What Microsoft describes as 'independent' modelling of $102 billion GDP gain by 2038 comes from a 2024 report from _Microsoft_ and their global partner Acceture. But, good news, from the report (since it was projected from 2023) AI is currently worth 23 billion to the baseline GDP of 387 billion
the thing i hate most about AI image gen is that no one does crude photoshops anymore, a tradition i will continue until the day i die
And here's a thought experiment: if Ardern had stuck around while the media turned against the covid response, do you think we would've seen this death spiral dynamic play out? And would it have been the system working as intended?
Sometimes there's a trigger event/scandal, but the underlying reason is *usually* that the narrative of their decline is accepted by the Gallery, and then it's all downhill from there.
I guess I'm saying that it's all vibes.
Luxon is an unusual example because we haven't had a first term PM implode like this in living memory, with such an objectively fucked economy, but usually, the subject is an opposition leader who's done nothing in particular, or a third term PM whose "tide has gone out"...
I think that's the central question: will this actually result in better leadership? In Luxon, or even his successor? Or is this how you get a Truss-event?
And because of that disconnect, there's no getting out of the death spiral.
Maybe this is the natural death process? A way for Westminster systems to terminate a government midstream? I dunno. But it does also feel like it's just a school of sharks smelling blood and going at it.
...the degree to which Luxon is under pressure because there is a stream of stories about his imminent demise is a kind of mic-in-front-of-speaker loop.
The news cycle has become completely disconnected from anything in the real world. He's losing because he's losing.
No, but I do think the way the ecosystem works as an instability amplification machine is unhealthy.
They system, as designed, is that Luxon's unpopularity reflects this govt's decisions, and the caucus discontent reflects that unpopularity. But...
I think it pushed me to go deeper into that than any fiction normally would.
I think there was something about the game design too - so many of those choices (the ultimate one being the "final words" choice) made no "game" difference, but are essentially prompts for you to construct your headcanon about how your character feels about the relationship, his hopes and dreams...
Oh wow, I just looked it up and it was a *2012* game. Amazing that we have vivid memories of this game with a <10 hrs play-time.
You got to choose your last words to your adopted daughter and holy shit it wrecked me
YES THAT ONE. Still holds the record as the most full-on emotional experience I've had from a computer game.
The best dad simulator was the first Walking Dead game, where you had to take care of this child you just met and it was just absolute 😭😭😭 (I haven't even played The Last of Us)
HI, WHAT ABOUT THE HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS THO SELL ME SOME HEALTH SUPPLEMENTS BRO
The AI bubble is like the dotcom bubble: It’s not that the Internet was some useless passing fad; it’s that a lot of money got poured into absolute horseshit before people started figuring out where the actual value was.
I'm not sure if Bsky has the juice anymore (why is no one skeeting For All Mankind at/near me???)
It's just optimising (light chassis, fast servos, large battery) for a task that doesn't seem to have a great deal of practical applications. That's why it's seems like a PR stunt rather than any real advance.
But bipedal running hasn't been a hard task for... years? Especially when it's on a simple flat surface like a road clear of any obstacles. The achievement here is optimising for running marathons (range + speed), which is where the car comparison comes in...
youtu.be/-e1_QhJ1EhQ?...
The AI marathon story is so dumb, it's reheated Boston Robotics stuff from, what, a decade ago, but with modern batteries.
It's far less technically impressive than walking through a crowded room without maiming anyone, or even crossing a street.
I don't read polls. I rely on traditional ways to know if a prime minister is embattled.
Probably need some me kind of "statistically significant spike in racism" threshold.
Eternal as the tide, whenever Winston smells a dead PM the racism starts pooping out.
www.1news.co.nz/2026/04/20/j...
The traditional ways of knowing prove true yet again (with replacement Winston).
>European cruise lines are the only ones willing to run the Hormuz blockade
Someone help me I think I’m having a stroke
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![In his “most notorious [job] interview,” Karp met Louis Mosley, an Oxford graduate whose grandfather Oswald Mosley was the British fascist leader during World War II and once named “worst Briton of the twentieth century.”
As soon as Mosley sat down, Karp began reciting from memory, for several minutes, one of Oswald’s 1939 speeches demanding Britain seek peace with Nazi Germany. When finished, Karp executed tai chi moves and walked out without saying goodbye.
Mosley sat stunned, convinced his family’s past had torpedoed him. Instead, he was hired and now runs Palantir’s UK business.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:viy533g7pvyy7cesicxbqvm3/bafkreic5uyohukwuqdohjyvqmgpzyhsfrxmi54s4m46b3575qg4mkazyvu)
In his “most notorious [job] interview,” Karp met Louis Mosley, an Oxford graduate whose grandfather Oswald Mosley was the British fascist leader during World War II and once named “worst Briton of the twentieth century.” As soon as Mosley sat down, Karp began reciting from memory, for several minutes, one of Oswald’s 1939 speeches demanding Britain seek peace with Nazi Germany. When finished, Karp executed tai chi moves and walked out without saying goodbye. Mosley sat stunned, convinced his family’s past had torpedoed him. Instead, he was hired and now runs Palantir’s UK business.
Crazy? Would a crazy guy do this?!?
I don't read polls. I rely on traditional ways to know if a prime minister is embattled.