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I've spoken English as my native language for almost five decades and I've never seen/heard the word "shranked" before. This surely cannot be correct. Even the title of the linked …

Yeah, this sounds like a classic Irish solution. It's hard to see any light at the end of the tunnel here between the shortfall, cost and availability of labour and materials, and …

As an Irish person from Cork, I'm a bit embarrassed I've never heard of him until now. That said we're probably not great at acknowledging historical figures in the field. George B…

I'm probably not the only one curious to hear more about this :)

Plot twist, in Hiberno English that A-sound is the same in both words :) Ice cream in French is also "glace" which is of course spelled differently but sounds pretty much the same …

Incredible movie. It makes a fantastic double bill with Herzog's "Cave of Forgotten Dreams". I feel his weird epilogue monologue epilogue links them well. Both movies span and pond…

I've sometimes wondered if I am the only person who actually likes the syntax :D There's a reason for it, but additionally, I like the fact that it's explicit — I can look at `some…

Very interesting! Many poor people in Ireland emigrated or were sent to the new world too. The rhotic "r" is prevalent in the Irish language, and it is a distinct characteristic of…

There's also the huge ecosystem impact of high-intensity farming; e.g: pollution of waterways, deforestation etc.

Absolutely. Apparently, the amount of trade between Ireland and the UK has collapsed since Brexit, and it's not hard to imagine why — given that both countries have long been close…

I believe a compounding factor in this problem was a 2015 decision to ban onshore wind farms in England. Leading to the somewhat perverse situation where it's now necessary to buil…

The Skelligs are a must see in my opinion but be aware that visits are seasonal and quite restricted. If memory serves they don't start until about May. Then you roll the dice, if …

Indeed. About a decade and a half ago I went backpacking, which plucked me out of my western European reality for a few months. When I returned, I was very shocked every time I wal…

Are you familiar with @apply? I've found this useful when I notice that I am reusing styles for things that repeat again and again, like form fields or buttons. https://tailwindcss…

I actually found this a long time ago, totally forgot about it and found it again this week. I've been doing a lot of MC-202 related searching I guess. I tried the demo and it work…

This is pretty accurate :D The third mode is the gate mode, you can choose a note to have a gate value of 0 to turn the note off, up to any value matching the length of the note. O…

Interesting article with some very useful information. This reminds me of a perennial, and mostly untouched back-burner project of mine :) I've owned a Roland MC-202 Microcomposer …

I'm very glad I read this comment! I've recently started learning French and I'd threw together a simple flashcard app to practice what I'd learned. But without spaced repetition a…

The Horde README links to a really good talk that nicely demonstrates the library. Worth a watch!

To add something coincidental to this subject that happened yesterday: I'm in Nottingham in my holidays at the moment — I spoke to an elderly man who was originally from the north …

Ouch, well that wasn't very nice, sorry to hear that. Since you mentioned using a Leap card a few years ago I'm guessing you were in Dublin. I live in Cork, we're much friendlier d…

In my experience, there's a cohort of middle-aged British men out there who absolutely cannot help but demonstrate their "oirish" accent as soon as they are in Ireland or meet an I…

Unfortunately, there are numerous problems with fish farming. For one, predatory farmed fish, such as salmon, are often fed from fish meal made from wild fish, which means there's …

I believe that when a fish population declines by 80–90% it never recovers, that's it. Even if you leave them alone. It happened to cod in Newfoundland. The excellent 2009 document…

I think you're being a little harsh on yourself, but I can emphatise. Every time I need to do something IAM related that's beyond the obvious, I find that I have forgotten everythi…