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No? That’s not what it means.

Let me try an analogy: suppose you got out in a snowstorm, God is someone who loves you and got after you to light a fire so you can be warm, what happens if you still insist on going away?

Yes, that’s why hell isn’t already the current reality, despite humanity rejecting God, He still lends us life and good things out of love and doesn’t instantly smite those who use His gifts to act outside of His will.

Depending on the interpretation the “I was” should be “yourself”.

As God is the source of all life and good, choosing to turn away from Him means hell is self-inflicted.

I’ve managed to run some old games on Linux with Bottles/Wine that didn’t work on Windows anymore.

IMO the “year of the Linux desktop” will come when distros are designed for people who shouldn’t even be allowed to use sudo.

The copyright thing doesn’t bother me much, but the absurdly inflated hype and pushiness from the companies does, and using it at this moment only feeds into it. Probably after the bubble bursts I won’t feel bad about using it.

I recently used one “agentic ‘AI’” to help writing unit tests. Was surprisingly productive with it; but also felt very dirty afterwards.

The funny thing is that the person who approved the law increasing the prison time for that crime was… Bolsonaro.

Why is Dune even considered good sci-fi? It’s more fantasy than Star Wars. Except for maybe replacing the ornithopters with blimps, you could change everything to a pseudo-medieval setting and it wouldn’t change anything in the story.

The Dune books.

OK, not boring, but nowhere near deserving the praise they get.

I’ve only managed to get through the first two.

I hate that this pun only works in English.

For me “Christian Nationalism” is an almost physically painful oxymoron.

In my understanding, Christians should see ourselves as and live as exiles, as our nation is Heaven.

non-cursive is infuriatingly slow to write.

At that point both countries became a United Kingdom.

The later “Independence” of Brazil was just a splitting of the crown, and Emperor Pedro I of Brazil still considered himself a subject of his father king of Portugal.

At least here where I live in Brazil most people who want to colonize, want Italy instead of Portugal.

free market means consumers are free to choose where to buy from, it absolutely requires government regulations.

When I got a beagle I was warned that the race makes for great alarm dogs, but terrible guard dogs, they will bark a lot and then become friends with the burglar.

Yes! The beta was much more fun than the full release.

It being abandoned by the devs is a bit sad, but at least it means great mod stability.

For Brazil I’d suggest Curitiba or Florianópolis as the safest and most likely welcoming. Other cities might be more welcoming but less safe, or more safe and less welcoming.

Cupid should try moving to the Southern Hemisphere, February is the perfect time to do that.