dunnevens

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by dunnevens 5y ago
Of course they think of him as a man. According to the doctrine, he was supposedly God in human form. He was here as a man. Artistically, he's always presented in a male physical body. What else would they think of him? In a nation fre
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by dunnevens 5y ago
My point wasn't about Jesus' actual racial appearance in history but how the image is used in the current church. Apparently most Christians, at least in the US, like the white Jesus. I suppose, technically, it's white Italia
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by dunnevens 5y ago
You'll most often see "Republican Jesus" brought up by the people who were born and raised in the evangelical church. People quite familiar with the subject. I am one of those people. I guess if you want to ignore the movemen
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by dunnevens 5y ago
He was in an occupied country ruled by two sets of rulers: the imperial occupiers and those who were willing to collaborate with the oppressors. Jesus often spoke up for the downtrodden and condemned those with wealth and power. Those ruler
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by dunnevens 5y ago
Thank you for sharing it. That's the one thing I always wanted from Townscaper.
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by dunnevens 5y ago
Just dive in. You could find a list of the more far-out episodes. But the fun of Art was not knowing what to expect. Even when the guest was boring, there might be a caller who wants to talk in detail about the starship that abducted them l
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by dunnevens 5y ago
Art Bell had the absolute best voice for late night radio. Used to listen to him on my overnight road trips between Salt Lake and Vegas. Just the endless desert under a full moon, and Art's guest is rambling on about interdimensional b
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by dunnevens 5y ago
I took an astronomy course a few years ago which had a fairly forward-thinking (if a bit lazy) instructor. The initial tests were fairly conventional. But for the intense test right before the final, he gave us a comprehensive take-home. Wi
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by dunnevens 5y ago
This isn't true. Something creative, some web toy, gets linked on HN's front page at least once a day. Usually more often. Even in the hellscapes of Twitter or Facebook, you'll find interesting writing, weird animations, or n
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by dunnevens 5y ago
Did you notice the reduction of information density on web pages? I think that would be the biggest immediate difference. Old Reddit vs. new Reddit as one prominent example. The dominance of responsive designs now, as compared to the old se
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by dunnevens 5y ago
I would imagine the Internet Archive is already storing them. APKMirror is fairly comprehensive. Wouldn't take much for the Archive to mirror them. Sometimes, I wonder what the Archive stores in their non-public repositories. Just wait
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by dunnevens 5y ago
Determining the sweet spot is a fun thought. I'd argue for the Windows 7 era. General purpose computing is still the norm. The web & apps have almost as many services as now, but with less bloat and less tracking. There's soci
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by dunnevens 5y ago
Battery needs replacing on my 6s+, but otherwise it's working well with zero repairs. And considering my use cases, I can put up with the battery as-is. I'll probably keep it as my main device until next year.
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by dunnevens 5y ago
Same. I used to mock those used Google as their address bar. But I've ended up in the same place. At least for sites I don't visit daily / weekly. There's so many different TLDs now. I never remember if some rarely visit
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by dunnevens 5y ago
In the US, the Duet is frequently on sale for around $200 to $250. Has a great screen, all metal construction, and a passable keyboard. I'm rather fond of mine. End up using it more than the iPad.
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by dunnevens 5y ago
FB allows commenting on ads. This does not go well for certain types of advertisers. Political and religious ads especially. Even the bland corporate advertisers have to spend some time cleaning up the inevitable mess. What's especiall
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by dunnevens 5y ago
It was also in Civ 1. Industries and nuclear war would create pollution on the map. Would appear as a black cloud over a tile. You could send out a settler unit to clean up the pollution but it was a slow process. If the map accumulated too
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by dunnevens 5y ago
FPH actively went after individuals who could be easily identified. And they weren't content to keep their opinions in their own sub. Instead they would pop up regularly in completely unrelated discussions. They also had a culture of h
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by dunnevens 5y ago
All of the majors stripped down to the basics, IIRC. At least the ones I visited. Fark and Metafilter held up, but they were text to begin with. Internet video was interesting that day. Couldn't get any from the major sites because the
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by dunnevens 5y ago
The western nations have been seeing the opposite of an uptick. Churches are generally in decline, while the number of non-affiliated is rising. Even in the US. Some American denominations still have considerable political power because of
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by dunnevens 5y ago
Definitely the eMate. The clamshell Newton. I very much wanted one back in the day but could never really justify it. Settled for a Palm + folding keyboard combo. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMate_300
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by dunnevens 5y ago
Regarding high latency twitter: maybe someone should make FidoNet.social. For those who don't remember, back in the early 90's your local BBS's might offer message boards connected to the rest of the US/world. Not a cont
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by dunnevens 5y ago
I came up with similar thoughts after losing someone I loved. Helped immensely to think of time as a dimension. Even though I'm trapped on a one way course, those previous moments still exist. Even though the person I loved is dead and
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by dunnevens 5y ago
I think SOS would almost have to be free on iPhones for the reason you stated. Besides, it would probably pay for itself because it would be such a great selling point. Could see a fair number of Android users switching for having emergency
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by dunnevens 5y ago
This is one of the more intriguing rumors. I'm not even remotely qualified to say if it's feasible or not. But, if it was, I'm curious about pricing. Would users need to contract with one of the existing satellite providers?
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by dunnevens 5y ago
If you're on Firefox, there's an extension called Auto Reader Mode which saves you the game of "click reader mode before the popups appear." Though I guess this extension is less useful now that many sites are purposely
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by dunnevens 5y ago
I am too. I haven't pulled the trigger yet, but I'm thinking about one of Google's Pixels. The reason for that specific product line is because they are well supported by a wide range of de-Googled Android variants. I'm
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by dunnevens 5y ago
You are correct. They did make their own font. Which seemed like a very strange expense to me. Even though I use Dropbox heavily, I'll almost never see their font. Dropbox is used mostly through the OS's file manager.
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by dunnevens 5y ago
Good point on the DDOS. Didn't think of it that way.
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by dunnevens 5y ago
Wouldn't be a DDoS. At least, I don't think it would. It would just be simply people refusing to work on captchas more than a certain amount. Basically, if you make me hunt for bikes and there's more than 3 of them, then I&#x

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