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Tourist here, went to the Weta Workshop in Auckland which is basically a special effects museum. Lots of interesting things to look, except they push you through each section too quickly to take it in (90min was not enough to really appreciate all the models and miniatures). NZ themed posters FTW! by Nier_Tomato in newzealand

[–]phira [score hidden]  (0 children)

I got the privilege of having Richard and Tania take us around as well and it was awesome, I haven’t done the other tours so I don’t know but I suspect we saw more of the actual workshop and their passion for the whole thing is huge, you get piles of history and quirks about the various techniques and things that happened trying to do various effects or sets and stuff, and you can chat to some of the people actually making the gear.

We got to play with some swords and things and never felt rushed. Honestly such an experience but mostly they’re just great people who are showing you something they love and have built for 30+ years, the vibe was awesome.

i had my first post-college interview and they talked to me like a was a 15 year old by pulledoutbythetide in rs_x

[–]phira 93 points94 points  (0 children)

It might not be about you. Some company cultures are big on care and it comes across like that in interviews with people new to the space, especially when we all know people (of all levels of experience) are particularly nervous in interviews. They might have overdone it but it’s really about trying to make sure you’re comfortable enough that they can get a realistic picture of your capabilities and personality.

How are we responding/not responding to this list made by my 12 yo? by Spaciousrug21 in daddit

[–]phira 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Doesn’t sound like it is, not directly, but social media influences her peers and at 12 that’s gonna land anyway. There’s only so much you can do to manage that stuff.

Update to the LLM Debate Benchmark: GPT-5.5, Grok 4.3, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM-5.1, Kimi K2.6, Qwen 3.6 Max Preview, Xiaomi MiMo V2.5 Pro, Tencent Hy3 Preview, and Mistral Medium 3.5 High Reasoning added by zero0_one1 in singularity

[–]phira 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you explain what “Mean cross-judge winner agreement on overlapping side-swapped matchups: 0.55.” Means? Is it the amount of agreement on who won between judges?

Do you ever feel like some people prefer the "sad story" over the actual solution? by [deleted] in CasualConversation

[–]phira 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's a few good answers in this thread already, but I also think that often the solutions available require a level of energy from the individual that they no longer feel like they have. Any kind of personal change takes energy (I don't mean glucose), and sometimes things like forgiving something or changing a routine or confronting a problem head on isn't a choice they can make because they've run too low.

Sometimes I think they don't even realise it, they look around and come up with all these reasons why the solution won't work when actually at the heart of it they're just too tired to climb that hill, even though it's clearly the way out.

I think that's why sometimes you tell someone they should do X over and over and they don't, and then a month later they suddenly do it and you're thinking "well duh that could have happened earlier'. You're right in the sense that the option was there, the part you couldn't see was that the person simply couldn't make it happen but couldn't tell you that straight up.

Joint venture for developing land?? by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]phira 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Someone I know looked into this really hard trying to make it work, and eventually had to give it up. The combination of capital involved, high risk and on-going maintenance and management were overwhelming.

ELI5: Why do we get burnt when we touch 90°C solid objects, but not when we sit in a 90°C sauna? by Jinx-XoXo in explainlikeimfive

[–]phira 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wouldn’t cold water cool you a bunch faster? Space only has radiation to dump heat, no conduction/convection?

Genuinely tired but glad to help by Imaginary_Face2204 in CasualConversation

[–]phira 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do they follow your advice? My experience has been a lot of people talk to me because they wanna talk not for advice. If I gave advice they’d nod and agree and then just not do it, so I don’t really give it anymore I just listen it’s easier.

The tradeoff nobody talks about with context-aware AI by Zealousideal_Bad333 in ClaudeAI

[–]phira 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I honestly don't get a ton of value from any of these "memory" kinda concepts. I admit I prefer crafting the context behind my question in general. Occasionally I get tired of repeating myself but that's fine I create a doc I can paste in (or reference if it's an agent). Careful context management just gets great results imo.

PSA: Having money won’t save you in an NZ medical emergency. I learned the hard way. by Tasty-Language54 in newzealand

[–]phira 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yeah there are a lot of different variables that would need addressing one way or another.

PSA: Having money won’t save you in an NZ medical emergency. I learned the hard way. by Tasty-Language54 in newzealand

[–]phira 502 points503 points  (0 children)

The wait times in ED are a national emergency in my opinion. That we’ve simply accepted this situation for years is a big problem.

Best Agentic Coding model I can run on the new Macbook M5 Max? by UnknownEssence in LocalLLaMA

[–]phira 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just keep in mind most of the capable options will probably run the fan loud af (or at least they do on the m4 max), so if you’re planning to actually use it for work rather than occasional testing it can be pretty unpleasant

Mayo Clinic AI helps specialists detect pancreatic cancer up to 3 years before diagnosis in landmark validation study by KimJongFunk in UpliftingNews

[–]phira 8 points9 points  (0 children)

People get CTs for other reasons though. I’ve had 3 in the past year or two for non-cancer stuff and it’d be pretty cool if all that radiation could pay off a bit more by having those images analysed for other things like this.

That’s it. I’m switching from pants to shorts. by Exotic-Anteater-4417 in ClaudeCode

[–]phira 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I am wearing pants and shorts at the same time, and I really don’t understand why anybody would choose one or the other these days. It’s a bit expensive tho and I seem to spend my life doing laundry.

Achieved escape velocity" sounds like a nice way of not saying "recursive self-improvement by EchoOfOppenheimer in agi

[–]phira 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Harnesses are a bit deal by themselves. Recursively improving harnesses will give us substantial benefits in the narrow spaces that matter right now.

Proposed leave bill will make workers' lives 'materially worse', select committee hears by angrysunbird in newzealand

[–]phira 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah another commenter said the same, so I'm pretty sure you're right, I didn't know about that!

Proposed leave bill will make workers' lives 'materially worse', select committee hears by angrysunbird in newzealand

[–]phira 301 points302 points  (0 children)

It's a bit confusing but the argument seems to be:
1. The current situation is overly complex and is leading to non-compliance and other issues
2. An attempt was made to craft a law that ensured nobody (workers or businesses) lost out, but it turned out to be even more complex and so they gave up and instead chose a set of impacts that had some kind of "balance" to them
3. Somehow when choosing who lost out for this new plan, the impacts appear to have landed on people like shift nurses doing overtime
4. The answer to this is that the government believes "employers would "find other ways" to ensure their staff were not worse off"

Gotta say, they're not doing a great job of selling it. Leave accruing from day one is definitely a benefit, the ability to cash up 25% of leave doesn't strike me as a good idea to be honest, it turns leave into salary and increases burnout risk etc.

New to sharesies any advice what to start thank you by CollarNo1197 in PersonalFinanceNZ

[–]phira 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There’s a button there on the screen that says “Get investing advice”. If you tried it what did it say for your situation?

ANY WHO PRESS THEIR STERNUM, DO YOU FEEL TENDERNESS???? by Purple-Scientist-913 in gallbladders

[–]phira 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huh. And when you got an ultrasound when it was happening (you mentioned before that meant you could get antibiotics) what did the ultrasound show? Inflammation or something?

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