[-] Sal@mander.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

Great find, congratulations!!

[-] Sal@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

As far as I can tell, this is the legal document associated with the lawsuit: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.642027/gov.uscourts.nysd.642027.1.0.pdf

The most significant component of this claim is not the lawsuit itself (examples of frivolous lawsuits are common), but that BlackRock is the one suing. BlackRock doing this is the important and remarkable claim here.

I see no obvious connection between Roberto Faller and BlackRock. To me this looks like a frivolous lawsuit issued by a random inconsequential individual. So, then, framing it as BlackRock suing is blatant misinformation.

I could be missing something here, perhaps there is indeed a BlackRock connection that I was unable to identify. But that Medium article is certainly not explaining the connection. The CBS article does not mention BlackRock.

If there is no connection to BlackRock, then adding "BlackRock" to the title is not click-bait! It is a blatant lie.

[-] Sal@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

You are a radical vegan

[-] Sal@mander.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

Ooooh, fascinating!

[-] Sal@mander.xyz 2 points 8 months ago
[-] Sal@mander.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Thanks!

Cost is not the bottleneck in this case... The problem is that I am rather ignorant about the options and their benefits/limitations. Moving the images the first time was painfully slow because of those same rate limits, and I expect the next migration to be the same, so I want to make a better choice next time and would rather find a solution with the current provider 😅

[-] Sal@mander.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

Ha! Good catch. They probably thought it was a Ball python.

[-] Sal@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

You are welcome!

I also have a snippet from one of the videos that shows in more detail how the fluid is excreted. I will hide it under a spoiler tag to make sure people are warned of the content before clicking the link, because I think these images might be uncomfortable to watch for some people.

spoiler

Here’s the video in which you can see the mom excreting a thick fluid through her cloaca: https://i.imgur.com/sB22z5G.mp4

This snippet comes from the video 5 from the supporting information.

[-] Sal@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When creating a set of rules to categorize living things we get to decide how rigid we want the rules to be. The more rigid the rules, the easier it is to draw lines. The more flexible they are, the greater the room for ambiguity.

Taxonomy would be much simpler if we could create a rigid rules. But evolution is a rather chaotic process, and living things are very diverse. Nature is very flexible. Rigid rules won't let us categorize this diversity in meaningful ways.

For example, if we want to set a "fixed rate for genetic difference", we will run into a problem that different species have different genetics. It could be that you find that the genetic difference between a human and a banana is less than the difference between two fungi species that we consider to be in the same genus. So, seeing this, you have to either group humans and bananas together, split the fungi into many tiny groups, or lift this global "genetic difference" constraint and focus instead in making more local comparisons.

The last option is what taxonomists usually do. There are several regions in the genome that are used that are used as "barcodes" and are also used to establish the "distance" between organisms in evolutionary terms. These are very useful for building a case for a new species. But it is only part of the argument, and we can't define an absolute reliable number that always works. Here is a review that covers the topic of DNA barcoding and species delineation that you may look into if you want more detailed information: https://hal.science/hal-01958691/file/dna-barcoding-species-delineation-and-taxonomy-a-historical-perspective.pdf

[-] Sal@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I am not sure as I did not test this one. Maybe you can go in person and get a worker to get you access to the kiosk through your account to print the card. It is one of those massive chains with gyms in every corner. I think that by now they rely on their digital infrastructure and many of their workers are not trained to handle uncommon situations. At least I get that from some of my experiences, but I could be wrong, maybe if I would have called them could have helped me with this. It was just easier to get the app into my old phone, print a card, delete the app.

[-] Sal@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I will also pay close attention and see if I can catch that happening.

[-] Sal@mander.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I have the Tianje MF903 (https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/32719535459.html), which I bought early 2022.

But just now I have done a search and I see many more pocket wifi routers now. Unfortunately I can't tell you if they work well, or if it is also possible to change their IMEI easily. The one I have is functional, but it doesn't have a very long battery life.

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