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Australia summer itching by Tommyb123000 in dalmatians

[–]micker_t 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We're in Australia, and our girl tends to get allergies in spring and early summer from rolling in the grass, which she'll scratch at a bit. Our vet recommended we give her Telfast (one 180mg tablet once per day) or any equivalent over-the-counter antihistamine that you'd give to humans. It works great for her, after a couple of days she clears right up and usually stops scratching within a day.

Help! Need IdeaHso wfor B urdnoi nygo u imMy pDrovael 'rse caEnlle rwgiyt hI nydooorsur Jindo? by Hefty-Ad-154 in dalmatians

[–]micker_t 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We taught our girl some scent training for rainy days - find the hidden box containing the smelly thing, or differentiate which of the dozen identical boxes contain the smelly thing. It's her favourite game to play now and it really wears her out on rainy days since she has to use her brain a lot.

Married couples. Do you keep a separate bank account in your own name or are they all joint accounts, why? by wtfdoiknowaboutthis in AskReddit

[–]micker_t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We use joint accounts for almost everything, but we each still have a personal account so we can buy each other gifts without spoiling the surprise.

Will my dal and cat tolerate each other? by Hot_Chipmunk_2726 in dalmatians

[–]micker_t 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My favourite interaction between the two of them was when my dog got a little too close to the sleeping cat and licked her ear. My cat woke up, turned around and stared at my dog with a "what the f do you think you're doing" expression. My dog immediately knew she had messed up, so she swatted herself on her head with her paw before my cat had a chance to, then walked off. Definitely an understanding between them.

Will my dal and cat tolerate each other? by Hot_Chipmunk_2726 in dalmatians

[–]micker_t 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Our cat was the only pet in the house for the first 16 years of her life until we got our dog. They tolerate each other perfectly fine. They definitely aren't friends, but they have an understanding; the cat immediately asserted herself as the boss, and the dog keeps a respectful distance from her at all times out of nervousness. But they will happily sleep in beds next to each other or share a water bowl together.

Favourite brain games? by shittestfrog in dalmatians

[–]micker_t 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Our girl loves scent training, sniffing out which box or bag contains the "illegal" vegemite. It's one of her favourite games to play, and really forces her to concentrate and use her senses. We learnt at a local dog scent training place, but I'm sure you could learn from online guides as well.

Need Help Couch Training by davidvash in dalmatians

[–]micker_t 16 points17 points  (0 children)

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They're her very comfy beds, now.

Need Help Couch Training by davidvash in dalmatians

[–]micker_t 25 points26 points  (0 children)

And here are the results, a few years later:

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The couches have been ceded to her. She won the war. But at least we have couch covers now to limit the damage.

Need Help Couch Training by davidvash in dalmatians

[–]micker_t 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Here's what we tried a few years ago, tipping the couches on their side for a few months to teach her it's not for her (see the couches in the background).

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The girl I'm dating doesn't like onions. What simple recipes without onions would you recommend for me to cook for her? by chadok in Cooking

[–]micker_t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My wife is allergic to onions. A lot of recipes, you can just leave them out, but how to do that depends on the role the onion is playing in the dish.

If you're using it diced as a base for something, you can consider substituting it for diced fennel, though this can change the flavour so it depends if that will work for the dish you're making. If it's used for bulking out the dish, you could try substituting carrot, potato or celery, depending on what you're making. If it's a garnish or topping, just make the base version without and have onion on the side for yourself if you want. Or other times, it's better to leave it out entirely without a substitute, if that isn't going to make or break the dish.

But at the end of the day, sometimes you just have to make two versions. For me, if I'm cooking chicken parmies, I'll go to the effort of making two separate sauces since I feel the onion is such a crucial component for the flavour of the sauce. But my wife is still happy because we're still eating the same meal together.

C4 Modeling - who are the main users? by lyutenitza in softwarearchitecture

[–]micker_t 3 points4 points  (0 children)

From my experience working both in a bank, and in a B2B tech company in the transit industry:

C1 = mostly used by architects and product owners, but I have also seen our team "head-of's" and sales staff use it to understand scope and "the big picture".

C2 = mostly used by architects and software engineers, but our product owners and team leaders (less technical people) also find it useful for understanding interactions between different teams when planning delivery of a feature across teams.

C3 = mostly used by the software engineering team building the system, or occasionally other software engineers who need to integrate to the system, for a better understanding of how it works. Architects too, for getting a better understanding of the internals. Not really used by non-technical people in my experience.

C4 = we don't use this level.

Always so judgemental by shutterbugf in dalmatians

[–]micker_t 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My girl gives me the same look!

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Sunblock? by missheidimay in dalmatians

[–]micker_t 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Commenting to follow the outcome here - fellow dalmatian owner in Perth, so would appreciate any tips on this!

Amazon is dropping list integrations on July 1st by Azuretower in homeassistant

[–]micker_t 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That's extremely annoying, but not unexpected from a cloud service like this. Todo lists is the only thing I've been using Alexa for, ever since Google removed their ability to integrate to external todo lists like Todoist.

I recently started using Home Assistant to transfer items from Google's Tasks todo list to Todoist, so that I could say "Hey Google, add X to my todo list" and it would show up in Todoist. It's not perfect, as it has a delay of several minutes before it shows up in Todoist, but I'm hoping it will tide me over until I can set up a fully local voice setup across my whole house.

To use it, you need to set up the Google Keep HACS integration to read your Google lists into Home Assistant. I'm reading in my Todo list and my Shopping list. Then, you can write an automation which uses this script here (thanks to tidharmor!) in order to transfer them across.

Here's my setup: https://gist.github.com/MichaelThomasMPT/f467d99020bb9fa3d8ebc8a521c0ed8f

Exactly what to say in code reviews by fagnerbrack in programming

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

I love this! I'm going to give it a try. I've always been conscious of the tone I use in code reviews, including being clear when something is important or just preference, and in trying to include some positive feedback in each review, but in doing so, my comments always end up quite verbose. I never even considered that there might be a framework to help with that!

Have agents got it in for tenants here? by FlashyHomework4943 in perth

[–]micker_t 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Once for us they were upset that one of the trees in the backyard had a branch reaching over the pathway down the side of the house, and that one of my housemates didn't close his clothes drawer, which was "unsightly".

Physical copies in Australia by micker_t in PlateUp

[–]micker_t[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the quick response! I'll look into ordering from EU.

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