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Babysitting services you say ? Shove this in the corner of the pub and throw a blanket over them when the music gets too loud. Be grand.
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So Bernard Arnault, the chairman of French luxury goods giant LVMH, passed Elon recently as the richest dude on the planet.
Luxury goods are goods where the gap between the utility value of the product and price of the product is bridged by a status value.
I avoid these products like the plague but obviously they are super popular. They appear at the 'top end' of most product ranges today from kids trainers to cars to phones. I see regular folk, often struggling with everyday bills, believing that the status these products supposedly deliver is ESSENTAIL to their existence.
What the F is going one here?Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostSo Bernard Arnault, the chairman of French luxury goods giant LVMH, passed Elon recently as the richest dude on the planet.
Luxury goods are goods where the gap between the utility value of the product and price of the product is bridged by a status value.
I avoid these products like the plague but obviously they are super popular. They appear at the 'top end' of most product ranges today from kids trainers to cars to phones. I see regular folk, often struggling with everyday bills, believing that the status these products supposedly deliver is ESSENTAIL to their existence.
What the F is going one here?
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostAs part of my research last night I did pick up that TAP airfares are crazy cheap (like 50-60% of Ryanair), but that they have awful ratings from their customers.
Surely couldn't be too bad if you're flying direct off season. Anyone ever used them?
The background is that they are a state-funded airline and pumped with funding to plug losses in recent years - some of it is covid tbf. More recently a bonus payment controversy which ended up sinking a minister and junior minister. I think one of them was on the board or previously employed and took a severance/bonus package.
Once you bypass the admin/technical issues I mentioned, their planes and staff are pleasant.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostLanguages, I suspect, are surprisingly easy.
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New AI needs a 3-second sample of your voice to replicate it!
Microsoft’s new AI can simulate anyone’s voice with 3 seconds of audio
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Originally posted by Hectorjelly View Post
The more I learn Spanish, the more I hate it. It's broken - basically, not a language at all. At best, it's a protolanguage. My Spanish teacher often tells me English is worse, but two wrongs don't make a right.
in practice you can communicate pretty effectively while breaking grammatical rules, but once I started to learn the rules I couldn’t make myself ignore them so now i’m left constantly fighting myself in conversations as I try to remember which person in which past tense with which gender I should be using.
Even at that I barely..read:not at all…have a handle on subjunitivo which is pervasive in day to day conversation.
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That chap was approx three hours fitting that thing in the Attic.
So it circulates cleaner Air or something like that through The things in the ceiling. He advised leaving Mia's door open by just even an inch to which I replied there is no chance of that happening so he fitted a smaller one direct into her room @100e
There is a huge difference in the air already in her room
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Just on the back of the conversation around learning a language. I presume that thing above will or already can mimic our voice in real time. So surely it can then translate this and replay it in any language we want in the future. At least this seems like a positive use case as the harmful ones seem endless.
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Last edited by ComradeCollie; 10-01-23, 20:46.Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by Opr View PostJust on the back of the conversation around learning a language. I presume that thing above will or already can mimic our voice in real time. So surely it can then translate this and replay it in any language we want in the future. At least this seems like a positive use case as the harmful ones seem endless.
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Originally posted by hotspur View Post
Was just playing some of the examples and came across one that was an Irish voice sample, the AI of it with other speech didn't sound at all Irish.
Microsoft trained VALL-E's speech-synthesis capabilities on an audio library, assembled by Meta, called LibriLight. It contains 60,000 hours of English language speech from more than 7,000 speakers, mostly pulled from LibriVox public domain audiobooks.
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Should see noise cancelling headphones that translate on the fly soon. You should be able to have a conversation with anybody and hear what they are saying in the language you select from the web connected headphones.
Can't believe some dummies are killing themselves learning Spanish or ChineseHappiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostShould see noise cancelling headphones that translate on the fly soon. You should be able to have a conversation with anybody and hear what they are saying in the language you select from the web connected headphones.
Can't believe some dummies are killing themselves learning Spanish or Chinese
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostShould see noise cancelling headphones that translate on the fly soon. You should be able to have a conversation with anybody and hear what they are saying in the language you select from the web connected headphones.
Can't believe some dummies are killing themselves learning Spanish or Chinese
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Originally posted by 6starpool View Post
It's when it translates it back when you are speaking that would be the real winner for this. Star Trek universal translator "aka magic plot device" shit.Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
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Originally posted by 6starpool View Post
It's when it translates it back when you are speaking that would be the real winner for this. Star Trek universal translator "aka magic plot device" shit.People say I should be more humble I hope they understand, they don't listen when you mumble
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QQ for Betfair users:
I see a lot of complaints on social media about how the liquidity isn't what it was and how the upcoming affordability rules in the UK are leading to an over-enthusiastic early enforcement. Eg. Joe Beevers (bookie/The Hendon Mob/Betting Emporium) recently had his account closed co the docs he provided weren't enough to satisfy them.
Is it really as bad a they're making out in the UK? Presumably the affordability issue isn't one that'll concern Irish users (yet) but is the decline in liquidity really pronounced?
Cheers.
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PS... the reason I asked was I can't couldn't get PP/BF customer service to deal with me in any kind of professional, consistent way despite supplying docs as requested etc... seems to be severely under-resourced or simply just don't care. I dunno. Baffles me why they don't want a losing customer
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Originally posted by Gimmeabreakno mention of Seamus Begley on here, a legend of a musician gone at 73. He had some fantastic alliances over the years. I first saw him 25 or so years ago and was thankful to have seen him in the Round Room of Dublin Castle a couple of years back during Trad Fest.
Paddy Casey and O’Rourke were exhalting him yesterday which I guess shows his cross generational appeal.
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I tried Stars again for first time in months after they stopped taking Revolut Visa.
I saw something on the new deposit methods allowing for Mastercard debit so tried new Revolut card with that.
After approx 15 mins, I was logged out and sent an email to submit all new KYC.
They requested everything which I submitted and it was sorted within a few hours.
I followed up but I still haven’t been refunded the buy-ins. I’ve since deposited again and Revolut seems fine so perhaps happy to accept again.
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Having a frustrating problem with PaddyPower. About 12 years ago, I tilt closed my stars account and closed my betfair account because I wasn't using it. Went onto PaddyPower to activate my account recently to play satellites and I've been banned because I closed the other accounts.
Their line is that because its a self exclusion and they now own stars and betfair, that I cannot play on PP either.
Anyone here still have any contacts that might be able to get it looked at cos support just shuts it down any time I've asked. Obviously if I knew closing those accounts would result in a ban on other platforms, I wouldn't have done it.
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Originally posted by dobby View PostHaving a frustrating problem with PaddyPower. About 12 years ago, I tilt closed my stars account and closed my betfair account because I wasn't using it. Went onto PaddyPower to activate my account recently to play satellites and I've been banned because I closed the other accounts.
Their line is that because its a self exclusion and they now own stars and betfair, that I cannot play on PP either.
Anyone here still have any contacts that might be able to get it looked at cos support just shuts it down any time I've asked. Obviously if I knew closing those accounts would result in a ban on other platforms, I wouldn't have done it."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by dobby View Post
No joy so far from 3 separate agents. Their line is a closure of one results in a closure of all. Didn't know that at the time obviously so bit frustrating
The latter will almost certainly have a direct line to someone that can help.
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Originally posted by Murdrum View Post
I would either message on Twitter or use one of your poker contacts like Fintan or one of his staff to assist for example.
The latter will almost certainly have a direct line to someone that can help.
For me, it'd be for obscure BF markets."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Murdrum View Post
I would either message on Twitter or use one of your poker contacts like Fintan or one of his staff to assist for example.
The latter will almost certainly have a direct line to someone that can help.
Same line, closure of one results in closure of all
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In a far more boring line of questioning - anyone know anything about sheds? Need to get something to keep the bikes in. Doesn't seem like there's any point cheaping out as there doesn't seem to be any bargain options anywhere, only marginally cheaper. [ this seems to be about as low as you go for price that'd take a few bikes - https://www.shedsdirectireland.com/p...den-bike-shed/ ]
Will be a back garden shed but if someone had done some research and found something reasonable that'd go in a front garden / be secure enough for the few bikes that'd be sound too.
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Perhaps it’s a PP thing as I closed and reopened my Stars account between 2021 and 2022.
Confirmed fine to do: https://www.pokerstars.eu/help/artic...lock-restrict/
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Originally posted by Emmet View PostIn a far more boring line of questioning - anyone know anything about sheds? Need to get something to keep the bikes in. Doesn't seem like there's any point cheaping out as there doesn't seem to be any bargain options anywhere, only marginally cheaper. [ this seems to be about as low as you go for price that'd take a few bikes - https://www.shedsdirectireland.com/p...den-bike-shed/ ]
Will be a back garden shed but if someone had done some research and found something reasonable that'd go in a front garden / be secure enough for the few bikes that'd be sound too.
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Originally posted by Murdrum View PostPerhaps it’s a PP thing as I closed and reopened my Stars account between 2021 and 2022.
Confirmed fine to do: https://www.pokerstars.eu/help/artic...lock-restrict/
Anyway, damage done and lesson learned. No irish open satellites for me.
Their official line is "When you self exclude we protect you from all family brands: Betfair, PaddyPower, Pokerstars and SkyBet." Meh
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Originally posted by Lazare View PostPicked up my first ever pair of prescription reading glasses today.
Tried them on to show my wife and kids and the 8 year old pointed out that I had some grey hairs.
Double whammy.
Road testing them on a Margaret Atwood tonight.
Are you the same in both eyes? Got laser eye treatment about 8 years ago, Had a medical for a job recently and the left eye is just slightly out of focus when reading the smallest line. Beginning of the end.﴾͡๏̯͡๏﴿
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A rather intensive week writing this, but am now an AI bro."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Micknail View Post
Long or shortsighted?
Are you the same in both eyes? Got laser eye treatment about 8 years ago, Had a medical for a job recently and the left eye is just slightly out of focus when reading the smallest line. Beginning of the end.
Have no issues with far away things, no problem driving for instance. Is that long sighted then?
Both eyes the same.
Can you get laser again then to correct it?I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostA rather intensive week writing this, but am now an AI bro.
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Originally posted by paul8200 View Post
scanned it, interesting - do you like that Brian Lucey lad? Don't know him in person but think such a whine bag on twitter/ on media. Still trying to figure out the impact of ChatGPT here, it might be the first to pass that bullshit test, unlike AI in general these days. will have a proper read tomorrow.
I'm much more convinced about chatgpt after that research tbh. The big thing, right now, is not taking it on face value, but iterating it to proper answers - if you check out that appendix 1, that was me cajolling it start making sense as it really tends towards generalities if you don't force it to be specific."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Have a bit of luxury in my job that I can spend it just exploring new ideas. So planning to spend most of the next few months just going deep into the tech and seeing the applications. Its fascinating. It still has major weaknesses definitely, when you get even a bit below the surface, but already its a huge deal. When we get GPT-4 in a few months its probably going to be a revolution. At the moment its like an intern you need to coach, but GPT-4 could well be your boss. Saw a tweet a while ago saying 'if you're in a startup and aren't spending all your time thinking about the implications of ChatGPT, then I worry for you', which is excessive compared to current capabilities, but I wonder if its not too far off the truth. Its potentially a goldrush moment ala launch of the internet."We're not f*cking Burundi" - Big Phil
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostHave a bit of luxury in my job that I can spend it just exploring new ideas. So planning to spend most of the next few months just going deep into the tech and seeing the applications. Its fascinating. It still has major weaknesses definitely, when you get even a bit below the surface, but already its a huge deal. When we get GPT-4 in a few months its probably going to be a revolution. At the moment its like an intern you need to coach, but GPT-4 could well be your boss. Saw a tweet a while ago saying 'if you're in a startup and aren't spending all your time thinking about the implications of ChatGPT, then I worry for you', which is excessive compared to current capabilities, but I wonder if its not too far off the truth. Its potentially a goldrush moment ala launch of the internet.
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Originally posted by Wombatman View PostThe Banshees. What a steaming pile of feckin donkey shite.
Stumbled upon it on Disney+ over Xmas, couldnt believe it was available to watch on it.
Barry Keoghan was superb in it I felt. That lake scene was some of the best acting I've ever seen.I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Emmet I have a slightly larger garden shed from that company in Murdrum's post.
It's good build quality but can't speak for vfm as my mate used his staff discount in woodies before they put up prices. We got a proper deal at the time but not sure of what the vfm vs competitors now.
Prior to the shed being built (4-5 month backlog from covid) we had a small plastic mini shed for about €150 to store some tools and lawnmower. I wouldn't put a bike or anything valuable in one though. You could pop the lid/hinges by hand even with a lock on the doors.
Another option which might work is installing a bike rack on your wall/ceiling inside the gaff. Some of them can be folded but it's not necessarily for everyone. Takes up a little space and isn't quite the tidiest. Maybe not the safest setup for a house with small kids either.
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I certainly didn't dislike Banshees, but it was definitely weird, so not 100% sure how I felt about it.
I won't go into any detail but the bit that repeatedly jarred was the continued use of the phrase 'no more', as in "I just don't like you no more", by multiple characters. It felt out of step with the natural flow of the language being used to me.
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