Dillon Pentz

@hatetosayit.com

NZ person now living in Australia. "Professionally Gamer Adjacent". Developer for @supportclass.net, @gamesdonequick.com and @vodbox.co. Maintain https://policepolicy.nz with @curly.kiwi. Formerly @obsproject.com. AuDHD. Somewhat obnoxious. Sorry. he/him

Hanlon's Razor: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." Hanel's Razor: "Never attribute to a non-standard aspect ratio capture that which is adequately explained by a bad OBS setup."

It can already be annoying to pick somewhere to eat, find out it's expensive, and be prepared to write it off as somewhere you will not go to again. It's somehow more annoying when the food comes, and it's one of the best things you've ever eaten, and you have to mentally undo all that writing off.

'twas the night before ASM, and all through the halls. All the creatures were stirring, including Paulmall. The stream room setup by the tech crew with care. In hopes that some speedrunning would soon be done there.

Noops giving a speech in front of a christmas tree

Oddly specific trope that annoys me: Two characters aren't on speaking terms, so one is suddenly hospitalized in order to get them talking again. It often makes sense in context as a solution to force a quick reconciliation, but when used, it's often applied so bluntly.

When one of the most destructive governments of my lifetime is out here doing structural damage to our society and democracy you don't get to preen yourself for offering ~continuity~, Chris Seriously just retire and take everyone with you who thinks what Aotearoa needs is quiet time in the ruins

Don't argue that automated systems "won't work" to determine who deserves benefits. Point out that the government making this decision wants poor people starving, desperate and dead, if that means wages stay down and big business profits stay up

What sucks about working in software, is no matter how much care you put into things, and how much you avoid genAI and all the headaches it produces like the plague, all it takes is someone else working on the stuff you depend on to be bought in and to inevitably break things.

Definitely do NOT listen to this episode of 1/200 which is hilarious in the face of everything happening in NZ. Clearly an editing mistake has occurred, as all the bangers have been left in. I repeat, do NOT listen to this excellent, unhinged round table covering an incredibly busy week in NZPol.

1/200 Media@1of200.bsky.social · 3mo ago

1/200 S2E199 - Paul Goldsmith's Media Handjobs The team has been let loose to create chaos this week. In a 1/200 first, this episode requires a BSA warning. w/ @oldmatecans.bsky.social @eggsfordogs.com @mythros.bsky.social @pmax.bsky.social

are you part of a progressive left wing org ? as we head towards the election @1of200.bsky.social will be trying to platform as much cool organising and implementation as possible hmu if you want to discuss campaigns, ideas and solutions in a podcast or livestream format

BREAKING NEWS: Disgraced defense attorney Phoenix Wright, who was disbarred seven years ago for forging evidence, has been arrested for murder himself. The trial is scheduled for Monday.

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remember National won in 2023 significantly on the back of a "tax plan" that was openly lied about by them, and then amplified *by every single major outlet* as being better for workers than Labour. Then when Renney showed the numbers were wrong *every single complicit reporter* blamed the public

because the main information tracks for the majority of the NZ electorate are openly corrupt, & in the pocket of capital *at best* and accelerating fascism at worst NZ's info environment is *incredibly* narrow, & as we're seeing, incredibly easy to control in ways that media workers just wave away

LostArcNZ@lostarcnz.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Don't understand why the coalition AS A WHOLE aren't tanking in support. How are ACT and NZF able to maintain support when they are part of this government which has tanked the country? #nzpol