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Morality Laundry List
A handful of questions regarding biblical morality arose in the past few weeks and none of them justify a post by themselves. As always, keep in mind the fundamental use of quantum moral reasoning. Masturbation is a Western obsession; it … Continue reading
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Debian: Try It; You’ll Like It (Part 9)
(The updated version of this series can be found here.) As noted from the start, this is DIY computing, but you aren’t alone by any means. Ideally, you would make friends with a Debian user in meat space. There’s nothing … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, culture, debian, linux, philosophy, psychology, technology
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Tool Shed 5
Writing tools on Linux tend to suck, unless you start looking into the older and more established software. Part of what annoyed me about KDE and GNOME was that the primary text editor for each has never been much good. … Continue reading
Debian: Try It; You’ll Like It (Part 8)
(The updated version of this series can be found here.) So we have the Chromium browser, but maybe you prefer the other major browser family, called Mozilla. We noted already that Debian doesn’t use the official labels for Firefox, but … Continue reading
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The Business of Prayer
Context is everything. A key element to all my religious babble on this blog is recognizing that you cannot blindly inject your own cultural prejudices into the process of reading the Bible. Scripture arises from a radically different mindset than … Continue reading
Debian: Try It; You’ll Like It (Part 7)
(The updated version of this series can be found here (gone).) The folks who make computer hardware aren’t always on good terms with the folks who develop Linux. You’ll hear both sides blame the other and it really doesn’t matter … Continue reading
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Debian: Try It; You’ll Like It (Part 6)
(The updated version of this series can be found here (gone).) The Chromium extensions we installed do several things. Ghostery and Adblock work together to block the worst advertising. Ghostery may need some fine-tuning so you can use certain features … Continue reading
Debian: Try It; You’ll Like It (Part 5)
(The updated version of this series can be found here (gone).) First, a pop quiz. You will need a package called “gdebi”; based on the previous lesson, install it as you wish. It will bring with it a few other … Continue reading
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Debian: Try It; You’ll Like It (Part 4)
(The updated version of this series can be found here (gone).) Debian won’t force you to use the commandline; it will entice you with the most opulent provision for those who dare to learn the magic of the Linux commandline. … Continue reading
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Tagged commandline interface, compsec, computers, debian, Flash Player, graphical user interface, linux, software, Synaptic, technology
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Job 18
We begin to understand Job’s visitors do not grasp what parables are, and do not comprehend symbolic language. God has always preferred parable as the means to communicate to mankind because it winnows out the spiritually dead. Only those with … Continue reading