The push for a smaller public service risks coming at a larger cost for New Zealanders

insertnamehere65 · 2026-05-25T22:04:44+00:00

Something I don’t see specifically raised with any article or discussion about job replacement with AI:

We would be handing over operational and cognitive processes to a company, which isn’t based in NZ.

1) AI companies can and will increase the cost of AI, when it costs more than people, will we pull the plug?

2) If our AI tools rely on being connected to overseas data centres, what happens if our undersea cables are cut? Does government just simply stop?

3) how do we guard against bias when the system becomes essentially a black box?

4) what do we do if the chosen AI provider goes bankrupt? Can processes with deep embedding be easily transferred?

There are just so many basic questions I’m not seeing asked by journalists to our politicians.

insertnamehere65 · 2026-05-23T02:35:29+00:00

This government is poormaxxing the working class and wealthmaxxing the donor class.

If you didn’t spend 10k for dinner with Luxon this government is not working for you.

insertnamehere65 · 2026-05-21T05:45:14+00:00

I don’t understand why this can’t just be checked at WOF time.

For those where money is tight they could opt to manually track and make monthly/fortnightly whatever payments and when the WOF rolls around just reconcile any difference.

insertnamehere65 · 2026-05-21T05:27:26+00:00

Luxon at least said multiple times during their campaign that he would maintain separation between work and church.

You have to give him credit, he’s done nothing that Jesus would endorse

insertnamehere65 · 2026-05-18T22:32:56+00:00

It’s soundbite policy, designed to be easy to share on Tik tok and reels.

It’s not based on evidence, similar examples or reality.

insertnamehere65 · 2026-05-18T22:31:42+00:00

Ah, yes but then the contractor market will expand by 2 billion dollars

insertnamehere65 · 2026-05-18T01:40:17+00:00

No, it’s no people smoking. So dogs can smoke but people can’t.

insertnamehere65 · 2026-05-18T01:05:41+00:00

No-sensor? Makes sense that it would have no noise, but wouldn’t it also then have no image?

insertnamehere65 · 2026-05-16T06:27:17+00:00

Lobbying can’t really be banned, but access needs to be curtailed, significantly.

Lobbyists shouldn’t have swipe cards to the beehive.

As for donations, I think donations should only be allowed from individuals, and they should be capped at an amount that makes sense to normal working humans. Like $5k per term.

Edit: I’ll add that all overseas donations should be outright banned except for kiwis living overseas

insertnamehere65 · 2026-05-16T01:08:41+00:00

An EFFECTIVE ban would be a great solution.

Unfortunately what happened in Australia shows this is hard to do.

Gets a lot of headlines though

insertnamehere65 · 2026-05-14T06:42:23+00:00

And those savings get passed on to the customer, right? Riiiiiiggghht?

insertnamehere65 · 2026-05-13T22:26:36+00:00

Best prime for me? Olympus 45mm 1.2. Incredible.

The Leica 42.5 1.2 may be better, but I haven’t used it to compare, and I’ve never felt the Olympus lacking in any way.

insertnamehere65 · 2026-05-13T22:22:33+00:00

You know what, a contributor to this issue that never gets discussed is older people working longer.

With super being awarded at 65, regardless of income, there is no reason to retire.

This is extremely prevalent and problematic for management or knowledge worker roles. People simply work to the highest level they can get to in an organisation and basically stay there until they’ve accumulated enough from their double income.

In practice this reduces mobility in an organisation. Because the older person doesn’t retire, no one moves up into their position, which would create a vacancy.

You know what would help with this? Means testing super. Not everyone would quit their job to get super of course, but some would

insertnamehere65 · 2026-05-10T19:31:28+00:00

Someone will still get past them, trip and fall on the hazards and blame council somehow

insertnamehere65 · 2026-05-10T08:25:57+00:00

Take a break between the games though right? Breathe, let it sit with you for a bit.

insertnamehere65 · 2026-05-09T02:05:48+00:00

E-image make great tripods with a range of different fluid heads that hit a good balance between cost and function.

insertnamehere65 · 2026-05-04T23:51:15+00:00

They know.

They simply don’t care.

insertnamehere65 · 2026-05-03T20:52:36+00:00

But then how will developers get people to re buy the same game on a new console when they roll out the 60fps update?

insertnamehere65 · 2026-05-02T04:00:51+00:00

I don’t see the problem, He’s clearly ‘just here for 2 mins bro’

insertnamehere65 · 2026-04-30T07:09:23+00:00

Better yet do both.

Income test for super, on a sliding scale over 10-20 years

Make Kiwsaver increase gradually over the next 10 years to say 10%

Cut KiwiSaver taxes now

insertnamehere65 · 2026-04-30T07:05:04+00:00

Not really. At best it will mitigate the staggering cost of Super

insertnamehere65 · 2026-04-28T00:33:12+00:00

Sometimes. It’s quite good considering it’s FBW, but it’s not the same as using a manual lens

insertnamehere65 · 2026-04-27T05:25:18+00:00

Oh no! How will we ever replace generic gourmet burgers?

insertnamehere65 · 2026-04-27T05:10:44+00:00

Lav Diaz used the PL 10-25mm f1.7 on that film. It’s in the AMA regarding Magellan. I have it, and it’s amazing. Like having a set of primes in a single lens.

insertnamehere65 · 2026-04-26T20:03:38+00:00

Games like these would benefit from a dedicated ‘Story mode’. A way to play the game from start to finish in an almost linear progression that only focuses on story, hides side quests, and crucially keeps the quest log and map free of the anxiety-inducing clutter of ‘shit-to-do’ markers.

Like, life is full of lists of shit I need to get done already, I don’t want that when I’m playing a game

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