liv

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[–] liv 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sorty if this is a dumb question but does the Privacy Commissioner have power to stop it?

[–] liv 10 points 7 months ago (3 children)

It's such mealy mouthed nonsense.

They can't "put it right" vis a vis that woman, and they have no intention of actually putting it right for others by ending the weird face misrecognition trial.

[–] liv 12 points 7 months ago

As she gave them three forms of ID, she said she saw an image on a phone they had been looking at that appeared to be of a Māori woman wearing a cap.

Ffs.

[–] liv 2 points 7 months ago

I don't know much about them. I get the impression they're big in Australia, probably because of snakes etc.

To be honest even though it's better for bird life, I've never kept a cat inside all day. My last cat was super old for a really long time though, and didn't get up to anything much on her own except dozing in the sun or peeing under a particular tree.

[–] liv 3 points 7 months ago

Pear and banana. There's something about brown skinned pears with feijoa that just works.

[–] liv 2 points 7 months ago

Feijoa jam time.

[–] liv 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

It's not different from nature. Neither are predation, parasites and diseases.

Stationary single point food sources would be rare but if there was one, resource guarding and physical competition would be normal as well, as would behaviours such as marking territory with urine.

Data from the US (where they have predators like coyotes) always give cats in the wild a 2-5 year lifespan.

I think the figures are better here, but cats in their natural state still have much harder lives than most pet cats.

Personally, if I have a pet my aim is to give it a long happy life, but I know mileage varies and everyone draws the line wherever they feel comfortable. I've mostly been lucky enough to have windows I can leave open for cats during the day.

[–] liv 1 points 7 months ago (5 children)

The animal psychologist that convinced me put it like this: how would you like it if there was a door into your house you couldn't lock and violent people could randomly come in, day or night.

Even the ones that are chip controlled, cats themselves don't know and will engage in catdoor guarding behaviour.

If your cat is young and likes the odd fight it's probably okay though.

[–] liv 3 points 7 months ago

Yes we need a robust system.

I was fretting before about this govt just undoing stuff without any policy direction of their own, but now we're beginning to see the policy directions I take that back.

[–] liv 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Silly conspiracy theory: Big Pseudoephidrine wants sick kids to go to school to spread the cold virus.

[–] liv 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Oh geez, I didn't realize how deranged this plan was. No wonder that principal from HoraHora school (which does fantastic things) was acting so angry.

This makes no sense - he wants to fine the families.

It's really weird how he talks about how important the years of education are while simultaneously moving to make kids hungrier and undervaccinated.

[–] liv 6 points 7 months ago

Yay, this will stop me having to click around so much when I miss a few days and am wondering what you're all up to.

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