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I thought the entirety of Israel was unlawfully and immorally seized from the Palestinians over the course of decades. At least, that's what most pro-Palestine folks seem to think.

I thought the entirety of Israel was unlawfully and immorally seized from the Palestinians over the course of decades. At least, that's what most pro-Palestine folks seem to think.

Oh, you mean this? If they're such filthy colonizers, how is that going to change the situation enough to stop the violence?

Dislocating over 9 million people is no small feat. Where would they go? Or should they just lay down and die?

Since Iran is funding and arming Hezbollah and Hamas, how should Israel handle Iran?

To be fair, the sidebar says this is for open-ended and thought-provoking questions. But I can see this place becoming Debate Bro Central if the mods don't add a rule like "Don't ask a question if you just want to argue with people over it."

Saint Benedict Joseph Labre followed a similar path. Though he was from a wealthy family, he strove to live a monastic life. When he was turned down twice, he resorted to becoming a homeless pilgrim who traveled between European holy sites until he died of starvation. Notably, though, he was said to avoid people who were too fond of him and practically sought out opportunities to be downtrodden.

Capitalism isn't the problem. Any economy run by human beings is going to have cronyism.

My point is that the described scenario - "all money not absolutely required for existence is in the hands of the bourgeoisie" - hasn't happened under free market systems as often as it has in communist/"state capitalist" countries like the Soviet Union.

I'm sorry I got you mixed up with the other person. But I find it interesting they haven't answered that question yet.

Here's the article. According to the story, there were two people panhandling and using drugs; they were asked to leave. One threw a rock at the employee's car window, shattering it, and then threatened to shoot him. The video also says the person was shot because he lunged at the employee. I hope the truth comes out and the situation is handled appropriately.

That sounds an awful lot like an authoritarian state seizing control of the economy (for example, the Soviet Union). That most certainly didn't happen through free market forces.

And I notice you still haven't answered my question. Why is that? I think it would be pretty simple to answer, wouldn't it? (Edit: got the wrong username)

We're competing for people's cash. If we do a good job at getting it, we get more of it. But how do you define "win"?

Also, please answer my question. If there is no competition, then how do you have anything other than a monopoly?

Preface: If all you want is to get a simple script/program going that will more or less work for your purposes, then I understand using AI to make it. But doing much more than this with it will not help you.

If you want to actually learn to code, then using AI to write code for you is a crutch. It's like trying to learn how to write an essay by having ChatGPT write the essays for you. If you want to use an API in your code, then you're setting yourself up for greater failure the more you depend on AI.

Case in point: if you want to make a module or script for Foundry VTT, then they explicitly tell you not to use AI, partly because the models available online have outdated information. In fact, training AI on their documentation is explicitly against the terms of service.

Even if you do this and avoid losing your license, you run a significant risk of getting unusable code because the AI hallucinated a function or method that doesn't actually exist. You will likely wind up spending more time scouting the documents for what you actually want to do than if you'd just done it yourself to begin with.

And if the code works perfectly now, there's no guarantee that it will work forever, or even in the medium term. The software and API receive updates regularly. If you don't know how to read the docs and write the code you need, you're screwed when something inevitably gets deprecated and removed. The more you depend on AI to write it for you, the less capable you'll be of debugging it down the line.

This begs the question: why would you do any of this if you wanted to make something using an API?

If we don't have competition, how will that be anything other than monopoly?

Is it wrong to hope for the Mexican government to do the right thing?

Lord have mercy. I hope the parish gets a new priest soon and justice is brought to his killers.

The APRS website hasn't even started using HTTPS yet.

So what did he do, then? How can you substantiate it?

Usually when I hear people described as "Christ-like," it's used to demote how much power and influence that person has over others - for example, "Donald Trump is a Christ-like figure among the alt-right." Someone going around and calling themselves that would come across as strange at best.

paranoid and psychotic tendencies

If he was simply insane, then how would he have performed any of his miracles? Or are you going to throw out the parts of the Bible you don't like and keep the ones that support your position?

Also, I've dealt with, and am friends with, plenty of people with what you would call "paranoid and psychotic tendencies." That you would accuse someone who walked this earth more than 1,900 years ago of having them suggests you either have supreme medical and historical knowledge. Perhaps you've spoken with him so you can make an accurate diagnosis?

in which he claims to be God

If he is, then that explains everything he said and did in the Bible. It's pretty obvious that if he's God that he would want people to follow him.

This comes off to me as incredibly paranoid

He was talking about Judas, who was stealing money from the ministry and later sold Jesus out for a handful of silver. Calling that out isn't paranoia.

I'm apparently not the only one who thought Christ seemed mad

If he was just a madman and the people he was "curing" of "demons" were also madmen, those "cures" wouldn't have happened. No person with schizophrenia has ever been cured of this disorder simply because another person with schizophrenia touched them. I've had the disorder for about seven years at this point; I wish it were that simple.

I agree with you that following Jesus doesn't make a lot of sense unless you're worshipping him. His entire message is based on his own divinity. If he was just a prophet, then if he was a good one, he wouldn't be saying things like "I and the Father are one" (John 10:30).