Valve boss Gabe Newell reveals daily routine in bizarre new interview: "I get up, I work, I go scuba-diving, then work some more"

[tan00k@lemmy.world]

What handheld is he playing in the top image? Looks too small to be a steam deck

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

It's a Steam Deck, he has big hands.

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

I'm sure that's why he doesn't seek attention, he already has too much.

[tachyontele@piefed.social]

Ok, fantasy game dev lmao

[sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works]

Yup, if I was worth an obscene amount, I'd still work, but the nature of my work would change. It sounds like he found something he enjoys that happens to make a ton of money.

[altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Linus Torwalds seems to agree as per TIL post earlier this week.

[graveyardorbit@lemmy.zip]

Rts and sci-fi not fantasy

[ulrich@feddit.org]

I think you missed the point. No one was talking about Android or iOS. We were talking about Windows and Linux.

Valve's investment in Linux began back in the Windows Vista days when MS tried to control Windows the same way that Apple does with iOS.

[hanrahan@slrpnk.net]

Power always corrupts.

[rottingleaf@lemmy.world]

Thanks, but I have my very reasonable doubts

[rottingleaf@lemmy.world]

Thx, will remember that

[samus12345@sh.itjust.works]

[vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works]

Honestly I think the reason for the pseudo cult think is three parts he doesn't want it, he keeps his head down, and valve generally produces decent services and products. If any of those disappeared folks would probably stop it to a large degree.

[goodeye8@piefed.social]

unless it's a business shattering literally apocalyptic event.

If that's not an issue relating directly to their role I don't know what it.

The only reason they'd wake up 3AM for some crisis is if either the market is collapsing or their company is collapsing. Those things happening unexpectedly is something the majority of CEO-s will never experience. I guess it doesn't suck to be a CEO when the sucky thing almost never happen.

[muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works]

You literally mentioned iOS above. And my point stands. If Gabe were to start porting those games to a Linux phone of some sort, it would really help that platform, much like he’s helped the Linux community and his own business interests.

Him going after Microsoft benefits everybody. Him going after Apple could do the same.

[sabinstargem@lemmy.today]

I hope that he decides to work on a neutral payment processing system. Cooperating with the EU's Linux initiatives, he can probably put quite a bit of weight onto the scale, making a digital Euro into a thing.

[rottingleaf@lemmy.world]

I'm not doing that, just saying it. There's no reason to idolize anything. Even idols. Antique Mediterranean was better for being as religiously pluralistic as rural China.

[ulrich@feddit.org]

You literally mentioned iOS above.

It's literally called an analogy. It was not literally the subject of the conversation.

If Gabe were to start porting those games to a Linux phone of some sort, it would really help that platform

You're still literally demonstrating that you don't understand the motive of supporting Linux, despite me literally just explaining it.

Gabe literally does not care about the platform, he cares about protecting his revenue stream. Making Linux phones would literally not do that.

[muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works]

I understand this was motivated by his businesses interests. But it’s happens to benefit others as well. Value working to make Linux phones more viable is a bit of a pipe dream but it would certainly whip Google and Apple into shape. And that was my point.

[appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Helps to keep a healthy routine.
Nothing worse than an unstructured day where you mentally waste away.