Totally understandable, one of a handful of English words that I both know are spelled “wrongL and also have to put conscious thought into spelling before I write it.

Forgot how much I missed that community. Both Interesting and lightly dramatic.

Learned more about the laws of English speaking countries there than I did in a lifetime before find the international LA subs.

Any preferred language? Does the org care?

I’m actually partial to Hesk, assuming you know what each letter in PHP stands for. Otherwise it’s a decent choice, even if you need to show the losses of the top level biz.

US, learned to drive on the east coast, early 40s, and I can and prefer to.

My wife, however, does not, so I live in the auto world.

If their comfort level is limited due to lack of experience, I tend to sandbox them somehow and then walk them through a couple examples of “danger” vs “ok, this definitely won’t be irreversibel if it’s wrong, but I think it will do what I want.”

A couple of my go tos are the obvious rm -rf / vs ./ and a sed with and without -i on some random text file.

That naturally segues to “here’s the man page, here’s how to use it and search it.”

That tends to give them some confidence that they won’t accidentally cause real damage, and make it seem like they aren’t just typing arcane magic spells, but actually understanding how to responsibly put the pieces together.

No, it's more of a subtle, inflationary pressure.

For me, it's the act of writing, the memory it helps solidify, and... being an FP nerd.

Can I take notes on a phone? Sure, but I wouldn't use a personal device for work notes, ever. Between my privacy, customer privacy laws, and separation of concerns. I've no compunctions at all, though, about sharing an A5 notebook between journal, work notes, personal notes, and reminders.

I'm not sure I agree - your definition would almost certainly include the kernel, office suites, and a host of other things.