loppy

In many programming languages, phrases are shortened to reduce the time taken to write programs.

I really do not think this is why; the amount of time saved is miniscule, especially with autocomplete. It’s so that more can fit on the screen at one time so you can better comprehend chunks/lines of code. There is also probably a historical aspect where the size of code on disk (or paper!) used to matter more.

The title is really missing a keyword from the actual quote… (emphasis mine)

Not only that, but it’s possible to kill almost any NPC in the game…

Uhhhh, what? IMAX is a screen format. It’s the really really big screens.

https://github.com/processone/fluux-messenger is an XMPP client by the ejabberd people that seems aimed at being a Discord alternative. I think it is intended to support voice and screen sharing eventually, though it looks like they want to focus on getting text chat worked out for the time being.