There’s no way I or any other human can read 100 websites in a few seconds the way the computer can.

Nobody has ever been able to do that and somehow we managed just fine. Then this AI bullshit came along and now you old fucks are getting dumber by the minute.

Interesting. Hilariously, the CoC (heh, cock) is much closer to the original Mormon church in terms of practices than the far larger mainstream sect.

although, I don’t know any practicing Mormons myself.

They tend to be a bit quieter about their religion when not in a predominantly Mormon area like Utah.

Weird indeed.

Source: am ex-mormon.

Brighamites, technically. Because the main organization decided to follow Brigham Young after Joseph Smith was killed. The Community of Christ is the one that broke off and reorganized themselves under one of Smith’s kids. The whole history of Mormonism is insane, but morbidly fascinating.

If it’s the one I’m thinking of, that particular building is owned by the Community of Christ (formerly the “RLDS” church) which split from the “official” Mormon organization shortly after Smith was killed. It’s a wild design. I remember learning about it as a kid and being told that it was a “perversion” or whatever.

Either way, it’s all culty bullshit.

I mean you’re not wrong. Just playing devil’s advocate since I spent 30+ years in it as a faithful member.

I do not miss it one bit.

Yes.

Less W and more “never interrupt your enemy when they’re making a mistake”.

Ex-mormon here.

Technically Mormons can be considered Christian simply because they worship Jesus Christ.

But back in reality, they’re a cult. Go check out the Mormon Stories podcast and on youtube. No affiliation, I just have a lot of respect for John Dehlin.

So mormonism should be filed under the sequel Christianity 2.0

lul

You can fix that by simply not playing games with invasive DRM.

Maybe for the shit-tier excuses for AAA “games” that are little more than glorified profit generators storefronts for pointless skins.

AI can’t deal with things that happen to the physical machines. It cannot protect itself from somebody hitting power buttons on the servers, or just cutting the power altogether, or fire, or other “acts of god” so to speak.

Sorry - she has keratoconus. Her prosthetics are essentially large, hard contact lenses, filled with saline solution, effectively reshaping her corneas. Also called sclerals.

Nah. My wife is legally blind without her prosthetics. She’s rather stay blind than use these.

God I’m so fucking sick of all this non-action. I’m going to compare this to a parent’s perspective (my own):

If a child misbehaves, they need to be taught. At a young age, they don’t know any better, and so talking about it and teaching them is a solid first step. Young kids need to be told “NO” sometimes.

HOWEVER

Russia is the entitled, bratty, shithead teenager who was never told “NO” as a young child. NATO is the idiot parent who thinks their methods from when the teenager was a youngin’ are still effective. They aren’t.

NATO needs to step the fuck up and realize what they’ve created by never taking any actual action against Russia. Russia struck Romania. The very first step that NATO should have taken after this was an immediate erasure of the group that launched that attack. End of story. No more strongly-worded letters, no more finger wagging, none of that bullshit. Take some fucking action.

This is no different than making legal threats (“You’re gonna hear from my lawyer!” kinda bullshit). Stop fucking talking and ACTUALLY DO IT. Legal threats mean fuck-all until action is taken. And when you never take action, people stop taking you seriously. Just like a shithead, bratty, entitled teenager.

Source: I have 5 kids, including two teenagers.

Oh no!

Anyway…

Forums should never be listed on Wall Street, or monetized.

One of my absolute favorite forums, IH8MUD.com, is still owned and operated by the same dude who started it, well over 20 years ago. Auto Guide never got their hands on it, and it’s still one of the best forums for Toyota tech in general at this point (looking at you, Pirate4x4 👀). The ads on 'Mud are non-intrusive and are mainly those from community vendors and other relevant companies. It’s a hugely successful forum.

I live in Utah. Our governor is a Trump kowtowing coward.

I don’t support genocide.

I never said Kamala was good. But with our two-party system, it was either Kamala or Trump. I would take a shit-filled diaper over Trump.

The 2024 election was a shitshow because Biden suddenly dropped out very close to the actual election, leaving Kamala’s team scrambling. There were a ton of people who didn’t even know Biden had dropped out. Search trends showed as much.

The system here isn’t broken - it’s working as intended, to serve the wealthy and shit on the rest of us.