[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Two addenda:

  1. Incompleteness applies to all formal systems of logic, not just maths, which means that the systems we based the scientific method and our best attempts at justice systems and formal argumentation/debate and academia are all subject to incompleteness.

  2. Incomplete systems can also be inconsistent, it's possible everything we base our collective knowledge on are such systems.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Omnipotent, not just omnipresent (which would be entailed by the combination of omnipotence and omniscience).

Otherwise the problem has a very obvious and unsatisfactory solution (god has no power to make a difference).

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

I dislike the conception of Free Will that asserts will is only free if it is not deterministic. Any system dictated by the law of Cause and Effect will necessarily be deterministic, given knowledge of First Cause. Together, those premises imply that the only way to be truly free is in a chaotic universe, i.e. one without a relationship between Cause and Effect, where decisions are completely arbitrary and have no predictable outcome anyway.

The fact of the matter is that you're already free to do whatever you want, even if that's shooting yourself in the foot or refusing the choice entirely and running off to live in the woods, and that's freedom enough for all practical meanings of the word.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

I went from a fundamentalist community to full blown antitheist to agnostic (after studying religious philosophy in college) to pagan.

My experience teaches me there are many, many great arguments for the existence of the gods. You just have to accept that gods do not fit the conception the christian fundamentalists have: there is no sentient entity in existence that is omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent and omnibenevolent (towards humanity).

If, and when, you are willing to relax your criteria for what constitutes a god (mine are personifications of the forces of nature) and what your relationship with such a being should look like (I respect them, but worship no one), you too will realize that the "either god is perfect in every way and should be worshipped without a shred of skepticism or there is no god and everything is doomed" mindset is just another arifact of christian zealotry and brainwashing.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

In an infinite universe, all possible things should be happening at the same time

Misunderstanding of infinity.

E.g.: 1.101100111000... is an infinitely long number, yet it will never be bigger than 1.2 nor smaller than 1.1, it does not contain all digits, nor does it contain all possible combinations of 0s and 1s.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

That one's pretty obvious though. It's got no windows nor doors, and like 8 condensor units out back.

I bet there are ones that are less obvious

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

My c920 now glitches out and refuses to stream video after about 10 minutes of use (mic still works tho). After some unknown long period of time, it resets and works for another 10 minutes

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

how do I install rpm fusion repos on debian? I only found instructions for fedora and rhel https://rpmfusion.org/Configuration

Stop. You do not want to do this.. While resources published on other sites may be full of information, that information is not always relevant to you. Don't blindly follow bad advice.

The "rpm" in "rpmfusion" refers to the filetype that Fedora's built-in package management system, dnf, uses.

You want to use Debian's builtin package management system, apt, which uses the "deb" filetype.

Here is an explanation of how to add Debian's "non-free" repository


Do not follow information for other distros unless you know how to extract the bits that are relevant to your distro.

In general, I recommend following the advice from Debian's wiki or website, then debian's forums if you can't find anything there, then debian specific forums elsewhere, then other distro's wikis, then any other site in a last-ditch effort.


Now that you understand the "why," here's the "how": go back to Debian's download website and download the appropriate installation image from the bullet point that says

A larger complete installation image:

Reason being: the smaller "netinst" images are made to work generally for most people who can plug their computer into ethernet. It's made to only use the bare minimum of disk space and get the rest of the files it needs from the internet (the "net" in "netinst").

You need the installation image that come with the "drivers" (firmware) for your WiFi card already on disk, which should automatically detect your device, find the correct firmware for it, and set up the non-free-firmware repository for you.

If that doesn't work out for you, you can try manually installing using the guide on Debian's own wiki, which I found by searching for your wifi card BCM4360

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Volunteer. It's free, it's easy, and it's beneficial for everyone involved.

I used to work on plays at the local theater, which was fun as hell, and introduced me to lots of weird and cool people, and got to explore my love for the Performing Arts.

I'd also do work at small town festivals and faires, which was a great way to get fresh air and sunlight while being exposed to Culture™.

Sometimes I'd volunteer at senior homes just to keep them entertained. Didn't think much of it back then, except had fun putting on performances, but looking back it is nice to know that we were making people feel less lonely.

On occasion I'd volunteer to do meal drives and the like for churches/charities. This one was masturbatory, but it did feel good to feed/clothe people who couldn't afford it, or give out toys to kids on christmas. And it definitely felt nice to put in some manual labor.

These are just some ideas, and some benefits. If you do ever decide to seek further employment/career/education, having stuff like this on your resume looks better than "hung out with friends and tried not to die for several years." If not, you'll make friends and memories and discover passions and help others and build community; it really is a priceless experience when you find the places you're most passionate about helping at.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago
  1. Don't use hacky unlocks if there's an official way. The best case scenario is it becomes a headache and isn't reliable; ghe worst case is that it bricks your phone or installs malware in the bootloader

  2. All I could find looking for custom ROMs for your phone was XDA users shrugging their shoulders and unverified downloads from very shady websites/githubs. I'd suggest getting the most out of this phone you can before selling it and getting one you know works with the OS you want

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

I know it's bad form to suggest using other software that handles the same functionality instead of suggesting a fix, but it looks like sddm doesn't have the functionality to change displays at the time of writing.

GDM seems to have a workaround

But it looks like every display manager chooses whichever display based on arbitrary criteria.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

In the year 2025
if man is still alive
if woman can survive...

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As a user, the best way to handle applications is a central repository where interoperability is guaranteed. Something like what Debian does with the base repos. I just run an install and it's all taken care of for me. What's more, I don't deal with unnecessary bloat from dozens of different versions of the same library according to the needs of each separate dev/team.

So the self-contained packages must be primarily of benefit to the devs, right? Except I was just reading through how flatpak handles dependencies: runtimes, base apps, and bundling. Runtimes and base apps supply dependencies to the whole system, so they only ever get installed once... but the documentation explicitly mentions that there are only few of both meaning that most devs will either have to do what repo devs do—ensure their app works with the standard libraries—or opt for bundling.

Devs being human—and humans being animals—this means the overall average tendency will be to bundle, because that's easier for them. Which means that I, the end user, now have more bloat, which incentivizes me to retreat to the disk-saving havens of repos, which incentivizes the devs to release on a repo anyway...

So again... who does this benefit? Or am I just completely misunderstanding the costs and benefits?

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