FFS, went to fix myself some lunch and came back to discover dog had left a steaming pile of diarrohea on the floor of my office. Bet she's a Trump supporter and was showing her disdain for my wagering.
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Originally posted by hotspur View PostLumping on Biden is an emotionally unbalanced bet. I would rather lump on Trump rather than face both another Trump term and a losing lumpage bet at the same time.
It can be quite an emotional experience who wins the American Presidency. From being very down, bewildered, and pessimistic at George W. winning it over Gore when I was living in the Middle East, to being joyful, proud, and optimistic when my hero Obama won it when I was sharing an apartment in America with a black woman.
Biden winning it this year would be relief more than anything else, and optimism too as I think decency tends to prevail. Trump winning would make me despair for for the short term future of politics in the world. Even though I understand that's reading more into the situation in some ways than is warranted given the system. But I believe that Americans will do the right thing, and there is no reason to dislike Biden as much as many did Hillary Clinton.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
That looks very nice with the link to an official cert. Is it well delivered? This Toronto course on Python is famously amazingly delivered. A thing of joy: https://www.coursera.org/learn/learn-to-programGone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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I may have linked this before here but out of everything available to start learning to code online, I think it is way ahead of everything. Mainly down to the fact that it does an assessment at the end of each section which is a piece of code that is automatically graded by a bot that doesn't let you move on without a certain score. It means you get constant and direct feedback as you work through the course. Anyone who finishes this course will have a really good starting base. It is all free and you just need to set up the environment as per the instructions to get access to the grading tool.
Helsingin yliopiston kaikille avoin ja ilmainen ohjelmoinnin perusteet opettava verkkokurssi. Kurssilla perehdytään nykyaikaisen ohjelmoinnin perusideoihin sekä ohjelmoinnissa käytettävien työvälineiden lisäksi algoritmien laatimiseen. Kurssille osallistuminen ei vaadi ennakkotietoja ohjelmoinnista.Last edited by Opr; 03-09-20, 15:16.
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Originally posted by ComradeCollie View Post
It's my first time doing any online course, so nothing really to compare it to. Most of the content is lifted from the videos in that Udemy course DP posted, that and other more general stuff from microsoft. It was free to do anyway, and a free token to do that MTA test.
It's not hard difficult but it is very hard timewise
38-40 questions in 45 minutes and if yer unlucky like me you get 38 long questions (it's supposed to be a mix of long and short)
Questions aren't any harder btw just time burners
Doesn't leave much time and the practice exams are way easier so it was a shock how little time I had (I've done an MTA before and was finished in 25 minutes)
I ran out of time, didn't answer 6-7 and still passed (pass is 70%) so even with the time constraints it was ok
id say really learn the stuff, understanding it is easy but makes the questions a bit harder
Good thing, if you take my advice is... You will learn the stuff and be advanced of the exam by time you get to it
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Masters data science guy that I hired started on Tuesday. Smashing it out of the park already, he had prototype dashboards designed by Tuesday evening lol
Don't care if he makes my managerial life hell, he untangled something in an hour this afternoon that had 2 of our directors and finance guy chasing their tails through spreadsheets for a month.
His masters and degree focused on R, is there a transition course to pivot from that to Python?Low fee Euro/UK money transfer, 1st transfer free through my referral
https://transferwise.com/u/bfa0e
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
I'm nearly finished A Gentleman in Moscow, I'll give it a week or two to settle in after I'm finished before I comment but I've got more notes and questions than I usually do from a novel.
I almost gave up before it stopped being an adult Enid Blyton and started being quite wonderful but I suspect there is too much of it underpinned by a yearning for the days before the revolution.
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The datacamp python course is absolutely brilliant. It's a much better way to learn than watching videos on Coursera. I did both. https://www.datacamp.com/courses/int...r-data-science
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David Graeber died today, the man behind Occupy Wall St's "We are the 99 percent".
You can read a wonderful article of his here: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/of-fly...rate-of-profit
Which is very interesting, as he makes exactly the same arguments as Peter Thiel, about the lack of technological innovation over the last 50 years, but comes to very different conclusions.
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Originally posted by ComradeCollie View Post
Afraid you'd come out in a rash if you went to Aldi? (like I do when I go on the Northside)
I suspect your Aldi sighting may have been a freak pallet. Kinda like the Marie Celeste."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Keane View Post
How far do I have to go before I get to that?Originally posted by hotspur View Post
Farther than I got. I stopped when the protagonist was sneaking around the hotel with a young girl.
As I say I'll reserve judgment until I've finished and let it sink in for a while but am a bit confused by Hitch and RDIII being so absolutely wrong about it setting in time and place being irrelevant
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
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Originally posted by Keane View Post
I'm a bit beyond that, finding it fairly tedious. So far it's like The Leopard for dunces.
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Originally posted by Keane View Post
As you're there, have a garden now so I'd like to start thinking about growing some vegetables. I presume there isn't much worth doing at this time of year - any suggestions for reading material or whatever to get my ducks in a row for the new year?
Put a few broad bean seeds in pots during this month , its a great place to start Pick a dwarf variety like the Sutton 20 seeds to get 12 healthy plants and you will have an amazing crop in May.
You could pick up a few winter cabbage and purple sprouting broccoli plants at a garden center if you have a bed ready for them or if you are swinging by this way I could give you a couple of plants.
You might get away with sowing a few hardier lettuce and radish if its a warm autumn, better to sow some corn salad and purslane seeds that will give you loads of nice greens in early spring if its well sheltered
Preparing beds is the big thing , look at Charles Dowding's you tube channel for great advice and his obsession with the no dig method, You'll need access to loads of manure I don't use it but it seems a great way to start.
start a compost heap and put all non cooked kitchen waste paper garden waste etc in it, save you buying it back from the lads who take your green bin next year!
My biggest failing is that I try to do too much stuff ,keep it simple and within the time you will have available.
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View PostDavid Graeber died today, the man behind Occupy Wall St's "We are the 99 percent".
You can read a wonderful article of his here: https://thebaffler.com/salvos/of-fly...rate-of-profit
Which is very interesting, as he makes exactly the same arguments as Peter Thiel, about the lack of technological innovation over the last 50 years, but comes to very different conclusions.
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
Put a few broad bean seeds in pots during this month , its a great place to start Pick a dwarf variety like the Sutton 20 seeds to get 12 healthy plants and you will have an amazing crop in May.
You could pick up a few winter cabbage and purple sprouting broccoli plants at a garden center if you have a bed ready for them or if you are swinging by this way I could give you a couple of plants.
You might get away with sowing a few hardier lettuce and radish if its a warm autumn, better to sow some corn salad and purslane seeds that will give you loads of nice greens in early spring if its well sheltered
Preparing beds is the big thing , look at Charles Dowding's you tube channel for great advice and his obsession with the no dig method, You'll need access to loads of manure I don't use it but it seems a great way to start.
start a compost heap and put all non cooked kitchen waste paper garden waste etc in it, save you buying it back from the lads who take your green bin next year!
My biggest failing is that I try to do too much stuff ,keep it simple and within the time you will have available.
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Frank Gibney can we have more from you? If we knew all it took to get you posting again was a tenner we would have had a whip aroundairport, lol
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Hitch you are just wrong -tired of funding useless academics - relentless support of a position that has been explained to.you over and over again and yet you keep coming back with snarky articles about about how Barnier misses his little fwiend- maybe we should send over one of our middle academic economists to save the day armed with a few jokes (just give me and Solks a shout)
No you would rather argue every point to the death.
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostOf those 12 States, Iowa, Texas and Ohio I tend to give to Trump.
Minnesota and Nevada, I tend to give to Biden
So now we're at Trump 176 plays Biden 233 and it all comes down to:it's a much bigger ask for Trump. He has to win FL and a couple of others.State EC Votes Lean Trump Lean Biden Arizona 11 Yes Florida 29 Yes Georgia 16 Yes Michigan 16 Yes North Carolina 15 Yes Pennsylvania 20 Yes Wisconsin 10 Yes
There will of course be swings and I will no doubt be proved wrong all over the shop. But I'm on now anyway and feel good about it.
Texas is in the lock pile for the red team.
I agree that the swing states are those 7. Plus Minnesota.
Georgia is pretty heavy favorite Trump favourite in the betting. 1/3.
Arizona and Florida are 50/50 on some site. If they swing red, I make it 279 to 269 for the Dems. That would be my prediction now.
But the 4 weakest Dem states are;If any of them swing, it's takes away the Dem lead.Michigan 16 Dem Minnesota 10 Dem Wisconsin 10 Dem Pennsylvania 20 Dem
And I'm, somewhat regrettably, funking hard for Minnesota or Wisconsin to swing red just for the sheer carnage of a 269 to 269 push.Last edited by Mellor; 04-09-20, 11:19.
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Originally posted by eamonhonda View PostI got home after a few pints and decided I wanted to rewatch Stretch and bobbito - radio that saved lives. If you're a hip hop fan and haven't seen it put it on asap
TBH I never gave it much respect over the years but I liked Messiah J and Expert OK back in the day and DJ Mek was always a monster and the current crop - Kneecap, Kojaque, Jafaris - seem pretty dope. Seems like a great time to be into that scene.
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Originally posted by BennyHiFi View Post
Did you see the Irish hip-hop doc on RTE at 22:15 last night? I'm sure its on the player. Was pretty good.
TBH I never gave it much respect over the years but I liked Messiah J and Expert OK back in the day and DJ Mek was always a monster and the current crop - Kneecap, Kojaque, Jafaris - seem pretty dope. Seems like a great time to be into that scene.
Irish hip hop definitely starting to find its own for sure!
I saw Kojaque live last year and he puts on a great show, that first album is amazing imoairport, lol
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
In fairness, and I know I'm not the age group to be seriously commenting, but Irish TikTok is a shocking indictment of the nations ability to entertain. At least this is kinda funny and they're taking it professionally.
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Originally posted by BennyHiFi View Post
Did you see the Irish hip-hop doc on RTE at 22:15 last night? I'm sure its on the player. Was pretty good.
TBH I never gave it much respect over the years but I liked Messiah J and Expert OK back in the day and DJ Mek was always a monster and the current crop - Kneecap, Kojaque, Jafaris - seem pretty dope. Seems like a great time to be into that scene.
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Originally posted by hotspur View Post
I thought it was really good. Brought back memories of mad Scary Eire gigs back in the day. I'm going to check our some of the current rappers on it. Been listening to Strange Boy this morning as I really liked his style. Mango seemed like he has something.
Denise Chaila is another to look intoLast edited by eamonhonda; 04-09-20, 10:53.airport, lol
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More of this. Puts Trump on the back foot.
Doesn't matter if it's true or not, when you're explaining, you're losing."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by dinekes View PostHitch you are just wrong -tired of funding useless academics - relentless support of a position that has been explained to.you over and over again and yet you keep coming back with snarky articles about about how Barnier misses his little fwiend- maybe we should send over one of our middle academic economists to save the day armed with a few jokes (just give me and Solks a shout)
No you would rather argue every point to the death.
Hitch for an academic understands that negotiations are about whats being traded and who is trading them. Brexit wont be negotiated between the UK and Europe its a few people who actually sit down and figure it out. Hogan may well be an arrogant bollix but this is precisely why he was able to do this job and do it well.
I cant see how people are naive enough to believe that the new commissioner if Irish automatically inherits his political capital or that the new appointee from Germany pushes for agriculture being more important to Europe over car sales to use a very broad example. The large learning curve for the new comer to get up to speed on does also weaken Europes overall position
We will be leaving money on the table because of this puritan nonsense.
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Originally posted by RichieM View PostSorry thats a tad over the top - hurt my back so clearly in a bad move.
The sentiment that hitch was indeed correct stands
biggest threat to Europe at the moment is stagflation . Sneaky stealthy hitting us in the phoca. The budget should be interesting this year . 10p on the pint but nowhere to buy one unless you add 9 euro to the price. The chicken wing industry must be flying though (PTP) .
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Originally posted by Solksjaer! View Post
Seen as a drunken dinkies touted me for the role(lol ya bollix) . What actual money are we leaving on the table as a result of losing Hogan ?
biggest threat to Europe at the moment is stagflation . Sneaky stealthy hitting us in the phoca. The budget should be interesting this year . 10p on the pint but nowhere to buy one unless you add 9 euro to the price. The chicken wing industry must be flying though (PTP) .
We cant say exactly what the difference in negotiations will be, we wont see what Hogan on the team outcome will look like. The fine details when being worked out of a trade deal will be where the margins are, a tiny part of a percentage in a place that suits us instead of another European partner will be worth a lot of the years to comes.
It is probably the most important trade deal that will be negotiated for Ireland in out lifetimes and will impact our economy for decades. The new commissioner may have a huge swing for the positive and do a much better job than hogan so we could end up much better off. Again we wont ever really be able to say either way but it seems like we have given up a potential advantage for twitter likes.
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