When my toddler was much younger, they would take a bath in warm water, then get out in my well air conditioned house, shivering violently and happily declining any attempt to warm them up. We would always end up warming them up in the end, of course.

Nowadays they’re a bit older and will seek out the biggest pile of blankets they can find at any opportunity.

What about flying a kite in the dark?

And depending on the size of your lot, maybe you could use a reel mower. They’re nearly silent!

You could also use a scythe, but that sounds like a lot more work.

It sounds like you already have this problem solved, but just in case:

Back when I still used Windows, the workaround was just to make sure you didn’t have a network connection when installing the OS. This could be done by unplugging the NIC during install on a physical system or by deleting the NIC in a VM (or other ways, obviously, but these were the simplest). It still took some convincing, but then you could make your username whatever you wanted.

I don’t know if that still works - it’s been years - but if you still use Windows and still have that problem, this might be worth a try.

edit: program -> problem

Two things coming together finalized my choice to leave Windows:

• the ability to play almost every game on Linux thanks to Valve
• the fact that you couldn’t create a local account during a Windows install (back when I discovered this you still technically could with some workarounds; I don’t know if you still can but you shouldn’t have to put in any effort IMHO)

It’s entirely plausible that this is the case for your wife’s family and others, but it’s hard for me to imagine a household without at least one non mobile computer. However, I can.

Without non mobile internet, though? Again, I can imagine it … But it seems wrong.

It shouldn’t be so hard; I was around before the internet was prevalent. My life now involves constant internet access, though, so I guess it’s weird to me that some people have lives that don’t - and especially that that might be the average.

One must always remember the words of George Carlin, I suppose.

Is that really the average user? Especially not having internet service at home? I can reluctantly but relatively easily believe the “no computer” bit but, average or not, I don’t think I know anyone without some kind of non-mobile Internet.

My 2014 Ford Flex was the same way, except that they didn’t contact me.

The car with which I replaced the Flex doesn’t have onboard navigation, instead relying on Android Auto. I was pleased about this, thinking at least it wouldn’t track where I was going … Until I opened the app and saw it could still report its location independently. At that point it seems like there might as well at least be an option for onboard navigation.

Is that a machine that scrubs robots or a robot that scrubs?

With all respect, the first paragraph seems self contradictory.

Mine, too. We call it the roast chicken position.

Thanks! I didn’t even know.

How I wish.

$_ also works. I love Alt+. but sadly it doesn’t work on any Mac terminal emulator I’ve found and, even more sadly, I am forced to use a Mac at work.

I haven’t tried !$ so I’m not familiar with its function, but one nice thing about Alt+. is that you’re not limited to the last argument of the most recent command; instead, it allows you to scroll backwards like Ctrl+R.

I’ve been using one trackball or another, usually a Kensington Orbit since they became available, for the majority of three decades; the only times I’ve had to buy a new one were when I needed more for extra computers or when new technology became available (such as when optical became a thing). I’ve never had a trackball ball wear out or even show signs of wear.

Actually, that’s not 100% true. I did have one Orbit just stop consistently responding to input. The ball was fine, though; in fact, I’m pretty sure I still have the mouse and could just put the ball in a new unit.

Ah, thank you for the information. Bosch has an ad that frequently shows up on YouTube for me. In it, their dishwashers are advertised as the quietest on the market, which is demonstrated by showing a cat sleeping on one. This seemed reminiscent of that.

Siemens’ rebuttal to the Bosch commercial.

Poorly fitting username there.

Though I haven’t used it myself, I’ve seen OpenStreetMaps recommended several times on Lemmy.

Isn’t WhatsApp owned by Meta? “Objectively” is a bold choice here.

I face a similar conundrum.