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    Minor Pleasures

    turns out one of the concerts my wife's choir performed at in austria was broadcast on austrian telly. if they'd known it was being recorded they might not have spent the previous couple of hours in a wine bar.
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    Dublin Racist Riots

    some interesting results coming out of the irish times/IPSOS poll; 38% of voters now say that they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who voiced concerns about immigration, vs 36% who say it'd make the candidate less favourable. and that aligning anti-immigration attitudes with party...
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    Jaysus cycling!

    this is coming into effect next week. scooters limited to 20km/h AFAIK.
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    Minor complaints thread

    your nephew is marrying your godson? that seems a little insular.
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    Minor Pleasures

    new bobby fingers video has been released. with some added bonus content involving the slow-mo guys and a mythbuster:
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    Your Health Is Your Wealth

    that's my memory of the story, yeah.
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    Your Health Is Your Wealth

    there's another procedure i've heard about which i don't understand - my mother had neck problems (soreness and stiffness) and ended up with a chap in town who used some sort of laser therapy on her neck, and she swears it almost completely cured it. i just don't understand how a laser...
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    Your Health Is Your Wealth

    a colleague of mine nearly died a couple of years ago, and you could argue that it started with a cruciate ligament injury. he was advised to take up cycling as a result, so he did. got a road bike; really enjoyed it, and ended up getting a mountain bike too. the next bit is assumed to be part...
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    Electricity

    there are overlapping time periods there?
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    European and local elections 2024

    i was out on the bike yesterday, and in a one mile long stretch of road at the back of the airport, i counted over 60 posters for one candidate.
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    Electricity

    it's for my lathe - which does not have a predictable power drain at all. it's rated to a max 1.5kW, but is very much on/off/on/off/on/off; and even when running i have no clear idea of how much it's drawing; it won't need a full horsepower to spin a small piece without resistance at 1,000RPM...
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    Electricity

    funny thing is, my father was showing me the data he sees - and it's quite comprehensive - and he's still on a 'legacy' plan. so either they started providing the data to him in error, or they're lying to me. anyway, i assume there's some sort of adapter which you can plug into a socket, and...
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    Minor Pleasures

    having known a few ICA ladies - no. my favourite thing about the irish countrywomen's association was that maybe 10 years ago, the head of the organisation wasn't from the country, wasn't irish, and wasn't a woman.
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    New Royal (not Royle) Family thread

    yeah, that was my first reaction too, very baconesque.
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    Ireland

    the refugees in the tents should have decamped there and all pitched up within the field of view of the camera.
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    Notes on the coming AI-pocalypse

    https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-sora-demo
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    New Royal (not Royle) Family thread

    what is the butterfly doing there?
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    Happy Birthday, JohnnyRaz

    Then it's not your birthday. Birthdays flip by six months if you're in the southern hemisphere.
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    Happy Birthday, JohnnyRaz

    Actually, is he off in South Africa right now?
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    Happy Birthday, JohnnyRaz

    Happy Johnny, BirthdayRaz.
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