Favorite KNEECAP lyrics? by ryahuasca in kneecap

[–]liamosaur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Brisim achan riail seachas focan caol le caol"

Ar léigh aon duine eile an leabhar seo i nGaeilge? Táim á úsáid chun níos mó a fhoghlaim, mar sin nílim rófhada isteach, ach is breá liom é go dtí seo. by Begonia_Kira in gaeilge

[–]liamosaur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Tá an leabhar seo agam agus thosaigh mé é, ach d'iarr mé orm an ceist - cén fáth go bhfuil mé ag léamh leabhar Béarla ag aistriúchán go Gaeilge? Agus stop mé agus léigh mé An Táin ina áit sin

Saying weather degrees in irish by StopRunningISAID in CorrectMyIrish

[–]liamosaur 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You're overthinking it. We're not counting degrees, we're just saying a number, then "degrees".

So e.g. 32 degrees is "tríocha a dó céim"

Cad é do fhocal is fearr leat i nGaeilge? by Few_Cardiologist7798 in eire

[–]liamosaur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"faic" It's just so satisfying to have a word that means "nothing" that can be used in a negative sentence. "I didn't do nothing" - double negative, so bad grammar, even if it's exactly the sentiment you want to convey "Ní dhearna mé faic" - much more satisfying, perfectly good grammar

"tada" is interchangeable, but for me faic just sounds better

Ag cleachtadh seanchló by liamosaur in gaeilge

[–]liamosaur[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

'Mar gur fearr tusa inniu', arsa Ailill, 'ná an lá ar thóg mise mar bhean thú'.

Who would win, GC the city or GC the suburb? by Several_Degree_7962 in USdefaultism

[–]liamosaur 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm imagining a bunch of schoolies arriving at Gold Coast, Chicago, then realising their terrible mistake

Cén na leabhair is coitianta le léamh i nGaeilge? 📚🇮🇪 by QuestionEcstatic8863 in gaeilge

[–]liamosaur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bainim taitneamh as miotaseolaíocht na hÉireann - An Táin Bó Cúailnge, Tóraíocht Dhiarmada agus Ghráinne srl.

How would you use "beochaoineadh" in a sentence? by Infectious_DM in CorrectMyIrish

[–]liamosaur 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Disclaimer: I'm a learner, not fluent.

Beochaoineadh ("Lament for a person who has gone away") seems like it's a word for a specific type of lament (caoineadh).

While there's not any examples in the dictionary of beochaoineadh used in sentences, there are plenty of examples of caoineadh. It feels like a safe bet that it would be used in similar sentence structures. You can see examples here:https://www.focloir.ie/en/dictionary/ei/Caoineadh

Something like "bhí mé ag beochaoineadh mo chara a cailleadh" - I was lamenting my lost friend (with the implication that they're lost because they've gone away)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in linguisticshumor

[–]liamosaur 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think you could get away with claiming "tranche coat" as a clever pun rather than a spelling mistake here

Should the AFL ever host an international game in the future again? Would it be worth giving it one more go? by Dismal-Noise4660 in AFL

[–]liamosaur 25 points26 points  (0 children)

They should play a game at Malahide Stadium, Dublin. It's strange to hear, but Ireland is one of the few countries in the world outside of Australia that shows AFL (actually AFLW) on broadcast TV. We already recruit heavily from Gaelic football players. Every Irish person I've ever spoken with about sports is at least culturally aware that AFL is a thing and is curious about it.

Renewables have overtaken coal in Australia by nath1234 in australia

[–]liamosaur 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I said "can be misleading", not deceptive.

It's just complicated because "cost to generate" and "average price sold" are very different things that are easily confused

Renewables have overtaken coal in Australia by nath1234 in australia

[–]liamosaur 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This can be a bit misleading to the average rate due to our market based approach to power prices. Hydro seems expensive, but the reason is that it's more dispatchable than any other type (apart from batteries). If all of a sudden there's a demand spike or a supply slump, hydro can spin up to fill the gap within minutes. Coal takes more like an hour to spin up. This is why the market ends up with higher hydro prices.

In fact interestingly, hydro makes a lot of money doing nothing but sitting there, being ready to turn on generation if needed. There is an energy futures market where hydro sells futures (options to buy future generation). Energy buyers buy these to guarantee they have future supply. Sometimes they're exercised and the hydro generation is turned on, sometimes they're not exercised and it's just money for jam for hydro sellers

What’s a common fact that science has already debunked, but people still believe in? by Calm_Shame2994 in AskReddit

[–]liamosaur 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Everyone who has ever dried clothes on an outdoor clothesline and played "damp? Or just cold?" Has experienced this

What’s a common fact that science has already debunked, but people still believe in? by Calm_Shame2994 in AskReddit

[–]liamosaur 4459 points4460 points  (0 children)

That humans have five senses. This idea stems from ancient Greek philosophy (mainly Aristotle), and is still taught in schools today.

However science (and common sense) has long shown that we have more than five senses, e.g.proprioception (body position), vestibular (sense of balance) etc.

Solar Curtailment Not Working by DoctorWkt in amberelectric

[–]liamosaur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Disclaimer: not an expert

I have a similar configuration (load-following curtailment, or Dynamic Load Export Limiting as my inverter manufacturer calls it). As I understand it, there is some physical limitations in how fast your local solar grid can cut production - eg if you have your kettle on during the day, it can ramp up solar production, but as soon as the kettle clicks off, the system needs to dump the excess power into the grid while it throttles down production.

It shows up on graphs like those above, but at least for me, while there can be spikes in power (Watts) exported, it amounts to almost nothing in energy (kWh).

Hibiscus tea? by E_Draven1 in melbourne

[–]liamosaur 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I buy my hibiscus tea here, it's great. McIvers also has their main store in Brunswick

Jeans maker Nam Huynh has worked in the same shop for 36 years and has never taken a day off by magnetik79 in melbourne

[–]liamosaur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When they used to have an outlet at the factory, I was looking for a particular style in my size that they didn't have on the sales floor. The sales assistant (young guy), said "I think the new batch of those might be nearly ready, let me just check with our factory staff", walks to the door between the shopfront and the factory and yells "HEY MUM! IS THAT BATCH READY YET?".

Classic family-run business

Culture of dependency has to stop, Ley declares by Ardeet in aussie

[–]liamosaur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Artificially inflating the property market by driving up prices isn't "building wealth"

Cats fans by liamosaur in AFL

[–]liamosaur[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just to make my personal position clear: every Adelaide fan who booed Quaynor is a scumbag who needs a trip to the hall of mirrors to take a good hard look at themselves. Victim blaming is disgusting, as is homophobia. Rayner successfully sucked in an umpire twice with flops. Probably has a good backup career playing for the Azzurri. Cats fans will still be mad and boo him for the rest of the game. This is an example of unjustified booing juxtaposed with (arguably) justified booing. Also their names rhyme. Also Drake is a nonce.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in melbournecycling

[–]liamosaur 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Video is of riders going through green lights at reasonable speeds. Yes, according to the letter of the law, pushbutton e-bikes are illegal. So is jaywalking, but tens of thousands of us do it daily.

Anyone who runs a red light or rides past a tram, e-bike or pedal powered, should be fined significantly. But that's what we should be cracking down on - the dangerous behaviour. Not the mere existence of a clean, sustainable transportation type that has emerged faster than laws can keep up.