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punyearthling commented on Cats appear to grieve death of fellow pets – even dogs, study finds   theguardian.com/science/a... · Posted by u/hackernj
MentatOnMelange · a year ago
Growing up, my family had 2 cats, both adopted at the same time as kittens. They slept curled up with each other and played together constantly.

One of them died suddenly years later. As painful as that was, it was even more heartbreaking to see our other cat dealing with his death. She did not understand why he had disappeared, and grew increasingly upset in the days following. Searching everywhere around the house making distressed meows at all hours. Demanding to have every door opened so she could search every inch of the house multiple times.

  After a week, she began to understand our other cat was not coming back. For at least a month, her appetite disappeared, she was grooming herself compulsively and needed to be near one of us 24/7.
This is only one anecdote… but to me the fact animals can grieve is beyond question

punyearthling · a year ago
My cat did this when my dog passed. The day it happened, she went to every spot our dog slept and cried. It was heartbreaking tbh
punyearthling commented on Self Hosting 101 – A Beginner's Guide   ente.io/blog/self-hosting... · Posted by u/setalp
nickorlow · a year ago
I think it would be very cool if a company sold a box that lets people self-host really easily.

Basically some mid-spec box that comes preinstalled with some nice web UI that lets you easily install popular self-hosted applications (immich, nextcloud, jellyfin, wireguard, etc..).

Ideally it'd let you host an at-home iCloud without having to go through the headache. A lot of people I know (including hobbyists & swes) don't self host because setting up a linux vm/box and configuring everything + maintenance would take too much time.

I think the biggest weakness with this is HA. Residential internet/power isn't the most reliable and even though my homelab server is up ~98% of the time, the 2% is VERY annoying and always happens at the worst times.

Security would also be another large concern. I'd imagine a bad actor would have a harder time getting into my iCloud/Google Photos than my immich server.

punyearthling · a year ago
I love this idea so much!
punyearthling commented on Steve Teixeira sues Mozilla, alleging discrimination after cancer diagnosis   geekwire.com/2024/mozilla... · Posted by u/TiredOfLife
thepuppet33r · a year ago
Man, Mozilla is taking hit after hit lately.
punyearthling · a year ago
It's self-inflicted
punyearthling commented on 1/3 of women < 44 have no children and the trend is rising. What is causing it?   twitter.com/MichaelAAroue... · Posted by u/lopkeny12ko
punyearthling · a year ago
My reasons:

- it's painful

- it's expensive

- it's a drag

- culture war stuff (who wants to deal with school issues, medical issues, community issues, etc.?)

punyearthling commented on Umbrella Cover Museum   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umb... · Posted by u/mcculley
punyearthling · a year ago
Delightful museum and Hoffman, the curator, is an absolute delight. Highly recommend!
punyearthling commented on The Decline of the User Interface   infoworld.com/article/371... · Posted by u/redbell
punyearthling · 2 years ago
This is why accessibility is everyone's responsibility when making software. Users should never feel confused about what they're trying to do.

Wish the post provided more screenshots to name and shame.

punyearthling commented on Roblox executive says children making money on the platform is 'a gift'   theverge.com/2024/4/4/241... · Posted by u/josephwegner
tasuki · 2 years ago
I don't want to defend child labour too much, I don't know much about the topic.

But is it really so clear that a child not working is somehow a better outcome than a child not being hungry and being able to provide shelter for themselves?

punyearthling · 2 years ago
I'm in the same boat as you on not knowing much about child labour.

That being said, if a child is doing labour for a company (in this case Roblox, but the same could be said for Instagram, Tiktok, etc.), why is it considered more ethical to NOT pay that child for their work?

I know an argument could be made that adding financial incentives encourage more kids to participate in said child labour, but NOT paying them doesn't dissuade them from doing so.

And how is Roblox's practice different from the creator funds of social media sites that rely on user-generated content to justify their existence? It's all very murky to me.

I think my problem with this model is Roblox taking such a large cut from their workforce, not that they pay them at all.

u/punyearthling

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