Ironic that an article about avoiding jargon uses "CIO" - I've no idea what that means...

A statements contrary to fact detector is impossible. For example it contradicts Turing's proof that the halting problem is not decidable.

LaTeX for the text (or just plain text if you're only writing prose). Github for "the cloud" and emacs to actually do the editing.

Where I used to work we ran a news server, and avoided a lot of pointless emails that way. Also has the huge advantage that the whole thread is available irrespective of when you get copied in and everything is archived in one place for easy reference.

If you're serious about typesetting equations you use (La)TeX.

I resubscribed to have a look at the new content having not played for a year or so.

When WoW first came out I played and I loved it. Just exploring was interesting. There was real challenge in trying to complete some quest lines solo. Getting through instances was an achievement and took time. Raids took many experiments to get right - you had to figure it out for yourself rather than read up on the tactics on one of the many sites telling you exactly what to do.

It's not that there's nothing to enjoy in the new expansion; it's just that really it's all so samey, and compared to the old days just too easy. The month I've paid for has run out and I don't plan to subscribe again anytime soon, quite possibly the next time there's a new expansion...

Part of the problem here is conflating computer science with software engineering. It's like confusing physics with civil engineering.

... and spends trillions on defence, space programmes etc.

But, presumably that's good America poverty, and inherently better than bad Indian poverty :/

I (with my family) hiked round the High Sierra camps last year, with a small group guided by one of the park rangers. He said he'd never met anyone else from outside the US on one of those trips. Kind of surprising that they mention such a high number of non-US visitors in the press release.

When I lived in London I gave up on public transport and cycled to work. Much more reliable, cheaper and you get some exercise...

"Floating Worlds" - interesting scifi book, that nobody seems to have read.

Great author, but has had plenty of recognition.

Of course in Euroland we get a sensible amount of time off work; and I'm doing a few different things. We had a week in the Lake District - spent mostly hiking and mountain biking in the hills. Last week we spent some time in London at a few Olympic events. Next week we're off to the Atlantic coast in France for some surfing, road biking, lazing by the pool and great food. I put all this down as "low-key travel or adventure", although I guess "spectacular..." would have been OK too.

Yeah, but somehow W3D didn't have that fully immersive experience that came with Doom.

I haven't played any games for a couple of years now. However I have spent a lot of time playing various games in the past. It tends to go in phases - a few months playing Q3, a couple of years playing T2, a couple of periods of a few months playing WoW, etc. During those periods I can spend quite a bit of time per week playing - outside of those periods: none.

I'd quite like to have a game to play a bit now - but I can't really summon up the enthusiasm to return to an old one or start something new.