I almost never use SMS....but you can't get rid of it.
My doctor/bank/mechanic/etc...send SMS reminders and 2FA codes using SMS. It sucks but it is the only true universal messaging format.
There is always the go of stuff that is annoying you.
Unless it is actually important, let it go, life is too short to dwell on unimportant shit.
Read some Stoic philosophy.
This is true; you have to be able to tell a good story.
It helps if the story teller is charming....but as ACT shows it is not a requirement.
One of TOP's problems is it seems like the party of the highly educated. But their policies are helpful for everyone...they have a communication problem, not a policy problem.
Medical advertising is bad!
Our recent analysis explores why most other countries outlaw this controversial practice. We review evidence that direct advertising can lead to overdiagnosis and unnecessary treatments, causing potential harm and higher health costs.
NZ and USA are the ONLY "first world" countries to allow direct to consumer advertising.....this is not a good thing.
The global withdrawal of the arthritis drug Vioxx (rofecoxib), one of the most heavily advertised medicines during its five years on the market, heightened these safety concerns. Vioxx raised the risk of heart attacks, but the manufacturer continued to promote the drug to the public in the US and New Zealand long after internal company documents indicated an increased risk of death.
Just one example.
Evidence based policy, as a core principal... Got me very interested., so I vote finds them.
It took the greens a few elections to get in... TOP will get there.
Keeping an open mind is important.
I like hearing ideas that challenge my views.
Keep learning 👍
The grower/farmer would have to declare where the produce was going.
I'm not sure how much of this is already done, for traceability reasons, but some is done.
I would make sure it was NZ production into the NZ market.
No produce heading offshore would get subsidised.
That is to help with the seamen sample collection, obviously.
This is a good idea; one way to look at taxes are market signals.
By subsidizing healthier foods whilst at the same time taxing unhealthy foods; we signal to the market what we want to happen.
In my opinion; this is far better than either outright bans; or the current free-for-all system.
One could easily paint it as social manipulation; but the government engages in this kind of manipulation all the time anyway.
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The fight for iron sands: the bitter battle to protect New Zealand’s sea-floor riches
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I work in industrial automation.
Maybe NZ is different to which ever country you are in. But every plant I have worked in/on; the operators are expected to both know how the machine works, how to diagnose why it stopped and advise the maintenance team about what was happening when it stopped.
Some are better than others...but most operators know their machines very well. A good operator can cut downtime in half.
A lot of machines require adjustments when changing products, this is an operational change. Some adjustments require tools, operators will need to know what tools are/how to use them etc...
I would be worried if I saw an operator walking around with an angle grinder, but hand tools are normal around here.