Algeria Worblebot

I feel like the moment you realise you're not making the thing because you wanted to but because you had to, that's the moment it's actually *just* a job and if you're okay with that, cool, but otherwise maybe time to get a job that pays more with less stress if you're not gonna enjoy it either way.

re: LLM answers at the top of search results — it's so funny that they put a little imp who lies to you at the gate to All Human Knowledge. Does Google think it's protecting the city of Thebes??

PSNZ responds to government announcement on puberty blockers

The Paediatric Society of NZ - representing the clinical field most relevant here - have released maybe the strongest statement of all the medical bodies: “puberty blockers are an established, safe, reversible, and
life-saving treatment option”

LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:

It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.

I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x

The absolute bastard of it is that the kind of people you might want to convince with this are exactly the kind of people who would blow it off as lies-by-science.

We made it difficult, in the best way! I love that.

We need a publicly-funded independent news service whose explicit mandate is impartial news reporting, and whose funding is NOT TIED TO REVENUE.
It doesn't need to be 24/7 coverage.
It doesn't need to be "competitive".
It just needs to be current, correct, and as unspun as we can get it.

One of those sneaky little errors spellcheck will never catch.
A good grammar checker might, but I don't know coz I don't use 'em. They don't like my Oxford commas.

Far out that is a heartening read. 🖤❤️

Yes! It's vibes and headlines! By which metrics it's anyone's game because Luxon has rancid vibes (but Labour gets terrible headlines)

The user who posted it is a pretty well-known (on here, and offline too) NZ political commentator. Their username also has NZ in it.
But really if they'd added the hashtag #nzpol that would have made it explicit.
Sometimes people just prefer to vaguepost I guess

Assuming this lot'll get better over time is horrifically naïve. They're a feed-the-goose-as-little-as-possible capitalist outfit. The only thing they'll get better at is judging when to bail.

Labour Party in Aotearoa New Zealand just announced their policies for the general election next year.
"Underwhelming" is the consensus.

They seem to figure that overpromising & underdelivering got 'em turfed last time, so decided the solution would be underpromising… which won't get them elected in the first place. Well done.

They tried and they failed: the lesson they took from that is "never try"

Labour members, roll 'em all. This lot are unfit for purpose.

While that'd be briefly satisfying as heck, I don't see it being great voteswise.
Just announce way better policy, get their faces out there, and rub the coalition's noses in every sneaky doodoo they produce (which is a solid 98% of everything they do, I judge)

Yep, unfortunately situational depression/anxiety can sometimes only be alleviated once the situation is removed :(

Grep/sed/awk might hose your entire code base with a bad command but at least it won’t fucking try to push to prod after it’s done it

Hot, sunny, breezy & beautiful.
We've had thunderstorms the last couple of days so this is nice.

Fun fact: For the movie Alien, they actually used a man in a practical suit because the studio was unable to afford a real Xenomorph.

I visited a grocery distribution centre where all the forklifts were battery-powered. That's how it worked there: battery runs down, head to the pit & swap it out. Seemed very civilised.

It mirrors exactly the outsize coverage Reform was getting in the UK that directly led to their current status.
It's absolutely having a deleterious effect on democracy and yet needs real care applied to any regulatory constraints because unintended side-effects could be awful

Yeah like what is he gonna do- send US troops there to enforce it?
I feel like that would play out poorly in at least 2 of the 3 countries, on top of which a large chunk of the rest of the world would be even more aghast.

Probably a little bit of too expensive, and a little bit of not all that nutritious, with maybe a dash of give it to the kids once and that's all they'll ever accept…

(The immunity to local consumer pressure also means that the natural "market" solution - we reduce consumption - simply has no impact. Hence the need for regulatory solutions)

I say if being told the truth is going to make these people mad, let them be mad, but do your best to have them be mad about having been misled, rather than having them be mad at you for how they felt when you told them

Forget Jaws music, the threat music in this game is peak edge-of-seat danger sounds

Yeet the princess is the best mini-game.

What government might that be, then?
The government we're talking about here is Aotearoa New Zealand.
We have somewhat different reasons for meat being expensive than e.g. the US might.

Hand pies have their place. In my face.