Would it be possible with the tech we have for a space station to exist indefinitely in a LaGrange point orbiting the Sun, the same way the ISS orbits the Earth?
I can't help but wonder what dynamic that would create among humans, and whatever else might be out there.
I've never been into it.
I know a lot of people go through a 'phase' where they claim their interest regarding it, but I have always deemed the Word of God enough. Astrology as a concept has always seemed irrelevant because there isn't any reasoning behind it.
I believe God is above the order of the universe, and so because He is. We are saved from predictions regarding it. Our lives aren't limited to the signs of the universe, because our lives are in God's hands.
That being said. The three wise men were 'star readers' as far as I know, and they used their knowledge of stars to find the Lord when He was a baby.
Does this mean there is significance to Astrology, and how does it fit into our faith regarding these matters?
The Bible says there are things regarding our lives, that even the angels long to know and understand. Things that only God knows that we can learn about ourselves when we walk with Him.
I wonder if the angels can see our dreams, because sometimes when I dream, I dream things too dangerous to express with words. You never know who might be listening, or reading...
I've had dreams that seemed induced by Satan, worship songs sung by choirs with resonating lies, that do not correspond with the Truth. Worship songs that glorify the kingdom of darkness. Nightmares that leave me feeling cold, with the hairs standing on the back of my neck, and a certain tension in the air upon waking up. Dreams of churches of 'light' that belong to the enemy. Churches that look like the ones we have here on Earth but more perfect, beautiful and full of bright white light, seemingly holy but wicked in principle and name, with servants who do the bidding of the enemy. Attacking those who belong to the One true God, in an attempt to steal power for wicked purposes.
I've had dreams where I get pulled through the heavens in a moment, to faraway places, far from this world. Where terrible disorder reigns as the norm in raging oceans under brooding storms. In a state of hopeless abandon, evoking forgotten matters of the heart in me that I never understood, but have felt throughout my life. Things that have fell dormant over the years in the mundane state of everyday life here on Earth. Terrible things I have sensed since I was young, that I used to run from. Things I've been longing for to be resolved.
God has protected me from these things, and now He is allowing me to face them in my dreams.
In some of these dreams I would hear and sense the presence of angels. I don't see them, but I sense them just outside of perception, watching over me as I go through these experiences, like they are standing guard over me to call me back from the brink of madness as these matters begin to tear at my heart. I believe God allows them to guide and protect me through the forces present in these dreams.
I understand that God sends angels to watch over us, according to his plan for us. To protect us against forces that would destroy us without His protection.
I began having visions of similar knowledge a few years ago, and now I get these dreams. I guess I am getting older.
Since I've been born of the spirit, I believe God has allowed me to understand things regarding the spiritual world and how I am made in His image. I believe God will complete His work, and I look forward to that day!
I long for the Lord's return. I long for righteous justice against these forces in the high places against which we war in spirit. There are forces that have utterly abandoned the way of the light, that have completely given themselves over to darkness and they are raging on in this darkness in complete abandon, almost entirely separated from the light of grace.
All of this led me to the question whether angels can see our dreams? After the matter I believe with God's permission, they can. I've experienced attacks from the father of lies, cunning and sly as if he was never there, trying to cast seeds of doubt. The Lord is my rock, and my fortress. I am also aware of the angels sent to do His will. He is with us, even when we fail to perceive His divine presence and intervention.
Using this site can be frustrating, with several kinds of problems that don't make it particularly user friendly.
There are more to list, though I'll keep it at 3. It's frustrating enough to say something, at this point.
I'm genuinely curious where all their money goes, or if they use this as an excuse because they don't get a big enough cut from streamers already?
Not sure what the approach or philosophy is to one of the biggest streaming platforms on the planet. . .
You'd think they'd have it figured out by now!
There seems to be a key change at the end of the song, and I'm also curious to know what the initial key is?
I tried looking it up but couldn't find any solid answers regarding this one specifically.
Why do the godless people all seem so happy in their ignorance and carelessness, like they get their way and couldn't be happier. They don't care and because they don't care, they bask in their ignorance while others suffer.
The godless mock and scoff at those who care and believe, while we must turn the other cheek at their scorn and abuse.
I am instructed to turn the other cheek, while at the same time I am full of sin and my flesh burns with a raging passion for the opportunity to sin. God has isolated me on a personal level; I live a barren and lonely life after leaving the ways of this world. God called me. I am alone because all my worldly friends left me. I'd rather have God and peace than lots of 'friends' and reputation and riches in this world.
I got sick and, in my affliction, God began His work.
I am born into this sin; I feel it in my blood. I used to be the enemy of God. The impulse to steal, murder, and destroy.
God has called me to the Lord as the Prince of peace. He placed a yearning in my heart for something undeniably righteous.
My rage and lust used to serve and satiate my desires, yet my heart felt empty without the Lord. I used to be a void into which I watched things disappear as they broke at my doing. It led to a lot of regret, but my sin used to be my power. It gave me what I wanted when I imposed it on others, as I lorded over them. The darkness of it came to me effortlessly intuitive.
I am deeply flawed. I gave away this power that I had to follow God instead of myself, and now I am barely anything.
After learning the Truth, I became powerless in my wicked ways. I got kicked out by Satan, as I used to be like one of his own.
Now I need to put myself last and practice patience and forgiveness, along with things like turning the other cheek which is completely opposite to my sinful nature. It is difficult, there is no doubt about it. The way is narrow and I fall short, regularly.
I need to practice these things, while the world mocks my faith.
It doesn't change the fact that I believe Jesus is who He said He is, or that there is a God.
It's this state in which I exist that floors me to what feels like the bottom of the deepest ocean where the heaviest things sink to, to be forgotten; fighting spiritual forces I cannot see.
While at the same time feeling and realising that I am not worthy of God's love, and that at times it even feels to me like other people may have forgiveness in Jesus but that there is so much wrong with me, that I'm not allowed to believe in Jesus.
In difficult moments it feels like Jesus doesn't love me because I feel like His sworn enemy with all that is inherently wrong with me.
I do not wish to oppose the Son of God, because against Him I stand no chance. When I feel the way I do in times like these, I close my eyes and I see the Son of God standing in front of me with a sword in His hand and that I am the one in the wrong.
I cannot rely on these old ways that used to serve me so well, in moments of affliction. I fall short because in my heart I still feel these forces pull at me and I burn with a rage and a passion for vengeance and sin, though I will strive to hold to the Lord even though I fall short as I do.
Sometimes God allows terrible things to happen to bring the result He desires. In this, God has answered my question. He is with me, even in my darkest hour, even when I fall short the way I do. There He is, there His power is sovereign. He is strong where I am so utterly helpless, at my weakest.
I am looking to buy a 34" Ultrawide screen, with a decent colour range, refresh rate (minimum 120Hz), and decent response time.
OLED is a little too expensive, and I hear it tends to suffer from burn-in over time.
I hear VA is a good middle ground when it comes to decent colour range, along with refresh rate and response time. With less of a risk for issues like ghosting in dark scenes or burn-in.
This monitor will primarily be for general editing and production work, casual (cinematic) gaming, and watching movies.
I am interested in a curved monitor, though hopefully nothing too extreme where it feels strange when I'm sitting on the couch a few meters away to watch a movie.
I want it to be a long-term investment, I'm thinking at least 10 years and was curious to hear what other desktop owners might recommend?
I am looking to buy a 34" Ultrawide screen, with a decent colour range, refresh rate (minimum 120Hz), and decent response time.
OLED is a little too expensive, and I hear it tends to suffer from burn-in over time.
I hear VA is a good middle ground when it comes to decent colour range, along with refresh rate and response time. With less of a risk for issues like ghosting in dark scenes or burn-in.
This monitor will primarily be for general editing and production work, casual (cinematic) gaming, and watching movies.
I am interested in a curved monitor, though hopefully nothing too extreme where it feels strange when I'm sitting on the couch a few meters away to watch a movie.
I want it to be a long-term investment, I'm thinking at least 10 years and was curious to hear what other desktop owners might recommend?
I've been seeing a lot of videos and content recently being made about the Russel Brand interview on the Piers Morgan podcast. Specifically, where he fumbles through his Bible looking for a verse he can't find.
A lot of people have been calling him a false convert, because he doesn't know his Bible, he did terrible things, etc.
I want to remind you fellow believers; Russel Brand only recently came to faith in Jesus as Lord. He's been getting ragged on by the media, because of things he did in his past, while he was a sinner, long before he got saved.
We know that the Word speaks about how we will be persecuted for our faith. Russel is a man who lived and operated in a den of sin from a young age. Now that he has proclaimed his faith in God, he is a threat to Satan. Satan knows that and wants to expel him and ruin his reputation. Russel is being hounded for his past to cancel him as a person with a wide reach as a celebrity.
Are we not all sinners who need saving? If God forgave Russel through repentance and coming to faith in the Lord, shouldn't we also be willing to forgive him?
If we don't forgive a man like Russel for his past sins, how can we expect God to forgive us for ours?
The most ironic thing about the whole debacle and what happened on Piers Morgan show is that he fumbles through the book of Isaiah and ultimately, he does not find the verse he was looking for.
Isaiah was the book Jesus opened precisely on Isaiah 61 and read:
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners
Russel fumbled where Jesus had God's favour. Perhaps Russel fumbled to Jesus' credit, as a reminder that Jesus is the true Shepard. A reminder that it takes time to grow in faith. People can't expect a man like Russel to be perfect and have all the answers and right things to say when he gets put on TV as a Christian.
We all fumble in life sometimes and it can be hard to understand. God moves ahead of us and He provides a way. God can and will provide a way for Russel if he remains in the Lord.
Russel proclaimed his faith in God and gave his heart to Jesus as he professed. He is being persecuted and the last thing we as Christians ought to be doing in this case is jumping on the accusation bandwagon for clicks and social media engagement. Faith and love and peace and the fruits of the Holy Spirit are more important than internet clout and engagement for our own selfish wants.
Russel is a famous person who's been through a lot, who we don't know on a personal level. Now is the time to pray for a man like Russel, as God can use a man with his reach for the Gospel.
Pray that Russel does not get tempted by evil things in a moment of affliction. Pray that God protects him and rather heals him and saves him from the temptations and the ways of his past that served him for so long.
How often do we revert back to sinful ways because it worked so well for us before? I hope God protects Russel from that.
Russel is rich in fame, and we know what the Bible says about a rich man getting into heaven. Perhaps in that regard, a lot is expected of him as the Word teaches us, to those whom much is given, much will be expected.
Now is a time to reach out to Russel and tell him that God loves him and the persecution is expected, especially in his case as a famous person with influence and reach in a world where Satan is god. We should be the love a persecuted man in Christ needs in a dire moment.
I'm not a stout follower of Russel. I just noticed the responses, even from Christians and it saddened me enough to say something.
Why do people who don't care get permission to do what they want and ruin it for everyone else?
Will the love for money ruin everything?
Every time it happens things change in a bad way, and what brought prosperity in the first place gets sacrificed for money.
As they suck the body dry, trying to maintain an illusion of what was real.
It happened to the music industry; that ship sailed.
It's currently happening to the film industry.
I'd rather not make dark predictions...
I'm curious what you all think about the differences between these two options for a desktop main monitor?
I'm also curious what kind of graphics card you think would be good to handle this resolution/size well in the long run.
If you know any better alternatives within the same price point, please do say!
Hey folks, I recently made a post about a monitor upgrade from a 24" 1440p main monitor, to something a bit more versatile at 32".
Along with a bigger screen, the biggest upgrade I'm looking to make will probably be the graphics card.
I've been on an RTX 2070 Super OC, for the last 7 years and my needs have been very well met on it with 1440p gaming.
Initially I was thinking of upgrading when the 4000 series cards released, but right after Covid the prices shot up and from what it seemed like never really settled again after that.
I've been holding out, but I need to upgrade my screen for work related purposes and thought now would probably be a good time to get a new graphics card as well.
I am thinking of getting a 32" 1440p 120Hz, because I'll be using it for work, gaming and entertainment, all on one system.
The RTX 2070 Super was brand new when I got it, and it is a decent mid/high end card that delivers on performance at a good price point. It held well over the years and still performs surprisingly well.
I was thinking I want to get a higher end graphics card, as this time my upgrade is specifically only the screen and graphics card. So, I thought an RTX 5080 might be a good option as something with some power that would last a decent amount of time.
I've been out of the loop with graphics cards and what other options have become available from other brands like AMD, etc.
I am posting because I would like to hear what you all think of current prices, whether waiting is still a thing since prices have been high for years. As well as what might be more affordable bang for buck cards that sit in the same performance range as an RTX 5080 but with a more reasonable price tag compared to what Nvidia offers.
Edit: no Super lineup on 50 series
I've been gaming on 24inch for as long as I can remember.
I used to be into competitive FPS games when I was younger but these days, I play more single-player type games. RPG games, looter shooters, FPS games, racing games, and strategy games. A whole mix of games.
I was wondering what resolution would be good for a 32inch main monitor, would 1440p suffice, or would 4k be better?
I'm no longer as focused on FPS performance and competitive edge in PVP as I used to be. I still like shooters, but I play them mostly for fun.
I was thinking 120Hz would be a good middle-ground, and perhaps 1440p on 32inch?
This will be my first monitor bigger than 24inch though, so not sure what to expect and thought it would be a good idea to ask around.
The games I mostly play are looter shooters like The Division, racing games like Forza Horizon and RPG games like Assassin's Creed, e.g. I like that cinematic type of experience along with some fun Multiplayer.
As it stands, I value a cinematic experience more than to have a competitive edge.
Another thing to consider in my case is if I go 4k, I'll probably have to upgrade my graphics card sooner than if I got a 1440p monitor. I guess the pixel density is what it comes down to.
What I've learned going from 1080p main to 1440p main is that 1080p looks just fine on a native monitor, where it looks bad and blurry on a 1440p one.
If 1440p 32inch is fine and I can set it to the native monitor resolution, I'll take that over 4k and having to lower resolution when games are too demanding to still get decent performance.
Google search results over the years got flooded by reddit posts, and now you can no longer access it on your phone browser without the app.
It makes me wonder if this was the plan all along; now that the 'warm welcome' phase is over and shifted to 'do as we say or get out'.
So, they lead the blind down a narrower corridor.
These days it seems the AI personalities can be all sorts of customized according to a user's 'preferences'.
Reddit has been selling their data to AI companies for the training of LLMs.
They very well might train those LLM bots for this site specifically. Because they have no reason not to cash in on that opportunity.
User authenticity? Pffft.
Every day this website seems to be getting worse. It used to be much better pre-pandemic.
I used to appreciate the RIF (reddit is fun) app for Android back in 2023, but then reddit decided to axe 3rd party apps and since then I've only used reddit on PC or browse the site without logging in on mobile browser.
After they axed the RIF app (among the rest), reddit in fact systematically stopped being fun.
I saw today that now you're no longer even allowed to browse reddit on a phone browser outside of the app.
It gives a 'download the app' notification over a locked page.
Reddit hasn't been what it used to be since 2023, it used to be much better and I'm not willing to let them force me to download their app just to browse the home page.
I've had one foot out the door since the 2023 blackout in July and at this point, I'm considering abandoning the site completely, with how badly it's being run and how they keep forcing their users down a narrower corridor for a worsening experience as time goes on.
They betrayed the original ethos of the website with what happened in 2023. It hasn't been the same and has been getting progressively worse since then.
I find it strange how some people will go out of their way, just to be toxic.