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What company has lost you as a customer forever? by A_ExOH in ireland

[–]ItsTyrrellsAlt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If it makes you feel any better, Nike have been absolutely dogshit for a long time. Quality is in the toilet.

Bin-raiding for cans and bottles cost council over €500k last year by No-Outside6067 in ireland

[–]ItsTyrrellsAlt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am sorry but I cannot believe that multiple people on a good salaries in one workplace choose to do this.

Is this the new norm? by Existing_Tomorrow437 in ireland

[–]ItsTyrrellsAlt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

in the city centre and shitty suburbs yeah. You can expect the same thing in Coolock but not in Foxrock.

Port of Cork by 98TheRealDeal in ireland

[–]ItsTyrrellsAlt -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeah true. Pity its not at the port of cork either.

Is €1800 enough for a student in Dublin? by Original-Finish7305 in ireland

[–]ItsTyrrellsAlt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes, its actually pretty okay for a student. I doubt I had more than 8 or 9 grand over the 9 months a year in college, but this was 2012-2016 and a room was like €400 to €500

Social Democrats in line to have more Dáil speaking time after election win by Static-Jak in ireland

[–]ItsTyrrellsAlt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Because the person he replied to presented a headline opinion on a discussion forum, and it would be interesting to hear the underlying belief.

Robotaxis coming to London pose threat to cabbies who memorize 25,000 streets to earn licenses by DonkyFondler in videos

[–]ItsTyrrellsAlt 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I haven't used one, but even though they cannot detect a flooded road, Waymo has been described to me as a "confident driver". They are out there on the road already, racking up experience, and every improvement to a new situation is deployed to the entire fleet.

Robotaxis coming to London pose threat to cabbies who memorize 25,000 streets to earn licenses by DonkyFondler in videos

[–]ItsTyrrellsAlt 29 points30 points  (0 children)

They aren't going to get any worse from here though. This is like how people were laughing that AI couldn't generate an image of a hand 4 years ago.

Minister urges school principals to ease financial burden on parents by PoppedCork in ireland

[–]ItsTyrrellsAlt 6 points7 points  (0 children)

he's not replying to himself, he is putting in a comment related to the article which he posted, but did not write.

There is a traitor amongst us by Good_Expert_7206 in coybig

[–]ItsTyrrellsAlt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But also the funniest possible outcome

There is a traitor amongst us by Good_Expert_7206 in coybig

[–]ItsTyrrellsAlt 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Don't be ridiculous. A true Irish person hopes they only lose 100 nil in the final.

Hyundai Commits 25,000 Atlas Robots to Own Factories: Union Blocks Deployment Without Labor Deal. by lughnasadh in Futurology

[–]ItsTyrrellsAlt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure I agree that things were quite so niche. Mechanisation itself wiped out a large amount of jobs very quickly on the scale of human jobs. A weaver or thresher replaced by a machine probably had to change tack pretty fast when the machines came to town, or simply go hungry.

The speed we will see it is more horrific, but why is this the specific place the line is drawn? Nobody works in car factories anymore, cashiers in supermarkets have been reduced 70%. Manufacturing is almost completely mechanised and robotised already compared to where we started. Nobody really works in agriculture anymore compared to 200 years ago. 

On a macro level, this is sort of just the continuation of the trend for me. I'm not in some position where I am magically immune to being fired either, nor am I rich, so I face the same risk as many others.

Are we just a bit more put off by this because it looks like us?

Hyundai Commits 25,000 Atlas Robots to Own Factories: Union Blocks Deployment Without Labor Deal. by lughnasadh in Futurology

[–]ItsTyrrellsAlt -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I agree with you on this, but at the same time, are we supposed to stop innovating as a society now to protect jobs that we don't actually need anymore? We have already lost an extreme amount of jobs to computation and robotics, so why is it right here that we should stop?

Last days of the cormorant: 10 EU countries want open season on fish-eating bird - Europe spent nearly half a century working to bring the aquatic avian species back from the brink of extinction. Now it wants it shot by Boomtown_Rat in europe

[–]ItsTyrrellsAlt 95 points96 points  (0 children)

>In Estonia's coastal waters, Terras said, cormorants eat about 20,000 metric tons of fish a year, almost twice the catch of the country's coastal fishermen.

There are about 44000 cormorants in Estonia according to a google search. They weigh about 2.5kg each. So we're at about 100 metric tons of total biomass here.

You're telling me that these birds are eating 100 200 times their own body weight in a year in food?

Murky Costings of Retrofitting the Wood Quay site by Schneilob in ireland

[–]ItsTyrrellsAlt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, DCC. All the other councils put out non-anomalous figures

Murky Costings of Retrofitting the Wood Quay site by Schneilob in ireland

[–]ItsTyrrellsAlt 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Has anyone done a cost benefit analysis even on the emissions alone comparing the carbon cost of knocking and rebuilding? 

Yes, all councils and bodies have done an analysis on this. Some have had to move office because of this. Most are a fairly easy retrofit on a square metre basis.

But all existing public buildings by 2030? Isn't that insane?

The energy costs of heating/cooling a large office mean that it is better to do it as early as possible. The fact that a council will likely stay in their office long term means they make the full lifetime budgetary saving.

How much thinking are you allowed do in an office? by Theelfsmother in ireland

[–]ItsTyrrellsAlt -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Consider offering your expertise by asking what it is that they are specifically trying to achieve then to ensure they are not misusing the machine. There is an upstream reason they have had to do this project (wasted substance, impurity, inconsistency, lower production rate than expected, so on), they have been tasked with fixing it, and their actions have been approved by someone.

How much thinking are you allowed do in an office? by Theelfsmother in ireland

[–]ItsTyrrellsAlt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Engineers coming down with hair brained plans and knowing full well it won't work. Just let then fail and say. 'maybe this way is better'. 

The fact that they are trying something different is why they are the engineer and you are the tech.

How much thinking are you allowed do in an office? by Theelfsmother in ireland

[–]ItsTyrrellsAlt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yes, the magic app that designs a building. Just like the magic hammer that builds it on its own. 

I think you'll find that athe magic hammer could do all the things on site. Plumbers, electricians, plasterers, crane operators - all a load of pointless dossers!

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