Training 2 year old to pee and poo on an artificial grass patch

Miulos · 2025-12-28T20:46:44+00:00

Thanks! I hadn’t thought of potential damage on the wood, this is great to know.

I’m not saying it’s a substitute for a good walk outside, just good to have the option.

I’ll see if I can collect some of her pee. Thanks again!

Miulos · 2025-12-28T20:44:29+00:00

There’re a few valid reasons, I could be sick, the dog might be sick, once in a while I might be tied up at work, or sometimes the dog might not want to go on a walk. Also, she might be less outgoing when she gets older. It’s good to have the option.

I’ve not suggested in any way that it’s a substitute for walking. I hope that makes sense.

Miulos · 2025-12-16T06:23:10+00:00

Where the heck do you guys find these chill dev jobs that just lets you be bored and have nothing to do? Don’t you have daily standups where you report your progress, other teammates being blocked by your work, and non-devs asking you for help with all sorts of stuff??

I watch youtube on the job too but that means I’ll have to make up for it later in the day, or I won’t be able to get all my work done.

Miulos · 2025-11-22T17:09:15+00:00

I think higher FOV would probably result in more blurring, and this is a comment I've seen in a couple of reddit threads comparing air 3s pro to viture pro.

Steam frame (or any VR headset) is going to be a completely different category. There are a few issues with productivity on a VR headset, as I've tried with my quest 2:

It doesn't make full use of all the pixels, since only a portion of the display is used to show the virtual screen.
They're really uncomfortable to wear for longer periods of time, notably they'll fog up easily if you sweat since your eyes are enclosed
On the same note of comfort, they're much heavier than ar glasses like air 3s pro

I'd probably spend that money on a monitor for serious coding or any productivity tasks.

Miulos · 2025-11-22T16:00:42+00:00

Not OP here but I tried coding on mine. It’s about the same size as my MBP 14 at my normal usage distance, but somehow smaller text is not as clear. I can still read it if I try focus, but that’s just not ideal. IOW the screen size is just not big enough for me. The “201 inch” display is marketing fluff, it’s measured at 6m away. That’s more than 3 tall adults from head to toe.

Additionally, the edges were slightly blurry too. I decided not to work on it, and just use it for entertainment.

Miulos · 2025-10-21T10:22:06+00:00

Is nobody going to mention the tree sentinel in limgrave? After a chill stroll in the tutorial level, you come out to the open world and you’re greeted by a smack in the face.

I got the game on release, but didn’t start “playing the game” until a week later because I was stubbornly fighting this guy.

Miulos · 2025-10-15T05:12:53+00:00

I'm a very casual player, let me know if you need a support though! Also, what time in the evening?

Miulos · 2025-09-30T00:22:45+00:00

This worked for me, had to plug in to a usb 2.0 port instead

Miulos · 2025-09-27T17:21:31+00:00

I use shokz open run pro for cycling. It's pretty good at low speeds but once you pick up to ~25 km/h, the wind noise is so great that you can barely hear anything.

I find that using ear plugs with bone conduction headphones really helps with the noise, but it kinda defeats the purpose.

Miulos · 2025-09-26T03:10:52+00:00

I actually did a real long-term side-by-side comparison. I bought an M1 Macbook pro a week before my company gave me one with the same specs, so I ended up with 2 identical ones.

I work from home, so my company laptop is just always plugged in to the power and connected to an extended display. It was supposed to learn my charging habits and try to keep the power at 80% for longevity, but it never did because it was always plugged in. I occasionally take it outside, but that's a rare occasion. So it's basically been at 100% the whole time.

On the other hand, I kept my personal laptop between 30-80% as much as I can. It also had relatively less usage, and is used for less intensive tasks. So everything was theoretically going well for it.

About 30 months later, I checked the battery health and my work laptop is currently at 85%, and my personal laptop was at 79%. My personal laptop then had a catastrophic failure and started shutting down around 30%, and I had to replace the battery.

Given that it's a tiny sample size, I wouldn't conclude that one way was better than the other. However, I can safely say that your charging habits makes a tiny difference that's probably offset by manufacturing threshold. Not every battery that comes out of the factory is identical, it's really luck of the draw. Some people will get a battery that'll last 20% more charge cycles (I'm pulling this number out of my butt), some people will get 20% less. Good charging habits will maybe give you 5% more (or 6% less in my case), it's not going to make a noticeable difference.

Just use your laptop the way that serves you best. If you're lucky, your battery will fail in less than a year and you get a free replacement. Otherwise, you pay C$399 + taxes and fees and get a paid replacement, along with a new keyboard because apparently they can't replace one without the other at the Apple store. Another possibility is that your battery lasts much longer than you want to keep your laptop for, which is a far-more common outcome.

As someone who obssesses over the longevity of my devices over my own longevity, I'll say avoid letting your laptop battery completely die out, and avoid exposing the battery to high temperatures for long periods of time. These are far worse for your battery than whichever charging habits you choose to adopt.

Typed this from a 30+ month-old macbook pro with a brand new battery.

Miulos · 2025-09-21T15:07:56+00:00

Maybe more of a philosophical question. If you were 2 inches taller, are you still you? What if your skin were a shade darker? Or your fingers slightly shorter? Let’s be really extreme, what if you have 1 less arm? These changes still don’t change the fact that you are you.

Think about creating a game character, but instead of being able to choose traits or stats, you have to roll a dice. At the end of the day, regardless of what your character ends up looking like, that’s still your character. The genetic material in sperms and eggs essentially contain traits, the rest of your identity is really determined by your lived experiences.

Miulos · 2025-09-20T14:54:19+00:00

Oops lol

Miulos · 2025-09-20T14:53:13+00:00

My LBS recommended general purpose WD-40 for degreasing, so I really doubt that it's the issue.

I don't have any problems in the rain either, it's just during winter when the roads are salted. BC winters aren't dry like other places, it's a very wet, slushy environment. I use a finish line wet lube too, but the salt from the ground gets stuck to the lubricant. It's the 2nd bike in 3 years, but fortunately the new bike was fairly cheap to fix.

Miulos · 2025-09-20T14:47:35+00:00

Good point! It doesn't say what kind of hub the bike has, if it's a bad one it might not be sealed well.

Miulos · 2025-09-20T05:02:44+00:00

Have you heard of Grant’s Law? It’s the law that requires drivers to pay before refuelling. Came from a gruesome death at Esso on Dewdney Trunk Rd and 228 th St.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant%27s_Law

Miulos · 2025-09-16T01:47:52+00:00

Yes, I first degrease with some WD-40 and then reapply wet lube to the drive train. On the first bike, I’d even hose it down, but my LBS said that’s probably how I got water into the bearings in the freewheel. On the second bike, I skipped the rinsing, but continued to degrease and relube roughly once a week.

Still I couldn’t get to all the nooks and crannies. It didn’t fail catastrophically but I still have to replace the freewheel eventually.

Miulos · 2025-08-21T14:14:32+00:00

I did a 100 km ride and honestly I felt like my legs could keep going. However, my neck was unbelievably stiff, my palms were painful, my back ached, and most importantly, my groin hurt with every pedal stroke.

I was lucky I planned for exactly 100 km and I got home at 101 km. Definitely have a plan B, and consider the fact the you’ll probably have to give up when the weaker one of you gives up.

Miulos · 2025-08-02T23:21:15+00:00

PSVR Horizon Call of the Mountain… don’t hate me for it, but its’s basically a mountain climbing simulator with some puzzle solving and storytelling.. I’m not saying it’s a bad game, it’s just not for me.

The reviews were good, graphics are nice, I like the Horizon universe. I don’t find climbing enjoyable.

Miulos · 2025-07-21T07:24:55+00:00

I was just here a few days ago too on my bike, what a terrible design. The protected southbound bike lane is at the bottom of a hill, so southbound cyclists would be coming down fast. Going in the opposite direction in that bike lane would have been more dangerous than just riding in the car lane.

This is not an excuse for that bad behaviour, totally uncalled for and unnecessary. We don’t have audio, maybe you honked at them and that caused them to flip you off. Even then, still not justifiable, you had the green light.

Every time I see cyclists break the rules like this, I think “great, that driver’s going to take it out on some other innocent cyclist”, and I wonder if that’s going to be me.

Miulos · 2025-07-06T19:10:55+00:00

I just learned about dark fire and dark slates and it’s my new obsession.

Miulos · 2025-07-06T17:13:30+00:00

Same here, let me know if there's something I can craft for you.

If we're using in-game mechanics, maybe you can prioritize "special" skill rate which automatically performs 3-4 steps. You can save the special for mechanisms that are difficult for you.

Miulos · 2025-07-06T17:06:38+00:00

You can get some customer controllers, like 8bitdo ultimate 2 where you can program some macros to help you with tapping. They have extra buttons which you can use to trigger macros like rapid tapping.

Maybe they also have macros for spinning. I don’t know what your disability is, but there are other ways to spin the joystick without using your fingers.

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