I seldom get self-righteous, and even when I am being impolite (almost always on purpose - there's an art to insulting people, too), I tend to try to not be too serious about it. And most of the time it means that I can take criticism constructively, and sometimes just change my opinion on the fly and laugh at myself over having turned on a dime.

Theory and practice sometimes clash. And when that happens, theory loses. Every single time.

I don't think I'm unusual in preferring my laptop to be thin and light.

Turtles are very stable and have been around forever. But they have problems adapting. When humans came along, turtles came under serious threat. Biodiversity is good, and I think it is good in technology as well.

Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it.

There are literally several levels of SCO being wrong. And even if we were to live in that alternate universe where SCO would be right, they'd still be wrong.

I want my office to be quiet. The loudest thing in the room - by far - should be the occasional purring of the cat.