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s38b35M5 , 13 hours ago

We call those "whisker balls" in our house, but I love peanut whiskers.

s38b35M5 , 3 days ago

Fuzzy was a way-ay-ayy!

s38b35M5 , 5 days ago

And for good reason

s38b35M5 , 6 days ago

I dream in a fashion that I "experience" the dream and remember it later, but only around the changing of the seasons. For instance, in Central America where I live, were transitioning into the rainy season soon. I've been dreaming so vividly for the pas two weeks, and only started feeling rested two nights ago.

In a week or so, that will taper back to rarely remembering ant dreams, and not surface again until October or November when our dry season starts again. (Disclaimer: we haven't had a rainy season with rain the past two Yeats, but we still call it the rainy season)

When I lived in New England, it was the same, but four times a year, and most pronounced in the fall-to-winter and spring-to-summer transitions.

That's not to say I never dream outside of those times, but rarely remember, and not consecutively. Last night I had one dream from 3am to 7am. I woke up once and used the bathroom and easily returned to the same dream, albeit subdued.

s38b35M5 , 10 days ago

You just clinched your interview for Uber upper management

s38b35M5 , 11 days ago

You did it wrong. Anya's world is upside down with this intruder. "Just see what happens" is not healthy or safe. Accept that and move past it.

As another comment mentions, Jackson Galaxy has a good many videos on this topic, but the first priority should be the vet to check them out for a chip and health. Then watch the JG vids.

Remember: cat's most important security is derived from familiar territory. Move even one piece of furniture and they need to reassess. A new un-neutered male is a direct threat to the territory and can cause many unwanted behaviors and stress on both cats.

s38b35M5 OP , 11 days ago

Quite true. As a Google Fi subscriber since 2015, I still rely on them for that service, but I've weaned off everything else to the extent that I can. There was a time that I thought the value outweighed the spying, but its impossible for me to maintain that delusion now.

s38b35M5 OP , 11 days ago

We can already tell you the age, gender, hobbies, kinks, frequently visited spots and how long they stay there, who goes with them and who they meet, what they think about, when they go to sleep, but wouldn't you also like to know where they are and who they're near when their devices are offline with Bluetooth on? We can do that now too! Creepy? No! They think it's so they can [checks notes] find their device even if its offline.

-Google probably

s38b35M5 OP , 10 days ago

Settings > Google > All Settings > Find My Device > Off

s38b35M5 OP , 10 days ago

I've been out of the US since late '22 and they still haven't cut my data or sent one email about it. I expected to lose it after 90 days. I get a google play services error once in a while about Fi needing it to have all permissions, but I don't have any problems leaving them off. My next install of lineage I'm going to try no GApps and see if it still works. I know the LOS team say you need it for Fi.

s38b35M5 OP , 9 days ago

I've been expecting Google to kill it like they tend to do with everything people start to like, but it's been over 7 years already, and still going.

Don't jinx it!!! 😉

Aurora

I'll be checking this out tonight; thanks for the tip!

s38b35M5 OP , 9 days ago

The email has a link to opt out too.

Here it is for anyone else interested: opt out of the network

s38b35M5 OP , 9 days ago

Everybody else's devices.

s38b35M5 OP , 9 days ago

Bingo!

s38b35M5 OP , 8 days ago

If you're unfamiliar with the change being implemented, Google is using every android device to detect every other device and report that location to a central database. You can then go to the Find My Device app or website and your device can be located if it's been seen by any other device.

There's no need for the user to access anybody else's device.

My concern is that my privacy is now being invaded by all the scanning devices in my area, and everybody's movements are even more transparent for the data brokers.

s38b35M5 , 11 days ago

I do not consent!!! 🙀

s38b35M5 , 13 days ago

Shouldn't have [checks notes] exercised their rights.

s38b35M5 , 13 days ago

Luna's pose would always get me taking photos. That said, I feel for Luna being so clearly overweight. 😥

s38b35M5 , 13 days ago

Hollywood magic! The chair back adds 7 pounds!

s38b35M5 , 13 days ago

The pedant in me has to point our that if it's the "best song we've ever heard..." then we already heard it, and it isn't still "out there" as in unheard and waiting to be listened to.

s38b35M5 , 14 days ago

Some AV Processors include a night mode or loudness processing that attempts to normalize the levels. In practice, the levels will lower some, but perhaps not enough to alleviate the problem.

You could try reporting the provider, but it's likely their legal team would argue the CALM act doesn't apply to them. Come to think of it, the FCC may not have ever formalized the rules still...

s38b35M5 , 14 days ago

Nailed it!

s38b35M5 , 16 days ago

The both?

s38b35M5 , 16 days ago

And how can a one argue with these that?

s38b35M5 OP , 16 days ago

Boop'd

s38b35M5 OP , 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago)

Mask and blaze! When I shared your comment, he squeaked in reply.

s38b35M5 OP , 16 days ago

Thank you!

This is his "why are you still awake at 11pm" face

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f9358a46-3dc7-435e-88e6-5dcd65370318.jpeg

s38b35M5 OP , 16 days ago

Thank you! We love our Charlie -- though I'm the only human in the house that calls him by that name. My GF likes silly names, and calls him, "big boy," pronounced, "beeg bwai," on account of him being the biggest cat she's ever had.

Fun fact: he may have condor or eagle in his bloodline, because his claws are the biggest, longest, thickest claws I've ever seen on a house cat.

Give your Charlie pets for us!

s38b35M5 OP , 16 days ago

Thanks! We call it polite pose. He does it a lot, and it usually looks far more... intentional

s38b35M5 OP , 16 days ago

We love this photo.

Scritches are his favorite. (Big surprise, that...) He enjoyed.

s38b35M5 OP , 16 days ago

Thank you! I wanted to provide a fun bio with his background because I always like learning about the kittays on here. I also thought some might wonder about his ear.

s38b35M5 , 18 days ago

Try training Kika to use the toilet? My Grandmother's cat was the same way back in the 80's, and my uncle (yup, he still lived at home in his forties) trained the cat to use their downstairs toilet. Problem solved.

Edit: we kids always tried to catch her doing it but never did, but wed see the evidence after the fact.

s38b35M5 , 18 days ago

I'm sorry you're going through this. I haven't seen your previous posts, but I can relate to some of what you are going through.

Our ten year old cat (former feral rescued at age 3+/-) has chronic inflamed gums and buildup on the gumline. In the US, we were quoted $700-$1600 (they said it would depend on a few variables) for twice-yearly cleaning, and said extraction would be the logical next step. We were shocked at that cost, and considered putting our cat down.

About six months later, we moved to Central America, and on our first vet visit, told them the situation. The vet examined his teeth, quoted us $35 for a simple cleaning and $15 for an enzyme we put in his water. No need for extraction. The vet was visibly angry at the proposal to remove his teeth, and especially the cost.

The day of the procedure (1 December), the vet allowed me to assist, and it took only about ten minutes. The whole room stank of bad kittay breath. Recovery from the sedative was hard to watch for the rest of the day, but the next few days he seemed much happier, even playing with his sister instead of being his usual grouch self.

A month ago he went in to treat a rash from an allergy, and he currently has zero problems on his teeth or gums. The vet thinks all he needs is for us to keep using the enzyme (which we're lucky that he drinks water many times a day) and stay on top of it.

Now we no longer mind when Charlie licks us, and he doesn't stink. He's also more playful. We think his mouth always hurt, and made him moody. He loves to chew on natural fiber rope toys (for dogs) with his back teeth, which possibly help keep them clean. He bites so hard his teeth squeak and creak through the rope.

All that is to say that care in the US is crazy expensive, and pretty dismissive of alternative treatment options. It left us feeling like our options were to spend an ungodly amount of money or put our cat down. Surprisingly, even putting the cat down in the states would cost more than the cleaning procedure here in Belize.

s38b35M5 , 17 days ago

I don't have any left and the vet is getting more from Mexico, but if I recall correctly, the vet said it has natural enzymes from fruits like papaya? I'm waiting for more, because I just can't get Charlie to accept me brushing his teeth. Also, It's possible the enzyme does nothing, and his current diet and the rope are what's helping, but its so cheap, I don't mind.

s38b35M5 , 18 days ago

Man, Google really does suck now. It feels nearly impossible to get something like a how-to deep in the Debian FAQs to come up, as it mostly surfaces this auto-generated SEO crap

By design. The longer you're Googling, the more ads they can sell.

...Ben Gomes – a long-tenured googler who helped define the company during its best years – lost a fight with Prabhakar Raghavan, a computer scientist turned manager whose tactic for increasing the number of search queries (and thus the number of ads the company could show to searchers) was to decrease the quality of search. That way, searchers would have to spend more time on Google before they found what they were looking for.

s38b35M5 , 18 days ago

Worst timeline? Could be...

s38b35M5 , 21 days ago

Dumb.

"We are too corrupt to draft meaningful privacy legislation, but watch as we pretend CCP is the real problem."

Performative BS

s38b35M5 , 20 days ago (edited 20 days ago)

And many, many mobile apps out there, except this one is the bad one, because: China.

My point is that meaningful privacy legislation would stop all apps from doing this with our data, but we have legislators who only pretend to care if a bogeyman has access to the data, and forget the part where any adversary could simply buy the data on the open data market.

I'm personally less interested in China having access to my daily movements than I am my own government, which includes states that are trying to criminalize going to certain medical providers.

I'd prefer if nobody had access, but I can see through the charade. These legislators are invested in technology that competes with China, and that collect and sell our data, so they prefer to keep things the way they are and pick winners and losers.

s38b35M5 , 22 days ago

Charges for peaceful demonstration? Sounds like a violation with no qualified immunity to me. But in the 11th district... Not too hopeful for justice.

s38b35M5 , 22 days ago

Its definitely awesome that your cat is scratching, and good you want to keep their claws trimmed. Sharp claws can get caught in fabrics, and hurt other pets.

Bad news! Scratching actually sharpens their claws and pulls the old nail sheaths off the new razor sharp claw beneath.

Good news! You can trim your cat's claws for the price of a pair of clippers.

Just be patient and gentle and calm and they'll get used to it. My formerly feral rescue cats sleep through it now after years of it. The first few times, I'd just clip as many as they'd calmly let me. Now the clippers are like the brush, and they purr.

s38b35M5 , 23 days ago

Why is green bad and red good? Seems like the color choices are as odd as the opinions in the list.

s38b35M5 , 23 days ago

My son absolutely reks on Warthunder and Fortnite. Like, 30 kills in duos, rez'ing me and my SO twice each match. My jam was Unreal Tournament, and I definitely give him props for his skill and reflexes.

s38b35M5 , 1 month ago (edited 29 days ago)

Crawled out from under my rock and need the context. Running LOS 21 on my pixel 5 and still have toggle functionality with the March 18 update.

Edit: got the April 15 update yesterday and now I too, have no quick toggle function. Enshittification continues apace…

s38b35M5 , 29 days ago (edited 29 days ago)

I don’t configure my smart watch (Garmin tracker) for notification, text, call access, as I prefer not to send those private communications to a third (and fourth, and fifth…) party. Also, my watch battery last three extra days if I disable Bluetooth at all tines except sync.

So for me, quick toggle was what I enjoyed.

Fuck Google… More like Microsoft every day.

s38b35M5 , 1 month ago

It would constantly be telling users how much nicer people are better things are for inexplicable reasons, but would have very little other than news to talk about.

s38b35M5 , 16 days ago

This is classic efficient market hypothesis brain worms, the kind of cognitive dead-end that you arrive at when you conceive of people in purely economic terms, without considering the power relationships between them. It's a dead end you navigate to if you only think about things as they are today – vast numbers of indebted people who command fewer assets and lower wages than at any time since WWII – and treat this as a "natural" state: "how can these poors expect to be offered more debt unless they agree to have their all-important pocket computers booby-trapped?"

-Cory Doctorow from his blog, unintentionally addressing you