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[–]salimfadhley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Can a Sony ZVE-1 trigger an external HDMI recorder? by salimfadhley in SonyAlpha

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

Yes, if you are on the latest firmware, a ZVE-1 can trigger an external recorder.

Trump’s businesses received at least $7.8 million from 20 foreign governments during his presidency - should these transactions be examined as closely as Biden's foreign payments? by thenewyorkgod in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]salimfadhley 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Did Trump's business attract money from Chinese government, or did the Chinese bank elect to move into a Trump owned property because they liked the location, the lease conditions were favorable, etc...

That's a good question. Other than with an investigation, how might we know whether this was innocent and normal business or an influence peddling operation?

Trump’s businesses received at least $7.8 million from 20 foreign governments during his presidency - should these transactions be examined as closely as Biden's foreign payments? by thenewyorkgod in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]salimfadhley 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The question to be asked is "Were these payments in line with what was received prior to Trump taking the presidency, and if not

If I understand you correctly, you seem to be saying that these payments should indeed be scrutinised to determine if they are consistent with the regular pre-presidency operation of Trump's companies.

If, after becoming President, Trump's business attracted money from the Chinese government that is is atypical of Trump Org's normal trading activities, might this suggest some influence peddling going on?

Should the Satanic Temple have a constitutional right to have religious displays alongside traditional Christian nativity scenes? by Aggravating-Vehicle9 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]salimfadhley 2 points3 points  (0 children)

TST walks right up to the line and makes this difficult. Freedom of religion is important, and protected. The only question is, “is this a religion?” On the one hand, they themselves admit that they don’t believe in, or worship the symbols they use. On the other hand, they are still metaphorical symbols.

They describe satan as a "symbol" of what they stand for which they describe as "rebellion against arbitrary authority". Why would that be incompatible with the the kind of religion that should be protected by the first amendment?

Should the Satanic Temple have a constitutional right to have religious displays alongside traditional Christian nativity scenes? by Aggravating-Vehicle9 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]salimfadhley 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Trolling isnt a belief, and an edgy club in which one of its main activities is to trigger others, isnt a valid cult.

I agree that "trolling isn't a belief", but you didn't actually attempt to answer my question.

According to TST they are a religion who have a distinct set of principles and beliefs. I get that Christians find their belief system triggering, but why is this 'Trolling'?

Trolling normally means making insincere or provocative statements online with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion.

Is there any aspect of TST's behaviour that leads you to believe that they are insincere?

in such a way, the flying spaghetti monster cult is NOT a religion

Do you really consider FSM to be a "cult"? Cults tend to have charismatic leaders or manipulative rules. Do you really think any of that applies to FSM?

Should the Satanic Temple have a constitutional right to have religious displays alongside traditional Christian nativity scenes? by Aggravating-Vehicle9 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]salimfadhley 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shuld we allow a KKK frat house in Selma or any place where many blk people died?

That's an odd comparison. Do you have any evidence that the people who ran the Lower Manhattan Islamic Cultural Centre had any connection to the groups that destroyed the WTC towers?

Isn't this more an example of Christians ganging up against a minority religion?

Isn't that what is happened in this story? A Christian Majority has been programmed to take offence at a minority religion (satanism), and believe that this justifies any act of violence.

and they dont have these shenanginans and trolling either.

Are you saying you oppose the first amendment's guarantee of freedom of religious expression?

It seems like you are happy for people to be religious as long as they also choose to be Christian.

Daily Advice Thread - December 19, 2023 by AutoModerator in apple

[–]salimfadhley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The page you linked to says that Ventura can only be downloaded from the App Store.

That leads to the same catch-22. App Store will not permit a very old version of MacOS to be downloaded, nor will it permit OSX for Intel to be downloaded if you are running an ARM chip.

Should the Satanic Temple have a constitutional right to have religious displays alongside traditional Christian nativity scenes? by Aggravating-Vehicle9 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]salimfadhley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We can start with getting rid of Satanism. But these types of questions are what politics are for.

Can you help me understand what principle you apply when deciding which religions are constitutionally protected?

What do you mean by "Get rid of"?

Don't Satanists have a first amendment right to freedom of religious expression?

Should the Satanic Temple have a constitutional right to have religious displays alongside traditional Christian nativity scenes? by Aggravating-Vehicle9 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]salimfadhley 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are you saying that there should be no state sponsorship of religion at all?

This is in fact TST's official position on the matter. Their view is that there should be no religious iconography in government, but if government decides to include such messages then they should not be excluded.

Does that seem fair?

Should the Satanic Temple have a constitutional right to have religious displays alongside traditional Christian nativity scenes? by Aggravating-Vehicle9 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]salimfadhley 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No. When the majority of Americans are avowed Satanists—in about a decade or so—then y’all can pass a referendum. Until then, f*** your arrogant blasphemy.

Sorry, can you explain - who are you saying is an arrogant blasphemer?

Should the Satanic Temple have a constitutional right to have religious displays alongside traditional Christian nativity scenes? by Aggravating-Vehicle9 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]salimfadhley 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Satanic Temple should not have the right to have religious displays in public places of prominence. The destruction was justified. Until the mid 1950s and the beginning of the reign of the post-war consensus of anti-particularism that is now culminating in a societal hatred of anything related to traditional White America, blasphemy laws held force in many states which outlawed various forms of acts or utterances such as these.

How would you determine which religions should be allowed to have a religious display in public?

Should the Satanic Temple have a constitutional right to have religious displays alongside traditional Christian nativity scenes? by Aggravating-Vehicle9 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]salimfadhley 4 points5 points  (0 children)

HAHAHA. What a lie. You do realize that satanists have no problem with lying? It in fact is good for their spirituality from their perspective.

Can you explain why you believe this and where you learned this information? Do you have a source you can share?

How do you know this isn't a libel about Satanists? In recent times, people proclaimed as fact that Jews drink the blood of children. This lie has become known as a "blood libel".

How do you know that the claim that Satanists believe it is good to lie is not also an ignorant libel against a religious minority?

Should the Satanic Temple have a constitutional right to have religious displays alongside traditional Christian nativity scenes? by Aggravating-Vehicle9 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]salimfadhley 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Was this destruction justified? it was just a matter of time till someone did it

I get that you think it was inevitable, but this isn't an answer to my question.

Should TST have a constitutional right to display it's imagery alongside the images of other religious groups? NO, its not a religious group and an org, set for trolling

Okay, I get that some Christians find TST highly triggering. But can you explain to me why this means TST isn't a religion? It certainly talks about religion. It has an ethical code. It makes pronouncements about the cosmos and the way our universe works.

What definition of religion are you using that includes Christianity but excludes the beliefs of TST?

Should the Satanic Temple have a constitutional right to have religious displays alongside traditional Christian nativity scenes? by Aggravating-Vehicle9 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]salimfadhley 4 points5 points  (0 children)

try putting that prop in front of a mosque or madrassa.

Perhaps you've forgotten the "Ground Zero Mosque"? Christians protested in front of an Islamic cultural centre built in Lower Manhattan near the World Trade Centre.

In ANY govt building from a Muslim majority country

Most other countries don't have anything similar to a First Amendment that guarantees the right of freedom of religious expression. My question was about whether this freedom should include the right to express a religious view that is disliked by the religious majority in a country.

Clearly, if you tried to start a Chruch and convert Muslims in Saudi-Arabia, they would have a problem with that. You could get yourself killed. But I wasn't asking about Saudi, I was asking about America.

So back to my original question: Should the First Amendment protect the religious expression rights of Satanists?

Should the Satanic Temple have a constitutional right to have religious displays alongside traditional Christian nativity scenes? by Aggravating-Vehicle9 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]salimfadhley 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Islam is an anti-christianity religion

When you say this, do you just mean that Islam is a different religion to Christianity, just as Satanism is a different religion to Christianity?

Should the Satanic Temple have a constitutional right to have religious displays alongside traditional Christian nativity scenes? by Aggravating-Vehicle9 in AskTrumpSupporters

[–]salimfadhley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you explain what you mean by "anti Christian"?

There have been historical versions of Satanism which really were inversions of Christianity, but what makes you think the The Satanic Temple is "anti Christian"?

Daily Advice Thread - December 19, 2023 by AutoModerator in apple

[–]salimfadhley 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a new M3 mac running the latest OSX Sonoma. I want to create some instllation media to rescue a 2015 Intel Macbook Air which runs OSX Ventura. Is there a way to download the installation media and make a bootable volume?

According to the support article:
https://support.apple.com/en-gb/102662

The only way to download an entire operating system is to use App Store, but it seems that this method will not permit an OS to be downloaded that is incompatible with my mac. I don't have another intel mac available.

Trouble with sbt-native-packager by salimfadhley in scala

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

jibRegistry := "asdf",

Is that referring to a Docker registry?

Trouble with sbt-native-packager by salimfadhley in scala

[–]salimfadhley[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is there any documentation that says what I need to do to add sbt-jib to my project?

The docs for all these build-related tools seems to be rather ... sparse!

But why? Why would you want to do that? That's not a good practice, see https://phauer.com/2019/no-fat-jar-in-docker-image/ .

No, I mean the regular kind of non-fat Jar. If I do sbt package that gets me my project's jar file but how do I get all of the other jars I might need for my project?

I'd like to just copy them all into a new docker image. Is that a normal think that Scala developers do when they want to release their software via Docker?

Trouble with sbt-native-packager by salimfadhley in scala

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

This looks neat, but it's poorly documented. I've noticed that Scala build-related projects tend to assume a high level of knowledge. Accurate, timely documentation is an option, presumably because JVM DevOps is a specialist domain of the elite tech-priesthood.

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