This one’s a bit of a c/noContext moment

It haunts me in my dreams

Darn autocorrect

I usually have it disabled, but I’ve been too lazy with the new phone

Be calm, gentle, but firm. No build up, no “I’m sorry kitty, don’t be mad” and try not to be tense. Just do it. (If you’re tense, they’re tense)

Use a treat or food to distract the cat, and hold them firmly (preferably, have a second pair of hands, but I manage just fine on my own)

Proceed with the processes, even if the cat complains, or gets a little feisty (back off if they’re ballistic). Let them know (with your body language) that you’re not stopping because they’re unhappy

Also, make sure they have a good footing. Cats get uneasy if they don’t have their feet on something, or if the ground is slippery (like a bathtub)

Put a towel in the bottom of the tub to give them better footing (not the best solution, but it works)

Try one of these: https://a.co/d/08I5FYeD

Cats really only like to scratch on tall and sturdy things like trees or heavy couches

If their post isn’t tall enough, they can’t get a good stretch out of it

If the post tips over easily, they just won’t want to use it (you can also use a heavy weight to keep the base steady, but I find that solution rather cumbersome )

IIRC, it was actually Webster, who was writing the dictionary, decided to simplify spelling

A large amount of spelling differences between the US and UK like mould/mold and center/center, are due to him

Let’s not spin our wheels on this

We kinda do, with GPS satellites that have to correct their clocks due to the effects of gravity and speed

And communication with space probes

I use 24h clocks and ISO 8601 dates almost always

Honestly, I’m better at organizing code than I am my actual life

Timezones make intuitive sense for humans

UTC / Unix timestamps make intuitive sense for computers

The issue is bridging the gap

There’s a reason I run Linux, and root my Android

Because it actually feels like my device now

(And fixing issues is significantly easier, if you know where to look)

Just a software dev furry passing by

Viral memes are born out of mutation, much like new viral diseases

I brought one into the office because we only had 1 plunger between 2 stalls

I just scheduled an appointment, after about 1.5 years

So yeah, I can relate

The downvotes aren’t surprising; it’s not a very popular idea

I still think it’s an idea worth exploring, though

Businesses won’t support Linux if they can’t sell something, and it gives us access to the code

We should have more “source available, but you still need to pay for it” licenses

Best of both worlds, the company still gets to sell a product, and we can inspect the source, or even submit PR’s (and maybe get a little kickback (but that’s pie in the sky))

Granted, it’s super easy to remove the license restrictions with the source available

That’s a lot of zeros, when written like that

To be fair, it wasn’t something most of us were thinking about in the early 2000’s

Then Google became ubiquitous, to the point where we didn’t question it. Like cell service

It took a while, but i finally turned that mantra into “i need to sleep more”