I've also done the 'sup head jerk with cats around the neighborhood, they start in surprise the first few times, then do it back.
It's apparently an acknowledgement/greeting between cats.
And yes, heed the advice to "ignore" cats until they approach. Sit calmly, do your thing, let eachother know you're there, and then wait. Often doesn't take more than 15 minutes.
Getting a cat to come to you is easy, you give it food and pets, and then stay calm when it's eating/enjoying.
Repeat until you've built trust, a sick or hurt cat will typically take longer to trust. Count on several days of repeating this without hitches (no sudden loud noise while you're doing it, etc).
Sometimes cats are desperate and everything turns up in a magical, calm way without bloodshed. But more commonly the next part is trickier, the cat will resist you picking it up (especially if hurt) or shutting it in.
Trick here is to be decisive and clear in your body language. Prepare a cat carry box with hard sides, feel free to prepare it with some textile smelling of you, be mindful that it will almost certainly be pissed on. Also bring a towel.
You will have to, in a calm manner, put the folded towel over the cat, and with it lift the cat into the carry. The towel is to trap legs so you won't be scratched, and if you manage to have it snugly around the cat, there's also a way to calm cats by gently pressing them down.
If you are unsure, slow, nervous, or hesitate in your movement, the cat will bolt. If you're too fast, loud, or big in movements, it will as well. Relax and do it in a deliberate motion.
If you release the cat from the carry, it will take considerable time to rebuild trust. Consider either going with it to the vet at once, or let it out in a quiet spare room with food, water, and litter box, and giving it a day or three to get accustomed to the room before letting it explore the rest of the place.
Don't get scratched by the cat, they can have some pretty nasty stuff on the paws, and some transmittable pathogens if anything draws blood or gets in your face/eyes.
Good luck!
I've used Spotify with subscription on android for years and never had any issue with it. The Web and desktop apps have also worked well for the last decade or so.
Deezer, Newpipe, YouTube have all had their places, but Spotify does it's thing the best.
What is this thread but people yelling at clouds?
Board games have been nearly ruined by kickstarter.
Instead of buying a well reviewed and recommended game from a store, you have to back a hyped up sales pitch, and then wait 4 months for delivery, if the producers don't just bail with your money or go "oops, we couldn't finish what we promised, and we already spent all your money...".
And if you don't back it to later read the reviews, the game is out of print and still waiting for the first wave of deliveries, meaning a second print is still at least a year off.
Also, the ratings are heavily skewed by people rating on the hype or early/review copies, meaning the rankings are heavily amazonified.
EtA: Also games are heavily bloated with social media candy: heavy and fragile minis, box stands, blingy crap periferals (branded dice holding toucan) and still needing organisers, player aids and mods from third parties who've gotten review copies to make said supplements...
Oh, and the stretch goal extras (get another 150 vanity minis/3D printed scoring tokens) for only $150 and an 18 month wait!
But price increases of cereals ( bread, pasta, grains, etc.) increased by about 7,5 % last year alone, which is more than the inflation, and more than the increase after inflation.
That's where people might complain. They still can't afford food, as food prices increase faster than overall inflation
I appreciate a data supported argument, and love that you actually linked sources.
One thing that I feel is missing in most of the linked analyses is that inflation has also hit unevenly, and the price of basic goods has increased significantly more than overall inflation. Which would explain why households still have less disposable income, also the mean debt burden is much higher leading to loan costs being more common.
Or brought up by a neurodivergent parent, or sibling, or have an ND partner
If only there was some way to leave traces and/or study left traces. Would definitely cut down on all the time travel pollution
For programming, you should probably be able to copy that project design.
If you want to make it difficult for yourself, you pick a user or use case to optimise for.
Maybe you make it a wargaming centered booking and matching site (for ladders and weekly games type tournaments)?
Maybe you make it conference centre based, giving appropriately sized suggestions and showcase the rooms?
Maybe you make it for yourself and add schedule sync, or notifications, or whatever you've always been missing from your calendar app.
For varying levels of retirement and savings, this is what non-agricultural humans have done for most of the history of our species.
So happy for you! The world is better off for your empathy and care <3
Thank you for letting me help, and hope you both have a better life from your encounter!