@literary Good plan. I've been explicitly told that that kind of persistence is appreciated/admired within companies (at least the ones I've worked for).
The wines they're serving are coming in pairs, and it seems they're crowdsourcing opinions to decide which of the 2 (5 pairs total) to put on the menu.
@tomas I think it's one of those things that's best learnt by just doing it, and googling individual questions you have.
Obviously you'll need to install it [latex-project.org] and make sure latexmk is included (else you'll have to set it up manually, but it's worth it — live preview, and saves you running pdftex/xelatex and bibtex 4 times to get cross-referencing done).
ShareLaTeX [sharelatex.com] is my normal reference for the more well-known packages. CTAN [ctan.org] has documentation on just about every package around (and there are a lot).
And of course I can send you my default academic preamble if that'll help.
@tomas Even now, actually, it seems to be mostly appreciated by maths and sciences people. Example: linguistics is in the same school as philosophy and psychology here, and there's a balance of historical linguists and more psychology/biology-based linguists (language processing, phonology/phonetics, etc.).
There seems to be a comparable balance of people who know/don't know how to use LaTeX.
One shocking exception is my phonology professor who works with oral cavity ultrasounds to study pronunciation and who still hasn't picked up LaTeX, or, IIRC, any sort of automation. His workflow must be torturous.
@tomas 'fraid you'll have to elaborate a bit on that last point, since TeX has been in use since the 80s at least
@jws On ovens or on fads?
Hard to say for IPAs, whether it's just the stores I go to or a long-term thing, but it does seem like every brewery has an IPA or similar, and there's a general trend towards using hops: double IPAs, for example. Had a lager last night that I could've mistaken for an IPA at first — the bitterness was identical.
I've always enjoyed IPAs so it's never been a problem for me, but I would like to see more innovative porters and stouts, but perhaps the motivation isn't as great because it's often the beer to end a session with (cf session IPAs).
As for whisky, the only faddish thing about it is the trend towards NAS bottlings, which I have very mixed feelings about; I often wonder how much of it is motivated by marketing, as opposed to actual quality considerations. I say it's a fad because some distilleries just can't bottle enough age-statement whiskies to keep up with demand, whatever the price, so when they expand and get some padding, things might change again.
I like having choice in drinks. I've never bought the same bottle twice for drinking at home. But I don't really dislike any styles of any alcohol — it's good as long as the quality's there — so it's not an issue.
And those are all the words I have for now :P
// @JeremyCherfas @thedan84 @kdfrawg
Too late to apply now, @matigo, but you'd be perfect for this [thedrinksbusiness.com]