Yea I’d say robot is more dexterous, moves more. Machines are more stationary. A mechanical arm that puts car parts on a manufacturing line, thats a robot to me.

A coffee maker or an ice maker, those are machines.

IMO, trade schools are where its at rn if you want a decent education in something. Usually a two year program so lower cost, better value cause you get trained in something that AI or robots won’t replace any time soon, and you can actually make a decent wage so you won’t be buried in debt afterwards.

Other than that, I learn a ton just doing shit I like. Music production, repairs, 3d printing, all my hobbies are skills I can use in other areas of my life. Doesn’t have to be that way for you, but learning to fix some things is a valuable skill that you can learn from YouTube or the internet in general.

Libraries are a great resource as well of course. Lot of value in books that aren’t tainted with AI slop. Sometimes harder to find what you are looking for, but it helps you slow down and learn more if you read it, at least for me.

This looks rad man! Not much of a horror game guy, but I think you nailed the vibes just based off this trailer.

I’m 29, so not too much older than you so take all this with a grain of salt. Ive been very fortunate in my life to have good friends and family to support me and jobs up until now were not super hard to get. My life is likely very different from yours.

Enjoy the little things man. Find friends that can be family, don’t pay attention to the entire world all the time like on social media. Hell, I barely use Lemmy and completely got off other social media. Its been a good choice for me.

Find a decent job that pays the bills and figure out what you like. You dont have to figure everything out right away. Things change, you’ll change. Enjoy the ride. Thats what I’m trying to do.

Also dont quit a job before having another lined up. Its not worth it, it may feel like it is in the moment, but its not.

Me personally, I just use a Linux distro (ive used Ubuntu and popos, both have been fine) and use whatever flavor of streaming service I can access. Sometimes you’re hit with lower resolution but I’d rather that than get spied on and be fed ads by my hardware.

Ive also gone back to physical media and use a DVD player. I’m just buying series I like one by one.

This video used a combination of physical media and streaming services. They relied on waydroid and with some workarounds, it worked well for them:

https://youtu.be/nROKp0BpFek?is=GFhDrr82dCCFGcVT

Its almost like privacy is a good thing.

Hope nothing bad happens to you. Surely not. Flock cameras make everything safer right?