Not to sound pedantic (I believe this is a very important distinction), but as far as I'm aware most slaves were not _given_ last names by their slavers. They often had (if taken into slavery) or were given (if born in slavery) their own names within their own cultures.

I'm curious, do native African cultures often have multiple names?

The number of different cultures in Africa, each with its own set of traditions and ceremonies makes that a very difficult question to answer in a generalised way.

Fair. I was curious since English only started having last names in the 11th century, once the population has grown too large for local governments to effectively govern without some way to better differentiate people.

Where is your source for that? Would love to read anything and everything BTS on B5.

Then go to Midwinter, the home of The Lurker's Guide to Babylon 5, and prepare to be absorbed for days.

Oh for sure, love it. I just hadn’t seen the above before and thought maybe a new source!

Oddly enough, this is just the American Dream under exponential growth. "Someday you'll be rich as well" is just weaponized hope, and folks that follow GP's advice gobble it up because it's aspirational.

My goodness, it's scary how much I reminisce about long summer days doing nothing but playing War2 over Kali before the days of Battle.net.

How dare you call Weird Al hype?

It's almost as if categorization is often an oversimplification.

Yes, but that is part of the point: a chair being built is mostly distinct from a chair being designed (there is of course a small amount of design that is done while building). Software is designed at a much higher percentage while being created (or if you prefer, there is a cycle between the two states).

You also don’t often learn why you don’t need a chair while building one.

> or if you prefer, there is a cycle between the two states

Yes, what I mostly emphasize with this mode of thinking is that the act of building software is primarily there to transform people (you try a thing, it doesn't work like you think it would, that inspires you to try another thing) and the software at the end of it is largely a byproduct.

If you have the right people-state, producing the software is trivial, it's how do you port the right knowledge into their brains in the first place and and software should be just another tool in your toolbox towards that aim.

Perhaps sometimes and in an ideal state, but most folks who code learn a lot and make a lot of design decisions while producing software.

Having also inferred "board games" to mean something I'd play on an average game night these days, it did cause me to reflect on making sure I think a bit before jumping to conclusions. The modern world has certainly trained me to think "pfft, call me when this can play a _real_ board game" as my first response, and that's pretty pathetic of me IMHO. The technology in use here makes it a really interesting topic.

Waste is subjective or, at best, hard to define. It's the classic "get rid of all the humans and nothing would be wasted" aphorism.

> Sitting and standing for long periods have their pros and cons so which one should you choose?

False dichotomy. Choose moderation if and when you can, like most things in life.