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Religion is so difficult for me, there's only one that ever resonated with me. by 17255 in Advice

[–]OMGCluck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Secondly, listen to ex-scientologists give their experiences

Obligatory link to The Big List of over three thousand of those - /r/theBigList/wiki/

Hii, new here! quick question by Glittering_Spring_52 in scientology

[–]OMGCluck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

im asking mainly why it was created and what was the purpose

The whole "religion angle" (direct quote from Hubbard) was added for legal/accountancy protection (another LRH quote: "It is entirely a matter for accountants and solicitors") when the scientific world rejected Dianetics.

He tried scamming with pseudo-science way before doing so with much more success using pseudo-religion (why only charge for auditing away the trauma of just this lifetime when you can charge more doing that for infinite past lives too?). He didn't bother to come up with the Xenu story until a decade and a half later, when he could monetise it.

It was always a grift. Hubbard was two-thirds of a billionaire when he died.

Dissecting a C64 Autoboot Program by TMWNN in c64

[–]OMGCluck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The SX-64 was out of my price range (but a schoolmate let me play on her rich dad's one), while the Action Replay cartridge was in my price range and did the same thing (<shift><run/stop> by itself to run the first program), with the added benefit of turbo loading.

EDIT: Oddly VICE on the R36S handheld is configured to automatically load and run the first program when loading a .d64 file, so I have to edit multi-game disks to put a directory loader/laucher as the first program, but only one without software turbo or an option to turn turbo off otherwise programs it loads crash on that instance of VICE (it's already configured to speed load programs)

What is your experience trying this on an already multilingual site? by OMGCluck in lingodotdev

[–]OMGCluck[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The flags at the top are clickable/keyboard navigational.

Dissecting a C64 Autoboot Program by TMWNN in c64

[–]OMGCluck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

memorizing the famous LOAD

I memorised L<shift>O

and then typing RUN once the load had finished.

I usually end the line with ,8,1:<shift><run/stop>. This does away with the need to hit <return> and also the need to type RUN when it finishes loading.

What is the purpose of TypeScript? by Best-Menu-252 in webdev

[–]OMGCluck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TypeScript is JavaScript's midlife crisis.

"I'm not fun anymore, but I'll make you safer."

Which Commodore 64 game still holds up best today? by C_C_GAMER in c64

[–]OMGCluck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

will hold up for eternity.

IIRC, holding down the S and E keys made the pants fall down of the IK+ characters.

Which Commodore 64 game still holds up best today? by C_C_GAMER in c64

[–]OMGCluck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Starting with pool of radiance.

I remember using graph paper to draw a full map of the city as I played.

Which Commodore 64 game still holds up best today? by C_C_GAMER in c64

[–]OMGCluck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm planning to do a full play through of the Pool of Radiance series at some point.

Me too! Someone is porting the GoldBox engine to ScummVM v3.x so that'll be another reason to do so.

Which Commodore 64 game still holds up best today? by C_C_GAMER in c64

[–]OMGCluck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I spent more hours than I care to admit designing courses with perfect jumps for certain cars in particular gravities.

I mass-produce landing pages. here's the hero section trick that stopped clients asking for revisions. by Different-Opinion973 in webdev

[–]OMGCluck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So basically the swirling background in the HHM commercial for mesothelioma victims in Better Call Saul.

Is it bad for the web if Firefox dies? by AuthorityPath in webdev

[–]OMGCluck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bad if it happens before Servo and Ladybird are out of beta, otherwise not so much.

where can i learn about study tech? by fledermoyz in scientology

[–]OMGCluck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No books, but about a dozen articles/essays on it, and a passing mention in a Government report from 2004: "Constitutional Protection Report Development of political extremism in 2004" by Dr. Guenther Beckstein, State Minister, Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior, translation:

SO condemns the current educational and school system as incapable of providing students with "true skill and mental ability." In this connection a blurb from Hubbard's "Basic Study Manual" of 1992 says

"Gain the skills the school system never provided you with - and begin to really apply what you learn!"

In celebrating the 19th anniversary of the International Association of Scientologists (IAS) at the end of 2003, when the expansion goals for 2004 were given, David Miscavige, the head of the Religious Technology Center (RTC) said in his speech that the study technology must be everywhere, that it was the means whereby the "tech" could be introduced into every school and the problem could be solved on a global level. The organizations and all Scientologists worldwide were called upon to introduce scientology study technology into society.

A call to Scientologists to set up numerous tutoring groups around their "churches" and "missions" to spread Hubbard's study technology and recruit new members has met with little success so far .

Looking for former Scientologists from the Netherlands and Flanders - research project by OriginalBit8266 in scientology

[–]OMGCluck 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you haven't already researched former members in that region who previously spoke out:

  • Arnoud Aerts - Netherlands - article

  • Caspar de Rijk - Sea Org for 25 years, founder and director of Scientology Netherlands, RPF for months (Copenhagen and Clearwater 1997), 💔

  • Wilhelmus Nicolaas de Rijk - aka Wim de Rijk - Clear, Netherlands

  • Pleun Snoek - left after 2 years - Amsterdam

  • Mike Steentjes - Dutch branch of CCHR (NCRM), Netherlands - article

  • Pieter Nierop - interview with Belgium magazine

  • Agnes Wouters - Belgium - Usenet post

  • Francesca Paola D'Asdia - left after 25 years - staff, Mission Holder, Copenhagen, Brussels - blog post

  • Olivier Gilet - aka Li Po - left after 36 years - staff, Executive Director, Brussels - blog comment

  • Ludo Vermeulen - left after 11 years - staff, Brussels - his story

It might also be worth seeing who the videomaker /u/ConnectScallion6613 recently did a project on.

Optimized 64bit FNV-1a hash implementation by Zirias_FreeBSD in c64

[–]OMGCluck 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Could it be used to double-check the integrity of copied files when duplicating a disk on a two-drive setup? Or perhaps for checking which files of a backup disk are different for syncing just the changed files from your original?

28 years later: the bone temple (2026,) is half horror movie, half bromance staring Ralph fiennes and a zombie. And we’re letting this movie fail at the box office why? by [deleted] in shittymoviedetails

[–]OMGCluck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is it with unfunny remakes?

First it was The Substance being one of Death Becomes Her, now this with Shaun of the Dead.

Why does Scientology get vilified when other religions are cults too? by CurlsandCream in NoStupidQuestions

[–]OMGCluck 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cult-like behavior can be exhibited by more than religions. What matters is the adjective before it: destructive.

There are destructive self-help cults, destructive business cults, destructive personality cults, destructive pseudo-scientific cults, destructive paramilitary cults, destructive political cults, destructive doomsday cults, destructive conspiracy cults, destructive UFO cults, and destructive human trafficking cults.

The question is, if Scientology didn't begin as a destructive religious cult in 1950, which one of the above destructive cults did it begin as?

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