It's really not that bad, I just tell them there is no way they are making a sale, that they made a mistake to ever let me come, and they let me go early.
When I was much younger, my ex and I used to do this somewhat frequently. It always worked.
Timeshare salespeople don’t want to waste their time trying to sell to someone who knows what’s up, came solely for the promotional gift, and is categorically not going to buy. Sometimes we had to refuse to play their numbers games, when they asked for our income so they could “show” us just how good a deal their crap was, but we never had to sit through a full presentation.
We went on a fun, totally free cruise courtesy of one of those companies. Good times.
This was right when “zero tolerance” school discipline was in favor of administrators. Doing something like that could get you put in A) in school suspension, B) suspension or C) expelled where I lived.
I can only speak to the US, but this didn't stop school administrators - their interpretation was more important than credibility when it came down to decisions made immediately post-Columbine. Parents demanded action from the administrators, even if none was needed, and so administrators needed to demonstrate that they were doing something. Bans on long coats, primarily black outfits, discussing video games, etc. weren't uncommon.
Activities done outside of school that were discussed in school absolutely made it onto this list and would result in suspensions.
It’s been nothing short of “Jarvis”. You do have to ask things correctly to get correct answers, but it accelerates pretty much everything I do on a computer by a factor of 100.
I also use Linux for personal computers and have a company-issued MacBook. I definitely prefer Linux over MacOS but you couldn’t pay me to use Windows.
No joke, this was my main hope for fuschia. I don’t think Linux or the BSDs can compete without a total re-think of their multimedia and GUI stacks (and the needed re-think does not look like Wayland).
I’m no longer too hopeful that Fuscia will be it, with its snail’s-pace development and seemingly having been back-burnered on top of that, but it’s what I’d hoped to get out of it.
Wayland is close to macOS windowing, just like systemd is close to launchd. That’s how open source can approach the competence of macOS, or Windows for that matter.
Do you have large hands? I was wondering if Colemak-DH has less utility for people who don’t feel the stretch is significant when using Colemak. I’ve been using Colemak for 11 years and it’s saved my wrists from RSI
It's my understanding that in general Colemak-DH is an improvement (that I agree with), but it's not that significant that you should feel the need to switch, especially if you're happy with what you have.
I'm also under the illusion that Colemak-DH is more preferable if you have smaller hands, because lateral movement is more demanding the smaller hands you have.
