I'm not sure when I deleted my facebook account, but I moved into my current house 12 years ago and it was before that. Never had accounts on the other Meta services.
Neither mentioned a network connection was required. The AC unit didn't mention it at all, and consumer reports mentioned the dryer had "smart features" and an app but never said basic controls were locked behind a network connection
I can't set my dryer to medium heat unless I do so with an app over the internet even though the controls exist to do it on the unit. I bought a window AC unit and the only remote control is an app - thankfully I was able to put that on a subnet with no internet gateway and it still works.
Coming soon (if not already): TVs with utility cellular connections or corpo network (like Amazon sidewalk) access that your neighbor may have not opted out of.
The Prusa One and Bamboo X1 are very equivalent printers: both are high print quality, low intervention crazy fast, and more beginner friendly than anything that has come before. The Bamboo will (currently) do better with multicolor (with an addon unit) and Prusa is more trusted (there's a threat that Bamboo will go closed-ecosystem).
I'd recommend watching some of the reviews from bigger names in the 3D printing world. I don't remember who specifically has done reviews and comparisons of the two, but safe bets are Thomas Sanladerer / Made With Layers, CNC Kitchen, and 3D Printing Nerd.
Giving an ultimatum to choose between the US and China at a time when the dollar's value is dropping and BRICS nations are pushing to unseat it as the world reserve currency. That seems like smart, long term thinking right there.
Most of my stupid spelling mistakes, missing words, and other typing errors are because I developed the terrible habit of proofreading only in the instant between hitting the post button and the subsequent UI refresh. The better my lemmy host is running, the lower the readability of what I've posted.
I've also noticed that muscle memory does some strange stuff to my typing. Like in the first sentence of this comment I typed "instance" rather than "instant." I meant instant but, since I work with AWS 5 days a week, my fingers autopiloted instance because I type it much more often.
I don't remember a talk about the mechanics of sex, pregnancy, STDs, etc. Clearly my parents were talking to me about that stuff without scarring me because I also knew it all long before sex ed (or really even before I gave any real thought to sex).
What I remember is the awkward talk with my mom after I got my first serious girlfriend about how "horny doesn't last nearly as long as fatherhood," the costs of hasty decisions, and "emotional responsibilities." To be fair, there were a lot of strollers at my HS graduation and I was glad to not be pushing any of them.
I'm starting a 2nd order monkey typing business attempting to use a bigger infinity of monkeys to eventually recreate the works of the first set of infinite monkeys.
I'm not sure when I deleted my facebook account, but I moved into my current house 12 years ago and it was before that. Never had accounts on the other Meta services.