Problem not solved, LOL?

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/185121

There seem to be a growing number of unmarried people today who may have been brought up to view their purpose in life as being tied to having a family, and they may be getting too old to have kids (in the case of some unmarried women for example).

How can they find a sense of meaning in life without a family?

I have trouble wrapping my head around this, due to the understanding that a person could dedicate their life to God and live as a celibate as like a monk or priest or nun if they don't marry, and I feel pretty content with the idea of being married or single or in some religious commitment.

But this seems like it may be a growing problem for other people who do not share my outlook and I was wondering if people have ideas on how these people can cope with the issue.

There seem to be a growing number of unmarried people today who may have been brought up to view their purpose in life as being tied to having a family, and they may be getting too old to have kids (in the case of some unmarried women for example).

How can they find a sense of meaning in life without a family?

I have trouble wrapping my head around this, due to the understanding that a person could dedicate their life to God and live as a celibate as like a monk or priest or nun if they don't marry, and I feel pretty content with the idea of being married or single or in some religious commitment.

But this seems like it may be a growing problem for other people who do not share my outlook and I was wondering if people have ideas on how these people can cope with the issue.

So I was outside and it was kind of quiet and suddenly an air conditioner machine turned on and it wasn't a big deal but I became aware of the issue of noise pollution

I was curious what people think about this issue and about what ideas you might have to improve the noise situation and to manage noise pollution in society

Like in the example of the air conditioner, are there mods that could be made to retrofit old machines to make them quieter? Or are there new quieter designs?

One thing I've thought of is to encourage people to voluntarily use loud machines on certain days of the week if possible, rather than at random times every day (for example, mowing the lawn with loud gas mowers). This may not be realistic though as some people's schedules push them to use loud machinery whenever they simply have a moment.

Any thoughts on how to improve the issue of noise pollution and about the topic of noise management?

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/139012

The Classic Typewriter Page: https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/index.html

Reddit Typewriters Wiki: https://www.typewriter.wiki/index.php/Main_Page

(not a proper crosspost but testing federation)

seemed like a top "free speech" instance, but was there too much NSFW content?

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/139012

The Classic Typewriter Page: https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/index.html

Reddit Typewriters Wiki: https://www.typewriter.wiki/index.php/Main_Page

note: I haven't figured out proper crossposting yet so am trying to do so manually to test federation

edit: fixed YSK in title; why YSK: interesting piece of technology you could continue to make use of today or get ideas on for developing new technology, etc.

The Classic Typewriter Page: https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/index.html

Reddit Typewriters Wiki: https://www.typewriter.wiki/index.php/Main_Page

I just see login button turn in to an animated circle and it never logs in, anyone had this issue?

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/109997

I've seen in programming that apparently naming things like variables or files is hard (?). So that could be a topic of discussion. I'm not sure if it's felt that hard, to me.

I have encountered a lot of problems with downloading files with irregular filenames, and then I can't find them, though. I'm guessing maybe that's on me to manually put the filename in whenever I download these things, but I guess sometimes I might just click "save" and the name of the file is not like a description of the file and it makes it difficult to find them when searching for them.

Now on the other hand, sometimes people don't want the files labeled so that people find them easily, so that's another issue too.

I've also wondered if a motion could be made to get more websites to automatically update certain filenames with titles of the page; for example, say a book on archive.org is gibberish, and you could select an option to automatically set that filename to the title of the page which would presumably be the name of the book.

Has anyone encountered either of these issues of trying to figure out how to name files, or of downloading files with lots of random names that might have a tendency to get lost without them being labeled as they are downloaded?

I've seen in programming that apparently naming things like variables or files is hard (?). So that could be a topic of discussion. I'm not sure if it's felt that hard, to me.

I have encountered a lot of problems with downloading files with irregular filenames, and then I can't find them, though. I'm guessing maybe that's on me to manually put the filename in whenever I download these things, but I guess sometimes I might just click "save" and the name of the file is not like a description of the file and it makes it difficult to find them when searching for them.

Now on the other hand, sometimes people don't want the files labeled so that people find them easily, so that's another issue too.

I've also wondered if a motion could be made to get more websites to automatically update certain filenames with titles of the page; for example, say a book on archive.org is gibberish, and you could select an option to automatically set that filename to the title of the page which would presumably be the name of the book.

Has anyone encountered either of these issues of trying to figure out how to name files, or of downloading files with lots of random names that might have a tendency to get lost without them being labeled as they are downloaded?

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/109985

https://infogalactic.com/info/Feast_of_the_Sacred_Heart

The Feast of the Sacred Heart (properly the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Latin: Sollemnitas Sacratissimi Cordis Iesu) is a solemnity in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. It falls 19 days after Pentecost, on a Friday. ... The devotion to the Sacred Heart is one of the most widely practiced and well-known Roman Catholic devotions, taking Jesus Christ's physical heart as the representation of his divine love for humanity.

Traditional litany of the Sacred Heart prayer: http://www.catholictradition.org/Litanies/litany8.htm

https://infogalactic.com/info/Feast_of_the_Sacred_Heart

The Feast of the Sacred Heart (properly the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Latin: Sollemnitas Sacratissimi Cordis Iesu) is a solemnity in the liturgical calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. It falls 19 days after Pentecost, on a Friday. ... The devotion to the Sacred Heart is one of the most widely practiced and well-known Roman Catholic devotions, taking Jesus Christ's physical heart as the representation of his divine love for humanity.

Traditional litany of the Sacred Heart prayer: http://www.catholictradition.org/Litanies/litany8.htm

feels bad man

the memes that could have been

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/97572

[Flag Day] commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened on that day in 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.[1] The United States Army also celebrates the Army Birthday on this date; Congress adopted "the American continental army" after reaching a consensus position in the Committee of the Whole on June 14, 1775.

[Flag Day] commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened on that day in 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.[1] The United States Army also celebrates the Army Birthday on this date; Congress adopted "the American continental army" after reaching a consensus position in the Committee of the Whole on June 14, 1775.

Discuss developments?

people have mentioned a lemmy competitor kbin - anyone seen this or try it?

https://kbin.social/

https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/wiki

There are a bunch of new lemmy instances... any to federate with?

https://join-lemmy.org/instances

Admin is trying to update today I think to get us back on that list... there's a lot of people jumping ship from Reddit if you check the redditalternatives sub

anyone trying out other alternatives people have mentioned like squabbles.io or tildes.net, etc.?

edit: discuss moar?

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/92050

That any person esteem his own good or excellence to be worthy of praise is not in itself sinful; nor, in like manner, is it sinful that we should desire to see our good works approved of men. "Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works" (Matthew 5:16). Hence the desire of glory is not essentially vicious.

But a vain, or perverse desire for renown, which is called vainglory, is wrong; desire of glory becomes perverse,

when one seeks renown because of something not really worthy;

when one seeks the esteem of those whose judgment is undiscriminating;

when one desires glory before men without subordinating it to righteousness.

Vainglory may become a deadly sin, if one seek the esteem of men for something that is incompatible with the reverence due to God; or when the thing for which one desires to be esteemed is preferred in one's affections before God; or again, when the judgment of men is sought in preference to the judgment of God, as was the case with the Pharisees, who "loved the glory of men more than the glory of God" (John 12:43).

The term "vainglory" denotes not alone the sinful act, but also the vicious habit or tendency engendered by a repetition of such acts. This habit is ranked among the capital sins, or, more properly vices, because it is prolific of other sins, viz., disobedience, boastfulness, hypocrisy, contentiousness, discord, and a presumptuous love of pernicious novelties in moral and religious doctrine.

via Catholic Encyclopedia on "Glory": https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06585a.htm

Aquinas On The Topic: https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3132.htm

That any person esteem his own good or excellence to be worthy of praise is not in itself sinful; nor, in like manner, is it sinful that we should desire to see our good works approved of men. "Let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works" (Matthew 5:16). Hence the desire of glory is not essentially vicious.

But a vain, or perverse desire for renown, which is called vainglory, is wrong; desire of glory becomes perverse,

when one seeks renown because of something not really worthy;

when one seeks the esteem of those whose judgment is undiscriminating;

when one desires glory before men without subordinating it to righteousness.

Vainglory may become a deadly sin, if one seek the esteem of men for something that is incompatible with the reverence due to God; or when the thing for which one desires to be esteemed is preferred in one's affections before God; or again, when the judgment of men is sought in preference to the judgment of God, as was the case with the Pharisees, who "loved the glory of men more than the glory of God" (John 12:43).

The term "vainglory" denotes not alone the sinful act, but also the vicious habit or tendency engendered by a repetition of such acts. This habit is ranked among the capital sins, or, more properly vices, because it is prolific of other sins, viz., disobedience, boastfulness, hypocrisy, contentiousness, discord, and a presumptuous love of pernicious novelties in moral and religious doctrine.

via Catholic Encyclopedia on "Glory": https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06585a.htm

Aquinas On The Topic: https://www.newadvent.org/summa/3132.htm

cross-posted from: https://exploding-heads.com/post/92012

Video games are a ubiquitous part of almost all children’s and adolescents’ lives, with 97% playing for at least one hour per day in the United States.

I was kind of amazed by this statistic... are kids really playing this much? Is it too much? Implications?