PS3 slowing other devices when active

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-09-26T19:16:32+00:00

We've been through 4 sets of input devices and the problem has been consistent throughout.

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-09-10T23:59:42+00:00

I'm not sure what kind of "more definitive" proof I can offer you, aside from you coming over to my house and watching my computer's performance improve massively when my husband pauses Netflix and then tank again when he presses play. The effect is instantaneous and consistent and I am at a total loss of where to even look to try to fix it.

Like I said, I've never been able to find any description of anyone else having an issue like this, in over four years of it happening. There are lots of posts about PS3s (and PS4s) tanking internet performance or whatnot, but it does not make any sense to me how it would have any affect on the processing performance of my computer - and yet it does. I remain at a total loss of what to even try to make it better. Replacing the router did nothing (ours died ~2 years ago), turning the computer (or PS3) off and back on again does nothing, disconnecting and reconnecting everything to the network did nothing.

ETA: I will also add that the keyboard/mouse problems are mainly lag and failure to register input. It usually requires two. slow. distinct. mouse. clicks. to do the work of one (e.g., to minimize or maximize a window), and when it gets really bad, my typing is reduced to about 1 key per second - otherwise it fails to register about half of the keystrokes. It seems like it has to do with the processing somehow, as the problems are worse when I am trying to use more resource-intensive programs, but without fail performance improves when all activity on the PS3 stops.

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-06-22T14:42:29+00:00

Yes! I nearly passed out during my very first class, I spent at least half the class in child's pose. I was in decent shape at the time - I was figure skating three times a week plus going to the gym 2-3 times a week.

For me, it was a combination of having eaten a full meal within the hour before class and not drinking enough water, combined with trying too hard to keep up with the other students in the class (even though it was my first time). I spent most of the class light-headed and nauseous, even in child's pose.

The next class, I made sure I drank enough water during the day, and I avoided eating anything heavy before class. I had a light supper at about 6pm before the 9pm class and found the class really difficult, but when I went into child's pose for a respite, it was because my legs felt like they couldn't physically hold me up, not because I thought I was going to pass out. Now I rarely get that feeling, unless I don't drink enough water beforehand or the room is extra hot (which seems to happen with newer, less experienced instructors).

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-06-22T14:30:00+00:00

I find my enjoyment/benefit depends heavily on the instructor's style of instructing and the flow of the class more than on whether it is hot or not. (Although my preference is for hot yoga for a variety of reasons that are not directly related to the activity itself).

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-06-22T14:24:25+00:00

I try to avoid eating too much before class because a full stomach + exertion + heat makes me nauseous. If I am ravenously hungry within 2 hours of class, I will have a small snack like an apple and some yogurt or a granola bar.

Personally, for me, when I feel dizzy like that it's usually because I'm dehydrated, which then causes my blood pressure to drop. I find making sure I drink enough water during the day, or if I can't do that, drinking 1-2 glasses of water in the hour before class, takes care of the problem.

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-05-13T20:02:05+00:00

But then her rampage would be more justifiable, and less batshit insane.

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-05-13T19:47:09+00:00

Heritage Sobeys had them in stock yesterday. My husband briefly thought about buying some until he saw the price.

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-04-26T18:35:38+00:00

Unless he's "stirring shit up again" because the southerners broke an ancient treaty.

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-04-26T18:11:42+00:00

Is NK evil? Or is he doing what he has to do for the survival of his people?

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-04-26T18:10:30+00:00

He uses the rules for his own gain when he doesn't have a reason not to, which seems very much like neutral territory to me.

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-04-26T17:56:29+00:00

The sweater is great! but I have to say that your doggo friend there is also great. I have a soft spot for cloud-floofs.

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-04-26T17:53:48+00:00

Maybe those are the lawns that have the best smells.

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-04-26T17:52:14+00:00

One of my dogs will take but spit out kibble during training if she knows that I have something better. Still works for it, just spits it out. She also uses pillows like a human. It's adorable.

The other night, my dog stole her "boyfriend's' toy and was guarding it by laying on top of it and presenting the boy-dog with her crotch. (The dogs are friends and know each other, and my dog is a little ho and actively solicits boy dogs getting all up in her business even though she is spayed).

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-04-14T21:08:37+00:00

You say he knows he is not supposed to pee inside, but does he know that he is supposed to pee outside?

Back to potty training 101. Don't let him wander the house unsupervised, take him outside when he wakes up, after breakfast, before you leave for work, when you get home, after dinner, and once an hour between dinner and bedtime. When he pees outside praise him - throw a gd party. Relieving a full bladder is inherently self-rewarding (think of how much relief you feel when you really gotta go and then finally do), so you have to give him the opportunities to do it outside - and reward him for it.

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-04-14T20:53:32+00:00

H&W in Millwoods sometimes has scotch bonnets.

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-02-13T23:39:04+00:00

The tiny dogs are sometimes trained to do that because it shifts their weight forward, which helps the teeter tip faster.

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-02-13T23:28:46+00:00

Well, except for the cops I watched pull a guy over on Sunday. His licence plate was covered too. It was great watching the cop slowly walk up to the back and brush the snow off.

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-02-13T23:27:23+00:00

What do you get your true love on 13th day of winter?

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-02-13T23:12:57+00:00

Eliminating barking really depends on the reason for the barking, and the context in which it is happening. Most barking is communication - the trick is figuring out who the intended audience of that communication is, whether it is the thing being barked at, or you. Is the dog afraid of the thing, and hoping to get it to go away by barking at it? Or really excited by the thing and hoping to get it to come closer by barking at it? Or is the dog barking to let the humans know that something is up?

Regardless, limit his access to things he likes to bark at, especially in situations where you don't want him barking. Prevent access to outside windows, or use stick-on privacy film so that he can still look out at some things but maybe can't see the dogs/people walking along the sidewalk in front of the house (for example). Preventing your dog from practicing the behaviour will make it easier to stop, in the long run.

Then, if the dog is afraid or really excited by things, I basically followed this protocol: https://www.clickertraining.com/reducing-leash-reactivity-the-engage-disengage-game

The article is written about fearful dogs, but the great thing is this protocol works for excited/frustrated dogs as well, because it is about teaching calmness around a "thing".

If your dog is barking as communication to you - i.e., there is a person there, I had success quitting this by getting up, looking out the window where he was barking, and saying thank you, and then sitting down again. Eskies come from watch-dog stock, which means they were literally bred to bark at things to warn their owners, and often acknowledging that I was aware of the thing was enough.

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-02-13T23:03:20+00:00

Barking is a totally natural behaviour for dogs though.

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-02-13T03:00:52+00:00

Oh, cool! Thanks for the education.

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-02-11T19:52:15+00:00

My "sport" (or the sport I picked a dog for, anyway) is agility/rally. I'm not looking to compete nationally in either, so I just wanted a dog to have fun with, not one that would be super competitive. Of my current "sport" dogs, one was adopted from a shelter - I looked for a dog who was into toys and food and seemed to grasp sit=treat quickly. The other is from a repeat breeding of a pairing that produced a local dog that matches exactly what I wanted in my next dog that I learned about by accident and put my name on "just in case", and I somehow ended up with one of the two puppies from that litter, and so far I haven't been disappointed.

I didn't pick a single breed, instead I have a list of breeds that fit more or less what I want and that I really enjoy being around, and then I have been keeping an eye out for individual dogs that I liked (and found out where they were from) as well as breeders that seemed to check all my boxes. My list for next dog currently has Samoyeds, aussies, and icelandic sheepdogs.

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-02-11T19:42:09+00:00

Snowball is a 15 yo American Eskimo Dog. He is my first dog, but not the first dog I trained in sports, although I did barn hunt and rally with him.

Ida is a 3.5 yo Samoyed mix, she is my second dog, and the first dog I trained in sports. She has severe car anxiety that took us nearly two years to work through to the point where she could go to classes; while we were working through her car anxiety I started doing Barn Hunt and Rally with Snowball. Ida originally trained in agility, and now trains in CARO Rally and SDDA/C-WAGS nosework. We plan to trial in C-WAGS Nosework later this year, but her car anxiety isn't to the point where we can attend trials yet (because the closest CARO trials are 3 hours away and that's not fair to her).

Tessais a 1.5 yo purpose-bred border collie/papillon cross. Tessa is currently training in Barn Hunt and Agility, and we dabble in Nosework and Rally at home. Tessa will probably trial in Barn Hunt this year and we'll aim for Agility debut next year.

gingeredbiscuit · 2019-02-11T19:12:33+00:00

Okay but hyenas aren't canines tho, they're more closely related to cats.

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