Just a nerd who migrated from kbin(dot)social.
“can be” vs. “should be”. But yes, the god of the Torah is a jealous god. I mean, he flat-out says, “you shall have no other gods before me”. Not, “no other gods exist”, or “you can’t respect other gods”. Just, none before him. Which says that while he might be omniscient and omnipotent, he’s not the only god who is so.
Okay, and? Yes, the 93 bombing was years before, but terrorism wasn’t going away. Just because none of us normal folks thought about it didn’t mean it was something to avoid insuring against. Think about this - the WTC had subway access too. Terrorist attacks in subways may not be common, but they’re possible. Insurance isn’t about what “is”, it’s about what might be.
I will highlight that the WTC had already been bombed once before, and had been hit by a Cessna. Terrorism is part of the insurance for any large building, especially one that had already been the site of a confirmed terrorist attack.
That’s a general statement about that man’s existence - he has his own bizarre approach.
Given how durable and versatile bathtubs are, I wouldn’t be surprised.
If the way someone goes to war with the US is by freeing us from the overly-centralized landlords of the Internet, maybe whoever they are isn’t so bad.
Yup. Most of our core electrical infrastructure is over 100 years old now. And thanks to a combination of NIMBYism, profiteering, and the anti-nuclear brigades, we’re not likely to see that change any time soon.
I just want AWS, Azure, Google, & Cloudflare to go down at the same time.
And maybe stay down.
Two days.
Well, too bad, because I’m right!
As a platform grows, you tend to get more diversity of voices. As voices become diverse, conflict becomes inevitable.
Exactly. Especially considering what they’re doing to Android.
It’s just another Chrome.
Then I would have some real issues living outside the USA. I believe in using cash, and I probably wouldn’t keep a bank account if I had to go through all that nonsense.
I’ve not had that experience. Most of the places I go to or do business with prefer cash (most even charge for cards now), and my bank doesn’t do that stuff. If they do, I’ll just go to an FCU instead of a bank, since most of them do most of their business in-person.
I honestly hope that the fediverse is mostly free of it.
Oh, I hear you there. I’ve had to give persistent location data to GMaps of all things, because she uses Apple and actually wanted me to get one of those devices just for location.
Might be interesting. Disney would literally hire a PMC to shoot pirates.
If my bank ever changes to do that, I would immediately find a different bank. Then again, whenever it’s possible, I do business in cash.
Have you ever read Paradise Lost?