Wild! My cat is black/white medium hair, breed unknown. She was a rescue from a feral colony so I never got to know if her parents or siblings had similar issues. Our vet seemed to think her issue was autoimmune - essentially her body rejecting her teeth as if they were foreign objects - but they’ve never been 100% sure.

She was very healthy for a few years after her remaining teeth came out, then got sick again, and it turned out that her lower jaw had started to deteriorate. She’s been on steroids ever since and that has slowed the progress of the disease enough that she can live out the rest of her days in comfort.

I’ve heard a lot of things that are genetically odd about orange cats though. Fostered 3 different orange boys who had extra toes - none of them from the same litters. Yours are adorable and I’m glad you found a cure for their teeth problems!

My cat had this, took us years to figure out what it was, but she’s been so much happier and healthier since we removed her teeth.

I’ve never run into someone else whose cat had the same thing, let alone someone with two such cats.

Yes it’s a bad thing. This legislation gives very broad power to the federal government to ban apps and platforms without any oversight. It might be TikTok today, but it could be Lemmy tomorrow.

Fair. We’re using 4o and o1-mini right now, because access to the full o1 is waitlisted in Azure. However based on some brief review of their pricing for o1, I’d say we’re still going to save a metric fuckton of money compared to per-user subscriptions.

First I laughed, but now I’m seeing the genius.

I run tech for a midsize business, and consult for several small businesses. Aside from one 4-person company, all of the businesses I oversee found it less expensive to host their own LLM in Azure than to pay for OpenAI’s subscriptions. I’m talking 10% of the cost of subscriptions for the same functionality.

The midsize business in particular has only seen measurable benefit from more specialized/global applications of “AI” tools, such as integrating machine learning into data analytics. There are a ton of people who use the LLM chat, but I think the mishaps caused by the LLM may have undone any efficiency gains. Either way, I’m sure glad they’re not paying hundreds of thousands of dollars annually for it.

Not the commenter you were arguing with, but I really liked that last sentence. I’m going to hang on to that feeling.

This drives me crazy. I’ve commented this before, but I’ll say it again:

People in the US love to cry first amendment (freedom of speech, etc) any time something they say has consequences.

• Sexually harass a coworker? Freedom of speech!
• Business owner says something bigoted and people stop patronizing their business? Freedom of speech!
• Get banned from a Facebook group for being an ass? Freedom of speech!
• Kicked out of a shop for your offensive shirt? Freedom of speech!

Funny how the same people with wE tHe PeOpLe bumper stickers are the ones who haven’t actually bothered to read their own bill of rights. These people also seem to think that “free speech” (as they define it) should only apply to speech they agree with.

Seconded. Data breaches at big companies may be what makes the news, but small businesses (and other organizations) are compromised far more often.

I run an IT team, and if anyone ever suggested buying Windows Home for business use, they’d have a bad day.

Obligatory Poe’s Law mention, since Lenny seems to have agreed that it’s important.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law

Thank you for realizing the error of your ways

Eagle screech

(also /s in case that wasn’t clear)

Cat.

Wow, that PIN code is really on the honor system, isn’t it?

We’re pressing words here. I can’t think of a way to do that without a mangled heap of PHP, can you?

I think the average family’s net worth is a negative number, so you’re technically right.

A glorious Silicon Valley reference.

needs to look closer at what’s on their screen

IT guy here. The number of tickets I could close with this as the root cause.

Aww she’s a cutie.

Regarding the crate, usual practice is that they wouldn’t have food/water in there. They’re supposed to go in there and sleep. Granted, you shouldn’t leave her in there all day while you’re at work without food and water and a litter box, but a few hours in the evenings is fine.

If you do want a larger crate, there are some dog crates that double as furniture. I’ve seen a few that are coffee tables / dog crates. For our kitten, we just had her in her carrier in a corner when she (or we) needed a few hours of timeout. We’d put a lightweight breathable blanket over the top to make it dark and cozy in there.

In any case, I applaud your commitment to making sure she ends up in a good home, whether it’s yours or another.

That’s hilarious. The Lemmy hive mind is definitely forming.