bureauchem.bsky.social
Consultant: former surrogate entrepreneur, former bureaucrat, former scientist. Policy person about town.
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Peter Thiel was given NZ Citizenship under a foreign investment scheme. He invested $7m and took $30m out. This is why these schemes are such a great idea for New Zealand's growth. www.nzherald.co.nz/business/bil...
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Yes, sorry. Too much policy watching.
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Yes totally. It's a pretty complex set of machinery under the PBRF so I wonder if it will be Marsden-style tweaking or the sledgehammer.
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The PBRF funding is still there (so far) it's just the ridiculous adminny part that has been canceled. But it is all being spent now, so it isn't able to mop up the loss of other funding.
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Looks nasty. Maybe if you added a bit of curry powder and fried it up the leftovers would be ok?
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Possibly, but we've struggled to find a better system since 1421.
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They are introducing that here too. All very well if there is a separate turn lane but tricky if there are people behind hoping to go straight on.
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2) 120 km/h up Dixon St? You have other safety concerns besides the pedestrian crossing.
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So, 1) it has lights, so you don't have to look at what is painted on the ground - stop for the lights (if pedestrians nip across against their lights (ahem..) that is there problem. The pedestrian crossings at intersections with lights don't have zebra stripes anyway, and,
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Totally. Which further undercuts the argument that Universities should make up for a $64m shortfall by upping income from commercialisation activity.
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The opportunity for huge profit off IP is one of the enduring myths of university commercialisation. For reference, in 2024 Auckland Uniservices, the second most successful technology transfer organisation in Australasia, received $2.4m in royalty income.
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Presumably someone suggested 'Everone must come' and they were so pleased they caught that one that they took their eye off the ball.
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Nice, but isn't it traditional to wear a tee shirt over your jacket on the day?
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Schoolboy stuff from the Tix Payers Onion, sitting around sniggering about things they don't understand.
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All of these people were so bullied at school
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The old, old story: Hubris - Nemesis. And obviously, in the wider global context, good to see it still operates. Fingers crossed.
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So if we have to lower the threshold then they aren't that wealthy, are they?
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We'll send it an email that we've changed the value Pi and it has to comply
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3.0, that 0.14 is annoying
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And if, like I was, you were wondering what do the countries named spend on R&D as a % GDP - here are the numbers. Remember tho., this includes business spend and Denmark has Novo Nordisk, one of the biggest global drug companies.
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The issue now it's established is that is a very complex process that results in a few million at most changing hands.
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My science system reforms analysis is here: I wanted to first focus on the difference between the SSAG recommendations and the govt announcement. There’s a lot 😳 but the headline is the lack of govt investment.
theconversation.com/if-the-gover...
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And the money is the good bit, the process is craziness. It's the CoREs we have to worry about now.
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I think the PBRF funding is still there (for the moment), it's just the process that has gone.
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Playing with a straight bat means correct and maybe respectful. It's how you play to a good bowler.