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  • Was there any spyware/telemetry found in red star OS?

    I remember a good few years back finding a leaked image for it and having some fun with it ended up throwing it on an open Gdrive link, then a few years later someone leaked a more up to date version that tried to look like macOS.

  • ‘I’m used to people thinking I’m lying’: are Scotland’s sea eagles killing hundreds of lambs?
  • Fascinating read, and I think they cover the actual reason for this occuring so much more on these now barren islands where it doesn't occur in anywhere near the same numbers in other places that the eagle has been reintroduced; the hills are barren from humans clearing them in the early 20th century, there is no tree cover and consequently significantly fewer alternative prey for these eagles, less shelter for lambs and sheep, and less biodiversity.

    The reality of the situation sounds like the farmers and their livestock would benefit from attempting to reforest, atleast in part. It would take a good 15-30 years at a minimum before forest would be regrown enough to enable other prey species to thrive, but it is probably the best option for keeping the places viable as farms without eradicating the eagles.

  • Titration question - Elvanse
  • 30mg daily with an optional booster of 5mg instant release has been the sweet spot for me.

    Over the span of like 6 years I started on 30mg, went down to 20mg for a while until a bit of a tolerance kicked in then back up to 30mg, eventually got the 5mg booster which I normally only take a 1/4 of a pill for the actual boost I need without effecting my sleep too much, but even then if I take the booster for a week I'll certainly start to feel drained, so it's an option not a requirement for me.

    I imagine you're probably going to be better off feeling a little bit of the randomness associated with you being on the lower dose. The medicine is supposed to help you function a bit more like a regular person, not a robot. Humans have got randomness/noise in their thoughts, we aren't supposed to be robots.

    I've had what you're experiencing but on methylphenidate; it doesn't really go away until you lower the dose or stop.

    Other things that can impact the robot feeling is excessive caffeine before bed, and nicotine usage.

    I think if you're asking this question; you already know that you want to go back down and just need some confirmation that it's a good idea 👍

  • CCTV shows pupils abused and locked in padded room
  • Jesus H. Christ, I immediately thought oh it's not going to be as bad as it sounds, the. The video does genuinely show it being as bad and worse than it sounds.

    I'm autistic, when I get particularly distressed, I'll end up impulsively hitting my head against walls or with my fist. Generally that behaviour is worse when left alone after getting into that state to begin with. By leaving these kids to actively self harm by isolating them, likely has worsened their situations, and probably has caused the epilepsy in the one child to become apparent.

    My partner is a teaching assistant at a mainstream school which takes on a huge number of SEN children, mostly autistic, about 5 with down syndrome, and recently a lot who were fostered. They would never in a million years think that anything like what's shown in the video is acceptable, it's genuinely heartbreaking that this has occured, let alone that noone is being held accountable for this abuse.

    There's got to be so many better ways of helping these kids when they're distressed instead of just throwing them into what is effectively a padded cell.

  • Sony Working on Handheld Console for PS5 Games to Rival Switch
  • Tbh if they didn't learn from last time (vita) it deserves to fail if they're not including a usable microSD card slot. We're at a point where the cat is out of the bag even for the average consumer, when games can be 100GB+, noone will buy it if they screw about with being an overpriced console + overpriced games. The console needs to be affordable, with affordable memory and then they'll make their profit from the games.

  • KFC drops pledge to stop using ‘Frankenchickens’ in the UK
  • I could be wrong, but I asked my chef friend why chicken would be stringy after I got a Chinese meal where it was like it, he suggested that it's overcooking them that can cause it.

    With KFC I could fully believe that you've been being served chicken that was cooked that morning and had been left under the heat lamps for hours.

  • A common nasal decongestant lacks evidence but is still sold in the UK
  • It's for the silliest reason as well, we stopped including psuedoephedrine in OTC cold meds because Theresa May government were concerned about people using it to make meth, with no evidence that people in the UK were using it to make meth...

    You can still get pseudoephedrine but you have to request it at the pharmacy, as it's a pharmacy medication now.

    So in reality no difference in terms of accessing it, if you really wanted to make meth, just means that most people can't get an effective decongestant when they're on their way to work...

  • Kent: Rare and protected fungus found at nature reserve
  • I found one of these in Warwickshire, let my mycology society know, they collected a sample and it's now in the fungarium in my local town museum.

    Apparently it was the first recorded instance of it in
    Warwickshire.

    It always makes me smile when I see news articles on it.

  • We Have To Talk About Weed - YouTube
  • I get what you're trying to say, but that still isn't exactly accurate.

    If you measure the herb before and after, it'll give you the total of evaporated difference, but this difference will not reflect the actual THC/CBD consumed, you've got terpenes and other volatile compound in there as well, adding weight.

    Nor does it account for losses due to condensation on the inside of the vape.

    If you know how much it your herb is THC/CBD, then you estimate with a reasonable degree of accuracy.

    Also now that I've written this out, I realise how "Well actually..." this is; my bad.

    Love the username btw, what vape do you use if you don't mind my asking?

  • Hyundai unveils world’s first hydrogen-powered, silent stealth battle tank
  • Silly one, and but do tanks run on diesel?

    Every other heavy machine I can think of typically uses diesel for their engines: tractors, lorries, boats.

    Also diesel is less flammable then petrol or hydrogen in the event of a spill of leak...

  • Tory MP launches plan to 'make Britain vaguely civilised again' - BBC News
  • Admittedly, I don't take the train or bus anywhere near as much as I used to, but when I did there were always poster adverts about being respectful towards other riders and staff. Have those gone away, or is it that there is another influence supplanting that messaging?

    Perhaps phones being much more engaging that people actually spend a lot less time reading the PSAs and adverts around them?

    In a weirdly similar way, I remember pre COVID there used to be so many more drivers that would be blasting music with their windows down that it rarely deserved a second thought. It's much more rare to hear it nowadays, to the extent that when I do, it seems so much more obnoxious.

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  • Also the opposite side to it don't keep hammering into somebody once they've admitted fault and are trying to rectify their mistakes (within reason).

    People will be a lot more likely to be confident in admitting a mistake and being honest about it if it isn't blown out of proportion.

  • Is this true about Generation gap in Piracy?
  • I've tried watching it about 5 times and get to different points before I burn out.

    It has sparked an interest in the works of R.D. Laing for who Lain is named in reference to.

    A Psychologist who was active in the 60's and is famous for their work with schizophrenics; I've been curious if their work may give a bit more context to understand Serial Experiments Lain

  • Pot-in-pot refrigerator
  • Doesn't it provide a safe way of preserving food that housing built before personal refrigeration became common won't have (a larder, basement, or even shaded garden)?

    Methods of refrigeration become especially important if you do not have a regular way of retrieving food.

    Not to mention, even cooked vegan food can and will spoil quicker without refrigeration.

  • How do I stop slef sabotage and procrastination?
  • My mum's a child psychotherapist, from her perspective medication aught not to be the first thing people jump at, but it very much has it's place; an example being children with ADHD who literally cannot sit down to the point of them getting distressed, actually being able to sit down and engage with therapy after starting medication. Similar things with anxiety and depression, if anxiety holds you back from opening up and personal thoughts and feelings then medication can enable that for therapeutic work to begin.

    The bigger issue she has is when people (often parents) only want the medication but don't want to try and engage with the therapy.

    Just something to think about

  • The PRC's long-term high speed rail progress.
  • Communism is from each according to their ability, to each according to their want.

    I thought it was "From each according to their ability, to each according to their need"?

    Wants and needs are often conflated but the outcomes of each phase would likely look incredibly different.

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