Probably for the better. It’s a genuine sentiment in the united states. Homelessness isn’t caused by circumstance. It’s caused by sin. You deserve to be punished or will be cleased of your sin.

The other predominent philosophy is more capitalistic. Ignore the person entiry. I got mine, you get yours.

The homeless have created their own problem through their flaw in moral character. They will be saved if they return to the fold and accept our god into their lives. Otherwise the punishment from the police will force them off the path to eternal damnation. We do it for their own good.

I told my students to go flux themselves today

They dull knives

Sexism

There’s a saying some of our american comrads have: come and take it

Interesting idea to take “non-programmers (such as artists)” out of their normal professional workflows (e.g. adobe creative) and putting them in yours for the sake of productivity. What hardware are we talking about? Are you running a vm? That won’t work on apple silicon. (Which creative types overwhelmingly use)

Bonus question: You “want to develop a game” and are “considering collaborating with others”? What’s the scale and where are we at with making the game? Because worrying about your team’s workflow sounds a lot like having that $10 million idea and buying a domain name before writing a line of code.

That said, I’ve done this kind of thing before. Pick something. Anything. And write scripts to automate most of it. You will never get a 100% turn key solution, and everything has a tradeoff. Solve enough of the problem and go work on your game.

When did Nirvana become classic rock?

Just wait until your first student dies

bleak

If something is broadly applicable doesn’t that mean it can apply to several specific situations?

I never said anything about romance. Read it again.

Hyprland is transphobic

There is only one solution to this problem, and you are going to hate it: small talk.

When you approach a group of people, start by asking, “May I join you?” Then, tell someone you like something about their hat or you know something about the logo on their shirt. Do you know who’s playing on the screen? How are they doing this season? I’m not a sports fan either. What are you drinking? Is that brewery around here? I heard they use twice the hops. A buncha bullshit like that. Doesn’t matter. Be friendly and talk about bullshit. Call it being a tactical introvert if that makes you feel better.

If you don’t know one of them, ask their name. Repeat it back to them. “Good to meet you, X”. You might forget. That’s fine or even good. Ask them again. They probably forgot yours too. I use this as an opportunity to make a joke “You forgot my name!” “You forgot mine too!” “At least I cared enough to ask!”. People care that you try. Especially if they have a difficult to pronounce name or aren’t from your country. Don’t give up like everyone else.

Join whatever actual conversation they are having or ask what they are talking about. Listen. Drop a one liner. Make small contributions. When presented the opportunity, ask the person you are interested in a question related to, tangent to, or even better about their contribution to the conversation. It is at this point where conversations split naturally anyway. Switch seats or go somewhere else to keep talking 1 on 1.