To think how many arms of the state this passed through - mortifying.
Are they your favourite trees in the background?
Anyway, that doesnât look like a standard speed-limit-sign pole to me.
Dare I say itâs AI?
They are but there again the bastarding things are everywhereâŠ
You were casting aspersions of AI interference in a photo I had in the random pictures thread with a raft of dubious suggestions and today youâre suspicious of a roadside traffic sign - you could of course be right.
Youâd hardly buy a car from a lad on DoneDeal Iâd wagerâŠ
independent.ie has upped their game - the old archive.ph no longer working for me
Pay for journalism mate
my taxes do, remember?
No?
Taxpayer support for journalism in Ireland is more extensive than many people realise, operating through both direct and indirect channels.
Local Democracy Reporting Scheme CoimisiĂșn na MeĂĄn funds journalists embedded in local/regional news organisations to cover local government. This is a direct subsidy to newsrooms.
The total taxpayer exposure â combining licence fee, Exchequer top-ups, Sound & Vision, foregone VAT, public notice spending, and government advertising â likely runs to hundreds of millions of euros annually, though it is never aggregated in one place by the state, which makes public scrutiny difficult.
Organisations / Companies That Benefit
| Organisation | Mechanism |
|---|---|
| RTĂ | Licence fee, Exchequer grants, Sound & Vision |
| TG4 | Exchequer funding, Sound & Vision |
| Newstalk / Today FM (Bauer Media) | Sound & Vision, government advertising |
| Virgin Media Television | Sound & Vision, government advertising |
| Irish Times Ltd | VAT relief, public notices, government advertising |
| Mediahuis Ireland (Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, etc.) | VAT relief, public notices, government advertising |
| Reach plc (Irish Mirror, Irish Daily Star) | VAT relief, public notices, government advertising |
| Irish Examiner (Landmark Media) | VAT relief, public notices, government advertising |
| The Journal / Noteworthy (Journal Media) | Sound & Vision, CoimisiĂșn na MeĂĄn funding |
| Business Post | VAT relief, public notices, government advertising |
| Local/regional newspapers (e.g. Kerryman, Connacht Tribune) | Public notices, Local Democracy Reporting Scheme |
| Community radio stations (c.20+) | Sound & Vision, local authority support |
| Independent production companies | Sound & Vision, Section 481 |
| RaidiĂł na Gaeltachta | RTĂ/Exchequer funding |
Can you do it without using AI please
Very little I agree with that absolute asshole about but on this yes
Pay for journalism
Here comes the headbanger bully again.
You reap what you sow cunt
Nasty nasty stuff. A real insight
Iâd love to batter you with something but I have to make do with pointing out that youâre a nasty bullying cunt every once in a while 
Thatâs the internet for ya
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Big words from the big bully
Listen cunt
I will he straight up, Iâm not the kind to peck away at somebody for 10 years for absolutely no reason when he never ever replies,
So calling me a bully in the old âI know you are but what am Iâ defence says it all,
You sad sad man, take a break from screens for 5 minutes and look around, prick
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Iâve learned what a perfect number is. Itâs when the factors of the number are added together to give you the number itself. 6 is an example (1,2,3 totalling 6). Similarly with 28. (1,2,4,7,14)
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60% of 20 is the same as 20% of 60.
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There is a spot on the marina market in cork called Pratai. They sell cones of chips with toppings for 12 or 14 euro 