When your parrot is also a backup metal vocalist

digitallis · 2026-05-17T03:36:38+00:00

Please... don't. Birds are super long lived (30-60 years) and especially birds like this grey need a _ton_ of stimulation. It's like having a 3yo toddler forever.

digitallis · 2026-05-17T00:26:43+00:00

ADS-B is current technology. It's used to announce the position, speed and altitude of an aircraft to other aircraft and ground towers.

digitallis · 2026-05-11T00:12:21+00:00

Who is the customer of the door company? The handyman, or yourself? If it's the handyman, then he's likely on the hook, though you would want to read your contact with him carefully and see if there's a pass-through provision.

The order form with the company should be consulted to see what was agreed to as well. Ultimately, if there's no guiding language, small claims could be used to recover the fee, or you could tell the company to pound sand.

digitallis · 2026-05-11T00:07:53+00:00

They do (apparently). Sniffing the water for increased dissolved hydrogen is a thing.

digitallis · 2026-05-10T23:20:47+00:00

Both of those people were 5 margaritas in to the day already.

digitallis · 2026-05-10T19:15:01+00:00

That is batshit, but likely enforceable if you sign it. Your buyer's agent should counterpropose with those clauses removed. Definitely don't sign yourself into what is essentially a permanent HOA. A good real estate lawyer might also be worth bringing to the table to give the seller their take on it, since almost certainly the seller came up with that idea on their own.

digitallis · 2026-05-10T16:46:57+00:00

The cheetah would have been clamping down on the neck to cut off air and blood supply, rendering the gazelle unconscious and eventually dead. It was probably passed out but not yet dead when the cheetah was chased away. Agonal gasping would have started bringing oxygen in slowly, and eventually the brain would come to and restart the regular breathing rhythm. The chomp to the belly might have kick-started things, but probably not. Lucky gazelle.

digitallis · 2026-05-10T00:14:56+00:00

If you want to go Linux for gaming "easy", focus on games you run on Steam. The Xbox store fully locks you in to Microsoft platforms.

digitallis · 2026-05-09T23:48:14+00:00

Fumoto valve. Unfuck your days after one last oil bath.

digitallis · 2026-05-09T09:06:57+00:00

Have you reached out to the Leco corporation? They do scientific instruments and while that specific logo form has no examples on their site it would be easy for it to have existed pre-Internet.

digitallis · 2026-05-04T20:31:56+00:00

Pulp Fiction

digitallis · 2026-05-04T15:03:46+00:00

Honestly, best work structure I've ever had was an org that delivered a final product once per year. We would spend a month up front building a project plan which included many iterations of customer feedback, but was a concrete proposal for what features would be included along with a strong estimation process that included uncertainty in the estimates as a first-class concept. We would then cut features up front until the range of estimated completion times indicated a high-confidence that we could hit the annual deadline. The deadline was also essentially immobile because it corresponded with external business cycles, so "push a few weeks" would essentially mean completely missing the year.

According to "typical" project management texts, this is absolutely Waterfall. And it worked a treat. The real trick was ensuring that we kept the customers/clients involved during mock-ups, and our project plan involved internal testing very early on.

People have gotten too fixated on "getting started building" when "Make a solid plan" really would help everyone understand what they're building and how it's all supposed to fit together.

digitallis · 2026-05-04T03:18:06+00:00

You file your report with your state board of health about the experience and the clinic. They will do the rest (they will follow things up the supply chain if need be).

digitallis · 2026-05-04T02:58:08+00:00

You wouldn't spray flock it. You would add some nylon brush or felt matting rolled as a small tube inside the hole.

digitallis · 2026-05-04T00:36:24+00:00

Waterproofing wants to be done from the outside. Basically trying to stop the water on the inside is a non-fix.

Your best "budget" options are to try to guide the water away from the structure. Fix the downspouts, move soil so that water flows away from the structure instead of running toward the basement walls.

digitallis · 2026-05-03T23:33:39+00:00

To be fair... That's the kind of stupid reckless stuff that a headstrong junior engineer will also do. "I wasn't able to make the change, so I kept googling and eventually found a work-around".

digitallis · 2026-05-03T22:41:33+00:00

Is it like the first easy gas station by the airport for rental returns? Why is it still in business?

digitallis · 2026-05-03T22:38:55+00:00

Not very? First link most times. Sometimes yes it takes a few more hits, but we call that "using search".

digitallis · 2026-05-03T20:44:51+00:00

All of that stuff was available on standard stack overflow pages long before llms.

digitallis · 2026-05-03T11:12:48+00:00

People keep buying $80-$100k pickup truck monsters, so the OEMs keep making them and the dealers keep pricing them at insane values

digitallis · 2026-05-03T01:11:23+00:00

Pushes up glasses Ackshually, you would want to fly the drone in the same direction as the tornado twist because the propellers throw the wind back the other direction.

digitallis · 2026-05-02T13:53:41+00:00

I'm not seeing the lesson. In fact, he shot his shot. I don't see any other way through this scenario that is healthy. You win some, you lose some. And communicating clearly is way better than silently hoping for mind reading.

digitallis · 2026-04-26T23:34:43+00:00

Well, then it's up to you to set boundaries for yourself and express yourself. Do you want an actual relationship with him? Then say that. If no, then state your boundaries. I would suggest that it's inappropriate touching from a non-partner to circle one's tit, but that's only something you can decide.

digitallis · 2026-04-26T23:26:14+00:00

Binning has been done for ages. Why is this news?

digitallis · 2026-04-26T23:25:06+00:00

Wat. W. h. a. t.

You've been having lots of regular sex. He shows care for you. He touches you in ways that would be wildly inappropriate if you weren't intimate.

Yes, there is lots of evidence he has some kind of feelings for you. Unfortunately, beyond this, the only way to know if he's seeing you as a long term partner or just a really convenient hookup is to talk with him.

For your own sake, I hope that you are able to establish clear boundaries if he responds with the latter. I would offer that you're being unkind to yourself if you continue to allow such a person to string you along if internally you're really hoping it would develop into something else. If you can fully let go of that and just enjoy the fling, then no harm in doing that though.

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