Our small company paid a prominent (of that specific driver) open source driver writer for prioritisation of some work more than once. All the code was GPL.

I know it’s only one data point but it’s one way.

Some days, I even think maybe I might be a good person too

You sound like a good person to me. That level of self reflection rarely / never leads to being a shithead in my experience.

Crazy story but a very interesting read. Thanks for sharing.

Australia has mandatory voting which is an interesting one. Quick search tells me the last turnout was nearly 90%.

Wow. I was there in the late 90’s and looks more or less exactly how I remember it. Is that the “gaslight” area? (I think that’s what it’s called but it was a long time ago, maybe “oldtown”?)

Same. I met a German girl at a hostel in Los Angeles once when I was young and her English was so perfect and her accent so thoroughly American that she had to show me her passport for me to believe she was German.

It was all fun. I had kinda forgotten about that little incident until this thread. :)

The segfault at the end was perfection.

My fear now is that if military leadership falls into the wrong hands

Rome intensifies

The lad in the picture is Ian Paisley. He was a prominent unionist back in the day. (Unionist being someone in favour of maintaining the six counties in Northern Ireland being part of the UK)

From the wiki page:

Ulster Says No was the name and slogan of a unionist mass protest campaign against the provisions of the 1985 Anglo-Irish Agreement which gave the government of the Republic of Ireland an advisory role in the governance of Northern Ireland.

Page here if you want some more reading.

As I recall (and I was young at the time so this may be wrong) it got rolled out for various other stuff.

Catchy slogan in fairness.

Fear not…Brown soda bread is big here. Definitely my most consumed bread.

All these years later I can still hear his voice saying it.

😂

I believe Americans serve it on Paddy’s day and / or is seen as a stereotypically Irish meal over there. I do recall being asked over there if I ate it regularly.

As I said in another comment there my oul boy did actually really like it as a meal but I think it’s more a misunderstanding though it does have some weird historical roots.

Others have given you solid answers on why the chicken and watermelon thing was really stupid so I’ll try to answer from the Irish perspective on the second part of your question:

You can serve me corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick’s day as long as you’re not being a dick about it. I’d probably consider it a nice effort actually if I happened to be abroad on the day.

My dad used to love corned beef, cabbage and potatoes with parsley sauce. It’s a grand meal but not my thing.

If you were a unionist who served it to me in a leprechaun outfit I’d be inclined to tell you where to go though.

Edit: I hope this answers your question. It’s a good question and the answer is nuanced so if I can offer you more perspective let me know, I’d be happy to help.

TL;DR I think most people are full of goodness.

In this instance that’s definitely the case that it’s shitty behaviour IMO but in general I still hold dear to my view that most people are good and it’s my default position on new people I meet, with some bad vibe exceptions, until proven otherwise.

It’s like the old Mr Rogers quote about looking for the helpers. I see (and try my best to also do and am so lucky to be married to someone the same) so much good in this world.

Dubya was definitely way smarter than the media portrayed him at the time. He did very well in the debate against Gore.

I read that the whole “fool me once” gaffe was down to him not wanting to be have a sound bite of him saying “shame on me”, copped it mid sentence then tried to cobble his way out of it. Not sure how true or accurate that is but it is at least plausible.

This is also my experience exactly.

In Ireland they had something called LRP or lead replacement petrol for a good while. Eventually it just fizzled out as people had their old cars converted.

I believe there was an additive you could buy at a parts shop for cars that couldn’t be converted.

That is cool.

You might enjoy Adrian Tchaikovsky’s series “Children of Time”. It’s a fascinating sci-fi series that examines how other species might communicate and a fantastic read (or listen).

Except me. I’m definitely unique. Right?

Sold!