I keep it because it can be a useful way to get in touch with people I would only know professionally. For example, I used it to reach out to employees of a company I was applying to that used to work for the company I was trying to leave, to get a more honest opinion of the place. Past that though, I never even look at it, and I do actually try to keep my connections limited to people I know.

Context, these are cars that contained both Palestinian and Israeli people, that were destroyed by Israel due to the Hannibal Directive.

the IDF fired on Israeli civilian hostages while they were being driven by Hamas militants into Gaza

The IDF confirmed this to be true, stating

it would not be morally sound to investigate these incidents [due to the complexity of the situation]

TLDR: Israel felt it better to kill their own citizens than to let them be taken hostage.

I have no business experience, but...

my problem is feeling like an exploitative schmuck because I’m charging people money for stuff

Congrats, you have a soul!

In the same vein, I use Niagara launcher and a monochrome theme - I find it helps with the phone addiction.

Edit: This is just one tool, you also have to really want it to break habits.

As an apples to oranges comparison, here's a fun datapoint.

I just rented a BMW 5 series for a week, for a grand total of ~$300. That's a good deal, sure, but some very rough napkin math tells me a $60,000 car / $300 / week = 200 weeks of rental should pay for the cost of the vehicle (ignoring maintenance for now). So, let's say it's a $5k bike (implausible), that should really only be $25/week, or generously $4/day. The fact even the cheaper option mentioned is 6x this is terrible - bikes really shouldn't be this expensive.

~~I wish bikes were more cost effective :(~~.

Edit: I wish bike rental services were more cost effective/sustainable :(

At risk of taking some bait...

I profess a faith as a Christian, but am not a theologian. Grain of salt and all that, but we do exist lol

Unfortunately sorting "real" Christians from posers is difficult, and that's how people can get away with using the "Christian" label, because who can judge but God?

That being said, when you think about whether someone is a "real" Christian who's just not doing a good job, vs a poser who's just using the name, consider whether they exhibit some of the very clearly articulated attributes of being a Christian, such as the Seven Virtues. If someone consistently calls themselves Christian, but makes no effort to improve in these ways, that might be a good sign they're not genuine.

So to your point, using Christianity for social gain is antithetical to actually being a Christian.

I'm terms of Organized Christianity, and cases in which it has shielded those who do evil, that's a big, messy topic. Sufficient to say, the church is wholely responsible for not taking it seriously for so long. It breaks my heart that it happens at all, and brings great shame that there are people who supposedly profess the same faith and yet allow these things to happen. The church can and should do better to hold one another accountable and to protect the vulnerable.

I used to drive on State Line past that lot full of Teslas daily, always saw a ton of Cybertrucks just sitting. Once Musk started getting so much (more) hate I figured it was a matter of time before someone torched it.

Also, I always find it funny how it's totally just a road that divides the states, I'd drive to work and be "in" Missouri and drive home "in" Kansas lol

Huh? Running locally with Ollama, via OpenWebUI.

Reminds me I caught my first one in the wild the other day. Note the replaced bumper, and still visible damage to the front left. I'm sure they have insurance /s

I used to frequent the FOSSCAD IRC ages back as a teen. This started during the post-Liberator panic, there were talks about regulating 3D printers to not allow printing guns, etc. Designed a few things, never actually printed any of it myself, but some others did. Really got me into engineering before I exited the scene, led to actually pursuing an engineering career. Was surprised to see 3D printed gun videos so openly shared, it was pretty underground for ages there.

If they are "clearly not working", why can't you prove it?

I'm biased (a Christian myself), but the Christians I know are not violent, probably because they're at least half-decent human beings who at least try to practice what they say they believe (which doesn't include deepfry oil).

I know a handful of nuts, some claim to be Christian, some don't. Of the ones that claim to be Christian, none I know actually seem to live anything close to what they spout off. As a general trend in my circles, they're the loudest about their faith, the most political/patriotic (either side, but usually right leaning), and most likely to force their beliefs on others. The ones that don't claim to be Christians are pretty similar, just less hypocritical (opinionated, but not religious).

The issue is that anyone can claim to be a Christian, and as a Christian it's not for me to judge and say if they really are genuine or not.

All that to say, this article is a great example of not living out a good Christian faith, at all.