The museum of unconditional surrender
@iamreddave.bsky.social
Irish data nerd.
True, but current rules have to be broken otherwise traffic jams would be terrible. Which can't help people obey rules in general if particular rules shouldn't be followed.
November 27, 2025 at 10:48 AM
True, but current rules have to be broken otherwise traffic jams would be terrible. Which can't help people obey rules in general if particular rules shouldn't be followed.
At a basic level by telling people to use less lanes you reduce throughput a lot.
And that's before Lane over crowding effects kick in
And that's before Lane over crowding effects kick in
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
At a basic level by telling people to use less lanes you reduce throughput a lot.
And that's before Lane over crowding effects kick in
And that's before Lane over crowding effects kick in
Which means the Irish rules as written lead to Nagatani–Treiber–Kesting lane-changing instability that would drastically reduce the throughput of motorways and dual carriage ways if people obeyed the rules. arxiv.org/pdf/2501.01988
arxiv.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Which means the Irish rules as written lead to Nagatani–Treiber–Kesting lane-changing instability that would drastically reduce the throughput of motorways and dual carriage ways if people obeyed the rules. arxiv.org/pdf/2501.01988
Lots of countries have a rule like 'If traffic is dense and you will need to overtake again soon, it is safer to remain in the centre lane.' but Ireland doesn't.
www.rsa.ie/docs/default...
www.rsa.ie/docs/default...
www.rsa.ie
November 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Lots of countries have a rule like 'If traffic is dense and you will need to overtake again soon, it is safer to remain in the centre lane.' but Ireland doesn't.
www.rsa.ie/docs/default...
www.rsa.ie/docs/default...
Easily done it's quite a weird concept. How to treat loan words.
I can't spell Taoiseach i don't know how a Texan kid did www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
I can't spell Taoiseach i don't know how a Texan kid did www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
'Taoiseach' helps 11-year-old Texas boy to national spelling bee win
Spelling bee champion, 11, wows US audience after spelling the word for Irish prime minister.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Easily done it's quite a weird concept. How to treat loan words.
I can't spell Taoiseach i don't know how a Texan kid did www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
I can't spell Taoiseach i don't know how a Texan kid did www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
Tánaiste is a weird one. It is in the OED but not in smaller dictionaries. They don't mention it in their style guide
November 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Tánaiste is a weird one. It is in the OED but not in smaller dictionaries. They don't mention it in their style guide
Taoiseach makes more sense. The BBC are not claiming it isn't a word in English. Just that the more familiar synonym should be used in headlines
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Taoiseach makes more sense. The BBC are not claiming it isn't a word in English. Just that the more familiar synonym should be used in headlines
Right in Ireland Garda is used.
My issue is the BBC claiming an English word should be used. When I can't understand by what definition Garda is not an English word
My issue is the BBC claiming an English word should be used. When I can't understand by what definition Garda is not an English word
November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Right in Ireland Garda is used.
My issue is the BBC claiming an English word should be used. When I can't understand by what definition Garda is not an English word
My issue is the BBC claiming an English word should be used. When I can't understand by what definition Garda is not an English word
Sorry autocorrect messed up
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Sorry autocorrect messed up
Same, it's been on my list for ages
librivox.org/the-gadfly-b...
librivox.org/the-gadfly-b...
The Gadfly | LibriVox
LibriVox
librivox.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Same, it's been on my list for ages
librivox.org/the-gadfly-b...
librivox.org/the-gadfly-b...
There's a part in an Adam Curtis documentary where she didn't know how popular it was in the USSR and was surprised when people came to visit her in NY
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
There's a part in an Adam Curtis documentary where she didn't know how popular it was in the USSR and was surprised when people came to visit her in NY
We could be into something here. I'll get more examples of her curved artwork
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
We could be into something here. I'll get more examples of her curved artwork
It looks a bit like the math art of May Elizabeth Boole who lived in Cork
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ev... cc @cardcolm.bsky.social
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ev... cc @cardcolm.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
It looks a bit like the math art of May Elizabeth Boole who lived in Cork
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ev... cc @cardcolm.bsky.social
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ev... cc @cardcolm.bsky.social
annas-archive.org/md5/936c26bc... or you can buy it siopa.gael-linn.ie/en/bunt%C3%B... or Irish libraries have it
A First Step to Spoken Irish 1-3 - Anna’s Archive
Buntús Cainte.
Publisher: Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Publication date: 2008
Pages: 69+79+79 Buntús Cainte (English: B
lgli/F:\twirpx2\tw1\1037252\1buntus_cainte_a_first_step_to_spoken_irish_1_3.rar
annas-archive.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
annas-archive.org/md5/936c26bc... or you can buy it siopa.gael-linn.ie/en/bunt%C3%B... or Irish libraries have it
