Im not one to shill bitcoin in the channel but the fact that someone of Balaji Srinivasans calibre is sounding the alarms (around us banks collapsing and cdbcs) is concerning. Well worth the hour. https://youtu.be/G9ULrFN_lCI

I really dont think Irish people are prepared for the effect AI will have on jobs in the next 1.5 years nevermind 10. This will be the biggest deflationary effect on the global economy ever.. bigger than China joining the WTO. If I had a kid in a computer science degree I would be pulling them out to start a trade immediately.

As AI becomes more advanced, people may rely on machines for answers instead of sharing knowledge with each other on online platforms. This growing dependency raises concerns about the future of human knowledge and collaboration. Additionally, if users stop contributing new information, AI development could be hindered due to outdated datasets. The rapid growth of AI might make it the dominant knowledge source, potentially reducing human-shared knowledge to a minor factor within AI systems or causing it to be lost entirely. It's crucial to question the implications of our growing reliance on AI for information. - F

Setting your smartphone to grayscale / black and white will immediately result in reduced screen time, less eye strain, improved sleep quality, and minimized distractions. You will retain all of the important functionality with less of the negatives. Take control.

Hands down the most profound book I have read in years.

Since January, three new IPAS centres & 24 new Emergency Accommodation Centres for asylum applicants have been setup in the country.
March 2023
Total IPAS Accommodation Centres = 49
Emergency Accommodation Centres = 130

40% of applicants are declaring asylum at the IPO office International Protection Office, Timberlay House, 78-83 Lower Mount Street. You can make this up.. The picture on Google earth of the office has a full O'Gradys bus outside it. https://www.google.com/maps/place/79+Mount+Street+Lower,+Dublin+2/@53.3386641,-6.2435913,3a,75y,55.87h,71.08t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_UU01IQjCszqcH2uJjm2fw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!4m7!3m6!1s0x48670e94458a765f:0x3683d64894e85114!8m2!3d53.3389132!4d-6.2434063!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F11csdjyvh3

The CSO has released crime figures for Q4 2022. However, caution must be taken when interpreting national-level aggregated crime rates or comparing 2021 (during lockdown) with 2022. The devil is in the detail here, as  factors such as lockdown and migration have contributed to changes in crime patterns. Migration peaked at the end of 2022, while the pandemic also impacted crime patterna during lockdown. To understand the impact of I'm comparing pre-pandemic pre migration Q4 2019 with Q4 2022. Focusing on Dublin illustrates how issues and hotspots can get overlooked when aggregated at the national level.

Ill be digging into the data fully over the next couple of weeks.

Only 163 refugees fled to Ireland from the world's next four most war-torn countries of 2022 after Ukraine. Less than 1% of IPAS 20k residents originate from these nations.

Top 5 War-Torn Countries in 2022 according to Wikipedia:

Ukraine - 200,000 dead
Ethiopia - 110,000 dead
Myanmar - 20,000 dead
Mexico - 7,000 dead
Yemen - 7,000 dead

ISD are wheeled out regularly on RTE, Virgin etc and make regular contributions to the thejournal.ie. It's all one big global media octopus and you ain't part of it. https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1646147460778147843

I love Gript but this is a tad misinformed. For obvious reasons it was harder to burgle a house in 2021 during lockdown. Covid really messed with crime patterns. That said I'll do a comparison with pre lockdown burglaries tonight and someone can pass on the info.

The latest figures on burglaries carried out in 2022 shows a 10% increase in those crimes since the previous year.

#gript

https://gript.ie/burglaries-across-the-country-up-10-new-figures/

Comparing crime offenses from Q3-Q4 2019 against Q3-Q4 2022 by offense type and Garda Division. Detailed breakdown with percentage increases.

While stating that rape and sexual incidents increased by only 20% from H2 2019 (pre-lockdown) to H2 2022 (post-plantation) is true, it conceals the true magnitude of increases in certain areas.

Sexual Crime - Subset of the Q3-Q4 2019 v Q3-Q4 2022 dataset.
Original Data Source: https://ws.cso.ie/public/api.restful/PxStat.Data.Cube_API.ReadDataset/CJQ06/CSV/1.0/

Burglary is infact down 50% comparing Q3-Q4 2019 with Q3-Q4 2022. Covid Lockdown messed with crime patterns. Be careful trying to compare data from 2021 vs 2022. Pre Pandemic vs Post Plantation / Pandemic comparison is more useful untill we get into 2023.

It's much harder to burgle houses when people are more likely to be working from home (post pandemic)

What about those huge rises in "Offences against government and its agents" tho.. 👀

When determining "local" rises in crime, it makes more sense to focus on commonly occurring offenses like theft or violent crimes that have a higher occurrence than murder. This can help in identifying hotspots. Three murders in one county in 2022 compared to one murder in 2021 or 2019 may indicate a "horrific 200% increase in murder", but it doesn't provide much insight because of the low occurrence rate. Murder rates, as well as other low occurrence crimes, are much better reported at a national level. In contrast, instances of harassment or threats to kill, etc., when reported at the county or garda division level, give a much clearer picture of a rising tide of local violence.