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athos77, to asklemmy in What would be the best way to protect a room from unwated visitors in a low-tech fantasy world?

Is it on display in the bottom drawer of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying, "Beware of the leopard"?

More seriously, just make it an incredibly uninteresting door that no one even thinks about, which everyone thinks is like for plumbing or linens or something boring and irrelevant. Then paint the door in whatever Disney NoSeeUm color is most appropriate.

athos77, to asklemmy in Community search for vet advice

Well, the only way you'll know if it's too niche is by asking and seeing what the responses are. If posting on lemmy doesn't get you enough information, you might try posting on reddit, they bring the information back here tob possibly help others in similar situations. I mean, I've left reddit, but if my cat's health was potentially at risk, I'd ask anyplace I could get a decent answer.

athos77, to asklemmy in Community search for vet advice

For your fish, maybe try aquariums@lemmy.world

athos77, to asklemmy in How do I stop my cats from eating my plants?

It's a natural instinct for them to chew at plants, so I agree with the cat grass suggestion s. If there's one particular cat that's the problem, ask the vet to check it's teeth at it's next checkup: sometimes they chew more plants when there's buildup or something wrong with their teeth.

athos77, to historyporn in POWER MOWER OF THE FUTURE, USA, 1957

No, because (like so many other 1950's advertisements) this image is from the male viewpoint: he's relaxed in his lounger, perfectly content smoking a pipe and having a drink, while his wife is literally on display in front of him, cheerfully smiling and happy while she does the work and he stretches out watching her. In images like this, the male is assumed to be perfectly comfortable, and the comfort of the woman isn't considered much at all. [Why, yes, honey, I was perfectly happy wrangling the kids and their homework this afternoon, getting them and the house pristine for you coming home from work. I even had time to cook a full dinner from scratch, clean the kitchen, take a shower, do my hair and makeup and put on jewelry! Here, have a drink while I take your coat and briefcase and help you on with your slippers!]

athos77, to piracy in Is there a place with the complete Doctor Who collection (Classic, Modern, AND spin-offs)?

Nah, both posts came through in public. I've applied for an aussie.zone account. It's getting late here anyway, so I'll head to bed soon and come back tomorrow to see if it's approved.

If not (maybe your admin takes weekends off to enjoy the weather!) - I see that your account is five months old, maybe we could PM on reddit? We'll sort it out tomorrow, anyway :)

athos77, to piracy in Hide news websites that won't let you read the article without paying

Try this.

athos77, to datahoarder in What's an elegant way of automatically backing up the contents of a large drive to multiple smaller drives that add up to the capacity of the large drive? (on Linux)

What I do is on the originator drive, I create new subdirectories and start categorizing items by content; like I'll put all the ebooks into one directory, and all the television into another. It just makes it easier for me to find things later if I can just head to the drive with all the television on it.

If there's a particular directory with a lot of content, I might create further divisions - maybe shows that are finished vs those who are still getting new episodes, or sitcoms vs drama, that kind of thing.

Then I make a list of how big each master directory is, and I start copying them over to the most appropriate-sized drive. I usually find that I can fit in one large directory, and a couple of smaller ones, and then the last drive gets all the leftovers. I also tape a post-it note to each drive saying something like "2022-23 television" or "science fiction audiobooks" or whatever.

I also create a new directory on the originating drive called something like ++COPIED and, once I've copied content to a new drive, I move the original directory to ++COPIED: I'll still have access if I need it, but I don't have to keep track of it any longer. Once everything is successfully copied over, I can just delete that one directory.

It's a manual process, yes, but it does make it easier for me to find stuff when I want to look at it again later.

athos77, (edited ) to asklemmy in Tips on making your data less sellable?

Run a VPN on the device so it's harder to figure out where it connects to the Internet. Leave it at work or home or, if you must travel with it, keep it turned off.

See if you can friend or follow people in foreign countries and who don't speak English.

athos77, to piracy in Is there a place with the complete Doctor Who collection (Classic, Modern, AND spin-offs)?

I'll see if I can't put together a small collection of things for you to grab.

athos77, to historyporn in POWER MOWER OF THE FUTURE, USA, 1957

I don’t think that person is ‘under-dressed’

He's sitting there in the full heat of the day, wearing a long sleeved shirt and full-length trousers and tall socks, perfectly comfortable in the sun.

She's sitting in an air conditioned bubble, wearing mid-arm sleeves, and mid-thigh shorts, at a time when Capri pants were considered fashionable yet still a bit scandalous.

If he's comfortable with full-length everything in the sun, she's definitely under-dressed in her air-conditioned bubble.

athos77, to piracy in Is there a place with the complete Doctor Who collection (Classic, Modern, AND spin-offs)?

Can you try DMing me? (Not sure if you can, kbin had some issues with it earlier.)

athos77, to piracy in Ways to pirate albums?

Have you tried freedb? It's had the majority of albums I've needed to tag, even stuff like female blues artists of the 1920's. I tagged and renamed the files on about 300 albums in a couple hours, so for me, yeah, it was a manual process but it was still quicker and easier than searching for and re-downloading a similar number of albums. But you do you - it's your music!

athos77, to historyporn in A man carrying many baskets on his head, Covent Garden, London, 1926-1927.

lmao. Maybe this was taken New Year's Eve :)

athos77, to comicstrips in Spill by Chris Hallbeck

I have a friend who says to never update anything in a room until you're prepared to update the entire room. Because that new area rug will make the walls look bad and the new paint makes the drapes look old and the new surroundings make the furniture look old, lol!

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