AM
There's a reason that they told us on Friday afternoon...
Why is the call always for the workers to "negotiate in good faith", when the only reason they are striking is because the government won't negotiate in good faith and turns up with absurd proposals? I don't think it's common in the private sector for payrises to require agreed worsened conditions.
August 15, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Why is the call always for the workers to "negotiate in good faith", when the only reason they are striking is because the government won't negotiate in good faith and turns up with absurd proposals? I don't think it's common in the private sector for payrises to require agreed worsened conditions.
Don't worry, the next time he opened his mouth, he was once again attempting to relitigate the use of the word Aotearoa as a name for NZ in the house. He also only spoke after voting to kick her out.
August 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Don't worry, the next time he opened his mouth, he was once again attempting to relitigate the use of the word Aotearoa as a name for NZ in the house. He also only spoke after voting to kick her out.
And we saw the party of free speech vote against free speech again too.
August 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
And we saw the party of free speech vote against free speech again too.
In my student days we had a BBQ fire that melted one of the burner to supply pipe seals. We took it into bbq factory store and they refused to sell us the seal as a part (apparently safety policy) so we ended up finding something close elsewhere and cutting it to shape, which I'm sure was safer...
August 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
In my student days we had a BBQ fire that melted one of the burner to supply pipe seals. We took it into bbq factory store and they refused to sell us the seal as a part (apparently safety policy) so we ended up finding something close elsewhere and cutting it to shape, which I'm sure was safer...