My Three Rs

Sunday, 30 April 2023

why pay a consultant

Science Minister Ed Husic paid consultants to review the impact of AI on jobs.

KPMG dutifully reported that AI could create more than a million jobs.

They also noted that most Australians believed that AI would *eliminate* more jobs than it created.

Did KPMG explore this possibility? Did they look for nett job gains, or losses?

No way.

They were paid to report on possible job gains. So that is all that they did. At least, according to the report in the paper.

They presented what they were paid to present.

That's what consultants are paid to do. To present and possibly justify the results required by the person who pays them.

A balanced review is of no interest. To neither consultant nor customer.

Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
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The word "boobs" is so scary until you get to the second "b". (Alfred E. Neumann

Friday, 28 April 2023

not close to home

The Perth Lord Mayor wants "Quad" leaders to meet in Perth rather than Sydney. Fair enough, too. Part of Basil Zempilas' role is to promote his City.

Some world leaders do visit Perth. The Mayor cites the Japanese PM who "came to Perth last October and hugged a koala in Kings Park." 28 April

Is that the best we can do?

The Japanese PM should have visited Sydney. It's a lot closer to the native habitat of koalas. We have none.

But he should visit Sydney very soon. Before the last wild koala is exterminated.

jail or justice

Two thugs attempt to steal a boy's jumper. the boy resists, so one thug attempts to kick him in the head.

in court, one thug "avoids jail" That's the headline.

No. He avoids justice.

The only surprise is that the judge does not force the victim to apologise.

Wednesday, 26 April 2023

crApple

over the years i have collected 40 or 50 ebooks. all standard epubs.

i read them reread them. look forward to reading them.

i copied them from the old tablet to the new apple.

apple refused to read some of them. i still had enough books to keep me amused on a holiday.

today, they are all gone. disappeared. even the book that i was reading last week. deleted, as far as i can tell.

there i was, determined to face up to my fears. i installed some seemingly useful apps on the Apple. started to learn how they worked. or didn't work.

and today -- all those books are lost.

what a fucking pile of Apple shit.

thank goodness i still have the ancient android.

which still holds every one of my collected books.

i can read ebooks on the android. i can read and send emails. unlike the crApple. all it does is crash and delete files.

next week, the old android is going on holidays. again.

the crApple is going onto the floor in the junk room. again.

Nick Lethbridge    /    Consulting Dexitroboper
Agamedes Consulting    /   Problems? Solved.
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As Conan says: What does not kill you
does not kill you

Adam Bandt hates me

The leader off the greens party wants to punish property moguls.

I'm allowed to own one extra flat or house. beyond that i become an evil property mogul. To be punished.

Here's a better thought:

If you buy an investment property. And you can't afford it. Then it is a bad investment.

If rental income does not cover the cost of ownership then it is a bad investment.

if you need the money then you sell the investment.

At present, the government pays, through tax perks, for your bad investment. What a terrible idea.

We live in a capitalist society. If you make a bad investment decision then you lose. There is no reason for a government to support fools who invest unwisely and lose.

Well, okay, they can get welfare. But the government should not be paying for an individual's deliberate investment losses.

police force

The state government is desperately searching for new police officers. our own are resigning in droves. no surprise. who would stay in a job where every day puts your life on the line. where you face thugs who are free to abuse you.

The government is chasing cops from England and Ireland. what a waste of effort.

we should be poaching cops from Russia. send Russian police onto the mean streets of WA. they know how to deal with disagreeable criminals. and how to deal with people who are less than polite.

Russian police. keeping the force in police force.

obey me or die. comrade

just a paper

our daily paper is called The West Australian. or The West for short.

i call it a paper. not newspaper. Major articles are usually blatant ads for the tv station owned by the same company.

but this paper suits my needs.

what i particularly enjoy, is searching for the Horror headline.

Horror is a favourite word for their headlines. usually over a story with violence preferably violence followed by death.

today, my fix is very early.

blah blah Horror for six schools.

that headline takes more than half the front page.

there's a hundred words of story then, full report inside. ah! Click bait journalism:-)

I've had my Horror fix. now i can rush on to the crossword.