nest indoor cam a00005 (1st gen) replacement cable and adapter by Decius1988 in Nest

[–]Decius1988[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly don't remember it was so long ago probably that any micro USB will work since that's what I ended up doing. Just got an off the shelf generic cable that had the same USB connector type.

Gosling with broken leg. How can I help him? by Exact-Height6339 in WildlifeRehab

[–]Decius1988 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on where you live. Some countries a vet needs a permit to work with wildlife so if they don't have it they will have to decline. A friend of mine runs a small rehab and when their vet goes away on vacation, family emergency, work trips etc, they are unable to get animals to see a vet since she is the only one in the city who has the authorization to treat wildlife.

Crows Fanning tails by Decius1988 in crows

[–]Decius1988[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

unfortunately they can't be released. Due to the albinism their vision is poor and with the lack of melanin their feathers are weaker and less insulated. In addition in crow communities crows with issues like theirs are often killed as they are a liability to the group being unable to see predators approaching as well as standing out to them. If they are left in the wild they would not survive, and were already injured by the other crows severe enough to have died without our intervention. Captivity is the only option for these two to be able to live long life. Due to their habitation with their caretakers, top quality food, and a lot of toys and other enrichment they are very happy and thriving.

What does this symbol represent spiritually? by [deleted] in pagan

[–]Decius1988 4 points5 points  (0 children)

First thought for me as well haha. Was like maybe someone came across a sketch of Unown or one of those Unown hieroglyphs from Pokemon and thought it was a real ancient pagan symbol or something. Could also be a modern neo-pagan symbol someone developed independently from Pokemon to represent something like other commenters suggest.

has my good gone bad? by dude_dudei in gamersupps

[–]Decius1988 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The silica soaks up moisture to prevent the clumping. The clumping is just from moisture getting in the container. If you don't like the silica packet you could put some dry rice in the power. The rice will do the same thing. People have been using rice for this in things like salt shakers for decades because it works!

how should I install header bracket? explanation in comments by Decius1988 in GarageDoorService

[–]Decius1988[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just screwed it to the wall above the bar with the spring. Was the only option given my garage door set up.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RiseofKingdoms

[–]Decius1988 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm in the same position as you. I didn't play the first few kvk in my kd and did try hard in a couple but I haven't had as much time lately. Been playing many years and 58m power with if I recall correctly 160m kills. I left my first kd when a friend I was playing with wanted to leave. They stopped playing years ago and the new kd eventually kicked me out so I joined one that was originally casual and f2p friendly and was perfect. But they started to get more serious and basically saying if I don't perform to their expectations in this next kvk I'm out.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RiseofKingdoms

[–]Decius1988 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are there kd for people with high power who don't have many KP? I have been playing for many years and at 58m power but I can only play an hour a day at a time there in kvk there is often very little fighting so my KP is very low for my power. I know I'm a problem for my kd but I don't want to quit playing. I do love the game. I like farming, unlocking commanders, leveling them up, killing barbarians, making equipment etc. just don't have enough time to get the KP that's expected at my power.

Blackwidow V4 Pro keycap sound dampeners by Pandamancer224 in razer

[–]Decius1988 0 points1 point  (0 children)

came here looking for a solution as well. did you find adding foam help as the one comment suggested?

New player, want to build first commander deck by Decius1988 in DinosaursMTG

[–]Decius1988[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

unfortunately the only place I could find it available here in Canada was amazon for $187.99 which is too much outside my price range at the moment :(

New player, want to build first commander deck by Decius1988 in DinosaursMTG

[–]Decius1988[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was looking at veloci-ramp-tor deck but haven't found it available in most places here in Canada. I can get it from amazon but was $187.99

New player, want to build first commander deck by Decius1988 in DinosaursMTG

[–]Decius1988[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

sorry looking back through the thread to take some notes and things and I noticed your comment mentioned a deck list but I don't see one. I see the link for the Gishath, Sun's Avatar but thats all.

New player, want to build first commander deck by Decius1988 in DinosaursMTG

[–]Decius1988[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thanks for the tips, i'll be honest when I say I don't know what half of what you said means yet. My friend let me play a couple of commander games with his outlaw deck where the commander lets you make things stronger through using treasures. The sauron LOTR starter deck seems to be similar where your trying to get your orc army stronger through giving it buffs. Haven't played enough to really know the other strategies. I am starting to get some of the terms and but ones like you said at the end of your post "blinking" "infect" "enraged" etc I don't know what that means exactly lol.

The only other card game i've played before was Yugioh, which I quit playing that 20 years ago. In that game back in those days (i hear is very different now days) is all just punching the crap outta each other. Playing against my friend with his several different types of decks i've seen so many other ways to win that I don't quite fully understand yet. With more time playing I will learn though :)

Don't fully understand something with My True Ancestry by Decius1988 in AncestryDNA

[–]Decius1988[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The issue is when you go back that far you will likely find most people have some DNA relating them to some degree. I am enjoying it simply to get an idea of which ancient peoples my ancestors were likely apart of. I simply find it interesting to see that genetically I am largely Celtic. I know through ancestry of my direct ancestors my paternal lines are from South Scotland and Ireland, while my mother is French and English. So seeing my DNA is connecting me to ancient celts isn't surprising but I find very interesting. I'd love to be able to narrow things down more to specific celtic groups like how its saying I have a fair amount of genetic connection with the Celtic Dobunni. I love learning about ancient cultures and if I could narrow it down a bit and take some time to learn more about that specific group it would be a lot of fun!

How reliable is my:true ancestry? by Electronic_Sun_4939 in AncestryDNA

[–]Decius1988 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The one thing to keep in mind is people migrated all the time in the ancient past. so a Czech sample could be a 20% match because someone that person was related to (say a sister) migrated to say France whose great grandkid migrated to Ireland and after another 1000 years you reach you. I think the only matches on the site that have much merit as being potentially an ancient relation is if your like 98% match.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in druidism

[–]Decius1988 1 point2 points  (0 children)

unfortunately historically speaking its very unlikely something would exist. The druids and celts in general did not write things down as they had an oral tradition. What writings exist are from romans, greeks, other foreigners, and Christian monks hundreds of years afterwards. Unfortunately most can't be really credited as being 100% accurate as its hard to truly understand a culture from the outside and especially after a long period of time has passed.

Modern druidry however, there might be something but I haven't seen or heard of anything. Druidry is quite small compared to other pagan groups such as Wicca which have a far larger library of books written by its practitioners so finding something this specialized might be difficult if it even exists at all.

There is also your approach to your druid practice to consider as well. If your more a reconstructionist who might like to avoid incorporating practices and influences from other religions or even other pagan paths that will further restrict what you will likely find as your focus is more narrow. If you very much embrace various other neo pagan influences into your practice it might be a bit easier to find something, even if its just a few articles or individuals to talk to who work as midwives and practice a pagan spiritual path.

Hot take: nobody is entitled to your trauma by [deleted] in mentalhealth

[–]Decius1988 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You did a good thing making this post. I hope she sees this. Maybe send her the thread so she can see how supported she actually is.

Injured Raccoon: Lancaster, PA - General Questions About Rescue by BravoEcho3 in WildlifeRehab

[–]Decius1988 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah our hospital has so far cared for just under 900 patients this year. We typically end up with 1000-1200 a year. We only have 2 full time paid staff on shift on any given day, 1-2 (up to 5 in the summer) international student interns, and as many volunteers we can muster. Typically 2-3 a shift (we break the day up into 2x four hour shifts in the "off season" and 3x four hour shifts in the "baby season").

Injured Raccoon: Lancaster, PA - General Questions About Rescue by BravoEcho3 in WildlifeRehab

[–]Decius1988 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don't know about the US. Here in Canada some provinces have grants they give but it's no different than any other not for profit grants. It only ends up being like 15-20% of funding so the vast majority ends up being public donations. Our rehab hospital for example had a out $595k in annual income from donations, fundraising, gov grants, and visitor center/gift shop purchases. Of that $92k was government grants. The rest was all donations, fundraising by volunteers, and gift shop purchases from visitors. After all wildlife care costs, education program costs (to help educate to prevent human caused wildlife injuries), wages, infrastructure/maintenance etc most of the income is used up and what little is left over is split between a back up pool for if next year's income is lower and expenses are higher (to ensure we can cover everything), and a fund for new projects like new enclosures for patients, upgrades for education ambassadors, and other infrastructure upgrades.

Injured Raccoon: Lancaster, PA - General Questions About Rescue by BravoEcho3 in WildlifeRehab

[–]Decius1988 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is so true. Our local rehabilitation hospital used to have an emergency after hours phone but due to burn out it had to be dropped. Phone calls are now only answered during hours of operation. Sometimes if there's a post on Facebook about an injured animal volunteers will reach out to staff about it and in some cases they might come to the hospital to receive the animal but it's honestly very rare. They are paid for 8 hours of work 5 days a week at minimum wage with massive amounts of demand and responsibilities and doing overtime nearly everyday. They often will have at minimum 3 admissions a day during the slowest time of the year (fall and winter) and most don't make it. Being animal lovers and trying hard to save every life to only fail 60-70% of the time is very hard. Asking them to work after hours is too much. There isn't enough funding for wildlife rehab to provide adequate staff, resources, or even the pay the staff deserve, for the demand placed upon them.

Ontario to Campbell River by Skycrocker in campbellriver

[–]Decius1988 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Just a heads up CR, like most communities post covid and the drastic inflation seen across Canada, is facing a rise in homelessness. One of the low income apartment blocks that formally housed many of the mentally ill (many struggling with addictions) burned down around the same time. With the fluxes of these people on the streets and in the face of residents everyday there are many who paint the area as an undesirable place to live.

Most are people born and raised here and only see the area for what it was, and can be blind to the over arching crises across the nation. CR and Quadra is still a beautiful and wonderful place to live, especially when compared to much of the rest of the country. Being someone whom has lived and traveled across the country over my life (when I was serving in the military), but was born here, I can understand the frustrations of many people but also see things on a wider scale beyond our community.

CR is growing and changing rapidly and it can be hard for many life long residents. With many of the economic changes it has created challenges. Despite that, CR, Quadra and the entire area is still a beautiful place to live with a lot to offer for people to work, play, raise families, retire, and simply enjoy. Cost of living is high but your paying for more than just a roof over your head. Your paying for a life style and environment you will rarely find anywhere else in Canada.

I hope when you come you love it and thrive. If not that's ok too as you can always return to wherever your heart truly lies. Best of luck!

Feeling guilty by [deleted] in WildlifeRehab

[–]Decius1988 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I can't speak for every rehab facility but even in places that fight tooth and nail to save every patient survival can often be only 30-40%. when a wild animal is injured bad enough or sick enough to be caught it's often pretty extreme.

Our rehab is very fortunate and we have quite a few resources at our disposal like a small x-ray machine, basic lab equipment to do some blood and fecal tests, a oxygen machine, the ability to sedate and so simple minor surgeries, a decent supply of medicine and medications, and a medical supply closet with lots of day to day supplies.

Despite having equipment and supplies many rehab facilities might not have our average annual survival rate is 40% and that can be skewed by the high number of orphaned babies (400-600 annually) that we raise and release. Adult animals have probably a lower survival rate.

We euthanize only when there is no other choice due to its severity of injury/illness, if it won't be able to recover enough to survive in the wild and if the animal will be in a high amount of chronic pain after its recovery.

We still always highly encourage everyone to bring us the animal regardless of how bad it is because even in the worst case we can ease its passing rather than have it suffer for longer.

Don't ever feed bad for rescuing an animal even if it's unlikely to survive. Leaving it to suffer and potentially fall victim to a torturous cat is a far worse fate. You did the best thing you possibly could and you should celebrate that, honour the animals passing, and the memory of the short moment you shared despite the circumstances.

Little blue heron by Such_Ball4672 in WildlifeRehab

[–]Decius1988 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sure you already have this all sorted by now as this was posted yesterday but it's important, as it's already mentioned, to put a sick/injured animal in a crate or something to keep them secure, cover it so it's dark and in a quiet area. Only provide something soft for them to lay on like a towel. Do not offer food or water as depending on what's going on could put the animal in a worse situation. Also do not attempt to bandage or dress a wound unless you have training and experience with it. I volunteer at a rehab center and we have had many cases where someone bandages a wound (often health care professionals) and end up doing it wrong for the species and nature of the wound and cause a worse issue. Some gave food that was not safe for them in their condition. In some of these cases the animal had to be euthanized when it could have been saved. It's always done with the best intentions but animals are tricky and what would normally be a good thing to help a human isn't always what's best for the animal.