u/deeringc

It doesnt need to be anything close to starlink to be useful to Ukraine though. Startlink is global and supports tens of millions of users. This doesnt need to be a fraction of that.

How does it work in terms of "quasi independent"? I thought it didnt count if the access was a different door?

Yeah, just contact them and tell them you're moving to Lidl on price. They will offer 9.99 to stay.

If you buy a kit online like that, do you just get your electrician to install them?

Doing basic diy jobs yourself

Yeah, what I've started to do is whenever there is a job I could realistically do myself, instead of spending 300 euro getting someone out to fix it I research the skill on youtube or whatever and then buy the required tools (eg multi-tool, circular saw, etc...) and do it myself. I spend a lot less on the tool than I would pay someone to come out and do the job, and I can use that same tool for other jobs in future. And importantly, I've learned a new skill.

I wouldnt do this for big jobs, I dont have the time or energy for that, plus I'd probably fuck them up my first time trying it. But small to medium jobs really arent that hard once you build up some skills and get the right tools.

Smoking probably has something to do with it. Back in the 90s smoking was everywhere. If it wasnt the teens themselves it was their parents.

Roaming is limited to 90 days per year on Lidl though, as per their terms at least. I've roamed for years at a time with GoMo. So not going to risk it.

Lidl have something like a 90 day max roaming period in their terms. GoMo have allowed me to roam in euroope for years at a time.

This isn't remotely true. In many countries "free" healthcare is tied to working in some way, and you generally have to contribute to the system to be able to benefit.

Accumulation is possible due to having a high paying job. If you leave such a job and then do "nothing" for 10 years, it's not always easy to get back into work.

Even if you have a house - plug-in solar is somewhat of a no-brainer. You can spend a few hundred euro on a basic kit (2 panels, microinverter and rails) that takes about 15 mins to set up against a wall of your house or shed, on a flat roof, in your garden and just... plug it in. It will then cover 600-800w of your baseload power during the daylight hours. Spend a little bit more for a combined battery and microinverter (there are great options in the 1-5kwh range now for about a 800-1500 euro) and you can use this power during the evening peak when you are cooking dinner, watching TV etc... So, without spending 10s of thousands you can buy and install a small simple system yourself that will cover a decent amount of your consumption. Obviously a full solar system is going to cover far more of your consumption and earn via selling to the grid. But the extremely low cost and simplicity of plug-in solar make it an interesting option where full rooftop solar isnt possible for cost reasons or because they are renting etc...

Yeah, this is my take as well. If they get rid of DD at the same time, very few people would go for the new account. They would just use a normal T212 account, or Trade Republic or whatever. This way, people will be pushed into the new account because the alternative has the hassle of DD. And once the new accounts are set up, people will just keep them out of interia. Flash forward a few years, once people have loaded up these accounts and there will be a nice healthy and regular revenue stream as the 1% a year tax starts creaming off the top.

I mean... far more people drive cars so the absolute number is larger. If you look at deaths proportionally to how many miles were driven it's not even close.

Here's a report from 10 years ago

motorcyclist fatalities in Ireland were 28.45 times greater than those of private car drivers and passengers per mile travelled

There are algorithms already developed. The hard part is getting so many foundational system upgraded.

Half of me thinks it should have been used to house refugees or homeless families. She'd probably hate that more than it getting knocked down.

A hungarian friend told me that due to the linguistic barriers (many lower educated hungarians dont speak other languages and no one outside of hangary speaks hungarian) there is legitimately less external influence of foreign media. Now, I do agree it's ridiculous to say that Hungarians didnt get the memo about Diana 30 years ago, but it's worth noting that it is considerably more insular than probably most other countries in Europe. And that's before you get to the active propaganda.

An LLM isn't going to draw a flow chart to code

I think you have a bit of an outdated view of the tools. An LLM is absolutely going to draw a flow chart to code. It will do far more in fact and iterate with the human engineer on putting together a really detailed functional specification in markdown with all sorts of visualisations of the design (eg mermaid flows), the requirements, the patterns to follow, the test plan... you name it. It will question anything that is ambiguous, it will prempt problems before they exist, it will analyse the security of the design for problems as well as the performance tradeoffs. It does all of this before it writes a line of code and when both the human and the agent are happy it then starts to write code, tests, deployent scripts, docs etc... These are now very popular workflows in various new IDEs with models like Claude Opus or Codex and they work really well. I've been writing code professionally for 20 years and I was quite skeptical until about 4-6 months ago when the models and tooling reached a level where software engineering as we know it is no more. That doesnt mean we dont need software engineers anymore (for now at least), but it's a completely different profession to how it was even a year ago. And anyone who doesn't quickly lean into this will become obsolete.

Exactly this. I hear from a lot of people who maybe kicked the AI tyres 18 months ago that the tools are useless but the last 4-6 months have really dramatically improved. The latest Claude and Codex models essentially displace most of the need for writing code by hand - it's all agentic now. Beyond coding, there are a huge amount of white collar jobs that will be in scope much quicker than many people realise.

Probably 100 kwh per day!

I mean, the Irish had to turn and then catch him (and did so). Surely at least one of his team mates could have made a half hearted effort to give him a support line.

It would be absolutely fine if a) it was reciprocated or b) OP didn't mind it being one way. As it stands, they are spending a fortune on their family/friends and feeling rejected/bitter and building up resentment. That's not healthy, so OP needs to either stop or accept it's one way.

Unfortunately Ireland is a place where quiet, sensible lobbying gets nowhere. I have never heard about this till now and I imagine it's the same for 99% of people. Once stuff gets a media spotlight, the rule will magically change overnight.

That's a shitty rule. OP should call a radio station and make a fuss about this to get the rules changed.

I don't think it will be entirely gone, but I suspect that it will slowly lose its real value and not keep up with inflation.

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