Urbanfox

@Urbanfox@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American XL bulldogs kill 22 sheep⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  You must have misread, I’m no expert - just a biologist who tried to make an educated decision on when to spay my lab. Happy to cite sources though - looking again, the study I found most robust is longitudinal rather than Cochrane but had a very large data set which was my interest.

  This for example helped me to decide to leave my spay until after 11 months.

  www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7359819/

  Feel free to share yours, it’s been a couple of years since I dug through research pieces, sharing information and forming educated opinions is key for good science.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American XL bulldogs kill 22 sheep⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d love to see the studies if you have some links. My opinion was formed on a Cochrane analysis of several longitudinal studies for cancer specifically in bitches by breed, so anything I can add to my research would be appreciated.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨American XL bulldogs kill 22 sheep⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem about selling only neutered dogs is that larger breeds (labradors, Newfoundland’s, boxers) need to hit maturity before being fixed to ensure proper growth and prevent future health issues. This can be up to 3 years.

  Definitely not feasible when a bitch has a litter of 10 puppies that need to be kept for 3 years before being sold to their new homes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If you work remotely, your bosses are probably using software to track you. Here's how they'll catch you slacking off.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve done this too. Someone who was not outputting the same amount of work as their colleagues, or when they did it was simple stuff with no real innovative features. The bare minimum.

  Pulled logs off their machine, and they spent 4 hours on Google maps (they’re also a taxi driver after hours) and messing about on PayPal for another few hours (they also did some consultancy).

  There was around 37 minutes of work done that day.

  They were no longer burdened with this job which seemed to interfere with their other evening/weekend jobs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sam Bankman-Fried is going to jail⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  He was found guilty in a civil suit if I remember correctly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I start this fall and am nervous of fucking up⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Every paper I write should have Makers Mark as a co-author…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wow look, nothing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I visited the Smithsonian air and space museum while over from the UK a few years ago.

  I had a short space of time available, and all I wanted to see was the SR-71 blackbird and the space shuttle.

  That was the day I found out there were two air and space museums.

  Still haven’t seen either of them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'FUCK SPEZ': Reddit Users Unite to Turn r/Place Mural Into a Protest⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Me too, I’ll engage for around 15-30 minutes then go and do some writing rather than spend 4 hours doom scrolling.

  I’ve legit got so much work done it staggers the mind.

  I stopped using Reddit completely on July first, and in that time I’ve got a reflective log completed and submitted, a report on disruptive fintech completed a week early and submitted and now a mini dissertation completed 2 weeks early.

  It’s almost as if spending my time doing coursework is better than freaking out trying to finish it and submit to turnitin 30 seconds before the deadline while praying the connection doesn’t fail.

  Anyway…