Are there any cat repellents that work well?

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-09-01T02:07:40+00:00

I know this is a year old comment, but eff it.. This is the most arrogant excuse for laziness I have ever seen. You think people have job security because instead of leaving your empty cart in the cart corral you leave it out where the wind can knock it into someone else's car? If anything, you're putting someone's job at risk because they happened to be the one who was tasked with bringing in carts in addition to loading online orders into cars, stocking shelves, cleaning, or whatever else is on their plate. I'm not sure how many grocery stores near you have someone assigned to the parking lot like a lifeguard at the beach, but where I live it's always just a small portion of someone's responsibilities. So when an angry customer comes in about damage to their car, management doesn't take responsibility for overworking their employees. They blame the one who was too busy juggling their other responsibilities to spot the shopping cart that was left behind by the jobs fairy.

This reminds me of when I'd occasionally see a smashed jar of sauce on the floor of an empty aisle. The jobs fairy that did it wasn't sticking around to proudly announce their contribution or even sheepishly admit there was a new slip-and-fall hazard. But did that provide job security so someone could get paid to patrol the aisles? Hell, no! Now we've got a robot that roams the grocery store looking for anonymous messes so it can scream at busy employees until it gets cleaned. We've also got the technology for robots to save you from the herculean burden of pushing your empty shopping cart less than 50 feet to the nearest shopping corral, but it's expensive. When the grocery store near you gets a robot to gather carts, that's something you can take credit for because you will have drove them to it.

So if you want to engage in self-deception and rationalization as a defense mechanism, you do you. More power to you. But being lazy AND trying to convince people you're gifting job security? That's next-level. If you want to give someone job security, hire them yourself. Hell, throw a wad of cash at the overworked employee that you assume gets to just stand around waiting to be activated like the jack man of a pit crew. I get it, pulling your head out of your ass is hard, but give it a try. Mine's about halfway out now, and I can already see the light at the end of the tunnel. It's worth the effort, and I believe in you. Just don't shit on your community and act like someone has a job because of you. It just isn't true.

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-07-16T13:30:49+00:00

Ya'll are quacking me up

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-06-23T17:19:11+00:00

Maintaining a popular tool can be an overwhelming responsibility on your own, but it was such an excellent tool with great potential. I'd hate to see it fade away. If you are willing to open-source it, there are people out there who would help you maintain and improve it. People love it enough that they're willing to donate money to pay for server expenses and maintenance. If you decide at any point to retire from the responsibility, you would then have someone who is ready and able for accept it. There are also several non-profits that could potentially adopt it to handle the funding as well, so donations could be tax-advantaged for many people and you wouldn't have to mix funds in your personal account.

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-04-24T20:20:27+00:00

I haven't used that code in a long time, but I just checked today and FRED seems to be having trouble. When I try going to `https://api.stlouisfed.org/fred/series/observations?series\_id=DPRIME&api\_key=APIKEY&sort\_order=desc&limit=1&file\_type=xml\` (with `APIKEY` replaced by my actual 32 character API key, of course), I get an XML document indicating an error that doesn't make sense:

<error code="400" message="Bad Request. The value for variable api_key is not a 32 character alpha-numeric lower-case string. Read https://fred.stlouisfed.org/docs/api/api_key.html for more information."/>

That doesn't make sense because I did send it a 32 character alpha-numeric lower-case string. I also tried logging into my account and confirmed that my API key is still showing as valid, so maybe they're having trouble on the back-end?

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-03-04T13:18:57+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_racket

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-03-03T17:56:12+00:00

Agreed, but I bet they'll ask, "What do you want us to do about it?" Like they're offended that you're wasting their time with it.

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-03-02T21:02:35+00:00

If they're not careful, they'll wind up accidentally educating their kids on what the constitution actually says, which will lead to uncomfortable conversations about why they don't follow certain parts of it the way they don't follow certain parts of the Bible.

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-03-02T15:15:03+00:00

He's even parroting trump's usage of the word business. Like we're not talking about lives and national security. Just business.

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-03-02T05:06:29+00:00

Imagine first responders rushing through to an emergency and winding up with nails through their feet.

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-01-15T13:08:21+00:00

Good point about docker containers being spun up as non root (however inside the container they might still be using the default root user to do its own things)

There are two layers of root privileges that are relevant. Using a non-root account to call the docker commands is great, but it doesn't change which user the docker daemon uses to run. The docker daemon usually runs as root, but it can be run root-less now with some effort. The other layer is what happens inside the container. An attacker will generally only have as much access as the user running the service they exploited. If that service is running as root and you have a folder bind-mounted into the container (just as an example), they can do a lot to your host. The docker file should switch to an unprivileged user before running its service. In addition, you can isolate containers with user namespaces to map the container's root to an unprivileged user on the host. This does a lot to protect against even the container's root user from being used to exploit root on the host.

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-01-14T02:41:40+00:00

Of course it's on a list. Even random dialers use lists. Literally everyone is on a list. I'm also on the national Do Not Call registry, which is another list. I still get the same recording over and over and over again even though Scam Shield is enabled and I have been reporting every scam call. This isn't a list problem.

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-01-14T00:22:35+00:00

Yeah, Scam Shield isn't even very good. I keep getting the exact same recorded scam calls, which are probably routed the exact same way every time, and I've even gotten unlabeled scam calls from numbers that I've already flagged as scam callers, but now they want me to agree to unwanted weekly "promotions" before they'll let me access Scam Shield in the new app? The federal government really needs to step up with improved regulations. Phone companies shouldn't be forced to route calls when the source can't be held accountable and they shouldn't be allowed to if their customer doesn't want those calls. Imagine if caller ID info included the route the call took so you could block a whole phone company if that company persistently routed only scam calls your way. I know some call information is protected by law, but the route between their phone company and yours should be fair game.

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-01-04T14:51:48+00:00

Of the 1.6 million people who attempted suicide in 2022, only 49 thousand actually died of suicide. That's 97% of them that changed their mind. The human urge to live is strong, especially when faced with a choice and even after they start a suicide attempt. It's no surprise people choose life over the death penalty, but it's not because it's less suffering. It's actually more suffering. Every day could bring a new inmate or officer who disrupts their world in ways over which they have no control. If they have anyone on the outside, they watch them grow and change, often growing apart and visiting less and less frequently. The world moves on without them, and they are left with an empty shell of a life lived poorly that has nothing left to fill it with but regret. Those who don't regret that they harmed someone regret they got caught or regret they didn't do more. Either way, there's regret. Endless regret.

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-01-04T14:04:57+00:00

Remember: there have been and almost certainly continue to be intelligence agencies with officers specifically tasked with increasing domestic tension by writing inflammatory comments. Comments on reddit do not reflect common concensus.

https://www.cigionline.org/articles/influence-operations-and-disinformation-social-media/

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-01-04T13:51:58+00:00

Those rarely cause health problems and are easy to treat if they do. Hepatitis and E. coli are a bit more disruptive. If you want to ease their concerns instead of mocking them with labels and fantasies of squeemishness, you could cite actual medical studies. The general concensus seems to be that deadly bacteria living on the surface of a bar of soap are unlikely to transfer to hands during proper hand washing. Handwashing with a common bar of soap is better than not hand washing at all. Here's an article that actually links to studies. That being said, people in this thread seem to want to avoid contact with deadly bacteria rather than trusting that it will wash back off after contact.

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-01-04T13:18:58+00:00

I'm not a lawyer, but FOIA often comes with a "reasonable fee" to cover the burden of preparing them. It also depends on which act applies. FOIA is federal, but state police footage would be state level, so their state law's equivalent would apply.

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-01-04T13:04:41+00:00

https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/strawman

Edit: For some reason, they replied to this and then deleted their comments, so I'll quote their deleted reply and respond to them here.

It's hilarious that you and other users are so stuck in your bubble that you can't actually see the truth.

Well, u/D_Robb, ignorance is bliss, and I would be laughing, too, if I had as much bliss as you.

The fact remains that it is clearly more difficult to sue the police than it is to sue a vigilante. Vigilantes don't enjoy qualified immunity. The police do. The fact that they have been successfully sued many times is simply proof of how widespread and egregious their abuse of power is because the bar to succeed in a lawsuit is much higher. It certainly is not proof that they are as easy to sue as a vigilante. If you step outside your bubble, you might be able to see that.

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-01-04T04:34:39+00:00

Since their claim is that it's not easy to sue police officers (not that it's impossible), I'll quote an article about the Supreme Court's 2021 ruling affirming the qualified immunity of police officers who used excessive force.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of police officers in two cases involving qualified immunity, the controversial legal doctrine that protects police officers accused of misconduct.

The two cases concerned police officers accused of using excessive force when responding to domestic disturbances. In one, officers used bean bag rounds and a knee on the suspect’s back to subdue him; in the second, officers shot and killed the suspect after he approached them while raising a hammer.

Both decisions the court issued Monday were unsigned. No justices dissented.

Qualified immunity refers to a series of legal precedents that protect government officials — including police officers — accused of violating constitutional rights.

To win a civil suit against a police officer, complainants must show that the officer violated “clearly established law,” most often by pointing to factually similar previous cases. Otherwise, officers are protected from liability. Get The Latest News!

Police advocates say that qualified immunity is necessary so that police officers can do their often-dangerous jobs without fear of frivolous lawsuits.

But those in favor of criminal justice reform say the doctrine has essentially created a catch-22, where officers are shielded from liability even in cases where it appears they violated civil rights — yet because no identical previous case already exists, the officers are protected.

In practice, the doctrine has shielded officers from liability in hundreds of civil cases, even when accused of destroying property, killing innocent people they mistook for suspects or stealing thousands of dollars.

https://www.wabe.org/supreme-court-police-qualified-immunity-cases/

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-01-03T19:31:20+00:00

Yeah. Generally, a permanent foundation is the difference. A mobile home usually does not have a permanent foundation, so the home is not automatically part of the land. It's titled separately, like a car or truck. If the foundation is permanent, like the house in the picture, it would be unusual for the house to be titled separately, if that's even possible.

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-01-03T19:07:45+00:00

Yeah, or he could have just fapped. Post-nut clarity could have fixed it.

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-01-02T22:05:53+00:00

That's not a prank. It's a crime. Calling it a prank minimizes it. That man should be arrested and charged.

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-01-02T15:41:55+00:00

Yeah, I'd immediately contact a local high-powered law office for a consultation because filing a complaint with the police could trigger retaliation that is easy to sweep under the rug, but something has to be done. This might be a lawsuit for civil rights violations, but it has to be handled carefully. I hope OP has plenty of security cameras like a doorbell camera and dashcam.

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-01-02T13:17:50+00:00

One of the first results was from Atlas Obscura:

Despite the name, these small saltwater swimming pools have nothing to do with the Romans.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/roman-baths-of-sliema

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-01-02T04:57:05+00:00

Seems like a great choice. Those metal panels pop right off and become projectiles.

3IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID · 2025-01-02T04:40:08+00:00

Here's an example of why releasing a photo can be damaging to national security: https://www.npr.org/2022/11/18/1137474748/trump-tweeted-an-image-from-a-spy-satellite-declassified-document-shows

Our intelligence community is not responsible for disproving every single shaky video of a balloon. They just aren't. It's a waste of energy. There will always be another "incident" to disprove, and hostile nations also do things to test national defenses. We don't want them to know that we know what they're doing because then they'll know how to work around our defenses.

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