Ozymati @ Ozymati @lemmy.nz

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There is no way this can go wrong

It's a default with the software, same payment thing is all over the USA.

We need our own software.

Mostly just because I think we should be eating the rich anyway.

I agree UBI would be nice and then WINZ could just provide extra help for people who want to work but have no idea how to present themselves, or who have other complicated problems (like needing a no interest loan to escape a bad living situation, hardship grants, stuff like that).

There's an insane amount of different things all of which have different rules for for parents, or under age 25, or over age 65, or single, or getting something from ACC, or has a medical certificate, etc.

Also of course you get people applying policies that are out of date or that some manager decided on their own without consulting anyone.

And then there's the various rules suspensions that happen whenever there's a natural disaster, or a catastrophic IT failure, or an angry government, or a lawsuit.

On the messaging thing, basically IRD has way, way, WAY less services and often MSD needs a bunch of info to do anything. So they try to steer everyone into forms that in theory elicit all the information. Doesn't work, but also they definitely don't have the resources to have involved email conversations with everyone. They can't even answer their phones and unlike with taxes people can't wait 2-6 weeks for a response.

Would be really nice if they could though.

My views are based on knowing the kind of people who are missing fingers from overriding safety features but they still do it

Think less Fukushima and more Texas power grid.

And yeah it is safe, but if it becomes unsafe for whichever reason, it becomes really unsafe. I just don't trust humans to not eventually something stupid.

I know the turn on upload thing is because they're afraid if it's always there someone will DoS them by uploading way too much stuff.

Because it'd cost too much to integrate the system that holds the files and the system that uploads them so that anyone loading too many could get blocked...

Hahaha yeah I'm here for another week

It's not entirely design, though again the last Nat. Govt. added some true bullshit. It's also a whole lot of under-investment in IT, lack of coordination between policies and results, unwieldy legislation, truly stupid KPIs, etc.

I'd love a UBI though.

Or at least stop assessing people for benefit on their relationship status. It's stupid and it punishes people for normal human behaviour.

A mosquito bit my knee. #summerproblems #northamericaholiday

Blackout Sabbath?

My only quibble with nuclear power is how irresponsible people are long term. The critical safety failure is always someone incompetent or cutting costs/corners.

Well and that I think distributed generation is more robust. Natural disaster can't take out power to half a state if there's energy being generated and stored all over. The means of production in the hands of the consumers.

Nope, and people on benefit who are sick get the same jobseekers rate but are expected to keep bringing medical certificates regularly, which of course their GP charges for. That stops if they can get on the supported living payment, but the last National made that extra difficult.

I'd like to see free GP visits for anyone low income and standard prices for everyone else.

It's fairly easy to bake your own potato chips. You just need a mandolin style slicer for appropriate thinness

Meanwhile, in 'Murica

Sorta, visiting the family in the Old Country

Jet lag is.... Um. I don't remember. I want a nap.