I woke up this morning at 8:00 am but I decided I would relax around the house today and instead focus on getting some chores done rather than going for my typical daily walk. I stripped my bed and washed the sheets along with the duvet cover as well as hanging the duvet out in the sun to get some fresh air. Mum phoned up and gave me a heads up that the verandah will getting built in 6 weeks so it’ll be interesting to see what the backyard will look like once it is built. I’m hoping that I can really give the backyard a good vibe so that is somewhere I can hang out on my day off – enjoying the sun while in the shade along with using my laptop.
I was scrolling through some news and an article jumped out at me, Apple has updated their iCloud+ so that each custom domain now supports 10 aliases per domain (link). I logged into my iCloud account and added the extra aliases – I have three domains so I am able to add additional email addresses. It is a long overdue improvement from the original three aliases that has been offered since 2021 so it has taken quite some time but that being said, the lack of being able to run the native Chrome app on iOS (outside of a few regions) is kind of off putting (the reason why I keep looking at Android devices as a possible option for the future). Normally I wouldn’t care much about browsers but when Safari lags so far behind the competition then it does become something that I raise with frequent reference because Apple can and should do better. There is also the fact that browser are the runtime of the 21st century – websites are more than just text but rather mini applications and how well the browser is written will impact how you experience that website.
It’s that time every three years where in New Zealand we have an election with the same conversation regarding retirement age and the larger question regarding the role that Kiwisaver will play in the future for retirement. When I hear the conversation about retirement age being raised there is a whole lot of nuance that is left out regarding the discussion. For example, the most obvious one being “are there jobs out there” and given the rate of unemployment and underemployment – that isn’t the case. Then there is the next issue which is whether you differentiate someone who has worked in an office their whole life vs. someone who has done manual labour and as a result of that manual labour that here has been impact on their health and quality of life.
Then there is the larger issue, assuming you differentiate between those who have done manual labour and those who have worked in an office environment, what is the impact of working for longer? If people work longer then what is the impact on their health long term – is it a situation of paying more into the system but once retired there are going to be higher costs associating with providing healthcare because of the length of time working has increased? is such a policy going to end up being a ‘penny wise but pound foolish’ where by in an attempt to save a few dollars in the short term that in the long term costs actually go up thus negating the whole exercise of working longer?
