melesian

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by melesian 3y ago
A teacher should know the difference between disinterested and uninterested.
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by melesian 3y ago
Not publishing is not suppressing. The EU's reputation is that of the greatest regulator on the planet. It acts in the collective interest of EU citizens not the libertarian (or progressive) fantasies of American capitalists.
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by melesian 3y ago
A deeply foolish comment, completely ignoring the fact that the US has capital markets dwarfing those of all European countries, a single national language, and, so far, a tradition of sucking up talent from the rest of the world, including
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by melesian 3y ago
Just read Moneyland and Butler to the World by Oliver Bullough. Nothing to do with the Blair era -- watch the The Spider's Web on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYfnkLurLA8
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by melesian 3y ago
Imagine describing a metaphor for the American civil war as being about mental illness. No connection at all with the common antecedent: British imperialism; slavery in America's case and a colonial legacy of partition imposed at gun p
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by melesian 4y ago
Keystone University? :-))))) Why don't you check in with real univsersities in Ireland and see if they've ever heard of it. You'll get some laughs. Here's a list https://www.iua.ie/ouruniversities/
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by melesian 4y ago
You seem to have entirely airbrushed from history the loss of 1/3 of the UK's land area scarcely 100 years ago.
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by melesian 4y ago
In Ireland we have an elected President whose duties are largely ceremonial (laying wreaths, giving speeches, meeting dignitaries incl newly appointed diplomats etc) but include one v important constitutional duty: to sign legislation into
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by melesian 4y ago
> the warfighter translation: soldier
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by melesian 4y ago
My experience, also using T and X series laptops matches yours. Some issues with resuming from sleep a long time ago and with firmware on a docking station once but otherwise only one gripe: I've never been entirely happy with the fan
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by melesian 5y ago
> China is playing the long game of soft power by providing this information and pushing their world view. Change China to the USA to see the absurdity of this.
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by melesian 5y ago
The number of English speakers (in correct English). Amount is for uncountable nouns, like butter, sugar etc.
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by melesian 5y ago
The plural of lego is lego. Except in America apparently.
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by melesian 5y ago
I have only ever heard that expression in the US (most frequently in NYC), never in Europe, where pigeon keeping and racing is still popular. See https://www.daviddegner.com/photography/fancy-pigeons/ (cited here)
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by melesian 5y ago
I boycotted Windows 10 over Microsoft's unethical "upgrade" conduct with Windows 7 (I switched to Linux Mint and have never regretted it). However, on the day Windows 11 was announced I had to reinstall Windows 10 on a 2nd ha
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by melesian 5y ago
Ireland is not a British isle. Irish police are unarmed and the country is not a surveillance state. However, there have been some high profile cases of murders committed by drug gangs who have used encrypted phones to put their communicati
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by melesian 5y ago
I doubt it's as low as that! Malta and the Netherlands are other countries where a large majority also speak English. In some places in the EU the UK's union jack flag is being replaced with the Irish tricolour on bank ATM's
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by melesian 5y ago
I've had my Fastmail account for over 20 years. It's an employee-owned company with first class ethics and a first class service. An absolute beacon of integrity. It's too bad these qualities aren't more in demand. Make
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by melesian 5y ago
Evidently you know little or nothing about the EU. Taxation by member states of the EU is a sovereign national competence and the Irish have both a veto over change and a likely requirement to hold a national referendum over any change. If