I had a uni lecturer pronounce MySQL as "my squirrel"
I like a lot of what I consider 'classic' metal, which I hope is not offensive. Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Dio, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin. I like a lot of nu metal too, I hope that doesn't get me banned.
I'd like to try more, I think it's just the extreme varieties I can't really get into.
I loved them, I miss them dearly, but no, I don't think they'll come back.
A lot has changed and the internet is not the same, for better and for worse. For one, it's just a lot bigger. You'd think that'd make it easier, but it seems to make it harder. There's too much noise for the communities to stand out, so what usually happens is one or two get huge and the others dwindle and die. Even just look at Lemmy, through no fault of your own, Beehaw is becoming one of the largest instances and it requires active work to spread the weight across the rest of the federation. People gravitate I guess.
Plus, because it's so much bigger, there's less of an identity in the spaces that do survive. Post in any reddit thread, then go to another. Chances are nobody'll be the same (except for a few superusers) so there's no real sense of belonging or community that the old forums had. Back then you trolled your friends, not strangers.
Kids have always had wild career dreams, it's not new it's just a different medium. It's fine. I'm not sure it's a conscious decision to escape the grind though. I grew up with kids who wanted to be movie stars or athletes. Why? Because they idolised movie stars and athletes and want to be like them. It's what they're exposed to the most. Now kids are exposed to influencers the most, so they wanna be one too.
I wanted to be a train driver 🚂
Does Blazor count? I've done a little with that. Mostly though, no. My job doesn't require much frontend work and even if it did it would be jQuery at best.
I don't think you'd really need to either unless you genuinely enjoy being at the bleeding edge. React, Angular and Vue aren't going anywhere any time soon. That could be laziness talking...
I remember playing Dear Esther many years ago and I did enjoy it. Gone Home would likely be up your alley if you haven't already played it.
In addition to sorting by new I recommend switching to 'all' if you currently use 'local' or 'subscribed' for the same reason - you'll get access to more content and the place will feel a lot busier.
Untraceable answer, probably World of Warcraft. Between playing TBC and WotLK on release, to revisiting during Legion, and then playing Classic and WotLK Classic I have probably sunk more hours than I would really like to know.
According to Steam my most played game is The Elder Scrolls Online which really surprised me, that's not what I would have guessed. Terraria is second, and that I could have guessed.
There's an open source remake of Revolt, which was a 90s racing game using toy cars and power ups. https://rvgl.org/
New to gardening, spotted the first strawberry today. I've killed so many houseplants over the years, It's a great feeling to actually have something grow.
Fable: The Lost Chapters is my all-time favourite game. I played this a lot when I was 13/14, and I loved every second. Had a great story, and a great sense of humour. I played the second but didn't enjoy it as much, and never tried the third.
I'm looking forward to the remake, although it sounds like it'll be quite different.
As I’m getting older, I’m finding it harder and harder to keep up with my gaming habits
I absolutely feel this. I don't have nearly as much time as I used to to actually sit down at my PC and sink hours into something. Unfortunately I don't enjoy many mobile games though, except maybe for OldSchool Runescape.
At least we still have fond memories!
Accounts are made immediately on application so it's probably you, it might not have been approved yet though