I am not a physicist but it seems reasonable to be skeptical of a physical model of the universe that recently had to invent the unobservable and theoretical concept of "dark radiation" to explain the unobservable and theoretical existence of "dark energy" which was intended to explain the unobservable and theoretical existence of "dark matter"
I get that these all have statistical proofs but we live in an era where statistical models perform lots of life-like illusions and lie to us because that's what we've trained them to do
FYI you don't need to dump your Windows PC, you just need to avoid buying a new one
"To use Recall, users will need to purchase one of the new "Copilot Plus PCs" powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite chips, which include the necessary neural processing unit (NPU). "
@bigtuffal Yep. I think the biggest risk of these is your employer using them, but with that kind of dependency you're not likely to see one for 5-10 years, if ever
The practical jets have negative value on an already mediocre story: you just want to escape the plot as soon as possible and get to the next jet scene
The mission is hilariously video-gamey which also drives interest in the flying: the whys and hows are too stupid to focus on
“One of the last verses to be revealed was the verse
on ribā, and when the Messenger of Allah died, he had not explained it. So avoid ribā and any
dubious manner.” (Musnad Ahmad 350, Book 2, Hadith 255)
Musnad Ahmad advises that you avoid "any dubious manner" of financial transaction, just in case it might be usurious
This is sound advice and it's how you would behave if you genuinely wanted to avoid the sin
So it seems like, if you genuinely wanted to avoid sin while committing yourself to a military campaign, you'd probably try really, really hard to avoid doing anything that might resemble or in the aggregate approach genocide, just in case it is actually genocidal, and you'd probably care more about the spirit of your actions than the legal definitions that do or do not apply to them
Which sends the semantic squirming up a level: arguing over "intentions"
Privately, if you're honest with yourself, you know if you're engaging in the exercise of defending the intentions behind your sin, this activity is happening because you are fully aware of the fact of your having sinned
To argue about the relative spiritual criminality is to acknowledge the criminality
If you read "79% of Republicans believe that racism is still a problem in America today" and think that means Americans broadly agree that racism is still a problem: consider that many of those Republicans are convinced there's racism against white people
The Telegraph headline on Palestinian refugees is in essence identical to how rightwing British tabloids wrote about Jewish refugees when Britain denied them safe refuge during the Holocaust.
These institutions are dedicated to White supremacy at all costs. They view us as disposable nonhumans.
Any PoC and/or Jew who thinks these people are on their side is wrong. They may temporarily pretend to not hate Jews or Ukrainians or whoever but that’s all it is: temporary.
@ayoub General reminder that the characterization of hamas as rapists is sourced in a news story that has long been discredited: it was fabricated and is used as propaganda to dehumanize Palestinians and justify genocide
The subtext of this subtitle is "they all look the same to me"
Reasons being a designer for a university is maddening #3942:
Everyone thinks an "info sheet" is an engaging piece of content that will drive participation in their program
So during orientation the plan is to hand freshmen folders full of "info sheets" so they're "aware" of your programs and the benefits and they can "make an informed decision", and in theory this is supposed to boost program attendance
Do my fellow sales and marketing professionals see what's wrong with this concept?
Most of you went to school here and have worked here a long time, you already know what they're going to do with your "info sheet"
yes, disrespecting the experienced marketer and micromanaging your content to your own demise is not really all that crazy: it's normal levels of crazy
What's over the top is watching shit not work and deciding it should stay that way: that you would like to contribute more broken shit and call it a day