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  • Off to the agony booth with you!

  • LLMs are being shoved into so many bits of software (office suites, programming tools, etc.) it doesn't surprise me that something like this has happened.

  • Hopefully Newag (the manufacturer) loses this case. This is malicious design on Newag's part.

  • Fantastic update - great to see so many plants added.

    Couple of additions to suggest, if I may. Both of these are due to rather unfortunate naming changes that mean the common name for a plant is actually the botanical name for a different one!

    • Hippeastrum as an alternative name for Amaryllis. Today only one species (Amaryllis belladonna, or the Belladonna Lily) is considered true Amaryllis; most of the showy hybrids people grow are Hippeastrums and at least here in Australia, the correct name is often used. Botanically the two genera are in the same family and have similar risks.
    • Pelargonium as an alternative name for Geranium. Again, what most people think of as Geraniums are actually Pelargoniums; true Geraniums are not as common in cultivation here.

    Lycoris (Surprise Lilies) and Nerine are also in the Amaryllid family and many species seem to have the same toxins as Hippeastrum.

  • I see he's projecting again...

  • You're most welcome! I am both a cat lover (have had them for 30+ years) and also a gardener, so I have had to learn which plants to keep away from my pets! Gets a bit difficult when Liliums are one of my favourite genera.

    If memory serves, Dahlias and Irises also cause gastrointestional upsets (so I don't have them in the house since one of my cats like to chew on any greenery that comes inside) but aren't likely to be fatal.

    Digitalis (Foxgloves) are deadly to not only most pets but people as well (although in the right amount it can actually be used to treat certain heart conditions).

  • This looks great. It would be good to expand the list of toxic plants as well.

    It's worth noting that a lot of plants have the common name of "Lily" or "Lilies" despite only the genus Lilium being true lilies and the severity of injury varies, so it might be worth separating out the "Lilies" entry appropriately.

    • True Lilies (Lilium) are the most toxic to cats (good to see that you have flagged every part of the plant as hazardous). I suggest adding a note that the highest risk of accidental exposure comes from the pollen, since if a cat brushes against a bloom the pollen gets in their fur and then they ingest it when they clean themselves.
    • Daylilies (Hemerocallis) are also highly toxic.
    • Pretty much anything in the Arum family (Calla Lilies, Anthurium e.g. Flamingo Lilies, Spathiphyllum e.g. Peace Lily) is toxic but far less likely to be fatal.
    • Peruvian Lilies (Alstromeria) are also toxic but again not as dangerous as true lilies and Day lilies.
    • Lily of the Valley (Convallaria) can cause irregular heartbeat but are not necessarily fatal.
  • Punctuation matters!

  • In the cat's defense, it does look like a raised cat bed... It's also exactly the type of thing my cats would go for (I had to buy a raised cat bed for one of them so I could get my desk chair back).

  • At least it looks like one of the quick-release ones (the clip pulls apart if the collar gets caught on something). We have those for our cats.

  • Sadly you mimic the small-minded willfully ignorant people who call themselves Christians too well. People like that really get on my nerves since it is painfully obvious that they don't know the Bible they claim to believe.

    Isaiah 5:20 is always what comes to mind in scenarios like this (e.g. Trump calling accountability evil):

    "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!"

  • Speaking of replicators, does anyone know where the larger industrials ones are supposed to be on the Galaxy and Intrepid class? I can't recall seeing any other replicator than the microwave-sized standard ones. Not particularly useful for fabricating large parts or recycling large items.

    Or does the cargo transporter fill this role too?

  • You get one dodgy episode and that's all anyone remembers...

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  • Yes, although regular brushing (esp. with a deshedder) and vacuuming helps a lot.

  • Something something deflector dish...

  • That was Jon Pertwee's go-to for technobabble when he was in Doctor Who (although the full line "I've reversed the polarity of the neutron flow" only appears twice, IIRC).

  • Yeah, that's got my attention too. Definitely going to try them out now since I need an alternative for remote support for family.

  • Thanks.

    Really appreciate you taking the time to explain that. Unfortunately the journalism issue is one of those that I haven't had a chance to look into. I like to think I'm aware of the Murdoch propaganda (and the other major "news" outlets here) but there's still clearly some topics which don't register as problematic until I dig into them.