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A quotation from Franklin

Lost Time is never found again.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard Improved (1748 ed.)

More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/85…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklin #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichard #poorrichardsalmanac #loss #losttime #marchoftime #opportunity #passageoftime #time #wasteoftime #wastingtime

Jimmy Tip: Three Conversations That Grow Your Business Every Week

https://mybuddyjimmy.wordpress.com/2026/08/06/jimmy-tip-three-conversations-that-grow-your-business-every-week/

Jimmy Tip: Three Conversations That Grow Your Business Every Week

https://mybuddyjimmy.wordpress.com/2026/08/06/jimmy-tip-three-conversations-that-grow-your-business-every-week/

@CelloMomOnCars That's STILL not good enough! What about #datacentres' use of #water? #Renewable #electricity used to #power datacentres isn't being used to power other things, so there is an #opportunity #cost involved, as well.

@CelloMomOnCars That's STILL not good enough! What about #datacentres' use of #water? #Renewable #electricity used to #power datacentres isn't being used to power other things, so there is an #opportunity #cost involved, as well.

Latest Roy Morgan poll shows #Opportunity with 8% holding the balance of power #nzpol

https://www.roymorgan.com/findings/10281-nz-national-voting-intention-july-2026

Latest Roy Morgan poll shows #Opportunity with 8% holding the balance of power #nzpol

https://www.roymorgan.com/findings/10281-nz-national-voting-intention-july-2026

AI makes a scientist's time more valuable. That's the problem.

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https://1ban.news/llm-opportunity-cost-science/

#1ban #llm #opportunity #cost #science #research

AI makes a scientist's time more valuable. That's the problem.

Follow us and never miss a story.

https://1ban.news/llm-opportunity-cost-science/

#1ban #llm #opportunity #cost #science #research

✮ To That Potted Plant ✮

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To be fair, the Opportunity party policy on this is even worse. They're totally drinking the kool-aid, and planning to give free public money to the #MOLE Training and DataFarming industries;

"... we will introduce a new tax credit scheme.

It will allow claiming back as a tax/credit up to 25% of the cost of rolling/out high-tech solutions such as AI and digital platforms."

https://cdn.opportunity.org.nz/documents/policy/breakthrough-economy-policy-overview.pdf

This is the kind of corporate welfare Labour regularly disappoints me with.

#Opportunity

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To be fair, the Opportunity party policy on this is even worse. They're totally drinking the kool-aid, and planning to give free public money to the #MOLE Training and DataFarming industries;

"... we will introduce a new tax credit scheme.

It will allow claiming back as a tax/credit up to 25% of the cost of rolling/out high-tech solutions such as AI and digital platforms."

https://cdn.opportunity.org.nz/documents/policy/breakthrough-economy-policy-overview.pdf

This is the kind of corporate welfare Labour regularly disappoints me with.

#Opportunity

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"Luxon said he wasn’t interested in doing business with parties wanting to raise taxes, pointing to Opportunity’s universal income and land tax as reasons a vote for the party effectively supported Labour and the Greens."

#HenryOliver, 2026

https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/28-07-2026/the-opportunity-party-knocks

Hipkins has consistently ruled out holistic tax reform while he's Labour leader (only 1 of many reasons he needs to be replaced). So why would tax policy make #Opportunity any more likely to support a Labour-led govt?

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"Luxon said he wasn’t interested in doing business with parties wanting to raise taxes, pointing to Opportunity’s universal income and land tax as reasons a vote for the party effectively supported Labour and the Greens."

#HenryOliver, 2026

https://thespinoff.co.nz/the-bulletin/28-07-2026/the-opportunity-party-knocks

Hipkins has consistently ruled out holistic tax reform while he's Labour leader (only 1 of many reasons he needs to be replaced). So why would tax policy make #Opportunity any more likely to support a Labour-led govt?

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Ah yes, the land of endless #opportunity, so long as you can decode the arcane mysteries of turning on #JavaScript and #cookies. 🍪🔮 Welcome to the digital utopia where your only barrier is a basic browser setting—truly a paradise for the tech-savvy elite. 🤦‍♂️
https://www.economist.com/business/2026/07/27/america-has-become-an-entrepreneurs-paradise #digitalutopia #techsavvy #browserissues #HackerNews #ngated

Ah yes, the land of endless #opportunity, so long as you can decode the arcane mysteries of turning on #JavaScript and #cookies. 🍪🔮 Welcome to the digital utopia where your only barrier is a basic browser setting—truly a paradise for the tech-savvy elite. 🤦‍♂️
https://www.economist.com/business/2026/07/27/america-has-become-an-entrepreneurs-paradise #digitalutopia #techsavvy #browserissues #HackerNews #ngated

✮ Mountains ✮

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✮ Sparkplug ✮

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#PhD #opportunity for an exciting research project at #Utrecht #University on the multimodal analysis of #emotion, #narrative, and #migration #politics in #online environments.

full details: https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/phd-a-multimodal-analysis-of-emotion-narrative-and-migration-politics-online

#PhD #opportunity for an exciting research project at #Utrecht #University on the multimodal analysis of #emotion, #narrative, and #migration #politics in #online environments.

full details: https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/phd-a-multimodal-analysis-of-emotion-narrative-and-migration-politics-online

"There are two things NZ needs to change the government. First is, they need Labour to be the largest single party. Second, they need Opportunity to get over 5%, so that we are not reliant on Santa Claus Winston, selling snake oil."

#DavidCunlife, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SD0wtmOLaU

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#Opportunity #TOP #TheBradburyGroup #WaateaNews #Rova #podcasts

"There are two things NZ needs to change the government. First is, they need Labour to be the largest single party. Second, they need Opportunity to get over 5%, so that we are not reliant on Santa Claus Winston, selling snake oil."

#DavidCunlife, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SD0wtmOLaU

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#Opportunity #TOP #TheBradburyGroup #WaateaNews #Rova #podcasts

A quotation from Herbert Hoover

You convey too great a compliment when you say that I have earned the right to the presidential nomination. No man can establish such an obligation upon any part of the American people. My country owes me no debt. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor. In no other land could a boy from a country village, without inheritance or influential friends, look forward with unbounded hope. My whole life has taught me what America means. I am indebted to my country beyond any human power to repay.

Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) American engineer, bureaucrat, US President (1929-33)
Letter (1928-06-14) to George Moses

More about this quote: wist.info/hoover-herbert/34175…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #herberthoover #humility #advancement #America #AmericanDream #bootstraps #entitlement #nomination #opportunity #presidency #ragstoriches #selfimprovement

🎙️ Kristian Bygnes, one of noyb's former legal trainees, takes a look back at his time in Vienna.

💼 Interested in a traineeship? Learn more via https://noyb.eu/en/traineeship

#privacy #law #dataprotection #europe #opportunity #trainee #eu #throwback

🎙️ Kristian Bygnes, one of noyb's former legal trainees, takes a look back at his time in Vienna.

💼 Interested in a traineeship? Learn more via https://noyb.eu/en/traineeship

#privacy #law #dataprotection #europe #opportunity #trainee #eu #throwback

✮ Fueled ✮

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📢 Ready for a legal #traineeship at noyb? 👀 We are actively looking for two legal trainees who can join our team at the start of November. 📆 Apply now!

👉 For additional info, visit: https://noyb.eu/en/traineeship

#opportunity #traineeship #applynow

📢 Ready for a legal #traineeship at noyb? 👀 We are actively looking for two legal trainees who can join our team at the start of November. 📆 Apply now!

👉 For additional info, visit: https://noyb.eu/en/traineeship

#opportunity #traineeship #applynow

A death sentence can feel like an ending but for some, it becomes a brutal wake-up call to truly live.
 
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/LUYDFREE/Stuartn/
 
#SecondChance #WakeUpCall #LifePerspective #HealingJourney #ChooseLife #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation #Opportunity

A death sentence can feel like an ending but for some, it becomes a brutal wake-up call to truly live.
 
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/LUYDFREE/Stuartn/
 
#SecondChance #WakeUpCall #LifePerspective #HealingJourney #ChooseLife #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation #Opportunity

Ok, people have challenged my suggestion that the Opportunity party might be worth a vote in 2026. Good! I welcome well-argued scrutiny of my ideas, enjoy learning new things, and sometimes even change my mind in response.

The question is, how can we tell if they're as progressive as their policy announcements suggest? Well, what about asking them which of the policies passed by NatACT First they'd insist on reversing, whoever they joined in government?

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#Opportunity #NZElection2026

Ok, people have challenged my suggestion that the Opportunity party might be worth a vote in 2026. Good! I welcome well-argued scrutiny of my ideas, enjoy learning new things, and sometimes even change my mind in response.

The question is, how can we tell if they're as progressive as their policy announcements suggest? Well, what about asking them which of the policies passed by NatACT First they'd insist on reversing, whoever they joined in government?

(1/?)

#Opportunity #NZElection2026

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🏥 Are you a doctor looking to make a difference? Vivekananda Kendra Paradip Refinery Hospital is seeking doctors to join their team! This hospital, managed by Vivekananda Kendra Medical Research Foundation, serves the Paradip Refinery of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Learn more about this opportunity at the link below. #Healthcare #Opportunity #VKPRH
Link: [Doctors Required at Vivekananda Kendra Paradip Refinery Hospital]( https://vrmvk.com/vuZGq )

✮ Doors and Us ✮

“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” — Vincent van Gogh

His world begins with a mop.

The frayed and loose strings of the mop head that washes the floor, scuffed with the day’s elements and stained with indifference by the feet that walk on them. The surface looks clean again, and the love that beams from them is an understatement. For the rest who walk through those halls, they would never notice, even as they see their reflection on the polished surface. People may cast their eyes on the art hanging on the walls, but not on the floor. Who does? Who cares? Someone is pocketing change to do the dirty job. His skin might as well be made of glass. Nobody sees him, the person wearing overalls behind a yellow sign. Unless, of course, his services are required. Someone spilled something in the pantry. What is his name again?

Even so, he didn’t grumble. Didn’t flip off the pesky person behind her back. Didn’t mock her for the way she talks. He simply said, “I’ll be with you shortly.” He loved the opportunity. Somewhere in the past, people didn’t look him in the eye. His name was preceded by a title. A title that meant nothing here. He neither folded nor bent. Neither griped about the luminous appeal of the title he didn’t have. He was often heard saying, “How can one be expected to be blessed with such big responsibilities if one cannot be entrusted with a modest task, though unworthy of one’s skill, and not do it very well?” Quotable. Grade A philosophy. It made sense.

One day, he left. Thanked everyone. Not one dry eye in the room. Years later, he popped in to say hi. He held the firmest handshakes. His eyes in sync with his classic smile. He walked the hall every morning. Feet shod in Derby, brogue, or Oxford daintily slapping the floor. Heads would sometimes turn his way when he stopped, dug in his pocket, and wiped off something on the floor. Now, why would the CFO do that? He shrugged. “Creature of habit,” he remarked.

So when the new guy, who kept leaving the trash behind the door for the morning shift to deal with, told everyone that the man above couldn’t relate to him, laughter ensued.

If a door is offered, big or small, take it. Be grateful, and you will never feel empty.

Whether it’s ego or shame, people pass up the chance that comes from humble beginnings. God often leaves doors of opportunity half our size, and most of the time, people fail to recognize them because they are unwilling to bend and squirm their way through. It is only by being grateful that we can walk through these doors or windows, and we cannot expect them to warp themselves to fit us. It’s a matter of adjustment and spirit. If by humility we will be led into a better tomorrow, then crawl through if we must. Fortune favors the bold, and the boldest course of action is to have the courage to be humble enough to learn what we don’t fully understand.

You see opportunity in pleasing people, but pleasing people will get you nowhere. No matter how hard you try. Of the thousand good things you have done, some people— especially the entitled ones—will perceive them as your obligation to them and nothing more. Sadly, when your usefulness has run its course, they will see you as incompetent. Instead, be just and be the best of who you are.

Opportunities are only valid when people are impressed, wrong! The minute you stop impressing people is the moment you set yourself free. Many of us believe that we are what we wear, or at least we try. It’s not what we wear that gives us personality; it’s our character that defines who we are, no matter what we wear. Stripped bare, are you no longer who you are? The true meaning of value lies in who we are.

Surprise and impress yourself with something new every day. Poke it with a deep sense of wonder and curiosity until a new school of thought and an array of new talents burst inside you. You see, even doors can be walls that keep people out. It’s not that they don’t have the key. It’s not that they don’t have what it takes. But some are passive. Their door isn’t glossy enough for them. Yet, when it comes to doors that waste their time, they would gladly pay to get through them.

Leave your ego at the doorstep, and when you do, you get to learn something. That’s what usually gets in the way of people; many of us are too good to be modest. An example of this is when people get laid off. A number will never cease to complain and will eventually bury themselves in the grief of what was.

Sometimes, all it takes is to take little steps and try to run again.

Transpose! Don’t stagnate believing that you will always be invincible. If the magic is no longer there, there is no sense in dwelling on the past long gone. Avenues are waiting to be explored, only if you are willing to lose sight of the past, so that they become material.

Our lives are littered with doors that often lead to new adventures and, with such, challenges. Some keys are not meant to be in your hands; sometimes, the only key that unlocks doors leading to your destiny is you.

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Live it Up!

"Work, Money, and Meaning after 60 ... Increasing life spans have ushered in a new set of opportunities and trials, expectations and understanding":
https://djschemo.substack.com/p/retirement-rewritten?r=ef734&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
#retirement #aging #opportunity

"Work, Money, and Meaning after 60 ... Increasing life spans have ushered in a new set of opportunities and trials, expectations and understanding":
https://djschemo.substack.com/p/retirement-rewritten?r=ef734&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
#retirement #aging #opportunity

Amazônia e o grave risco de privatizar as rodovias

https://outraspalavras.net/terraeantropoceno/amazonia-e-o-grave-risco-de-privatizar-as-rodovias/

ProPublica is hiring journalists in the United States.
#media #employment #opportunity

ProPublica is hiring journalists in the United States.
#media #employment #opportunity

https://www.alojapan.com/1509285/he-left-his-job-moved-to-rural-japan-and-built-a-new-career/ He Left His Job, Moved to Rural Japan, and Built a New Career #family #FewYear #JapanTours #life #local #MountFuji #mountain #opportunity #RuralJapan #story #today #Tokyo #tour #tours #traveler #university #wife When I returned to Japan at 50, it was to keep a promise. Fresh out of university in 1990, I had the opportunity to teach English through Japan’s Ministry of Education. I had no idea how to teach, but I wasn’t about to pass up the cha

https://www.alojapan.com/1508530/from-india-to-japan-reliance-foundation-opens-global-pathway-for-young-footballers/ From India to Japan: Reliance Foundation opens global pathway for young footballers #CoachEducation #coaches #ExposureTrip #IndianNational #JapanTours #JapaneseYouth #learning #national #opportunity #OverThe #tours Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 6 (ANI): Reinforcing its commitment to increasing the talent pool for the Indian national football team, Reliance Foundation has announced an international exposure tour to Japan for the top three

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
-- Seneca

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #Seneca #Luck #Opportunity #Preparation

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Morning #Mists #Fogbow #LakeSantaFe #Florida

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
-- Seneca

⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #Seneca #Luck #Opportunity #Preparation

⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Morning #Mists #Fogbow #LakeSantaFe #Florida

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/02/billionaire-michal-solowow-small-modular-nuclear-reactors-uk. We need more #nuclear #power like we need a proverbial hole in the head, @greenpeace, @thegreenparty, & spending £35 billion on "small modular nuclear reactors", or SMRs, is a colossal #waste of #money. I could weep at the #opportunity #cost - just think about what else you could spend £35 billion on! If Mr Solowow wants to spend his fortune on #electricity generation, let him spend it on #renewables.

#opportunity : a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something

- French: opportunité

- German: die Gelegenheit

- Italian: opportunità

- Portuguese: oportunidade

- Spanish: oportunidad

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