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Originally posted by Kayroo View PostNo such thing as a caretaker government. They are the government. The point has zero merit.‘IF YOU had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.” Genghis Khan
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Originally posted by Fullof..It View PostHave you source for that?
I was actually surprised of their daily deaths reported today, thought it would be higher due to the known delay of weekend reporting and spike when it clears.‘IF YOU had not committed great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you.” Genghis Khan
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Originally posted by SatNav View Post
Really looking forward to getting back to work. Didn't think I'd miss the research as much as I do. Things have gotten so desperate that I'm growing basil under a SAD light. Resorting to biology is the pit of despair.
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Originally posted by V for Vendetta View PostYes the govt are sworn in etc and that doesn’t change. But it was the limited nature of the debate in a under resourced Dail I was wondering about. The nature of some of the stuff including the COVID emergency payment has been very sloppy so it doesn’t fill me with confidence as a lay citizen looking in from the outside BUT I certainly hope you’re right. The fact that they are representing themselves is probably a good sign...
The Courts cannot, under any circumstances, pronounce upon or consider what happens in the Dail chamber. That is entirely a matter for the legislature. The legislature is answerable to the electorate only. It's just not judicially cognisable. So how quickly the legislation was passed (which is, again, provided for in the constitution itself) or how many people voted for it, etc. does not matter.You are technically correct...the best kind of correct
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Originally posted by Kayroo View PostThe elected members of the current Dail Eireann voted for the legislation. The constitution provides for a previous Seanad to vote with a current Dail prior to the election of the new Seanad.
The Courts cannot, under any circumstances, pronounce upon or consider what happens in the Dail chamber. That is entirely a matter for the legislature. The legislature is answerable to the electorate only. It's just not judicially cognisable. So how quickly the legislation was passed (which is, again, provided for in the constitution itself) or how many people voted for it, etc. does not matter.
Seems a strong precedent for future claimsPeople say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Postany thoughts on yesterdays wind farm settlement?
Seems a strong precedent for future claimsYou are technically correct...the best kind of correct
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Originally posted by Kayroo View PostI literally know nothing about it. What happened?Three children who allegedly became ill and had to move out of their family home as a result of disturbance from a nearby wind farm have secured a total €225,000 as settlement of their High Court damages claims.
Three children who allegedly became ill and had to move out of their family home as a result of disturbance from a nearby wind farm have secured a total €225,000 as settlement of their High Court damages claims.
The settlements were made to Laura (15), David (17) and Jack (10) Kelleher, without admission of liability.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Postauto insurance 80% uk market/ 20% IrishLast edited by Wombatman; 15-04-20, 20:12.Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostFor Google Drive the big purchase reason is to store photos in their original format rather than the condensed web format. Makes a big difference imo in terms of future proofing photo quality.
For Dropbox Premium the big reason is the syncing capacity - as you can keep some files in the cloud without also having them on the laptop.
I got fckd over badly last week by coding from a document that wasn't being updated properly from Dropbox.
I had a green tick telling me it was current and I was even getting those annoying messages saying it had been updated but the poxy thing wasn't.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by zuutroy View PostAll these backlogged German cases are making it very hard to see if things are improving. I suppose the 600 odd cases today on top of the 12,000 puts us at 5% case growth rate which is heading in the right direction. Probably that most of those tests were done many days ago too. Seems hospital admission, ICU admission, and deaths are the more reliable indicators now. My poor graphs are useless!
Turning millions into thousands
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Last edited by oleras; 15-04-20, 21:10.This too shall pass.
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostProbably not all that meaningful without being weighted for testing regiemes but out cases per million population isn't looking great
https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/t...WE+CHE+GBR+USALast edited by Guest; 15-04-20, 21:18.
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Originally posted by GimmeabreakJack L has done a Facebook Live at 8pm on each of the past 2 Saturday evenings. He is going to keep it up for the foreseeable and this Saturday he is doing a themed gig and it will be a session doing Leonard Cohen covers. Should be good.This too shall pass.
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Originally posted by zuutroy View PostJust as well that statistic means almost nothing. Divide a thing that spreads among the population when almost everyone is susceptible by a small number any you always get a big number. If that's your measure than San Marino is 10x worse off than Italy (adjusted by days since 100 cases).
I haven't seen Belgium mentioned at all in the press. 4440 deaths from 33573 cases. What has gone wrong there? They have just over twice our population.
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...Last edited by Hitchhiker's Guide To...; 15-04-20, 21:56."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by oleras View PostThe singing mechanic, fair play to him, remember him doing hotel bar gigs in 99, seen him a few times in Dolans down here also, one of those guys that with the right dust of magic would have been massive.
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The real data is an absolute fucking mess at this stage...just making the point per capita being applied to situations that don't warrant it. I think we're 4th in the world in tests per million now which may explain our high case numbers as Hitch says. No idea what's happened in Belgium tbh.
By the way I make us 17th not 5th in terms of total cases.Last edited by Guest; 15-04-20, 22:07.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostWe've probably identified loads of cases as we've tested proportionately more cases, no? Just means we've identified way more cases that other countries haven't identified. By the end of this week we'll be one of the highest tested nations in the world. Already 5th most tested nation for those with cases over 10,000. It'll be number 1 by the end of the week.
In relation to being number one next week, we now have the lab capacity but not enough people are being referred to meet that capacity so the case definition is going to have to change again to allow GPs to refer more people. I'm not sure when that will be announced.
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Originally posted by zuutroy View PostThe real data is an absolute fucking mess at this stage...just making the point per capita being applied to situations that don't warrant it. I think we're 4th in the world in tests per million now which may explain our high case numbers as Hitch says. No idea what's happened in Belgium tbh.
By the way I make us 17th not 5th in terms of total cases.
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Originally posted by Apache View PostFor us being 5th, I was referring to "Total cases per 1 million population" where there were at least 10000 confirmed cases (excluding San Marino, Vatican etc) as per Worldometers figures.
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Originally posted by Opr View PostFauci nowhere to be seen? Think it is the first one I have seen him not attend.
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Birx is a yes man!
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What is it with people forwarding unaccredited medical advice. It really frustrates me when they dont even bother doing a basic check on it, just happily click the forward button thinking they're doing their bit to save the world when in fact its entirely possible they may have helped kill somebody.
I've had a friend do it, debunked it.
Sister did it 3 times debunked all and caused an argument as another sister liked "the bit about the breathing:
Had a colleague on to me today about herd immunity (doctor x he saw on YouTube). Did you check his credentials I ask. "How do I do that?" FFS
Also he thinks our right to free speech is gone and is worried about a police state.
He cited Trump at one point.
Have a friend she sent me the fake hoax Dansebank thing that was knocking around.
I said thanks for that but you realise you did send that to
me yesterday also.
It explained how it was a fake hoax and that there was a reward for reporting it to the regulator.
"Really? How much?"
Bah!
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I joined this this site nearly a decade ago. most of ye know my life story..
Mia turned 15 today. How mad is that!
All of ye have followed her life journey which is pretty amazing for a bunch of people I don't know, have met an odd time and made besties here.
Sometimes the net can be a wonderful place
It's mad how I felt I had to let my bbv buddies knowHer sky-ness
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostFor Google Drive the big purchase reason is to store photos in their original format rather than the condensed web format. Makes a big difference imo in terms of future proofing photo quality.
For Dropbox Premium the big reason is the syncing capacity - as you can keep some files in the cloud without also having them on the laptop.
All my photos these days are taken on my phone, so probably best to maintain native apple raw format in icloud.
Drop boxfile sync is available with the free version too. Up to the 2GB limit.
I think you're talking about of smart sync though. Which sounds like it dynamically manages sync as space is needed. iCloud will also do that, for less.
Don't get me wrong. Dropbox is good. I'm working on a project with an firm in London, and we're using dropbox instead of local for all day to day filing. But as I said to GAB I don't think that there's any point paying for 2TB+ when you storing <2GB. And on a mac, the apple equivalent is probably a bit more seamless.
for archiving files <2GB, paying for
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Originally posted by GimmeabreakI've probably seen him live c.20 times in all types of settings. He has an unbelievable voice and when on form is an exceptional show man. He never signed to a label and I figure never knew how good he was and what might have been. One of his early albums/tours was constructed under an EIS scheme. He has a good link up with Jools Holland for UK support gigs but I can't help but feel he should be doing more than that. Still lives in Athy from what I know. The last time I saw him it was in the NCH, the time before that he was filling diesel into a beaten up BMW station wagon in the filling station down the road from my house.
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Interesting the views of Americans in terms of Trumps response and what they fear the most as time has progressed: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com...ex_cid=rrpromo
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Originally posted by RichieM View PostWhat is the best anti virus to use at the moment? Don’t mind paying a sub if needed.
not claiming to be an expert, but when i dont put on people computers shit happens
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Originally posted by dinekes View PostWhat is it with people forwarding unaccredited medical advice. It really frustrates me when they dont even bother doing a basic check on it, just happily click the forward button thinking they're doing their bit to save the world when in fact its entirely possible they may have helped kill somebody.
I've had a friend do it, debunked it.
Sister did it 3 times debunked all and caused an argument as another sister liked "the bit about the breathing:
Had a colleague on to me today about herd immunity (doctor x he saw on YouTube). Did you check his credentials I ask. "How do I do that?" FFS
Also he thinks our right to free speech is gone and is worried about a police state.
He cited Trump at one point.
Have a friend she sent me the fake hoax Dansebank thing that was knocking around.
I said thanks for that but you realise you did send that to
me yesterday also.
It explained how it was a fake hoax and that there was a reward for reporting it to the regulator.
"Really? How much?"
Bah!
I taught up what I taught was a funny one the other day... was going to put it around that the cornaVirus was created by the Clintons and everyone it infected believed that Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself... No loose ends... I held back cause the world is that much of a rubbish bin on fire that it might actually catch on!!
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Originally posted by SatNav View PostI joined this this site nearly a decade ago. most of ye know my life story..
Mia turned 15 today. How mad is that!
All of ye have followed her life journey which is pretty amazing for a bunch of people I don't know, have met an odd time and made besties here.
Sometimes the net can be a wonderful place
It's mad how I felt I had to let my bbv buddies know
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Finished up watching "The Boys" S1 on Amazon prime last night. It was absolutely excellent and way better than I expected. A real tonic to the holier than thou typical superhero genre, the absolute antithesis. The brutality and gore was disgustingly hilarious at times. Some great performances and features an Irish actress Dominique McElligott in one of the main roles. Must get onto Watchmen S1 next.
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Originally posted by 6starpool View PostThe real question, is does she know she is an IPB star?
Em mam shur thought you knew solicitors, bankers, doctors,lecturers Hitch (comes up alot) on that forumHer sky-ness
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostOh yeah totally. But surely no-one has less than 2gb files.
Re Photos, maybe they've updated the policy, but this says there is some compression if you are using the free option. I'm just guessing here that 1080p (the maximum under free storage) will seem archaic in a decade.I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Something about delayed refunds that bother me far more than they should. Waiting about 6 weeks now for a few Ryanair flights to be refunded, I know they'll eventually get around to it and it doesn't make a jot of difference whether it lands today, tomorrow or in 3 months but still tilts me on some level despite any effort to reason it with myself.Profit before people.
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Originally posted by V for Vendetta View Post25000 more people dead in the UK in the year to 14 April then would have been actuarially expected based on recent mortality trends. That’s some figure even allowing for statistical variations..."Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally." - John Maynard Keynes
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Originally posted by The Situation View PostSomething about delayed refunds that bother me far more than they should. Waiting about 6 weeks now for a few Ryanair flights to be refunded, I know they'll eventually get around to it and it doesn't make a jot of difference whether it lands today, tomorrow or in 3 months but still tilts me on some level despite any effort to reason it with myself.
That said, it could be worse, I know one couple who were due to fly out on their honeymoon very soon and they're looking at a very sizeable sum which is completely up in the air at the moment.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostOh yeah totally. But surely no-one has less than 2gb files.
I personal don't think file everything because you can is a good approach, but I know some that do.
Re Photos, maybe they've updated the policy, but this says there is some compression if you are using the free option. I'm just guessing here that 1080p (the maximum under free storage) will seem archaic in a decade.
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostUS car insurance companies offering refunds because people aren't using cars during lock-down. Any chance of giving a little back here DP?People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by coillcam View PostFinished up watching "The Boys" S1 on Amazon prime last night. It was absolutely excellent and way better than I expected. A real tonic to the holier than thou typical superhero genre, the absolute antithesis. The brutality and gore was disgustingly hilarious at times. Some great performances and features an Irish actress Dominique McElligott in one of the main roles. Must get onto Watchmen S1 next.
Watchmen is, I think, a one and done.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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Originally posted by Lazare View PostFor the last two years I've had to upgrade my Google Drive, think I'm at 200gb. Thing is a lot of that is junk. Have no desire to go through it deleting stuff. Is there any software out there that will do that for me. Something that will keep photos and vids of family and dump everything else?
Does my mallet in work when people just file all sort of crap and clog up project folders.
You could probably deleted all non-photo and video files easily. Sorting out family shots from 2002 football memes might be harder.
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Originally posted by LuckyLloyd View PostThis is lightbulb moment stuff for me btw. Cuts through all the inaccuracies of the covid 19 data, the variances in testing and mortality reporting, the toxic politics in the UK, etc. You simply can't explain away additional dead people when compared to last year. It's a clear and unambiguous data point. Thanks for posting it!!
I haven't got the bandwith to do a proper job on it but I'd imagine someones already done it properly and I'd think its going to be as reliable a guide as you'll get ahead of CSO figures.Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by poprock View PostI put NOD32 on our computers and nothing ever happens when its on, stops people opening dodgy email and websites, shop around online for best price
not claiming to be an expert, but when i dont put on people computers shit happensOriginally posted by RichieM View PostWhat is the best anti virus to use at the moment? Don’t mind paying a sub if needed.
Windows defender already does a reasonable job. If you want peace of mind go with any of the main players and you'll be fine. NOD32 isn't a bad shout at all.
Originally posted by DeadParrot View Postboth brilliant.
Watchmen is, I think, a one and done.
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