ooo_shiny

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[–] ooo_shiny@lemmy.nz 7 points 10 months ago

Aside from the fact that he hasn’t met his obligations to his tenant, by the sounds of it, what sort of processes were followed in the failed development of the section? Sounds bizarre.

[–] ooo_shiny@lemmy.nz 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

NCEA has always had literacy and numeracy requirements to gain the final qualification. The difference now is that the assessment of these requirements have changed whereas before if you did okay in one of the liberal arts and Maths or Science you probably had the requirements without really trying. I personally like the fact that it is a little more rigorous now.

[–] ooo_shiny@lemmy.nz 49 points 11 months ago

My son was in NICU. I thought of his time in hospital as soon as the news about the Palestinian hospital broke. This is terrible.

[–] ooo_shiny@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago

Guess I had trouble parsing that sentence in the article. Makes sense.

[–] ooo_shiny@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This seems like a key infrastructure issue to sort out. Didn’t realise that we don’t own our ferries!

[–] ooo_shiny@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, healthcare with its heavy staff shortages is an ideal industry for some AI help. The ethical concerns involved present a high barrier to implementation though, I think.

 

I wonder when NZ will move away from the quasi-free-market-but-funded-by-the-government system in health (and education). It leads to outcomes like this which are clearly inefficient. I’d like to see more centralisation.

[–] ooo_shiny@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks Dave!

[–] ooo_shiny@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hope that lessons are learned from the experience of the East Coast. Forests are fine until they’re harvested, and then your hillsides crumble in rain and your roads with them, and your beaches are covered with slash…