Fair enough. We all have our preferences. :)

Oh yay. :)

Okay then.

“QB”?

ProtonVPN also has port-forwarding.

That being said, last time I tried it, their Linux GUI was abysmal, though I hear they recently did a revamp. I haven’t used it yet though so I can’t speak on it beyond that.

Just something to keep mind.

Edit: Syntax.

I don’t mind self-learning. Hell, if I’m interested in the subject matter, I usually find myself experimenting and researching.

I’m all about that “wait, I wonder if…” mindset. 😎

I work as a cashier at a dead-end retail store in a town of 5000. (Seriously, the closest reasonably large city is like 30 minutes away.) So I don’t think there’s much of an opportunity at my current workplace. Haha.

But you still make an excellent point and it sounds like a good starting-off point. Thank you!

I really appreciate the effort! My dream is to eventually learn enough from free online courses to then take a certification test and then maybe I can get a job even though I don’t have a degree. I fear my lack of a degree will doom that goal before I ever get a chance, but I have to take that chance, I feel. Also, I fucking hate customer service. Lol.

Honestly, I had a bunch of little confusions. I thought the input() function was only a string until the user typed in a value when prompted, and then it became either an integer value or a floating-point value depending on what you typed in.

Thanks to Labna@lemmy.world and your other response, I understand that it is always a string regardless until you convert it after the fact.

Also, I meant to type an asterisk instead of a plus sign when typing over my code snippet into my post. Fixed now.

Also, to answer your last question, if I do h+r or h*r, I get “5010” for the former (which makes sense) and the standard “can’t multiply sequence by non-int of type ‘str’”, which also makes sense to me now that I understand the above point.

Oh, I think I understand now.

Thank you for clarifying that to me!

But I thought the “value” doesn’t exist until the end-user types in the value, due to the use of input(). So it starts off as a string, then becomes whatever is typed in, which then gets filtered through the next line. So if I type 3, it’ll be considered as an integer, and likewise as a float if I type 3.00.

My reasons for pirating varies by the context, however. Sometimes, I’m pirating something for morals & freedom, while other times it is because I would rather pay money for it but the only option is a DRMed one (and yes Steam is a form of DRM if it requires Steam to play), whilst other times I just pirate it because I don’t wanna pay for it.

So, yes, depending on the context, someone can be a pirate for reasons other than “pirate”.

Bottom-line is that while I agree with you that people shouldn’t kid themselves if they’re just being a pirate for pirating’s sake, I think you also shouldn’t ridicule others who are pirating for less-selfish motivations, at least during instances when that is their sole, or at least primary, motivation.

Tl;dr – Shit’s complex yo.

Well, if you’re typing on a computer as opposed to a phone, for instance, it’s typically a lot easier to type out an emoticon as opposed to an emoji. Therefore, emoticons would likely be objectively better.

Likewise, if you’re typing on a smartphone, most people have an emoji drawer they can pop open in a jiffy and choose what they want.

Then again, even in both of these situations, it also depends on what crowd you’re in: some people honestly just prefer emoticons because it’s what they grew up with, like me; others prefer emoji, for varying reasons.

Most instances where one is objectively better suited than the other are based on subjective criteria.

Lol, I like that. xD

They are not objectively better or worse overall, though one or the other may be objectively better in individual contexts.

Individual people may prefer one over the other, though. I am one of them.

I never said emoticons are icons.

• Emoji are picture-like and each one is a single-glyph.

• Emoticons are not picture-like but resemble letters or punctuation, and are typically composed of multiple glyphs to make a coherent whole.

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I know this is an old comment I’m replying to, but what about AirVPN? They don’t seem untrustworthy and/or a honeypot.

Are they? :/