Carborendum

I just got out of three meetings that overlapped. One was to go over our file management system which is so messed up, you'd have to get an associate's degree exclusively devoted to the study of this architecture to understand it. One was to say hi to all the new people on the staff throughout the country. (Like we're even going to remember the name of a staff member in California.) One was to go over the timesheet entry process... which I've been using effectively for over a year. Why they thought I needed to be part of the meeting is beyond me. So, while all three were playing in the background at my desk, I was actually getting work done. Yey! Meetings!!! Did I mention I'm a government contractor?

I'm sure that would be danger if such people existed.

That's just anecdotal. Only 55% of liberals support such tactics. The woman (Sarah Milgrim) was a US citizen who happened to work at the embassy. I don't know if she had dual citizenship.

Indeed. The original claims from Pfizer indicated a 95% effectiveness rate (i.e. vaccinated individuals would contract the disease at a rate of 5% of unvaccinated individuals). As the vaccine mutated into additional forms, the efficacy rate went down to 54% (by the 2024-2025 period). So, the vaccination today is essentially a 50/50 shot (no pun intended). Note that for both the 95% and the 54%, that is just the rate of contracting the disease. It is not the death rate. The mortality rate for anyone who contracted the disease (whether vaccinated or unvaccinated) was the same. So, the advice was complete rubbish. Man still question whether that 95% number was even real. Virtually all vaccine "test trials" tend to have inflated efficacy numbers -- some more than others. Which category do you think this falls into? And there has been no answer to the "Streisand Effect" of the vaccine. It's somewhat convoluted, so I'll explain. In early days, people who were vaccinated were allowed to go places that unvaccinated people were not allowed to go. They mixed and spread germs thinking they were safe as well as being safe for others. That was proven false. By requiring people to get vaxxed actually increased the spread. I still haven't seen any studies on this.

AI is becoming more and more prevalent. More people are using it. Search engines are now largely run by AI. We've already become dependent on them. Recently, we had someone return to this board who depended on AI to question the sanity of a Prophet. We've come to trust it. Essentially, we've come to have faith in it. I know. Not everyone. I'm hyperbolizing. I appreciate the many AI exchanges that @Vort has provided over the past year or so. It reminds us that AI is not all-knowing. We need to take everything it says with a grain of salt. We need to remember that only the Holy Ghost can really allow us to discern between truth and error. I believe that AI is the TOOL that will be used to separate the wheats and the tares in this generation -- especially those just now growing into adulthood. I tend to believe my children are pretty smart. They've been raised right. They know the scriptures. They know truth. But the younger ones struggle with knowledge and learning because there isn't enough truth out there to recognize. All they seem to hear is confusion and chaos. If that is all they are familiar with, how can they recognize truth when they hear it? We do our best to teach them the truth in our homes. So, at least they get that. I have no idea what they teach in Church on Sundays and on activity night. And when they go to FSY??? I have no idea. School is somewhat safe because they go to a private school that is based on LDS principles, and run by a nearly all-LDS faculty. Yet I still feel like they aren't protected enough. Really, I feel like they still don't recognize the truth. They still don't know how to feel and recognize the Spirit. I don't believe it is a flaw in them. I see it as a problem with the world we live in today. I find it interesting that the remainder of Pres. Nelson's address is not anything special. It would fit into virtually any General Conference. Indeed, I'd believe that most people have completely forgotten it. Or at the least, they don't associate those parts with his warning. But when coupled with his warning, the insight is profound. What are you doing to teach your children to depend on the Spirit to help them recognize truth?

And during the Millennium, no less.

I've never heard this expression before. I'm assuming it is some sort of British euphemism?

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Well, there you go again, Zil. Flexing your computer knowledge all over the place while exposing my ignorance on the topic... ...But if you need an industrial complex design, I'm your guy.

55% May the Lord help the 45%. Indeed, may He help us all.

Before I respond, it would be helpful if there was a readable text to those minutes you linked to in the Church History Catalog. Even when we enlarge it to maximum magnification, the script is difficult to read. ******************************************************************* Yes, he probably was. But no more than any of us. And I'll show below how he probably had more stability, patience, and forgiveness than most of those around him. How many times have you seen a single news story or heard a single account from a friend or relative and got all up in arms about what should be done? It's a very human thing to do. We certainly do that with many of the stories of what appear to be murder, execution, and genocide in the Bible. But we need to remember that we don't have all the circumstances that led up to those events. You've shown that you're willing to call a Prophet "unstable" because you read a single account with very few details. So, let me fill in some details. There was quite a period of lead up to that military exchange. And Brigham did a LOT to calm the Saints' anger. And the Timpanogos Chief did much to calm the people of his tribe. But after a long train of abuses (on both sides) there was little peaceable sentiment between the two parties. And eventually, several LDS leaders made efforts to convince Brigham to essentially wage war. Brigham had tolerated many deadly exchanges trying to calm the Saints and prevent war. But only after many of his "senior staff" entreated him (as governor of the territory, not necessarily as prophet) he acceded to their demands. Let me say this again. He prevented war until all of his closest advisors were all but demanding it. Does that seem unstable to you? Yes, the horrible things (which tend to happen in a war) happened during this attack. But don't take things like this out of context. And don't defame a respected historical figure without understanding all the circumstances leading up to an event.

Malware?

Well, I searched for it. And wouldn't ya know it? Your thread didn't come up.

Is anyone else noticing that the search function no longer works? Every search I've done for a few weeks gives me nothing. I thought it was just at work due to some internet filters. I thought it was strange that I could access the site, but not the search engine. Now I just tried it at home. And I get nothing.

Really? I lived in Colorado at the time, about an hour away from where you are now. Most of us in rural CO had a pretty good idea. Well, they were wrong. It wasn't the right wanting to overthrow the government. It was Obama's rhetoric that he was going to tax (I use the term loosely) all our guns into oblivion. So, we had to stock up before they get too expensive. He said it. We believed him. Thankfully, he didn't really do much on that front. But do you blame us for believing him when he said it? We were told that his 2A agenda wouldn't affect any law-abiding citizen from owning a gun. Our response:"So, you're saying that if we like our guns, we can keep our guns? Why do I not believe you?" I was a gulcher. And I think you got it wrong. We were constantly talking about Obama. I don't really recall many of us talking about Bill and Hillary. Why? They were ancient history. No chance Hillary would get elected. (That was the sentiment). Indeed...Tesla, anyone?