u/Conscious-Mulberry17

I liked computers but didn’t have one at home for most of the time I was growing up. I took typing in high school because I needed an elective. I turned out to be good at it. I didn’t consider the possibility that keyboards would be everywhere one day.

I’m on a stone-age film kick. While I don’t expect perfect fidelity to science and history, I would prefer films with minimal magic, monsters, aliens, lost technology, time travelers, relict cavemen, or dinosaurs. Here’s what I’ve got so far. Are there any I’ve overlooked?

1. “Out of Darkness” (2022)
2. “Alpha” (2018)
3. “Clan of the Cave Bear” (1986)
4. “Quest for Fire” (1981)

Hey friends, I’m going to have to head out of town for four days later this summer. I have two wonderful dogs that are still spry and happy, but they’re getting up in years and one of them is on meds. Does anyone know of a kennel in the area that specializes in this kind of thing, or at least provides a closer, hands-on degree of care? The thing I have to go do is going to be plenty stressful enough, and not having to worry about my dogs and their care would be a huge weight off of my shoulders. I’d love any recommendations you’ve got, and I fully understand I’ll need to pay more for closer care.

TL/DR: I’m going out of town for a stressful event. I’m looking for a trustworthy kennel that will carefully watch over and love my senior dogs. I’m willing to pay more for better care.

Added: Y’all are so helpful. I really appreciate this.

Tora Tora had a few good tracks, and I think “Dancing with a Gypsy” is probably the best of the bunch. It’s an exclusive to the “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure” soundtrack, as far as I know. (Thankfully, I’ve got a copy burned to disc somewhere.) Are there other tracks you enjoyed that were soundtrack exclusives?

For the purposes of the question let’s say you can choose a size from a small dog to a small house, and that it is will be happy living away from a colony.

Want to build a cyberdeck? Not especially tech-savvy but hoping to learn? Awesome! I know exactly what that’s like. Here are 13 questions I wish I would have asked myself before I started on my own project.

1. What do you want a machine to do?
2. Have you done sufficient research to determine if all of these tasks are possible, as well as the time, physical resources, and costs involved in your project?
3. Are you sure you want to invest the time and money? Would you be happier or better off buying a device and customizing it to the degree possible?
4. Is your current skill level up to this task? Do you have any basic electronics knowledge? Are you comfortable with soldering if needed? Can you program or at least work with scripts?
5. If your skill level isn’t sufficient now, are you okay with sidelining the project to learn what you need to know first? How will that affect your time and budget?
6. What are the components you’ll need for this project? Single board computer? Memory card? Display, keyboard? Mouse or touchpad? Power source? Do you own all of them? Where will you get the ones you need? Is there a reliable retailer?
7. Do you plan on scavenging or building the parts you can’t, or won’t, buy? How confident are you in your ability to identify, evaluate, modify, and install the parts? Do you know if there is any chance you’ll damage valuable equipment (or even hurt yourself) if something goes wrong?
8. What is your budget for additional parts and unexpected expenses? (You will have them.) What are your time constraints? (This will take longer than you expect.) How patient are you? (Things will go wrong.)
9. Presuming you’re able to acquire all of your parts, how much space will they need once they are all connected? How large will a prospective shell (container/case) need to be to hold it all, including space for wires, internal enclosures, securing brackets, and other materials?
10. Do you plan on converting some sort of container into a shell? Will it be ergonomically suited for your purposes? Will it be big enough? Is it bigger than you planned? How much work will it take to make any necessary modifications? Do you have the tools to safely remove any internal components, cut access ports, make holes for cables? Do you know how to do these things?
11. Will you use a 3D printer, instead? If so, will you design the shell yourself? Do you already know how to do this or can you use someone else’s plans? Do you have the money for the plan, filament, and any manufacturing fees if the printer isn’t yours? Do you plan on buying your own?
12. Will you make everything by hand? Will you use wood? Plastic sheeting? Metal? How much will all of this cost? Are you sure you can assemble something secure and safe?
13. If you end up finding the finished product hard to use or uninteresting, what will you do with it? Will you feel that you wasted your time and money? Are you sure you want to risk that? If so, move forward.