David Hood

Polymarket, Kalshi and all the rest of these prediction markets need to be wiped off the face of the earth. They provide absolutely nothing of value and are corrupting everything they touch.

Another day, another stupid Excel chart.

If they made a "Christian saint or Pokémon" quiz the most confusing one would surely be Polycarp

It's nett- remember when the borders were closed because there was that worldwide epidemic they are not mentioning in their posts. Anyone who wanted to leave could get on whatever plane was available, coming the other way was limited. So what they are, arguably, implying is that quarantine was bad.

This is how it looks when I scroll down Popular With Friends

Day 73: Winton demands a Royal Commission of Enquiry, but only for the period David Seymour was Deputy Prime Minister.

I’m shocked, stunned etc.

Meanwhile, everywhere else around the world assumes Australia has cracked it and are rushing to copy their law.

Not many people realise they have the humble blue cod to thank for the traffic light system.

This from the 2018 National Blue Cod Strategy.

www.mpi.govt.nz/fishing-aqua...

I thought I'd put it together as an A3 page, and extracting the two A4 pages from the PDF, they still have "DRAFT" on the pages, but the draft has been set to no fill and no border colour, so is invisible to humans.

I had a look at Brian Tamaki's Facebook page and sure enough people are making the conection with the pandemic and tying this into existing conspiracy theories about 15 minutes cities, UN Agenda 2030, the World Economic Forum, and so on. It's all become very predictable

It is a tiny thing in the grand scheme of it all, but why the hell was there not a page break between the summary table and the detail, rather than after the first cell of the detail.

I have no particular problem with frameworks like this, but coming from people who have been complaining. Oh, CollinsReally?

I have been wondering, because there have been so many culture wars imported that make no sense here except for the local fringe wanting to join in overseas rants, if the local usual suspects will start complaining about New Zealand's existing woke money.

Mr. Sojangles

And in particular, imagining it could never have occurred in the National party stronghold of Dunedin.

A whinebox enquiry

While it could be Ōtepoti might have exceptional community infection control, I think it is much more likely there is still a lot more rise to come in the current wave. (wastewater from early 2024 to present)

This was my third go, each time was lower as I improved my looking at stuff skills

Lower is detecting smaller differences, there is a write up off the start page under the button

I felt like the reds were giving me the most trouble, but I am not prepared to trust myself as to that being an objective measure.

On a MacBook Pro, brightness turned up and in a room without direct other lights (natural light through shades)

What's My JND? 0.0014
Can you beat it? www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd...

The national aggregate wastewater estimate is in the highest since July 2024 kind of zone. And while some individual catchments (in the north) are like that (check the maps tab at poops.nz for detail), a lot of the aggregate is that covid is up everywhere at the same time.

This article doesn’t ask the question that is crucial for RNZ’s primary audience: is the New Zealand government helping Vanuatu to get the resolution passed, or is it helping the USA to block it?

The right openly positioning itself in orientation with the semblance of knowledge and the semblance of skill like this - and in opposition to actual knowledge and actual skill - tells you everything you need to know about the modern right.

This wouldn't be the first time that "We should do X like Y" does need the important question "How well is it working for Y"

On morning report there was a comment that, while the shareholders closed Marsden Point, Australia subsides keep capacity. But the discussion didn't go on to "and is that making any difference"

On a second run I got 0.0024, but I did "hack" it by tilting the laptop away and back to see the colours across a range of light angles.

I was 0.0049 when I gave it a go, which basically the same as you

americans would be terrified if we knew what a "litre" was

I never checked against wages (median wage is about it) but would rule it out just based on what I know the movements in confidence vs lack of movement in wage. Employment relates to National being in govt, and confidence relates to National govt, but I think they both tie to National not each other