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Comment on REO Runabout, gas truck starting at $21,500 in ~transport
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Comment on How do I keep my dog from fearing water sprinklers? in ~life.pets
cutmetal LinkI'm dealing with a really similar issue with my dog. My fridge makes this relay click sound randomly, usually a few times a day, and it scares her shitless. We've tried cuddling and soothing her....I'm dealing with a really similar issue with my dog. My fridge makes this relay click sound randomly, usually a few times a day, and it scares her shitless. We've tried cuddling and soothing her. She's very food motivated but food < fear apparently - she'll abandon her meal to possible theft by cats in order to avoid clicks.
To me it seems like a fear of fear situation - one day the click just happened to startle her, then when the click happened again she remembered being startled and was afraid.
When it happens she runs down to the basement which we allow.
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Comment on How do I keep my dog from fearing water sprinklers? in ~life.pets
cutmetal (edited )Link ParentI used to work in landscape irrigation and you're right about the timing. The best time to set the sprinklers to run is before sunrise. If people rise early in your household, you want the system...I used to work in landscape irrigation and you're right about the timing. The best time to set the sprinklers to run is before sunrise. If people rise early in your household, you want the system to finish running just before they start waking up and taking showers/doing laundry/whatever so they don't have to deal with the pressure drop that the irrigation system will cause. It's also better for the yard at that hour - the water can gradually be absorbed by the plant and evaporate off as the day heats up. Irrigating in the day can even burn the grass - I don't know the mechanism but that's what an old guy told me who had been doing irrigation for like 40 years. If you run earlier in the night, the lawn will sit wet all night and you'll get mold and fungus and moss and things growing.
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Comment on Reddit will require you to be logged in to use old.reddit.com in ~tech
cutmetal Link ParentFor me, normally by going directly to the sub's URL. https://old.reddit.com/r/whateverFor me, normally by going directly to the sub's URL. https://old.reddit.com/r/whatever
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Comment on Mullvad CEO gives ≈€452,000 to the Örebro Party in ~society
cutmetal Link ParentHey thank you for the deep comment. I wish I had been more clear in my top-level comment but we're completely on the same page - I too was pretty unhappy about the Kagi backlash when that was...Hey thank you for the deep comment. I wish I had been more clear in my top-level comment but we're completely on the same page - I too was pretty unhappy about the Kagi backlash when that was happening, and it bums me out when I see it brought up again. (But, I couldn't make my point without bringing it up.) It wasn't a good look for them but it also wasn't toxic to the point that it should keep anyone from using their product, unlike Proton and Brave (and Automattic, and Twitter/X, and Hyprland, ...). I'm a diehard, I only google with Kagi. For now I'll still use Mullvad but I'm keeping an eye on this.
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Comment on Mullvad CEO gives ≈€452,000 to the Örebro Party in ~society
cutmetal LinkThat's unfortunate. The Proton Mail guy is iffy, the Kagi guy has thin skin or whatever it was - maybe you just have to be a bit nutty to care about privacy enough to do the hard thing of building...That's unfortunate. The Proton Mail guy is iffy, the Kagi guy has thin skin or whatever it was - maybe you just have to be a bit nutty to care about privacy enough to do the hard thing of building a product around a service that protects it?
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Comment on Should the plural of "milf" be "milfs" or "milves"? in ~humanities.languages
cutmetal LinkI vote milves because it's more fun, but @Bauke should make this a survey question so we can settle this once and for all.I vote milves because it's more fun, but @Bauke should make this a survey question so we can settle this once and for all.
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Comment on Should the plural of "milf" be "milfs" or "milves"? in ~humanities.languages
cutmetal Link ParentSince the plural of Attorney General is Attorneys General. It follows that the plural of gifs is radarves. Yes, like Tolkien did.Since the plural of Attorney General is Attorneys General. It follows that the plural of gifs is radarves. Yes, like Tolkien did.
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Comment on Slate Truck preorder starts at $24,950 in ~transport
cutmetal Link ParentIf the tax credit were still in effect and the Slate does come out this year, then the Slate would be the only sub-$20k new vehicle for sale in the US in 2026.If the tax credit were still in effect and the Slate does come out this year, then the Slate would be the only sub-$20k new vehicle for sale in the US in 2026.
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Comment on Jumping spiders shouldn’t be this smart in ~science
cutmetal Link ParentSmall world, I read Children of Time last year and am about 3/4 through Children of Ruin now!Small world, I read Children of Time last year and am about 3/4 through Children of Ruin now!
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Comment on What do you think the top three most used apps on your phone for the past week are? in ~tech
cutmetal LinkI guessed Claude, Firefox, Wikipedia. But my phone (P9P) only shows usage day by day, not week by week, so I can't tell :(I guessed Claude, Firefox, Wikipedia.
But my phone (P9P) only shows usage day by day, not week by week, so I can't tell :(
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Comment on Leak exposes members of Peter Thiel’s secretive ‘dialog’ society in ~society
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
cutmetal LinkI'm about halfway through Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Ruin - I'm tearing through it, loving it at least as much as the first one. They're a lot like Brin's Uplift books but with some...I'm about halfway through Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Ruin - I'm tearing through it, loving it at least as much as the first one. They're a lot like Brin's Uplift books but with some absolutely killer prose. I absolutely love the way these stories take place in depressed little bubbles, a handful of people deep in time and space, trying to find meaning in something when they may be the last of humanity, watching centuries go by as they skip through time with hibernation tech.
I've read lots of this "survival at a great remove from the rest of humanity" subgenre but I'm always open to new recommendations in the space.
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Comment on Nintendo Direct announced for June 9th in ~games
cutmetal Link ParentSame! Thab has always been whiny but he really seems to hate playing MM these days. Ryu Kahr is still crushing it though - he's trying hard to make something else stick, but it seems like he's...Same! Thab has always been whiny but he really seems to hate playing MM these days. Ryu Kahr is still crushing it though - he's trying hard to make something else stick, but it seems like he's figured out in his head how to be ok with playing MM. MM being played by the right people is the perfect mindless content, and MM3 would inject some much-needed freshness into the scene.
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Comment on Nintendo Direct announced for June 9th in ~games
cutmetal Link ParentUgh sorry! I was just trying to will it into existence. Maybe next year 🥲Ugh sorry! I was just trying to will it into existence. Maybe next year 🥲
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Comment on Nintendo Direct announced for June 9th in ~games
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Comment on Tildes Survey #8: What is your favorite video game? (Results) in ~talk
cutmetal LinkFor me it's got to be Oblivion. Between the pirated version I played in and after college, the XBox 360 version I was playing around 2016, the Steam version I went to off and on, and finally the...For me it's got to be Oblivion. Between the pirated version I played in and after college, the XBox 360 version I was playing around 2016, the Steam version I went to off and on, and finally the remake, it's hard to say how many hours I put into it, but it was probably about 1000. You could say that I basically failed out my freshman year due to Oblivion, but it would be more accurate to say I failed out due to my extremely poor mental health, and Oblivion was my life raft. Or maybe my poor substitute for therapy. Skyrim was good too, and Fallout 3 and Starfield, but they never hit the same as Oblivion.
A close second would be RimWorld - 500+ hours per Steam, a more modern obsession for me.
Notable runners-up:
- Diablo 2
- StarFox 64
- Super Mario Brothers
- Rogue (the OG, still distributed in Debian's bsdgames-nonfree. As a kid I had some MS-DOS version, no idea where I got it)
- Minesweeper (first fully-working game I ever wrote (aside from little toy games in TI-83 basic) was a clone, called SwineMeeper!)
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Comment on Tildes Survey #8: What is your favorite video game? (Results) in ~talk
cutmetal Link ParentI haven't played Hi-Fi Rush, but sometime around 2007 I came up with a very similar concept for a game - an action platformer where you get points for doing stuff in time with the music. Mine was...I haven't played Hi-Fi Rush, but sometime around 2007 I came up with a very similar concept for a game - an action platformer where you get points for doing stuff in time with the music. Mine was called "Assault Shaker", and instead of the collectibles being coins or rings they were salt shakers, haha. Well now that's out in the world so I can finally let it go, do with it what you will!
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Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of June 1 in ~society
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Comment on Tildes Survey #6: Vote for the next four surveys we do! (Results) in ~talk
cutmetal Link ParentPlease put me on your list! I keep missing them!Please put me on your list! I keep missing them!
Omg. This is like attributive adjective ordering but for measurement units. A fully organic process that feels right when you use it but sounds hellish and makes no sense when you describe it.