[-] MrGeekman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

I wasn’t familiar with that chain of grocery stores so I looked it up. I found out something kinda funny. Did you know it was originally called C.C. Butts and was founded by Florence Butts?

[-] MrGeekman@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

I wish all game companies put out detailed requirements like this!

[-] MrGeekman@lemmy.world 231 points 1 year ago

They didn’t switch to USB-C out of the goodness of their hearts. They switched because the EU passed a new law that requires that new smartphones have USB-C ports.

[-] MrGeekman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The media has been trashy for ages. You gotta check out a book from the 70's called The Mind Managers by Herbert Schiller.

[-] MrGeekman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

If you don't know what you're drinking, it's probably dark roast. Dark roast is like charcoal compared to light roast.

The coffee most folks use (i.e. Folgers, Maxwell House) is low-quality coffee made in haste to keep the price low enough for folks to be willing to buy it. They only offer darker roasts because disguise the inferior nature of the beans, or rather the inferior process. The unfortunate truth is that good coffee costs more to process because it takes longer to process and most folks don't want to spend that much on coffee. So, you get what you pay for.

[-] MrGeekman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, he’ll beat deadlines by a longshot.

[-] MrGeekman@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

I think you need to try some lighter-roasted, higher-quality beans which were roasted fairly recently and only grind them a day or so before you use them. There are also different brewing methods and coffee/water ratios that you can try.

[-] MrGeekman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Try Math.round. It’s been like ten years since I used Java, but I’m pretty sure it’s in there.

[-] MrGeekman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

They're not pointless for the laity at all.

Church services are for religious education. I’ll be honest, I’m not sure why masses were conducted in Latin until the 1980’s - despite Latin having died out centuries ago.

At best, Latin masses are more about the traditions of man than religious education. At worst, Latin masses are for religious obfuscation, rather than religious education.

It’s impossible to be educated in a language you don’t speak.

It would be one thing if all Catholics were required to learn Latin in school, but they’re not. Since Catholics aren’t required by the RCC to learn Latin and the RCC never taught it, most Catholics never learn it. The ones who do learn it do so either to learn more about the roots of the English language or because they intend to enter a scientific field.

Latin is a beautiful language which a lot of traditional Catholics find more reverent than, for example, English.

Latin is also a dead language.

Most people - Catholics included - don’t speak Latin. It died out at least five centuries ago.

I myself prefer a good reverent Novus Ordo mass to a Tridentine one, but if I understood Latin well I would likely prefer the Tridentine.

You’re only proving my point. Latin masses don’t benefit you. They don’t benefit most people - Catholics included. They haven’t benefited most people for centuries.

[-] MrGeekman@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I have a dislike for the church, not the laity (churchgoers). Regarding masses, I meant that masses were conducted exclusively in Latin until the 1980's - which makes those masses pointless for the laity, as Latin has been a dead language for centuries.

[-] MrGeekman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Which brand is your Android phone and are you running an alternative Android-based OS like /e/ or LineageOS?

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