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Nic Wise
@fastchicken.co.nz
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Software Engineer/Eng Manager in training. SRE. AWS/Terraform/Typescript/React(Native). Lover of great Coffee. Mountain Bike and RPM Enthusiast. Island Dweller. Photo is of Milo.
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 9h
Will do

We did the eco zip on the locals day. I was going to do the MTB thing at MOW but the zip line looks rather good.

Sail your boat in and try it?
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 9h
It’s on our list to do soon.
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 18h
Mine too. I see a bunch of my cousins over there and it’s not great.
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 21h
they all float down here...

rather good marketing in Auckland, NZ

// @stephenking.bsky.social
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James Sugrue @kiwibastard.omg.nz · 1d
Do I know any C++ contractors looking for a 12 month(ish) gig onsite in CHC for a major international company?
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 1d
Ah yes. Ngatimoti.
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Snugbucket @snugbucket.bsky.social · 1d
Kiwi Legends 🇳🇿
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...
Watch: Trail footage shows first North Island Brown kiwi has hatched on Waiheke Island
Save the Kiwi says it's a "huge milestone" for the kiwi who were released on the most isolated side of the island earlier this year.
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 1d
yeah, but...
a man in a brown shirt is making a funny face .
ALT: a man in a brown shirt is making a funny face .
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Werner @handle.invalid · 2d
The best technology blends into the background of everyday life. www.allthingsdistributed.com/2025/10/what...
What is USSD (and who cares)?
While many of us chase the latest tech trends, innovative builders in Sub-Saharan Africa are leveraging a nearly 30-year-old messaging protocol to process hundreds of billions in transactions annually...
www.allthingsdistributed.com
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 3d
Have you read Nuclear War? (Annie Jacobson)
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 3d
And I know kids are stupidly, esp boys… but 100 magnets?

Is it a 13yo Labrador?? And someone put them in a sock?
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Annie Parker @annieparker.bsky.social · 5d
It’s scary out there.
Take this.
#duckling #FarmLife #LittleFarm
A very tiny fuzzy black duckling with yellow flecks. They are smol and perfect
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 7d
Absolutely! Tho I doubt we could have gotten in with 4 hours notice.
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 7d
Yeah. Just needed somewhere to crash on the way back up to Nelson from manapuri. We’re going to go via the west coast but… (waves and points at everything)
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 7d
Haven’t looked - we can’t see them from here…
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 7d
@kiwibastard.omg.nz I can’t DM pictures so…
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 9d
Nailed it.
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 10d
Us-east-1. So… most of the internet.
meredithmeredith.bsky.social Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 10d
PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 11d
Firefly holds up really well. Rewatched it about 2 months ago

Also Fringe. And next is The Strain.
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 11d
Ah good point.
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 11d
Me too!
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 11d
Most excellent sample dataset too!

(We have loads in our garden)
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 11d
One of the reasons (aside from it tasting good) that I like Boring Oat Milk

Made in NZ with NZ Wheat. If they were a B Corp it’s just top the whole thing off.
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 12d
Yeah. Just realised i might need to tell my coworkers.

Tho they keep telling me to NOT check slack so 🤷
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Nic Wise @fastchicken.co.nz · 12d
So iOS has a “hide and require Face ID” thing. Useful for a weeks holiday I’m about to go on

Except it doesn’t reserve the icons spot.

🤬
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