Mom would be sad (it might delay the curtains she ordered a week ago).

I'm not sure if it checks all the boxes, but for me the only language (so far) that I want to use is Nim-lang (I like the style+speed, UFCS).

Not a lawyer, but if you put the name into wikipedia it redirects to the historical event both games are based on/inspired by. It's a generic name, I can't imagine a side being picked here (both change or neither change).

That doesn’t mean you’ll just die though

Some of the things I mentioned you just might. Hypothermia or heat stroke if you're homeless in the wrong place during winter/summer.

Slow death is also worse if you ask me. "It could be prevented" yeah sure, doesn't mean it will.

all alone on the savannah

well, I may ask myself

We have:

• extremely expensive healthcare, business more important than public health
• health insurance tied to employment, less worker protections
• sprawl and car-dependent living, a sea of oversized trucks

So yeah... one medical issue can add massive debt, and avoiding care or bleeding out in a non-ambulance on the way to a hospital are possibilities. Or a teacher or nurse living in their car being hit by a drunk driver. Lots of other ways to get onto a downward spiral to some death of despair.

it’s a lot of work to survive because a simple mistake means death

This is also true in the US with someone already living paycheck-to-paycheck (and the mistake doesn't have to be their own).

More time/effort on survival sure (/more discomfort), though most here likely don't have much luxury (certainly not their main reason-for/outcome-of employment) unless you're really watering down the meaning.

I don't mind doing unpaid things for other human beings (if it matters, if conditions aren't terrible)... but things like interviews, driving, and paperwork I wouldn't want to do even if I were paid for them (not that it's even a thing). And really between housing, driving, and all types of insurance... I don't see much hope for a decent life.

Most things seem like scams or junk anyway (extortion if it's actually useful, reliable, or good for health), get me out of here. Physically put my brain in a Matrix if you must (not the Facebook digital-real-estate one).

I've always wondered for compiled languages, but I'd imagine you'd need some sort of Linux compatibility.

It might be easier if you get more limited/creative, off the top of my head I suspect using something like TIC-80 might be viable. Doesn't quite interest me and I don't even have wired keyboard capability (not just keys, I don't think I could do much of anything at any appreciable speed/reliability on a virtual keyboard).

Have you looked into drop-in (ZLUDA) or recompile (SCALE, chipStar) things? Though they may not have been helpful with the years gone by (and may each have their own pros/cons).

I'm still using a 1050Ti (and legacy driver shifting to AUR did block me from updating), value doesn't seem great and not going to buy something used from eBay. So that still complicates things for me.

Distro-wise I probably want something slower than Arch but not sure about point releases. And I am hoping for something that does updates in a way more friendly to slower internet (giving less update friction), but I suspect it doesn't exist. Some things (OpenSUSE, NixOS) seem like they might be closer to I want but I have hangups about them (Patterns on SUSE and lack of videos for Slowroll, NixOS having multiple solutions for dynamically linked executables especially if I decide to stop using Steam directly).