I'm not that into the idea, and the simulation kind of ruins what I'm after anyway. I want to feel it when I get a good/bad shift and I want it to matter.
Sure, you can simulate the engine rumbling and the gears grinding. You can even rock the boat a bit with some hydraulics. When I shift "wrong" you can make me feel it for sure. But when I shift right, it's not just smooth so that you can't feel it. It's smooth so that you can feel it ya know? (Okay maybe it wasn't that smooth and what you're really feeling is a slight clutch dump but wasn't it fun)
And the best part? If you get 3 months into this plan and go "man fuck this I'm just gonna coast" you've already established yourself as an influential, well taught individual which makes it way easier to coast. No one wants to fuck with the person who showed up and revolutionized shit by being Superman for a bit
Edit: plus you can more easily weaponize your work. Sandbagging is only effective if they know what you look like at 100%
This is going to sound a little stupid, but in a scenario like that I like to try to blend in with ultra-capitalists. As it turns out, really positive socialism/communism (just sharing in general basically) is pretty much the best way to do capitalism anyway.
Basically, I excel. That's what I'm doing at my current job. Getting qualified in 2 weeks instead of 6 months, doing extra work etc etc. right. Then, once you've established yourself as being someone "worth" listening to in the eyes of your capitalist bosses/coworkers, you just start relentlessly defending people. For example, they wanted to fire one of my coworkers for calling out too often so I basically sandbagged for a shift and then talked to my lead about how I just felt really shitty all day about her situation and they talked to HR for her.
After a while, people will start to think of you not only as a great worker, but as an advocate for them. They will look to you for guidance. They will listen to your opinions. You may not gain authority, but influence can be just as powerful
You at least have the capability to gather and create information on a computer. You're not a burden, it's just that no one has cared enough to utilize your skills properly
As others have mentioned Gnome is gonna be a no go. However, KDE is lovely. You can absolutely go poke around and find a premade settings config that will mimic gnome
I know I show favoritism with people and pets, but I've been in so many situations in my life where I've had to consciously remove that behavior that nowadays it comes automatically for a lot of situations. When someone asks me who I'd prefer to do something with, my knee jerk reaction isn't "who do I want to do this with more?" It's "who did I do this with most recently?"
Also, favorites are just way too situational. My favorite color? On what? A hamburger? Pink. My clothes? Black. My computer? Mauve.
My favorite food? For which meal? How was my day? What have I eaten recently?
There are some easy favorites. My favorite hoodie is the one that my, now ex previously partner, brought to me while I was going through one of my lowest points in life. I'm grateful they let me keep it.
My favorite thing about life is learning. Perhaps that's why I struggle to pick favorites. My favorite anything is one that I have not yet experienced, because I get to learn something when I do. I'm really trying to keep my love for learning against the odds. I know that it becomes more difficult as you get older, and I've definitely slipped into complacency with my knowledge for a few periods in my life. I also know that if I continue to fight for myself and others ability and access to knowledge, it will be easier to maintain my desire to learn. Otherwise I'd be a hypocrite for telling everyone to go pick up a book haha
When was the last time you checked in on Felix and his actions? I personally haven't in at least 9 years, back around when he started getting heat for his less "friendly" statements.
Do you know, with absolute certainty, that he still holds those beliefs and still acts according to them?
As much as we may disagree with Felix and his decisions, I can't help but see the potential value of one of the most popular internet celebrities in the world pushing the "Linux is just as good as windows now" narrative.
It's gonna push more devs to click that enable Proton button a lot more often, they wouldn't wanna lock their game off of one of the biggest YouTube channels in the world now would they?
I'm chronically ill. So is my partner. We help each other, utilize our strengths and weaknesses. I've been with "healthy" people and I find them to generally be less mentally tough. Not weaker, per se, just not as tough. I could not ever get by as well as I do without the toughness that our chronic illnesses has instilled into us.
I'm not that into the idea, and the simulation kind of ruins what I'm after anyway. I want to feel it when I get a good/bad shift and I want it to matter.
Sure, you can simulate the engine rumbling and the gears grinding. You can even rock the boat a bit with some hydraulics. When I shift "wrong" you can make me feel it for sure. But when I shift right, it's not just smooth so that you can't feel it. It's smooth so that you can feel it ya know? (Okay maybe it wasn't that smooth and what you're really feeling is a slight clutch dump but wasn't it fun)