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Steven Ensslen

@ensslen@mastodon.nzoss.nz

mastodon 4.6.8

Steven works with computers to find signal in the noise.

@civillibertynz@mastodon.social deputy

Large and always changing set of roles at #NZGreens

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Joined April 24, 2023

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Steven Ensslen

@ensslen@mastodon.nzoss.nz

· 5mo ago

I am reliably informed that the racists who tried to take over Internet NZ last year have recruited other racists to try again this year.

I was one of several thousand people who successfully defended Internet NZ, and its $15M budget, at its AGM last year. It appears that we are in for a bigger fight this year.

Join by Monday May 11 to be eligible to vote in the AGM.
https://internetnz.nz/membership/

internetnz.nz

Steven Ensslen

@ensslen@mastodon.nzoss.nz

· 5mo ago

Aotearoa enrol to vote

Steven Ensslen

@ensslen@mastodon.nzoss.nz

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@tael@yiff.life @soph@grrl.me Copilot, and every other GPT based service of any size, is so wildly unprofitable that there's every reason to believe that they will all cease to exist when the bubble pops. https://www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/

Big Tech Needs $2 Trillion In AI Revenue By 2030 or They Wasted Their Capex

Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At

Big Tech Needs $2 Trillion In AI Revenue By 2030 or They Wasted Their Capex

As I've established again and again, we are in an AI bubble, and no, I cannot tell you when the bubble will pop, because we're in the stupidest financial era since the great financial crisis — though, I hope, not quite as severe in its eventually apocalyptic circumstances. By

Steven Ensslen

@ensslen@mastodon.nzoss.nz

· 6mo ago

My partner's article,"How to write with Optimism", is on The Spinoff today.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/books/28-03-2026/how-to-write-with-optimism-when-the-waves-are-coming

thespinoff.co.nz

Steven Ensslen

@ensslen@mastodon.nzoss.nz

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@donkey@mastodon.nz It's not for rail either. The only reason it got funded is that there is a highway, the only road for dozens of km along that route, which needed that same sea wall. It's not spending on cycleways. It's not spending on railways. It's another subsidy for cars.

Steven Ensslen

@ensslen@mastodon.nzoss.nz

· 6mo ago

Replying to

I have been surprised by how much I like @joshjacobsen@hachyderm.io He's really switched on. He wrote this recently: When looking at a specific technology I start by looking at the ownership structure, if its open-source, where is the data held, under what jurisdiction the company operates (is it subject to the US CLOUD Act, etc). The prompt didn't include open-source, or data sovereignty. He just knows the issues. We're all quite fortune to have him running for Parliament.

Steven Ensslen

@ensslen@mastodon.nzoss.nz

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@civillibertynz@mastodon.social This isn't even one of the bills that we are upset about. Next week, we're going to have choice words about https://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2026/268/en/latest/ And we're really going to be scathing about https://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2026/267/en/latest/

legislation.govt.nz