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Thanks for the reply. Very interesting.

I’m really surprised the ordinance requires proof or it did not happen. You would assume it is doing something and that something can be checked. For example you don’t need proof of circumcision … just peek.

Is the Mormon God not all knowing and powerful? You would think God would know who has had what ordinance without the paperwork.

Your points are fair. The last item was addressed by an LDS member who said they are Baptized during the resurrection.

Thanks for the clarification. If they are resurrected, couldn’t they be baptized themselves? No proxy necessary and no records need to be recovered. Just stand in line. Will there be millions of temples built to accommodate? Or is a temple not necessary for Baptiam?

Do you also do proxy marriages?

Proxy baptism the way Mormons practice it does not solve the issue at all. The overwhelming majority of people who have ever lived are now lost to history. Are they not worthy of salvation?

Christians believe in baptism by desire for those who were never formally baptized, not proxy baptism. For example, in A.D. 256, Cyprian of Carthage wrote about baptism by desire. You can also read about it in certain catacomb encryptions. So it is clear from the beginning they believed in baptism by desire.

There were a few sects that believed in literally baptizing a dead body. But from the evidence we have today, proxy baptism was never mainstream or widely practiced. The idea salvation can only occur if you were lucky enough to have your genealogy recorded is far removed from mainstream Christianity.

I can draw one from memory. It was a triangle. Not sure what it means … but I can draw it.

I 100% disagree. With the insanely low unemployment, workers hold more power than any time in human history.

Unions were a symptom of an abusive employer. As that abuse subsided, union representation waned.

I'm wondering if we will find all of the masking, and lock downs, and social distancing caused more harm than good? My uneducated theory is people in close quarters are all exposed to a light dose of the virus, thus herd immunity is created. You may have a short spike but it is quickly squelched as society as a whole build immunity. In the developed lock-down societies, herd immunity never developed. People eventually had to go out were they were exposed.

Case in point, look at China. They are having a terrible time with Omnicron ... and they were the most locked-down society on earth during the original outbreak. Everyone else seems to be opening back up.

Google is already losing substantial market share. Let’s do an experiment. If you want to buy a blender, what is the first site you try? What about directions? Today’s weather?

My answers are Amazon, Siri, and Alexa. Not Google. Google will continue to lose as these assistants become more powerful.

I noticed the waste output is helium. Does this fix the worldwide helium scarcity issue?

Are you referring to a morning kettle of tea or an afternoon kettle of tea?

Cisco has been doing this for decades. Oh, you want to use that Ethernet interface … pay a license.

You can’t reroute and change routes every six months based upon a stupid auction.

A lot of companies acquire to expand. What has Cisco invented since the router in the early 90’s? Their entire product line can be traced to an acquisition.

Not every company needs to be Apple to succeed.

Major newspapers performed the recount after the Supreme Court stopped it and found Bush won the recount. In fact they tried a few scenarios the Gore team wanted, and in each scenario Bush won.

While the butterfly ballot may have pushed votes to Bush, studies have shown he lost votes when Florida was called premature. Calling Florida before the polls closed suppressed the western panhandle vote which was highly Republican.

https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/12/us/examining-vote-overvie...

I am trying so hard to not know what Wordle is or how to play. Now it is showing up on Hacker News? Damn. I’ve not had this much trouble since I avoided Sudoku.

You can sail around the world for about $25k/year in expenses. Figure 50k for the boat, so about $100k in savings will get you two years of sailing.

Do some side jobs and you can go longer.

Also sailing project Atticus. They started with 2k:

https://m.youtube.com/user/ProjectAtticus

I disagree. The difference between 31’ and 45’ is huge. 45’ will give you a much more comfortable ride and is safer in rough weather. Of course with both you want a blue ocean capable sailboat and not a coastal cruiser.

.. and keeps track of what you are reading from your public library. Up until a few years ago this info was considered private.

My library allows digital rentals. Because of the dominance of Kindle, this format is preferred. To download the book the site is linked to Amazon where the book is actually downloaded. Amazon knows every page you read, when you read it, and what other books you checked out.

Space shuttle was not that big. It was literally transported on an airliner and a fraction of the size.

That’s because the vaccine cards were never designed to authenticate vaccine status. It was literally an appointment reminder mechanism. In fact, a PDF of the blank card was available from the CDC website.

So someone else’s freedoms should be limited so you can feel “comfortable”?

“25% don’t exercise”. It turns out 70% of people are liars.

Ah yes. Another great proposal from the people who came up with the idea you must accept cookies from websites.

I would say it is better than 100%. When was that .001%

I agree. Exactly when was this utopian time to have kids? Things look pretty damn good now.

If you want children, you should have children. They will be fine. If you deny yourself you will regret it later in life.

Actually look at the peer review of that study done by Cornell and released this December. When the actual data was analyzed it showed masks had no effect.

Siri, Alexa, and Amazon.

When someone need to know the weather or a sports score they usually just ask Siri or Alexa. If they want to do product research most people go to Amazon. Google search is now below 50% and still falling.

Think about it. You want to buy a coffee maker. What is the first site you go? It is probably not Google.

So what software can be used to clean up the hissing and cracking?