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Frozen embryos are “children,” according to Alabama’s Supreme Court in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Even if it was truly was, humans are still faillible:

the texts are transcripted thousands of times, and errors made during transcriptions are eventually reproduced.
the texts can be modified voluntarily during retranscriptions, maliciously or not.
parts of texts are lost and found again.
texts reference other extinct texts or what was considered common knowledge that was not written down. So we can only infer from there.
Hebrew uses an abjab alphabet, which means no vowels, so certain written words can be different depending on what vowels you ascribe to them.
texts are translated by people with biases and objectives as to what it should convey (like the US Evangelicals with the NIV).
etc.

So even if the original text was given divinely, it would end up being distorted.

This is why I'm not comfortable saying the Bible is okay with abortion. It can be interpreted that way, for sure, but it's not a definite statement.

Frozen embryos are “children,” according to Alabama’s Supreme Court in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] -4 points 9 months ago

It might, but that's not enough to say the Bible is okay with abortions, and the rest of the texts might contradict that interpretation anyway. The NIV is pretty unique in translating directly into miscarry. If I search for those passages in English right now on search engines, I'm not even guaranteed to end up on that version, it took me a few tries.

Frozen embryos are “children,” according to Alabama’s Supreme Court in c/[email protected]

AI companies are violating a basic social contract of the web and and ignoring robots.txt in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

The law can be broad with allowances to define specifics by decree, executive order or the equivalent.

Dead Cells - A super-late (we know) update on Dead Cells - Steam News in c/[email protected]

I'm REALLY well read and I have a hard time finding new books to read. I need an audiobook for train ride->plane flight->bus ride tomorrow. Please halp! in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Are you open to translations? Élisabeth Vonarburg is a great author, and her older books have been translated into English.

Algorithm [elder cactus] in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 25 points 9 months ago

YouTube is still gonna recommend disgusting videos in "For You", even if you report them constantly.

Mozilla CEO quits, org pivots, but what about Firefox? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

KHTML was the basis of WebKit and then Blink/Chromium, so the community did make something. It was just overtaken by the corporate projects, for those same reasons you mention.

Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Recording my next fart would be a better use of energy than Bitcoin.

Why 404 Media Needs Your Email Address in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

I think it's okay, I would have voted against it, but they really need to be careful with their website design.

Why 404 Media Needs Your Email Address in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The first time I went to their website, I left immediately because I got a big pop-up with 404. Tried again, same thing. Third time, I saw it was just a pop-up asking for then-optional registration.

Thankfully, they changed their pop-up design since then.