Paraic Hegarty
@eurmal.bsky.social
Humans. Computers.
Science. Fiction.
Art. Architecture.
Poetry. Prose.
Hope. History.
Myth. Legend
Dub in West Cork. Leftie. Doubtful Quaker
AI-free zone
Science. Fiction.
Art. Architecture.
Poetry. Prose.
Hope. History.
Myth. Legend
Dub in West Cork. Leftie. Doubtful Quaker
AI-free zone
Just remembering now I had a dream during the week where I was explaining the concept of eventual consistency and CRDTs
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Just remembering now I had a dream during the week where I was explaining the concept of eventual consistency and CRDTs
Having flown from Cork to London to Hong Kong to Brisbane, from Gold Coast to Sydney and now gone through security for my flight from Sydney to Melbourne, an eagle-eyed security person has finally spotted the nail scissors I didn’t know I had with me all that time 😳
November 18, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Having flown from Cork to London to Hong Kong to Brisbane, from Gold Coast to Sydney and now gone through security for my flight from Sydney to Melbourne, an eagle-eyed security person has finally spotted the nail scissors I didn’t know I had with me all that time 😳
We know that the Sun is male and the Earth is female because the Sun gets all the credit for rising and setting but it’s the Earth doing all the work
November 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
We know that the Sun is male and the Earth is female because the Sun gets all the credit for rising and setting but it’s the Earth doing all the work
Top 5 on shuffle 20/10/25:
Anyone Can Play Guitar, Radiohead
Wonderful Life, Black
Missed the Boat, Modest Mouse
Pulling Mussels (From the Shell), Squeeze
Like Water, Steve Mason
Anyone Can Play Guitar, Radiohead
Wonderful Life, Black
Missed the Boat, Modest Mouse
Pulling Mussels (From the Shell), Squeeze
Like Water, Steve Mason
October 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Top 5 on shuffle 20/10/25:
Anyone Can Play Guitar, Radiohead
Wonderful Life, Black
Missed the Boat, Modest Mouse
Pulling Mussels (From the Shell), Squeeze
Like Water, Steve Mason
Anyone Can Play Guitar, Radiohead
Wonderful Life, Black
Missed the Boat, Modest Mouse
Pulling Mussels (From the Shell), Squeeze
Like Water, Steve Mason
Top 5 songs on shuffle 19/10/25:
Survive It, Ghostpoet
Mirror in the Bathroom, The (English) Beat
No Hard Feelings, Wolf Alice
I Love You, Fontaines DC
Houses in Motion, Talking Heads
Survive It, Ghostpoet
Mirror in the Bathroom, The (English) Beat
No Hard Feelings, Wolf Alice
I Love You, Fontaines DC
Houses in Motion, Talking Heads
October 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Top 5 songs on shuffle 19/10/25:
Survive It, Ghostpoet
Mirror in the Bathroom, The (English) Beat
No Hard Feelings, Wolf Alice
I Love You, Fontaines DC
Houses in Motion, Talking Heads
Survive It, Ghostpoet
Mirror in the Bathroom, The (English) Beat
No Hard Feelings, Wolf Alice
I Love You, Fontaines DC
Houses in Motion, Talking Heads
Top 5 songs on shuffle 18/10/25:
All My Days, Alexi Murdoch
Play for Today, The Cure
Ruin, Cat Power
Heartbeat City, The Cars
Duel, Propaganda
All My Days, Alexi Murdoch
Play for Today, The Cure
Ruin, Cat Power
Heartbeat City, The Cars
Duel, Propaganda
October 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Top 5 songs on shuffle 18/10/25:
All My Days, Alexi Murdoch
Play for Today, The Cure
Ruin, Cat Power
Heartbeat City, The Cars
Duel, Propaganda
All My Days, Alexi Murdoch
Play for Today, The Cure
Ruin, Cat Power
Heartbeat City, The Cars
Duel, Propaganda
The ability to hide people’s comments for everyone and then block them is perfection
October 14, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The ability to hide people’s comments for everyone and then block them is perfection
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if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees
October 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
if you’ve ever watched the apprentice, that’s the world without arts or humanities degrees
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🧵 I think it would help if people stopped ‘feeling’ whether or not a person or party is/was extreme or far right.
There’s actually a fairly respected definition. Let me take you through it & then you can decide if someone meets the definition. This is aimed, in particular, at journos [1]
There’s actually a fairly respected definition. Let me take you through it & then you can decide if someone meets the definition. This is aimed, in particular, at journos [1]
October 6, 2025 at 9:17 PM
🧵 I think it would help if people stopped ‘feeling’ whether or not a person or party is/was extreme or far right.
There’s actually a fairly respected definition. Let me take you through it & then you can decide if someone meets the definition. This is aimed, in particular, at journos [1]
There’s actually a fairly respected definition. Let me take you through it & then you can decide if someone meets the definition. This is aimed, in particular, at journos [1]
Nobody has an obligation to nominate anyone for anything, ever. You have a right to ask, they have the right to decline
September 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Nobody has an obligation to nominate anyone for anything, ever. You have a right to ask, they have the right to decline
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"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
Groypers is a disease of sheep in coastal areas caused by hypernatraemia due to excess sodium in the grass. Meat from sheep that die of groypers cannot enter the food chain
Groypers is the capital city of Hana Mauii or 'Little Belgium', the smallest and most hostile island in the Federated States of Micronesia.
Groypers is the name of a genus of bottom feeding fish
September 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Groypers is a disease of sheep in coastal areas caused by hypernatraemia due to excess sodium in the grass. Meat from sheep that die of groypers cannot enter the food chain
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The EU wants to roll back vital environmental protections - and they're asking for your opinion. Today is the LAST DAY to speak up before it's too late. Almost 200k of us have signed, have you?
It takes only seconds to tell them to keep their Hands OFF Nature!!
handsoffnature.eu/take-action/...
It takes only seconds to tell them to keep their Hands OFF Nature!!
handsoffnature.eu/take-action/...
Take Action - Hands Off Nature
handsoffnature.eu
September 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The EU wants to roll back vital environmental protections - and they're asking for your opinion. Today is the LAST DAY to speak up before it's too late. Almost 200k of us have signed, have you?
It takes only seconds to tell them to keep their Hands OFF Nature!!
handsoffnature.eu/take-action/...
It takes only seconds to tell them to keep their Hands OFF Nature!!
handsoffnature.eu/take-action/...
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A reminder alert popped up.
"Oh," the Supervisor said, "it's time to check in on Sol-3 again. Szrpt, can you handle that?"
Szrpt bowed a frond. "Yes, of course."
"Don't forget to reset the killer asteroid if the sapients pose no threat."
"Once!" Szrpt bristled. "I only forgot that once!"
"Oh," the Supervisor said, "it's time to check in on Sol-3 again. Szrpt, can you handle that?"
Szrpt bowed a frond. "Yes, of course."
"Don't forget to reset the killer asteroid if the sapients pose no threat."
"Once!" Szrpt bristled. "I only forgot that once!"
August 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A reminder alert popped up.
"Oh," the Supervisor said, "it's time to check in on Sol-3 again. Szrpt, can you handle that?"
Szrpt bowed a frond. "Yes, of course."
"Don't forget to reset the killer asteroid if the sapients pose no threat."
"Once!" Szrpt bristled. "I only forgot that once!"
"Oh," the Supervisor said, "it's time to check in on Sol-3 again. Szrpt, can you handle that?"
Szrpt bowed a frond. "Yes, of course."
"Don't forget to reset the killer asteroid if the sapients pose no threat."
"Once!" Szrpt bristled. "I only forgot that once!"
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A reddit account of a certain reality TV cunt and former boyband manager being an unhinged racist in Dublin today. Which I feel would surprise no one. old.reddit.com/r/ireland/co...
Told Louis Walsh to fuck off earlier today. It was great.
Was cycling through Ranelagh. A car got caught at the lights in the yellow box as it had gone green for pedestrians. Then a big black range rover...
old.reddit.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A reddit account of a certain reality TV cunt and former boyband manager being an unhinged racist in Dublin today. Which I feel would surprise no one. old.reddit.com/r/ireland/co...
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Fantastic news. I couldn’t watch a single second of Wallace and Torode on the current series
Fantastic news. I couldn’t watch a single second of Wallace and Torode on the current series
BBC announces all-female MasterChef presenting team after sacking of Wallace and Torode | MasterChef | The Guardian
Grace Dent will host alongside chef Anna Haugh, who stood in for Gregg Wallace in final episodes of current season
www.theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Fantastic news. I couldn’t watch a single second of Wallace and Torode on the current series
Fantastic news. I couldn’t watch a single second of Wallace and Torode on the current series
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My offspring is being exposed to racist tropes and right-wing propaganda, I head it off with facts, but I need to quickly make a playbook to pre-emptively counter it. This shit is everywhere. Young people absorb it from hearing adults talk about it.
September 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
My offspring is being exposed to racist tropes and right-wing propaganda, I head it off with facts, but I need to quickly make a playbook to pre-emptively counter it. This shit is everywhere. Young people absorb it from hearing adults talk about it.
Turned my father in law’s gifted tomatoes into tomato and chilli jam. Definitely a HOT batch this time around but will mellow when used as a condiment no doubt
September 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Turned my father in law’s gifted tomatoes into tomato and chilli jam. Definitely a HOT batch this time around but will mellow when used as a condiment no doubt
Starting process of moving my daughter into her student accommodation. So excited for her. Probably a hectic day and a bittersweet one too!
September 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Starting process of moving my daughter into her student accommodation. So excited for her. Probably a hectic day and a bittersweet one too!
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"We cannot welcome trans people & at the same time keep space open for anti-trans rhetoric. Friends who continue to tolerate this ‘debate’ set themselves against the wellbeing of trans people & against the leadings of the Holy Spirit as discerned by the Yearly Meeting."—Amen, @markdruss.bsky.social!
August 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"We cannot welcome trans people & at the same time keep space open for anti-trans rhetoric. Friends who continue to tolerate this ‘debate’ set themselves against the wellbeing of trans people & against the leadings of the Holy Spirit as discerned by the Yearly Meeting."—Amen, @markdruss.bsky.social!
Men built everything. Every weapon. Every prison. Every sweatshop. Every dungeon. Every torture chamber. Every system of oppression. All to keep us safe from the lies they built to keep us frightened
August 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Men built everything. Every weapon. Every prison. Every sweatshop. Every dungeon. Every torture chamber. Every system of oppression. All to keep us safe from the lies they built to keep us frightened
I wish every ill thingon JK Rowling that she wishes on trans people. The wish of her heart be on her own head
August 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I wish every ill thingon JK Rowling that she wishes on trans people. The wish of her heart be on her own head
Managed to shred my glasses with the lawnmower. Thanks goodness I have a spare pair. Even luckier I wasn’t wearing them at the time ;-)
August 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Managed to shred my glasses with the lawnmower. Thanks goodness I have a spare pair. Even luckier I wasn’t wearing them at the time ;-)
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I’ve mulled over posting this for months now. But yesterday it came to a head. And I’m aware that the people who need to see it will either not be here, or will suggest that I’m lying.
I live near an asylum hotel. The reason I didn’t post earlier is that I didn’t want to raise undue attention
I live near an asylum hotel. The reason I didn’t post earlier is that I didn’t want to raise undue attention
August 16, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I’ve mulled over posting this for months now. But yesterday it came to a head. And I’m aware that the people who need to see it will either not be here, or will suggest that I’m lying.
I live near an asylum hotel. The reason I didn’t post earlier is that I didn’t want to raise undue attention
I live near an asylum hotel. The reason I didn’t post earlier is that I didn’t want to raise undue attention
Slightly diminish a band
The Symptom Manager
The Symptom Manager
Slightly diminish a band
Sex Pea Guns
Sex Pea Guns
Slightly Diminish a band:
Stone Temple Copilots
Stone Temple Copilots
August 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Slightly diminish a band
The Symptom Manager
The Symptom Manager