I have an Australian cattle dog with a biting problem.


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in reply to Zannsolo

My expiriance with sheep dogs was that they dont care what sort of animal you are, they will attempt to herd you and it's crazy how effective they can be with a group of people... So small fast bites, showing teeth or pushing against anyone might be an attempt to push in a given direction.
No idea how bad of an advice this might be, but I've once heard that to dominate a dog one way is to (playfully, lightly, but holding them firmly) bite it on the ear. It seemed to have worked with my adolescent absolutely murderous cat. Seems I was accepted as maybe still shit at hunting pray other than cans and treat packs, but strong enough not to be messed with outside of play. As much as I would enjoy hearing your wife's reaction to you attempting to convince daughters to bite the dog I've absolutly no clue if that works with kids, or really at all.
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Dragonforce Victim Disclosure: Preliminary Analysis


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What is a good alternative to move away from Github?


I use Github for many years and want to move all my repos away from it. What is a good alternative, preferably one that is easy to push? Ideally i will be cloning all my repos to hard drive and then just push to whatever service. At first glance, there are many options: Bitbucket, Gitlab, Codeberg, Gitea..etc. I will be self hosting these repos and I prefer longevity, i.e. dont want to wake up one morning to see all repos gone from the site.

Optimism may lower dementia risk. What have you been optimistic or grateful about recently?


cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/38327891

The study, The Bright Side of Life: Optimism and Risk of Dementia, found that higher levels of optimism were linked with a decreased risk of dementia.

[...] there are several potential reasons for this: Optimistic people are likelier to exercise and practice other healthy behaviors, manage stress well, be cognitively engaged, and maintain strong social connections—all habits that can help protect brain health.

They also pointed out that optimism is not just an inborn trait; it can be learned and nurtured, even through simple practices like keeping a gratitude list


So, what have you been optimistic or grateful about recently?

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What's the fidget that, after you got it, you realized you needed it all along?


in reply to SolarMonkey

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The lightbulb moment for fidgets was my wedding rings and I guess my iron ring. I got my iron ring a few years before I got married and I was always tapping it on hard surfaces when I was thinking but part of the whole thing is that it's supposed to remind you of your obligations as an engineer so I thought that was normal?

I would constantly tap my wedding rings with my thumbs of the same hand and joke that they give me my strength. My partner is my rock but the secret sauce is the stim lol.

I think your actual question is about what purpose built fidget toys we like? My current fave is something like this:

It's hard enough being a 40+ lady type whose job it is to argue on construction sites without bursting jell filled stress balls all over yourself lol. I like that this one will not explode. I honestly dgaf that it's 'childlike', I'd love to have someone make a shitty remark to my face. I've got the "say the vilest shit imaginable impulsively" autism.

in reply to SolarMonkey

Probably gonna sound weird. But I have a bunch of textured beads on a bracelet. The textures vary enough for me that i can spin them or pinch them between my fingers and it doesn't "look" like a fidget so I don't get a lot of weird looks. I have also tried knotted bracelets and those are good too but they aren't as easy to clean and texture of the material could be a problem for some.

C'est la canicule - Le journal des briques #114


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À la une, Gabriel Attal candidat, Raphaël Glucksmann pas encore candidat et il fait chaud là non ?

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Can I become a writer when this is the quality of my writing? Please be honest.


The FIFA countdown is just Phase 1: Mozilla working on full-fledged sports widget


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Spotted on Mozilla's bug tracker:

[meta] Homepage Sports Widget


Where it turns out the countdown widget was part of a broader plan to add a different permanent widget:

Web calls will apparently be providing

  • SportsMatch
  • SportsTeam
  • MatchStatus
  • TournamentPhase

You can also expect a popup on the Desktop that advertises World Cup wallpapers.


The Phase 1 wallpapers and widget remind me of 2017 when they rolled out the creepiest experiment possible and then apologized with language that would be at home today:

"Although we always have the best intentions, not everything that we try works as we want," said Jascha Kaykas-Wolff, Mozilla's chief marketing officer... "This was not a paid promotion but rather a collaboration that was intended to be fun."
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Firefox 151.0.2 Release Notes


in reply to Arghblarg

I can both agree with the sentiment expressed here and say you should reconsider if for no other reason than Firefox is the only truly different browser left.

Everything else is just Chromium forks, and supporting chromium is supporting a Google monopoly on web browsing. Does nobody remember the nightmare that Internet Explorer was?

in reply to BluescreenOfDeath

Ironically, Firefox development is supported almost entirely by Google, and you cannot donate to support their development...

Outside of WebKit, I can't think of a single prominent browser Google doesn't have a lot of influence over. And WebKit is probably debatable.

don't like this

in reply to Arghblarg

Depends on what you mean by "acknowledge". There is a global AI kill switch now that disables all of it with 1 click.

I didn't feel like it was shoved in my face even before like some claimed. I don't want any AI, at all, but I never felt like I had to actively avoid it either.

Immigration Enforcement & Sporting Events: A Growing Crisis


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Manipulation de l'Information : Une Menace Croissante


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Les Meilleurs Terrains de Golf en Indiana : Analyse Stratégique


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Does anyone else get find it ridiculous when people from The USA critisize other countries?


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What wishes you made were granted in a "monkey's paw curls" way but in a positive direction?


In my case, in my self-loathing younger days, I answered the question "what do you want to be when you grow up?" with "I want to be a garbage collector."

Now, I'm collecting garbage, but because I want to apply the boy scout principle: leave the place cleaner than when you arrived.

Feed & Follow: The Fedica Revolution - Samir - E89


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@samir@m.fedica.com
Samir Al-Battran
Entrepreneur and engineer. Father to 3 amazing kids.
CEO/founder @FedicaHQ,
Cofounder of @rentcompass,
Builder of popular mobile apps,
Traveler, pentalingual.
Also building tools for Mastodon
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What do you do for fun


Kiro, the new distro from the creator of ArcoLinux


I just found out about his new distro, and I haven't seen anyone else mention it, so here it is.

Here's Erik Dubois Ko-Fi, where he did the annoucement of the new website.
ko-fi.com/erikdubois

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Analyse Stratégique des Récepteurs Retro Dragonbox


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Colorado and California age verification bills exempt open source operating systems


in reply to deadymouse

A goodly number of times

Met two different Helen Hunt lookalikes.

Met a Pavarotti looking guy at a video rental place.

Met a guy a few weeks ago that looked like a human Barcus Wroot

Met a woman that looked enough like Michael Jordan I had to do a double take.

Dunno if you'd call her a celebrity, but a friend dated a woman that could have been Kobe Tai's sister, damn near twin.

Robert Plant! There was a guy in a cover band that looked like him and sang close enough that it was surreal.

in reply to deadymouse

I'm in the Vancouver area so people that looks like a celebrity usually are that celebrity.

I'm not out much but I saw Carrie Anne Moss pushing here new born one time a decade or so back, Pamela Anderson, David Suzuki, and Kim Catrall.

You get the "hmm that person looks familiar" feeling, they often smile or nod because you are staring wondering where you know them from.

California's AB‑1856 would exempt most open‑source Linux distributions from the state's upcoming age‑verification requirements, though proprietary platforms like Steam would still be covered.


Telfair County Sheriff: A Decayed Nexus of Accountability


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Aiga et Rainer : Analyse Stratégique des Candidats Volt


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Elevating Your Bath with a Framed Mosaic Feature


Framing a mosaic feature revolves around meticulous attention to transitional details. Edge refinement matters. Surface flushness matters. Illumination quality matters.

GitHub’s Strategic Shift: Enhanced npm Security


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The Secret of Vulcan Fury: Star Trek's Lost Adventure


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A deep dive into Interplay and their cancelled adventure Secret of Vulcan Fury, the innovative, Fontana-penned, original-cast-voiced Star Trek story we never got to see. Examining what the game would have been like, how far they got, why it failed, and how much of it survived.

First uploaded to YouTube in June 2017.

Full credits on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=cI8GcXYgLj…

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Why You Truly Need an Uncommonly Manual for UPS in Singapore!


Retrohistories Channel Trailer


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Soundtrack: Neonature by Paul Kilduff-Taylor
available from OC ReMix and used under licence:
ocremix.org/remix/OCR02997

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The Rise and Fall of Might and Magic


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We look back at the classic CRPG series from 1986-2003, and the rise and fall of New World Computing.

First uploaded to YouTube in March 2015.

Full credits on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=zSosgD1Kwx…

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