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George Slim
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Consultant: former surrogate entrepreneur, former bureaucrat, former scientist. Policy person about town. All opinions are my own. Reposts not endorsements.
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NIWA databases, including cliflo, shifting location to NIWA's DataHub. Not available at old locations after end of the month. data.niwa.co.nz/pages/howto

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Yyorrike.bsky.social

“If we tax our wealthiest, they’ll leave New Zealand” Good. They barely pay tax anyway. They’re a drain on society. And the only country with lower taxes in the OECD is Chile. So get practising your Spanish, Gringos.

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However, a good laugh is a mighty good thing, and rather too scarce a good thing; the more’s the pity.

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ELelakdawalla.bsky.social

About a decade ago I started thinking of it as "The Nobel Prize for Men in [discipline]" and haven't looked backAbout a decade ago I started thinking of it as "The Nobel Prize for Men in [discipline]" and haven't looked back

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the soul is glued inside of its fleshy tabernacle, and cannot freely move about in it, nor even move out of it, without running great risk of perishing

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NRnicrawlencenz.bsky.social

Just because you don't end up in traditional academia at uni after your PhD doesn't mean it was a waste. Too many think like this. I've organised with the Otago Uni Career Development Centre an event about career opportunities outside academia. Come along & hear from an exciting panel over kai.

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In 1976 I sat my School Certificate with a calculator for book keeping, a slide rule and log tables for maths, and no electronic or mechanical assistance for science. these days I mostly use Excel. theconversation.com/i-got-genera...

I got generative AI to attempt an undergraduate law exam. It struggled with complex questions
I got generative AI to attempt an undergraduate law exam. It struggled with complex questions

A recent study shows generative AI is not the academic powerhouse it is often made out to be.

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George Slim
@bureauchem.bsky.social
Consultant: former surrogate entrepreneur, former bureaucrat, former scientist. Policy person about town. All opinions are my own. Reposts not endorsements.
74 followers136 following136 posts