Curious_Canid

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Curious_Canid , 3 hours ago

That was surprisingly powerful.

[Video] China showcases humanoid robot kung-fu performance at Chinese Lunar New Year show ( files.catbox.moe )

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Curious_Canid , 15 hours ago

We are screwed.

Dumped by '''Feminist AI'''

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Curious_Canid , 2 days ago

Bear in mind that it doesn't actually say "AI" girlfriend. It says "IA" girlfriend. I grew up in Iowa and this all seems perfectly normal to me.

What would you want done with your remains upon death?

I would want cremation. Cremation and a simple marker. I wouldn't be buried at all at my marker, because I would actually want my ashes spread in two separate places. One is somewhere in my hometown and the other spot, probably around the recreational area of my middle school, where I had commonly found peace at. ...

Curious_Canid , 1 day ago

I came here hoping to see this comment. Thank you for reinforcing my faith.

This is Bogie. This rope is his very favorite toy because it makes his tiny human smile too. ( bsky.app )

Curious_Canid , 4 days ago

Bogie is awesome. And the tiny human is lucky to have someone like that in her life.

Improving handwriting when exhausted & slightly psychotic?

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Curious_Canid , 4 days ago

I realize this is an odd suggestion, but think about getting yourself a nice fountain pen and try writing with that. Using a pen that is different from what you're used to can help you focus on the actual process of writing.

I don't actually read the news. I surmise the news based on memes that begin popping up for which I have no context.

This is probably not an ideal way to be an informed citizen.

Curious_Canid , 4 days ago

That approach makes up a large part of the world in which we now live. It is also one reason why things are as messed up as they are. On the other hand, whether or not to read the news has become a major mental health issue, so I'm not going to blame anyone who avoids it.

"Erased"

Curious_Canid , 6 days ago

There is an excellent book titled "How the Irish Became White" by Noel Ignatiev. It's based on his doctoral dissertation and it provides a detailed historical look at just how arbitrary the concept of race really is.

‘Bloodbath’ at the Washington Post as Jeff Bezos lays off roughly one-third of staff ( www.independent.co.uk )

The Washington Post told staffers today that it was moving forward with a sweeping round of layoffs that was part of a “broad strategic reset” of the storied newspaper, which will include eliminating the sports desk, severely cutting back on its international coverage, dismantling its books section, and restructuring its ...

Curious_Canid , 9 days ago

Who does the Post still have any subscribers? I dropped my subscription when Bezos wouldn't let them endorse Harris for president.

Would you rather have hundreds of millions of dollars and be acutely aware of all the bad things going on, or a meager yet sustainable life and completely ignorant of everything.

Only catch, you can’t use your wealth to fix th system, donate it or give it away. It’d only be for yourself.

Curious_Canid , 9 days ago

Nearly all of us are currently experiencing the worst possible compromise of that premise.

Kissy boy

Curious_Canid , 9 days ago

Jamesy is making the world a better place. Good for him!

Emotional support during boom booms

Curious_Canid , 9 days ago

We occasionally take care of a friend's small dog. He gets along well with ours, so we just bring him home for those stays. In most respects, he's pretty relaxes, but he is scared of sudden loud noises. Holding him and petting him doesn't seem to help much. He just hides in his crate and whimpers. Poor little guy!

On his last visit, during a storm, I noticed that he had stopped making noise. I went to take a look, and found him in his crate, but with our 90lb husky-mix wrapped almost all the way around it. Evidently that was a form of protection that he trusted, and he had calmed down. Our big guy is a great caretaker who just wants everyone to be happy.

Curious_Canid , 9 days ago

I hadn't heard of Sileo. I'll mention it to our guest dog's owner.

My dog Denali is a remarkable guy. He's too bouncy to make everyone comfortable, but he really tries and he often succeeds. His intentions are always good. Another of his adorable habits is to bring a stuffed animal to anyone who's having a rough time.

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YSK About Resilience Targeting ( www.psychologytoday.com )

In the modern world YSK about resilience targetting and how it might contribute to feeling overwhelmed. ...

Curious_Canid , 9 days ago

I'm seeing a lot of articles about how to defend yourself against being overwhelmed by the awful things going on. This is one of the most useful. It is short, informative, and has good suggestions.

What are some product categories where the mainstream option IS the best option?

I was eating some chocolate when I imagined a world where Hershey's was widely accepted, even by elitists, as the best chocolate. ...

Curious_Canid , 9 days ago

Yamaha is amazing. I recently got into playing recorders and their base-level $8 plastic recorder is honestly a great instrument.

Curious_Canid , 9 days ago

Leatherman plier-based multitools. They invented the category and they continue to be the top choice. You can get cheaper tools that are adequate, but Leatherman always has some of the best designs, reliably high quality, and outstanding support. I'm constantly trying new tools from all over, but I always end up carrying one Leatherman or another.

Curious_Canid , 9 days ago

No offense taken. They are an odd instrument that no one would know about if they weren't forced on every elementary school music student. I seem to have missed that somehow, probably by changing schools at just the right point.

I like the sound, but I particularly like the sound of the lower-voiced recorders. I am mostly playing tenor and bass, which have lovely rich tones. My wife and a friend are both humoring me, so they're playing soprano and alto with me. I'm not any good at it yet, but I am having a good time learning.

Curious_Canid , 9 days ago

Yes, I have both a SwissTool and a Spirit. They are excellent tools. I've carried them both at, at one time or another, but I keep going back to Leatherman after a while. I don't think they are better or worse, it's just a matter of what particular uses you have.

Curious_Canid , 9 days ago

Gerber has made some very good multitools. They have also introduced some significant design improvements over the years. Among other things, they were the first to build one (Legend) where the tools opened outward instead of inward, which seemed like an obvious improvement to me.

My only complaint is that Gerber's quality has been inconsistent. During some periods they've put out cheaply made tools. During others they've produced tools that were the equal of anything else on the market.

Curious_Canid , 8 days ago

I did specify that I was talking about plier-based tools in my original response.

I grew up with Swiss Army knives, back before Leatherman was in business. (Yes, I am that old.) I still carry a Rambler with me everywhere I go.

Curious_Canid , 8 days ago

That has frustrated me too. The Style PS was my idea of a perfect keychain tool, but they killed it in favor of the older, and less capable, Micra.

Curious_Canid , 8 days ago

For me, the Free series was a significant innovation, but it all depends on what aspect matter to you.

Rightwing critics blame Mamdani as New York snow fails to melt ( www.theguardian.com )

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Curious_Canid , 9 days ago

One of the best quotes from "The Newsroom":
"I only seem liberal because I believe that hurricanes are caused by high barometric pressure and not gay marriage."

Curious_Canid , 9 days ago

The character was intended to be a thoughtful conservative, and I thought they did pretty well with that. I'm somewhere to the left of Bernie Sanders, but I don't mind watching intelligently written characters who I disagree with.

Also, I will watch almost anything with Jeff Daniels. He is one of the most versatile actors of our time and he brings depth to every role. His performance is what made "Pleasantville" for me. (I hate Dumb and Dumber, but he added something to it.)

Curious_Canid , 8 days ago

I love all these responses, but that one deserves a special shout-out for brilliance. I'm still laughing.

What are your thoughts on apolitical people?

Curious_Canid , 9 days ago

That is one of the more profound statements I've seen in a long time. Thank you!

"Protests don't belong in church"

Curious_Canid , 10 days ago

That is what I want to see, when people say that we need more "religious education".

Fearmongering

Curious_Canid , 10 days ago

You can't do a clean comma slice with DeWalt.

My babies

Curious_Canid , 10 days ago

It reassures me to know that other people get this too.

Weather App of Choice?

Curious what everyone here uses for their weather app or website of choice ?

Curious_Canid , 10 days ago

I'm giving it a try. It does look like a good option. My only concern is that there don't seem to be many source options for the US. There were several that showed up as unavailable when I first started, it that no longer show as options now that I've configured it. I'm puzzled.

What technologies are constant failures but we can't stop trying to make work?

It always feels like some form of VR tech comes out with some sort of fanfare and with a promise it will take over the world, but it never does.

Curious_Canid , 10 days ago

That article made my day!

Pentagon to cut ties with Harvard over ‘wokesters’, ending training, programs and fellowships ( www.theguardian.com )

Move by Pete Hegseth marks latest escalation by Trump administration against the Ivy League school

Curious_Canid , 10 days ago

This is why you don't negotiate with terrorists. They are never acting in good faith. They will just keeping demanding more every time you meet their demands. Harvard just keeps giving them whatever they want and thinking it will stop.

Trump offers contradictory account of Tulsi Gabbard presence at FBI raid in Georgia ( www.theguardian.com )

Shifting explanations of Gabbard’s presence at election center intensifies scrutiny of role she played in operation ...

Curious_Canid , 11 days ago

Why does anyone care what Trump or his appointees say? They have firmly established that they lie most of the time. We should just ignore their statements and look for independent accounts.

I made a little daemon to let me remotely control servers over the mesh with no internet access required ( github.com )

So I picked up my first Meshtastic device about 4 months ago. It's become a problem ever since! But one thing I really wanted to get out of Meshtastic was a way to reduce my reliance on my ISP for accessing and controlling my homelab. ...

Curious_Canid , 12 days ago

Great idea and a very nice implementation. I'll have to give that a try.

Thank you!

‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI ( www.theguardian.com )

Curious_Canid , 11 days ago

I don't think that is a characteristic of our species. It is not universally true across other cultures.
And studies strongly suggest that the characteristic that was most important to the early survival of humans was altruism. There are always a lot more people who are basically good than basically bad. Only around 4% of the population are sociopathic.

Unfortunately, promoting sociopaths is a built-in characteristic of capitalism. Without controls, it rewards managers who are willing to sacrifice other people for profit (or power). The people who do that the best are those without empathy. So we end up with the worst of us making the decisions about how the world should work.

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Curious_Canid , 13 days ago

"The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the flagrantly guilty who are in power." --Dragnet 2026

Happy husky

Curious_Canid , 15 days ago

They're a beautiful pair!

Our husky mix is also incredibly fond of cats.

Curious_Canid , 15 days ago

Unfortunately, our cat who would snuggle with him passed away last year. Our remaining cat almost never lets him that close. (We will get him a kitten before too long.)

Meanwhile, he makes do with his humans and his stuffed koala.

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If anyone in the house, including the other animals, is feeling down, Denali will bring them his koala and sit it up against them. He wants everyone to be happy.

TIL "I will always love you" by Whitney Houston was a cover version

The song was originally written and performed by Dolly Parton in 1974. She wrote it for her mentor and partner Porter Wagoner after leaving their band.

Curious_Canid , 16 days ago

What's weirding me out is that I know at least two-thirds of those from the original. And I was only aware of maybe half of the more recent covers.

I am old.

Washington Post Raid Is a Frightening Reminder: Turn Off Your Phone’s Biometrics Now ( theintercept.com )

Curious_Canid , 16 days ago

I want a system where you can define duress biometrics. For example, right middle finger and left thumb open the phone. Right forefinger locks the phone and disables further use of biometrics.

Why I Don’t Believe in a Lost Advanced Civilization...Yet ( m.youtube.com )

Curious_Canid , 16 days ago

I'm not sure why either. He didn't even say those things can't exist. He just said there is no clear evidence for them yet, which is true enough.

I find Hancock entertaining, and he may even be right, but don't find any of his evidence sufficient to support the claims he is making. That could always change, in either direction. It is fun watching new evidence emerge.

I have a murderous kitty on my desk

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Curious_Canid , 18 days ago

I hope you appreciate your good fortune.

Call the priest

Curious_Canid , 20 days ago

I don't see anything unusual here.

Cross State Communication

If I live in one state and my parents live a few states over, would I be able to use this network to communicate with them? Not sure if this is a mesh network for long range routing.

Curious_Canid , 21 days ago

As the previous responder said, the mesh itself is unlikely to reach that far. MQTT can bridge larger gaps like that, but it depends on the internet. At that point, it probably makes more sense to just use conventional internet methods to communicate.

Anyone here think smartphones and tech like that kinda peaked in 2019 arnd that time?

So I used to be quite a tech enthusiast but kinda stopped, I used to be a lot in cameras, smartphones etc even tho i cud never afford them lmao ...

Curious_Canid , 21 days ago

I think the hardware continues to improve. Unfortunately, Android hit its peak around then and Google has been systematically crippling it ever since. They stopped allowing users control of their own devices. All of the customization and automation utilities that used to make it great have been shut down or limited to the point where they are not longer really useful. But Google is making more money, so I guess that's all okay.

I'm not sure Google has made a single good decision in the last decade.

Transitioning dog back into crate

I have a 6 year old malinois (possibly a mix, she didn't come with paperwork) ...

Curious_Canid , 21 days ago

I think you're doing the right things. I am commenting because your dog looks so much like our Denali.

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He is half Siberian Husky, quarter German Shepherd, and quarter Akita. It always amazes me that dogs with very different breed mixes can end up looking so similar.

It sounds like they have some other traits in common. Denali is very smart and can open almost any latch. Fortunately for us, he likes his crate. One day, when my wife was struggling to close one of the latches, he closed it for her with his tongue, just to be helpful. If he wanted to open it he would open it.

I've had several dogs that were very independent (including Denali) and they can be a real challenge. My only suggestion is to reach out to your vet, if you haven't already. They often have good suggestions about behavioral issues.

I wish you all the best!

Greg Bovino Loses His Job ( www.theatlantic.com )

Curious_Canid , 21 days ago

Trump has always been happy to throw underlings under the bus. Nothing will change until Trump and those directly under him are replaced.

if ai had a face, it would be punchable

some people things just have that look

Curious_Canid , 22 days ago

Sam Altman is the face of AI, and it is certainly punchable.