All the cool kids right now are mostly on JavaScript/type script. It’s probably a good place to get started since you’ll need it on the front end.

I’m guessing most work on the U.S. side is react. You can probably pick up a bit of node/react native as you go for the backend and for native dev.

Java is the new COBOL. Big corps luuuuuuuuurve it. It’s not what I would expect a single dev to use. C# is similar but smaller, if you forget unity game dev. And you should forget unity game dev.

Rust is basically a less bad C. If you do things you used to do in C, learn rust. If not, don’t.

Python is also still a thing. If you like it you can probably use it for most things, but if not there are other options.

Brown people doing things in public? Send out the cops!!!!

Most operating systems these days are just micro-kernels to run the actual operating system, your browser. Most users will be perfectly happy using whatever in most cases as long as you can get one of the major browsers on it.

If they have special requirements, then you need to figure them out first.

I think you rode that little hobby horse way further than it’s able to take you.

In the mean time, I’m off to the beach. It’s 15km away. Shall I take my bike and ride it on our nice safe bike paths? Or will you arrange the sea to get brought closer to me?

Yes it will. How can it ever become anything else than car centric if you can’t get around without a car? People need to go places, and bike lanes get them there without cars.

I’m really trying to understand what’s tripping you up here.

It’s ok, I just block you.

I reject your premise wholeheartedly. Bike lanes are for bikes. Bikes are for any destination. Why walk for 10 minutes when I can cycle for 3?

Edgelord was the wrong word choice, sorry. I mean argumentative jerks that pick fights over absolutely anything.

Don’t sleep on the actual edgelords either. I got a guy in my replies right now screeching how women in politics are the real fascism because of identity politics.

But the jerks are the real issue.

Only up to a certain extent. The point of federation is that the shit gets spread around the instances.

Also, we have evolved “free speech” kind of ethos that only allows the most egregious of norm violations to be moderated.

This is place is forever lost to the edgelords.

If they want to learn how to run their own stuff, go ahead and teach them.

Do you think sister here wants to learn how to run nextcloud?

I definitely think they should help their families out. Helping them select an alternative service is helping out.

Being on the hook for endless tech support while getting blamed for everything is not helping out. It’s also not healthy for your relationship with your sibling, and it’s not a good use of family holiday time.

A partner is different. You already share a lot of infra, and since you presumably spend a lot more time together it’s not likely to impact your relationship as much unless you go full Pat & Mat do IT.

We’re a bunch of assholes in a more or less unmoderated space. Of course discussion sucks.