mccFeb 2

You don't use open source software because it's better (it usually isn't).

You don't use open source software because it's freer (it only sometimes is).

You don't use open source software because it's got better politics (it isn't always).

You use open source software because *it is the only option*. In the long run, if it isn't open source, it doesn't exist.

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As someone who was a true devotee of FutureWave SmartSketch (which became FutureSplash Animator, which became Macromedia Shockwave Flash, which became Adobe Flash, which became Adobe Animator) my sorrow is incalculable. Every day I long for software I had in the 90s which I can't find anything as good as today.
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@mcc amen.
Feb 2 at 7:30pmWeb
Show threadYet another Josh Feb 2

@dbat @mcc

What does "amen", or the Jewish contraction el melekh ne’eman, translated: “God, faithful King,”

Have to do with FLOSS software?

Show threadtsukajFeb 2
@crankylinuxuser @dbat @mcc he's just agreeing with the post
Show threadYet another Josh Feb 3

@tsukaj @dbat @mcc

Ah, I guess that makes sense?

Show threaddbat Feb 3
@tsukaj @mcc @crankylinuxuser yeah, agreeing with post. Miss 90s software and Flash. Amen in this way might be a localism.
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@tsukaj @crankylinuxuser @dbat I am from the United States South and immediately understood what you meant
Show threadtsukajFeb 6
@crankylinuxuser @dbat @mcc out of curiosity, where did you get that etymology from?
Show threadYet another Josh Feb 6

@tsukaj @dbat @mcc

Probably 20 years ago, when I was studying various religious and occult systems. It came up when studying Kaballah.

It also came up before when I was a lay Catholic. The clergy does not like when the average people actually understand what all these things said and actions done actually do. So, I naturally studied them.

You'd be surprised how many of these common words and phrases do not mean what thru are commonly taken to mean.

Show threadtsukajFeb 10
@crankylinuxuser do you have a source on that? i looked but couldn't find any reliable source for it, most places i looked cited א־מ־נ as the common semitic root of the word
Show threadYet another Josh Feb 10

@tsukaj

https://www.sac7kt.org/post/amen-god-faithful-king

breaks it down well.

Deuteronomy 7:9

You do need an Etz Hayim to get the full understanding , since it is in Hebrew and a Hebrew contraction. A Torah and commentary online should also suffice.

AMEN - God, Faithful King

The acronym AMEN, which stands for "El Melech Ne'eman" ("God, Faithful King"), can be identified in the Book of Deuteronomy, specifically in Deuteronomy 7:9. The passage reads:"Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and lovingkindness with those who love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations."In Hebrew, the relevant part of the passage is:"יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים הָאֵל הַנֶּאֱמָן"Breaking it down:• הָאֵל (HaEl) = The God•

SAC7-KT