Notices tagged with nz

@sir @Wolf480pl @Michcioperz 3) GH's use case is not limited to software. I was part of a consultation for official government policy in #NZ (#NZGOAL Software Edition) that used GH to draft policy documents. In another case, GH was used to draft a CC-licensed text book. It's a collaborative editing platform that can be used to write manuals, books, anything made up of text. Most of the people working on these things are not engineers and will never need advanced software engineering tools.

@Wolf480pl @rysiek @pesco @webmind @ente I was involved in the attempts to bootstrap a #PirateParty here, and I know some of the people who campaigned successfully to change #NZ from FPP to MMP. I also know co-founders of new political parties, some successful (eg Greens), many not (eg Cannabis, Pirates), some mixed (eg Alliance, Mana). I think you underestimate how hard it is to set up a new political party from scratch, *especially* in a FPP electoral system.

@kensanata @natecull take China for example, where I'm living. I've seen less poverty here so far than back home (#Aotearoa / #NZ), but the Chinese government is hardly a textbook example of capitalism, let alone neo-liberal policy in action. They still don't even have private property here, 100 year leases are the longest form of tenure you can buy.

@LWFlouisa @cwebber thanks :) It's not photoshopped (or a #Gimp effort) that's really me outside the #NZ #Parliament with a big fattie in my mouth ;-P

If and when #ganja is legalized for recreational sales in #Aotearoa (#NZ), I'd be happy to see commercial sales limited to cooperatives, co-owned and democratically governed by those who buy the products. I didn't spend 20 years campaigning for cannabis using communities to be free from persecution, so that venture capitalists can set up cannabis corporations and make huge profits off us.

Hope everyone had a great #NZMusicMonth I was planning to promote #CC music from #NZ like I did last year, but due to technical difficulties (eg Quitter.se going dark), this didn't happen. I've got some more ambitious idea for next year, join the fun here:
https://www.loomio.org/d/ajLPD9zH/nz-music-month-where-s-all-the-cc-kiwi-music-at-

#megaupload has revealed mega-spying and mega-violation of the #law in #nz

Kim is deep-pocketed enough to have unearthed it in court

If there was justice, the raid would have targeted #gcsb and John Key detained with his property seized https://torrentfreak.com/entire-kim-dotcom-spying-operation-was-illegal-high-court-rules-170825/ #nz

"The government's illegal conduct has reached such an extreme level"
https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3016253/dotcoms-lawyer-calls-for-case-to-be-dismissed-after-court-rules-that-new-zealands-gcsb-illegally-spied-on-megaupload/
Same #nz gov that 'SOLD' citizenship to Thiel