Being aware of what’s around you. Whether driving and not looking before pulling out, blocking the middle of the supermarket aisle, stopping in the doorway, standing in the middle of the footpath playing with your phone; so many people are completely oblivious. The world doesn’t revolve around you, have some ordinary consideration and manners.
Not me, but a girlfriend. Same as any other piercing - be gentle, don’t play with it, wash with saline twice a day, either swabbing with cotton balls or holding a cup of water up and soaking the area for 5 minutes while in the shower. Avoid sex and vigorous exercise for 2-4 weeks until it’s healed.
Get a dog, or a child; they’re chick-magnets. Even if not your own. Maybe you could take a nephew/niece/whatever to the playground once a week? Walk the neighbour’s dog for a few blocks? As someone else said, once there’s a prop, they’re not approaching you directly, they’re interacting with a common interest, and that’s a good way to meet people.
the coder does not need to understand how or why the code works, and often will have to accept that a certain number of bugs and glitches will be present
So it’s just Agile then?
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
Adblocking feels to me like it should be illegal, but isn’t. I have adblockers on all my devices and haven’t seen an ad for years; it feels like a secret super power and stopped the web from looking like a trashy back alley.
You missed the end of the title “…as well as you would imagine”.