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

/r/onetruegod would like to know if you have some time to discuss ..well...the aforementioned one true god

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago

The subjectiveness of it being a superior product aside.

Brave is chromium under the hood and therefore contributes to the rendering engine homogeneity that leaves Google in control of web standards.

Iirc they are keeping some support for manifest v2 , for now. It'll be interesting to see how that plays out for them both financially and from a technical upkeep point of view.

I'd guess it doesn't last long, but haven't looked at it hard enough to have an informed opinion on it.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

That's also a logical fallacy.

You are conflating lack of effective choice with active support.

In an effectively two party race, where both arguably are supporting a position (through action if not through ideology) there is no option where you aren't effectively contributing to said position.

Vote either way or not at all , you are contributing to the overall success of one party or the other.

"Our genocide guy is better" is really the only option when there is no other practical choice.

Even voting independent just supports whoever happens to be winning from the two main parties.

What are you proposing is the practical option for people who don't want to be "in support of parties involved in committing genocide"?

To be clear i have no good answer to this either, just wondering if you do.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 3 months ago

"News outlet" might be the most generous interpretation I've ever seen.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (5 children)

So, two things unrelated to the actual topic being discussed.

I’ll pretend your choice of words isn’t low-key confrontational and dismissive like every other comment on this site

It's entirely possible to be correct and do it in such a way that invites confrontation and dismissal.

If it seems like everyone apart from you is confrontational and dismissive, perhaps it's time to consider additional perspectives on why that might be happening.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Are you suggesting that generation-specific vernacular is a sign of poor education?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Your missing the part in the middle where you spend 6 months telling them in no uncertain terms that the thing they are asking is stupid and will not work properly/safely.

Various back and forth emails, a completely "justified" performance review program because of your "falling standards" and several meetings with various managers at different levels of "importance".

Also the "You're absolutely correct, ENJOY" is written at the bottom of your resignation letter or told to them directly in your "redundancy" exit interview.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago (3 children)

That "rape aside" is doing a lot of heavy lifitng there and conveniently sweeps away the need to actually address anything that isn't the "had sex, your fault" narrative you seem to be espousing here.

Especially given that there is little to no effort being given to exemptions of any kind.

Nobody is denying that sex is how babies are (usually) made, i mean apart from the "this book is the literal truth" christians i suppose.

or you're trolling, in which case, congratulations...i guess.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

TL;DR;

The rules might be considered a list of "immoral things" but in my experience it was treated more as a list of "distracting things", YMMV.


Then why is it on the list of horrible things?

You mean the list specifically titled "precepts" ?

It does indicate that it's a list based on what is considered "moral conduct" so i suppose it could be considered a list of "Immoral" things.

I personally read it as "Rules and Guidelines to prevent distraction during the process".

While i don't personally prescribe to that kind of moral absolutism i was willing to adhere to the guidelines for a short period to experience the process in it's intended form.

Attendance isn't mandatory so people will have to make that call for themselves if they are considering going.

The list doesn’t mention communication, and in fact specifically prohibits lying. That suggests that speacking truly is permitted,

The section titled "Noble Silence" 4 paragraphs down, specifically goes in to the details of the non-communication i was referencing.

and this is a list of bad things

Not sure what you mean here, but hopefully i've covered it above.

That’s a list someone makes when they don’t approve of sex (or intoxicants, but that’s another conversation).

Very possibly and i'd guess it comes from the Buddhist origins.

I will state that my experience is that it wasn't preachy at all, the video recordings do reference some Buddhist stories/teachings but only really to use them as examples for teaching the meditation process.

Given that you aren't supposed to be communicating in general there is very little leeway in which preaching could occur.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It's not considered bad , but it is a distraction, there's supposed to be no communication between attendees.

It's supposed to be full introspection, afaict.

Don't know if its the same in all places but men and women were completely separate in the one I went to.

Even if you went with your wife you'd not really be there with her, you'd be two people in the same place at the same time, not communicating.

It's not really a relaxing holiday kind of place.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (6 children)

I genuinely have no idea if it's an option for you or if it'd even help but for 10/11 days of relative isolation you could try vipassana

Not sure what the northern US wait times are like, but you generally need to book ahead.

It's free, it works on a volunteer basis, no idea how if it works for people with no fixed abode but proof of residence was not required where i am.

Do check if it's suitable for you though, there are rules (albeit not many), they seem reasonable to me but might not be for you.

Isolation wise, there is no communication between attendees, but there are group meditation sessions (though they are also non-talking).

The three aspects that weren't silent :

  • the meditation instruction, it was a one hour-ish video playback per day explaining the process.
  • the final day, discussion is allowed.
  • optional question time with an instructor.
[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

For me specifically, the setup and config oftentimes is what I'm doing with the computer, the learning and knowledge gained from the practice is what I'm after, which is good because it's significantly less fun than it used to be.

Admittedly mine is probably a non-standard case and it ties in with other things in my life.

Condolences on your loss.

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