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Re: How JavaScript’s at() method makes array indexing easier - Matt Smith

Matt — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:12:27 -0000

I'm not sure I see the point? If someone is using some old JS interpreter, it's gonna break when it runs into .at(-1) the same as it would with array[-1] isn't it?

Re: How JavaScript’s at() method makes array indexing easier - Matt Smith

Matt — Fri, 30 May 2025 15:37:07 -0000

why didn't they just make it so that array[-1] gave you the last item?

Re: A Beginner’s Guide to Create a Custom Block for WordPress Gutenberg

Matt — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 14:10:07 -0000

The button doesn't link anywhere. How do you add that functionality?

Re: Meaningless Church Jargon

Matt — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 16:16:42 -0000

I believe "Hedge of protection" is from Job. Satan uses the term which is probably a great reason for Christians to not ever use it.

Re: Preserving the Japanese Way by Nancy Singleton Hachisu

Matt — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 12:06:00 -0000

I want to learn more about Sake.

Re: PayPal/eBay First To Bend To Russia’s New Data Rules

Matt — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 10:14:54 -0000

This law makes sense. They're just trying to keep their citizen's data from passing through the US and thus getting scooped up by the NSA.

Re: Budgeting as an act of social justice

Matt — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 21:40:09 -0000

I know how much I earn so it's easy to budget that 10% for tithing but I don't budget out anything beyond that. It all just comes out of the pot. Seems to work for me and my family.

Re: Calculating the Real Cost of Corporate Welfare | The Federalist

Matt — Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:24:57 -0000

You're assuming that all of the $2436 that is paid out by the government is actually taken in in taxes and should rightfully be returned to the taxpayers. But what % of that money is borrowed from other countries or the federal reserve?

Re: What does Pope Francis mean by telling atheists to “abide by their own consciences”?

Matt — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 14:28:54 -0000

"Listening to it[their conscience] and abiding by it means making up one’s mind about what is good and evil."

Isn't making up one's mind about what is good and evil the reason why Adam and Eve ate the fruit in the garden? Is Francis' goal simply to encourage people to avoid sin? If that's the case then what was the point of Jesus' coming? Certainly the Jews had the law and were encouraging people to avoid sin before then.

Re: Why the Free State Project Expelled Christopher Cantwell

Matt — Wed, 11 Sep 2013 10:17:34 -0000

I'm no expert but it seems to me that our government is so massive, not only with government employees but also those dependent on government handouts that any sort of armed rebellion would result in mass killing on a scale that would make Stalin look reasonable. A far better solution is to resist the temptation to use the tools of the government to take down the government. If you take up arms against them, how are you any different from them? From their perspective you are the one initiating violence against them and they are justified in fighting back.

Instead of fighting fire with fire build something new that people WANT, that they are willingly joining, instead of joining because they don't want to die in your rebellion. Let this new thing replace the old government through primarily voluntary means, let the government collapse under its own weight and help those who are crushed under its collapse. The government may be your enemy but the people in the government are not your enemies, they're just people who are trying to make a living to feed their families. They don't believe in your philosophy because they can't believe it can possibly work. SHOW THEM THAT IT DOES and then you will win.

Re: Why the Free State Project Expelled Christopher Cantwell

Matt — Fri, 06 Sep 2013 17:47:47 -0000

Seems like a legit reason to me. Attacking cops and the government, however justified it may be/seem, is not going to net an increase in liberty for anyone.

Re: Want Peace? Set Aside your Guns (AYMFL 0008)

Matt — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 11:38:21 -0000

Great video and message George! I think you're right on, we shouldn't be brandishing tools of violence while trying to bring people a message of peace. Even using violence for self defense is an unfortunate outcome as peaceful resolution to problems and potentially violent situations is to be preferred.

We also shouldn't be dehumanizing people by calling them sheeple or statists (or even cops/pigs/etc) That's what governments do to make it easier for their soldiers to kill other people.

Re: Kraft Salad Dressing Ad Gets Best Present Ever: A Slap From One Million Moms

Matt — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:04:15 -0000

If you don't want to see half naked people then why the hell are you purchasing People magazine?

Re: Smokin’ Hot Wives & Water to the Soul

Matt — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:13:58 -0000

Huh, I wasn't really aware of this trend, but it's definitely rather creepy. Please don't tell me your wife is smoking hot unless you want me to look at her in a lustful way, because that is how you're portraying her to me and I'm not quite holy enough to avoid that temptation yet.

Re: Smokin’ Hot Wives & Water to the Soul

Matt — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:13:58 -0000

Re: Smokin’ Hot Wives & Water to the Soul

Matt — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:13:58 -0000

Re: Bums, Anarchy, and Homicidal Fictions

Matt — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:36:29 -0000

if you're interested in these sorts of people you might find the documentary "Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa" to be pretty interesting.

Re: Fire Chief Moonlights as an Agorist Moonshiner

Matt — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:20:55 -0000

I wish I knew more about it. I know a lot about fermenting, but not a lot about distilling other than the basic science.

Re: Fire Chief Moonlights as an Agorist Moonshiner

Matt — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:55:11 -0000

I've seen a few shows and it makes me want to try my hand at distilling.

Re: My Visit with the Campesino Resistance to El Quimbo in Colombia

Matt — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:11:08 -0000

Certainly don't stop filming! Just swap out SD cards and don't use the one that has files you want to recover if you can help it.

Re: My Visit with the Campesino Resistance to El Quimbo in Colombia

Matt — Thu, 31 May 2012 10:55:02 -0000

I'm no expert on data recovery, but I think you may have a better chance of recovering deleted video footage if you do not record anything more on that particular SD card once you have deleted a file or files to comply with orders from gun toting thugs.

Re: Joss Whedon Seems Ready To Do More Firefly If Someone Calls Him

Matt — Wed, 16 May 2012 16:43:30 -0000

Do a kickstarter, Joss!

Re: 3-Fold Cord: Miracles, Healing, and the Church (Time to raise the dead)

Matt — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:44:08 -0000

Mark 16:17-18 is another good/challenging passage for today's church. It's a cop out to claim that miracles died with the first generation of the church. Of course the other option is pretty ugly: If these signs don't accompany us, then are we truly believers?

Re: What is a Christian Libertarian?

Matt — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:08:15 -0000

in that case only nudist libertarians scare small children, however there are few nudists and such problems can easily be solved by making public property into private property. Obviously in libertarian utopia land, the government won't build streets or sidewalks, they will be owned as private property just like homes and businesses. Perhaps the businesses in a business district will cooperatively own the streets in their area, and since the streets are private property then the property owner(s) can institute a dress code, those violating the dress code can be removed from the private property as trespassers (or perhaps dealt with in some other way).

Re: What is a Christian Libertarian?

Matt — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:42:27 -0000

Contracts can be enforced only if the contract was agreed to by both parties free from any form of coercion. If both parties agreed to the terms of a contract and one party does not hold up its end of the agreement then enforcement can be pursued. In libertarian utopia land, I'd imagine that contracts would also lay out the valid means of enforcement if the contract terms are not met by one of the parties. If one party does not want enforcement to be used against them if they don't hold up their end then they should not have freely agreed to the terms of the contract.
In effect, both parties agreed to hold up their ends of the agreement and they ALSO agreed that coercion should be used against them (or some sort of consequence should be enforced) if they do not hold up their end of the bargain.

I'm not sure what you mean by enforcing "communal obligations" in the form of contracts. Unless someone agreed to some sort of communal obligation in a contract then communal obligations can not be forced upon them.