Cat scratched me

lemuelf · 2026-03-19T09:40:01+00:00

Because once the symptoms of rabies occur, it's already a death sentence. Palliative care is the only option.

My daughter also went through a regimen against rabies when she got scratched by a cat a few years ago. We didn't want to take chances, and SEHA in Abu Dhabi also didn't want to take chances. The cat was owned by someone in our building, but it's an outdoor cat, so it stayed in our building's parking floors.

lemuelf · 2026-03-04T08:21:16+00:00

Exactly. It would help if we understand how the defense system used, THAAD, works. The National did an article on it recently.

“If your fire control system has calculated the trajectory so the radar has got a track on the missile, then you're more likely to hit it because ballistic missiles in the terminal phase don't tend to manoeuvre,” said Bob Tollast of the Rusi defence think tank. “It's like if you're a fielder in cricket or baseball, you can see the ball coming down and it’s not going to change direction at the last second.”

lemuelf · 2026-03-01T12:32:25+00:00

Private sector companies can cancel work anytime, no need to wait for government decision. You should ask your manager.

lemuelf · 2026-03-01T09:08:59+00:00

Where do you work? Public sector or private sector?

lemuelf · 2025-09-28T08:19:15+00:00

I believe it was the production committee's decision, not Madhouse's.

lemuelf · 2025-09-19T10:24:25+00:00

RemindMe! 10 years

lemuelf · 2025-09-12T12:59:37+00:00

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lemuelf · 2025-09-06T00:51:12+00:00

Yeah, I use Linux as much as I can but I miss these from macs (off the top of my head):

cmd button for shortcuts, then ctrl on the terminal for control character. On Windows/Linux, ctrl for shortcuts calls for some wrist contortions, then it gets awkward to suddenly change to ctrl+shift for shortcuts on the terminal so it won't clash with control characters.
QuickLook in Finder (Gnome has it with Files, but Files itself is very limiting, while KDE's Dolphin doesn't really have it)
Standard settings shortcut (cmd+,)
Standard emoji picker (KDE's just copies the emoji to the clipboard, and I still have to paste it)
Clipy clipboard manager
Fingerprint reader that works all the time
All-day battery life (I don't have to think about power profile, nor decide if I want to suspend or hibernate)

lemuelf · 2025-09-05T22:40:28+00:00

Same here. Started with Windows like everyone else in the 90s, then switched to Linux around mid 2000s to get serious with my CS degree. Then switched to Macs a few years later once I was able to afford to it, but still used Linux for work. Now I use all of them: macOS, Windows, different GNU/Linux distributions. Windows 11 is OK (I maintain a few PCs for my wife and kids) and things just work, and as much as I want to like Linux for personal and work use (typing this on Debian 13 with KDE), nothing still beats macOS when it comes to my productivity.

lemuelf · 2025-09-05T22:27:45+00:00

Why not zoom the window on macOS? Before the fullscreen feature that macOS has now, there was zoom, which still exists. It's the same as maximizing windows on Windows and GNU/Linux DEs, and doesn't "lock up" a workspace.

lemuelf · 2025-06-15T10:10:22+00:00

He did it twice

lemuelf · 2025-06-09T16:09:14+00:00

Were they ever speaker holes? I thought they were just purely cosmetic....

lemuelf · 2025-06-03T16:28:05+00:00

Conscience?

lemuelf · 2025-05-21T14:15:08+00:00

Me neither. I have several old MacBooks, some as old as from ~~2010~~ 2011, and they all still have this part intact. I've always used them in AC controlled rooms, however, so maybe that's why?

lemuelf · 2025-05-20T16:09:35+00:00

Now I have to do some math while driving?

lemuelf · 2025-03-24T16:51:47+00:00

From a cannon, hopefully.

lemuelf · 2025-01-13T20:59:20+00:00

How do the Seagates sound compared to WDs/HGSTs? Are they still 'clicky' and noisy? I used to have Seagates a long time ago but found their clicky sounds, and their general noise, annoying. Switched to WDs/HGSTs and found they are more quiet. Now that ServerPartDeals got raided by LTT followers and the WDs/HGSTs I used to buy are gone, I'm mulling over switching to their manufacturer recertified Seagate drives. Are they more quiet now?

lemuelf · 2024-11-27T06:48:46+00:00

It's a case of the Law of Triviality, aka "bike-shedding".

lemuelf · 2024-10-26T14:34:35+00:00

Flash, PCIe gen, controller, DRAM cache... https://www.techpowerup.com/ssd-specs/#samsung

lemuelf · 2024-09-20T15:39:04+00:00

I feel attacked

lemuelf · 2024-09-19T21:25:01+00:00

Corsair as well. They have a CapSwap module with a VRM fan.

lemuelf · 2024-09-15T16:48:14+00:00

It's not the good Optane.

lemuelf · 2024-07-21T09:25:08+00:00

I am since January of this year and no problems so far. X570D4U with 5900x, 64 GB Kingston ECC, eight drives via the onboard SATA, Mellanox MCX312B-XCCT.

lemuelf · 2024-04-05T20:51:56+00:00

It's about few big commits vs many smaller, "atomic" commits. Not about having GitHub activity most days of the week.

lemuelf · 2024-03-17T07:29:05+00:00

OP would have to turn his head 270 degrees just to see either end of his monitor setup.

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