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@TerenceMcCart14 What an idea

22c…perfect weather for a glass of Prosecco

@Quixotic3lixer @db_econ The expected value of having clients, investors and employees is higher than maybe paying a bucket of tax if you make two buckets of dollars

For a startup founder, small changes in the probability of success are worth far more in expectation than even quite large changes in tax treatment upon exit. Unless Aus loses the tech agglom and network economies we've built, skeptical we're gonna see much reduction in startups

@_ConnorSharp Predetermination is an unbelievable legal standard to reach It is just considering with an open mind. Eugenie Sage taking detailed notes on a mining application in the margins shows she had an open mind

It's amazing the extent NIMBYs will go to prevent new housing being built. Like you want to set on fire $100k in a court battle to try and get rid of an acclaimed economist from an independent panel, because he believes in supply and demand? Go find a better hobby omfg

@generic_orange1 @_ConnorSharp Probably second, he's a bit broader as an urban economist with transport and infra interests Ryan greenaway-mcevy probably the housing specialist. So we've got a backup panelist ig

@_ConnorSharp OMG, New Zealand's leading housing economist thinks housing is good for the economy.

@peligrietzer Ok there's gotta be a lore dump here

I and the writer/performer of this play are on year 14 of 'no talking except brief congratulations on big life events' due to how we're still very angry at each other, so believe me when I tell you she's a genius and you shld catch a show

@DanielW_Kiwi @FrankMcRae Vibes and perceived competence These aren't great but parties are bad at policy and voters are worse

@AbsentHog @FrankMcRae Then what are people to vote for?

Just looked at the "policies" section on the labour party website and jesus christ the cupboards are bare. The election is in less than 6 months

finally got a system prompt that fits my use cases well. Makes the new deepseek expert go from honestly not great to genuinely quite good. Which is nice because Claude is absolutely refusing to work outside office hours for me

@danielneljack Rupert Penry-Jones for Milliband Really go all out

@danielneljack Starmer, inexplicably Charles Dance Wes Streeting could be Jonathan Bailey Burnham should be stewart lee

The British Labour Party is giving us a gripping drama. Multiple paths it could go down, lots of suspense, and a compelling array of characters. Somebody should get HBO onto it.

@Shybaltesh @petetweetsshit Good posts kings

@petetweetsshit Only a fan of the old kanye the way I'm anti bully

Wearing the pink polo like I’m early Kanye, ironically for anti-bullying day

@rustie5555 @Shybaltesh Not anymore, no Imagine putting up someone who might compete with tamatha. It is a safe urban progressive seat, they abandoned that and another party went in

It’s Ibrahim-over

@TerrorCosmic Do you want me, a New Zealander, to tell you a random fuckhead why I migrated to Australia? It will shock you, it is not because I am against immigration

@AbsentHog That's why they are all migrating to Australia

NZ does immigration well and with limited negative social impacts It also needs immigration and is much better at it than European nations

@0bservationism @RedoubtOfThomas Silencing by being muted on x the everything app? The racist blue ticks are not sending their best

@AbsentHog @RedoubtOfThomas Ooo, there it is. Just pretending there’s no problems and silencing anyone with real concerns, that’s the true leftist way.

@MorawetzTom @EricCrampton You can build new houses. Indeed I often post about it Auckland had suppressed housing costs and high building rates in high immigration years post AUP

@AbsentHog @EricCrampton I thought housing stocks were an issue 🤔.

@EricCrampton @RuinZero138 I've found a pile by posting the OP Self moderation is the only way to be on here. When there were still new accounts on this website, I must have blocked one a day

@RuinZero138 @AbsentHog And found today's person to block!

@MossmanSimon New Zealanders prefer to vote for parties that say the odd negative thing about immigration but also have broadly high levels of immigration

@AbsentHog Immigration is fucking New Zealand Nobody voted for this 😕