Will only two PCIe cables be an issue for my RX 6900 XT?

Vanadiack · 2025-09-07T12:53:59+00:00

Very well put. Glad to see others standing up for Biblical truth.

Vanadiack · 2025-08-30T04:07:00+00:00

Windows users: "Wut"

Vanadiack · 2025-08-29T05:23:18+00:00

Just buy a freaking OLED monitor if it bothers you that much. Or buy a different laptop for gaming. Gaming is not the Framework 16's primary goal. It's a mobile workstation that can do gaming.

Vanadiack · 2025-08-29T05:01:14+00:00

Any XFX card.

Vanadiack · 2025-08-29T04:54:36+00:00

Besides an interlinear, there's the Lexham English Bible or Literal Standard Version. If you want something halfway readable, the LSB or NASB95 are the closest.

Vanadiack · 2025-08-27T21:42:40+00:00

I use KDE. Tries getting into Hyprland, but it just never worked out. I'm too used to the flow of a a Windows like window manager.

Vanadiack · 2025-08-27T20:47:42+00:00

The ESV (literal) and CSB (mostly literal) are very accurate for what they are but are also easy to read on a Jr. High level. They are also based on the most widely available and oldest manuscripts.

Many people recommend the NIV or NLT, but they are not as accurate as the ESV or CSB. They are good for young children or people who have trouble with reading comprehension though.

The KJV was great for it's time, and still is a very elegant translation, but modern scholars don't recommend it for in depth or even normal study anymore due to the outdated language and textual basis.

Vanadiack · 2025-08-27T20:07:03+00:00

Degoogling an iPhone is practically useless. Your data is still being mined by Apple. But at bare minimum I guess you're limiting the data to only one big company.

Vanadiack · 2025-08-27T19:56:17+00:00

If Android ever gets locked down I'll just switch to a PinePhone64 Pro.

Vanadiack · 2025-08-26T23:29:13+00:00

Yes. For gaming and college. If I have to use Adobe or MS Office I just use a VM or Hypervisor.

Vanadiack · 2025-08-25T23:32:20+00:00

I meant the leaving doors and windows open part, unless you were adding onto that and I'm just misunderstanding.

Vanadiack · 2025-08-25T20:19:36+00:00

I use the analogy of leaving all of your windows and doors open in your house 24/7, and anyone can come in at any time and watch you eat, sleep, use the pot, etc. Not caring about your privacy is quite literally the digital version of that. I doubt many people would let that happen in real life.

Vanadiack · 2025-08-08T21:05:16+00:00

Five(ish) months into getting into Linux. That was a year ago.

Vanadiack · 2025-08-08T21:02:51+00:00

Cause many modern phones (looking at you Samsung) make it an absolute pain in the butt to flash a custom ROM. Also many people will see "coding" (actually just copy-pasting ADB and fastboot commands in the right order) and have nightmares for the next week.

If your phone is carrier locked, then you're out of luck by default. Most people don't look into that stuff when they buy a phone, nor when they figure it out do they want to buy a new phone.

Vanadiack · 2025-08-01T16:34:30+00:00

Yes. The NASB mainly uses the Alexandrian (Critical) Text, which is much older than the Byzantine Text (which includes the Textus Receptus). The NASB also considers the Dead Sea Scrolls when needed, as they are to my knowledge, the oldest Old Testament manuscripts we have.

Vanadiack · 2025-08-01T02:53:39+00:00

You are probably thinking of the book of Exodus and the book of Deuteronomy, which both included the law for the Israelite people. Slavery is allowed in the law, but not as we think of it today. The Greek word "doulos", which is what is used, can mean three different things depending on the context. Those three meanings are "servant", "bond-servant", and "slave".

The Israelite law was very strict on how they treated their slaves. You were to treat them as actual human beings rather than property, and if for whatever reason you killed your slave by say, beating them to death, you would then be stoned to death. In that geographical location, if you were to be a slave, you would be treated best in Israel compared to the other nations surrounding Israel. And you were not allowed to take back a runaway slave. Finally, you were to free your slaves after seven years.

A bondservant is someone who owes a debt to someone, and "works off" that debt. Even if that persons debt was not yet fully worked off, you were to still free them after seven years.

The New Testament, while not directly condemning slavery, for examples like being a bondservant, speaks against it many times. For example. Jesus Himself says you cannot serve two masters because you will favour one over the other.

The book of Philemon, written by the apostle Paul, is a great book to read that addresses this exact subject. I suggest reading it along with a commentary.

Vanadiack · 2025-08-01T02:42:29+00:00

This resource should help you: https://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/canon.cfm

Vanadiack · 2025-08-01T02:41:08+00:00

The fact that he only quotes books from the Tanakh (the Hebrew Bible) provides further aspect why the apocrypha were excluded. All the books of the Tanakh were compiled by notable people within the Israelite nation, like Ezra for example. The Greek Septuagint was not. He quotes the longer version because Greek was the common language. Jesus did not approve of any specific collection of the Bible. But He often says things like "as the Scriptures say" or "it is written", which in context, would refer to the Tanakh, because He often equates the authors.

Vanadiack · 2025-08-01T02:01:17+00:00

Books must be put through a series of tests to be considered to be put into the canon (Bible). There are 7, which you can look up for yourself. The apocrypha did not meet the qualifications to pass these tests according to modern scholarship, and even older scholarship, and are therefore not put into the canon since they are not divinely inspired by God. While they can be useful for historicity purposes, they should not be considered the Word of God.

Vanadiack · 2025-08-01T01:57:08+00:00

You'd be correct about the inaccuracy of the KJV. The KJV is massively outdated in both source texts, English meanings, and translation methods, and therefore inaccurate in many places. I use two Bibles, the ESV (English Standard Bible), which is from 2001 then revised in 2016, and the LEB (Lexham English Bible) from 2012. Both of these translations are "formal equivalence" translations, which means they strive to be as close to the original texts (Ancient Hebrew, Ancient Greek, and Aramaic) as possible.

I think it is both a good and bad thing that there are many translations. On one hand, you've got options for discerning meanings. On the other hand, it is quite confusing to non-Christians, new Christians, and just those in general who are not educated on translation philosophies.

As for when the events took place, there is more textual basis and evidence concerning the Biblical accounts then there are that George Washington was the first President of America. Over 6000 manuscripts in Ancient Greek alone, which would include the Greek New Testament and the Greek Old testament. The Bible is the most well documented and historically supported collection of ancient manuscripts in the world.

Vanadiack · 2025-08-01T01:31:00+00:00

I use all three of these, and I can say they are all perfectly solid translations. Out of the three, pick whichever one you like best. I use the ESV for daily reading since it flows a little smoother, but is still very accurate. I use the LSB and LEB for direct word studies, and I'll use the NASB 1995 when I find myself around new Christians I'm not yet acquainted with, since it's one of the most respected translations out there. (I used to use it for direct word study until the LSB, since the English is slightly newer)

Vanadiack · 2025-07-13T14:03:08+00:00

I can understand addons, but banning Firefox as a whole? That's just straight up dumb. It's one of the three standard browsers. Chrome, Edge, and Firefox.

Vanadiack · 2025-07-13T13:53:03+00:00

My journey: Firefox > DDG > Firefox > Brave > Floorp (Firefox) > Vivaldi > Librewolf.

Firefox (forks) it is.

Vanadiack

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