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No. Entirely harmless unless you are made out of dill, parsley, or carrots. If you are, seek help. They will eat you! Om nom nom.

We caught mama laying some additional eggs later in the day.

Munch munch munch

Glad he didn't just run!

We let our cat out with us in the morning when we have coffee on the front deck. She wanders around with us, checking all the plants. But, most importantly, she has learned where to run towards when she is scared (the door is wedged open a sliver and she can push her way back into the house).

It's great, because it means she doesn't run if she gets out accidentally.

Yes. This is the correct view of capitalism if seen from the position of money.

Until you step back and ask where that money comes from.

And you realize that it is a funnel, from those without money to those with money.

And then the exponential growth "feature" starts to feel bad.

I say this as a small business owner experiencing double digit year-over-year equity growth, trying to claw my way up and out of the crab bucket.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2025/01/22/like-the-spartans-in-thermopylae-a-dozen-ukrainian-commandos-battled-scores-of-north-koreans-for-eight-long-hours-in-kursk/

https://www.forcesnews.com/ukraine/british-commandos-helped-generals-leave-ukraine-start-war-investigation-finds

You have a confirmation bias.

Brand new -- sending it to manufacturer as RMA. Ask again in a week ;)

Whoa! Cakeday on Lemmy! Thanks!

Also, great notes! :D

Yes. In a world where resources and production are plentiful -- the hypothetical post-scarcity world -- then you could theoretically have this.

But the above article is about a business model that is as far from that future as possible. In fact, going in the opposite direction. It's a late stage capitalism business model and it is met with fanfare from the tech press somehow.

Make robots that produce a thing. Lease those robots to franchisees or whatever. Take a cut, and funnel money upwards while ceasing to innovate or produce anything, and defend the "tech" through litigation. Stock bubble, cash out. New owners enshittify by raising rates, decreasing quality, until product is no longer viable. Sue customers for breach of contract.

It's fucked. And it'll only get unfucked if legislation and enforcement of legislation is not wholly captured by the people doing the fucking.

The next class war is here. He who owns the robots (means of production) wins. Leasing out pizza robots. Ewww.

Trivia: Area burnt by this fire (so far): 51 thousand km2. The area of Nova Scotia is 55 thousand km2. I don't think people realize quite how large this fire was. Like, it's larger than some European countries (Slovakia is a good comparison).

That area will include a lot of cabins, small communities, traditional lands, and wilderness. The city being saved is a huge deal, but it's still going to impact a lot of people.

Zoomed in -- fire burned right to the very edge of both.