QualifiedKitten

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[–] QualifiedKitten@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago

Yup. Use an instance that makes that data visible, such as kbin. It takes a few clicks, but it's there for anyone to see.

[–] QualifiedKitten@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, my numbers were definitely very round, but if we are trying to get more exact, aren't there only 52 weeks per year, so 4.33 weeks per month?

[–] QualifiedKitten@kbin.social 6 points 11 months ago

While I definitely lean towards not letting cats roam free (not even possible in our current living situation), I'd say that FeLV and FIP scare me way more than FIV. FIV+ cats can live relatively normal, long lives when living in safe, caring homes with some very basic precautions

FIV is primarily transmitted via saliva in deep bite wounds when one cat bites another, and the majority of those bites occur when an intact male cat bites another intact male cat, so if your cats are spayed/neutered, the risk of contracting FIV drops significantly. With proper slow introductions between altered cats, FIV+ and FIV- cats can live together with minimal risk of transmission.

I only mention this because there's so many FIV+ cats that get stuck in the shelters due to stigma, and wish I could save them all.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feline_immunodeficiency_virus

[–] QualifiedKitten@kbin.social 28 points 11 months ago (3 children)

It's late, so I could be making dumb mistakes here, but I think the numbers are at least loosely factoring in those sort of expenses. It's not 100 hours/week just to cover rent, it's 100 hours/week to actually maybe afford that rent.

$7.25/hour x 40 hours/week x 4 weeks/month = $1160/month gross income
Assuming a maximum of 1/3 of gross income goes to housing, that's $383/month available for rent. The site calculates $377/month as "affordable rent" for the minimum wage worker, so for the sake of the argument, I think my calculations are close enough.
So, that means for every hour worked, about $2.39 is going towards rent ($7.25x0.33).
$2.39/hour x 106 hours/week x 4 weeks/month = $1013, which is just over their "1-Bedroom Fair Market Rent" rate of $1002/month.

[–] QualifiedKitten@kbin.social 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was wondering the same thing recently when I saw a person walking outdoors wearing a lose fitting fabric mask covering only their mouth, not their nose. The conclusion I came to is that person must be aware that their breath smells terrible, so they wear the mask to prevent others from smelling their breath. And the mask is worn under their nose so they don't have to smell their own breath.

[–] QualifiedKitten@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I've never actually tested that out. If it's content I want long term, I simply download it to my local storage before deleting from Whatbox.

What I've found works best for me when using public trackers for new content is to set up a max seeding ratio and whatever relevant *arrs. Doing it that way means that I've usually been able to download the content and stop seeding before the swarm is discovered/monitored by those sending the notices.

[–] QualifiedKitten@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm definitely not an expert, but I've been using Whatbox for many years without any issues. I'm based in the US and have it set up to autocharge the same card that I use for everything else. I do not use a VPN or anything else to access Whatbox.

I have received plenty of DMCA notices from Whatbox over the years, and they just require you to delete the offending content within 24 hours or your account will be locked until you do.

In fact, I vaguely recall them increasing my storage allowance a few years ago without raising my rate, so that was pretty cool.

[–] QualifiedKitten@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I pay $15/month for a seedbox because I prefer the overall experience compared to Netflix, etc. My parents have given me their login details for the services they subscribe to, and every so often, I check them out, but end up going back to my seedbox + Plex setup. Some of the reasons I prefer my piracy-based setup:

  • I often set up a queue/playlist of shows, not necessarily all from the same series. As far as I'm aware, the streaming services let you do that.

  • My shows never pause to ask me if I'm still watching.

  • I can access an unlimited library of content without switching apps.

  • Content won't become unavailable if I try to access it from a different country or totally disappear when a contract expires.

  • Some episodes of some shows have been edited/censored, or removed completely, from whatever streaming service hosts it, but those episodes are available in their original form via torrents.

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