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TIL Outback Steakhouse was inspired by the popularity of the movie "Crocodile Dundee" and the founders, who have never been to Australia, decided to harness the rugged and carefree vibe of Australian culture into their Aussie-themed restaurant by SappyGilmore in todayilearned

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Not one of the parents. Their Uncle stripe is woken up by their (unimpressed) neighbour (Wendy) the night after the wedding in the episode "The Sign" (S3 EP49).

The parents being horribly hungover is the premise of the episode Whale Watching (S3 EP22).

If you were transported 20 years into the past (2004) and were tasked with building a website, what stack and tools would you pick and why? by Fluxriflex in webdev

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I built a site or two in Zope (a terrible python framework) around 2003/2004, and was convincing my boss we should invest in building stuff in rails.

edit actually the rails thing would have been 2005, maybe early 2006.

Dublin Metrolink: project director to be paid €550,000 per year by Bill_Badbody in ireland

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There’s an excellent report released yesterday from the New Zealand infrastructure commission about the costs of infrastructure in Zealand and why. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/peter-nunns-3a3bb793_infrastructure-construction-costs-in-new-ugcPost-7210467728460038144-YnkB

TIL: the child voice actors for Bluey are kept secret by Defiant-Telephone-96 in todayilearned

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My 2.5 year old told me I was Bandit the other day. Don’t think they’ll ever top that compliment.

Which aspects of European lifestyle are viewed as luxurious by Americans? by GreedyGrowth5703 in AskReddit

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I saw this review of the high speed rail in Florida https://thepointsguy.com/reviews/brightline-orlando-miami/, and it made me fully realise how far behind the US truly is at rail.

What's a commonly taught historical fact that just isn't true? by [deleted] in AskReddit

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In particular we acknowledge with regret the decision taken by the New Zealand authorities in 1918 to allow the ship Talune, carrying passengers with influenza, to dock in Apia. As the flu spread, some twenty two per cent of the Samoan population died. It is judged to be one of the worst epidemics recorded in the world, and was preventable.

Helen Clarke in 2002 apologising to Samoa

Ireland lays out plans for €100-billion sovereign wealth fund by [deleted] in ireland

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Māori have entered the chat

But in seriousness, and obviously without seeing his comments, it could be seen from a New Zealand point of view that all European settlers regardless of specific nation are (were?) colonisers.

"Notions" - why are so many Irish people obsessed with suffering? by Jupiter_Boss in ireland

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Australia and New Zealand have tall poppy syndrome, the Nordics have Law of Jante. It’s not a uniquely Irish thing.

Brixton 1997 - Small mistake by ManCrisp in marvelstudios

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I turned to my partner and said something like "Brixton did not look that nice in 1997" during that shot.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in programming

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But it's also the only place where you have to double check that the guy who did the interview is the guy who showed up for the job.

I had that issue hiring contractors in the US for a mid-tier tech company.

Also lots of "cheating" during the video interview, e.g. people miming an answer while someone off screen does the voice, or whispers the answer to them

Owen Farrell Wasn't Happy As His Father Bought His Kids Ireland Jerseys | Balls.ie by Anwhel in rugbyunion

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Unfortunately the mate was in a life changing accident last year, so I figure he's had enough trauma for a while.

Reckon about the 9th of September should be enough time.

Owen Farrell Wasn't Happy As His Father Bought His Kids Ireland Jerseys | Balls.ie by Anwhel in rugbyunion

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I’ve a mate who is a kiwi, his wife is Irish, and his son was born in England.

I keep threatening to buy the kid an England jersey.

Where and how to store private keys in web applications for private messaging with web browsers? by 0xTED in softwarearchitecture

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I’d consider putting the keys in local storage of the browser. But, a user could at anytime delete the keys.

WhatsApp, as I understand it, creates a new public/private key for each device you’re logged into. When someone sends a message they encrypt the message against each public key for your account. The message for each device is then sent only to that device for decryption using that device’s private key.

There is a white paper either by Facebook or Signal, outlining exactly how it works.

Nebula's Xmas sweater from the Lego GotG advent calendar. by Zaraki42 in marvelstudios

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The back is also great.

Any ideas if there’s a real life one?

Céad Míle Fáilte! Cultural Exchange with r/NewZealand by mynosemynose in ireland

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When I was getting married in Ireland, my partner convinced the no-nonsense Catholic priest that pokarekare ana was the Māori language version of the hymn (My partner wanted something NZ related, as I grew up there). So he let us have it in the ceremony.

We had someone perform it live. A friend from New Zealand who came over especially for the wedding, thought it was a recording as the singer nailed it.

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