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Find an airline that allows small pets to be taken in the cabin. The cage has to fit under the seat but for a cat that shouldn't be an issue. It's much better than having them in the cargo. Once you are in the air you usually can take the cage in your lap which can help calming the cat down. But obviously taking the cat out isn't allowed.

Take the cat on drives as before the flight so it gets used to being in the cage and shaken around. It will also give you a rough idea how it responds to traveling.

A trip to the vet before the flight to get some sedative medication for the flight can also make the thing more comfortable for the cat.

Since the flight is long (according to a quick Google) considered intentionally taking a longer stopover midway. But since Hawaii is an island I don't know if there is anything in between to stopover. If the second flight is only 1-2 hours then a direct flight would obviously be better. Cats don't do well on an empty stomach but flying on a full stomach also isn't ideal. Having a prolonged stopover where you can feed them and then leave some time to digest would be more comfortable. If you got them used to walking on a leash you even can let them walk around the airport.

Other than that just bring wipes and plastic bags. Much easier to clean up any puke or other mess.

Head over to the website of the company go to the about section and read about their values. They usually list something like teamwork, communication, working autonomously, speed, or quality. You pick 2-3 of these values and that's what you talk about when they ask about yourself.

For the actual technical part it's hard to prepare for. Most people don't actually care about you being perfect but just want to see if you actually are familiar with what you said you are. So as long as you have an idea what you are talking about you will be fine.

Even if you don't know the answer, just come up with something that could work. Don't just say you don't know. Explain your train of thought as to why your solution could work. And any other ideas you might have.

There is no technological solution proposed yet so I can only speculate. But there are ways to make sure no personal information is exchanged.

The token doesn't need to be unique to you. You simply have a global token for each age bracket that changes every 15 minutes or so. Unless you are the only person to use that token they will have a hard time tracking you.

And there isn't even the need to send a request to the service. You make the verification self-contained with the site you are signing up to. Kinda how some authenticatiors work. They still work even if you are offline. You just gain the code to the authenticator after verifying your age.

Then organizations that concern themselves with privacy can monitor the system to see if any unnecessary communication is made. You probably could even track it yourself.

Saying we where fine for the past 30 years isn't a good argument. The situation changed, children have more and more access to the internet. Pushing the responsibility on the parents won't work. Especially not blocking sites in your router. We already see it with piracy related sites that blocking access to them is a lost battle.

And this doesn't just concern pornographic sites. It can be implemented in a side range of use. It can be used to limit access to social media sites. It can be used to prevent minors to sign up for dating sites. It's not too long ago an article came out that certain dating sites are frequently used to groom minors. It can restrict features in certain video games, like the online shop.

So many things have changed in the internet over the past 30 years. People used to store passwords in clear text. Financial institutions had no oversight at all. Gambling was available to minors. Issues have been resolved as they become more pressing. And a better age verification system for online services is something that will barely inconvenience most adults but protect a bunch of kids. So in my opinion it would be worthwhile.

Yes it's not fool proof, yes people will find ways around it, yes sketchy sites will just operate in countries that don't care. But just because a law and system isn't perfect doesn't mean it's useless.

The service providing the age verification doesn't know the site you needed the age to be verified for. So the government or anyone else can't just ask them because they don't know. There also is no reason for them to store your data so hacking wouldn't be a problem either. Obviously there is the danger of them ignoring the law/guidelines and storing a copy of your ID anyhow. But with enough oversight and control the risk should be minimized.

The fear of hacking is also overblown. Worst case scenario they get a copy of your ID and a single picture of your face. That would suck but they can also get that by hacking a bank, the DMV, an airline, a hotel booking site. There are so many places most people have a copy of their ID already that the fear of it being stolen in a hack isn't really a valid argument against the service. The age verification service isn't going to increase your risk at all.

And the entire point of the system is to create a service you can trust enough to upload your ID to. That is similiar to a bank, an airline, or a government agency.

I am in favor of stricter age verification laws. Certain services and content shouldn't be easily accesible to children. Fortunately a lot of the more serioues ones, like gambling sites, already have these in place. But there are a lot of things still out there that could really use stricter age verification but isn't as important to go through the efforts of uploading an ID or linking your bank account. Examples would be: Video games with micro transactions, Social Media, Online Vendors, Dating Sites, and yes Pornographic content as well. Not all of them need to be 18+.

I really like the propsed solution by the French Government. A double anonymity system is perfect. You have one service that verifies your age and then generates a token for you and you use that token to verify your age. The token doesn't inlcude any personal information and if done correctly the services that generates the token also can't link you to a specific site. That sounds perfeclty reasonable, both for the users and the companies involved.

But I don't think it will replace uploading your IDs all that much. Sometimes you need to proof your identiy not just age. And I have used plenty of online services that require this in the past.

First take some time to actually define the lifestyle you want. It's very easy in today's world to get tunnel vision on your career. But once you have financial stability more money doesn't necessarily make you happier. Trying to move up the career ladder could prevent you from enjoying life. That's where the saying "money doesn't make happy" comes from.

But if advancing is important to you there are still ways to achieve this. Consider moving abroad for a few years. Especially the middle east has ton of good job offers and since many people you will work with there aren't English native speakers your pronunciation shouldn't hold you back. UAE, Kuwait, Jordan, Bahrain all have a very vibrant expat community. They are more likely to value your experience and offer you a higher position. Then after 2-3 years you can go back with a stronger CV.

Or you can consider picking up a remote job, move to a tropical island and enjoy a more relaxed life. That's what I did (not as a programmer but still remote work). A salary that barely let's you survive in the west let's you have a very comfortable lifestyle. You only have to consider the visa issue but for most countries that means just leaving for 1-2 days every 90 days. And with the extra spare money taking short flights/vacations is easily doable.

Both option obviously depend a bit on your social life.

I only have very limited knowledge about programming. But I do know that some languages are fairly new. So you switching around isn't necessarily bad. Just focus on something that's fairly new and then you are on a level playing field.

And if you haven't done so yet. Spend a few bucks on a professional CV writer. If your interview rate is so low there is a good chance your CV is bad. The job market is crazy at the moment and getting tons of rejections isn't uncommon. But with 20 years of experience it shouldn't be that bad.

Limiting the carry on weight I can understand. The overhead compartment can only hold a certain amount of weight. So a limit has to exist.

And there is the danger of luggage falling on people during an emergency or even just when opening the compartment. And while 7kg hurts, more weight hurts more and even will get dangerous.

I don't understand this. I am totally happy for the guy and he obviously deserves it. It's a total dick move to fire someone so close to their retirement but the law is still very confusing.

His contracts totaled 8 years which would make him eligible for the conversion but the article says he was just short of the 5 years. Does the law only considered contracts signed after the law passed? If so isn't the entire point of the 5 year duration that employers can terminate the contract just before that time?

Do you manually have to apply to convert the contract to indefinitely after 5 years and if you don't you don't get the benefits? In which case again, why did he receive the "special" treatment?

I have way more questions than answers after reading the article.

They could trade for him and then cut him. If I understand the contract correctly only $1mil is guaranteed for next year. So anyone who wants to get rid of high salary and only picks in return could do it.

You can host your own instance on the fediverse and not censor/moderate it. Other instances will most likely defederate yours but you can still build your own place.

Anything that doesn't censor and moderate only works as long as the user base is fairly small. So you won't find people advertising it to random strangers. Otherwise it starts having to deal with things most people don't want on their platform like illegal sexual content.

University will still be your best bet. Plan an extra day there for studying then find a study group for one of your subjects. That way you have an easy in to talk to some people. Then simply ask someone to hang out after the study group is done. Existing groups might even invite you.

Depending on where you live, just walking around at night can also work. When I was a young adult we would just hang out outside somewhere. And I still see groups of people hanging out at similar or even the same spots, so the practice didn't die out.

Common spots are near parks, clubs, or public places in cities. Outside of cities anything with parking spots, so gas stations, mountain tops, train stations. Especially if you are into cars or motorcycles it will be easy to get talking.

Obviously if it's not safe in your area use your best judgement.

Even if you aren't sporty, you can still pick one up. Doesn't matter how old or unfit you are. If you think it's fun, just join. The amateur scene is usually super welcoming to newcomers because lack of players/members is usually their biggest concern. Especially for more obscure sports. You can even pick something that doesn't require physical fitness. I haven't tried it myself but something like disc golfing doesn't seem like you need to be fit for.

But I too was very out of shape and just picked up surfing in my mid 30s. I fall a lot but no one cares that I am bad. So not being sporty/fit is a bad excuse to not take up a sport.

I would say Machinima simply filled the needs and there was no need for these kind of games to be developed on top of it. Just using existing game engines with a decent editor would always be cheaper and more popular since people are familiar with the assets. Just take a look at how many Team Fortress "movies" are out there.

And even without editor using games was fine. World of Warcraft had a ton of videos as well.

Tools for Machinima also saw the gradual advancements you talked about. While the initial movies produced had a lot of workarounds to get a decent end product there is now dedicated software for it. NVIDIA recently released their own version.

On top of that with smartphones having cameras now, kids can always shoot their own movies.

Wetter und unkritisch? Es ist noch nicht so lange her dass die Wetterprognose sehr ungenau war. Da wurden die Wettermoderatoren auch oft als Zielscheibe hergenommen wenn das vorhergesagte Wetter nicht kam.

Und übers Wetter streiten ist auch nichts neues. Manche Bauern wollen mehr Regen manche weniger. Im selben Jahr gabs zuviel und zuwenig Regen.

Wetter war schon immer ein kritisches Thema und Wettermoderatoren galten da öfters mal als Zielscheibe weils nix besseres gab um die Wut auszulassen.

And I think the big driver for the rise in single-parent households is bad decisions by policymakers that led to mass incarceration
and a collapse of earnings for working-class men."

It is mentioned. And generally the approach by the left to lift poor people out of poverty includes changes to the prison system.

I don't think so. I also don't think that a reasonable person would be offended by having their vaccination status disclosed. So winning a potential lawsuit would be unlikely.

But I think there is enough grounds to at least have it go to trial. While claiming a HIPAA violation wouldn't even make it that far since it doesn't apply here.

I read through it but defamation per se still talks about false statements. The difference is that you don't have to prove damages.
But while reading up on it, turns out the first comment was indeed right. Publication of a Private Fact can be punishable even if the statement is true.

It's very questionable wether the statement fulfills the requirements. It's already publicly known that FOX employees require vaccinations and it's doubtful disclosing this fact is offensive to a reasonable person but there is at least some potential here.

That would depend on your work. Maybe you are working for a company that is associated or a subcontractor with the health care industry.

An accountant overseeing the finances of a small clinic or a contractor doing renovations in a hospital both have to abide by HIPAA to a degree.

No, HIPAA only applies to people who work in the health sector or are associated with it. Anyone else, including journalists and media people don't have to follow these rules. They can talk about the healt status of others as they please. The only concern would be defamation but that's also only an issue if the statement is false.

While HIPAA doesn't apply in this case, it's irrelevant. It could still be considered Publication of a Private Fact which is punishable under US law.

It's unlikely this would be successful but there is enough grounds for a lawsuit to not be thrown out immediately.

Brandon Sanderson Cosmere fits the bill and is super easy to get into.

The Mistborn series might fit your description the most. But my personal favorite is The Stormlight Archive. The Stormlight Archive is what got me back into reading.

What makes the Cosmere so easy and enjoyable to get into is that different series are only vaguely connected. They take place in the same universe but on different worlds or realms. But since they share the same creation "myth" there are similarities between these worlds. When getting started a lot of the connections feel more like an easter egg. An easter egg that teaches you about the history of the universe.

But each series is basically self contained. Most characters and people aren't even aware of the existance of these different worlds. The focus is mostly on the specific world. Meaning you don't have to worry about reading order or missing out. Heck, if you don't enjoy a specific series you can even skip it without losing too much.

There are a few unpublished or planned books that will focus on the connection of these worlds, on characters that travel between them. They will probably be the most enjoyable if you read everything in the Cosmere.

Recently TikTok basically confirmed they are sending US citizens' data abroad. Yes, it's "only" from creators but it still goes against their previous statement of not storing any user data in China.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexandralevine/2023/06/21/tiktok-confirms-data-china-bytedance-security-cfius/?sh=5b9082b63270

This was in response to evidence surfacing that TikTok is giving China access to user data.

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/08/tech/tiktok-data-china/index.html

Yes, the evidence is a little thin. Saying they have been "caught" might have been a bit overzealous on my part. But there was a leaked audio recording where TikTok employees talked about how US user data can be accessed by China before that.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emilybakerwhite/tiktok-tapes-us-user-data-china-bytedance-access

In 2020 TikTok acknowledged that their protocols aren't protecting the user data sufficiently. This was in response to an investigation by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States in 2019.

https://newsroom.tiktok.com/en-us/our-approach-to-security

So even though "caught" might have been overzealous, there has been plenty of evidence dating back to 2020 or maybe even before that, that supports the claim of TikTok sending user data illegally to China. Either by actually sending it or by giving the engineers from China access to the data.

Why sending Data abroad is an issue has multiple reasons. The first is that each country has its own privacy laws. You can only do certain information with the Data, certain Data can only be stored for a short period of time, others can't be stored at all. Again, as a European citizen, I have the right to have my data deleted. But that's pointless if a copy of my data exists in China where the EU has no authority.

Calling for legislation on data brokers isn't stopping TikTok, these legislations exist already. There are rules and protocols on how and which data can be sent abroad. TikTok isn't compliant with that.

Then there is the issue of national security. And that's why China doing this is deemed more dangerous than other western countries because China is a potential hostile nation. You just need to take a look at how social media is a security risk in Ukraine for both the Ukrainians and the Russians. Having a foreign nation access to more extensive data than what is publicly shared is even worse. For example, tracking user Data of key military and government personnel gives them a much easier time on creating a profile. Hence banning TikTok on government phones. If Google or another domestic company does this kind of stuff then the information is at least not in potential hostile hands. And further, the US has the authority and capability to do something against it if the data were used in a hostile manner. They can seize the servers, arrest key personnel, etc. They can't do that with Chinese nationals living in China.