They are in New Zealand, where the problem is worse than in Australia. New Zealand has zero native land predators. There are some birds of prey that can hunt invasive stoats and rats, but cats are effectively uncontested (with the exception of humans performing population control).

US has more regions with warm climates that birds live in year round. A lot of bird species only live in Canada half the year and then migrate south for winter.

This.

To add, today we can easily find that AI generated reports are pointing to articles that don’t exist. But the more things continue as they are, the more we will eventually have to sift through thousands of garbage articles in mainstream publications that are not putting in enough effort to weed out fakes.

There are too many AI-derived studies and articles being submitted for publication for humans to fact check them all. Some will slip through the cracks, and these will eventually pile up to justify whatever post-truth scenario someone wants to cite. Or worse, publications will start using AI to fact check for them, and all safeguards are off.

It’s commendable when men who have long hair actually practice proper hair care. Long hair on a man is often seen as a sign of neglect (growing it out because they can’t be bothered to cut it), but it takes way more effort to maintain long hair than short hair. So nothing but respect when they manage to sell the look.

They wanted to push people onto their shitty app. They wanted people to link their bank details directly to pay so they could farm all that juicy consumer data.

For me, probably “specific” and “interdisciplinary”

And why would it, anyways? It’s not like their suppliers or distributors are going to be lowering their prices. This is just giving Target free money while they continue charging more than ever.

And also the inverse, that centrist people afraid of a progressive winning would feel more pressured to come out and vote.

If that is a typo for SodaStream, just FYI that they’re an Israeli company that profits from the Palestinian genocide and has operated in the occupied West Bank.

Is it wrong of me to think this part sounds a bit sus?

The year it was stolen the piece was appraised at between $35,000 and $50,000, DeLind said. He guessed that the value hasn’t changed much since then, but now given its story it may be worth closer to $50,000.

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DeLind said his former business partner, who died in February, was distraught over the theft in 2018 and called police every year on the anniversary of the crime asking that they publicize it again in the hope the Picasso could be found.

The story of theft increases its value. And it just so happens to suddenly resurface (within the same city even) only after the business partner is dead.

To the idiot that downvoted, what other country have you heard of where police has shot a woman for defending herself?

Not to diminish the point being made, but there are a lot of countries that commit widespread or even state-sanctioned violence against women. Most of them are third-world hellholes. So the US is in good company.

So what happened 5 years ago?

They render the sets using Unreal Engine, so that’s probably not far off the money.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StageCraft

Can’t remember where I heard this, but I believe the terms themselves evolved around common infant mouth sounds. Hence why so many languages use the term “mama” for mother.

The baby makes random sounds, meaning is ascribed to them by the parents, the baby is given positive feedback and starts to make those sounds more frequently, and then the meaning eventually sticks for the child once they actually begin developing language.

Teams is the most performance inefficient shit I’ve ever been forced to use.

We use both Zoom and Teams for meeting with partners. On my piece of shit work laptop, I have no problem with Zoom. Teams on the other hand will randomly cut my audio, lag my cursor, or cause peripherals to stop working when I’m in a meeting. I simply can’t fathom how it’s as bad as it is.

That’s what I’m choosing to believe. I know some people out there truly are that dumb, but it feels more likely that they’d just use a very loosely strung bow with no tension for the meme.

What is there to be worried about? We just want to collect valid data for our operations and to share with our 21,678 partners. It’s basically legitimate interest.

No one should touch anything Oracle with a 5000ft pole, to be honest. Sorry you had to find out that way, OP.

Unironically, people with Ring cameras.

Oh, I got one for you:

Green Stripes, Green, Orange Stripes, Blue, Blue Stripes, Orange, Brown Stripes, Brown