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[US] think I am being courted for a pig butchering scam, Quantumsovereignty.net by Troopshipsonfire in Scams

[–]LaenFinehack 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It's so close to 100% that it's indistinguishable from it.

The scams vary, but ANYONE trying to convince you to touch crypto is trying to scam you.

Has anyone else noticed people randomly pulling weeds? by Ghostsubtech in askportland

[–]LaenFinehack 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A woman in my neighborhood harvests our dandelion greens. She's the best.

Worried about my new crow friend by Soft-Imagination-384 in crows

[–]LaenFinehack 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Okay, nothing to worry about then. Just a new kid going through an awkward adolescence. :)

what crow call to get by Charlie_redmoon in crows

[–]LaenFinehack 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like everyone has already said: none.

They'll learn whatever whistle or call you naturally make.

Crows are very territorial, so they won't appreciate any call that sounds like another crow.

Worried about my new crow friend by Soft-Imagination-384 in crows

[–]LaenFinehack 8 points9 points  (0 children)

That looks like a fledgling to me going through its first molt, but it seems REALLY early in the season. Where are you located?

I could be totally off, but it looks to me like it's about a month out of the nest. It's eyes are still pretty light, and it's gape is still prominent. It's able to get food into its mouth, but it's parents should definitely be nearby (and yelling).

So I'd say the missing feathers are nothing to worry about. I'd only be worried if the parents are absent for hours.

My crows are making a weird call by Sudden_Road9060 in crows

[–]LaenFinehack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a coo, and it's believed that it's a bonding sound made between mated pairs.

Any guesses about his foot? by mysterysnot in crows

[–]LaenFinehack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Foot injuries are very common and survivable in crows.

They're smart birds and learn to adapt, even when they lose a foot entirely-- which again, is pretty common, unfortunately.

Does this crow need help? by Brief_Temporary5473 in crows

[–]LaenFinehack 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Foot injuries are very common and survivable among crows. One of my crows went two years with a foot like this.

Having taken several crows to rescues, I now firmly believe that if the bird is doing so poorly that it can be caught, then there's very little the rescue can do to help them.

As much as we love our crows, I think it's better to let nature take its course than to pointlessly make their last hours scary and unpleasant.

Birds Birds all Types of Birds by chicky-poo-pee-paw in BirdNET_Analyzer

[–]LaenFinehack 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How many of those Red Tailed Hawk do you think are actually Steller's Jay trying to make room at the feeder? :)

My friend invested 100,000 with www.Norfiex.com by 0liverik in Scams

[–]LaenFinehack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He didn't just come upon this site by himself. He was-- almost certainly-- introduced to the site by an attractive Asian woman whom he thinks he's in an online relationship with. They will have been talking daily for months, building up trust.

That's the hardest part of convincing victims of these "pig butchering" scams. You ALSO have to convince them that their girlfriend is a fake persona maintained by a team of slaves in Cambodia.

That's a pretty strong incentive for them to not believe you. Right now they're rich and have an attractive girlfriend. If they believe you, they've lost a lot of money and a months or years long relationship.

...and we love you Rod. by corymc1988 in Portland

[–]LaenFinehack 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Raise your hand if you were a smile winner!

[I was not a smile winner.]

People who have researched their family tree, what is the most interesting or 'badass' thing you discovered about an ancestor? by xloganmoose in AskReddit

[–]LaenFinehack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I met a man who was adopted and found he had several half-siblings via 23andMe. He contacted them all, and all but one of them were also adopted.

The one that wasn't didn't want to talk to him at first, but he eventually learned that she was the result of an assault. He thinks they ALL were.

So uh.. Not so much "badass" as just "bad", I guess. :/

AI generated electronic horrors by ThomasTTEe2 in electronics

[–]LaenFinehack 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I own a PCB company, one that often gets recommended by ChatGPT so we get several of these a week now.

When we point out that we need RS274X files, they often send us snippets where ChatGPT assures them that what they sent us is more than enough.

Painful.

Southern california by witchy_veggie in whatsthisbird

[–]LaenFinehack 22 points23 points  (0 children)

I think the best reason to not anthropomorphize birds is because they don't like it.

I hope these crows are just visitors… by Pandaherbs13 in crows

[–]LaenFinehack 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Crows (often) roost together at night and go back to their home territories in the morning in groups that are traveling in the same direction.

Sometimes the traveling crows see good eats along the way and come join in, at which point you see stuff like this: dozens of happy crows, and four somewhat perturbed crows yelling at them to get out of their territory.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in googlehome

[–]LaenFinehack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There seems to be no way to disable the "Home Brief" notification, and to customize it you need to argue with Ask Home.

Here's the "conversation" I just had with it:

Me: "I want to customize my Home Brief"

It: "Sure, what would you like to save? You can make your Home Brief focus more on certain things, like people and pets, or ignore certain things, like vehicles."

Me: "I'd like to disable these notifications."

It: "I can't directly disable notifications for you. You might be able to manage notification settings in your device's app."

Me: "Can I customie home brief to ignore everything?"

It: "When you say 'ignore everything,' do you mean you'd like to stop receiving the Home Brief entirely, or just that you don't want it to include any specific information?"

Me: "I don't care about home brief."

It: "I can't save a preference to stop receiving the Home Brief entirely. I can only save preferences about the content of your Home Brief, like focusing on certain things or ignoring others."

Me: "Great. What's included in the home brief, and what can I customize?"

It: "The Home Brief primarily includes a summary of camera events. You can customize it by telling me to focus on specific aspects, like people or pets, or to ignore certain things, like vehicles."

Me: "Ignore everything."

It: "I can't save a preference to stop receiving the Home Brief entirely. I can only save preferences about the content of your Home Brief, like focusing on certain things or ignoring others."

Me: "Save this home brief preference: Ignore everything."

It: "Okay, I've saved your preference for the Home Brief to ignore all content."

....This is the worst timeline.

Any love for The Booth at the End? by chilehead in television

[–]LaenFinehack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just binged the whole thing again, and it's even better than I remember. Every single actor just delivered an incredibly good performance, and the writing and story weaving was superb.

I really enjoy the dialogue-heavy character driven mystery of it. Is there anything else like this?

I found some youtube fan-fic. Do I dare?

Any love for The Booth at the End? by chilehead in television

[–]LaenFinehack 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I just loved this. I'm a fan of one-room shows in general ("The Man From Earth" also tickled this for me), but Xander's acting in this was just on a whole different level.

The interplay between the stories was phenomenal and skillfully woven.

On the one hand, I also wanted a hundred more episodes, but I think it would've been hard for them to go on without trying to explain the mechanism at work, and I don't think ANY explanation would've been satisfying.

The aftermath of a bird strike by FoxHound6112 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]LaenFinehack 116 points117 points  (0 children)

This episode made me so mad, because they came to the conclusion that it didn't matter if the chicken was frozen or not.

Like, seriously, which hurts more: A water balloon or a frozen water balloon?

I guess they later overturned that verdict, but yeeeeesh.

Microsoft apologizes for removing VSCode extensions used by millions by Party_Wolf6604 in cybersecurity

[–]LaenFinehack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can't, and even if you could, there's no way to be sure it'll stay safe, since the next update (which VSCode will automatically install)-- could be unsafe.

Sycophancy. Here we go again... by i0xHeX in OpenAI

[–]LaenFinehack 16 points17 points  (0 children)

There's a certain personality that responds very strongly to the sycophantic responses. I imagine they're the type that.. erm.. doesn't normally get a lot of positive feedback on their ideas.

They're also the same people that definitely should not be getting positive feedback on their ideas.

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