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canadapups
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Comment #47793764
They're definitely not trying - in any form. I run a marketplace for dogs (i.e. craigslist for puppies & dogs) and scammers are always trying to post fakes ads. They always use Gma…
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Comment #36058932
My wife has a masters degree in marketing. She ditched the desk job to become a dog breeder. She's never going to have desk job ever again. After a few years she asked me to build …
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Comment #34154068
I did the same thing but dumped it into a table. Small enough dataset that can load the entire thing and just use jquery to filter via drop down selector. To make it useful I tried…
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Comment #28685752
I run an online marketplace. It's a constant battle against scammers putting up fake items to sell. While I do run "content moderation" to identify the scams, the fakes are identic…
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Comment #26717583
My website was built in the 1.x version days and I don't think there have been any material breaking changes. My website is moderate in complexity... authentication, database, form…
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Comment #26713270
I just migrated to PythonAnywhere.com and it was a breeze. They also have browser access to command line, REPL, Jupyter notebooks too.
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Comment #26712982
Tango with Django was by far the best resource I've used. Two Scoops is more for people who have a django project already and want to learn best practices of django.
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Comment #20358765
> she’s noticed some really nasty and hard to detect parasites which she suspects originates from these types of diets I've also seen a friends dog get very sick from raw food, but…
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Comment #20358722
> Their typical died consists of a mixture of green or yellow split peas, pressure cooked for 43 minutes, then blended to a medium-thickness liquid, and cooked brown rice That's st…
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Comment #20214042
> Not all rescues are good. Yes. Any one can call themselves a rescue. And rescues can have a wide variety of beliefs and procedures.
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Comment #20213988
It is not a meme. Rescue dogs often have issues. While not all, probably >50% in my personal ~10 dog sample size. At 50% it is worth a warning to new dog owners and shouldn't be ou…
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Comment #20118355
I used to live in an area with lots of apartment buildings and had to babysit a friends dog for a couple of weeks. I met a couple of people when I took the dog out at 6:30am becaus…
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Comment #20053864
You can get a sense of advertising fees by looking at comparable newspaper ads and industry trade magazines. Even take a look at billboard or radio ads. Custom ads will be an order…
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Comment #20051766
We started doing that too, in addition to Google ads. We deal directly with the advertiser, self host a specific ad for them. It's MUCH more profitable than Google ads. Will phase …
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Comment #20043981
Yeah, the magic is a big problem for me. When I was a absolute beginner, even knowing which magic (ruby gems) to pick was a problem. In contrast, Django has all of the functionalit…
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Comment #19666585
What's wrong with Samoyeds? I understand corgis (dwarfism) and bulldogs (breathing problems) and american german shepherds (hip problems). A quick internet search didn't bring anyt…
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Comment #19666446
Not only is $3,000 not unheard of, it's common. $10K for a french bulldog or small pomeranian or chihuahua is not unheard of.
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Comment #18641958
Wow, that is the interesting article, not the wikipedia one. Some excerpts: "The groundbreaking approach is based on analyzing the bioelectric activity of the animals' brain and ce…
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Comment #18332395
While we hate Google for the privacy invasion in advertising, reCAPTCHA is one the areas that is a definite positive. Google has the data and the unique position to make the web sa…
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Comment #18289784
No, my point is Google allows and/or enables fraud and they could be doing more to fight it. Source: the article we are discussing, "How a Massive Ad Fraud Scheme Exploited Android…
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Comment #18288814
I do clip it. I have to do many other things too (spending time and money) to counteract scammers usage of google's services. Given google's ability to track people, they'd could d…
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Comment #18287870
When it comes to email spam or fake email accounts, Google not only allows it, they enable it. One scammer can setup thousands of gmail accounts and google doesn't blink an eye. Gm…