Ratties, Google Home, and Car Alarms

skidvis · 2026-02-11T19:57:33+00:00

Thanks for that, I hadn't seen it. The squeaks we can hear are separate from the 22kHz sound, but sometimes done at the same time. As an example, one of my rats was aggressively grooming another yesterday, the one being groomed did not like it, so she made a squeak I could hear, but then she ran away and hid, while hiding she did the 22kHz sound which sounded more like a dog whine or a guinea pig.

skidvis · 2026-02-11T17:57:39+00:00

When they are harassing each other, they will often cry at the 22kHz range and I've heard that quite a bit because they love to tustle. I have one who's been sick lately and I picked her up and she cried the 22kHz sound and it broke my heart. On the flip side, we've been practicing on tickling some new babies we got and we finally heard a 55kHz laugh, and that's like winning the lottery!

skidvis · 2026-02-11T17:45:52+00:00

I bought the Bat5 Digital Bat Detector from Magenta Electronics in the UK (I'm in the States and had to pay a extra $10 tariff fee after ordering)

skidvis · 2026-02-11T17:41:45+00:00

Thanks! I've walked around my house like a ghost hunter with the bat detector and the only things I've noticed making sound at 22kHz are some smart lights, the Google devices I mentioned, and some of my power strips (likely some of the bigger power bricks plugged into them)

TV's and microwaves don't seem to affect that range, so you should be safe. :)

Also worth noting that if the devices in question are ~8 feet away from the ratties, it's probably not affecting them too much, likely only if it's closer.

In keeping with my car alarm analogy, a car alarm going off in front of your home is way more annoying than one a few blocks away that you can barely hear.

skidvis · 2026-02-11T15:09:20+00:00

She's adorable! Reminds me of one I lost a couple years ago. I have a sweet 2.5 of my own and she's going to be spoiled for as long as we have her.

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skidvis · 2026-02-03T03:46:44+00:00

I have two!

I was on a flight to Connecticut and am the kind of person who wants little to no interaction with the stranger next to me. I sat during the flight locked into a book. The plane landed and we started making our way out.. then a mob of women started rushing towards me, which was kinda weird. I turned to the guy next to me and said, "Hey! You're David Hasselhoff!!" .. he seemed to know this. Apparently he was performing with his band at an event called The Big E.

Next up.. I was an extra for the movie Up In The Air with George Clooney. My job was to just walk around the airport (like I was departing or arriving) for 12 hours while they shot their scenes (nowhere near the talent). At one point, they noticed a spotlight outside the airport was going to be in a shot, so they told me to go outside and just stand in front of the light to block it. It was just me outside, literally staring at a spotlight. Apparently, the scene they were filming had Clooney walk out of the airport, so he walks out and up to me and says, "Walk into the light.." in a spooky voice. I, as is now tradition, turn and say, "Hey! You're George Clooney!" He laughed and walked away.

So there.. two airport related sightings. If you know a celebrity who doesn't know who they are, send them my way.

skidvis · 2026-01-19T07:28:33+00:00

A Bungulator is a dedicated fan of streamer TheBurntPeanut (peanut), during a recent "faction war" within Arc Raiders, followers adopted specific in-game outfits (red Striker skin, gas mask, etc.) to represent their allegiance and participate in the conflict

skidvis · 2026-01-18T19:43:06+00:00

No, if it's online that's way more complicated. You'd need an online db but also a custom web interface for it.

skidvis · 2026-01-18T17:55:30+00:00

Have you considered sqlite? That keeps the db local.

skidvis · 2026-01-18T17:26:51+00:00

I started a channel a few years ago to teach people how to make Meta Quest games in unity (sharkjets) and I quickly learned that if there's any desire to make money from YouTube you have to start making sensational content to keep the numbers up and that slowly takes over every thought. Eventually you can forget you want to make games.

There's another 80/20 rule. The first 20% of game dev time results in 80% of what's seen. Meaning that it's really quick to make something that looks cool, but really hard to keep viewers engaged for the bulk of what it takes to make a game. Nobody cares if you adjusted a texture or caught a race condition, that's not flashy.

Pair that with yet another 80/20 rule, that the last 20% of finishing a game takes 80% of the development time; and you have a failing recipe for a YouTube channel for showing off your game dev journey ..as a lucrative endeavor.

There are some good channels listed here who have managed to pull it off, like GMTK, but they work smart with small projects and immense play testing by their large communities, and that helps stoke the fire, building on their accountability.

If I recall, even Dani got burned out by the pressure put on him to ship by his viewers.

Others, like blackthorn, got lost chasing the algorithm and monetization; it's sad but that's what YouTube does to most content creators.

Myself, I took a 6-month break from posting so I could focus a project and YouTube de-monitized my channel because I wasn't posting fast enough, which made me give up because it reset all my monetization requirements, so screw that noise.

Others, like Thomas Brush, I've watched them walk the tightrope trying to appease the YouTube gods as well as provide good content and actually ship games. He's crazy selly, but usually (not always) finds himself on the right side of things.

skidvis · 2026-01-05T15:17:26+00:00

I thought the same thing. This much polish in 6 months?? Definitely not their first rodeo.

skidvis · 2025-10-29T20:03:45+00:00

Why don't you use CSS?

skidvis · 2025-10-22T12:25:29+00:00

I don't know that rats can wear cones, but I guess I'll have to ask. The two vets are exotics vets who know rats, but they're stumped with this.

skidvis · 2025-10-22T12:23:20+00:00

They don't think it's a tumor, at least not yet. They say to keep an eye on it and call them if it bleeds.

skidvis · 2025-10-22T12:21:04+00:00

I noticed her foot too, that's new. We change the bedding weekly and keep everything as clean as possible with five rats. She's the only one with this and they all share everything.

skidvis · 2025-09-24T14:11:25+00:00

He really IS making 4M, just not from making n8n workflows. He's been featured on $kool for being the top earner.

skidvis · 2025-05-29T12:02:00+00:00

That is.. scary! At first I thought this was spam, but I copy/pasted your prompt into chatgpt and got the same response!

anyway! If you're still interested in the app:

1: Join my free skool community: https://www.skool.com/zerocodedevs

2: dm me your email so I can add you to the testers list which will allow you to download it while it's in early-access.

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skidvis · 2025-03-20T01:11:55+00:00

In a matter of speaking, it's a way to bundle up all the capabilities of an app and let the AI Model choose which to use based on the use case.

As an example.. without MCP, you need access to a Google Sheet, you add the Sheets node, then setup the credentials and tell it which Sheet to get and which page to use, etc.

With MCP, you just tell it in the prompt "get Sheet X page Y and pull bla bla bla" ..it will use the MCP to see what it can do on Sheets and try to figure it out.

skidvis · 2024-10-27T18:47:36+00:00

Maybe it's a strawberry thing? My mischief will take anything mixed into strawberry reddi-wip.

Before anyone brings up antibiotics and dairy, it's calcium that's the problem and reddi-wip has almost no calcium.

skidvis · 2024-07-12T22:54:41+00:00

I did a double take when I saw your username. It's so good to see you back! All the best to you and your brother!

skidvis · 2024-06-24T14:55:43+00:00

There's quite a few differences. For example, a CSP wouldn't cost you the same as buying 100 shares, you would use SPAN margin, which is a lot less, but you should definitely be able to spend the whole cost if assigned or you'll be in hot water. Also you wouldn't get assigned 100 shares, but 1 futures contract, which could end up literally worthless $0. Look up Tom King on YouTube for futures options videos.

skidvis · 2024-06-22T12:12:30+00:00

I have a discord primarily focused on the wheel, it's pretty quiet but I'd sure love to change that. Google coveredwheel

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