No matter what so many people say, it’s not mandatory to have a partner!

Invest your effort in figuring out how to live with yourself. Build a life worth living on your own.
A right person might come, or not. But at least you didn’t waste your life chasing wrong goals.

Polyamory. I knew a lot of people didn’t understand, but the visceral disgust at the idea that a lot of people have is surprising.

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I sometimes send them quotes from their own conversation on chat.

Passive aggressive ftw 😁

Ignoring or dismissing Assuming based on stereotypes someone’s background, culture, identity, and experiences is a terrible way to get to know them.

I absolutely mean it like that.
It doesn’t preclude acknowledging that other people do see color.

Compare statements:

• Person is seen as (color) by racists
• Person is (color)

It’s not unfair if they are bigoted.

Try to ignore everyone’s background before judging them. Wait until they reveal their true opinions then feel free to judge.

I know it seems like all the people from certain cultures have similar opinions, and it’s true on average. But don’t miss good people in there. Let it that be your motivation - finding good people in a sea of assholes.

Or any job. You underestimate how much any job is just being decent enough rather than amazing all of the time.

As in right now? Sitting outside in the city center on a Friday night watching people having fun with friends and trying to feel the same vicariously through them.

Don’t want to appear staring so I’m typing on my phone.

Watching from outside, imho the American gun control issues are hampering cooperation in more important areas.

I know you consider it a very emotional issue but compared to tax reform, lgbtq rights, racism, employee rights, homelessness etc, it’s not worth getting stuck on.

Saying this as someone who lived in countries with both high (although not US level) and low gun ownership.

Yes, if I’m too precise for example checking boxes where only a bit of corner is a bicycle, it thinks I’m a bot

Just reminded me to replace the one I have. Bought it at Decathlon, one of their store brands. It has a cap with an opening mechanism which didn’t last for very long - like 4 months of daily use.

google BPD/bipolar. This is one of possible symptoms

Very often. There are multiple kinds of attraction, esthetic and sexual don’t always overlap 100%. Meaning to say sexual attraction is not just visual - attitude, vibe, voice, smell, etc also play a role.

And none of it means you will get along with them on the personality level.

It’s just life. Part of interacting with other humans.

Despite the (valid) criticisms you will see here, you have to start learning somewhere, so an app will have to do. Or some tutorials, there is a bunch on Youtube. Some 5 years ago Codecademy was the trendy app, Exercism as well. I’m out of the loop these days.

The goal is getting an internship (even unpaid) as quickly as possible. Most real skills are not taught on these courses, or anywhere formally.

Aside of that, once you get through the basic level, start reading threads on Hackernews and lobste.rs. You will understand nothing. And that’s good. Try to make sense of it by googling definitions and concepts, that’s how you can learn CS theory outside of a uni.

Meetings and discussions are work

8 hours of nominal work does equal about 3-4 hours of actual focused work. This is completely normal don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Humans need to eat, go to toilet, socialize with their coworkers, relax the brain, move if constantly in the same position.

Btw, meetings are work. If you spend a lot of time in meetings that does count as actual work.

You can try to make them feel unwelcome, with varying success

#2 - it means he performs instrumental music as well. He can use a sequencer and samples of other people’s voice. Hell, creativity flourishes with some limitations.

They haven’t shown much interest in practice.

Actions, not words.