@stevemurphyis.bsky.social
Isn't it funny how none of the ministers calling for "a debate" all week will actually debate it?
Don't fall for their mass distraction tactics, dog whistling to try and distract from government policy that's created the housing, healthcare, and cost of living crises we face.
His initial reaction to the Leo/Bernardo incident was, "oooh, Trossard's silly, he could be off" then when showed a full replay he said, "oh that's why! Bernardo's silly there" so he decided an Arsenal player probably should be off based solely on the fact a very divey City player was rolling around
22.09.2025 06:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Some of us were loading up a cassette of this on our ZX Spectrums
16.09.2025 13:43 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The same commentator who said, "the good news is it's been checked and cleared" about VAR checking for an Arsenal penalty in the second half
14.09.2025 12:41 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0"Fletch"
14.09.2025 12:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Abraço Cafe on Blackstock Road has some great breakfast/brunch options.
12.09.2025 08:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Dear Sir, I was interested to read your Technology Correspondent’s interview with an Irish tech executive at the forefront of AI, but surprised to find what the interviewer did not choose to ask. For starters: how is an industry which is entirely based on un-recompensed plagiarism, the need to ingest vast amounts of human-created writing, art and music in order to output its results - how is such an industry going to deal with the vast debt it owes to the creative people whose work it needs to steal in order to survive? The second question I was surprised was not asked is: how is the vastly unprofitable OpenAI, whose operating costs are an estimated €5 billion a year and rising, going to survive? What will their AI actually do in return for all that money? So far they have continuously failed to make an operating profit, and are deeply in the red. I would say it's because their product has no real value, but I would love to hear a tech exec’s answer. The combined expenditure of all parts of the generative AI boom — data centers, utilities and applications — is estimated to cost a trillion dollars in the next several years alone, which begs one more question: "what trillion dollar problem will AI solve?” Blithely suggesting, as Sarah Friar does, that we use it as a wine sommelier, or to manage our investments, is a little funny when you’re one of the thousands of creative people who are contemplating the loss of their future income because OpenAI has plagiarised their work. Final queston: how are they planning to mitigate the enormous negative impact their data farms have on our environment (in Ireland they already account for 21% of all metered electricity consumption)? I hope next time there’s an interview with someone from Big Tech your correspondent is a little more questioning. Not all of us have drunk the AI Kool-Aid. Paul Duane
The ludicrous softball interview with an Irish OpenAI exec in today's Irish Times has pushed me over the edge and I am now the kind of man who writes letters to the editor of the Irish Times.
05.06.2025 09:04 — 👍 433 🔁 106 💬 21 📌 5The only immigration problem in Ireland is American companies coming in here to use our resources, destroy our housing market and pay zero tax for the privilege. There’s your mythical immigrant sponging off the system
20.03.2025 19:03 — 👍 28 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0"NWANERIIIII FOOOREVEERRR, whatever the weather..."
30.01.2025 10:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The commentators being upset about the disallowed goal for "romantic" reasons - ah yes, the romance of the oil-state owned, multi-club model.
30.01.2025 08:37 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Howard Webb thinks referees are there to change games. He thinks fans pay to watch referees and one of the very comfortable matey broadcasters who are close to him needs to burst his bubble and tell him that nobody wants that.
25.01.2025 19:19 — 👍 304 🔁 26 💬 16 📌 2Fair play Blogs, you consistently prove yourself to be a good 'un!
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