Couple reasons:

• I don’t like many of the recent developments in the tech industry and how they affect my job. For example the increasing use of generative AI, both for coding and having to implement AI features everywhere.
• Sorta related to the first point, but I don’t know if I’m able and willing to keep up with the pace of new technologies, frameworks etc for the rest of my working life. It feels like the software development world is getting more fragmented every year. With every other project, I’m being asked to use some framework or language I’ve never used before. Due to that, I’m never really getting proficient at anything. Of course there are companies where I’d only work with a single set of tools for a long time, but that would then have the disadvantage of having hyper-specific knowledge which would make it harder to find a new job that would fit my skills.
• I’m currently working from home, which I do like, but if I ever lose my job, it’ll be difficult to find another job that doesn’t require me regularly working in an office. I don’t want another office job. At this point I’d actually much prefer a job where I’d be out and about, preferrably in nature.
• The job market in IT has become quite tough here, very different from when I started. I think I might have difficulty competing with some of the more experienced and motivated devs.

My current workplace is pretty good and I don’t think I’ll quit any time soon. But they’re struggling in the current economy, so I might lose my job at some point anyway. If that happens, I’ll definitely consider my options about what to do next.

Train driver as a young child, then later game developer. I’m a software developer now, not making games, but pretty close as I mainly work with game engines. Due to various reasons I’m now considering quitting IT altogether at some point though.

It is! Quite a bit better than 3 I’d say.

Depends on how you define the original I guess, but that person seems to post their videos to Peertube and Youtube simultaneously. It’s not a reupload, but posted by the creator himself.

It’s Peertube, no Google ads there.

Basically all porn I consume is fictional, so I don’t have that issue.

Interesting, never heard of “Zoom Platform” before. Seems to be a GOG competitor.

Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 needs a CD unless you use RCT2 tools, which is a fan made software that works amazing for rollercoaster tycoon and all the expansions. Thanks to the RCT2 creators!

OpenRCT2 is an even better option here. Native Linux, adds various improvements to the game and even has multiplayer!

They’re design-focused first and foremost. You get a Nothing phone if you want fancy LED-lighting on the backside.

They used to be about having a “minimalist”, bloatware-free Android OS as well, but since last year some of their phones come preloaded with Facebook, Tiktok etc and they even put ads on the lock screen for a while (until backlash made them revert that).

Nope, it’s on lemmings.world.

Not really, just shows the logos of 4 brands that some people may think are European (Côte D’Or, Milka, Toblerone and Häagen Dazs).

Interesting that your country blocks some Lemmy instances.

It provides a sort of amalgamation of the products of Human experiences, but that means it loses the uniqueness of a single Human being.

This is no longer in the app, to be clear. It was removed in may 2025.

Human art is a product of lived experiences and emotions. A generative AI doesn’t have a life it can experience, nor does it have emotions.

You’re correct. I have one and use it as a weather display but it’s not comparable to a tablet.

I’d say I’m at a very fluent level when it comes to understanding and writing. Most of my media consumption is in English and I can understand it just as well as German. I even think in English sometimes.

Speaking is a slightly different story though. I can still communicate just fine, but my English becomes much less eloquent compared to my writing. I just don’t get to practice it very often and even when I do, it’s usually talking to other non-native speakers, so we’ll both be talking at a relatively basic level.

Compound words are cheating, but you got me with Präambel!

So I trust you only drink true native unsweetened Xocoatl?

Coincidentally yes, Hagen is a place name and das means “the”. In that combination it’s absolute gibberish though and Häagen Dazs’ founder probably had no idea about those meanings. He was trying to make it sound Danish. In his own words:

“The only country which saved the Jews during World War II was Denmark, so I put together a totally fictitious Danish name and had it registered,” Mattus told me. “Häagen-Dazs doesn’t mean anything. [But] it would attract attention, especially with the umlaut.” Source

Very little resemblance to German either. Words with “äa” aren’t a thing, neither are words that end in “zs”.