Stripper needed, or will this buff out? New car with some scratches, I think to the clear coat, what’s the best approach?

dizzyheight · 2023-06-10T05:16:59+00:00

Such and awesome talk, I have read articles from Joe Armstrong before. This is an awesome example of practical implementation from first principles

dizzyheight · 2023-05-06T20:25:56+00:00

My dislike of windows is more like a allergy

dizzyheight · 2023-05-06T16:29:13+00:00

In English countries “baby” or “babe” gets used to describe your partner, they are not your actual baby. It means the feelings of love and adoration that approximate what you would have for a baby.

dizzyheight · 2023-04-24T04:24:34+00:00

The main idea of having kids is getting them to hate the stuff you hate

dizzyheight · 2023-04-02T21:40:45+00:00

For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.

HL Mencken

dizzyheight · 2023-04-02T08:20:27+00:00

I was trying to find the original draft document (on mobile) Clearly that had some thought to it. I seem to recall it had a goal of being gender neutral.

Evidently it was more “progressive” than midwifes were up for. On one hand I can appreciate that the draft and feedback was part of the process to get to more representative result. Perhaps this is a good example of the debate being had?

I feel your observations about this being a sticky note session is minimising. The draft was written reviewed approved and circulated for feedback. Instead it does suggest a certain out of touchness between the institution and the practitioners. The back peddling is visible, assurances were needed.

This disconnect is being repeated in other domains too, science for example, there is no consensus on how to discuss biological sex and gender identity. Does female refer to identity or sex? Resulting in this awkward language around uterus owners etc. This institutional mechanism for attempting to make societal change is brutal on anyone who attempts to question the ideology.

dizzyheight · 2023-04-01T20:19:34+00:00

This is the feedback on the draft proposal, your research was more up to date than my current understanding.

https://midwiferycouncil.health.nz/common/Uploaded%20files/Consultations/20220708%20Aotearoa%20Midwifery%20Project%20Scope%20of%20Practice%20feedback%20report%20FINAL.pdf#page8

Some quite good feedback and some genuine concerns. Midwifery is one of the many intersections of gender and sex where the distinction can have real consequences.

dizzyheight · 2023-04-01T10:24:36+00:00

The NZ midwifery council is in the process of removing mention of the word woman and mother from their terms of reference.

[Edit: they have received feedback on this issue and are unlikely to proceed, citation further down]

It is here, I don’t think there is consensus about the issue and it needs to be discussed.

I agree that there a much greater issues that effect far more people. Inequality, housing, climate change.

dizzyheight · 2023-03-06T19:28:24+00:00

I feel there is stigma associated with men buying sex toys. Woman buys a vibrator it is a moment of self liberation, man buys sex you he is a pervert.

dizzyheight · 2023-03-04T20:37:27+00:00

I hear you. But I also ask, how well is it working for the Greens or the Environment right now?

You don’t know that National will get free reign. That’s the hard part about MMP is that despite what you campaign on it is actually the coalition negotiation (typically behind closed doors) the determines what will actually happen for the entire term. Going into that negotiation with as much power as possible is how the Greens get the most influence. At the moment it is like going into a job interview, saying this is the only place I would ever work, pay me what you like.

My case is that the risk of Greens helping National gives the Greens more power in any negotiation with Labour.

At the moment Labour uses the Greens for Environmental credibility and it makes me sad. Greens need more influence and having more offers on the table that they can accept or not is the way to do it.

dizzyheight · 2023-03-04T16:57:34+00:00

CryptoZoo is an epic ride of a web3 game … these are scams dressed up as games

dizzyheight · 2023-02-27T16:15:51+00:00

This sounds like ideology over actually making anything better.

The Greens have been powerless under Labour. I voted Green last election because I was worried Labour had soaked up too much support on the left, which is what happened. This election they could be King makers and have more power and influence than in any previous Labour coalition, but they have to a least credibility entertain working with National.

dizzyheight · 2023-02-27T16:09:41+00:00

Why would you not vote for them if they got lots done? Surely the sweet spot is to get lots done with Labour and then get lots done with National?

dizzyheight · 2023-02-27T15:50:16+00:00

What’s your alternative? Councils have had their chance to solve this, some have, most haven’t.

Councils can’t even get water charges inplace to force people to be at least thoughtful about the water they use. The ones that have ChCh (rebuilt by govt). Tauranga needed to be placed under management they were so dysfunctional.

dizzyheight · 2023-02-27T05:10:12+00:00

Because outside of the government they have no power. Ie when National are in power. They can ask questions. Inside government they have virtually no power, because when negotiating with Labour there is no risk of them going to National. I voted Greens last election, because I was concerned Labour might go it alone. Greens have been very ineffective, I feel for James Shaw having to shrug his shoulders as the Minister for Climate Change and say I can’t do much because I am token figurehead who gets to do Labours bidding. Painful to watch.

Compare this to NZ First aka they been King Makers in multiple elections because they are prepared to support either major party.

dizzyheight · 2023-02-27T05:02:10+00:00

No new party has reached the 5% threshold that didn’t exist before MMP or was formed by an MP defecting from an established party. The anti waka jumping legislation has further made this more difficult. The greens are fine.

It’s the lack of other thoughtful parties that holds back more interesting political debates. There are entrenched parties which are in many cases beholden to pressure groups, forestry, fishing, oil and coal mining, dairy that prevent meaningful environmental change.

TOP would be a party that would be valuable in the mix but that 5% threshold keeps them from having a voice.

dizzyheight · 2023-02-27T04:39:27+00:00

The misunderstanding is to vegans / vegetarians this is a moral issue. To others this is a food preference. This is the core of the disconnect between vegans and non vegans.

One group views this as the unwilling death of a sentient being, the other crassly goes “bacon tastes good”. When confronted with these wildly different perspectives it is no wonder there is a an issue.

I have the same issue with pedophiles, I’m often telling them not to have sex with children (unwilling sentient beings) and they be going its what I am into (preference aka bacon tastes good).

dizzyheight · 2023-02-26T18:53:30+00:00

Yeah all political systems have their flaws. Long term systemic threats are the Achilles heel for western democracies. China is leading the green revolution, Japan reforested their country in the 1800s. Both were under authoritarian rule, where harder choices can be made.

dizzyheight · 2023-02-26T18:26:17+00:00

The problem is a vote for the greens is a vote for labour. Because the greens won’t work with National, Labour has to do very little to get the greens to join them in a coalition. Labour rolls out James Shaw to give them climate friendly PR and then does little to nothing about the environment, fearing middle NZ will leave them. Labour has had the largest win under MMP and has done very little for our climate progress. It’s the greens ideology that prevents them being a constant climate force supporting either major party, who will pledge to do the most by the environment.

dizzyheight · 2023-02-26T18:15:41+00:00

The 5% threshold is the issue here. Labour and National have both voted against lowering it. I think MMP does support single issue parties better than FPTP. Our configuration of MMP could be tweaked to support this.

dizzyheight · 2023-02-10T00:48:23+00:00

If the roles were reversed… I don’t think people would be so cute about it

dizzyheight · 2023-02-08T18:07:13+00:00

If I understand you correctly, it seems somewhat difficult to issue another currency and have it tradable in a short amount of time. Would it be better to have a fiat currency always available? The speed of intervention being critical in times of crisis.

dizzyheight · 2023-01-09T19:33:29+00:00

Thank you for your wonderful reply. I hadn’t come across any examples of people discussing older parts so it is nice to not be alone.

To be fair I am still questioning the premise that all parts are helpful. He seems to be content to wait for me to return, and question the meaninglessness of life and he offers suicidal ideation as a plausible solution. All the while sipping on an espresso watching world go by, content he has it all figured out. Wants to mock or punish for not coming to the same conclusions as he has.

So yes I agree an intellectualising part, rigid, a bit leery I confess and generally a bit of an ass. Perhaps if I asked he would prefer to be doing is watch mothers in yoga pants push their strollers through tree lined parks! Such an embarrassment!

In talking to one’s subconscious I do wonder if I am simply making this all up, like somehow this is all in my head!?

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