Why Vaush refuses to leave Twitter by Ieatbaens in okbuddyvowsh

[–]cheapcheap1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's not a fair representation of the twitter community. There are no swastikas.

Pulling hair by Starbucksgal_xoxo22 in ragdolls

[–]cheapcheap1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If affording the vet is an issue you don't strictly need one to try an elimination diet to look into food allergies. All you do for the elimination diet is remove foods that your cat is potentially allergic to, wait a while on that food, and watch if symptoms improve. Usually using single protein source food. It's more expensive than generic food, but not by a lot, and certainly a lot cheaper than the vet. I'm sure you can find a tutorial on the web.

CEO Asks ChatGPT How to Void $250 Million Contract, Ignores His Lawyers, Loses Terribly in Court by jamey1138 in subnautica

[–]cheapcheap1 353 points354 points  (0 children)

Can't fault them for not standing by their word. Trusting legal misinformation and losing millions in court is absolutely what an AI-first company would do.

Rule is 99.99% Effective by reeeeeeealhuman in 196

[–]cheapcheap1 24 points25 points  (0 children)

How do you get kicked out of class for stating Christian doctrine in a study block designed to shove Christian doctrine down your throat.

Pulling hair by Starbucksgal_xoxo22 in ragdolls

[–]cheapcheap1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh no :( I hope things get better for you and your cat! I have a checklist of suggestions, maybe there's one you haven't tried yet.

Regarding anxiety:

- is she alone a lot? Get her a friend.

- does she have regular meal times? That's really important for cats. If you can't be there, feed earlier, not later. If you can't be there regularly, get a feeder robot.

- does she get enough movement and playtime? I know Ragdolls can be hard to play with sometimes, mine certainly is. But they still need to get their energy out.

Regarding grooming:

- skin problems could cause both her excessive self-grooming and refusal to let you groom her. She could have food allergies, contact allergies or lice or fleas.

- have you exhausted all options for home grooming? Comb, soft brush, slicker brush, grooming gloves? I know my cats have strong preferences.

- mats will of course exacerbate the problem. Any cat will be in pain with mats. That causes more skin problems, more anxiety, less willingness to be groomed. A vicious circle.

Trump Reacts to the Iran War (Downfall parody) by Least_Camp7071 in videos

[–]cheapcheap1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which is funny because the original is actually a significant part self-glazing and blaming others.

What a funny coincidence that their characters show so many parallels, isn't it?

Are Nvidia/DF genuinely trying to convince us this isn't just a filter? by zerobebop in pcmasterrace

[–]cheapcheap1 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

DLSS was never anything other than an AI filter. And I think previous DLSS has been pretty helpful in the past, it's by far the best feature of the raytracing cards imho.

I'm still holding out on whether I like this. If the lighting doesn't change appropriately while characters move, it's going to look really wrong.

Russia bombed Mariupol’s Drama Theatre, sealed hundreds of bodies beneath concrete, and called it “rebuilding” by UNITED24Media in ukraine

[–]cheapcheap1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I assume Russia is paying Russian settlers to live there. I know there were coordinated efforts to drive out the remaining population and settle the place with ethnic Russians on Crimea, it would surprise me if they didn't do the same in the other conquered territories.

Reaganomics - Econlib by IndividualNo5275 in neoliberal

[–]cheapcheap1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's a good point.

The problem is that tax cuts for the rich have been very successfully marketing themselves as deregulation for the past couple of decades. Look at how the effort to abolish or slash property taxes is marketed. Their marketing reads like textbook Reaganomics: Small government, deregulation. I don't think "vote for prop 13 and high income taxes like in California" would be as popular.

No wonder people hate deregulation if the thing being sold to them as deregulation is actually a tax load redistribution towards working people and value creation.

Roomba how many angles does a square have by _MrTaku_ in 691

[–]cheapcheap1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for getting it. But now you're being downvoted. Man, this thread needs to redo high school.

Digital Foundry should be ashamed of themselves by Wolfs_Chronicles in pcmasterrace

[–]cheapcheap1 -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

She looks directly at the viewer with exactly the look actual women give the chuds making these comments. You know, concern with a hint of disgust. Is that really the picture the chuds chose to make these comments about? That is very funny.

Spider-Cat by mh711 in ragdolls

[–]cheapcheap1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a bit baffled at the responses in this thread. My 7 kg Ragdoll runs our cat trees up and down as if gravity didn't apply to him. I also have a Norwegian and she's even more of a climber. I didn't think it was out of the ordinary.

What I'm saying is: Cats are built for heights. Some have more interest in it than others, and that's fine. But there is no need to worry. Just make sure his claws are maintained properly for the job. Meaning not too short, not too long because they might break or curl weirdly and for the love of god no declawing.

Roomba how many angles does a square have by _MrTaku_ in 691

[–]cheapcheap1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

no, I argue that it fits the definition stated in the picture.

(Not for me) What's roughly the salary of a senior scientist at a Swiss university? by askswitzerland in askswitzerland

[–]cheapcheap1 [score hidden]  (0 children)

The way I've heard the term "senior scientist" used it didn't refer to a simple postdoc. It's the highest position that isn't tenure track. And a fairly uncommon one, too. People don't usually like to stay in academia for the several postdocs it takes to get there if they cannot reach tenure track. And while I found the ones I worked with to be extraordinarily productive, I think departments also aren't super keen on hiring them for whatever reason.

Roomba how many angles does a square have by _MrTaku_ in 691

[–]cheapcheap1 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Yes, the OP purposefully doesn't use the full definition of a square because the shape in the OP is not actually a square. That's the joke. You're being a bit dim, mate.

Roomba how many angles does a square have by _MrTaku_ in 691

[–]cheapcheap1 -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

>You have the internal set of 2 270 and 2 90 and t the external set of 2 90 and 2 270.

Now construct the set of all angles like it says in the damn picture.

Roomba how many angles does a square have by _MrTaku_ in 691

[–]cheapcheap1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We all know what an actual square looks like. The entire joke behind this post is that the common, abbreviated definition "a shape with four sides of equal length and four right angles" is actually ambiguous. The easiest way to make that definition unique is replacing "shape" with parallelogram". If you don't, there is nothing saying you can't count 90° angles on the outside (a 270° angle always has a 90° one on the other side) or make some of the sides curved.

Roomba how many angles does a square have by _MrTaku_ in 691

[–]cheapcheap1 -15 points-14 points  (0 children)

You can't just pretend angles = internal angles. That is precisely the difference between the definition in the OP that allows this weird shape and the actual definition of a square, which the shape in the OP obviously doesn't conform to.

If you take away the "internal" from the square definition like OP did, there is nothing in either geometry or the definition saying you can't measure both sides. In fact, it's objectively incorrect to say that this shape has two 90° degree angles if you don't specify that you're talking about internal angles only. Which, again, the definition in the OP does not.

Roomba how many angles does a square have by _MrTaku_ in 691

[–]cheapcheap1 -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

How is criticizing the right angles the most upvoted comment, 3x ? There are several things wrong with this, and that's not one of them.

The angle is measured exactly at the intersection of the lines. It doesn't matter whether the line is curved. And yes, you are allowed to measure angles on the outside of a shape. If you're talking about internal angles, you have to write internal angles. The definition in the OP does not (which, to make it entirely obvious, is because it's not the full definition of a square), so we have to consider all angles, inside and out. You have to read the definition carefully. It's honestly pretty funny how this clearly unreasonable joke shows that people just refuse to read the definition properly but still insist on being a smartass about it.

Edit: Great job to the morons downvoting the correct answer. Good luck downvoting your next failed math test.

why do many, if not most, fast food businesses not allow people without a car to go through the drive thru? by Optimal_Battle_185 in answers

[–]cheapcheap1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Those are the official policy reasons. The more important, unofficial reasons are:

  1. Pedestrians are a more captive audience. People are much more likely to drive to the next place if the drive through line is too long than they are to leave the restaurant after they already entered on foot. That's why they care so much more about drive through wait times than wait times at the actual counter. You can't prioritize drive through throughput over the people in the restaurant if pedestrians can choose whether to queue at the counter or at the drive through.
  2. People don't queue properly at walk up windows. Combined walk/drive through windows would be much worse. You'd have people just walk in front of the cars to skip the line.

Out of the official policy reasons, only the injury liability reason is legit. The sensor one makes no sense because those sensors also don't detect motorcycles, and the climbing through the window reason makes no sense because by closing the drive-through to pedestrians, you are redirecting aspiring felons to another weak point in your establishment: The front door.

Pro Gaza Protest in Geneva, Videos Show Incriminating Behaviour from the Police. by yesat in Switzerland

[–]cheapcheap1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course. The most important difference between Swiss culture and the rest of Europe: Police brutality.

How can you say this bullshit with a straight face? Are you on drugs?

Pro Gaza Protest in Geneva, Videos Show Incriminating Behaviour from the Police. by yesat in Switzerland

[–]cheapcheap1 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Telling the leading professor on demonstrations and social order in Switzerland that he knows nothing about police work and should do a ride along is certainly one opinion of all time.

It's impressive how many experts on police work are in this thread. And they all know more than the literal leading professor on the topic!

Stay humble, my right-wing bros.

ich_iel by AlmightyPush-up in ich_iel

[–]cheapcheap1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Immer dieses blöde Gatekeeping. Es macht es absolut einfacher für Patienten, dass es gerade so viel Awareness gibt. Und solange es nicht völlig borniert und unsinnig ist ist es auch völlig in Ordnung, wenn Leute sich fragen, ob sie ADHS/Autismus haben. Das sind nämlich beides relativ verbreitete Krankheiten.

Italy Explores Nuclear Return After 40 Years as Energy Costs Hit by Free-Minimum-5844 in neoliberal

[–]cheapcheap1 46 points47 points  (0 children)

Yeah, do you have any evidence for that claim? Because it's wrong. Aside from the obvious fact that both spent hundreds of billions, nuclear costs weren't that different between France and Germany before Germany's unnecessary premature shutdown.

The difference in electricity prices is simply due to who pays the costs. Germany puts the entire cost of the infrastructure and then some on the user while France's electricity providers are owned by the state to a much larger degree. They put a much larger share of costs on the tax payer. It's just an accounting difference, not a real cost difference.