This is incredibly common in SF. Many people live in co-ops and it’s created an entire subculture where they coordinate large parties and events both within the co-op and with other co-ops. It’s gone beyond necessity and become preferred by some because they enjoy living with lots of others. Not my thing, but many friends live in co-ops and love it.

I’d actually argue the complete opposite of OP for developers.

The picture I use for professional stuff is a shoulder up photo of me in front of a brick wall with some greenery in front of it. I’m wearing a black hat, plain shirt, glasses, and a backpack. I’ve gotten dozens of interviews and recently a new job with this photo that I’ve used since 2020. I’ve even received compliments on it being a, “not fake photo”.

Being too much of a “suit” in the developer world can actually harm your chances IMO. Meta actively tells interview participants to come as they are and outright says to not wear a tie because in their own words, “we care about your abilities, not your clothes”. Obviously clean up and look nice, but that doesn’t mean you gotta stress about appearance. I’ve personally done all my interviews in various hoodies and it’s never been an issue or counted against me as far as I can tell.

Obviously fintech and finance is gonna be a little more formal, but I don’t personally want to work somewhere where how people dress is anyone’s concern.

Especially because those younger kids don’t even think about it. Getting beat up a bit is the entire point of going to class in Muay Thai. If you’re not getting beat up you’re not progressing, and if you’re not progressing then you should be moving towards doing so.

Everyone has been beaten up by someone younger/smaller/weaker than them in the sport. It’s a rite of passage and is a large reason why the sport is filled with humility and discipline. There’s always someone better than you, and it’s extremely important to keep that in mind especially when working with those who have less experience.

I started when I was 14 and after 6 months of working my ass off to become proficient enough to spar for the first time, a girl half my size made it very apparent I had 0 clue what I was doing. I’m 24 now and I still get regular, similarly grounding reminders. A few weeks ago I trained with someone who made me feel like I was still learning to jab, and I learned more from them in one class than I had in the prior few weeks.

I think this is just a case of correlation doesn’t equal causation.

People in higher socioeconomic groups tend to consume mind-altering substances in smaller quantities, and often don’t consume the more harmful ones (i.e. cigarettes) at all. Largely because higher socioeconomic status is correlated with higher quality of life and less need to “cope”. As a result the negative affects are seen as less of a downside since the short-term positive mental effects are more impactful to those who have a lower quality of life.

In lesser words, people who have shitty lives are more likely to opt for less healthy habits to lessen suffering in the short term, despite increased risk of long term side effects.

Most people couldn’t care less if the person smoking on the corner is wealthy or poor. It’s gross either way.

Idk man cigarettes smell fucking awful. Vapes at least don’t smell awful and aren’t as bad for you.

I’ve hosted one on a raspberry pi and it took at most a second to process and act on commands. Basic speech to text doesn’t require massive models and has become much less compute intensive in the past decade.

Catch me loading up a new version of Super Smash Bros Melee every time I gotta save a timestamp.

The only universally correct date format is ISO.

It’s not just vending machines. It’s everywhere.

Very long, but well done talk on the topic: https://youtu.be/ZUvGfuLlZus?si=nr4Wa_XMxr8woq-P