On October 26, 2024, I was in Naples to speak at Linux Day 2024. I also had a few hours to see the city

Radical is a good word. It simply means “of the root”

French, Italian, Latin, Russian, and many other tongues draw the T–V distinction: the 2nd-person pronoun depends on courtesy, familiarity, and age

First of all, the euphoric smell is still there. I didn’t find it as common as in 2020 and before, but it does come from the Tube and it also came from a bus

It’s good to reïnvest profits into development, but I won’t tie my hands by calling my company a nonprofit

Politics is a sociëtal cancer. It is evil, but ignoring it only leads to poorer outcomes

The word internship sounds concerning. Too much like internment

Butterflies are flying flowers with eyes. Flowerflies

Translations are never perfect: they lack subtlety of hue, losing double meanings and speechly quirks

The word religion stems from the Latin religare: to relink

That’s why I no longer write book summaries

It is essential to control one’s image. Telling one’s own story forestalls others from coming up with theories, while the right positioning turns cheaply made products into premium ones

The word woman comes from the Old English term wife-man. Indeed, being a loving wife and mother is a woman’s most important role in life...

Wrong words lead to wrong phrases, and wrong phrases lead to wrong actions

People are taught to fear apocalypse, to associate it with gloom and destruction

I started playing Wordle a week ago. Fun game! Wordle 561 3/6

Despite always being the best at English spelling in class, even amongst true natives, its inconsistencies bug me

Progress is defined as advancement to a higher or more developed state; development, growth

I try not to consume products with added sugars, particularly because it’s difficult to find out how much there is

Week 26 ←→ Weeks 30 & 31...