I just installed EndeavorOS on an HP Spectre360 thatās roughly 2 years old. I am honestly surprised at how easy it went. If you google it, youāll get a lot of ālol good luck installing linux on thatā type posts - so I was ready for a battle....
Let me know when you can train a cat to herd sheep or train one to hunt and retrieve game on command. Iāve got 3 cats and 4 dogs here. The cats make nice and often amusing lap warmers. But beyond catching the odd mouse, they canāt do work.
Most pets donāt work because their owners donāt bother to train them to do any work. And interestingly enough, I have indeed seen a Chihuahua herd cattle. There was No Fear. It was amazing to see that little toothed monster chase a 2000lbs bull around a pen and into another and then into a barn on command from the farmer that owned him. And a Mastiff will gladly hunt fox, cougars, wolves, and even people if you want them to. They will also happily Netflix, popcorn, and chill on the couch with you after chewing up that human also.
Why donāt my dogs talk? Well, they just donāt have the physical voice box to form the sounds of human speech, (as you well know). But that doesnāt mean they donāt communicate with people. Actions, like tail wagging, barking in various tones and volumes, rolling on the ground all communicate emotions and situational reports. And us humans understand them just fine. My little Russian Spaniel does her best to ātalkā to me with a near continuous stream of moans and groans, and erffs when she sits with me in my recliner. Itās almost annoying when she doesnāt shut up. And they understand my communications. My dogs understand verbal, whistle, and silent hand signals and respond correctly and instantly to them when Iām afield with them. Parrots, have a natural physical ability to mimic other sounds, (as do a lot of other birds). So they are doing what comes naturally to them - a human is not required.
There are lots of dogs out there that do jobs they were never bred for. Seeing eye dogs, dogs trained for deaf people or assistants to people confined to a wheel chair. Turns out Labrador Retrievers are really great at this kind of work. And I have trained retired Springer Spaniel hunting dogs to work in a hospital as therapy dogs. But thatās not why or what those breeds exists for. Ever see a trained animal act at a circus? They are often what most people would call āmuttsā. Mixed breed dogs doing amusing things like ride bicycles and drive little cars around and jumping through burning hoops of fire. And you can often see little Chihuahuas preforming in those acts. All doing things none of them were bred for.
I like the cats that we have. One, a grey and white is an excellent mouser. But he comes from a very long line of barn cats and has a wild streak in him. The other two, are far more interested in cat toys and sleeping in laps and beds than in any mouse - and thatās fine. A warm kitty in the lap purring away is a calming and enjoyable thing to have on a cold winterās day. But Iām under no illusion that cats or most other pets can be trained to do all the things my dogs can do.
Dogs are humans oldest and closest companions and co-workers for a reason.
Itās here Sunshine. And itās been the law, for what 50 years now?
So go to the store and buy a 2 liter of your favorite soda pop, 454g of butter, 2 1/4kilos of potatoes, a half kilo of tomatoes, and a 750ml bottle of whisk(e)y. Then get out your wrenches and use the 10mm to tighten that wobbly leg on that chair. Oh, your 10mm wrench is missing too? Well, do you have a 160mm adjustable wrench? No? I have one here in my tool box use that one.
Oh, you want it in your car? You either just need to read the other scale printed on the speedometer or just push a button. Instant metric system.
The metric system is here. You use it and your too blind to see itā¦Most 'Muricans are either trying too hard to be edgy or they are just dumb I guess.
The French did try it back when they were in the process of changing to the metric system in the 1700s. Even THEY quickly determined that, much like the creation of the universe, it was a very bad idea. And it was very quietly dropped. French tried hard to scrub that moment of insanity from the history books. But well, the internet is truly forever in both directions I guess.
Metric time quickly got out of sync with the periods of light and dark. Mother Nature evidently doesnāt like humans dicking around with the time periods of her celestial movements. (Dozenal for the win!)
And to bring up a point, why did every nation that adopted the metric system require a law(s) to force people to use it? Complete with penalties if you donāt. If it was such a good and great idea, people would have naturally gravitated to it donāt you think?
He IS a felon. But while he went through the impeachment process several times, he was never convicted. And there is no rule or law that says a felon canāt be president.
While voting for Trump, or even entertaining his views, is a red flag warning. Like it or not, he is legally entitled to run. Perhaps the rules and laws should be changed. But to do that would require either a unified congress or a super majority of a party willing to do so. And I suspect, that as it currently stands, neither side wants to limit themselves from gaining the power and status of national or state office brings to them for any reason.
Oh, I whole heartily agree. There is a lot tit for tat in politics. And rules are meant to be bent and twisted to oneās own end. It could end up being a slippery slope as easily as not.
I think a lot of the issue for a goodly number of people adding more garlic than is called for has to do with the garlic you get to buy these days. It tends to be of large size to catch your eye and is high yielding. Not mention you have no idea how old the garlic you buy is either. This leads to a watered down flavor that isnāt as strong. So we end up tossing in that extra clove or twelve more than called for.
Best is to grow your own garlic and get the flavor!
alt-textIt blows our hivemind that the United States doesnāt use the ISO 216 paper size standard (A4, A5 and the gang). Like, we consider ourselves worldly people and are aware of Americaās little idiosyncrasies like mass incarceration, the widespread availability of assault weapons and not being able to transfer money via...
Yes, yes we DO use the metric system officially. In the early 1970ās the metric system was made the official standard for weights and measures.
What we didnāt do was force everyone to use it at 3:11AM 11/21/1974. It was decided to take a longer approach and let the change happen naturally and it has happened.
Everything in the grocery store is marked with metric weights and volumes. We buy butter by the gram, soda pop by the liter and whisk(e)y buy the milliliter. And everyone is looking for that same missing 10mm socket/wrench. (Where does do those things go anyway?)
That was just ONE aspect of the adoption of the metric system. And that was done to make backwards compatibility easier because of long lasting legacy systems. Because some systems, like say plumbing in a home or city, last for a very long time before they get replaced or repaired. New plumbing installations often use Tubing like PEX which is metric. I designed and fabricated a dozen brackets for a US customer over the weekend for delivery today. They were made using millimeters as specified.
And if you actually pay attention to how the metric systems compares to the US customary, you would see just how closely they are related from the start. Which makes sense since what we call Imperial measurements predate the metric system by several hundred years.
The gallon of milk makes it incredibly easy to divide it into quarters. That makes it easy to simply double things - 2 pints = 1 quart. 2 quarts = 1/2 gallon. Two 1/2 gallons makes 1 gallon. This dates back to the days when you went to the market and told the seller that you want 1/2 or 1/4 of that container of whatever was in that container. Simple math for simple needs.
Your 1/4 of a pound of butter or one stick, (again simple divisions for a simple use), is marked with rough marks of tablespoons for cooking if you are using such measurements. But you are quite free to ignore them if you are using a scale. Not really any issue.
Yes, in the US travel distances are measured in miles. But that slowly becoming meaningless also. People, (no matter the units used to measure the psychical distance), care more about āhow long does it take to get thereā rather than the actual distance traveled. But, you are free to push a button and switch to kilometers if you choose.
Measuring height and weight in feet and inches and pounds is pretty much the only thing the medical system uses US Customary for. And I canāt imagine the sheer number of man hours and cost it would take to go back and convert all those medical records to centimeters and kilos. Somethings are just not worth the effort and cost for a minor data point that only matters only as a long term trend. (just like a single blood pressure is a meaningless data point but over a year may reveal a trend or not)
Each measurement system, US Customary or Metric, has itās own advantages and disadvantages. To think one is better than the other is a chauvinism based on what you are most familiar with and nothing more.
You are correct. But Imperial is pretty much abandoned and the US only kind of sort of followed it. There have always been some differences between US Customary and Imperial. The gallon is one of the most obvious differences.
I never said that you canāt divide liters into fractional parts. Reread the quote again.
But for demonstration - whatās easier to think about 250ml or 1 quart, (a whole unit number or if you prefer 1/4 of a gallon)? A fractional based measurement system was the first type of measures invented by people precisely because it WAS simple for everyday use between sellers and buyers. The US has just kept using it for simple everyday needs. Itās neither better or worse than your 250mls, itās just different than what YOU are probably used to. To me, it doesnāt matter. Iām fine with either measurement.
The majority medical records are available electronically. But that does not provide the base security of also storing written records. Networks go down, networks get hacked and not all places in the US can have or trust that those records will be available electronically 100% of the time. Paper aināt going away anytime soon.
I suppose we could go off into the weeds a bit and talk about how US Customary thread pitches made for fast to produce, smaller, and cheaper machine tools vs their same metric counter parts. And how it helped make the US into the manufacturing powerhouse it became. And how those same US Customary threads are a just a little bit stronger than their metric counterparts. But you would probably not understand much of it and your eyes would glaze over pretty quickly anyway. But these days itās merely a matter of G20 or G21 - The machines donāt care, why should you?
Both measurement systems can do exactly EVERYTHING the other can do. Somethings can be easier in one system than the other, but itās far from a universal idea that one is 100% better than the other. Personally, I prefer using the metric system. But I donāt get hung up on it. I will use whatever measurement system best meets the needs for the job at hand or is requested/required.
In the end, the metric system IS the official system of the US. We just didnāt force a hard adoption date on it. But we use it everyday all day and donāt even think about it. Now if you will excuse me, I need to buy a 750ml bottle of Old Grand Dad bourbon Bonded, so I can myself an Old Fashioned cocktail later today while Iām smoking a pork loinā¦
A serious red line has been crossed: Americaās democratic freedoms, expansive on paper, will simply not tolerate serious dissent on the U.S.āIsrael relationship. As criticisms of Israel have become more mainstream, the attempt to shut them down entirely has become more extreme....
Israel itself means little to the US. Itās merely the conduit through which the US Geo-political power gets channeled through in the Middle East at the moment. The moment that Israel become more burden than value, they will be dropped and abandoned like many of nations/regions across the planet.
I donāt think Melania cares. If she did. she would have sued him long ago. She got what she wanted out of Trump in other ways and is still getting it.
Two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree next to Hadrianās Wall last year in northern England, prosecutors said Tuesday....
I think GM tried with the Chevy Bolt. It was the cheapest EV with good range, (265 miles/426km), with a base model available for under $30,000US. Despite the early battery issues that DID get fixed, No one bought it. Chevy does kind of say they would be willing to bring it back with their new Ultium battery. But Iām not holding my breath.
The biggest problem with EVs is the purchase price. They cost far too much to buy. And there is not much of a market for used ones.
What are you expecting NATO to do? Going to War^tm^ over one measly airliner and a few 10ās of random people isnāt an option here and all the parties understand that. Are you willing to see and be a part of the millions of deaths that the War^tm^ would bring? Because you know SOMEONE would push the Button^tm^ and Armageddon would happen.
Or itās from an ME. They seldom can remember the rounded value of Pi, but theyāre pretty sure itās somewhere between 3 and 4. But you probably should use 5 just to be safeā¦
Iran said it launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles towards Israel on Saturday in a major attack following days of acute tension building up in the region and warnings from the US and elsewhere about a wider conflict erupting....
This drone attack by Iran may have more to do with āshowingā itās little vassal terrorist groups itās prodding and bankrolling into doing Iranās dirty work that Iran is ādoingā something militarily in support of Hamas and the Houthi.
What is a drone strike that is going to take 8 to 10 hours to arrive supposed to accomplish when itās so easy to spot coming well ahead of time. Itās not like Iran doesnāt have missiles that can hit Israel in a handful of minutes if Iran really wanted to do damage.
This aināt no big revelation to anyone. Since the 1960ās Republicans have relied on liberal voterās apathy to win seats in government. Itās liberalismās greatest weakness and failure - the belief that someone else should be responsible because they canāt be bothered.
As someone my mid 60ās, youāve been around enough to have learned some things. Start thinking about what you will leave behind on the day you die. What is it that you can do to leave a mark on this world? It doesnāt need to be large and grandiose. Even if you only affect one person for the better, itās a win.
I went from being a farmer to a toolmaker to a ME. And like you, I discovered that while I was accomplished in those fields, it meant very little in the grand scheme. So I became a volunteer firefighter, which lead to me eventuality becoming medic. When I became too old for that, I looked around and found a need in my local school for me to teach. I discovered community service was what I could leave a legacy in.
And when I do finally pass beyond this vale of tears, I will leave behind a legacy that will live on through the people I comforted though the worst moments of their lives. And also the hopeful seeds I have tried to plant in the future generation. It was never meant to be great or fancy. Just a few simple efforts for me to be satisfied with.
When I was a medic for 15 years, I was paged out to 4 suicides, two self hanging, one OD, and one wrist slashing, (all male). Nor can I remember any reports of suicide by gun either. There were also good number of attempted ODās though. And this was in a rural community where almost every home had at least one gun and often more.
I donāt think anyone could prove one way or another why guns didnāt seem to be a choice for suicidal people in that community. I certainly donāt know. But people who are not of sound mind often do strange things for inscrutable reasons.
The general risk assessment is that medical personal donāt know as much about firearms as Law enforcement - and LEOs donāt know much. And you generally have other things to do that are more important than causing a negligent discharge in the ER.
Beside, do you really want to trust the Triage Nurse with a loaded firearm?
Itās harder to learn for many people than you might think. There are 1000ās of different kinds of types and models many with subtle differences from one another from one year to the next. Nor do you know just how mechanically sound that gangbangerās gun is either - what parts might be broken, missing, or badly modified.
Itās probably not worth the risk when you can just place it in a lockbox and call the cops to deal with it.
IF you run across a firearm on a patient, (which is really isnāt a common thing), it gets placed in a lockbox and then locked into a āsafe roomā. Chances are good there be a cop there in a short order anyway due to the patient having been shot by a gun.
I was a medic for 15 years. Aināt no one EVER going to cuff a patient to a cot. We canāt even transport a cuffed patient. Hard restrains are illegal for us to use. And no cop is ever going to ride in the back of an ambulance. They will follow in a squad car, but they wonāt ride with. And maybe the police secured the scene, maybe they didnāt. Maybe they had time to search the patient, maybe they didnāt. Itās not always picture perfect. And yes, medical mistakes kill more people. But, the job is to prevent killing more people due to missed or lacking protocols. So we do what we can to prevent even one.
And no, this isnāt a silly discussion. We do indeed need to have protocols in place involving weapons because it is a real thing and we discuss scenarios where this happens. And while I never had to remove a firearm myself, I have relieved more than one patient of knives, brass knuckles, tears gas, and one leather sap while doing my assessment. And it happened enough we equipped every ambulance with a lock box to secure them. When I retired, they were considering get kevlar vests for the us. Not so much because of guns, but knives. While not a perfect solution it did offer some small protection. At least a bit more than just a jump bag does. We could even take special self defense seminars on how to protect yourself in the confines of the ambulance, and do so without leaving a mark on a patient - itās considered VERY bad form to beat up your patient. And it was an odd month were you didnāt get assaulted at least once. I think I averaged about 3 a month or so. Things often be whack after midnight yo.
You very, very, seldom ever restrain a patientās arms because you need to have access to them for vitals and possible IV access - which is why they canāt be handcuffed. The straps go under the arms and across the chest, and legs. And a cop in a squad car trailing behind the ambulance is of small comfort when you are getting assaulted. It takes a good minute plus for everyone to stop and the cop to get into the ambulance. Been there, done that, got some bruises, scratches and cuts on a few occasions. But no tee shirt. Just imagine how many times you could get stabbed in that minute. Nor do all patients come in via ambulances. More than one trauma patient just shows up unannounced in the ER Bay garage.
I own firearms. And I can and have made repair parts for modern and antique weapons from scratch - springs, screws, firing pins, and other such small parts that many people find unobtainable. I most likely understand them better than you do. I apparently understand them well enough to know what you do not - that itās very easy to think you know something about them without understanding how much you do not know.
I used to shoot in trap leagues when I was younger, firing around 10,000 to 15,000 rounds a year. But I was never talented enough to hit the national shooting stage. I also used to do black powder shooting matches. I did travel to Friendship to compete once long ago. So I might have fired a gun or two over my life. I still hunt to this day, enjoying upland hunting with my dogs and fine fall days in the field with them.
A good number of European cities and countries have tried Linux and open source software in the past. They use it for a few years and then they have almost always have quietly gone back to MS Windows and Office products.
As much as I enjoy using Linux, (and no, I donāt use Arch), and open source for my own needs, I would be willing to bet after a few years, this German state will quietly move back to Micosoft products again.
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Justice Alito Caught on Tape Discussing How Battle for America 'Can't Be Compromised' (www.rollingstone.com)
Onedrive Rule (slrpnk.net)
Linux really has come a long way
I just installed EndeavorOS on an HP Spectre360 thatās roughly 2 years old. I am honestly surprised at how easy it went. If you google it, youāll get a lot of ālol good luck installing linux on thatā type posts - so I was ready for a battle....
Everyday, as an American (midwest.social)
Joe Biden suddenly leads convicted felon Donald Trump in multiple battleground states (www.newsweek.com)
TERF Jenny Watson is Called a Trans Woman by her own Dating App Meant to Ban Trans Women (slrpnk.net)
https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/2d123cbf-9a41-4306-9a50-14fdcec17db4.webp...
There's no such thing as too much garlic (i.ibb.co)
An eventful life (lemmy.world)
š rule (sh.itjust.works)
alt-textIt blows our hivemind that the United States doesnāt use the ISO 216 paper size standard (A4, A5 and the gang). Like, we consider ourselves worldly people and are aware of Americaās little idiosyncrasies like mass incarceration, the widespread availability of assault weapons and not being able to transfer money via...
Ambulance collides with moose while responding to another moose collision (globalnews.ca)
An ambulance collided with a moose early Sunday as it responded to another crash, also involving a moose, Ontario Provincial Police say....
They Used to Say Arabs Canāt Have Democracy Because Itād Be Bad for Israel. Now the U.S. Canāt Have It Either. (theintercept.com)
A serious red line has been crossed: Americaās democratic freedoms, expansive on paper, will simply not tolerate serious dissent on the U.S.āIsrael relationship. As criticisms of Israel have become more mainstream, the attempt to shut them down entirely has become more extreme....
"You remind me of my daughter": Stormy Daniels testifies that Trump compared her to Ivanka (www.salon.com)
Trump also assured Daniels that he and Melania didnāt āeven sleep in the same room," she testified...
Boy Scouts of America changing name to more inclusive Scouting America after years of woes (apnews.com)
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Rule their balls (lemmy.world)
2 men are charged with cutting down famous 150-year-old tree near Hadrian's Wall in England (apnews.com)
Two men have been charged with cutting down the popular 150-year-old Sycamore Gap tree next to Hadrianās Wall last year in northern England, prosecutors said Tuesday....
Teslaās profits sink as the company struggles with cooling demand (www.theverge.com)
Thousands of European flights reportedly affected by suspected Russian jamming (kyivindependent.com)
Let Ļ = 5 (files.catbox.moe)
Brow raising article (lemmy.world)
What will happen next?
Iran launches drone attack against Israel as Biden rushes to White House (www.theguardian.com)
Iran said it launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles towards Israel on Saturday in a major attack following days of acute tension building up in the region and warnings from the US and elsewhere about a wider conflict erupting....
The less you vote, the more you back Trump (abcnews.go.com)
I'm not bored or anything, it just feels like forever. 60 more years left of my shift on earth... (lemmy.world)
I am actually ridiculously good at keeping myself entertained. I could stay in the basement foreverā¦
Chechnya bans all music deemed too fast or too slow (edition.cnn.com)
Authorities in the Russian Republic of Chechnya have announced a ban on music that they consider too fast or slow.
protect yourself rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
This is a Test (lemmy.world)
German state moving 30,000 PCs to Linux and LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog (blog.documentfoundation.org)