Can’t even use legible fonts now because of woke
December 10, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Can’t even use legible fonts now because of woke
Reposted by Barry
“we estimate employment-weighted share of Americans using AI at work has fallen by a percentage point & now sits at 11%. Adoption has fallen sharply at the largest businesses, those employing +250 people. 3 yrs into the genAI wave, demand looks surprisingly flimsy” www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
www.economist.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“we estimate employment-weighted share of Americans using AI at work has fallen by a percentage point & now sits at 11%. Adoption has fallen sharply at the largest businesses, those employing +250 people. 3 yrs into the genAI wave, demand looks surprisingly flimsy” www.economist.com/finance-and-...
This is right up there with the stupidest shit I’ve ever read
Auckland welcomes passengers on inaugural 'worlds longest direct flight' from China to Argentina
The route from China to Argentina - with a short break in New Zealand - takes more than 25 hours, with the return journey taking even longer.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
This is right up there with the stupidest shit I’ve ever read
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Unfortunately this is *absolutely* the wrong lesson.
The real lesson is:
🔹️most work of exec class is substance-less illusions.
If AI is useful in a given use case its because you really only care about form, not substance [as an aside, this why such a great plagiarism machine].
The real lesson is:
🔹️most work of exec class is substance-less illusions.
If AI is useful in a given use case its because you really only care about form, not substance [as an aside, this why such a great plagiarism machine].
November 30, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Unfortunately this is *absolutely* the wrong lesson.
The real lesson is:
🔹️most work of exec class is substance-less illusions.
If AI is useful in a given use case its because you really only care about form, not substance [as an aside, this why such a great plagiarism machine].
The real lesson is:
🔹️most work of exec class is substance-less illusions.
If AI is useful in a given use case its because you really only care about form, not substance [as an aside, this why such a great plagiarism machine].
The coalition of chaos crashes the construction industry, and rather than announce any fiscal stimulus to stem the haemorrhaging, they announce a whole bunch of punitive measures and extra cost for both industry and customer.
Ladies and gentlemen, the “party of business” 👏🏻🙄
Ladies and gentlemen, the “party of business” 👏🏻🙄
November 24, 2025 at 5:07 AM
The coalition of chaos crashes the construction industry, and rather than announce any fiscal stimulus to stem the haemorrhaging, they announce a whole bunch of punitive measures and extra cost for both industry and customer.
Ladies and gentlemen, the “party of business” 👏🏻🙄
Ladies and gentlemen, the “party of business” 👏🏻🙄
Gone by lunchtime? 🤞🏻
November 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Gone by lunchtime? 🤞🏻
Reposted by Barry
Exactly this. This is both an act of deliberate cruelty towards a marginalised, vulnerable community and a trial balloon to see how far they can push, and how fast.
(Going by the last two years and the pace and volume of erosion, and active targeting of vulnerable people - very far, and very fast.)
(Going by the last two years and the pace and volume of erosion, and active targeting of vulnerable people - very far, and very fast.)
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Exactly this. This is both an act of deliberate cruelty towards a marginalised, vulnerable community and a trial balloon to see how far they can push, and how fast.
(Going by the last two years and the pace and volume of erosion, and active targeting of vulnerable people - very far, and very fast.)
(Going by the last two years and the pace and volume of erosion, and active targeting of vulnerable people - very far, and very fast.)
Shameful that we’re better at this than our national sport.
And it's our 4th time! In comparison, we won the men's rugby World Cup only 3 times... so our government is much better at denying climate change mitigation efforts than at supporting the national sport.
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Shameful that we’re better at this than our national sport.
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Couple of branching thoughts before I move on.
As long as we continue to view management and leadership as about control and status laddering, rather delivering results and elevating those around us, we will continue to incentivise unsuitable and sometimes downright broken people to cling to power.
As long as we continue to view management and leadership as about control and status laddering, rather delivering results and elevating those around us, we will continue to incentivise unsuitable and sometimes downright broken people to cling to power.
November 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Couple of branching thoughts before I move on.
As long as we continue to view management and leadership as about control and status laddering, rather delivering results and elevating those around us, we will continue to incentivise unsuitable and sometimes downright broken people to cling to power.
As long as we continue to view management and leadership as about control and status laddering, rather delivering results and elevating those around us, we will continue to incentivise unsuitable and sometimes downright broken people to cling to power.
Reposted by Barry
Labour will repeal the Regulatory Standards bill.
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Labour will repeal the Regulatory Standards bill.
Nice portfolio of rental properties you have there. Be a shame if they were to… catch fire
Fully fund healthcare.
Fully fund ambulances.
And yes, fully fund the Fire Service.
🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Fully fund healthcare.
Fully fund ambulances.
And yes, fully fund the Fire Service.
🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
FENZ aims to save $50m a year: 'We can't keep doing everything for everybody'
Fire and Emergency is considering cutting jobs and "stopping or slowing" activities in a bid to save money.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Nice portfolio of rental properties you have there. Be a shame if they were to… catch fire
Fully fund healthcare.
Fully fund ambulances.
And yes, fully fund the Fire Service.
🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Fully fund healthcare.
Fully fund ambulances.
And yes, fully fund the Fire Service.
🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Son was followed in his car for some distance just now by some assholes in a jacked up ute firing fireworks at him. Flashes caught on his dash cam but sadly no vehicle details.
Ban fireworks AND utes 🤬
Ban fireworks AND utes 🤬
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Son was followed in his car for some distance just now by some assholes in a jacked up ute firing fireworks at him. Flashes caught on his dash cam but sadly no vehicle details.
Ban fireworks AND utes 🤬
Ban fireworks AND utes 🤬
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Hey anyone at #mpi or #biosecuritynz. We do wasp genomics. I reckon I could tell you in about 24 hours if these invasive yellow legged #hornets you have found in Auckland are sisters, or a larger invasion. For free. Hit me up now!
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Hey anyone at #mpi or #biosecuritynz. We do wasp genomics. I reckon I could tell you in about 24 hours if these invasive yellow legged #hornets you have found in Auckland are sisters, or a larger invasion. For free. Hit me up now!
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Shittles
Shittles
Change one letter, ruin a candy
After Dinner Munts
After Dinner Munts
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Pineapple dumps
Pineapple dumps
October 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Shittles
Shittles
Bari Weiss wants Louvre heist investigators to interview Dan Brown.
US Secretary of Energy thinks solar power may use up all of the sun.
What’s Idiocracy but several orders of magnitude stupider?
US Secretary of Energy thinks solar power may use up all of the sun.
What’s Idiocracy but several orders of magnitude stupider?
October 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Bari Weiss wants Louvre heist investigators to interview Dan Brown.
US Secretary of Energy thinks solar power may use up all of the sun.
What’s Idiocracy but several orders of magnitude stupider?
US Secretary of Energy thinks solar power may use up all of the sun.
What’s Idiocracy but several orders of magnitude stupider?
“May use up all the sun”
BREAKING: Secretary of Energy Chris Wright announces government investigation into “so-called solar energy,” including possible heath risks of “solar radiation” from solar panels and concerns that solar energy initiatives “may use up all of the sun, leaving us dark and cold.”
October 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
“May use up all the sun”
“The research shows that doctors who primarily rely on generative AI for decision-making face considerable skepticism from fellow clinicians, who correlate their use of AI with a lack of clinical skill and overall competence, resulting in a diminished perceived quality of patient care.”
Doctors who use AI viewed negatively by their peers, study shows
Hopkins researchers find that despite pressure on clinicians to be early adopters of AI, many face skepticism from peers for using it
hub.jhu.edu
October 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Great now Costello is coming for our elderly. Is there any group this coalition won’t fuck?
Ministerial advisory group to look at changes to aged care funding model
A ministerial advisory group is being established to make recommendations to the system, which the government says is out of date.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Great now Costello is coming for our elderly. Is there any group this coalition won’t fuck?
Reposted by Barry
If you want to:
Reduce crime, fix poverty first
Reduce traffic, fix public transport first
Improve employment, fix welfare and increase taxes
Increase productivity, make education free
Why do right wing govts do the opposite of what works? And they lie about it. So do “their” economists.
Reduce crime, fix poverty first
Reduce traffic, fix public transport first
Improve employment, fix welfare and increase taxes
Increase productivity, make education free
Why do right wing govts do the opposite of what works? And they lie about it. So do “their” economists.
October 25, 2025 at 9:29 PM
If you want to:
Reduce crime, fix poverty first
Reduce traffic, fix public transport first
Improve employment, fix welfare and increase taxes
Increase productivity, make education free
Why do right wing govts do the opposite of what works? And they lie about it. So do “their” economists.
Reduce crime, fix poverty first
Reduce traffic, fix public transport first
Improve employment, fix welfare and increase taxes
Increase productivity, make education free
Why do right wing govts do the opposite of what works? And they lie about it. So do “their” economists.
Struggling with the point of the Official Inflation Rate™️ (apparently 3%) when everything I need to live has inflated by far more.
The prices of things that New Zealanders can’t avoid is rising quickly, putting more stress on already overstretched budgets. Electricity prices are up 11.3%. Gas prices up 15%. Fruit and veg prices up 7.5%. Contents insurance up 9.3%. Going to the GP costs 10.3% more.
October 20, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Struggling with the point of the Official Inflation Rate™️ (apparently 3%) when everything I need to live has inflated by far more.