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I believe in gravity, springtime, the moon, open source, and, at least up to a point, prescriptive linguistics.
I often come across as a pretentious bastard. I often am a pretentious bastard, depending on the subject being discussed. Being open-minded is one thing; throwing one's shutters wide and letting all manners of rubbish blow in is quite another. There are some universal truths, and I stick to them. I have no qualms whatsoever about telling people off when they are demonstrably wrong, and I expect people to return this courtesy.
I run Gentoo and Arch Linux on my server and laptop, respectively. I personally have difficulties understanding why the masses appear to favour convenience over actual security and functionality, but fair do.