GhostMatter

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[–] GhostMatter@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Even if it was truly was, humans are still faillible:

  • the texts are transcripted thousands of times, and errors made during transcriptions are eventually reproduced.
  • the texts can be modified voluntarily during retranscriptions, maliciously or not.
  • parts of texts are lost and found again.
  • texts reference other extinct texts or what was considered common knowledge that was not written down. So we can only infer from there.
  • Hebrew uses an abjab alphabet, which means no vowels, so certain written words can be different depending on what vowels you ascribe to them.
  • texts are translated by people with biases and objectives as to what it should convey (like the US Evangelicals with the NIV).
  • etc.

So even if the original text was given divinely, it would end up being distorted.

This is why I'm not comfortable saying the Bible is okay with abortion. It can be interpreted that way, for sure, but it's not a definite statement.

[–] GhostMatter@lemmy.ca -4 points 8 months ago

It might, but that's not enough to say the Bible is okay with abortions, and the rest of the texts might contradict that interpretation anyway. The NIV is pretty unique in translating directly into miscarry. If I search for those passages in English right now on search engines, I'm not even guaranteed to end up on that version, it took me a few tries.

[–] GhostMatter@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I agree with this. Overwatch 2 is FOMO galore. It stressed me out.

With Overwatch 1, most content came back later, with exceptions for the charity skin and a few small things.

[–] GhostMatter@lemmy.ca 2 points 8 months ago

The law can be broad with allowances to define specifics by decree, executive order or the equivalent.

[–] GhostMatter@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

Are you open to translations? Élisabeth Vonarburg is a great author, and her older books have been translated into English.

[–] GhostMatter@lemmy.ca 13 points 9 months ago

Is the film just completely deleted, or can it leak eventually?

[–] GhostMatter@lemmy.ca 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

KHTML was the basis of WebKit and then Blink/Chromium, so the community did make something. It was just overtaken by the corporate projects, for those same reasons you mention.

[–] GhostMatter@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I honestly don't assume anything about his role at Blizzard. His nickname was with Afrasiabi's on a World of Warcraft item. Also, on the game development side, the Overwatch leadership team's misguided obsession with making Overwatch into a MMO has significantly hampered the evolution of the game.

Anyway, better to avoid parasocial stuff regardless. I liked his updates and videos, and that's it.

[–] GhostMatter@lemmy.ca 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Recording my next fart would be a better use of energy than Bitcoin.

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