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Why I'm stopping using AI for coding (and anything else) after using it earnestly for a year and coming to understand the harms it causes on personal, societal, and environmental levels.

As promised in a previous blog entry, what follows is a discussion of the translation of some of my favourite Asterix gags. The translators’ modus operandi was to include as many jokes in the Engli…

This is a work based on the Brazilian cover of Neuromancer book. The original artwork was made by Josan Gonzalez, and the post-production/photograph was done by Milton Menezes, using Photoshop I did ...

One of the oldest complete suits of European armour was discovered in 1960 near the village of Dendra, in Southern Greece, but it remained unknown whether this armour was suitable for extended use in ...

El Galeón Andalucía – Updated information for visitors: *** Sligo will welcome the spectacular Galeón Andalucía, the world’s largest replica Spanish galleon, for a two week visit from 30 June to 13…

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A UK court has made a decision defining genders which has put it at odds with a less noticed, more important, decision from the CJEU. This is the Gist.

Dublin has taken over the rotating presidency of the EU Council as the sovereignty debate rages - an awkward position for a country whose economy is dependent on American big tech.

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