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Interpretatio is way simpler than monotheist theology
  • There are many aspects of Christianity today that would be unrecognizable to early Christians, but belief in hell probably isn't.

    There are the usual caveats about when passages of the Bible were actually written - the canonical new testament wasn't solidified until long after when Jesus was supposed to have lived, and it's understood even among Christian scholars that books attributed to one author (like the gospels) actually draw from multiple earlier texts.

    All that said, in Luke Jesus tells a parable about a rich man in hell asking a poor man in heaven to go and warn his friends so they don't also end up in hell.

  • Dog-like robot jams home networks and disables devices during police raids — DHS develops NEO robot for walking denial of service attacks
  • It's funny they jumped from "a guy saw us on his webcam doorbell and shot at us" to "someone we've already detained could use a voice command to kill us with poison gas".

    I'm wondering if there's any legal obstacle to using this thing. I know the average citizen can't legally use a cell phone jammer, can police? Do they need a warrant or authorization?

  • Harris Opens Fire On Trump: ‘Predator, Fraudster, Cheater’
  • With respect, anyone who would vote for Trump probably isn't worth spending time convincing. Some of them might come around, but if she has one, Kamala's value will be in getting undecided and first time voters to the polls. One of the most popular choices every election is "not going to vote"

  • Employee sued boss who marked problems with "XX" as she thought they were kisses
  • Yeah, I've had white collar managers for twenty years. Just haven't encountered this format where they're asking to fill out variables in a single sentence. Plenty of times where someone has said "can you update this document with the new clients info" or whatever. But for a single sentence it takes just as long to type this weirdo format as it would to type a straightforward question.

  • Employee sued boss who marked problems with "XX" as she thought they were kisses
  • This lady is clearly delusional. That said, what is up with this email from the boss? It reads like a word problem from school. Who asks a subordinate to do like a madlibs style fill in for something so short? Just ask a normal question, like the sentence following that one.

    "Can you please complete the following:

    The solution us currently used by xx Agris companies and yy Barge lines in corn cargoes in south-north flows in the ???? waterways.

    Also, can you remind me of what the balance of the rollout will be and the approx. timing.

    Thanks"

  • Single point of failrule
  • Not sure why you're being aggro. I asked if this is part of their corporate identity. Zuckerberg went around literally advocating for that approach. Plenty of other companies are shitty without explicitly calling for that specific philosophy.

  • Single point of failrule
  • You're right people should have high expectations of crowd strike since it's a well funded company, and they should provide better support to the random project with a single maintainer.

    That said, is there any indication crowd strike is a "move fast and break things" company? Sometimes people just fuck up, even if they don't have a crazy ideology.

  • How I got a truly anonymous Signal account

    theintercept.com How I Got a Truly Anonymous Signal Account

    Yes, you can use Signal without sharing your personal phone number. Here’s how I did it.

    How I Got a Truly Anonymous Signal Account

    Doesn't seem especially practical, but I thought folks here might be interested in this method. With the increasing scarcity of pay phones I suspect it might be equally as "easy" to get a burner cell phone with cash and register a signal account that way.

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    Are there foods that dogs can safely eat but humans can't?

    No, not talking about their own shit or vomit, har de har. I mean how dogs can't have chocolate, can't eat grapes. Are there things it's no big deal for them but would be toxic for us.

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    Anyone here heard of Wikifunctions, and if so what do you think?

    Just learned that Wikimedia has a project called Wikifunctions. I'm a big fan of Wikipedia and associated projects, and on its face sounds like a cool site. I do wonder how this would work in practical terms though, like how could it actually be used?

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    In what scenario is conscription acceptable? (if any)

    Prompted by another thread about conscription in Ukraine.

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    If you're thinking about something and reach a conclusion that's super outside the mainstream, you could be right, but also could mean you should reinspect your assumptions.

    I saw a post on lemmy about how we could prevent 133 holocausts by promoting animal rights and veganism. The article opened by doing some math about how many dogs you could torture and kill in order to be equivalent to taking a human life, and then how many animals humans kill, and concluded that we're committing holocaust equivalents many times over.

    I have respect for people who question the status quo and think seriously about morality. Thinking about slavery, it used to be argued "this is the natural order," "this is actually the moral thing to do" and so on. It wasn't easy then to stand up for what we now see as the obvious moral position. So I have some receptivity to this type of argument.

    That said, I think back to when I was a Christian (atheist now), and was fully bought into the anti abortion movement. They argued that fetuses were human, that we were committing fetus holocausts all the time. Taking that view to its logical conclusion, one could justify things like killing a few (abortion doctors, judges) to save many (fetuses).

    The author of the vegan piece was not advocating for such things. But one could ask why not. I think the fact the conclusion (133 holocausts) is so far outside accepted views should prompt some examination of the starting premises. (Is any killing of an animal for food the same as torturous factory farming, should we do something about animals that eat other animals etc)

    I'm glad I read the piece because there's value in hearing other perspectives. We can't see ourselves and our own blind spots. I would have responded in-thread but that community description said "not a place for debate", so tossing out this thought here.

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    Q: “Are we doomed?” A: “We would be, if not for the amazing developments in renewable energy.”

    powering-the-planet.ghost.io Clean Power and Storage Wars

    When people find out what I do for work, it’s not unusual for them to ask, “Are we doomed?” My usual response is, “We would be, if not for the amazing developments in renewable energy.” We know the people willing to destroy the planet for personal gain are still

    Clean Power and Storage Wars

    I wasn't aware just how good the news is on the green energy front until reading this. We still have a tough road in the short/medium term, but we are more or less irreversibly headed in the right direction.

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    arstechnica.com Taking a closer look at AI’s supposed energy apocalypse

    AI is just one small part of data centers’ soaring energy use.

    Taking a closer look at AI’s supposed energy apocalypse
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    Elon Musk’s Boundary-Blurring Relationships With Women at SpaceX

    Man, fuck this guy

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    Idea: government funded parties with attendees selected by sortition: "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Party" "Lincoln County Party"

    Every week or every month each level of government throws a party funded with taxpayer dollars, and attendees are selected at random from the residents and given advance notice of the party schedule.

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    Words are the hands of the mouth

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    What should I know about buying / replacing a garage door opener?

    My default buying process is research + spreadsheet creation, this time thought I'd ask the community here if you have any experience / wisdom with garage door openers. Thanks for any help!

    Additional info: Single car garage built in the 1950s in the U.S. The current opener is a lift master, just eyeballing it probably from the 90s. The door could be original? I don't know. It's wood, seems fairly substantial.

    Yesterday and this morning started having issues with the door just stopping in the middle of opening or closing. When it stops, the remote button becomes unresponsive for a few seconds. When it starts moving again it goes the other direction so you have to keep pressing and try to get it to close/open before it stops again. This morning I ended up pulling it down part of the way because I'd gone through several rounds of up, down, up, down. It doesn't seem to want to move manually which isn't surprising. Worried my car is going to get stuck in there before work so I figure should probably be proactive here.

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    What are legitimate arguments for legalization of gambling?

    Question inspired by the news that Dave and Busters is supposed to be adding gambling to their games. And of course there are the sports betting apps.

    I get that all things being equal we should let people do what they want to do. But I don't see much of a benefit, and a lot of downside to allowing the spread of gambling.

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    Some disaster has befallen society: you have to secure a month of food for you and three other people. How do you do it?

    Let's assume no zombies or other supernatural occurrences, but could be plenty of people being shitty, consequences thereof, or natural disasters

    Edit: to expand on this, presumably if society has temporarily or permanently collapsed there would be issues with things like deliveries, security, digital transactions, utility service etc. Feel free to use whichever scenario seems most likely to you, I'm asking more because I was thinking how screwed I'd be if I was just out of food after say, seven days.

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    What does it take to get a constitutional amendment ratified in the U.S.?

    I don't mean the actual rules of passing it, I mean what organization, activities and funding are necessary to do so.

    The last one passed was in 1992 and it was just about congressional pay. Last one before that was 1971. Is there some kind of play book? It seems to happen so infrequently that it would be hard to study and conditions would vary enough that the last effort wouldn't be useful as a model.

    ("The amendment process is very difficult and time consuming: A proposed amendment must be passed by two-thirds of both houses of Congress, then ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the states." Link)

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    If you could guarantee that one action you undertake would be successful, what would it be?

    We're talking actions limited to something one human could achieve - so not wishes, but could be something amazing or rare like "become president"

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    A special day approaches

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    Conferences for the .1% breed skepticism

    www.bloomberg.com Conferences for the 0.1% Breed Skepticism

    Plus: The trouble with rent inflation and the hope for a new B-school AI tool.

    Conferences for the 0.1% Breed Skepticism

    "...These kinds of private conferences, where business and cultural leaders interview one another free from the pesky, prying grasp of the press or public, are becoming increasingly common."

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    What's that machine they use at the eye doctor to bend/refit your glasses?

    I like getting glasses off of Zenni but they never seem to fit quite right, mostly the arms. Would be nice to be able to make adjustments.

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    YSK if you've built a computer and it won't boot, sometimes the issue can be resolved by taking the memory out and putting it back.

    Or by only putting one stick of memory in, or changing the slot you're using.

    I was assembling a computer and everything seemed to be correct, the fan would spin up, I'd get some lights, but there was no image on the screen, not even the BIOS. I saw someone else make this suggestion and didn't think it was likely to work, but it did. First I just tried one stick, and it booted. Then I tried both sticks and it didn't work, but I reseated and then it did.

    (Also worth pointing out that your motherboard should have diagnostic lights which if you check the documentation may point out which component has an issue)

    Thinking about Lemmy's demographics many here may have heard of something like this, or have more helpful suggestions about troubleshooting which would be welcome. But thought I'd write out a little post about my experience to contribute to Lemmy SEO supremacy.

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    Real life club. It's a club where you only advertise with flyers in real life and the flyer says, do you exist? Are you reading this right now? Come to real life club. We don't have a website

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