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I could have worded it better, but the point still stands. Many years ago there was a squirrel in my back yard that was foaming at the mouth and I called it in to an official line that dealt with that kind of stuff. They told me flat out "it's not rabies" and explained why. That's when I did a deep dive into rabies and small animals. Every single source says "it can happen, but almost never does".

In my case with the squirrel, the person explained to me that in the part of the country I lived in there has never been a record of a squirrel or similar rodent with a case of rabies. And it wasn't showing any other signs, and it's "foamy" mouth went away after a bit.

So yes, "near impossible" isn't the same as "entirely impossible" and also considers more than just the biological possibility of the infection.

Instagram-famous squirrel Peanut euthanized after it was taken from owner's New York state home in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Squirrels don't normally carry rabies.

While not impossible, it's actually considered near impossible by experts. For whatever reason, smaller mammals seem to simply not be affected by rabies.

Typing monkey would be unable to produce 'Hamlet' within the lifetime of the universe, study finds in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Hello "Zero"!

Typing monkey would be unable to produce 'Hamlet' within the lifetime of the universe, study finds in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (11 children)

Basically nothing is ever truly zero

Micro$oft doing pretty good job advertsiting Linux and FOSS! Keep going! 👍👍👍 in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Hey, don't you know you need to become a Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert to do business properly?

Micro$oft doing pretty good job advertsiting Linux and FOSS! Keep going! 👍👍👍 in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Check out Blender. It's primarily a 3D modeling software like Maya or Houdini, but it has an incredibly powerful video editor built into it.

CNN bans guest for telling Muslim journalist 'I hope your beeper doesn't go off' in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

You're not making any argument against what I said. Your comment "totally cool things to say" implies I'm arguing that the guy on CNN said nothing wrong. Which isn't true.

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The Acolyte Review Boosting (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world to c/star_wars@lemmy.world

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I'm sure we all know about the low audience scores given to The Acolyte. Rotten Tomatoes was sitting down at 14% since around the third episode, and was that low up until at least the last episode. Now that it's nearly a week out from the season finale, I figured I'd take another look.

The Rotten Tomatoes score has gone up to 17% and other review platforms have gone up a bit also.

So I decided to read through a few of the recent ones. Here are two examples:

Screenshot 1

Screenshot 2

The showrunners accuse fans of "review bombing" but are apparently just fine with artificial review boosting. I saw a bunch of these double reviews and nearly every single one talked about things like diversity, a "fresh take", production values, etc, all in that typical bland corporate-speech type of language.

Whereas the negative reviews are detailed and specific without ever getting into racism, bigotry, sexism, or other things fans are often accused of. If you read through the negative reviews they are often well thought out criticisms of the story itself and the quality of acting.

I just wanted to bring this fake review boosting to the community's attention. If you enjoyed the show, that's awesome. But it's dishonest to dilute honest and fair criticisms of a show.

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Poisoned Pepper Plants? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world to c/gardening@lemmy.world

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Hi everyone, I'm hoping to get some input on my pepper plants. Last year all my vegetable plants were explosive in growth and produce. This year they've been a bit stressed by the early heat we've had (southern Ontario) but otherwise doing well. Everything from cucumbers, tomatoes, corn, potatoes, carrots, lettuce, garlic, and onions are doing well.

My pepper plants, on the other hand, look terrible.

Initially I thought they were just extremely stressed from the heat, but I noticed a few of them (not pictured) are doing fine. What clicked in my head today is that the ones that are doing ok I grew from seed, and the rest are from garden centres (a semi-private one and a commercial one).

From my zero-level knowledge and subsequent Googling the answer is:

Too much heat
Too much water
Too little water
Exposure to herbicide

It's the last one that really raised my eyebrows, and seems to fit based on photos.

Anyone have any insight on this? Thanks in advance.