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by padraic7a 5y ago
https://thegrayzone.com/2021/05/26/belarus-roman-protasevich...
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by padraic7a 6y ago
The Economist is owned by 'The Economist Group', which seems to be controlled by the Agnelli family a wealthy Italian business dynasty. What conspiracy do you subscribe to about Central Banks? https://en.wikipedia.org&#
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by padraic7a 6y ago
Wonderful, LiChess is such a great achievement. Simple, intuitive interface, free and open source apps, no ads, no payment. I play (very mediocre) chess against people from all corners of the world on a daily basis. What a wonderful thing
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Ask HN: The best Cookie Warning popup you've seen recently?
17 points by padraic7a 6y ago|8 comments
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by padraic7a 6y ago
Yeah, it's refreshingly honest. Certainly the best I've seen recently - I wonder how it compares to others HN readers have seen? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26721749
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by padraic7a 6y ago
Though a delivery company not turning a profit in a time when an unprecedented number of people are having items delivered to their homes must be somewhat exceptional. Added to that the ongoing campaigns to regularise staff contracts and wo
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by padraic7a 6y ago
Littered isn't necessarily a pejorative term. You could litter a bed with rose petals, or find your path littered with gold coins. It's not necessarily like saying 'trashed'.
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by padraic7a 6y ago
I think one of the issues is that you must prove that you have an income and can support yourself. A certain amount of amount of British people were working "cash in hand" and not paying any tax, so they won't be able or will
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by padraic7a 6y ago
Yeah that's an interesting idea. There are a couple of issues with it though. Let's think about Signal, Twitter, Facebook and Tor. The US government is putting increasing pressure on social media companies like Twitter and Facebo
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by padraic7a 6y ago
It really feels like we're heading into or at least towards a new Cold War, with the U.S. and allies on one side and anyone they consider to be a threat on the other. Both 'sides' will (and really already are) marshal private
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by padraic7a 6y ago
Signal has given some, probably very little, support to the Ubuntu Touch port now known as Axolotl. https://github.com/nanu-c/axolotl I'm sure that if it grew in popularity they might be inclined to support it fur
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by padraic7a 6y ago
There are lots of gray areas in life, and lots of complex questions which require nuanced well thought-out answers. It's often useful to problematise simple statements, to draw out different implications and to shed light on what might
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by padraic7a 6y ago
I think her motivation remains a bit of a mystery.
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by padraic7a 6y ago
Shooting fascists is always a good idea, unless there's some strategic reason to postpone it.
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Starving Threads in Ruby(piotrjatkowski.com)
1 points by padraic7a 6y ago|0 comments
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by padraic7a 6y ago
That seems like an insane level of theft. But also really negligent landlords. It really shouldn't be possible to access resident's belongings with a plastic card.
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by padraic7a 6y ago
FairEmail puts some of it's features in a pro version only. Which is fine, I support developers getting paid to work, but in this case I would rather help crowd fund K9 which can offer these features to anyone - whether they can pay or
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by padraic7a 6y ago
K9 used to feel like a great app, but I think it has been creaking around the edges for a while. I've thrown in a few quid. There isn't anything to rival it so I hope it gets some more developer time.
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by padraic7a 6y ago
Tridentine Latin Mass?
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by padraic7a 6y ago
I work for a public library. Yes, people still frequent libraries. It probably differs by community and country but in Ireland at least I can say that public libraries are quite busy and provide a popular service. Some recent stats for Irel
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by padraic7a 6y ago
Unfortunately the Great Wall doesn't seem to be doing so well. This article is from 2024. I looked for updates and found the Wikipedia page. It contains some contradictory statistics but this is the most recent: "In September 2020
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Don’t buy your children a digital device for Christmas. Read to them(irishtimes.com)
4 points by padraic7a 6y ago|1 comments
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by padraic7a 6y ago
I do not. I tried it a number of times and while I can get the hang of it it's a lt of bother when no-one else I know uses it either.
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by padraic7a 6y ago
Telegram is available for Ubports Ubuntu Touch.
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by padraic7a 6y ago
That's a generous free tier - unlimited databases!? I've been enjoying the blog posts about graph databases and technology choices. Looking forward to checking this out. Good luck with the launch!
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by padraic7a 6y ago
Hands up who else is thinking "last days of the Empire"?
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by padraic7a 6y ago
Ubuntu Touch / Ubports has a working Signal app. Currently called Axolotl it's not got all the bells and whistles but does the basics.
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by padraic7a 6y ago
That's interesting, here in Ireland kindle users can't borrow library ebooks - because Amazon don't allow it. (now that I check I can see that Amazon don't seem to allow it outside the USA: https://librariesir
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by padraic7a 6y ago
Ubuntu Touch is still going, fairly strong too, though I think it's aim is to fill a niche rather than challenge Android and iOS anytime soon. https://ubports.com/
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by padraic7a 6y ago
No juju seems to still be going strong. Mír is still going strong - though it is a Wayland client now, even Ubuntu Touch is still going, though as a community project rather than a Canonical one.

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