gedaliyah @ gedaliyah @lemmy.world

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But have you tried more cowbell?

Hi, Mod here:

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I can't attest to any as I don't use PDFs this way, but here are a few links:

Stirling PDF

PdfDing

BentoPDF

All of these are self-hostable and FOSS. I'm not sure about NextCloud integration.

I think you may be thinking of LibreOffice

And a lot of people graduate at 30. Or 60. Life experience and more readiness than you would have had 2 years ago is not a drawback - it's a benefit.

Yeah, it's better if you can have the computer on all the time, but it only needs to be running when you access it.

I'm not that familiar with FreshRSS, but in general apps will only update at opening (not in the background) for most syncing operations. You may have to do more manual syncing than you would like.

Hi, mod here.

In the future, please avoid sharing links from news aggregators. Sharing from the original source helps community health by providing transparency, and allows others to avoid reposting the same article.

Distraction is a much more competitive space. Human connection is the one area where social media has an edge. AI content, spam, bot users, etc. erode the basic trust and feeling of connection.

As it gets harder to avoid those, people will seek distraction elsewhere. No one likes being embarrassed.

Social media companies forget the Important Thing. People only use social media to connect to people. Once they don't feel like they are getting that, they won't stick around just for the distraction.

It definitely works. Mastodon doesn't have threaded conversations, so if it is complex, then it can become hard to follow.

If it's a simple post/reply then it is not confusing at all.

It's obviously 11. What's the controversy?

Water is weirdly one of the only materials that is lighter (less dense) in its solid form. That's why ice cubes float.

When a mass expands, it ALWAYS becomes less dense.

Water does not "trap" air molecules as is freezes, although water may contain dissolved gasses.

Torah teaches that God created human beings with both good and evil impulses. Human beings uniquely have knowledge of our drives and impulses and can learn to master them. The same needs that drive us to consume can lead us to overconsume or do so unethically. Our animal drive for safety and security can also lead us to attack perceived threats.

According to this philosophy, evil comes from people misdirecting divinely given attributes.

The idea of good and evil as absolute "powers" independent of human choices is foreign to many philosophies and theologies.

One of the weirdest facts I know is that "pter" means wing and "helico" means spiral, so a wing that moves in a helix is a helico-pter. That's the root, not heli-copter.

Do you understand that we are under a repressive regime?

I hope you know that Americans didn't want this either. The world is praying for you.

I think it's fair to say not all AI is AI slop.

When I was a kid, we had whole educational units on this. Like with a special demonstration clock and worksheets and everything.

How are kids supposed to learn if schools don't teach them?

I've shared several peer reviewed papers that show the opposite.

People claim money actually exists, too. It's not an inherent property of human existence. It's just an organizing principle that helps us coordinate resources.

It would be stupid if the main argument we had about money was whether on not it "exists." By "stupid" I mean that it is counterproductive to the goals of bettering humanity. We don't get anywhere with that discussion. Instead, we talk about how we should use use money as a tool to better organize our society. We talk about equity and advancement and poverty.

It's the same with religion. It's been well studied that religion offers social benefits:

Association between spirituality/religiousness and quality of life 2021

Assessing the Faith-Based Response to Homelessness in America

63.2% food pantries are identified as being faith-based food pantries

With this being Lemmy, I don't have to highlight the negative consequences of religion.

The point is that we should be advancing beyond the kindergarten level discussion about what's real and what's make-believe. Intelligent people should instead be engaging on how we can ensure religious beliefs are fostering social trust, or how to recognize and combat religious extremism.