Update: Media Council ruled on my RNZ complaint. Not upheld. My name's on the ruling but my arguments aren't in either write-up.

So I thought I'd published the full record.

right?! can't trust your eyes these days in the age of AI lol

is that someones face being superimposed onto an avatar body in a suit??

Jesus on an alternate-reality stick!

how long have we been living in this fever-dream reality now?

Building Makan: A place to find help in Lebanon Finding help in a crisis shouldn't be this hard. I built something to make it easier

😩 It sucks that apps like this need to be built, but one thing techies can bring to any situation, is the ability to build things that can help. My Lebanese friend and fellow geek:

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I have a gripe about people who join discussions only linking to resources and not actually having or saying what their opinion is on the matter. Grow a pair and risk taking a stance on something, jay-sus.

RNZ western propaganda team have logged on for their shift.

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created myself a blacksky.community login, and I gotta say, the vibes and just general *feel* of that space (clean slate, accepted all recommended follows) is just... more comfortable? worlds still 💩 but least you feel like we're on the same page. big ups @rude1.blacksky.team and the team 💯

is saying "my ai agent deleted my email" the new "my dog ate my homework"? 😂

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good to see *nuance* entering the chat...

email response from the NZ Media Council saying they will take my complaint to the next meeting.

Excuse my cynicism, but I won't be holding my breath.

Let's see what ol' NZ Media Council says.

I try not to have any feel-good music on when I'm on my petty shit. Don't want any of that redemption-arc behaviour to interrupt the dark art 😂👀🤣 #GTFOHRNZ

The general consensus of everyone I have had coffee with is there will be a tsunami of AI slop this election year. Also a consensus of try not to add to it by sharing it yourself even if you like examples, and to talk to people person to person as much as you can.

I'm also at this stage of my coding night, swearing at my ai for repeatedly getting this wrong 🤣🫠

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it's a bit of a late 90's early 2000's coding night tonight and I forgot just how many hits Dashboard Confessionals had back in the day 🫡

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Summed it up perfectly in 7 words.

Family Guy with the colour swatch has been that meme since forever ago, none of this shit should be a surprise to anyone.

yeah, I expected the deflection, the group call-out was interesting. I'm gonna kick this up to media council complaint process and see if they keep the same energy there. I'll let y'all know how it goes 🫡

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everyone else get the bullshit response from Andrew Holden this morning? 🙄

someone should've headed that mofo off a lot earlier imo, these are not the times for giving public spaces the "benefit of the doubt". cookers everywhere.

Genuinely bummed about the fact I haven't touched a drumkit in... *checks watch* a couple of years 😞. I've been on or around drumkits since I was a teenager, former professional, gigs big & small, always had sticks, practice pads everywhere. I miss just playing. I will remedy that this year.

Hey kids, wanna learn about Spec-Driven Development (SDD) and how it can go so wrong if you just hand everything over to the AI agent to decide?

Read all about it here: https://f.mtr.cool/gzltuaupqd

National's Judith Collins retires from politics, appointed Law Commission president First elected in 2002, Collins is one of the most experienced politicians in the government, and is taking up the role of President of the Law Commission.

its official www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

"Anytime someone maintains that a technology is inevitable, they're asking us to abandon our agency."

Unavoidable? Sure.

But inevitable? That's a different claim entirely.

Newsletter drops this Sunday.

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🤔 hmmm... where have I seen this before....

😂😂😂😂😂 Rot op, jij zionistische trut.

Never let anyone tell you that you only have one chance to be the person you want to be, or that their measure of success is what matters.

+1

20s: CompSci Drop-out after academic probation due to lots of DidNotSits, wasn't ready, didn't wanna be there.

30s: Graduated UoA BCom, A- GPA, a couple of awards and really enjoyed my time in class, tutorials etc.