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Tell Santa what you want for Christmas

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You know, for a long time I thought the argument that choosing a distro was s big blocker for people was dumb, and people should just try things like I did. As I got older, though, I recognized that if I wanted someone to actually make the change, it's better to have a recommendation for them. The problem often with that though is they have to trust me exclusively, they don't have the relationship with Debian or Fedora or whatever, that doesn't mean anything to them. It's a "devil you know is better than the one you don't" situation. Sure, Windows sucks, but they don't know if the alternative is better. They have to take my word on it and take the plunge.

Valve, though. They know and trust Valve. Everybody's got Steam and generally Valve has treated us well. I probably won't use SteamOS myself outside of my Deck, but I am INCREDIBLY excited to have a distro to recommend that gets over that trust hurdle. And even if SteamOS isn't a perfect fit for them, it gets your foot in the door and the next distro hop is that much less scary.

I have been very happy with the work Valve's put into Linux. It benefits us all. Gaming was always one of the biggest hurdles and it's effectively a non-issue now thanks to Proton. Legitimately one of the few bright spots in a sea of shit lately. Yes Gaben has 6 yachts and they're still a profit driven corp and whatnot, but in this space they are doing a great job.

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Learning to drive

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10 and 2 was always stupid. When I was young I got an opportunity to go to a racing school and that was one of the first things they talked about. If you mime driving a car, do you put your hands at 10 and 2? No, you'll probably do 9 and 3. Better control, less going hand over hand.

Also you should push the steering wheel with your outside hand, not pull it. Smoother input.

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What did the most awful person you know do and did they get what they deserved?

My friend's uncle was a cop, I met him when we went on a boat trip. As a way to convey how great being a cop was, he told me how on his first day he told his supervisor he wanted to arrest someone, so they found a homeless person, beat them, and arrested them. He laughed and laughed at this. I was appalled, and told him so. He laughed harder and called me a pussy.

He's a judge now.