Grant Sargent
@grantsargent
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Technical Innovation and Startups. Eclectic Interests: energy grids/clean tech, biosecurity, cybersecurity, audio connectors, giant robots.
New Zealand
Joined February 2010
"Journalist" @marcdaalder submits false information to health monitoring app, misleading Ministry of Health over covid symptoms. This is why we can't have good things.
newsroom.co.nz
A Government WhatsApp channel created to distribute information about Covid-19 can now perform automated daily health check-ins.
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The only response of a civilised society to the shootings and bashings is outrage in the streets. It's not OK.
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Wow. @FedEx delivered my package to random strangers who opened the box and damaged the contents. Now @FedexOffice @FedexHelp are telling me it's not their problem.
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Hmmm. New Zealand isn't making much progress in energy efficiency. :-(
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According to https://t.co/TuxBSRkpEF 80% of electricity generated in the US is wasted. Warning: Contains verified sources for facts.
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that time when your startup incubator says congratulations for taking big holidays. “Choose again.” ― Dan Simmons, The Rise of Endymion
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Looks like the spy movies had it right all along. "Zoom in, enhance the image".
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News flash! Replacing good parts with bad ones can cause problems. duh.
newatlas.com
In the near future, an F-35 fighter plane on a routine flight kicks in its afterburners and it goes supersonic. Suddenly, there's an almighty bang as one of the turbine blades in the jet engine...
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Bit disappointed with access to historical NZ weather data from @niwa_nz and @metservice.
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that time when a high growth specialist proudly provides stats that prove their customers grow slower than the economy... Doh again.
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The hype merchants are now saying everyone else should scale back the hype, and still gets it a bit wrong.
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Any stats supporting this claim? "[Baby incubators] probably kill more children than they save," Ray Avery says.
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Forget the politics, Kiwis getting access to Alibaba to sell our products in China is huge! https://t.co/62gPhvENmO
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possible unrandomness in prime numbers is not quite as @stuffnz would have us believe-"of no practical use or real-world application"
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Good to see ideolog try and get balanced on NZVIF. Early stage support is important, but not all ideas should live.
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Hey @Auckland_NZ any chance of getting a map and programme for the lantern festival linked on the website?
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Looking forward to meeting the interesting people at #Kiwifoo16
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Seems like some performance justification PR is due. Underwhelmed.
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Hey @nzpost, I don't think much of the new "collect parcel" feature - seems it only stops parcels from being tracked or delivered! :-(
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