When my cat was a kitten she crawled into one of my dresser drawers while I was in the shower, and after I got dressed I closed the drawer, not knowing she was in there. Poor thing was in there from about 4pm-11pm. I came home to a very traumatized cat who still won’t go into confine spaces. Check your drawers!

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Ah that makes sense. Thank you! Seen the movie, have not read the book. Gonna give that a go!

Just finished The Red Rising series and am still feeling spacey, this sounds great. What book is this?

I figured as much and wouldn’t have further spread it without confirmation, but yeah it wouldn’t even be the most shocking defense I’ve heard at this point.

Alright no one’s asking so I’m doing it. Are these real quotes? And ain’t it a shame we’re living in a time I need to ask that?

Yeah, that’s something I’ve been trying to work out. I was thinking it would be plugged in and included those wall covering tracks in the package, but ultimately that’s no solution. And if it’s mounted getting it down to charge or replace batteries doesn’t make much sense.

Yes, I’ve seen this before. Well not this specific article, but the idea that the laser pointer doesn’t give them that tactile satisfaction. Again, we do play with our cats with lots of touch toys. Just thought this may be a fun other toy.

I can, but we’re gone at work all day. Having something that can engage them when they want would be very useful. We play with them, but I think it’s a bit of a generalization to say it’s dehumanizing or we can’t make the time. There’s nothing wrong with wanting an additional thing besides myself to enrich my pets lives.

Edit: also, the angles. Our home is narrow and so to give them a good workout it requires a lot of moving around and holding the laser pointer over my head to get a good angle on it. Clearly you don’t have a cat, cause it’s 20-30 minutes when I bust it out, not 5. They fucking love the thing. Having something that knows the bounds of the space and can move through it smoother and more consistently than I can would be great.

Thanks for all the advice and responses. Sounds like anything coming to fruition is pretty unlikely, as I don’t have $100k to work with. The product was a programmable wall/ceiling mounted laser pointer for cats. Could map your space, design patterns, and maybe have some tracking to keep the laser in front of your pets and avoid it shining in their eyes. The controller app would connect via Bluetooth so it’d be local and no personal data like video or mapping would get stored, as I wanted to emphasize privacy.

Maybe someone more qualified can do something with it. Or Amazon will build it. Idc, it’s just something I’d like and thought it was a pretty good idea. One that, admittedly, I probably won’t do the work required to actually make.

I mean I saw these on people last time I took acid. Does that count?

Kingdom Hearts would like a word.

For most, “College” is the first 4 or so years getting a bachelor’s degree. Beyond that is “Grad school” where you get Graduate degrees like PhDs, Masters degrees, and whatnot.

I only did undergrad and the degree was in acting so take what I say with a grain of salt as I am an authority on practically nothing.

I use Jerboa. It’s a pretty simple interface and by no means perfect, but gets the job done. Surely better than the Reddit app.

Been here since the reddit API changes two years ago, and until this post didn’t realize I had joined a brand new instance. Lemm.ee is the only instance Ive used and I love it.

I’ve never seen drama about or by this instance, it’s just a place to get your Lemmy, no judgement or gatekeeping like on some others. Welcome all!

The Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, but the seed rarely grows near the rind.

I live in the Sarasota area, let me know if his shark is down this way and I’ll see if we can spot him!

I appreciate you taking the time! This is some great information and has helped me explore some other options. Im not holding out for any kind of secession though. My countrymen, even the same ones in California, are too lethargic for that. I hope I’m wrong and we will find something to finally unite behind, but for now the discontent is scattered and general which makes individual action harder and less effective.

Fellow Floridian keeping eyes on an out, but neither my wife nor I are quite “skilled” enough to go be able to get jobs elsewhere. She may be able to but she works in the arts so it likely wouldn’t pay much. I could work anywhere being in IT but I’m not specialized enough to get anything they wouldn’t just hire locally for.

Hang in there. Ive always said Florida is the best state if it wasn’t for the Floridians.

“During this downtime we would be reestablishing access to the new domain (or hexbear.net if we win the auction), access to server ownership, and donation accounts.”

That’s from the We Fucked Up thread on Chapo.chat

so they seem to have had at least some intention of bidding, but that was when it was under 1k.