I watched 10 minutes or so of this and it was actually fun. For some users a home theater system in this format could be a neat hack.
I'd say get a computer monitor rather than something sold as a TV. Less likely to spy on you. If your TV has a microphone, assume it is listening.
You have to be logged into a Google account for this to work. Also not mentioned is whether a new android version is required.
Email and sometimes irc. And old fashioned sms when needed.
Reed to T'Pol: "I was always rather fond of the name Stinky".
I've been to a few. I literally met Joe Biden at one of them, when he ran for president in 1988 but tanked in the primaries. He gave a stump speech at my school with maybe 100 people gathered, and he stayed around and chatted afterwards. It was pretty relaxed, Biden spouted platitudes, and he tried to recruit one of the student organizers to his local campaign (no idea what if anything happened with that).
Frankly I wouldn't go to one now, especially an indoor one. Think of Herman Cain who now has an award named after him. The Biden one I went to was outdoors. If you go, wear a properly fitted N95 mask and keep it on the whole time, or as much as possible.
About learning more Python? Code up something interesting, or join an existing project and contribute.
About starting freelancing without a track record? Right now it's difficult, though maybe that's cyclical. But basically look on Craigslist and so on for help wanted. Stay away from bottom feeders like Fiverr. There is a monthly "who is hiring" post on Hacker News and a similar post for freelancers (mostly work seekers) but the entry barrier there can be sort of high.
primarily a gamedev, so no functional programming languages like Rust or Haskell.
Talk to Tim Sweeney.
The Next Mainstream Programming Language: A Game Developer's Perspective (pdf).
Note that C++ is getting modules, that might speed up compilation, though it's still C++ afterwards. The cool kids in systems programming are using Rust now. I have no idea if game devs are using it. Anyway, on games projects or anything else, you have to use what the other people on your team are using, which these days is still mostly C++ afaict.
So long, Intel.
Tldr: #4 is earthquake alerts. #1, 2, 3, and 5 are AI crap.
Lol, AI firms trying to devour the entire internet for training data, discovers that it needs a way to ensure that it doesn't train on its own output. So it pitches credentials as something to fight AI rather than to mark non-AI data as delicious for ingestion.
These days all those closed containers are virus spreaders so better to fly and get less exposure time. Wear an N95 either way.
In the old days I did some long bus and train trips and it wasn't so bad unless there were noisy or otherwise annoying people on board. Basically bring a long book to read, sleep when you can, and enjoy the scenery when there is something to look at. A travel pillow can be a help, and also warm clothes or a blanket. On international trains (EU) you can meet interesting people too.