Shrug, I’m not a metrologist to be able to explain everything that goes into why it’s normal to have -25C days in the winter here. Our cold snaps are down to -35-40C, not -25C.
I didn’t respond to your other point for a reason. I only responded to your ‘I assume this is a thing in the US’ to correct your assumption. Do with that what you will.
That is not a thing in the US - there would be too much cancelled school in many of the northern states.
Exact same situation here, two 3rd gens.
We did the same type of research you did OP, and honestly you have three options:
get a low cost ‘automatic rake’ box, which will break in a month if your pet has a bad day on the potty. Or worse, everything will get stuck to the rake and it’ll be worse to clean than scooping the box.
you go with something proprietary like the crystal litter solutions.
or you get an expensive box like the litter machine.
Its certainly unfortunate that there aren’t better options for cheaper, but I do think that it’s the right choice in most cases. I have 4 cats and 2 litter boxes, and I empty them about once a week with a deep clean every 3 months or so. We do have one non automated box because sometimes they prefer that, but overwhelmingly they prefer the litter machines.
This isn’t necessarily true. If you are using an identity provider, you can still perform a password reset on GitLab and set a password there, bypassing your 2FA on GitHub. You usually shouldnt rely on IdP 2FA unless the destination system enforces IdP signin every time. There is a group setting in GitLab that does that, but it will only apply for that group.