TheCaconym [any]

Probably emacs, or wine along with dxvk

Oh god, just reading that name, the flashbacks

Learning sign language sounds pretty cool but I’d be afraid to lose it even faster than an unused spoken-language if not actively using it

Also you’d be able to communicate semi-secretly like a fucking Bene Gesserit so there is also that incentive

None of us here are likely to “retire” anyway as climate-change-induced agricultural yields collapse will in turn destroy our modern societies before that

Are foreign languages classes in general not mandatory in US schools ?

Here in every kid will have classes for at least two languages (one for four years, one for two IIRC), sometimes three. Depending on where they go to school the kids will sometimes have a lot of choices (Chinese, Polish, regional languages, etc.) or sometimes only either English, Italian, German, or Spanish.

I still do all this shit. I’ll never switch to those DRM infested subscription services bullshit