I'm not convinced it happens. I sure as shit feel like an old man some days physically, but my mind ranges from juvenile 12 year old potty humour to 70 year old get off my lawn and everywhere in between. It's less often as I get older, but some days I get humbled when presented with something that I was sure was true that turns out to not be. It's best to take it in stride as a learning opportunity rather than mope about it. It's the xkcd "lucky 10000" situation.

Without a doubt. Like I said, I remember having views as a teen that were bad due to lack of life experience. I can look back into my 20s and think of plenty times where I was notably better than my teenage years but now I can see I still didn't have it. It's just the nature of growing up and getting older. We all evolve and have new life experiences that highlight our previous gaps in knowledge. It was just really noticable when I was listening to the sound bites in those PBS interviews the other week and it hit me like a truck. A sad, sad truck.

I'm not saying today's youth is dumber than past youth, I'm saying all youth are dumb due to ignorance, but especially when it comes to social media since that's relatively recent in the grand scheme of the world.

I'm not saying they are dumber than we were, I'm saying all kids are dumb due to ignorance. I do think that a lot of the current generation coming out is better adjusted than my generation, but they are still ignorant to the real world. The more I experience the real world the more ignorant I see that they are.

I really enjoy the jetbrains IDEs. They offer a free license, so you can try it without penalty. I prefer them over vscode personally.

It's opt out for the free license, but it is possible to block AI in JB IDEs.

Unfortunately it's a necessary evil if you want voice and video chat. I think people and companies that use it professionally for customer support and similar are making a terrible choice. If there were a competing product that was as simple to setup and had even the most basic voice and chat features without the extra discord bloat, I'd jump ship, but that's not really an option right now.

Doctor Samuel Johnson is right about Orson Johnson being right.

I'm not so sure that's true. There is a shit load of land used to grow corn to make ethanol that's farmed by independent farmers. In the US most farmland is used for soy beans and corn for livestock feed or fuel. It wouldn't be a simple or cheap undertaking, but that last could be utilized more efficiently to directly or indirectly fees people.

I would also bet there are enough people that would love to be farmers that can't because land isn't available or cheap that would step up if large farm operations were broken up. That's pure speculation, but even if one mega farm were split 4 ways, that would still be an improvement to the current situation.

I was watching a piece on this the other day on PBS and they had some sound bites from youths they interviewed. It really hit me just how much dumber kids get as I get older. They aren't actually dumber, but my understanding about how ignorant they are just keeps getting clearer. I remember think similarly in my youth, so it's not unique to this generation, so no shade, but kids are dumb.

Python 100%. It's the most human readable and easiest to pick up, especially for a non tech person. It's easy to setup contrary to what I've read in the comments. Go to python.org install the latest version and that's it. The downloader includes Idle so no other ide is required, but I'd consider vscode as well. Either watch an install video or better yet do it yourself before going to class.

I think you need to highlight the differences between OSs when it comes to setup if you plan on having a mixed environment of systems. It will also affect the code you write, so to be thorough, you'll need to cover those differences as well.

Don't go low level like C. These people will die the first time they have to compile in terminal.

Welcome to America is a black African coming to America. I'm sure there's multiple Jackie Chan movies that fit the bill. Once upon a time in Mexico was mostly Hispanic people in Mexico.

I guess I'm not sure what you exact question is. Does it have to be a fantasy where a minority dies and ends up in a fake, white dominate location, like opposite of Wakanda?

I'm not well versed in foreign films, but I bet there are a bunch of Bollywood films as well that cover these bases.