daddyjones

We made a point of never lying to our kids about Christmas/Santa and it didn’t seem to diminish their enjoyment of Christmas at all.

Screwtape letters is excellent, but hardly an authoritative resource on demons. Nor was it intended to be.

If the main difference is the dual screen thing then it’s not much use for me. My main use case with sheet music is writing it, not reading for performance - so I’d actually prefer to work on just one screen at a time.

Is that not also true of the fly trap?

I believe there are some vegans who won’t eat figs because they absorb the body of a certain type of wasp. I forget the details, but the point is - it probably depends on the vegan

I think they want a pocket TARDIS…

Remarkable would be awesome if I could read my Kindle books on it. It seems to me that most e-ink tablets are good at either taking notes or ebooks, but none are really good at both…

I’d love to get ferrets, but I expect if get an allergic reaction when they moult.

Given that the PadMu is (as far as I can tell) a tweaked Onyx - I’m not clear what the difference actually is? Onyx can do sheet music can’t it?

I really want an e-ink tablet that is good for both sheet music and has excellent ebook support. Including Kindle formats. I’m not holding my breath.

I would love this - except that my wife and I would want completely different ambient temperatures and I don’t want to sleep in a different pod from her.

Karen Carpenter - mainly because she was such a talented musician and her death so tragic.

Thanks for the clarification. I think it’s still fair to say that the original question is simply wrong/misleading. Palestinians are not equivalent to native americans - or, if they are, so are Jews.

This question shows a fundamental misunderstanding. Before the establishment of the modern Israeli state, most of the Arabs living in the region were actually of Egyptian or Jordanian descent. There was no Palestinian people group until after that so as to identify the displaced Arabs as one group.

Jewish people, however, have lived in and been associated with the land for thousands of years. Palestinians are categorically not the same as native Americans.

There must be a separate, sovereign Palestinian state - because that would be most just and fair. There must also, however, be a sovereign Israeli state because of the historical ties to the land and the fact that for millennia the Jewish people have been persecuted wherever they go. I honestly don’t know why, but they have.

I’m not sure I think Israel is engaged in genocide - although I’m deeply unhappy with some of their military approaches.

Hamas, on the other hand, is unashamedly aiming at genocide. Their started aim is the death of all Jews and they are frequently heard chanting “from the river to the sea”.

Ah - I misunderstood. My mistake.

As pointed out above “Christ” is a title, not his name. His dad wasn’t called Joseph Christ.

You think a co-op only has a tiny amount of democracy? I think it’s the best form of workers owning the means of production - the definition of socialism.

Oh yeah - where does superman get his powers from then? Checkmate!

It is close (pretty sure it’s 22nd), but I’m not sure there’s evidence that co-opting a pagan festival is what happened. It is a common assertion though.