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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • Oh and I forgot, a big one, I engage the cats if they show interest in my task.

    When cooking they can smell safe things, if I’m working on tech i have a very large screw and bolt for them to play with/try out instead of my small ones.

    Cats are social and want to be included, if you give them the option to do “parallel play” I think it will improve what people see as problem behaviors that are really just begging to be included.


  • Fetch: grab the toy if they play with it and it ends up close by, use verbal reinforcement

    Names: the cats recognize everyone’s name in the hous thanks to reinforcement learning

    Locations: the cats know where I’m going and can beat me there because I tell them where I’m going, sounds like reinforcement learning again?

    Activities: set phrases like “let’s go”, “come on”, “let’s get some food”, “jump up”, etc, all by reinforcement training.

    Paw-touching: slowly touch more and more often, for longer, until nail clipping is a breeze. Hmm… Might be reinforcement training again.

    To end bad behaviors, hiss, it’s a built-in “no” for cats.


  • If you get the grounding box you can have an antistatic collar for the dog and a strap for the human. Plug both in and you’re both at the same potential.

    Alternatively the human can touch the banana plug side of the strap, as the in-built resistor will “slowly” equalize the charges between you. I say slowly because in human terms as soon as you touch its already done.

    @boogetyboo

    The ugg boots may be electrically isolating as well, so a heel-strap is typically worn in ESD environments to overcome insulated soles. In combination with a grounding floor mat, this works without having to think too much about it.

    Additionally, you can get a humidifier and maintain a relative humidity above 40%. Thankfully you don’t need insulation to do this!

    Source: nasa esd training