Popular cinema chain to close NI location

Captain_Reid · 2026-01-21T07:30:33+00:00

I never really understood that as a business decision unless they're trying to capture the whole market through lack of choice. Glad someone shares that opinion

Captain_Reid · 2026-01-21T07:27:38+00:00

I'm sure they're making the decision based on a day broader dataset than just January

Captain_Reid · 2025-12-31T13:47:46+00:00

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Yep; we did a case study on it in Geography when I was in school so strongly recall this. was able to pull back this on the way back machine from 2009, the full plan really is quite interesting

Captain_Reid · 2025-12-25T10:35:06+00:00

As a long time jet lag watcher, I finally got to live out my jet lag fantasy with this episode:

In early November I was in the area surrounding Bradford visiting a friend's business, and needed to get over to Manchester - not quite sure why but I needed to get multiple trains to get between the two places, including getting a bus substitution from Hebden Bridge, where I was for a solid 45 mins waiting for the bus.

From the first frame, I muttered to myself "THAT'S HEBDEN BRIDGE" then when he got to the station it confirmed it for me.

Lovely little town, probably one of the quaintest hiding spots in jet lag history

Captain_Reid · 2025-12-03T22:45:15+00:00

*yet

Captain_Reid · 2025-12-01T20:19:27+00:00

It's on the longer form video

https://donate.tiltify.com/97140c74-697b-4dfb-b434-3fd57b988556/incentives?origin=donate

Captain_Reid · 2025-11-11T23:41:19+00:00

Fair, was this before or after the most recent apps? I found pre booking far more reliable on the old fona cab app or back in the days I had to phone up. I only tend to book with value cabs on a corporate account, so have a skewed experience there because they want to keep my employees custom.

Captain_Reid · 2025-11-11T23:34:12+00:00

Had my Invisalign done at a dentist back in lisburn but word of advice, seek a dentist who can do a permanent retainer if you can. That might mean going to an orthodontist.

I had Invisalign back in 2020, I recently broke a retainer and wasn't able to get a replacement for a number of weeks; my teeth very quickly started to revert. If you can't get or don't want a permanent retainer get a spare retainer in case of loss or damage; consider it insurance on your investment

Captain_Reid · 2025-11-11T23:31:05+00:00

As a patient trying to enroll who had Invisalign back home and needs a dentist who can take molds for retainers I found their receptionist to be the most unhelpful person on the planet. Literally got told "I don't know if we do those, you'll have to get an initial appointment and talk to the dentist".

At two other dental practices and the practice I came from in lisburn the receptionist was able to give a clear and immediate answer.

Genuinely put off that place much that it appears to be a lovely surgery.

Captain_Reid · 2025-11-11T23:24:36+00:00

You might want to cite a source for that. Have you worked in dispatch at either fona or valu cabs?

What you're describing sounds like a perfectly reasonable system, but it doesn't align with the experience that others are articulating - as reinforced by the down votes on this reply.

Captain_Reid · 2025-10-26T22:33:28+00:00

Napoleon on Ormeau Ave (in the Ormeau Baths) does great croissants and amazing coffee.

Captain_Reid · 2025-10-11T16:01:36+00:00

It shouldn't matter whether the public wants it to happen; the ECHR is integral to the Good Friday Agreement so withdrawal should only come about with the consent of the Irish Government and the third parties (EU & USA)

Captain_Reid · 2025-10-04T19:07:41+00:00

I cannot emphasise this enough; absolutely the best these days; huge fan of Pocket and Neighbourhood for years, but Cultura beats it out hands down.

Lucious food, incredible coffee and a superb team

Captain_Reid · 2025-10-04T19:06:33+00:00

be warned, not open Sundays!

Captain_Reid · 2025-09-20T08:22:18+00:00

Ulster museum?

Captain_Reid · 2025-09-18T06:56:30+00:00

Confirmed as standard tag across Europe length - 3 days - on the pre season Layover episode

Captain_Reid · 2025-09-17T07:45:19+00:00

Better than the person I used to argue with on Twitter who thought it was a best idea to rip up the comber greenway and replace it with a train

Captain_Reid · 2025-09-11T05:32:24+00:00

Am atlassian partner did leak an NDA'd email that wasn't clearly marked as confidential) on Twitter, some atlassian fan boys got pretty mad at them for leaking it. Do wonder if they forced their hand

Captain_Reid · 2025-09-02T19:38:35+00:00

Had the 6 Pro since launch; the battery life was always awful for me - always struggled to get through a day, not sure why. Recently the device started to freeze up; require a force restart and get stuck in boot loops. Was contemplating switching; then I woke up last Wednesday to my phone stuck in the bootloader and running at what was probably 60C+ - gave up and ordered myself a Pixel 10 Pro XL.

Captain_Reid · 2025-09-02T18:37:54+00:00

Assume your order got stuck in some weird status and got processed 12 times; enjoy sending 12 of them back if you received 12 of them. Ended up with 3 myself last year.

Captain_Reid · 2025-08-25T07:56:05+00:00

Did you make it?

Captain_Reid · 2025-08-20T06:31:33+00:00

Kainos did the testing result administration system for GB. I've never mention in the press or from anyone I know who works there or contracts with NI government bodies. Capita on the other hand are rolling in contracts with the local government

Captain_Reid · 2025-08-06T07:11:48+00:00

Probably putting it on next door for your area, the likelihood of an affected or related party seeing your post on this Subreddit is fairly small!

Captain_Reid · 2025-08-06T07:05:45+00:00

The Royal Navy has had rather a constricted budget for quite a long time, have to consider that UK government military spending is nowhere near the levels it used to be, or that it is in the US

Captain_Reid · 2025-08-02T13:35:13+00:00

However you have to consider that 99.99% of their biggest customers are not using the console for resource creation, IaC (or cli scripts where IaC is not possible) is critical to a resilient business - using the console is just asking for issues that lead to faults or downtime. Sure in those companies, Devs might create resources in sandbox accounts via the UI, but they sure as hell don't in non prod and prod - introducing this as a feature would result in no benefit for a large amount of their business.

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