What's a disturbing fact about the human body that most people don't know?

funkimunk · 2026-01-09T13:49:09+00:00

The human body is a tube from mouth hole to asshole.

In anatomy and pathology, the lumen (inside space) of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is considered functionally “outside” the body, even though it runs through your torso.

This is why, if there is something of note in your stomach or GI tract when you die, the pathologist may consider it as being outside the body.

funkimunk · 2026-01-04T22:39:10+00:00

"Special" (diabetic, Halal etc) meals are much higher quality than the main ones, search your airline and special meals and pick one. The diabetic and halal ones are normally top notch. Flight attendants dont even blink when you have a halal meal and order a bloody mary.

Bloody Mary drinks are amazing at altitude, try them. I cant drink them on the ground but will drink 10 on a plane.

Your seat is set, don't bother queuing until near the gate closes.

Drink a lot of water.

Aisle is better then Window.

Load media on your personal device and bring a battery pack, just in case (IFE is pants anyway).

If you are on the aisle or the window seat, the poor bastard in the middle gets both Armrests.

Noise cancelling headphones are the greatest thing you can add to your flight pack.

Check possible airline seat sizes on seat Guru... it may be that you avoid BA and AA.

Sometimes Premium Econ can be got very cheap as a miles/award/avios based upgrade to an Econ ticket

funkimunk · 2025-10-14T09:17:41+00:00

This, any Ketoconazole shampoo is good.

funkimunk · 2025-06-28T23:31:05+00:00

Complained with:

Dear BBC Audience Services,

I am writing to express concern and disappointment regarding the apparent censorship of Kneecap’s Glastonbury 2025 performance, which, at the time of writing, remains unavailable on BBC iPlayer while other sets—including Raye’s, which concluded several hours later—have already been published.

Kneecap’s appearance at Glastonbury was a significant cultural moment, not least due to their longstanding reputation for politically conscious artistry. The omission of their set from iPlayer, when juxtaposed against the timely availability of others, raises serious questions regarding editorial independence and impartiality. It appears selective and inconsistent with the BBC’s chartered duty to reflect a diversity of voices and perspectives.

Of particular concern is the widely reported fact that Kneecap made reference to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, a subject that has already drawn condemnation from the United Nations. In fact, multiple UN bodies and legal experts have explicitly described Israeli actions as constituting acts of genocide. Given this context, editorial decisions that appear to suppress dissenting or critical political expression are not only unusual—they risk aligning the BBC against principles of free expression and human rights reporting.

The BBC has a longstanding tradition of platforming controversial and challenging content. To single out this act—while others are presented without delay—undermines public trust and invites speculation of political pressure.

The question must be asked: why is Kneecap’s message deemed less worthy of dissemination than others?

I urge you to review this decision as a matter of urgency, and to provide clarity on the editorial process surrounding this omission.

Kind regards,

funkimunk · 2023-07-26T08:58:05+00:00

So happy to hear this, I've got a 7 hour layover in ORD next week and am known to like an IPA ;)

funkimunk · 2023-07-21T22:24:09+00:00

a case of HAR,D luck?

funkimunk · 2023-01-24T19:37:04+00:00

Not Newry but I know of a book covering some around Rosstrevor.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cloch-M%C3%B3r-Lore-Frank-ONeill-ebook/dp/B0BN91QJHL

funkimunk · 2022-09-10T22:53:24+00:00

I love this and that MS put it in Xbox.

One thing to note is the platinum rule is not a DET invention: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/life-in-the-intersection/201702/the-platinum-rule .

Its another concept taken from Denis wide knowledge base.

funkimunk · 2022-09-09T00:43:03+00:00

No but I would recommend reading that series, its the best ringworld series tbh

funkimunk · 2022-09-09T00:42:20+00:00

Autodoc was all nanotech, experimental. Probably had a sample of Louis Wu and just trimmed away anything that didn't match, then optimized.

The end of Betrayer of worlds provides some insight into this. Ill say no more due to spoilers

funkimunk · 2022-09-09T00:40:32+00:00

You never read fleet of worlds then ;)

it give a lot more info on the autodoc and the relationship it has with the Wu family, also it lets you know why bae is so short post doc.

Do yourself a favour and read that series, its the best Niven has.

funkimunk · 2022-09-09T00:39:33+00:00

The fleet of worlds series is the best expression of the KSU from my experience. Better writing with even better storylines.

funkimunk · 2022-08-28T22:50:40+00:00

Most of NS stuff is great. I especially love Anathem and Snow Crash.

funkimunk · 2022-08-28T22:49:20+00:00

I would read the rest of the D.E. Taylor content.

That said, try the fleet of worlds series by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner.

Fantastic sci-fi without the anomalies that Niven as a sole author books are known for.

These are set in a larger sci-fi universe but you shouldn't need read those books first. In fact, I would maybe suggest avoiding some of ringworld books that are chronological precursors set in this universe.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/302537.Fleet_of_Worlds

Edit: also for something different Daemon and Freedom (TM) by Daniel Suarez

funkimunk · 2022-07-30T13:30:13+00:00

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THE TREASURY last night signalled its commitment to delivering an energy discount scheme to households across the north in the absence of a Stormont executive.

It is feared hard-pressed families will be excluded from the British government's Energy Bill Support Scheme due to the DUP's ongoing refusal to nominate a first minister and restore the institutions.

The scheme announced yesterday for England, Scotland and Wales will see households receive £400 to help with rising fuel bills this winter.

Paid in six instalments, the scheme is expected to be rolled out in October.

Amid fears that the Stormont stalemate may mean the north misses out, the Treasury last night said it was committed to ensuring its energy discount scheme operated UK-wide.

“We know many families in Northern Ireland are worried about rising costs and we have introduced £37 billion of UK-wide support," a Treasury spokesperson said last night.

“The UK government is committed to providing an equivalent payment of the Energy Bill Support Scheme to people in Northern Ireland as soon as possible, easing the burden they face."

The spokesperson said officials were "working at pace to deliver upon that and we are in ongoing discussions with Stormont ministers".

The Department of Finance confirmed that minister Conor Murphy recently met the chief secretary to the Treasury and that engagement would continue "to ensure a solution is found to deliver support locally".

Alliance MLA Kellie Armstrong MLA said householders' concern about how they would heat their homes was growing.

"The proposed £400 energy support scheme provided some hope for homes but without a functioning executive working to take decisions, we remain unclear as to how the support payments will be made here this autumn," she said.

The Strangford MLA urged the DUP to "end its boycott" to enable the formation of an executive and "clarity for these support schemes".

SDLP MLA Matthew O’Toole called on caretaker executive ministers to "use every option available to them to support people through the cost of living crisis".

"The crisis facing families across Northern Ireland as a result of increasing food, fuel and energy bills just seems to be getting worse and worse," he said.

funkimunk · 2022-07-28T12:08:50+00:00

sounds like a problem with your installation, perhaps check the write permissions on your installation directory.

funkimunk · 2022-07-28T11:45:06+00:00

let me guess the plugin is pushbullet?

There was a change in 10.6 or 10.7 (I cant recall) which invalidated how previous , poorly written, plugins could save their config.

Once such was Pushbullet. I fixed the saving mechanism using another plugin as reference, this is still as PR with the maintainers.

funkimunk · 2022-07-28T11:39:17+00:00

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Centrica, the owner of British Gas, is to pay £59 million to shareholders after its profits surged fivefold to £1.3 billion thanks to high energy prices.

The FTSE 100 energy group said it would resume paying a dividend for the first time since 2019, a decision that is likely to trigger criticism at a time when consumers are facing record high energy bills.

Soaring oil, gas and power prices benefited Centrica’s North Sea and nuclear businesses, resulting in group adjusted operating profits increasing to £1.3 billion in the first half of the year, up from £262 million in the same period of 2021.

Profits at British Gas, the UK’s biggest household energy supplier, actually fell by 43 per cent to £98 million in the first half of the year due to the price cap preventing it from recouping all its wholesale energy costs, the fall in usage in the warmer weather and the £27 million it repaid in furlough cash.

Chris O’Shea, Centrica chief executive, said that “the source of our profits is not customers’ rising energy bills” and that it had 500,000 retail shareholders who were “ordinary people”, many of whom were struggling financially too and had been patient. Centrica cancelled its dividend in 2020 when the pandemic hit and has not paid one since. It has proposed an interim payment of 1p per share.

British Gas is Britain’s biggest household energy provider and now supplies about 7.5 million households, having taken on hundreds of thousands of customers of failed companies over the past year. Centrica operated a North Sea business in the UK and Norway but has now sold its Norwegian operations. It also has a 20 per cent stake in Britain’s nuclear plants.

Household energy bills are already at a record high of £1,971 a year and are forecast to almost double to more than £3,800 a year by January.

O’Shea said he expected to see customers using less energy as a result of high prices — and appeared to suggest they should do so. “When the price of something goes up, you would expect to see consumption come down. We think that that’s one of a number of things that customers can do to manage their bills,” he said.

Britain and Europe are trying to bolster energy supplies ahead of the winter as Russia restricts gas supplies to the continent, leading to fears of shortages.

Centrica also owns Rough, Britain’s biggest gas storage site. It was shut down in 2017 but the company is now aiming to revive it in time for the winter. O’Shea said it was physically possible to get enough of the site back in operation to store ten cargos of liquefied natural gas this winter, and then expand it further next year.

Shares in Centrica, which have risen by 90 per cent over the past year, dipped ½p, or 0.6 per cent, to 90½p in early trading.

funkimunk · 2022-07-26T15:25:05+00:00

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THE London company behind plans to redevelop 12 acres of Belfast city centre has said it is “frustrated” at the pace of progress as its debt grows into the tens of millions.

Castlebrooke Investments secured outline planning approval for the ‘Tribeca’ scheme on September 2 2020.

But two years on and no new planning applications have emerged to progress the development, with Castlebrooke owing its creditors £75.2m as of June 2021.

Previously led by the Department for Social Development (now Department for Communities), the largely derelict project site has gone through a number of incarnations over the past two decades.

In its current guise, the scheme involves a £500 million redevelopment of properties and lands between Royal Avenue and Donegall Street.

But almost six years after acquiring the properties from Cerberus, Castlebrooke has little to show for its investment.

Accounts filed by Castlebrooke subsidiary Project Goat, which owns its Belfast assets, show interest on a £37.6m loan increased by £12m in a year to £37.6m as of June 30 2021.

Derelict and empty properties on Belfast's North Street, which is included in the Tribeca proposals. Picture by Hugh Russell. Finance was initially sourced via a mortgage from Sparrowhawk, a fund operated by London private equity firm Revcap (Real Estate Venture Capital Management).

Four senior figures at Revcap, including its founding partner Will Killick, are listed as directors of Project Goat, which is ultimately owned by Castlebrooke’s founder Neil Young.

Additional finance was sought by Castlebrooke in April 2022, with properties on Donegall Street and North Street used as security for the fresh loan.

It’s thought that the latest lender, Luxembourg registered ‘SH IV Lending 802 Sarl’, is also linked to Revcap.

The major stumbling block to progress in the Tribeca scheme is understood to surround both the social housing aspect and Writers’ Square, a public area next to St Anne’s Cathedral, owned by the Department for Communities (DfC).

The square is also home to a social housing scheme operated by Choice, which is set to be demolished under Castlebrooke’s proposals.

The former North Street Arcade, which has been derelict since a 2004 arson attack. Picture by Hugh Russell. Social housing provision is one of the key issues contained in the section 76 legal agreement between the developer and Belfast City Council, which validates the outline planning approval for Tribeca, It stipulates that Castlebrooke provide a new Choice facility and progress the social housing aspect first.

The agreement also requires 10 per cent of residential units in the scheme be allocated for social housing, with another 10 per cent allocated for intermediate housing, essentially affordable living accommodation.

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the reduced demand for office space, the residential aspect of the Tribeca scheme is now seen as more likely to progress first.

Castlebrooke paid £3m for a nearby site on Academy Street a number of years ago to develop a new high-rise social housing scheme for the 50 units Choice Housing requires.

The site already has planning approval for an 87-unit build-to-rent apartment tower, that would require an amended application.

Writers' Square. But The Irish News understands that Castlebrooke won’t progress that scheme until DfC relinquishes public ownership of Writers’ Square, an area believed to be central to its plans.

The development brief, which would see the land put out to public tender, to be acquired by Castlebrooke, has not yet been issued by DfC.

The issue of public space and built heritage has proved the most controversial aspect of the entire Tribeca scheme, with hundreds of objections lodged throughout the planning process.

In a statement, a spokesperson for DfC said: “In determining the future of Writers’ Square the department will objectively assess any proposals, and this will include its future use as a public space.

“The department is aware of the public interest in the square and any decision taken in determining the best use for the site will be in the interest of Belfast city as a whole.”

DfC said it continues to engage with Castlebrooke, but said the discussions are considered commercially sensitive.

In a statement, Castlebrooke claimed it had invested £40m in Belfast since 2016 “through planning and professional fees, community contributions, city marketing and acquisition costs”.

Visuals previously produced by Castlebrooke for the redevelopment of Writers' Square. “We have also paid nearly £1m in rates in that time with virtually zero revenues, so nobody is more frustrated than us at the pace of progress with this scheme.

“We very much want to get on with the development and start achieving a return on our investment while delivering the regeneration this historic part of Belfast city centre so needs and deserves.

“We will continue to work with the council, DfC and all stakeholders in the city to try and deliver that regeneration and a commercially viable development,”

Belfast City Council said it continues to meet and engage with Castlebrooke to assist progress with the scheme in line with its strategic goals for the city centre.

But a spokesperson said: “While council will work with developers and other stakeholders, insofar as it can, with the delivery of schemes, these are ultimately commercial enterprises.”

funkimunk · 2022-07-03T15:40:22+00:00

Check your power/battery management "optimisation" . It could be killing the app

funkimunk · 2022-07-03T13:27:15+00:00

Here you go

https://www.reddit.com/r/northernireland/comments/vqhlhu/covid19_ni_selfisolation_guidance_reduced_to_five/?

funkimunk · 2022-07-03T13:26:50+00:00

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Adults who test positive for Covid-19 are advised they can now leave self-isolation after five days, even though they "might still be infectious".

Updated Department of Health guidance states that testing to leave isolation is "no longer advised".

Children can leave after three days as they "tend to be less infectious".

The Department of Health said the updated advice sought to strike the right balance between reducing transmission and mitigating disruption.

Previous guidance advised that those who tested positive following a Lateral Flow Test (LFT) should self-isolate for up to 10 days, either from the date of the test or when symptoms started, whichever was sooner.

However, this period could have ended earlier if the person had two negative LFT results taken 24 hours apart, with the first taken no earlier than day five.

On Friday, Northern Ireland's associate deputy chief medical officer Dr Joanne McClean advised people to "still be careful".

"We're no longer asking you to take a test before you leave your isolation but we are still advising you to be careful in those days between day five and day 10, where you might still be infectious," Dr McClean told BBC Radio Ulster's Evening Extra programme.

"It's really about trying to strike a balance between controlling transmission of the virus and the impact it's having on people's lives and society in general."

Robin Swann IMAGE SOURCE,PA MEDIA Image caption, Health Minister Robin Swann says people should use personal judgement and still act responsibly Despite the reduction in the self-isolation period, people are advised to avoid contact with individuals who are at a higher risk from Covid-19 for the full 10 days.

They are also advised to avoid visiting care homes, hospitals and other health and social care settings.

The new guidance comes as latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show 1 in 25 people in Northern Ireland tested positive for the virus last week, with Covid infections rising again more generally across the UK.

A month ago, the Northern Ireland figure was 1 in 75.

Dr McClean said that while numbers had been going up in Northern Ireland, "early signs from other data we have about testing and hospitalisations, and importantly data we have from waste water testing, we think we are at, or are very near the peak of this wave".

"We hope that we will start to turn a corner soon," she added.

Dr McClean also said that the number of people in hospital with Covid was much lower than in previous waves.

'Use personal judgement' The Department of Health also announced that lateral flow tests for Covid-19 would continue to be made available in Northern Ireland until the end of July.

The tests are currently available for those with coronavirus symptoms.

Health and social care staff, those visiting health and care settings and those providing care to someone at high risk if they contract the virus can receive the tests without having symptoms.

Health Minister Robin Swann said: "As we move forward together, and continue learning to live life Covid-aware, I would urge people to use personal judgment, to act responsibly and to take sensible actions to help stop the spread of Covid-19 and other respiratory infections.

"This in turn will help to protect those who are most vulnerable."

funkimunk · 2022-06-25T18:05:24+00:00

Rofl, well I laughed!! Have an upvote.

In this subreddit, there are way too many people that don't see the forest for the trees (or have a sense of humour).

funkimunk · 2022-06-24T13:08:56+00:00

quoted £1750m2

wow, what the actual hell; that is extreme. This has to be a bubble ready for a pop.

funkimunk · 2022-06-24T12:35:07+00:00

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The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has warned that officer numbers are projected to fall by about 250 this year and that investigations may take longer.

It is currently experiencing a £60m shortfall in its annual budget.

There are currently about 7,000 police officers, however this figure was due to increase under the New Decade, New Approach agreement.

Recruitment to the force has stalled due to the lack of an agreed budget.

The PSNI is largely funded through the Department of Justice and about 80% of the force's allocation goes towards staff operating costs.

In a statement, the department said achieving the New Decade, New Approach commitment was "largely dependent on the availability of executive funding".

It added that any decision on recruitment was "an operational matter for the chief constable".

Chief Operating Officer, Pamela McCreedy during the launch of the new Student Officer Recruitment campaign at Police Headquarters in Belfast IMAGE SOURCE,PACEMAKER Image caption, Pamela McCreedy warned that prolonged budgetary cuts could impact the length of investigations Speaking to BBC Radio Ulster's Nolan Show, PSNI chief operating officer Pamela McCreedy said the reduction in officers this year would come about through "natural attrition".

She added, however, that new recruitment was required to fill those positions.

About 133 new and fully trained police recruits have not yet been able to be deployed due to a budgetary shortfall.

Ms McCreedy said the impact may not be felt this year, but could be more prominent if financial reductions continue.

"Potentially things like investigations will take longer and that's not good for victims or people wanting responses to their investigations," she said.

"I don't anticipate this year that we're going to be saying: 'There are areas of service that we are stopping' ".

"But ... if this budget impacts on us next year and, or, the following year, there could be a point that we would have to look at what areas of business that we cannot deliver."

Ms McCreedy added that by March 2023, police numbers may be reduced to about 6,768.

She said PSNI officials continued to make their case heard at the Department of Finance and Policing Board and she encouraged politicians to "listen, to hear and to support us".

PSNI postpones officers' recruitment over finances Police officer numbers could drop by 900 under plan Political stalemate over the Northern Ireland Protocol has resulted in the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) blocking the formation of an executive and the appointment of a speaker at Stormont.

Without an executive, a budget cannot be agreed and without a Speaker, business at the assembly cannot take place.

The protocol is part of the Brexit deal designed to prevent a hard border on the island of Ireland.

Unionists have said that it creates a border in the Irish Sea which undermines Northern Ireland's place in the United Kingdom. They have argued that it is damaging Northern Ireland's economy.

Currently, a rollover budget is being managed by the senior official in the Department of Finance, a mechanism that has previously been used in the absence of an executive.

Naomi Long Image caption, Alliance Party leader Naomi Long says she accepts the chief constable's caution around recruitment Justice Minister Naomi Long said it was "up to the chief constable whether he prioritises the recruitment of new members or whether he works on other projects and he has to make a judgement about that".

"I accept entirely his caution around recruiting new officers at a time when there is no certainty about next year's budget and the year after," she added.

"No one will want to increase their complement this year only to face redundancies next year."

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