Posts by brad@1040ste.net
(DIR) Post #Ahu4GdPaE6ahfn9lzM by brad@1040ste.net
2024-03-12T14:56:13Z
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"Ah but sure it's part of the culture", "It's a great employer now", and other such bullshit needs to be consigned to the bin of history - the gambling industry has no upsides, only downsides. https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/stop-the-greedy-gambling-corporations
(DIR) Post #Ahw6NzAWJyDbP2fDcW by brad@1040ste.net
2024-03-11T14:40:06Z
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Off that list? Acca Dacca, Green Day, RATM, Rammstein, Blink 182.The real list has to include Frenzal Rhomb, TISM, and Blondie though 😄 No to mention The Angels, Fugazi, Pulp, Rose Tattoo, The Regrettes, Sum 41 ... (recedes into the distance)
(DIR) Post #AhwEwFVqrNcpZXUTCa by brad@1040ste.net
2024-03-04T21:33:56Z
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WOOHOO!! Explorium is reopening! Much-missed over the past 4 years. https://explorium.ie/
(DIR) Post #AhygweXD10GqD11fnM by brad@1040ste.net
2024-03-30T06:55:14Z
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Excellent as always - might have to watch the Barbie movie now, I wouldn't have bothered otherwise. https://youtu.be/VNsTOQGjP-U?si=Co7uHTxcx1N74NZZ
(DIR) Post #AmYjxMNREl19sgTNGC by brad@1040ste.net
2024-10-01T10:18:08Z
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@aral I've been a literal tree-hugger since an early age. Never understood people who think it's an insult! Trees are lovely and calming, great places to sit and think and read.
(DIR) Post #AoX8IsrstQ9UPwsnpI by brad@1040ste.net
2024-11-29T11:25:48Z
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@aral @dromografos This is my shocked face. /s
(DIR) Post #ArN5ihxFWNSVhw1488 by brad@1040ste.net
2025-02-22T08:45:47Z
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@aral Barely any need for burglars to do that - when is the last time you saw anyone respond to an alarm?
(DIR) Post #AuKn2LKaWd2JpHeJAO by brad@1040ste.net
2025-05-21T19:21:51Z
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@aral Impotently, if at all.
(DIR) Post #AwaYkU8BfXTD0wPIH2 by brad@1040ste.net
2025-07-28T08:19:25Z
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@N33R @evamik 10am for their third coffee? Softcocks. If I'm only on my third at 9 I'm still comatose. Sounds like they're getting altogether more sleep than is justified by the state they're leaving the world in...
(DIR) Post #AxImMCQ5jcvw5pQV3A by brad@1040ste.net
2025-08-18T18:02:25Z
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@aral And we all know that regex usage leaves you with two problems - https://regex.info/blog/2006-09-15/247(disclaimer: Perl is still my true love, even though I've no avenue to use it at work save for some old library systems' bespoke scripts that need a tweak whenever we upgrade Dead Rat Linux majors. And I really like regexes when appropriate, which for text processing is very often)
(DIR) Post #AxfFK0ErE1QDsnaxF2 by brad@1040ste.net
2025-08-29T14:11:06Z
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@hn50 Glad I blocked the fuckers from all the servers I manage.
(DIR) Post #AxyNWVPbdk1dg2KliS by brad@1040ste.net
2025-09-07T19:42:14Z
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@foone Tridge - legend, but holy fuck SMB is such a weird shit show of a file-sharing "solution". You couldn't expect anything less from M$ though I guess.
(DIR) Post #AzdlH88bLcRY6g5Yum by brad@1040ste.net
2025-10-27T16:43:32Z
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@aral So - less shitty is still at least a bit shitty? Fair enough.Wikipedia itself is still one of the more useful places on the Internet in my estimation - would you have any shareable thoughts on more anarchist, or at least decentralised, alternative stores for human knowledge? Is Wikipedia sufficiently non-hierarchical to be usefully trustworthy?
(DIR) Post #AzhjwyTYErkB1iYKDw by brad@1040ste.net
2025-10-29T14:48:10Z
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@rms That the ACL representative is on the cusp of a life-changing realisation?
(DIR) Post #B1HGNrUWQky0nyb6h6 by brad@1040ste.net
2025-12-15T15:58:29Z
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@futurebird In Ireland, the equivalent would be "insurance". It's the Great Irish Excuse for not doing something - "sure the insurance won't cover that"...
(DIR) Post #B24Yd1fL9IB49794QS by brad@1040ste.net
2026-01-08T10:43:48Z
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@futurebird What's the audio equivalent of flash cards?
(DIR) Post #B24ZbAM7y5W2TNpsh6 by brad@1040ste.net
2026-01-08T10:54:49Z
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@futurebird I quite like the approach of focloir.ie to providing pronunciation guides for words in different dialects - a similar thing for IPA would be really cool.
(DIR) Post #B2eudT4FtvV2ro4JxA by brad@1040ste.net
2026-01-25T14:56:24Z
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@heluecht @evan The rules are consistent across the EU with respect to EU citizens' voting in other EU countries for MEP elections; with the added wrinkle that you can vote for a candidate in your country of residence or in your home country, but not both 😊Local and national election rules are much more of a mixed bag although it's common for EU citizens to at least be given local election (county/land/etc.) privileges.