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Why in 2024 do people still believe in religion? (serious)
  • This has become a misunderstanding of language and wording.

    When I say agnostic, that includes "agnostic atheists". Does that clear things up?

    I swear some people (i.e. self proclaimed "atheists") get offended at the thought that they might be associated with anyone religious by accepting the fact that their beliefs are, by definition, agnostic.

    I'm tapping out of this thread, didn't come here to argue about English. Also, please don't take my last paragraph as an attack - it's a general observation.

  • What games did you have a good time with that you just never finished?
  • I beat this a few years ago, was by far the hardest game I've played.

    Back when I beat it, the achievements suggested that about half of the people that made it to the last boss gave up. Which sounds about right in my opinion - I think I did that fight around 50 times.

  • Why in 2024 do people still believe in religion? (serious)
  • I don't disagree that religious people need to prove their beliefs. They are the ones making up insane stories that all contradict one another, and it is absolutely up to them to prove that there is a god, or miracles, or whatever.

    Atheists on the other hand can say "look, there is no god... See?" That doesn't make them correct. More correct, maybe, as they aren't the ones making up the stories in the first place, but I'm fairly sure history and science have proven time and time again that humans know less than we think.

  • Why in 2024 do people still believe in religion? (serious)
  • Because it can't truly be proven that there either is or isn't a god / gods.

    You can laugh at people for believing in a god, but at the same time I'm willing to bet you can't prove that there there isn't one.

    In my mind, atheism makes just as much sense as religion - they are both total assumptions based on incomplete data. Agnosticism is the only sensible way.

  • US sues Adobe for ‘deceiving’ subscriptions that are too hard to cancel | The Justice Department alleges that Adobe hid early cancellation fees and trapped consumers in pricey subscriptions
  • Somewhere on my PC I have a several page long rant about how many government websites in Canada require you to pay for an Adobe subscription in order to sign an "official" PDF.

    Why the hell isn't there a better option for filling out legally required, government mandated forms than giving a private corporation money? This bothers me so fucking much.

  • All hail the north

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    Seeding issues

    Ahoy mateys,

    I've recently been trying to set up a win10 machine for seeding, but have been having weird network issues shortly after I lock the screen and stop interacting with it. My internet connection goes down entirely for this PC, but not the whole network. Restarting fixes the issue.

    I have already ensured power saving is off for my network card - does anyone have any other suggestions that I could try?

    Thank you!

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    Can anyone recommend a VPN that has working port forwarding?

    I already had a cyberghost sub, but decided to try to switch to something better for seeding.

    I have tested ProtonVPN and PIA, but ended up refunding PIA as the port forwarding didn't work once. ProtonVPN has worked maybe 5% of the time, and will likely be refunded as well.

    Is there such a thing as a VPN that can consistently forward ports? I'm considering trying AirVPN next, but am hoping someone could confirm whether it works or not first. I'm also open to any other recommendations.

    Thank you!

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    Any dashboard alternatives for Xbox?

    The new dashboard UI has by far the worst UX I have seen in a gaming product - they removed the ability to customize anything, instead opting to turn the whole home page into an extension of the store. You can no longer have it only show things you own, nevermind things you're interested in.

    With this in mind, is there any way to load a different dashboard onto the system using dev mode? I'm seriously considering selling my Xbox and buying a ps5 at this point... I am also morally content pirating every game Microsoft makes from now until I die.

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    Just downloaded a 200kb Session APK from Neo Store

    It came as an update, and I installed it without thinking. I did see the size before launching thankfully and uninstalled - how screwed am I?

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    Is Termux still the best terminal emulator for Android?

    I've seen a few other terminal emulators floating around different app stores - has anyone tried these, and found that they were actually better than Termux?

    Would love to check out any recommendations!

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    What browser extensions do you use?

    I generally use the following:

    • uBlock Origin
    • SponsorBlock
    • Honey
    • Wayback Machine
    • Netflix Watch List Manager
    • Shadertoy plugin
    • RES....

    What does Lemmy use?

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