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marron12

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  • I'm (Almost) All Ears!

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  • I read the first and last couple pages of the article. It starts to make my head hurt at some point, but I get the gist. I thought it was interesting that the feathers over their ears are designed to let sound through. And owls with asymmetrical ears tend to be better at hearing higher frequencies. Which seems to be because they have more space in their inner ear, and more tiny hairs that can amplify or transmit the sound.

    The fish sounds were interesting too. It sounds kind of like the deeper sounds might be coming from the swim bladder. Off topic but fun fact: the swim bladder can change during the breeding season so it's easier to make mating calls for hours on end.

  • I'm (Almost) All Ears!

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  • The Fish Owls are one group that I’m pretty sure does not, because it’s not as though they can hear fish under the water.

    I wouldn't be surprised if they can actually hear the fish, especially if they're hunting in shallow water like this. It seems like not too much is known about fish owls, but owls in general have a similar hearing range as us (200 to 12,000 Hz for them, 20 to 20,000 Hz for us). So if people can hear the fish moving around, it would seem like the owls could too. And they're better at picking up quiet sounds. (Article is long, ctrl+F "faint".)

    I would definitely be curious to try an owl's hearing on for size. I don't have trouble telling if sounds are coming from high or low, but I would bet their ears can do it better, or different. But it's pretty amazing what even human ears can do. Like this story about how native people in Brazil can "hear the fish singing." Sounds kind of crazy, maybe, but sometimes you just have to listen closely to hear things.

  • For French origin words like "meter" American English inverted the last letters of "metre" to better match the pronunciation. Why isn't it also the case for other similar situations like "possible"?

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  • You can think of "le" as a way of showing that it's a syllabic L. Meaning that you say a dark L, and there isn't really a vowel before it. The L takes up the whole syllable. It can sound like there's a schwa in there (usually just a blip of one), but that's just part of how you say the dark L. It comes from having the back part of your tongue press down and back.

    This happens at the end of a word when the L is in an unstressed syllable. The spelling can vary a little. For example:

    • people
    • simple
    • model
    • oval

    There isn't really a reason why the spelling is different. That's just how it happened to develop.

    The pronunciation can vary a little too. If you hold the L longer, or emphasize the syllable more, it can sound more like a proper vowel is in there. But your tongue stays a tiny bit lower than it does for the schwa sounds.

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    Desserts i made for my father's bday

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  • I think the other person wanted to know what the pie filling is. Or at least I do :)

    And how did you get the crust so dark?

  • Do you experience smell or sound in your dreams?

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  • Smell, not that I remember. Sound, all the time. I'll have conversations or hear people saying things, sometimes in different languages. Sometimes a word comes to mind that seems totally real, but usually it's not. Some of the more detailed dreams have had storms, sirens, earthquakes (that eerie rumbling they have). Or even music.

  • US Justice Department accuses six major landlords of scheming to keep rents high

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  • I'd say even one landlord is too many, but easier to deal with. The scale this seems to be happening at is mind boggling and should be criminal, in my opinion. Or whatever it takes to stop this.

  • Anyone ever find a solution for headphones feeling hot on the head/ears?

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  • I have some open-back headphones (wired) that I can wear for hours and forget they're there. Not hot at all. The cushioned part is breathable too. They were a little snug at first, but great since then.

  • US Justice Department accuses six major landlords of scheming to keep rents high

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  • I understand that, but at some point they will hit a number where people in the area can’t afford the 1st month (or more) down or even monthly payments.

    I lived in a place where that happened. There were very obvious changes as the rent kept going up. (I stayed because everywhere else was going up just as much.)

    • Long-term tenants moved out.
    • A lot more one bedrooms had roommates.
    • People had less furniture. Sometimes just a mattress on the floor and a plastic chair.
    • A lot more three-day notices and eviction notices on people's doors.
    • Some apartments turned into Airbnbs.
    • One apartment turned, very not surreptitiously, into a "massage" place.
    • More and more units stayed empty for months.

    None of that stopped the rent from going up. If anything, it went up faster.

  • Family Gathering

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  • Interesting! Thanks for the info, and the pics.

  • Family Gathering

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  • I've never seen that many owls together, at least not ones that look full grown. I wonder if hunting in the winter is easier as a group.

  • Key Oath Keepers leader revealed as former Las Vegas police detective

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  • The article does mention him by name. His part of the story starts in section 5 (the detective and the sheriff). I couldn't believe the part where the mole brought a bug to the Kinch's house, his dog stole it, and then he just handed it back without asking questions.

    Same guy who bragged about being on a "black squad" and woke up with blood on his hands, wondering if he had killed someone.

    Link for anyone who missed the article. It's a long read, but worth it.

  • ‘The army just ran away’: how Bashar al-Assad lost his brutal grip on Syria

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  • People began to rejoice in their ability to speak freely. Furious debates over the country’s future ensued. In cafes, over cups of coffee and cigarettes, furious arguments were taking place about the direction the rebel-led government would take, voices raised as people tested the new limits of their freedoms.

    Still, it was not easy to shake off the idea that the regime was watching. During an interview with a public-sector employee who preferred to remain anonymous, the employee paused as they were asked about their opinion about the new government. They excused themselves and went to the next room, where they threw up.

    Returning to the interview with red-rimmed eyes, the employee apologised.

    “You ask me if I’m afraid? Of course, I am afraid. I am 53 years old. And in 53 years, this is the first time that I am speaking freely,” they said.

  • Iraq War was preceded by the largest worldwide non-violent protests in history and the war happened anyway.

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  • Yeah. And how is it that corporations, or big businesses in general, have elevated themselves to an almost holy status? Why is it murder when Blackrock kills 17 civilians in Iraq (Nisour Square), but not when an insurance company denies an operation that a doctor who's at the top of their field says could save your life? And the hospital helpfully tells you it will cost over a million dollars. For all the non-Americans, that's not an exaggeration.

    And even with Blackwater, it was only the individual employees who got convicted. The company just kept going under a different name. And the employees got pardoned later.

  • Leaked video shows UnitedHealth CEO saying insurer will continue practices that combat 'unnecessary' care

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  • Adding to that: I'd like to see the top dogs at insurance companies go through the same thing they put us through. No MRI or CT scan for you. You get ibuprofen and PT because nothing else is necessary. Maybe in a few years you'll get surgery, when the problem is almost hopelessly bad. You get to shell out 5 or 6 figures for it, and no, you don't get to use your millions. You have as much money as someone who absolutely can't afford it. Oh, and that time off work? Unpaid.

    And make them pay for the consequences of their actions. How many people like Wilfredo Engalla have there been and will there be? He had lung cancer, but it was misdiagnosed as colds and allergies for 5 years. When he found that out, he sued Kaiser. They forced him into arbitration and dragged out the case so nothing happened until he died, because they thought they would only have to pay half as much that way. In the end, his family got $150,000 (minus tens of thousands in costs to get that far).

    Do that to enough people for enough years, and eventually you find out people have a breaking point. Who would have thought.

  • Healthcare solved rule

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  • Do you know what kind of things might get turned down and what would count as a good reason? And if your claim gets turned down, do you have any options other than "go bankrupt or suffer" like us in the U.S.?

    I'd take hunting for the right form any day over being told to hork down ibuprofen for what I know is a serious problem, and hope the insurance company might eventually deign to approve an MRI. There's a reason a lot of Americans are out of shape, and it's not just because of desk jobs and junk food.

  • Owl of the Year Bracket

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  • Interesting article, thanks for the link. I missed owl of the year last year, and the first couple posts this year. It sounds like an awful lot of work, but I love the idea.

  • Owl of the Year Bracket

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  • I'd like to see an owl eating a porcupine. If it's anything like a camel eating cactus, it's gotta be pretty interesting. Maybe they have a way to pull out the spines.

    Interesting pictures, and a very striking owl. How do you decide who gets in the bracket?

  • Owl of the Year Bracket

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  • I'm curious to see how far the saw whet will get. They're so cute with their giant heads and big eyes. Eagle owls are neat too. Maybe not as classically cute, but majestic.

    I had to look up barking owls just now. They really do sound kind of like a dog barking. Interesting that they eat bats. I didn't know there were birds that did that.

  • I'm Ready Now

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  • Beautiful. That's an impressive wingspan.