SciencePetsComputers

36756 pts ยท March 12, 2016


Computer Science major and I volunteer with a no-kill animal rescue. You can message me if you have questions on pet care. Formerly ScreamingToad

Run the cable down your shirt, and if necessary through a belt loop.

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If I were to make a list of 10 strongest personalities probably 4 would be white or black and white, 2 tabbies, and 2 torties/calico and 2 black cats. This is with 11 years of being in a animal rescue.

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I find white cats to have the most prominent personalities. I realise it's a bias though due to a few unique white cats I fostered. A white cat was the only cat to break out of one of my live traps(it was a very muscular kitty), A white flame point was the only foster I had that figured out it could run on the wall with momentum. People love to talk up Tortie-tude but white cats and black and white cats have been the ones with especially unique personalities for me.

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I bring this up as it was something I discovered later in life and definitely explained why I have to count out loud. I don't have dyscalculia so it's not a comorbidity.

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Fun tidbit about Dyslexia. It can cause issues counting issues, particularly when not out loud past a certain number range. It's not a easy bit to google unfortunately using google on it results in google bypassing even quotation marks (which is meant to tell it to use that word in particular) to look up dyscalculia instead, unless you use: "dyslexia" and "counting". Bing however is much better at bringing up relevant sites in this case.

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It would be neat if it actually did, but all evidence of improved efficiency so far shows signs of cherry picking with more credible larger studies showing no improvement. Much of the improvements AI could do has already been addressed by machine learning before the ChatGPT boom. This includes reading handwriting, which is arguably one of the biggest successes of machine learning, and interpreting the results of cell staining tests.
So far "AI" has just worsened people information illiteracy.

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WWII at least. I don't know enough history to say if any war after is indisputably protecting the USA but WWII the USA was directly attacked in Pearl Harbor.

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To nerd on the reasons why is soluble fiber forms a gel that can help lubricate the bowels and is particularly active in supporting gut flora. Miralax works by helping the bowels retain water by increasing the osmotic pressure. Osmotic pressure is the resistance that a solution has to going across a membrane, so it make it harder for the large intestines to pull moisture out of poop. The large intestine pulling too much moisture out for one reason or the other is the cause for most constipation

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Particularly soluble fiber, and being hydrated. It can come in a pill, powdered, fiber bar, or from foods like oats. Also miralax is great.

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I have it blacklisted from my google search results(using uBlacklist) because it is more often that not inaccurate, manipulates search results to indicate information that isn't there, and integrates ads so that they look like a part of the actual website itself.

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I argue it is a shortsword.
For a average height person it would technically be considered a long knife if it was a knife/dagger, however a knife is typically single edged if meant for cutting or double edged for stabbing while string is double edged and meant for slashing or stabbing. SInce the length cutoff for short swords and the size estimates of sting in the book vary I'd say it depends more on how it is used than how long it is, and it was used as a short sword by Frodo.

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It's a portable induction cooktop in most likely tiny studio apartment. I doubt there is rat poop there, just specks of something else. The plastic and foil is probably leftover from food prep and can be cleaned up afterwards. Maybe the should clean as they go with cooking, but I'm not going to judge someone who is cooking food in a place without a traditional stove and oven when there is no evidence of stains from continued neglect. Everything there can be cleaned when the put away the cooktop.

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I've had a few fosters resistant like that. I'm guessing putting him outside the room isn't a option. Best of luck dealing with it then.

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I can say on some level kittens/cats understand the concept of leaving a sleeping person alone. Kittens 90% of the time stop at the grumpy glare stage. If you use canned air don't use it point blank. If they don't care about the water you can add a little vinegar, in either case aim for the body not the head. Never use a method that you aren't sure you can control your temper with. Source: I been in a animal rescue and fostering over 11 years.

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Cat's can be trained though. idk if you can use earplugs for the meowing(in just enough to drown the noise) but even if you can't you can use a stepped escalation to teach them. Using running accrues me during sleep as example, I first scruff them and gif them grumpy glare, 2nd time I either toss them under the covers so they have to find their way out or scruff verbal reprimand and set on floor, and last I use canned air which is terrifying to cats. Spray bottle can easily work in place of air.

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Facebook marketplace and other local used markets often has a ton up for sale, like most exercise equipment there is a big secondary market of people buying stuff with the idea they suddenly will gain the discipline to keep using it.

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it's a mobile service, if you look at the link @spitfires2000 posted 7 hours ago you would see https://poststraightener.com.au/ . As for why so many? ranches and farms use a ton of those and they are not that robust.

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Cotton losses its breathability when wet. Synthetics designed for the gym are much better at wicking away sweat while still being breathable.

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Track and its many subcategories, swimming, and soccer are. More important however is that women are given equal opportunity to be athletes in general. Tital IX has made great strides in combatting sexist suppression of female athletics.

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It makes it so school have to either offer a women's team for every men's sport, make it co-ed(both genders) or offer a sport for women so that the total sports available to men equals the amount available for women in a school.
It actually covers much discrimination based on sex than that, but the above is the main effect of Title IX in regards to the olympics.

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Most likely because martini's are effeminate in some people's worldview and a man having feminine traits is considered a sign of homosexuality(or bisexuality). It's all BS of course. I have heard stories of people pressuring men to only drink manly drinks or disapproving feminine drinks.

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https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-heal">medicine">https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/07/24/nx-s1-5477632/artificial-blood-hemorrhage-emergency-medicine https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9618780/ Basically they encapsulate hemoglobin in a lipid(fat) shell that works similar to how red blood cells do.

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It's all in the tone. Calling a individual man a boy is usually done in a insulting manner ("You don't know what your talking about boy"), calling a group boys is usually done in a lighthearted or compadre toned manner("Me and the boys are going kayaking today"). With girl it seems to get more complicated but that just might be my perspective as a man. One rule is if girl could be swapped with man non-offensively and make sense then its non-offensive("girl/man, that's a really messed up story")

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Part of it is blurred, but done well enough it's hard to tell unless you're looking for the point of breasts. Met-Art apparently is inconspicuously named producer for some very conspicuous science. People who can't legally vote should probably not look up that particular model and photographer name in the captions.

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How many people could we feed if we got rid of the tax loophole that lets rich people not pay taxes if they get their spending money as loans leveraged against their stock?

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I got a 120+ year old generational house. It has logs in the walls, not a log cabin but as insulation between the studs. Doing repairs and getting new furniture gets tricky as some doorways are smaller than the standard 32" wide and the wiring in many places is done the old way where conduit and metal pipes were considered valid grounding paths, so many outlets don't have a proper ground. The only part up to code is the third section built 25 yrs ago. lots of other troublesome quirks about it.

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Some use Inductance to detect anything conductive. Any conductor exposed to a changing magnetic field will create a opposing current that creates a opposing magnetic field(often called Back EMF). This back EMF(ElectroMagnetic Field) creates reluctance(resistance for alternating current) which then can be detected.
This how clamp and contactless multimeters can measure current without contacting a AC line. It is also one of the main factors that determines a motor's RPM per volt.

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