FWIW the scenario I’m basing it off of is in the gold value, so nothing certain but it could possibly move with inflation.

I suggest you procrastinate on it, by writing a life-advice novel to distract yourself from getting around to write the will. If you earn a million $ from the sales, then you won’t need the gold anyway.

That’s very thoughtful!

Ok good point. I’ll change the title back to what I had originally, (“would you do anything differently” instead of “what would you do”)?

Oh that’s neat, I just assumed the meaning was it’s someone just running out with a cartful of stuff, but it seems the original meaning was to sneakily take out pieces from the spaces.

Time to illegally put a tariff and federal tax on history books? That’ll show people!

I’m of the side that says just be patient, but I believe that mandated speed governors contribute to this issue. In Ontario where I’d seen this a lot, that is 105km/h, but it seems that they aren’t calibrated well, or engine performance for loaded trucks going up hills means they can’t pass even if they had been partway through it on the downhill. In Nova Scotia, I’ve been passed by large flatbed trucks that have no issue going 125km/h past me going 110.

The sign underneath says “If you shoplift, you will become like this”

As a high school senior self-hosting, you are at least a couple years ahead of the curve in your cohort in this area. Don’t write yourself off, even if you are just half-blindingly running scripts for now, keep exploring and tinkering, then learning will come naturally with it.

Assuming you are in the USA, unemployment is low yet few are hiring. Trump’s tariffs and meddling in everything has made many businesses across the world hesitant to make any hiring or firing decisions (aside from Silicon Valley tech which thinks AI will do all the jobs). I’ve encountered several reports like this over the last year, which means if you were a new grad looking for a job right now, in many fields you would struggle to find one.

Definitely ask recruiters for their insight on job market trends, and also start talking to employed people in the fields you have an interest in. Ask if their department recently hired or had layoffs, and other questions to help you decide if that’s the kind of work you could see yourself doing in the future given honing your skills through higher education and hobby development.

One kind of career that sounds up your alley based on the skills and interests you described could be systems administration. Those roles will still be necessary for the most part, AI or not.

Grande, as in volume of blood to absorb expressed in Starbucks cup sizes? (S, T, G, V)?

I wish him very little success in his future endeavours.