darraghenright
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Web Developer living and working in Cork, Ireland.
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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 article doesn't use "shranked". What?
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 so on. To paraphrase what someone once…
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 Boole's house is three minutes' walk…
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 as glass.
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 ponder on such a vast period of time, which…
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_call.()` and specifically know it's an…
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 the sound of Hiberno-English (and…
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 trading partners, and now ordering…
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 build new or bigger lines from Scotland all…
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 you get a booking (most boats leave…
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 walked into any convenience store for a…
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.…
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 works well! I do like the idea of a more…
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. One reason why I'd like a more…
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 for many years. It's an early '80s…
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 and the ability to categorise it's not…
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 of England and he happened to bring up…
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 down here! How have you found your…
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 Irish person. It's a bit weird but I try…
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 no net benefit. Fish are farmed…
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 documentary "The End of the Line" was the first…
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 everything I learned and thought I hammered…