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Pons_Aelius, to piracy in Where to turn to if I need books that are paywalled behind overly expensive academic portals?

IIRC: The Oxford Politics Trove is more text books than academic papers.

Pons_Aelius, (edited ) to asklemmy in How do you discourage a dog from biting while playing?

Yep, the difference in that short time is pretty big. My parents bred dogs when I was a kid. My dad liked to keep them together for 16 weeks.

taken at 8 weeks or sometimes even younger.

The people who do this are arseholes running puppy mills in my opinion.

Pons_Aelius, to asklemmy in How do you discourage a dog from biting while playing?

That was what I was going to say as well.

They usually learn to stop by interacting with their litter mates.

Pons_Aelius, to lemmyshitpost in this is a threat

Good thing I am not a dog.

Pons_Aelius, (edited ) to lemmyshitpost in Jingle Bells, Batman sme...

Olfactory fatigue:

Olfactory fatigue, also known as odor fatigue, olfactory adaptation, and noseblindness, is the temporary, normal inability to distinguish a particular odor after a prolonged exposure to that airborne compound.

Pons_Aelius, to memes in Don't know if you guys like history memes

But then you took an arrow to the knee?

Pons_Aelius, to privacy in Some Google Drive for Desktop users are missing months of files - The Verge

How many times does it have to be said: The cloud is just someone else's computer that you have no control over.

Pons_Aelius, to asklemmy in Be honest: if you had the power to stop time, your morals would go out the window.

people are morally questionable by nature

You keep making sweeping statements about all of humanity.

Please speak for yourself.

Pons_Aelius, to risa in As a lefty it feels extra special when I get that glide finally
Pons_Aelius, to archaeology in Stolen remains of Aboriginal people and Tasmanian tigers traced to grave-robbing Victorian naturalist

a Victorian Tasmanian naturalist

Or possibly a Victorian Van Diemen's Land naturalist as Morton Allport was there before the name change in 1856.

Pons_Aelius, to lemmyshitpost in You know tipping has gotten out of control when your son says we have to tip Santa with money.

Around here (Aus) it has been a tradition for generations to leave a beer out for Santa as he no doubt could do with a break during the long night dropping off presents.

Pons_Aelius, to asklemmy in What's a food you forget you like? Then you eat it, and wonder why you don't buy it more often?

I frickin’ love lamb dishes

If you ever get a chance, try goat curries. They will rock your world.

Pons_Aelius, to science_memes in Hummingbird feet

seems eminently wikipediable

Telephones existed for a century before wikkipedia...

In the before times: The guinness book of records started as a promo by the guinness brewery given to pub owners to settle bar argumnets like this one.

Pons_Aelius, (edited ) to asklemmy in What are some green flags in a partner in your opinion?

They have friends who are not the same gender/sexual orientation as they are. (good indicator they are accepting of people dissimilar to them)

The read for pleasure.

Pons_Aelius, to memes in I am depressed guys

Yes.

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