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We have a lot of fiction about machines that become human-like, while people resist treating them like humans. I do t think an outcome like this is likely for this exact reason. People who grew up with Detroit: Become Human, iRobot, or Humans are not likely to abuse machines that show real evidence of human-like emotions.

What we don’t have a lot of fiction about is how replacing various human interactions with less-than-human AIs (LLMs, for instance) can degrade our view of humanity. If you have a robot butler that does all your chores, a robot tutor that teaches you whatever you want, or a robot assistant that anticipates your needs and directs you on fulfilling them, how do you beg

I finish school this week, and plan to play some serious CK2 as a reward. For this, I’ve chosen to play Semien, with the challenge of staying openly Jewish for the whole playthrough. This is, of course, a rough start. But I have a plan, and I want to share it before I give it a shot.

DAY 1: Before unpausing, I’ll try to invite a good marshal and spymaster if I don’t have those already. Then, I’ll declare a holy war on Kassala and raise all levies, and just right-click on their single county. Finally - the core of my plan - I’ll apply to the Satanists and take either Intrigue or Seduction focus

A BARGAIN IS STRUCK: Assault Kassala’s holding and win the war as soon as possible so others don’

I'm coming off of a 2-year video game hiatus now that I'm wrapping up my Master's degree, and CK2 is calling to me. I love it so much. I love the depth, and I love how I can ignore almost everything if I want to focus on a specific thing. I love how broken it is and how I can achieve ridiculous results with just a little bit of clever setup. I've poured 1,500 hours into the game, and I'm ready to put in a few more.

However, CK3 is $15 right now, which makes it seem appealing. I don't plan on buying any DLCs, except maybe Royal Court or Tours & Tournaments if I can get either for $10 or less. Is the base game worth it if I'm already happy with CK2? Would I be missing out or should I reject m

I'm a Bible-scholar-in-training and a HUGE Brandon Sanderson fan, and I make it a rule to combine my special interests whenever I get a chance to. Because Brandon has some background with the Bible because he's Mormon, I'm confident I'm not (always) just chasing shadows when I'm making these kinds of connections.

After reading Wind and Truth, I have some observations about the death rattles. Namely, there were several death rattles which used to have an apparent meaning, but now it's obvious they refer to something else. For instance:

The burdens of nine become mine. Why must I carry the madness of them all? Oh, Almighty, release me.
-WoK Chapter 54 Epigraph

Prior to *Wind and Trut

Want to put this out there in case anyone needs it or knows someone who does. Christian Life Center will be open to the public until 8PM tonight. They have power and AC, so you can shelter there, charge devices, or even use their showers. They're across the street from the Albertsons on the very southern end of South Russell, right by Russell and 39th. Address is 3801 S Russell.

Why does the player begin gaining massive amounts of velocity when getting off a horse on a steep slope? Are there any videos, articles, or other resources that go into what pieces of spaghetti code create this effect? Or is it a mystery yet unsolved after 13 years?

I've been thinking a lot on how disappointment and evil work in the Christian framework, and I wanted to share some of those thoughts.

This all began when I was reading Perelandra, the second book in C.S. Lewis's Space Trilogy. And believe me when I tell you that C.S. Lewis does not miss. Much like every other book of his I've read, it was a mind-blowing exploration of Christian thought that made me see old truths in brand new ways.

Without spoiling too much, there's a scene where one character is trying to explain sadness to another who is unfamiliar with any consequences of the Fall, include evil and pain. This second character begins to understand, saying something along the lines

I live in a city with a serious homelessness and housing affordability problem, and one solution seems to be eliminating single-family housing zones and opening up those areas to apartments and other types of multi-family housing. These zoning laws - and others, like minimum lot sizes - are designed to keep home prices in an area high, meaning high housing prices are a feature rather than a bug. So getting rid of them will naturally reduce housing prices.

However, I'm also aware most "easy" solutions tend to have unintended consequences, and I want to consult all sides. So, what would be the negative effects of eliminating density-based residential zoning rules?

Do you decide whether you’ve had a “good” day by checking your dollars per hour? Dollars per mile? Just straight-up gross pay?

I’m really curious what others are thinking with this, and I’m suspicious that this is a source of a lot of the disagreements on this sub.

I'm 24M, 350 lbs., and sedentary. I plan to start exercising soon, including lifting weights, running, and playing tennis. However, I've seen that doing certain types of strenuous exercise while obese can damage joints. Is this something I need to worry about? Is it less of a concern for someone my age? And if it is a problem, is losing weight important enough to risk it anyway?

I've also made some changes to my diet to eat a lot less (basically one-meal-a-day fasting) and that seems to be helping, as I've lost 10 pounds in the last 3 weeks. I'm Caucasian, don't use any substances, and my only other diagnosed conditions are depression and anxiety, but I haven't taken meds in a while.

Does Min die in this scene? Between balefire being involved and the allusions to Ilyena, it seems at least fitting that Min straight up died, but was revived, like in the battle against Rahvin.

Universalists like to claim there were six main theological schools in the early church (either proto-seminaries or catechetical schools depending on who you ask), and that four were universalist, one was annihilationist, and only one taught the orthodox view of hell. The claim can be seen here on the Christian Universalism Wikipedia page.

As far as I can tell, this claim goes back to [this book by Edward Beecher, written in 1876.](https://books.google.com/books/about/History_of_Opinions_on_the_Scriptural_Do.html?id=SXqqm1B__0cC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&gboe