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Why do we castrate animals instead of giving them vasectomies?

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That's the case in doing it too early in animals as well, especially noticable in larger breeds. There's been a longtime pushback for dogs to get spayed / neutered at later ages, than one size fits all.

Also there are other interesting studies that differ between humans and animals, such as the lifespan of animals that are neutered / spayed tends to be longer than the other way around, and supposedly in humans it's the opposite.

I didn't do a ton of vetting when I was researching the information though, so I don't know how well the studies were controlled and what they accounted for.

Edit: Also some vets do offer vasectomies as an alternative to neutering, but it is usually far more expensive.

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Hackers Weaponize KeePass Password Manager to Deliver Malware & Steal Passwords

This kinda feels like a search algorithm hitpiece on KeepPass rather than an informative article.

Not that it bags on KeepPass specifically, but it's basically just describing malicious ads, phishing, and man in the middle attacks, all of which the rest of everything online is effected by...

Like I guess it's good to know, but I don't think it's really going to help anyone that didn't already know to not click on shitty ad links.

Maybe I glossed over something in the article though,*shrug.

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Moderators Across Social Media Struggle to Contain Celebrations of UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Assassination

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The positions you take lately, and the arguments you make lately are increasingly disappointing.

No one owes .world anything... If those in control make questionable decisions, they are going to be called out regardless of aggressive moderation, it's all federated, kinda the point.

"Can't take he heat, get out of the kitchen..." and all that jazz...

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Father of Indian student killed in U.S. dies just before $29 million settlement

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The family of Jaahnavi Kandula, a 23-year-old Indian student killed in a U.S. police crash a few years ago, suffered a second devastating blow after her father passed away just two days before the announcement of a $29 million compensation deal.

Jaahnavi’s life was cut short on January 23, 2023, when she was knocked down by a speeding Seattle police vehicle while she was crossing the street. The officer involved was responding to an emergency call at that time.

A relative of Jaahnavi told PTI that Kandula Srikanth, a retired police constable, died of a heart attack on February 10 here in Kurnool district. Seattle police officer who fatally struck Jaahnavi Kandula fired from department.

“His (Srikanth’s) last rites were performed on Wednesday (February 11, 2026) in Adoni, as the family grappled with yet another devastating loss,” said the relative on Friday (February 13).

Video shows U.S. policeman laughing over death of Indian student killed by patrol car.

He further said the family is currently mourning, and it was not appropriate to speak about the settlement money.

Jaahnavi was a Master’s student in Information Systems at the Seattle campus of Northeastern University.

Published - February 13, 2026 01:41 pm IST

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PSA: Nova Launcher is owned by an analytics company

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I like to categorize my apps. In Nova I have them divided into Web / Media / Games / Tools / System and I can swipe between each page (horizontally) of them. I use quite a few apps to do a lot of things tho, so *shrug.

I also really like the Sesame search integration, Lawnchairs adaption of Pixel Launchers is good. But there is style and behavior customization that Nova offers that Lawnchair doesn't.

I am pretty particular about making my phone just look and behave the way I want it, of course it changes over time as phones and apps get better but yeah.... It's largely why I preferred Android from the start and have stuck with it

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Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent

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That first paragraph, do you have a source for that?

I tried to find proof and all I could find was that the grand jury that was hearing it as a felony refused to indict, so the prosecutors went with a misdemeanor that doesn't require a grand jury indictment.

There were a few OTHER instances of grand juries refusing to indict other people accused on assaulting federal officers, but those were unrelated to the incident in question.

I'm not even sure it's legal (...not that legality matters to this regime, I know) to shop grand juries ... like that first paragraph implied, is it?

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‘Unknown 9: Awakening’ Arrives To 200 Steam Players, Poor Reviews

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Forespokens hatred train was beyond-the-pale ridiculous. If every game was judged / brigaded as harshly as Forspoken was, the AAA game industry would collapse.

And honestly, Forspoken was a really fun game if you focused on what you were doing 99% of the time, which was traversal and combat. The story, quest design and characters were lackluster, but it wasn't nearly as horrible as people made it out to be.

People robbed themselves.

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Bazzite Linux 44 lands for desktop gamers and it's a big release

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I'm on Linux and I don't have your HD2 issue at all.

My guess is you have a setting that's somehilow donking things up.

And quite honestly those kinds of problems are something that exists on Windows too.

I switched several years back (first to Mint then Nobara, and I'll probably be migrating to Bazzite or CachyOS down the road) and I haven't looked back, it's a bummer you're having a bad experience but it won't apply to everyone.