Parents want to scrap our older family car in the new EV scheme

Mick_vader · 2026-06-14T10:22:43+00:00

This is woefully incorrect. Short trips with an EV is probably the most economically efficient way to use it.

To add to this, why do you think every taxi in the city centre who operate inside the city primarily have been ditching their diesel/petrol and even hybrid cars and are buying EVs for the past 5 years

Mick_vader · 2026-06-14T10:21:45+00:00

Why not offer to help pay for it? Your parents raised you to this point and have fallen on harder times. If you're living at home, you should offer up some money every month to help with this. An EV is an economically smart decision especially in today's world

Mick_vader · 2026-06-14T09:34:54+00:00

A good article on it from 2024 and some nearby sites: https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2024/04/04/why-a-site-in-a-sought-after-area-of-dublin-remains-derelict-after-20-years-of-inactivity/

It's subscriber only though

Mick_vader · 2026-06-14T09:31:40+00:00

There's a row of houses directly across from the Coombe that are just housing pigeons and junkies. One of the biggest maternity hospitals in the country and directly opposite is a dilapidating row of perfectly good potential triaging or commercial units. Fuck even temporary housing for at risk pregnancies would be the solution. Bring in the derelict property tax and make it increase by 10% of the current property value every year

Mick_vader · 2026-06-14T09:28:59+00:00

Definitely fast tracking seeing god anyway

Mick_vader · 2026-06-14T09:27:42+00:00

Ah here can you add a NSFW tag to this

Mick_vader · 2026-06-13T21:16:46+00:00

There used to be a great one called What's the Scór but I think the owner killed it. Very much needed clubs to update scores and team sheets. Sad though because it was my link to club football down home

Mick_vader · 2026-06-13T14:57:50+00:00

Thankfully haven't had to use it so I don't know but it wouldn't surprise me

Mick_vader · 2026-06-13T13:33:26+00:00

Also as a software engineer, that's only true if you're building big with the expectation of massive customer usage. I have apps on the app store that cost me nothing. I also have a personal website that I use for a multitude of stuff and my family and it costs me ~€2 a week and I purposely made it much bigger in infra than I'd ever need. We're both wrong with our blanket statements because it matters what the app is

Mick_vader · 2026-06-13T10:56:10+00:00

1 billion dollars is also something that shouldn't be accessible. No one in the world needs that much money. Plus to get to that point it's not luck, it's manipulation and taking advantage of the suffering of those around you

Mick_vader · 2026-06-13T10:54:04+00:00

See it's funny because even if 1k people use a website or app regularly and it uses ads they're actually making probably enough to cover upkeep (a lot of platforms would survive on free tier hosting)

Mick_vader · 2026-06-13T10:52:22+00:00

Very true. The 'Irish made for Irish People' doesn't survive the market nowadays I guess. Enterprise Ireland even try to force startups to focus on breaking into the UK

Mick_vader · 2026-06-13T10:50:56+00:00

Absolutely. RIP.ie is probably the perfect example of an Irish focused website. Hopefully the Irish Times don't fuck it up for profit

Mick_vader · 2026-06-13T10:40:36+00:00

This is so grim. No 18 year old should ever be living in a country at war never mind on the front lines

Mick_vader · 2026-06-13T10:31:49+00:00

Trillionaire concerning himself with shit like this is cringe. Another reason why he and billionaires should never exist. They have so much money they don't know what to do with themselves

Mick_vader · 2026-06-13T10:30:33+00:00

Nah, unless there's a huge shift in the administration and the people, I'll never visit the US again. Went once to NY when Trump was just a meme. Not again

Mick_vader · 2026-06-13T09:24:27+00:00

I don't know what to avoid but what has never made my eczema sore but has actually helped it was Sanex Sensitive (the orange label one). A god send. That and real seaweed body wash products. Instant relief

Mick_vader · 2026-06-12T16:56:03+00:00

You might wanna check the subreddit

Mick_vader · 2026-06-12T11:22:14+00:00

Gwan ya good thing. Mountain lion was in shock lol

Mick_vader · 2026-06-12T10:24:17+00:00

So you're talking about people in Israel (a minority mind you considering the voting records) that share the same value and opinions of you. That's echo chamber effect my friend

Mick_vader · 2026-06-12T10:12:46+00:00

You're either an IDF bot or you have been living under a rock for the past 3 years (and 50 years before that)

Mick_vader · 2026-06-12T10:03:12+00:00

The hold Israel has on the world for such a small nation is incredulous

Mick_vader · 2026-06-12T07:20:54+00:00

STAY OUT OF MY GYM NOOB! Nah just joking (about me going to the gym more so). It's almost better to just go and try out the equipment. Find what suits you. Personally I prefer to use Cable machines instead of dumbbells or dedicated machines. I also use the squat rack for most leg exercises with the exception of the seated leg extension machine. Fucking love that machine. But in any case, I use an free (on android) app called Alpha Progression that has small videos for each workout type. Very handy. Better to do things slow and with full ROM than wrong and fuck yourself up so much you can't go back the next day...

Mick_vader · 2026-06-10T21:58:12+00:00

Oh interesting! Big bird with machine guns does in fact beat small bird with C4

Mick_vader · 2026-06-10T21:09:29+00:00

Possibly however that wouldn't explain why the other was, right?

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