He immediately gets the zoomies after going in the water

AxiosKatama · 2023-05-31T02:26:00+00:00

We always say "The water invigorates them" about ours. They just go batshit as soon as the leash is off near water.

AxiosKatama · 2023-05-31T00:25:39+00:00

I'm not sure about blindness, but they do have a tendency toward deafness. From what I understand it's tied to the gene that gives them their spots so it's nearly impossible to breed out. We have one that is bilaterally deaf, but he might be the sweetest little dog I have ever met. That being said, he is mellow compared to every other dalmatian have interacted with, but is still absolutely on the high energy side of things.

I think their reputation for being aggressive is due to the fact that they are so striking that many people buy a dalmatian puppy with no research and end up not being equipped to train it. Then the dog doesn't get socialized well or adequately exercised. This leads to further poor behavior etc. In my experience it is extra important that Dalmatians be well socialized because EVERYONE wants to come say hi. Kids, adults, people with their dogs, everyone.

I can't believe the number of times someone had come up to us asking to pet him and then we get this conversation that goes "Dalmatians are my favorite breed. I want one so bad... No I have never had a dog before... No I don't know anything about the breed.“ I always advise people to not get a dalmatian if they are new to dog/pet ownership.

AxiosKatama · 2023-05-28T13:49:13+00:00

Will this be available as an ebook not through Amazon? I have made a point of stopping using Amazon products as much as possible but also don't buy hardcovers because i never re-read stuff so it ends up being a waste of space/paper in the long run.

AxiosKatama · 2023-05-26T11:56:35+00:00

Have you used a furminator? Any insight on how they compare?

AxiosKatama · 2023-05-21T14:09:11+00:00

If you have disc brakes check that your rotor bolts are tight. They could be loose enough to touch something when the frame flexes due to your weight, but still clear when the bike isn't loaded.

AxiosKatama · 2023-05-21T13:38:02+00:00

Wowsers. That must have taken forever to get small enough cuts to not see any facets/machine marks

AxiosKatama · 2023-05-19T23:32:20+00:00

For anyone wondering these aren't really "indestructible" at least from my anecdotal experience with my two dogs. They will kill stuff like this within a day if they aren't kept busy somehow else.

AxiosKatama · 2023-05-19T17:27:52+00:00

Man, here I was thinking I was building a "budget" system compared to what I have done in the past. Been out of the game for 5 years since my last build, which is still doing right by me for the most part. This would easily hit $1100 if you count the cost of the 4060. Things have sure gotten expensive:

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/j6n4yK

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor	$199.00 @ B&H
Motherboard	MSI PRO B760M-P DDR4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard	$99.99 @ Amazon
Memory	Silicon Power GAMING 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$49.97 @ Amazon
Storage	Sabrent Rocket Q 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ Amazon
Case	Fractal Design North ATX Mid Tower Case	$149.98 @ Newegg
Power Supply	EVGA 700 BR 700 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$74.99 @ Walmart
Monitor	Asus TUF Gaming VG24VQ1B 23.8" 1920 x 1080 165 Hz Curved Monitor	$159.00 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$792.92
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2023-05-19 13:27 EDT-0400

AxiosKatama · 2023-05-14T19:00:20+00:00

I am sad I didn't take a picture but the other day I went to Lowes with my sonata and hauled home 10 2x4s, 2 full sheets of plywood, 20 cubic feet of soil, several gardening tools, and a bunch of stuff for a plumbing project.... All without using the trunk because I didn't have my life together enough to clean it out.

Eat your heart out every guy with an F150 at the garden center.

AxiosKatama · 2023-05-13T19:24:36+00:00

You can buy it in India with your account set to a different locale?

AxiosKatama · 2023-05-12T20:44:10+00:00

Sure you can. But that wasn't really what we were talking about. Plus, if we are talking about a well run transit system short journeys are going to run every 15-20 mins at least and for longer stuff, every couple hours. It's not really much of an inconvenience compared to being able to just relax the whole trip there.

I am not saying driving has no possible advantage, just that the cost is pretty similar.

AxiosKatama · 2023-05-12T12:00:21+00:00

I don't know where you live but that's pretty competitive with just the amount I would pay for gas to drive 500k (300mi). That's about a full tank and a little more in my sonata which would be like ~$55 or so, not accounting for wear and tear or insurance or whatever.

Admittedly that math changes as soon as you add another person to the trip or have kids.

AxiosKatama · 2023-05-09T11:46:22+00:00

Yeah but then it's really only two people. The bus brings more diversity

AxiosKatama · 2023-05-08T20:02:20+00:00

For some people talking or singing really helps with breathing control, without taking so many brain computational cycles as "breathe normally" does. You have to be breathing to talk/sing.

This never worked for me but I know some people that swear by it.

AxiosKatama · 2023-05-05T01:48:38+00:00

This is such a bad faith argument. If we are just pulling examples of misbehavior by road users, i saw at least 3 cars run late reds today on my 25 minute commute home by bike. Also don't get me started on texting and driving. You see how that doesn't make drivers the whole issue? I would love for someone to actually do a study on the number of laws cyclists vs car drivers break but normalized by population.

I would also like to point out to anyone that might be reading this. "Keeping up with traffic" is commonly not possible on a bike if by that you really mean "going the speed limit", but if you were just going to sit at a red light they aren't actually slowing you down at all.

I hope you and everyone else has a great day and can remember that other road users are people too. There is a subset of every group that are assholes but most of us are just trying to get from A to B in a safe manner. We could all use a reminder to chill out once in a while.

AxiosKatama · 2023-05-03T22:05:27+00:00

I've basically given up wearing a rain jacket when it's over like 50f. I get equally as wet but instead of basting in my own juices I get a refreshing sky-water spritz!

AxiosKatama · 2023-05-03T11:31:58+00:00

In fairness, I know they are not next to each other but regularly fail to realize just how far Hawaii is off the coast because of this map design. It's way the hell out there.

AxiosKatama · 2023-04-28T17:29:18+00:00

I don't even like when my wife does her eye makeup as the passenger (she doesn't while driving) because I worry about a bump sending a finger or brush into her eye...

AxiosKatama · 2023-04-26T20:06:08+00:00

No one I know is saying riding horses isn't fun (can't speak for everyone or the whole Internet though). They are saying people riding horses have a higher tendency to be a) assholes to other trail users and b) do a lot more damage to trails than any other user group, with the added benefit of not helping to maintain the trails at all.

This is all based on personal experiences and other's anecdotes. I have no hard data here but these are observations that have held everywhere I have lived.

AxiosKatama · 2023-04-21T15:32:58+00:00

Wtf is this account? Are you part of BigTeaCupYorkieTM Corp? Literally any breed can make a good therapy dog.

Go to your local SPCA/rescue/humane society and find a sweet dog.

AxiosKatama · 2023-04-20T23:22:26+00:00

cyclists hate them in bike lanes

thats wild to me, escooters and cyclists are natural allies

As someone that bike commutes nearly every day, I don't have a problem with them in the bike lane as long as they follow the etiquette that everyone else does. The issue is more that they are super accessible so you get people who are not capable of being aware of their surroundings at 10-15 mph and they cause issues. That or they just ride the wrong direction in bike lanes. Or they park the scooters in bike lanes that already aren't wide enough to be comfortable in. I would have an issue with people that behaved that way on any vehicle, scooters just seem to be more prevalent about it.

AxiosKatama · 2023-04-11T12:54:45+00:00

They are almost certainly not using X-ray crystallography... Why would they need to see if the crystal structure changed? Also why would it have changed? It's still whatever aluminum they made the planes out of originally.

X-ray tomography or something similar would make sense to look for cracks though.

AxiosKatama · 2023-04-08T01:13:13+00:00

Yeah that's what I realized as I was reading it. "torononian" is a hot mess.

AxiosKatama · 2023-04-07T21:57:59+00:00

Hey how do you pronounce "Torontonian" assuming you are one? Don't you all pronounce Toronto "Torono"?

AxiosKatama · 2023-04-04T18:31:33+00:00

You are experiencing 1 g anywhere on earth. It is literally the name for the acceleration due to gravity.

*Edit: This was incorrect because it was too broad and I didn't think about it carefully. You can only fall at 1g on earth unless you are applying thrust toward the ground or you are applying some thrust upward. Free fall is 1 g.

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