they really are not.

jira made me quit software dev (not by its own, but a significant factor)

snaaaaaake!

systemd-shutdown[1]: Waiting for process: ...

start with python to do what? learning a language is not the same a s learning programming. Heck most languages can be learned in an hour or two. Programming is another beast altogether.

A person can learn to use a hammer in minutes, but it doesn't make them a carpenter.

Find a project you want to build, and start building it. solve problems, and learn along the way. Learning "python" on its own will not help you learn programming in any way. Programming stuff will.

agi is not around the corner. not by a long shot. We have simbly automated bullshit generators

isn't that exactly what trains were designed for and are best at?

just putting it behind a login screen was catastrophic by itself... just saying

the pandemic was three years ago. If these people are getting into college now, they had to have learned that stuff prior to the pandemic

it's the very first thing you see when you visit any project's github page.

The reason I buy games is because pirating them is more trouble than just paying for them.

Now with video streaming, the value add was that I didn't even need to have to go search for something, it was just all there for a small fee.

Now for that fee, I still have to search for stuff (klwhich streaming service is it on in the first place), juggle subscriptions, and also, in some cases, have to watch ads. Why would I do that when the old ways of the sea are more convenient again?