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my controversial pie take is that my favourite way to eat them is to crack the top off, eat the filling with a fork (dipping my chicken salt chips in the gravy as I do so), then eat the pastry in teared-off strips.
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
my controversial pie take is that my favourite way to eat them is to crack the top off, eat the filling with a fork (dipping my chicken salt chips in the gravy as I do so), then eat the pastry in teared-off strips.
apparently my mother knew I would be a lawyer when I, aged 14 months, argued with her about my first pair of togs. I did not in fact get my degree until I was 32, having spent almost a decade working as a legal secretary.
November 23, 2025 at 1:54 AM
apparently my mother knew I would be a lawyer when I, aged 14 months, argued with her about my first pair of togs. I did not in fact get my degree until I was 32, having spent almost a decade working as a legal secretary.
my only commentary on whatever the death threat ban/suspension thing is that it is obviously a strict liability offence on account of the mods don't know what your state of mind was when you decided to riff off the Beatles or whatever
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
my only commentary on whatever the death threat ban/suspension thing is that it is obviously a strict liability offence on account of the mods don't know what your state of mind was when you decided to riff off the Beatles or whatever
ten thirty on a friday night and am thinking about henry thring's "bills are made to pass as razors are made to sell" again. probably my favourite of all the niche legislative development aphorisms. (I do not know of any others.)
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 AM
ten thirty on a friday night and am thinking about henry thring's "bills are made to pass as razors are made to sell" again. probably my favourite of all the niche legislative development aphorisms. (I do not know of any others.)
so three years ago we bowled our old cottage held together by asbestos, borer, and duct tape, and build a modern 2-storey house with advanced features like insulation, double-glazing, piles, floor joists, and consistently working plumbing.
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
so three years ago we bowled our old cottage held together by asbestos, borer, and duct tape, and build a modern 2-storey house with advanced features like insulation, double-glazing, piles, floor joists, and consistently working plumbing.
I am happy for my baseball-watching friends who have had a good time and/or a good time that has ended in a bad time
November 2, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I am happy for my baseball-watching friends who have had a good time and/or a good time that has ended in a bad time
I have been playing ridiculous hours of Starfield lately and turns out while the early game is not as satisfying as Fallout or Skyrim, by mid-game (I just hit level 30) I'm actually feeling more compelled to learn the secrets of the galaxy etc
November 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I have been playing ridiculous hours of Starfield lately and turns out while the early game is not as satisfying as Fallout or Skyrim, by mid-game (I just hit level 30) I'm actually feeling more compelled to learn the secrets of the galaxy etc
Today I made a dice bag and 2 shoulder bags for various friends out of my scrap fabric stash and this was a wonderful way to spend a Saturday afternoon chatting to people and practicing sewing zips
November 1, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Today I made a dice bag and 2 shoulder bags for various friends out of my scrap fabric stash and this was a wonderful way to spend a Saturday afternoon chatting to people and practicing sewing zips
Revolver is a great album and Good Morning, Sunshine is a delight, this is my at best lukewarm take of the day
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Revolver is a great album and Good Morning, Sunshine is a delight, this is my at best lukewarm take of the day
NZLII is a brilliant resource run on a shoestring budget (for example, it is to the best of my knowledge the only source online for legislation as it was published prior to 2007) and people can really take a hike
To the person who writes nasty messages to NZLII: fuck off.
October 30, 2025 at 3:11 AM
NZLII is a brilliant resource run on a shoestring budget (for example, it is to the best of my knowledge the only source online for legislation as it was published prior to 2007) and people can really take a hike
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To the person who writes nasty messages to NZLII: fuck off.
October 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
To the person who writes nasty messages to NZLII: fuck off.
that feeling where it is almost 8pm and you find yourself reading an article about a yacht sinking and listening to Kashmir
September 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
that feeling where it is almost 8pm and you find yourself reading an article about a yacht sinking and listening to Kashmir
this is v exciting - my family is all in or near PN and I'm in Welly, it'll be really nice to just catch the train up for a day
Big moment this morning to help sign the contract with Alstom for 18 new five-car trains to serve people in the lower North Island from 2029. This will allow us to quadruple rail services to Palmerston North, double services to Masterton and open up for more development around railway stations. 1/
September 7, 2025 at 11:39 PM
this is v exciting - my family is all in or near PN and I'm in Welly, it'll be really nice to just catch the train up for a day
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Big moment this morning to help sign the contract with Alstom for 18 new five-car trains to serve people in the lower North Island from 2029. This will allow us to quadruple rail services to Palmerston North, double services to Masterton and open up for more development around railway stations. 1/
September 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Big moment this morning to help sign the contract with Alstom for 18 new five-car trains to serve people in the lower North Island from 2029. This will allow us to quadruple rail services to Palmerston North, double services to Masterton and open up for more development around railway stations. 1/
Not mapped
Uff da.
Yee. Haw.
September 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Not mapped
Tom Clancy's Guards! Guards!
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title
Tom Clancy's The Hobbit
Tom Clancy's The Hobbit
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title
Tom Clancy's The Feminine Mystique
Tom Clancy's The Feminine Mystique
August 28, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Tom Clancy's Guards! Guards!
I really hope the profession starts taking this more seriously - if you are not even checking your submissions to the court, you're clearly not doing even your most basic duties as a lawyer. This is in my view grounds for suspension; you're not fit.
One of the only interesting things about AI is finding out how many people in supposedly highly skilled, important jobs are complete fuckwits. Not just kinda stupid, but the level of stupid where they're the reason why we have the "remove cellophane before eating" warnings on Fruit Roll-Ups.
This is getting out of hand.
August 16, 2025 at 4:05 AM
I really hope the profession starts taking this more seriously - if you are not even checking your submissions to the court, you're clearly not doing even your most basic duties as a lawyer. This is in my view grounds for suspension; you're not fit.
My first 5 Steam purchases. I don't know what the hell I was thinking with Airline Tycoon 2 but I have played thousands of hours of Civilization over the past almost 30 years. I'm more into RPGs and farming/crafting sims now but I do still occasionally just want to get into a nuclear war with Gandhi
August 15, 2025 at 8:55 AM
My first 5 Steam purchases. I don't know what the hell I was thinking with Airline Tycoon 2 but I have played thousands of hours of Civilization over the past almost 30 years. I'm more into RPGs and farming/crafting sims now but I do still occasionally just want to get into a nuclear war with Gandhi
you know what? Wellington. it's tiny and easy to navigate, there's heaps of seating, it is technically international, and while you may arrive shaken, where else do you get spontaneous applause on landing? or just be randomly sitting next to a Minister of the Crown? good times, take the cheese
Actually, you know what? Let’s stop complaining for a second. QT this with a GOOD airport. Defend that title as much or as little as you like. But let’s hear about airports that don’t suck.
August 14, 2025 at 3:37 AM
you know what? Wellington. it's tiny and easy to navigate, there's heaps of seating, it is technically international, and while you may arrive shaken, where else do you get spontaneous applause on landing? or just be randomly sitting next to a Minister of the Crown? good times, take the cheese
been thinking about why I'm so personally big mad about AI in the work context and have realised that I can describe it thusly: AI can pump out a bunch of text that looks okay at first blush, but that text doesn't reduce my workload at all and actually adds to my thought burden.
August 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
been thinking about why I'm so personally big mad about AI in the work context and have realised that I can describe it thusly: AI can pump out a bunch of text that looks okay at first blush, but that text doesn't reduce my workload at all and actually adds to my thought burden.
sitting in the dentist chair mid-filling and what comes on the radio but TWO TRAILER GIRLS GO ROUND THE OUTSIDE. hilarious, no notes.
July 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
sitting in the dentist chair mid-filling and what comes on the radio but TWO TRAILER GIRLS GO ROUND THE OUTSIDE. hilarious, no notes.
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Much to my shame I am highly suggestible.
June 6, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Much to my shame I am highly suggestible.
going to sleep at midnight and having a wee snack of a cold potato fritter and half a piece of cold battered fish first. perfect.
May 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
going to sleep at midnight and having a wee snack of a cold potato fritter and half a piece of cold battered fish first. perfect.
also, importantly, Wikipedia has gotten more and more reliable over time, as community standards developed and enforced by humans have entrenched notions of "accurate" and "verifiable" into what gets published. is it perfect? no, but it's clear on the face of it where the weak points are.
A key difference here is that while either can be incorrect, the structure of Wikipedia *creates context* and the structure of LLMs *destroys context*
Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when
An LLM just generates text
Wikipedia has linked sources and an edit history showing where information came from and who added it when
An LLM just generates text
Some of the anti-AI stuff feels a bit like when people would say "don't use Wikipedia as a source." It's just like anything else, a piece of information that you weigh against multiple sources and your own understanding of its likely failure modes
April 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
also, importantly, Wikipedia has gotten more and more reliable over time, as community standards developed and enforced by humans have entrenched notions of "accurate" and "verifiable" into what gets published. is it perfect? no, but it's clear on the face of it where the weak points are.