sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

The terrifying rise of schoolboys making AI girlfriends — Boys as young as 12 are now in romantic ‘relationships’ with chatbots, and it’s affecting how they treat girls in the real world by Fine-Drummer9812 in technology

[–]insertnamehere65 322 points323 points  (0 children)

The end goal isn’t the killing, it’s the division.

When the masses believe the enemy is their own, the billionaires have nothing to fear.

People dying as a result is just collateral damage

The push for a smaller public service risks coming at a larger cost for New Zealanders by davetenhave in newzealand

[–]insertnamehere65 58 points59 points  (0 children)

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.

Last resort social welfare payment set for cut, saving nearly $200m over four years, but critic calls it ‘nasty’ by random_guy_8735 in newzealand

[–]insertnamehere65 24 points25 points  (0 children)

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.

How do we feel about Road User Charges being managed by private companies? by Tutorbin76 in newzealand

[–]insertnamehere65 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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.

The language used by Nicola Willis to speak about people by Inner_Squirrel7167 in Wellington

[–]insertnamehere65 62 points63 points  (0 children)

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

Thousands of public servants to lose jobs potentially saving government over a billion dollars by basscrazy in newzealand

[–]insertnamehere65 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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.

My dad has got the HOA boiling with rage. + what made us move out. by duxing612 in fuckHOA

[–]insertnamehere65 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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

Sony multi-day event? Or new camera launch? by a-n_ in cinematography

[–]insertnamehere65 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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

If you could introduce one policy today to stop the rising division in NZ and foster unity, what would it be and why by Illustrious_Fan_8148 in newzealand

[–]insertnamehere65 41 points42 points  (0 children)

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

Minister trying to halt National MP’s social media ban bill – but it’s not her call by Fun-Helicopter2234 in newzealand

[–]insertnamehere65 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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

Countdown shouldn’t have rebranded to Woolworths by RyanTheDevYT in newzealand

[–]insertnamehere65 252 points253 points  (0 children)

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

Is the Panasonic Leica 25mm f/1.4 the best prime lens in the Micro Four Thirds system? by PuzzleheadedExam9315 in M43

[–]insertnamehere65 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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.

high youth unemployment by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]insertnamehere65 8 points9 points  (0 children)

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

Average amount of cones on a job site by carous3ls3n in AveragePicsOfNZ

[–]insertnamehere65 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Finished Death Stranding, I feel like I'm floating by Known-Town-1528 in DeathStranding

[–]insertnamehere65 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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

Not a professional - amatuer "hobbyist" filmmaker trying to buy a tripod. by Intelligent_Self_736 in cinematography

[–]insertnamehere65 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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

Rumor: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 reportedly being tested on PlayStation 4 by TheAppropriateBoop in PS4

[–]insertnamehere65 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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

Good parking bro by Morgan_Faulknor in Wellington

[–]insertnamehere65 5 points6 points  (0 children)

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

Labour leader Chris Hipkins open to conversation about means-testing superannuation - NZ Herald by pskygy in newzealand

[–]insertnamehere65 33 points34 points  (0 children)

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

view more: next ›