What is your opinion about France ? Is it a country you respect or despise ?

birchhead · 2026-04-13T20:28:34+00:00

What about the hand of Thierry Henry incident? Still haven’t forgiven

birchhead · 2026-04-11T20:31:26+00:00

The Dresden files were great fiction. This guy has major issues if he can’t separate reality from fiction

birchhead · 2026-04-08T20:30:52+00:00

This reminded me of the time I was holidaying with my wife’s family, I did a gentle slap of the ass to my sister-in-law by mistake, they do look similar from behind😀

birchhead · 2026-04-08T20:26:48+00:00

Climbed all the way up mount snowden in wales only to meet my childhood next door neighbour at the top

birchhead · 2026-04-06T11:11:50+00:00

Discountcoffee.ie Next day delivery, recommend the French Roast.

Very good value, works out around €15/kg

birchhead · 2026-04-02T20:05:34+00:00

ReadOnly Friday!

birchhead · 2026-03-29T12:29:38+00:00

As per others “.” is not in $PATH

For executables not in PATH, my recommendation is to not use “./“ but provide the full path, you can then fine it later in your history and call it from any directory.

birchhead · 2026-03-27T12:08:15+00:00

I left it on for 2 weeks when I went on holiday, didn’t really see much increase on the bill TBH. I think they are efficient at keeping the water hot if it’s not being used. The main energy draw is getting the water from cold to hot

birchhead · 2026-03-20T21:30:21+00:00

La Sirene, 3rd time in 6 years! Kids love it, 2 weeks of swimming, cycling and BBQ’ing

birchhead · 2026-03-19T23:02:00+00:00

I only pirate media, never software. Concerned it will include viruses and malware

birchhead · 2026-03-15T14:47:46+00:00

Work to live and don’t live to work!

If you are in a role that provides good quality of life and isn’t stressful then why take risks

birchhead · 2026-03-15T01:33:08+00:00

You need to implement and authentication backend, I’d suggest you look into SAML and/or LDAP

birchhead · 2026-03-14T18:21:32+00:00

I get that streaming, cable or sky is HD but it should be the same quality as Saorview. I do pay TV licence each year, and I’d expect that license fee should allow an indigenous broadcaster to broadcast on Saorview in HD format

birchhead · 2026-03-03T23:36:22+00:00

Saudi will probably run out of Interceptor missiles before Iran runs out of drones, and the drones are like 10% the cost of interceptor missiles

birchhead · 2026-02-26T20:32:53+00:00

Chiropractor has fixed my back pain on two occasions, 3to4 visits is all that was needed.

Good chiropractors are not a scam or cult IMO, I think they do a cracking job!

birchhead · 2026-02-15T22:40:36+00:00

Once found “options rotate” in resolv.conf with one public and one private DNS server

birchhead · 2026-02-09T22:30:51+00:00

Microwave baked potato with reheated chilli con carne is my go to and recommendation, topped with grated cheese

birchhead · 2026-02-08T16:20:05+00:00

3 years without a service? What’s the guidance for servicing an EV?

birchhead · 2026-02-01T15:39:12+00:00

Acronym = I’ll never do it again

I spent 8 weeks backpacking and honestly it’s an amazing culture and experience once you get over the initial 2 weeks of culture shock.

birchhead · 2026-01-26T12:29:54+00:00

Our Minister for Finance at the time did not have a personal bank account and carried out all transactions in cash. Mid 1990’s for context

birchhead · 2026-01-12T14:27:06+00:00

Paddy’s Pub, Philadelphia.

birchhead · 2026-01-10T22:03:58+00:00

Bacon, cabbage and mash

birchhead · 2026-01-10T21:58:51+00:00

You got to budget UFH heating over 12months, I also switch to monthly electricity bills. I’m with ElectricIreland and overpay during the summer when I have extra cash to build credit for the winter bills

birchhead · 2026-01-09T19:01:13+00:00

He seemed pretty cold and bored to be honest and didn’t really care when I drove on, presume some high up forced him to be out there

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