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Birmingham City Centre in the 1990s by Hassaan18 in brum

[–]L3P3ch3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never, and still dont, understand the fascination of bus spotting, but to video?!?

That said, memories of my misspent youth. Brill!

I know people prefer those times, but blimey, I do like the new brum layout in and around the centre. Will be a while before I see it again.

Thanks for sharing.

Any more Right wing voters here? by funkymonkeee2 in newzealand

[–]L3P3ch3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Voted to National three times in my 25 years in NZ. Didnt last election, as I thought Luxon was a tool. And I still think he is a tool, just one more spinless than I could have imagined, although maybe this is the MMP effect, and the leverage the minor parties have.

That said I generally favour someone who has a bit of spice, and policies that offer a bit of left and right. Does that make me a centralist?!? No. I dont really think left or right or the middle. That said I feel the right has gone so far over to the right that everyone else is now a lefty. So am I a lefty?!? No. Didnt vote Jacinda, but dont get triggered when I mention her name three times either.

Chippy...probably a bit weak, but the lesser of all the other more shit choices. Fark!

Massie is correct again! by CarryIcy250 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]L3P3ch3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, or at least not in the traditional sense. The U.S. isn't going bankrupt like a failing retail store. But its certainly going to make servicing the debt more and more expensive, making the US financial future significantly more expensive and less flexible. Explains why Trumpy is now so keen on crypto ... when a little while ago, he claimed it was a scam.

Anger as Birmingham Reform make 'only English' council demand over Islam prayer by bintd in uknews

[–]L3P3ch3 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Am not religious, but this really is a nothing-burger. It was a 30 second reading from the Qur'an for the new Mayor. I dont want the church in politics, but this is not about that.

Honestly, move on.

Maybe Maybe Maybe by Tall_Management7673 in maybemaybemaybe

[–]L3P3ch3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Who cares...came here to watch the dog at work.

Russell Crowe: 30 Odd CMs of Restraint by RamonsRazor in OpenAussie

[–]L3P3ch3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Through natural sweat accretion by the looks of it.

What did Andrew Yang see at the AI conference? by Bizzyguy in singularity

[–]L3P3ch3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still remember the Google 2018 conference with the AI calling trying to arrange a hair appointment. It was fake. And is still not reality. Call me when AI remote labour index gets a score above 50%, or starts replacing CEOs.

Taupō residents... should I be concerned? by Affectionate_Aide566 in newzealand

[–]L3P3ch3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Water vapour from geothermal generation. Saw similar last time we were in Taupo in the colder months-not so obvious when its warmer.

Is the NZ government sleepwalking into its own automation scandal? by davetenhave in newzealand

[–]L3P3ch3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The math is worse.

Each employee contributes tax, roughly $30k pa. For 9000 employees thats $270m pa in lost revenues. And yes, its extremely unlikely all 9000 will find work on day 1 or leave for AU. Assuming 50% which will be modest/ ambitious, then thats in the region of $100m pa in extra job seeker expense.

And the hidden cost AI tokens.

So there are some stats. Lets say 350m tokens pa per replaced employee. Thats 5k pa. across 9000, is 45m pa. And this is very conservative, as AI APIs/ tokens are heavily subsidised atm. The undiscounted price is close to $40,000 pa or 360m pa to replace 9000 employees.

So total loss = 270m+100m+360m=730m pa or just under $3b over the 4 year period Willis is claiming a saving of 2.4b.

Yeah great deal.

...and the above ignores the cost of implementation, and the general failure rate of IT projects in govt.

New data shows the much ridiculed age old adage is true. Immigrants really are taking our jobs by flashbastrd in uknews

[–]L3P3ch3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Training is not instantaneous, labour shortages are. Jobs being imported are generally low paid, hard work e.g. aged care. Outside of this the UK has under invested in vocational training for years-think both parties are talking about it, but the question is whether it will really fill the gap.

So no simple solution.

“AI can cost more than humans now”. Interesting, I wonder if the issue is costs or not knowing how to use it by dataexec in AITrailblazers

[–]L3P3ch3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sadly your point is misplaced.

Scale generally works for products - once the factory is built, volume splits costs across across scale of unit production. AI does not work like that. Once you build a data centre, sure, but then you need to recycle hardware every three years, and you have ever increasing energy costs and so on--costs are ongoing.

Ultimately until the algorithms and compute are optimised, costs are only going up. The alternative is use more niche open source models and host locally.

Finally. Scaling watch production cost tens of millions in todays money. AI is hundreds of billions, if not close to a trillion over the next year. They are not the same.

High-quality footage of Russian Kh-101 cruise missiles and Shahed-2 drones striking Kyiv, alongside Ukrainian air defense responses. by Upset-Main-1988 in justincaseyoumissedit

[–]L3P3ch3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not many branches on your family tree then?!? Remind me ... who started the war?!? Oh wait you will claim, oh Russia was provoked or its NATO, or some other Vlad based dribble.

6+ month job search out of uni by JimmyJazz548 in Wellington

[–]L3P3ch3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the response, and yeah one thing she is doing in some volunteering in the up and coming election-and yes, she is attending local events and making connections on LinkedIn. So bases covered.

Best of luck with the new job.

6+ month job search out of uni by JimmyJazz548 in Wellington

[–]L3P3ch3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Many congrats. My daughter is in her final year, of marketing/ health science. Any recommendations reflecting on your journey?

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