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Originally posted by Goodluck2me View PostAnyone got a good article on the Terra Luna story?Listen to this episode from Odd Lots on Spotify. The collapse of the Terra ecosystem, and the tokens Luna and UST, will go down as one of the most painful and devastating chapters in crypto history. Over $60 billion market value has evaporated, and numerous retail investors are nursing major losses. What's particularly bad is that this was a big project, championed by some of the most notable names in crypto. But some people obviously saw it coming, and understood it to be a disaster in the making. On this episode we speak with Kevin Zhou, the founder of the crypto hedge fund Galois Capital. He began warning about Terra publicly earlier this year, and was short Luna starting in early May. He explains the exact mechanics of the coin's implosion. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This is excellent
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2 new bathrooms done (at last, hadn't realised how big a job that actually is) and downstairs reconfig underway. New inset stove comes next week.
Just the kitchen, rewiring and retrofit to go of the big tcket items now...
Still 50\50 on whether we'll be the first ones to enjoy these new amenities!"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View Posthows the dublin airport queues, did they clear up? Heading off tomorrow"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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I know I've ben saying Russia is a fascist state for a while now but one of the world's leading historians on fascism just said it far more eloquently that I ever could.
today’s Russia meets most of the criteria that scholars tend to apply. It has a cult around a single leader, Vladimir Putin. It has a cult of the dead, organized around World War II. It has a myth of a past golden age of imperial greatness, to be restored by a war of healing violence — the murderous war on Ukraine."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by hotspur View Post
What is the evening like? I don't think I have ever flown out of an evening, but I have a 19:30 flight on Monday.airport, lol
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Originally posted by eamonhonda View Post
Was on the front lines yesterday, was v bad. Tuesday the same. Not sure about today but I'd expect to be queuing for a while
That will be a serious time saver.
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Originally posted by DeeBrown View Post33 unique runners & 20 re-entries,
our hero accounted for seven of 'em gone now so watch out cash tables.
These high roller boyos play
to a different strategy to be sure.
That absolute gent Will Kassouf
is still there approaching final table.No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity, but I know none, therefore am no beast.
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Ah I'm at 11.20am so will come around 9 and be sitting at my gate at half 9.
What's the craic with removing the silly 100ml liquid limit? Heard it did in Shannon. Not that I care too much, I am just a mule for feminine liquids. Though if I could bring a bottle of gin or whiskey it's a big deal. Will it be some sort of weird thing where some airports have the limits and some don't so you could bring them but not bring them back?
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I was recently reading Victor Chandler's biography and Jeffrey Bernard (dissolute punter, writer and Soho boho) was mentioned a number of times (usually with much hilarity).
I remember reading about Bernard as a teen probably due to the well received play 'Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell' by Keith Waterhouse.
So I ordered his book 'Talking Horses' off Amazon (second hand) which is a collection of his reminiscences of drinking, gambling, and generally being a bit of a louche wastrel.
He was friends with those other legendary punters Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud as well as many other famous and infamous types of a London now largely gone.
Highly recommended for those of you with a bent for a bet, a beverage or three, and a literary telling of tall and not so tall tales - I know there a few on here who would enjoy it immensely. And it's beautifully illustrated throughout with pencil drawings of various improbable scenarios.
From an IT article on him.. "In total he wrote more than 1,000 columns (for The Spectator). His themes were drink, horse-racing, drink, moaning about a lack of money, drink, and moaning about women; he had four wives, so there was no shortage of material. As long ago as 1965 he was diagnosed with pancreatitis and was given only a few years to live. But he confounded doctors and friends by drinking heavily and chain-smoking for the next 25 years. In a reflective article on his alcoholism he wrote: "If I had all the money I've spent on drink - I'd spend it all on drink."
Bonus Brag: My 8 quid copy came signed by the man himself, much to my surprise, as the seller never mentioned it.
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View Post
As a collector I am thrilled to get a signed copy accidentally. The signature checks out and judging by other first edition prices is worth several multiples of what I paid for it.
Sadly all that means is I'll never loan it out or give it away which I often do with books (like yourself).
It's proper LOL HILARIOUS... EG. when he lived in the countryside (for reasons unexplained but possibly after one of his many divorces) he used to send a postcard to himself everyday so when the postman would have to deliver it he would get a lift into the village so he could go to the pub.
The fact that he once puked on the Queen Mother's shoes while on the sesh is reason enough to what to know more.
Interestingly the art of the 'diarist' these days seems largely to have been relegated to blogging I suspect - anyone know any GOOD diarists in this day and age? Maybe its an art form that's dead and buried?
Or has now been subsumed into podcasting.
But there's something oh so pure about the format when its as raw, literary and romantic as Bernard's.Last edited by BennyHiFi; 19-05-22, 23:14.
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Originally posted by BennyHiFi View PostI was recently reading Victor Chandler's biography and Jeffrey Bernard (dissolute punter, writer and Soho boho) was mentioned a number of times (usually with much hilarity).
I remember reading about Bernard as a teen probably due to the well received play 'Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell' by Keith Waterhouse.
So I ordered his book 'Talking Horses' off Amazon (second hand) which is a collection of his reminiscences of drinking, gambling, and generally being a bit of a louche wastrel.
He was friends with those other legendary punters Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud as well as many other famous and infamous types of a London now largely gone.
Highly recommended for those of you with a bent for a bet, a beverage or three, and a literary telling of tall and not so tall tales - I know there a few on here who would enjoy it immensely. And it's beautifully illustrated throughout with pencil drawings of various improbable scenarios.
From an IT article on him.. "In total he wrote more than 1,000 columns (for The Spectator). His themes were drink, horse-racing, drink, moaning about a lack of money, drink, and moaning about women; he had four wives, so there was no shortage of material. As long ago as 1965 he was diagnosed with pancreatitis and was given only a few years to live. But he confounded doctors and friends by drinking heavily and chain-smoking for the next 25 years. In a reflective article on his alcoholism he wrote: "If I had all the money I've spent on drink - I'd spend it all on drink."
Bonus Brag: My 8 quid copy came signed by the man himself, much to my surprise, as the seller never mentioned it.
Must look it up, ty."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
Can't remember which Sunday paper carried his column but my father used to buy it for that alone. Think he was a good buddy of Peter O'Toole as well.
Must look it up, ty.
I want to say it was The Observer cos I'm sure I remember reading him on Sundays too (I definitely never bought The Spectator so it was definitely a Sunday paper) but a quick internet search not throwing too much up.
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An IT question that I'm sure some of you guys can help with.
We sell a WiFi bridge for automating blinds.
I've come across a problem with two seperate customers.
The bridge keeps intermittently disconnecting from the server. It can be controlled locally while disconnected, it will send commands to the blinds etc, but you can't make any changes on the app.
The engineer at our suppliers told me the ports the bridge uses to connect to the server.
Is it possible for another device in the house to be using that same port and disrupting things?
Can I make changes in the router's settings to fix? Can I find all devices using the port for instance, and assign a different one to the offender?I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by BennyHiFi View Post
Yes O'Toole was very much part of that Soho set as well and was the first person to play Bernard in the play. He called Waterhouse and cursed him for altering his life cos he had planned to take a year off and that was dashed when he read the script and immediately knew he had to play Bernard.
I want to say it was The Observer cos I'm sure I remember reading him on Sundays too (I definitely never bought The Spectator so it was definitely a Sunday paper) but a quick internet search not throwing too much up.
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostAvoid 'Conversations With Friends' at all costs. You have been warned.
5 universes' of anti-matter WombatsTurning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by BennyHiFi View PostI was recently reading Victor Chandler's biography and Jeffrey Bernard (dissolute punter, writer and Soho boho) was mentioned a number of times (usually with much hilarity).
I remember reading about Bernard as a teen probably due to the well received play 'Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell' by Keith Waterhouse.
So I ordered his book 'Talking Horses' off Amazon (second hand) which is a collection of his reminiscences of drinking, gambling, and generally being a bit of a louche wastrel.
He was friends with those other legendary punters Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud as well as many other famous and infamous types of a London now largely gone.
Highly recommended for those of you with a bent for a bet, a beverage or three, and a literary telling of tall and not so tall tales - I know there a few on here who would enjoy it immensely. And it's beautifully illustrated throughout with pencil drawings of various improbable scenarios.
From an IT article on him.. "In total he wrote more than 1,000 columns (for The Spectator). His themes were drink, horse-racing, drink, moaning about a lack of money, drink, and moaning about women; he had four wives, so there was no shortage of material. As long ago as 1965 he was diagnosed with pancreatitis and was given only a few years to live. But he confounded doctors and friends by drinking heavily and chain-smoking for the next 25 years. In a reflective article on his alcoholism he wrote: "If I had all the money I've spent on drink - I'd spend it all on drink."
Bonus Brag: My 8 quid copy came signed by the man himself, much to my surprise, as the seller never mentioned it.
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I recently discovered Claire Keegan when someone recommended her latest novella Small things like these which I thought was the best Irish writing I've read since John McGahern and as a writer she has a lot in common with him not least a pared back writing style that packs a lot into very few words. I've been working my way through what little she has written and one of the highlights so far was a short story called 'Foster' which I believe is on the leaving cert syllabus.
I saw then that the film 'An CailÃn Cúin' that was released last week to universally rave reviews was an adaptation of Foster. I went to it last night and granted that I'm definitely the prime target audience in terms of the nostalgia (She sets her writing in the mid eighties but as an imaginative creation its a peculiar mix of elements ranging from the late 60's to early eighties) and maybe I was influenced by having read the story recently but this was one of the best 'little' films I've ever seen. Phenomenal performances, beautifully shot and paced hardly a false note anywhere* Highly recommended.
* there was one slight thing near the end that would probably only bother a freak show like meSPOILERThe Cuckoo leaves by early July and would never be heard at the end of the films setting in late August
Turning millions into thousands
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Originally posted by tylerdurden94 View PostNice to see the UKIPT back on home soil but unfortunately the numbers have been here for it. 80 runners for Day 1a and currently 39 for Day 1b with a turbo flight scheduled for later this evening.
Also lack of live satts. They had 1 last weekend and I think 2 this week whereas you couldnt move for seeing an Irish open satt somewhere. Schedule wouldnt tempt a rec player like myself out to play any tourney so a bit of work required to improve the "festival" as a whole if they want bigger numbers
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Originally posted by tylerdurden94 View PostNice to see the UKIPT back on home soil but unfortunately the numbers have been here for it. 80 runners for Day 1a and currently 39 for Day 1b with a turbo flight scheduled for later this evening.
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Originally posted by Lazare View PostAn IT question that I'm sure some of you guys can help with.
We sell a WiFi bridge for automating blinds.
I've come across a problem with two seperate customers.
The bridge keeps intermittently disconnecting from the server. It can be controlled locally while disconnected, it will send commands to the blinds etc, but you can't make any changes on the app.
The engineer at our suppliers told me the ports the bridge uses to connect to the server.
Is it possible for another device in the house to be using that same port and disrupting things?
Can I make changes in the router's settings to fix? Can I find all devices using the port for instance, and assign a different one to the offender?
I think ports are assign randomly, but some devices also have set ports they want to use. Other devices could potentially take that spot.
I had a similar issue with a wifi appliance (washing machine fwiw) that would lose connection. The solution was to go to the router settings, via its IP address, and assign the required port to only and always be applied to the IP of the device. since then no issues.
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post
Offer 2 contains part ownership of a new venture.
It's potentially a less stable but more interesting role than offer one.
Originally posted by Solksjaer! View Post
You wont go broke. Do the new venture . Be brave , yer a long time deadparrot.
As long as the employment market for IT doesn't collapse in the next 12-18 months, this is a flyer to nothing.
If it bombs, I can go elsewhere pretty quickly but if it doesn't , this time next year Rodney....
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 Mellor View Post
Somebody who actually involved with IT/Networking might be able to give you a proper answer. But until they come along.
I think ports are assign randomly, but some devices also have set ports they want to use. Other devices could potentially take that spot.
I had a similar issue with a wifi appliance (washing machine fwiw) that would lose connection. The solution was to go to the router settings, via its IP address, and assign the required port to only and always be applied to the IP of the device. since then no issues.I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by AndyFatBastard View PostUKIPT very poor schedule for the casual player imo. Might go out for a few hands of cash tonight tho.
Fri - €60 @ 7pm
Sat - €120 @ 6pm
I see their €80 game last night picked up 121 runners
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Originally posted by Dice75 View Post
Just FYI the lads have added their regular tourneys to the schedule as they have room with the smaller UKIPT numbers -
Fri - €60 @ 7pm
Sat - €120 @ 6pm
I see their €80 game last night picked up 121 runners"you raise, i kill you" El Tren :{)
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Originally posted by tylerdurden94 View Post
Was just coming in to post that. Was talking to a somebody I use to go to school with last night and she said she didn't even realise the UKIPT was running as she was just popping in to play Nick & Brian's game.
Very badly advertised even just as a starting point this time around.
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Originally posted by Dice75 View Post
UKIPT is a far cry from previous incarnation with 150+ seats out online and 500+ players, online Stars reporting and TV table with series on C4 etc etc
Very badly advertised even just as a starting point this time around.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 PostAn IT question that I'm sure some of you guys can help with.
We sell a WiFi bridge for automating blinds.
I've come across a problem with two seperate customers.
The bridge keeps intermittently disconnecting from the server. It can be controlled locally while disconnected, it will send commands to the blinds etc, but you can't make any changes on the app.
The engineer at our suppliers told me the ports the bridge uses to connect to the server.
Is it possible for another device in the house to be using that same port and disrupting things?
Can I make changes in the router's settings to fix? Can I find all devices using the port for instance, and assign a different one to the offender?
My assumption here is that these are all "standard" home broadband connections meaning they are assigned a dynamic public IP and the connection resets with the ISP every X hours (24-72 roughly).
Once connection is reestablished all the linked devices reconect and reassign internal addresses and ports out, what you need to do (i think) is to assign a port to the blinds bridge using port mapping on the ISP's router.
It's a fairly easy task. (e.g for VF router log in,
look at the existing connections and find your device, rename the connection to something easily identified.
go to advanced, setting, LAN settings, DCHP resversations and create an entry for your device (this will ensure it always as the same internal ip)
then under internet, port mapping, assign it a port.)
What this will do is whenever the connection resets or the router is restarted the blinds bridge will ALWAYS have the same internal address and port.
I'm pretty sure that should solve the problem.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
Get a shiny metal Revolut card! And a free tenner!
https://revolut.com/referral/jamesb8!G10D21
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Originally posted by shrapnel View Post2023 challenge and champions cup final in Dublin this time next year. just got my tix for both. See ya there!!!
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Originally posted by Tar.Aldarion View PostNo delays at all in securityband a bottle of 50 euro gin for 28 to boot, ty brexit.
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 6starpool View Post
Not for me, but someone I know is interested in this. How did you get the tickets? Are they on sale or you get advance sale through a club or something?
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Originally posted by shrapnel View Post
my mate gets advanced sale tix every year, but tbh they're never hard to get once they go on general sale. the combo tix are great though. same seat for both matches."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Elon is really fighting on all fronts at the moment, I fear he may spin completely out of control. Outright hostility against the democrats can't be a good strategy for him, I'm pretty sure democrats buy more EVs than republicans. Also Twitter, sexual assault allegations, Tesla stock cratering...it's a lot going on.
Denny are you still short?
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post
Theres so many different things causing the queues that checking it this Tuesday won't tell you what the queue time is next Tuesdayairport, lol
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Originally posted by eamonhonda View Post
Not sure what help that is really. Firstly that data isn't too accurate. Secondly when do you check it? Before you go to the airport?
Theres so many different things causing the queues that checking it this Tuesday won't tell you what the queue time is next TuesdayPeople say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
Get a shiny metal Revolut card! And a free tenner!
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Originally posted by dobby View Post
Poor timing for it. Only a couple of weeks after the Irish open and a week after the deepstack/acop.
Also lack of live satts. They had 1 last weekend and I think 2 this week whereas you couldnt move for seeing an Irish open satt somewhere. Schedule wouldnt tempt a rec player like myself out to play any tourney so a bit of work required to improve the "festival" as a whole if they want bigger numbersOriginally posted by 6starpool View Post
Obviously, the lack of them booking very reasonably priced advertising on IPB is what has caused the damage here.
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Originally posted by DeadParrot View Post
I think you are looking at it the wrong way around.
My assumption here is that these are all "standard" home broadband connections meaning they are assigned a dynamic public IP and the connection resets with the ISP every X hours (24-72 roughly).
Once connection is reestablished all the linked devices reconect and reassign internal addresses and ports out, what you need to do (i think) is to assign a port to the blinds bridge using port mapping on the ISP's router.
It's a fairly easy task. (e.g for VF router log in,
look at the existing connections and find your device, rename the connection to something easily identified.
go to advanced, setting, LAN settings, DCHP resversations and create an entry for your device (this will ensure it always as the same internal ip)
then under internet, port mapping, assign it a port.)
What this will do is whenever the connection resets or the router is restarted the blinds bridge will ALWAYS have the same internal address and port.
I'm pretty sure that should solve the problem.I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View Post
Norweigan Wood for Murakami intro imo.
My 15 y/o daughter started reading him recently, without me being aware. She was looking for me to buy her Kafka on The Shore and was astonished to find I had a shelf full of him. Think I became a cool dad for about 9 seconds.I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by tylerdurden94 View PostNice to see the UKIPT back on home soil but unfortunately the numbers have been here for it. 80 runners for Day 1a and currently 39 for Day 1b with a turbo flight scheduled for later this evening.
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