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Surviving near Cincinnati, Ohio.

  • You can, but you still depend on the site to let you use that option instead of a major provider.

    When passkeys were first introduced they were not transferrable or even useable outside of the big providers, because the platforms wanted that sweet sweet lock-in. I wrote off passkeys when I realized this. Perhaps things have changed more recently.

  • "Passwords with landlords" because you do not control them or own them. They live in encrypted storage you don't have the keys for, or in cloud storage that you are borrowing from a private company.

    Have you read the nightmare stories about people being suddenly locked out of their Google and Apple accounts with no notice or provocation? Imagine that but with your passwords; now it's not just your Apple account, it's all of the accounts you trusted them with.

    Just use a password manager that generates and stores sufficiently long passwords for you, along with TOTP or hardware keys. That gets you the best security without handing your life over to large corporations.

  • Big tech is pushing them hard as another form of platform lock-in. Passkeys are just passwords with landlords.

  • My parents had an older cat (10-15 yrs at the time) and within weeks of getting some younger cats the old cat was treating them like her kittens.

    Cats can be finicky, sometimes they warm up to each other and sometimes they don't.

  • I've only had experience with the last one: My cat would pee in the box but not poop. Fortunately she is very food motivated, so every time she used the litter box I would give her a treat. In days she was using the box every time no problem, after weeks of refusing to poop in it. So, maybe treats, or something else that he really likes? If that doesn't work maybe try different kinds of litter, if you haven't already.

    For the first set of problems, I'm not well-versed in feline diseases, but it might be "rat ulcers" aka indolent ulcers, which are like sores on a cat's mouth. He may not be eating much if they hurt. Internet says they might be treatable, depending on the cause... treating them might help solve the other problems.

    Good luck, he sounds like a sweetie!

  • "Oligarch mouthpiece demands diverting of major public funds to oligarchs instead"

    Story of America, really.

  • After trying a couple apps with Jellyfin for a bit, I switched to Ultrasonic with Navidrome and never looked back.

    My read on Jellyfin is that it's probably better suited for TV and movies than it is for music.

  • Just give her time, she'll come around. It may take a few weeks because cats can be stubborn like that. I assume you've tried coaxing her out for food or play during the day?

    Coincidentally, my cat's name is also Luna, it's a cute name!

  • Yes! I put up signs and posted online, but no one ever claimed her, so I officially adopted her and named her Luna. She's now quite happy and healthy, and chipped. Vet found that she was already spayed so that was one less thing to worry about. Also estimated about nine months old, so younger than I had thought.

    Now I'm trying to work through some behavioral issues: she poops on the bathroom floor instead of her litterbox, and she's obsessed with her food. But she's still a sweetie pie.

  • Nextcloud for sure.

  • Everything in your home belongs to him, you just don't know it yet

  • Vet visit scheduled for Tuesday. The online booking form asked for her name and I said I don't know.

  • Here they usually clip the eartip if it's an outdoor or feral cat. No clipped tips, though to be fair I haven't really looked inside her ears yet.

  • Not as good as this kitty, she's so sweet <3

  • I am seriously considering adopting her if I can't find her owners. I'm very much a cat person, but I've never been responsible for one as an adult.

  • I brought her to an adoption center up the road and they were able to tell me she had no chip. They also gave me some supplies since I didn't have anything - they've been really great.

  • Cats @midwest.social

    Found Cat

  • This is the way. It's also one of the simplest self-hosted setups you can have. Highly recommend it.

  • Cats are like potato chips, you can't have just one