So I see the Bond Office at Tenancy Services rollout of their all digital system is just as much of a train wreck as expected. Been trying to lodge my claim for 2 days but their service is unavailable. Try phoning them and "no, please call again later". Absolute shit show.

So I see the Bond Office at Tenancy Services rollout of their all digital system is just as much of a train wreck as expected. Been trying to lodge my claim for 2 days but their service is unavailable. Try phoning them and "no, please call again later". Absolute shit show.

I would go further and say it would actually make my job easier to do and I would be better able to gauge the outcomes if AI disappeared tomorrow.

Charlie Stross@cstross.bsky.social · 22h ago

My answer is LOL ROFL (dickbrain) The terminally AI-pilled can't even *imagine* some people have *never* asked stochastic parrots to cheat at their job for them.

There was a time when Aotearoa had reason to be proud of what was being accomplished in the arts on the world stage. To the point where it was actively driving tourism. The burning down of funding means there'll soon be very little that even exists, apart from hobbyists and the independently wealthy

The Spinoff@thespinoff.bsky.social · 5d ago

Has the arts sector ever done it this hard?

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Rutger Hauer in The Blood Of Heroes

ALT: Rutger Hauer in The Blood Of Heroes

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Untidy Music@untidymusic.com · last wk.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

My friend and colleague Claire Henry and I make the case for exploring an online safety regulator in New Zealand rather than just focusing on potentially harmful and ineffective age-based social media bans in a new article in The Conversation. theconversation.com/the-jurys-ou...

The jury’s out on social media bans. Here’s a better idea NZ can borrow from Australia

A version of Australia’s eSafety Commissioner could be a better way to tackle the online harm experienced by under-16s – and New Zealanders of all ages.

theconversation.com

Just checking, are you hating AI enough? "AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale" futurism.com/artificial-i... #SarahConnorLeadTheWay

AI Companies Are Buying Antique Books, Ingesting Their Contents to Train Models, and Then Destroying Them at Incredible Scale, Even If Almost No Copies Remain

AI companies are quietly obtaining rare books, ingesting their contents, and then destroying them -- even if they're exceedingly rare.

futurism.com

Hips and Makers is still an amazing album.

CD collection is out of storage and I'm straight into the hard to find local stuff I've missed for ages.

Trying very hard to channel the peace and patience of this dude today...

Still shit framing in the headline but...

Scott Common 𓅃@nocommonswan.bsky.social · 2w ago

To be clear this is a union meeting. They are allowed to have two a year for up to two hours each and members still receive pay. They also have to make sure the employers business is maintained during the meeting. Doesn't sound like a strike. S26 of the Employment Relations Act.

To be clear this is a union meeting. They are allowed to have two a year for up to two hours each and members still receive pay. They also have to make sure the employers business is maintained during the meeting. Doesn't sound like a strike. S26 of the Employment Relations Act.

Scott Common 𓅃@nocommonswan.bsky.social · 2w ago

No RNZ, they are not going on strike (yet), they are having a stop work meeting which is a completely different thing. Get your fuckin' act together and report on this correctly. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

No RNZ, they are not going on strike (yet), they are having a stop work meeting which is a completely different thing. Get your fuckin' act together and report on this correctly. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Thousands of MBIE workers set to strike

About 2700 workers at the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment are going on strike on Wednesday morning.

rnz.co.nz

Hamilton street art

Hamilton street art

it's funny how for decades the RIAA would carbomb teenagers for downloading one (1) song yet now these dudes are just allowed to do this shit like it's nothing

Jason Koebler@jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 3w ago

Scoop: The AI music generator Suno was hacked. Hacker shared source code that shows how the tool was made and part of the music and podcasts that were scraped to create it. Decades worth of music, lyrics, and podcasts from YouTube, Deezer, Genius & more www.404media.co/hack-reveals...

This Kaka has been hanging out in the old pear tree gnawing on a broken branch for ages. So hard to get any decent pics of it. Such a gorgeous deep copper underside 🪶 totally unfussed about having us standing there looking at it. We usually see flocks but a solo visit today

#notourcat popping by for a morning visit and snuggle...

(Apparently getting free will after having 93 percent of your behavior controlled for your entire existence will do weird things to your impulse control.)

Put my premium earplugs on sale for a bit. People are finding it rough out there, and yesterday a few couldn't afford earplugs so I'm like, nope, let's just put them on sale for a mo'. pocomoto.co.nz/product/atte...

Pocos - The Best Value Earplugs In Aotearoa - Poco Moto

These are the best value earplugs you can find in Aotearoa! 'Earplugs' is not the right word here - strictly speaking, they're attenuators...

pocomoto.co.nz

Because this is what I do with every single one of these logo generators.

pixelframe.design@pixelframe.bsky.social · last mo.

Will you take the red pill, and live in the world of custom Matrix logo memes and shitposts made with the Matrix Font & Logo Generator, or the blue pill, and return to the Doctor Who Logo Generator? The choice is yours.

Switched on Bach by Wendy Carlos was on extreme rotation from my mother, I think to counteract my father playing Wings all the time.

Charles Louis Richter@richterscale.bsky.social · last mo.

what's the music your parents played all the time when you were a kid? for me, it's a dead heat between Neil Diamond and Linda Ronstadt

Tell me again that landlords receiving their ginormous tax cuts will maintain their rental properties

I searched for HATEBEAK straight away and I was not disappointed.

Derek B@tanpants.bsky.social · last mo.

Re: Kash Patel's girlfriend

You've experienced your last Jean-Paul Sartre

Brekekekiwi@brekekekiwi.bsky.social · last mo.

You've toaded your last wet sprocket.

Carl Sagan would be proud

Part of my research is in figuring out who knows what in relation to knowledge. The idea that "commercialised" science just involves thinking really hard on your own to create things that will make money is so wrong, it's not even a lie. It's a fundamental misunderstanding of science as an activity.

Danielle, Petty Hate Machine@dimsie.bsky.social · last mo.

"a piece of science" "sunshine"

Tonight's 1 News story about the immigration upgrade for some bizarre reason included a few seconds of the title sequence from a later-season episode of Person of Interest (spotted by @tariqa.bsky.social)

It was a bad idea. But I had a bad feeling we were going to need it.