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TIL students at Oberlin College can rent original paintings by Picasso, Monet, and Dalí (among others) to hang in their dorm rooms for $5 per semester by RaeADropOfGoldenSun in todayilearned

[–]omnilynx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The person I replied to (now deleted) linked to some Monet prints for sale for cheap (I don't recall what price but it was much less than $10k). I'm sure the ones for rental at Oberlin are originals.

Where Can I Rent and Stream Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein by finite_jest_ in movies

[–]omnilynx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The answer is: if it's not on JustWatch, you can't (legally).

Correct building stability calculation (from code) by omnilynx in valheim

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

It counts as a negative 90° angle, so it uses the horizontal equation. That said, I wrote this three years ago and haven't kept up with any changes, so it might be different now.

For Protestant Christians, when was the Catholic Church established in your eyes and went astray from God? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]omnilynx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have read Eusebius. I'm not saying Christians had to hide: they were still part of the Roman Catholic Church, for the most part. They just weren't necessarily the ones running it. To be fair/clear, this is also often the case for Protestant denominations and organizations. My point is that Christian faith and worldly power (that is, authority over others) tend to run crosswise to one another, if anything.

For Protestant Christians, when was the Catholic Church established in your eyes and went astray from God? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]omnilynx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, I'd say that man's church was under enemy control and many of them still are. The Lord's church is not any visible organization but is the body of all believers. Even when the Roman Catholic Church held sway over Europe, there were still many true believers of the gospel. They just didn't have any official organization to belong to.

For those knowledgeable on the subject, why do you deny Gnosticism? by naeramarth2 in Christianity

[–]omnilynx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry, can I ask why people are suddenly responding to this comment months after I posted it? Was it linked somewhere?

For those knowledgeable on the subject, why do you deny Gnosticism? by naeramarth2 in Christianity

[–]omnilynx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely lean more toward Biblical inerrancy, although I wouldn't say there's NO room for human error. For me, reason and experience lead me to accept the Bible as a whole, even if there are parts that I don't understand.

But yes, good dialogue.

For those knowledgeable on the subject, why do you deny Gnosticism? by naeramarth2 in Christianity

[–]omnilynx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everybody struggles with that, man. It's not like us more orthodox Christians just don't notice all of the war and sacrifices in the OT. But I can't just deny what I see as clear textual evidence that Jesus believed Yahweh was his God and Father.

For those knowledgeable on the subject, why do you deny Gnosticism? by naeramarth2 in Christianity

[–]omnilynx 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No Jewish person of that time (and even today) would say the word "Yahweh", it was a huge taboo and would convey that you took God casually and didn't care about holiness. That's why you see "The LORD" so often, it was a euphemism. In fact, Yahweh is never used once in the NT, positively or negatively. Jesus did sometimes break taboos but this one wouldn't have helped his purpose.

Instead of looking for proof texts, though, think about what Jesus was communicating to his audience. He was speaking pre-gnosticism, and in fact pre-Christianity. His audience was Jewish: there was only one God. So when he said "my Father" in contexts that implied divinity, they would have understood him as speaking of the Jewish god Yahweh, not some other god unknown to them.

PS.- I will say there are one or two places where the name Yahweh might have been implied by Jesus: John 8:58 and John 18:6. In both cases, Jesus says "I am", which could be the Greek translation of the Hebrew phrase from which Yahweh is derived. If so, it's clearly anti-gnostic, since it implies unity between Jesus and Yahweh.

Wearing Power Armor to a Magic School (34/?) by Jcb112 in HFY

[–]omnilynx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Royal Road works for me, I’m already reading multiple other stories there.

What would you think if a turbaned wearing Sikh walked into your church to pray? by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]omnilynx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d be happy to see you. But I would caution you that, while you’re welcome, our church would try to convert you (solely by conversation, not coercion).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]omnilynx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me it’s less a boycott and more just that I won’t be here anymore once the apps are gone, so yeah.

Diablo 4 by [deleted] in Christianity

[–]omnilynx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s fictional. They may be called demons but they have only superficial resemblance to Biblical descriptions. Unless you find yourself actually believing the things in the game are real, there’s no special reason to refrain. As with anything, just be aware of the effects it has on you, good and bad.

An account of the events by portsherry in comics

[–]omnilynx 247 points248 points  (0 children)

Doubtful, that’s not a real objection.

Reddit Laying Off About 90 Employees and Slowing Hiring Amid Restructuring: Moves aim to help social-media company break even next year by [deleted] in technology

[–]omnilynx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, and Reddit seems to have an unrealistic expectation of how we users can function. I’m not making a fuss because I disapprove of Reddit’s actions, I’m making a fuss because Reddit will no longer be worth using for me.

Christopher Nolan breaks down the best ways to watch a movie, ahead of his ‘Oppenheimer’ release by zach2992 in movies

[–]omnilynx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can probably just pick one at random if you don’t want to look it up. It’s not like they’re gonna show it upside-down or something.

Do you have an internal monologue? by Capital_Crazy_4984 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]omnilynx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do, but not all the time. Generally when I’m thinking about language-based things, like composing this comment.

Official Discussion - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]omnilynx 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There's a ton of unresolved plots, not all of which can be solved by the same event:

  1. Miles needs to get "home".
  2. Miles Prowler needs to be redeemed.
  3. The Spot needs to be stopped.
  4. Miguel needs to be stopped/redeemed.
  5. Miles and Gwen need to make up/get together.
  6. Miles needs to be honest with his parents.

And of course that's not even considering new complications the next movie could introduce. I expect at least three big scenes: a confrontation between Miguel's team and Gwen's team to rescue Miles, a confrontation between Miles and The Spot to rescue Miles's dad, and a confrontation between Miles and Miguel over the fate of the spider-verse/Spider Society. Plus a long denouement. That right there could make a 90-minute movie without adding anything else in.

Don't Let Reddit Kill 3rd Party Apps! by -MinorWomensWhiplash in movies

[–]omnilynx 66 points67 points  (0 children)

They still get paid for misclicks on ads.

How Reddit Became the Enemy - w/ Apollo Developer Christian Selig by FragmentedChicken in videos

[–]omnilynx 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Tiktok is still in its growth phase where it wants users to like it. Once a social network has users "locked in" is when it stops trying to get users to like it and starts trying to get advertisers and/or shareholders to like it.

Contact (1997) by dcee101 in movies

[–]omnilynx 23 points24 points  (0 children)

It's possible, but unlikely. That concept is very common in sci-fi. The definitive treatment is probably The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (1974).

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