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I Was Going to Post Something Here . . .

If the "no's" have it, will we get a fancy, insightful post which will change the tenor and give new meaning to this forum? Dare we vote no, or are we ourselves "fey" and given to self-deprecation in word and meaningless occupation? Vote "no" and change the world.
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- Post #38
- Jul 10, 2021
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Ask an unemployable well fed artist anything

Are you happy with the direction your life has taken so far? What influence did your parent(s) have in this direction and what changes would you have made?
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- Post #111
- Aug 20, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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How to get more women in IT and technical fields.

While that's true, a parent's role is also to provide the means and guidance for the offspring to be self-sufficient and functional in the environment they happen to be in, and this in our day means being technically capable to a large extent. Such fields are not for everyone, but parental...
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- Post #65
- Aug 20, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Os for using pc as router

OP, you're probably better off sticking with a conventional router -- it's not clear what a PC-based router would give you other than technical headaches. But to add to the list of such routers which may be of use in general...
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- Post #16
- Aug 20, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Adenocarcinoma of unknown primary

You might have heard of this: http://nypost.com/2015/08/10/belief-in-god-really-does-make-you-feel-better-study-suggests/ What I know from personal experience is that the lack of any belief in God and afterlife can be unbearably painful for someone facing death. If one doesn't think of...
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- Post #186
- Aug 16, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Cancer.. i have it

I think that when you have a potentially terminal disease with severe pain which requires specialized pain relief, the chance of addiction should be very low in the list of things that you should be concerned about. But any aspect of pain relief you're concerned about should be discussed with...
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- Post #170
- May 13, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Going to step-sons 8th grade "graduation". Help me.

Sure, at an end-of-year party, you mill around etc., while a ceremony is structured, and gives time to recognize, celebrate, and remember every child. I guess it gets more diluted with bigger schools, but at the early ages especially, the schools can be small, and every kid can be known by...
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- Post #79
- Jun 13, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Going to step-sons 8th grade "graduation". Help me.

Even graduating college is not that big of a deal if you look at it that way. But it is a passage, and a celebration to mark the transition is nothing unusual. For the kids, ending a school year is good enough reason for celebration, and when it's a transition year, it's also saying goodbye to...
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- Post #33
- Jun 11, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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One American Muslim's 9/11 Story

Why would you guess that? Is this yet another theist vs atheist argument to you?
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- Post #10
- Jun 11, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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One American Muslim's 9/11 Story

I didn't hear anything denominational in his speech, and those who object to his affiliation apparently didn't understand what he was saying.
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- Post #8
- Jun 11, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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The True American

Thanks for bringing this up. Here's a great article on the topic: http://www.esquire.com/features/americans-2011/rais-bhuiyan-1211 There's a movie planned, and it might be interesting to see how the play on "True American" works in that, as a diversion. But asking whether or not...
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- Post #8
- May 20, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Whoa! Ultimate truth found?!

It isn't Peter Russell's idea, and for that matter, predates Decartes by several centuries at least. To his credit, Russell's first word in the article, "Western", hints at the source. The idea of consciousness existing without a material basis is no less, shall we say wonderful, than the...
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- Post #31
- Apr 20, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Look how far India has come

I've only seen one of his films, and on the topic of realism in Indian films this thread raises, his film was not just realistic relative to Indian films, it was human.
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- Post #44
- Mar 29, 2014
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Game reccomendations for young gamer

These are great games for kids. They also support second player drop-in & out and XBox controllers.
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- Post #61
- Dec 20, 2013
- Forum: PC Games
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Your thoughts on God

A fickle belief swinging to the opposite is as likely to swing back, until you have something which is more profound holding you to one, until that in turn is also exhausted because it is also essentially unsubstantial. Lack of belief may be less unsubstantial than a dumb belief, but as it is...
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- Post #615
- Dec 3, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Agonizing over full frame vs. crop for next camera

I'm biased towards full-frame. A crop camera is just not as enjoyable to me. I like to have a bigger viewfinder and field of view, etc., and to use the classic lenses in their originally intended role. If "whatever is around" includes much in the way of landscapes, a full-frame camera has an...
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- Post #17
- Nov 28, 2013
- Forum: Digital Cameras and Video
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An argument for panpsychism.

The conclusion may be valid independently of the premise and arguments. Indeed, it is the position of some religions.
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- Post #8
- Sep 28, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Do Christians, Muslims and Jews worship the same God?

Jillette ends up contradicting himself when he says that. He made the point that an unverifiable belief is also an indisputable belief; that that is a barrier to communication, and then he said that he, being an objectivist (of some sort), loves it when his claims are disputed by people who...
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- Post #54
- Sep 12, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Do Christians, Muslims and Jews worship the same God?

Don't judge all religious people by the examples of those such as the one creating this thread. It is the intolerance of those limited and insular views which you see, and that does not represent the spectrum of religious and spiritual views in totality. Some of those views are indeed quite...
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- Post #51
- Sep 8, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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What kind of activities do 12 year old girls like?

Lazarus, the girl is not only missing a father figure, she's also missing a functional family. As others have suggested, you don't have to make it harder on yourself and herself by taking her on by herself. You have kids and a family. Have her be free to accompany you all or not on whatever...
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- Post #61
- Aug 26, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Diversity.

What you need, after all, is unity in diversity, and it is this oddness which makes the concept seem problematic.
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- Post #24
- Aug 21, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Hinduism

I liked the term 'spiritual anarchist' in the above link, but I think it needs to be considered further. - Aurobindo
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- Post #25
- Aug 21, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Facing your own death with belief in no afterlife

Sorry, but this is off-topic in this thread. Please start your own if you wish and be respectful of the intended purpose of this one. I hoped to have made clear from the beginning that this was, whether or not a successful method for others, not applicable in this thread.
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- Post #86
- Aug 11, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Facing your own death with belief in no afterlife

I think I have an ultimate answer to my question. If you are not ready to face death, the long process of dying will itself prepare you for it, at the simplistic level of becoming a preferable alternative to the pain and suffering, but even when pain is being controlled also at a more profound...
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- Post #80
- Aug 8, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Facing your own death with belief in no afterlife

Fear doesn't have to be rational, and as some have suggested, can have a subconscious origin. It's a fact that fear is present (to some if not all) at the approach of death, including some who hold that there is no afterlife. Of course non-existence or death is held by most to be painless --...
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- Post #78
- Aug 8, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Facing your own death with belief in no afterlife

This point has been raised earlier, and while it is valid, I consider it off-topic in this thread. I've discussed it further myself, going years back, in this forum. To be clear -- from an anti-hell position if that mention helps to reduce additional distraction. As I've tried to make clear...
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- Post #74
- Aug 8, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Facing your own death with belief in no afterlife

On reflection, it's definitely not "some flash of sensibility" at the end which is warranted here, but greater preparation before that. At the very end, it's too late. My question asked what to say to the dying. At some point, saying anything is pointless, and hand-holding, if that, or simple...
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- Post #71
- Aug 7, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Facing your own death with belief in no afterlife

You don't have to be old to be bitter, and you don't have to be bitter to not 'deal with it'. It is enough to be afraid, and its converse, hopeful that you'll somehow recover, for you to put off facing death and not saying goodbye to your children and other loved ones. Even if you die long...
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- Post #66
- Aug 7, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Facing your own death with belief in no afterlife

Of course, we're all conditioned to be ashamed of bodily functions in public and unused to the idea that as we were when we were children, we might become without control and wholly dependent on others. But we're also adults, and can understand that when someone we love is dying, and losing...
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- Post #65
- Aug 7, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Facing your own death with belief in no afterlife

Thank you for your contribution. Do you think you'd have any special difficulty in telling your kids? How would you go about it? I'm sorry, this is a terrible question, but I'm not trying to goad you or make you feel bad. These questions matter to me.
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- Post #61
- Aug 6, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Facing your own death with belief in no afterlife

Thank you for your contribution. If you can think of what it is that makes you afraid and how you might address that fear, and not just fear, but be OK with the loss of everything that you hold dear, existence, I'd like to learn of any of that thought process.
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- Post #59
- Aug 6, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Facing your own death with belief in no afterlife

There are no guarantees, and all of that happens without your explicit choice. These days medical science is around to prolong death as much as it can. Of course, they don't regard it as such, and I'm being negative to make a point, but that's the outcome in effect. The process of dying is...
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- Post #58
- Aug 6, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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First Red Dragon 6K footage shown

Obviously they're phase-shifting other cameras so that they can co-exist in the same space at the same time and then blending the images. Think of de-materialization and re-materialization. A lesser camera company might have simply use different f-stops to express different EV's in the image...
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- Post #3
- Aug 5, 2013
- Forum: Digital Cameras and Video
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Facing your own death with belief in no afterlife

Thank you for your contribution to this thread; condolences on the bad news, but two's still a small number; try for a few more.
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- Post #45
- Aug 4, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Facing your own death with belief in no afterlife

Hitchens was mentioned in this thread, so I looked up some of what's been said of his death. Some of his own final words are here: http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/fighting_words/2012/08/christopher_hitchens_mortality_the_unpublished_jottings_of_the_late_great_writer_and_thinker_.html...
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- Post #44
- Aug 4, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Facing your own death with belief in no afterlife

As I wrote in the OP, I don't really want this thread to degenerate into yet another what is or isn't atheism discussion, or the attendant what proof is there for theism etc. That's really not the point here. I concede, and apologize for using the term atheism too loosely -- what the thread is...
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- Post #42
- Aug 4, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Facing your own death with belief in no afterlife

Thank you for your answer. I think that if we address the fear, which is possible intellectually at least, and are able to 'let go' of well, everything, then we are prepared for death. But when that 'letting go' involves letting go of your body which you identify with yourself, I think it's...
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- Post #29
- Aug 4, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Facing your own death with belief in no afterlife

Thank you for your answer. I'm sure it's true. If the gent you mentioned had been a firm atheist, and perhaps even if not, I'd love to hear how he came by his poise. But I counter that that nun failed her test of faith, and that one can put on a robe for its benefits, or not, for other...
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- Post #23
- Aug 4, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Facing your own death with belief in no afterlife

Thank you for your answer. If you would remember and perhaps elaborate on how you came to terms with death, it might help us understand. I see that a lot of it if not nearly everything would be very personal, but would like the thread to focus on aspects which especially relate to an atheistic...
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- Post #20
- Aug 4, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Facing your own death with belief in no afterlife

No, I'm referring to the fear which is experienced when you think that death is at hand. I don't care if you're a war hero or whatever, I expect that everyone would have some fear when they think that death is approaching if they have the time. This is not really a point for debate or a...
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- Post #17
- Aug 4, 2013
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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