irish_lad

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   by irish_lad 10y ago

   As well as that notorious bias, they have an axe to grind with Silicon Valley in general. Still it plays to their masses, just have a look at the comments.
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   by irish_lad 10y ago

   No it was your typical farm food (cattle, grain etc.). Most of these shipments were under armed guard by British soldiers. There was no shortage of food. Whilst the famine itself was devastating, the results were politically motivated and d
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   by irish_lad 10y ago

   True but let's not put all the blame on the potato. During the Famine years Ireland was a net exporter of food...
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   by irish_lad 11y ago

   Ehh not some much. The attempted crushing of the Civil Rights movement by the then sectarian government of Northern Ireland and the subsequent esclation on all sides is much more "responsible" for the decades of troubles there tha
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   by irish_lad 11y ago

   8 a.m. til 10 a.m. Or to put it another way, until other people come into the office :) I used to come in late (midday) but commuting changes forced me to become an early riser. Now I honestly couldn't go back.
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   by irish_lad 11y ago

   I'm not so sure if relating this news to the H1B visa makes sense. From the linked article, I don't think many of these are software dev roles. Additionally I'm not even sure if there is much dev work going on in their Cork p
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   by irish_lad 11y ago

   As a fellow Irishman, he's referring to the misspelling at the top of this submission :)