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Eh, pls #boost my request to #getfedihired, if you could spare two clicks? 🥺

I've been humming and hawing about posting this, it feels strange, something about generational guilt & working class shame & ... but it's either this or start putting my CV through LLMs to include every buzzword on the listing I'm applying to. I haven't been able to stomach that, even though I presume that's a lot of my competition.

I simply can't get to an interview. Historically, I've done three interviews and got the job each time, because I'm a real human being who is friendly and chatty and presents himself sincerely (or, that's my guess, anyway).

#Christmas miracles appreciated!

In #Ireland with my partner, but we've lived in different places and would move happily. I've a year experience doing an IT support role the last year, but have transitioned to this stuff later than usual.

Before I've done: bartender; bicycle courier for Deliveroo in #Berlin for two years (best job ever); private tutor for five years in #Lyon (mostly piano but also maths, Irish, English, flute, tin whistle); bookies clerk for a short period; a few other odd bits - one highlight was writing reviews for a theatre company.

Oh, very comfortably fluent in #French, pretty fluent in #Irish (my first love), and intermediate #German (which I would love to have a chance to go back speaking and learning).

Tech-wise, it's been mostly on the #Linux / #Emacs / #Lisp side of things. I would happily work on anything that is one or more of challenging, interesting, useful, or moral.

Money doesn't rule me. I want to live with a humane level of comfort, that's all.

CVs and references available, DMs open. Thanks so much for any and all help!


The AI industry wants us to believe AI superintelligence is the real threat from generative AI.

But that narrative was crafted to distract from the many ways genAI is being used to tear our societies apart, as we saw this week when a deepfake video rocked the Irish election. It must be reined in.

disconnect.blog/generative-ai-…

#tech #genai #generativeai #deepfake #politics #ireland


#Irish President, Michael D Higgins says outlould what other leaders are afraid to. The #UN has the power collectively to stop the #genocide by establishing a humanitarian corridor. We can't go to war against the #Israeli military regime but we can stop them from killing any more #Palestinian children if we want to. Demand your government do something now. Support the #HigginsUNInitiative.
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine #Palestine #IsraelWarCrimes #IsraeliCrimes #Ireland #Paddystinian




The government of the Republic of #Ireland will be involved in the administration of Northern Ireland if the Stormont is not restored. Alliance MP Stephen Farry said there'll be "no choice" but for Dublin to be part of a plan B for governing Northern Ireland." The #DUP remains recalcitant. Legal deadline for restoration of devolution passed Friday bbc.com/news/uk-northern-irela…



So you’re in Ireland and you want to order contact lenses, you say? You might stumble upon Feel Good Contacts through a search engine like DuckDuckGo as they seem to have the cheapest prices. Nice…

Until the time comes to reorder. If you’re not careful, your reorder will cost considerably more.

So what do you do?

Go back to the search engine, search for your specific brand of lenses + “cheapest” and follow the link to get the lower price.

Oh how I hate capitalism.

#contactLenses #ireland


A warning about FeelGood Contacts (feelgoodcontacts.ie) if you’re in Ireland and wear contact lenses: do NOT turn on their “auto-replenish” feature.

Just got a notification that they were about to charge me €148.05 for two 90-day boxes of lenses. That felt steep. So I opened an incognito browser and checked their site via an ad on Google. Lo and behold, I was offered 30-day boxes at €19.20 (so €115.20 for the equivalent amount… or €32.85 cheaper).

Goodness I fucking hate capitalism.

#ireland


“EU GDPR enforcement against Big Tech is paralysed by Ireland’s failure to deliver draft decisions on cross-border cases. Ireland’s failure to uphold the GDPR has allowed surveillance to remain the default business model of the digital world.”

biometricupdate.com/202207/un-…

CC @noybeu

#gdpr #ireland #enforcement #privacy #facialRecognition #humanRights



So how’s the rental market going in Ireland, then?

(Kilkenny, where we live, is a city with a population of ~22,000. Daft is basically the only property app/site in Ireland.)

#kilkenny #ireland #renting #daft


One of my little morning joys: a little local Purple Cloud lavender honey in my porridge.

One of the tastiest honeys I’ve had and made right here in Kilkenny in Ireland.

#kilkenny #ireland #food #local