"Nuh uh, there's nothing that makes him individually more likely to get Covid compared to anyone else and it's haaaarmless so nobody should worry! Take off your mask so we can hear you different when you speak into the microphone."

At least he funds Linux, most cool thing he ever did

yea I'm not about to defend a billionaire but the no mask thing is so weird. Like I still wear a mask when I go out to the store or whatever and have never (even going back to 2020) had anyone be like "bwuh??? I can't understand you because of your mask"

court etiquette is such bullshit, a while back I was advised to not wear a mask, or tell the judge 'it's for health reasons' at a mimimun, I wont be sheding tears for gabe but it is all really fucked

Gabe is a billionaire. He could just not show up and email the judge a picture of his hairy butthole. Not like they're gonna ever do much to him

A mechsuit with the retro style bubble helmet

Aerosols don't just magically vanish from the air when you put your mask back on. Unless there is air filtration in place in the courtroom, any virus that was hanging out in the air will stay there, and can infect anybody is not wearing a mask at any point, or whose mask doesn't fit that well. It's better than having everybody be unmasked, but it could be better still.

Yeah sure but N95s are incredibly effective for self protection over short periods

Yes. While masks will lower the viral load that you inhale that would infect you, making the covid (or colds or flu for that matter) not as bad because it gives your antibodies a bit of a head start, be main benefits of masks is that it reduces how far an infected person's fluids from reaching through the air to infect a new person.

It's not like the apple app store where there is no other option, or even like the android play store where enabling non-play store applications requires the user to find a hidden setting and tap through deliberately scary popups, steam has no control over where you install software from on windows or even on the steam deck which runs a full desktop linux

I think they're still salty about Overgrowth actually.

It sucks they did that, the Moro resistance is badass though. Their suicide attackers are partly where some of the .45 stopping power mythology comes from.

From the wiki

Candidates, known as mag-sabil, "who endure the pangs of death," were selected from Muslim youth inspired to martyrdom by the teaching of Imams. Parents were consulted before the young men were permitted by the sultan to undergo training and preparation for Parang-sabil (the path to Paradise). After an oath taken, hand on the Qur'an, the chosen took a ritual bath, all body hair was shaved, and the eyebrows trimmed to resemble "a moon two days old." A strong band was wrapped firmly around the waist, and cords wrapped tightly around the genitals, ankles, knees, upper thighs, wrists, elbows, and shoulders, restricting blood flow and preventing the mag-sabil from losing too much blood from injury before reaching their target. Clad in white robe and turban, the chosen youth would polish and sharpen his weapons before action.[9]

At the moment of attack, the mag-sabil in Tausug would approach a large group of enemies, shout the tahlil, draw kris or barong and then rush into the group swinging his sword, killing and maiming as many victims as possible in the time he had left. The mag-sabil's body would be washed and again wrapped in white for burial. In the unlikely event the mag-sabil survived his attack, it was believed his body would ascend to Paradise after 40 years had passed.[9]