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@GraemeEdgeler Endangering pedestrians with a vehicle is also already a crime.

@scattermutant Yes? The danger to random members of the public is lower.

The idea that ram-raiding isn't already a crime (burglary) that doesn't already have a maximum sentence of 10 years is a little silly.

@rustie5555 One of those commonalities is being tied to the two-party system. Their entire careers are based on it. GroKo would completely undermine that, so they won't consider it unless there's already a crisis that has thrown the two-party system into danger.

People keep asking me if New Zealand actors would consider going on strike too. Our Screen Industry Workers Act 2022 prohibits the right to strike. We LEGALLY CANNOT do what the #SagAftraStrike is doing. Take a moment to let that sink in.

Vote for my party and I’ll let tenants dip in to their landlords Kiwisaver for neglected repairs and maintenance

@ANSchmidtLebuhn @jholbo1 There were also periods of waste-laying because "those people aren't following Jesus in quite the right way". Tended to interact with the who got to be king where stuff.

I can't imagine just plain abhorring the French Revolution. I guess you could just hate hate hate liberty, equality and fraternity, as such. But so long as you think those things sound a bit of alright, you are pretty much locked into ambivalence at worst.

@realHollanders Because mu_Omega_L has already been sampled in each iteration by the time the model block code gets executed. Again, I'm only learning this stuff so might be wrong or over-simplified. 3/3

@realHollanders In other words sampling notation is NOT saying "sample from the distribution" - that sampling takes place elsewhere in Stan execution and not in the model block code. So, while order does matter, in your particular example I don't think that switch will change the result. 2/

I *think* order matters in #Stan but I'm not sure exactly how. Would this be equivalent if the mu_Sigma_L statement came before the mu_Omega_L?

@sarahhbickerton Some matches are free to air on Prime fifa.com/fifaplus/en/to…

@TameeOliveFern Hope a nice family gets a good deal on a first home, then. Be sure to tell potential buyers about the eagerness to sell.

@_T0M_V_ @PaulThistoll Generally think it's best to let the relevant unions take the lead in what solidarity actions they're asking for.

@PaulThistoll Are those unions asking us to?

@CranmerWrites More funds allow more employees to deliver great programmes. Great job InsideOUT!

InsideOUT Kōaro, a controversial charity which provides transgender material to NZ schools has seen a huge increase in government funding from $63k in 2021 to $558k in 2022. Over the same period salaries at the charity increased from $198k to $715k. Also in 2021 the Associate Minister of Education, Jan Tinetti advised the ministry that “Ministers’ offices have noted that they want the inclusion of LGBTQIA+ students such as … InsideOUT in stakeholder consultation.”

@dairymanNZ Also all the pictures of STEAM trains. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_…

Forget bilingual signs, this one says CATTLE STOP, but with a picture of a sheep Talk about confusing

@realHollanders I've been experimenting with naming variables after the concepts rather than the notation, e.g. "mean_logodds_occur" over "mu_alpha". Bit longer but it expresses more about what the model is.

I am in desperate need of new variable names.

@PierceSuzanne Nat/ACT are pretty happy to throw around accusations that people are politically motivated by envy. Mote from own eye.

Does anyone believe any ACT/Nat donor is really this thoughtful about the wellbeing of all NZers and willing to contribute to these outcomes?? Opinion: National and Act donors aren’t after tax cuts - here’s why they really give nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/op…

Today’s announcement of New Zealand’s National Policy Statement on Indigenous Biodiversity is great in many ways, but it also is a reminder that despite a climate crisis and a biodiversity crisis this country still privileges coal mining. 1/n

@bartsnz This is... familiar. Good luck.

Gearing up to do battle with MSD yet again. They have now cancelled my suspended benefit and still haven't transferred me to SLP despite MONTHS of me trying to make this happen after THEY suggested it. Waiting for a call back. Drinking a cup of courage.