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August 4

Sony ICF-P26

How can I clean the Sony ICFP26 Pocket radio antenna, it is full of fingerprints, can I use a damp cloth with water, cause I've been doing that --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 00:24, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The antenna and shiny plastic part (see image) can be wiped with a damp cloth, if necessary using a drop of Dishwashing liquid to shift grease but take care not to let water into the speaker grille or control knob openings. 84.209.119.241 (talk) 01:09, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, got it! But why does the shiny plastic part, scratch so easily? --Thegooduser Life Begins With a Smile :) 🍁 01:14, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

pistachio bugs

I left a few pistachios out in a spot in my place that I don't look at too often. No shells. I forgot they were there. They were there for several months.

Today I came across them and there was a sawdust-like dust and the pistachios were split and there were lots of very tiny bugs crawling around, too small to identify. I sprayed them.

What on earth is THAT all about? 2600:1700:A3A0:1630:4D15:9784:FDA5:A050 (talk) 07:09, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps larvae of the navel orangeworm (Amyelois transitella). The larvae are white to pink with a dark reddish-brown head. They are tiny when they first hatch, but grow considerably as they develop.^[1] --Lambiam 08:31, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

thank you ... these bugs were tiny black bugs2600:1700:A3A0:1630:58E:271B:5A04:7BE8 (talk) 08:45, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

What is that all about? Clean your house! Are you the same guy that asked several months ago about a frying pan left out for months with grease in it, and then was not able to clean the grease off? Clean your house. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.53.187.190 (talk) 08:48, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No, I'm not that guy. My house is clean. As I said, it was just a few pistachios I forgot about in a spot I don't often have reason to look at. Thanks for your spectacular "research" answer.

I would think the sawdust-like dust would be of interest to someone who actually wants to answer the question.

By the way, GFY. 2600:1700:A3A0:1630:7DC9:AF89:28EA:259C (talk) 07:17, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Could they have been ants? Ants do eat nuts, including pistachios. As these are way too large for them to haul to the nest, they first gnaw them into small chunks. Both Monomorium pharaonis and Solenopsis molesta are very tiny, but not black. Tetramorium caespitum is blackish but larger, easily seen to be an ant. Monomorium minimum is also a bit larger but (as the name says) still small, and black. --Lambiam 08:39, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Removing 'close connection' message

Good afternoon.

Some time ago I noticed the Wikipedia page for the company I work was a little outdated so I created a Wikipedia account and updated the information to make it more current. I wasn't doing this for any promotional gain or anything like that. Since doing this I've noticed that there is content at the top which states:

A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject.

If memory serves, the information on the page was returned to the original format, I think by Wikipedia, possibly myself, I really don't recall.

I am very sorry I did something wrong here. Had I have known this was not allowed to be updated and would cause problems I would not have done so, I was only trying to get the page more current, but realise my error now.

As the information on the page has been exactly as it previously was for several months now, would it please be possible to remove the message at the top of the page? I promise I will never do anything like this again.

Then page I am referring to is this one: Event_Marketing_Solutions

Again, I am very sorry for any problems or inconvenience caused. If there is anything else I can do please let me know.

Thank you <real name and phone number redacted> — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paultraill (talk • contribs) 13:04, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The "close connection" box has been there since 11 November 2010. It was not triggered by your edit, but referred to the creator of the article. Your edit was undone because an editor deemed it to be spam. It increased the size of this article on a not very notable company by 45%, mainly with non-encyclopedic information. --Lambiam 19:07, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Paultraill: Two things 1) I removed you real name and phone number. No one will call you regarding this issue, and it is unwise to put your real name and phone number in a public place on the web. 2) There is no such thing as "Wikipedia itself" in the context of editing articles. You are "Wikipedia itself". I am "Wikipedia itself". Wikipedia is nothing more than a collection of individual people who show up to this website whenever they feel like it and fix encyclopedia articles the best they can. If you want to know which other person removed the text you added, check the history tab at the top of the article. If you want to question why they did it, you can ask them on their user talk page. --Jayron 32 19:14, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks very much for updating me. I appreciate it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Paultraill (talk • contribs) 07:14, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Nancy Pelosi

What did Nancy Pelosi do? Recently there have been multiple online posting stating that she has acted out of character. What is it that she has done to cause such consternation please. Please assume good faith and don't delete my question again. I am not American and don't take side, but do take an interest. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.53.187.190 (talk) 13:29, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Most famously, she very publicly ripped-up her copy of the 2020 State of the Union Address, but that was back in February (seems like a long time ago now). Alansplodge (talk) 15:24, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) She's a woman in a position of leadership who doesn't show deference to men merely because they are men. That angers many on the right. For over a decade, there's a steady stream of disgust and contempt in the public discourse about her that has no antecedent cause beyond that. The specific event from yesterday seems to be that she criticized the work of Trump's White House Coronavirus Task Force in their handling of the pandemic. Finding the handling of the coronavirus by Trump's team problematic is not exactly a controversial position to take, given that the data shows that the U.S. is literally the worst country on earth in terms of containing the pandemic. Trump, as he is wont to do, tweeted a personal attack against Pelosi for her critical remarks. This is standard stuff from Trump's twitter account, and not particularly noteworthy over what he has said in the past about Pelosi. --Jayron 32 15:32, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Jayron, really appreciated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.53.187.190 (talk) 15:38, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I did not see any online posts, but apparently a video is doing the rounds that has been doctored with to make it appear Pelosi is drunk. --Lambiam 18:45, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The video made the rounds some time ago. The factcheck article is new, but the initial video is not. Again, like I said, the barrage of unfounded personal attacks on Pelosi has been constant and unending, and often without direct criticism of her policies, actions, or the job she is doing as a political leader. It's just base rude insults without substantive criticism, and has dogged her since her first term as Speaker. Her critics mostly speak of her with a tone of derision and contempt, but without direct criticism of anything she does. This sort of thing is standard. --Jayron 32 19:21, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Which is not to say it's acceptable. Just making that clear. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 20:36, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is a new altered video being discussed now. This is at least the second and maybe the third video that has been altered to make it sound like Pelosi is drunk or impaired, per the Washington Post. Cullen³²⁸ Let's discuss it 20:41, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

See also deepfake (though Nancy Pelosi is only mentioned in one of the references there). ---Sluzzelin talk 22:44, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That doctored video if it's the one I'm thinking of wasn't a deepfake--it was an originally legitimate video that was altered by slowing it down to make her sound bad. Pelosi takes lots of legitimate criticism from both Democrats and Republicans, but making a bogus video is not the way to do it. 2602:24A:DE47:BB20:50DE:F402:42A6:A17D (talk) 23:44, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Can I feed my dog meat that'd been out over night?

I'd left some cooked steak out overnight. It looks and smells the same, but I probably can't eat it anymore. Can I feed it to my dog? She's a chi pom if that matters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:100E:B126:C313:4190:1E30:CD3C:9B7F (talk) 18:17, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Was the steak cooked rare, medium, or well-done? Had it been in contact with possibly unclean surfaces? For how long was it out? And what was the overnight ambient temperature? --Lambiam 18:31, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It was cooked medium. I don't think it had been in contact with any unclean surfaces, it went from pan to Tupperware that was sealed. The overnight temperature was about 70 degrees. 2600:100E:B126:C313:4190:1E30:CD3C:9B7F (talk) 18:38, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

See Danger zone (food safety). Potentially Hazardous Food, such as raw and cooked meat, left at a temperature of between about 5C to 60C (40F to 140F) for longer than about 2 hours should not be considered safe to consume. Dogs are not humans, I know, but if you want to be on the safer side, food left out for that long should not be eaten and should be disposed of. --Jayron 32 19:18, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

(edit conflict) Definitely unsafe for you to eat. Street dogs rummaging through garbage for food eat unsafe meat all the time, so I guess dogs are less sensitive in this respect than most humans. Staph food poisoning is one risk; E. coli toxins, a common cause of traveler's diarrhea, are yet another risk. If you reheat the meat well this will kill Staphylococcus aureus and E. coli bacteria themselves, but not deactivate any Staph toxins they already produced; I do not know if it deactivates any enterotoxins produced. Botulism is much more insidious, but fortunately the botulinum toxin is destroyed by heating. Staph and E. coli food poisoning are rarely fatal, but be aware there is a risk. To be on the relatively safer side, do not feed your dog the whole steak at once; in view of her small size, start with a tiny slice at a time when you can observe her for the next couple of hours. If she is still doing fine after a couple of hours (did not throw up or displayed other signs of discomfort) you can give some more. A far simpler and less risky procedure, though, is to just dispose of the steak. --Lambiam 19:46, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you all for the advice. I'm not a fan of wasting food, so I gave her a chunk and it all seems to be fine so far. With some of the warnings however, I just threw away the rest. 2600:100E:B126:C313:4190:1E30:CD3C:9B7F (talk) 20:31, 4 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I've never owned a dog (though I like them), but wouldn't they be able to tell if meat was good or not by their superior sense of smell? Clarityfiend (talk) 08:52, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Relatively small numbers of bacteria can produce illness. We humans would also balk at eating something that smelled bad, but the infectious dose can be much smaller than the amount that gives off a smell. We are talking about animals that are famous for eating cat shit, old socks, and pieces of furniture. My friend's dog ate part of their wall, drywall and all. They have excellent sniffers, but they're not what I would call discriminating gourmands. Matt Deres (talk) 15:48, 5 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It's always considered inadvisable but I eat stuff like that all the time, if it smells and tastes ok, especially if it was kept in a closed container (take-out meal thing) rather than literally left out in the open air. I re-heat it first to kill bacteria. Haven't had any issues yet, as far I know. 2602:24A:DE47:BB20:50DE:F402:42A6:A17D (talk) 01:19, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]