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"A fish that forgets is on-brand." github.com/arman-bd/gup...

When I was a child my mother bought a hostess trolley. It looked insane in our cramped little house. But she'd spent the cash and insisted we use it all the time, bumping and scratching as we went. It was, in every way, a worse experience than just carrying stuff yourself. This is a post about AI.

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What everything reminds you of Czechoslovakia...

You know how in a library no one’s trying to sell you anything? That’s how the internet was.

Absolutely this: "I’ve learned that when you coin a new term, the definition is not what you give it. It’s what people assume it means when they hear it." @simonwillison.net (simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/14/...)

In Czech we don't say "I'm self-employed" we say "I'm free-legged" and I think that's beautiful. Or weird.

Me in Ireland: You can't make me say Dia dhuit as a greeting, what am I, some kind of religious fanatic? Me in Austria: Grüss Gott! Gott sei Dank! Um Gottes Willen!

They: Guten Morgen, wie geht's? You:

By the you finish trying to pronounce Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum it is already überschritten.

badreads buff.ly/LVl4M2j books you truly regret reading complete with TL;DRs (too long don't read) <- I *like* this. We need more of stuff like this.

Most PhD theses do nothing but gather dust in a university library somewhere. I don’t want that to happen to mine, so I’ve started grave-robbing chapters from it and giving them a new life as blog posts. Here’s one, more will follow.

Mein Lieblingswein ist Bier.

Ní thuigeann daoine óga inniu an t-iontas a chuireann sé ar ár n-aoisghrúpa gur féidir trasnú ó Bheirlín Thoir go Beirlín Thiar anois, gan tollán a thochailt ná dul i bhfolach i mbúit an ghluaisteáin.

Some AI chatbots can now ask follow-up questions by giving you a form to fill. It's a great idea, I'm going to start doing that to people.

Which one is Thursday again?

I have made what I hope is an improvement to the autoplay feature on Native Dialogs. When the autoplay checkbox is checked, it now plays the sound for *both* sides of the conversation as you make your way down the roleplay. Is that better? www.nativedialogs.com

It is not the case that all Russians support the war, and it is certainly not the case that those who do still would if they had some proper journalism in the country. www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZzs...

They come in peace.

“Tá na Gardaí ag iarraidh cúnamh ar an bpobal ainm a chur ar an bhfear a bhfuil tatú de bhratach ghorm agus bhán ar a sciathán deas aige a bhfuil an mana 'Ceol is Beatha' scríofa uirthi.” Probably drochaistriúchán ar ’Music is Life’, ag cur san áireamh cén sort duine atá ann.

The error page is so beautifully multilingual that I’m not even mad the website is down.

📢Gairm ar pháipeir: Logainmneacha agus an Éiceolaíocht sa Chomhthéacs Eorpach📢 Ceardlann @logainm.bsky.social, Déardaoin 23 Iúil in @fsg-dcu.bsky.social. www.dcu.ie/fiontarscoil...

Here’s a listicle I wrote years ago. Everything in it is still true. Of course it is, languages don’t change that quickly.

I always know what to say when I don't know what to say. And you?

Avoiding the male default in translated texts is not really that difficult – if you’re using Fairslator. www.fairslator.com

After webshits wreck everything, apptards come in and make the rubble bounce. UI design has steadily deteriorated since the browser was invented.

While Rome falls, all that the Barbarians want is to speak like native Romans.

The number of users is growing but is *my* French getting any better? Je ne sais pas…

☘️ Cúrsaí ar líne ag Oideas Gael i mí Feabhra… 📖 Upcoming online courses this February… www.oideasgael.ie/en/online/ca...

Istigh i ngach Gael tá dhá spiorad.

How would you say this in Czech? > There has been an accident. > S____ s_ n_____. Answer: www.nativedialogs.com/czech/emerge...

I wouldn’t mind paying a subscription to read paywalled sites. But I do mind having to sign up on many different sites separately. Why hasn’t anyone invented a service yet that aggregates multiple subscriptions into one, with single sign-on and all that? Don’t tell me I have to build it myself!

“Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them.” ― Frank Herbert, _Dune_

🎵 Pócaí folamh is cloigeann tinn...

What’s the best way to say “you look X” in Irish, eg. “you look tired”? 👎 Wrong: “Féachann tú tuirseach”: seriously, don’t do this. 😐 Not wrong but meh: “Tá cuma thuirseach ort”: not great, not terrible. 🎩 Like a boss: “Tá cuma na tuirse ort”: beautiful!

Who doesn't?

'Sugar is crucial for healthy teeth,' said Harris, after his visit to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory.

Déan PhD san áit is fearr ar domhan don Ghaeilge mar theanga chomhaimseartha dhigiteach!

Sin sampla den bhealach mícheart chun leas a bhaint as an intleacht shaorga. Seo sampla den bhealach ceart [dar liom (toisc gur mise a rinne)]: www.nativedialogs.com/irish

“64K Ram system, 38911 Basic Bytes free. Ready.” Má cheannaím é seo, ní don reitreo-chluichíocht a bheidh sé agam ach don reitreo-ríomhchláraitheoireacht.

"People guessed around 43.8% of people born outside of Ireland were availing of social housing compared to the real figure of 6.1%." www.thejournal.ie/immigration-...

How would you say this in Irish? I’ll be back soon! B···· m· a· a·· a· b···! Answer: www.nativedialogs.com/irish/quiz?a...

Neam neam, crainn bheaga ghlasa!

Cad é an scéal leis an nGaeilge? The Irish language may be having a revival, but Gaeilgeoirí have some issues they'd like to raise. DCU's Dr Úna Bhreathnach @unaeb.bsky.social joins the @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social podcast to discuss. Listen: launch.dcu.ie/4qbwKGA @researchireland.ie

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Use your #Gaeilge to tell Ciara about that embarrassing nickname you had when you were a child.

Chomh luath is a ghlanann tú an sneachta amach, titeann tuilleadh.

How would you say this in Irish? What’s wrong? C·· a·· c····? Answer: www.nativedialogs.com/irish/quiz?a...

Use your #Gaeilge to tell Tadhg how your children like their new school.