Mike Weed

✝️ Catholic | Husband | Father | Brother | Friend | Software Engineer | Established MCMLXVIII

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@chicfryrice We have a moral obligation to be charitable to the poor. That said, charity is an act of person conscience. It ceases to be charity if it is forced.

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@SoveyX Most people are right-handed. So I think it is right-handed.

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@mrmikeMTL We were blessed to be able to afford both PCs and consoles in my home growing up. But when I earned a computer science degree in college, I moved to PC exclusively. So for me, it is twofold:

1. It is relaxing.
2. I appreciate the software engineering that goes into it.

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@BurghFan99 @SoveyX I have a Gen Z daughter and she would likely say it is "fire" 🔥

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@SoveyX Gen X is obviously the best 😁

[Dana Rachel 🇻🇦 @thyflameoflove]

St. Thérèse of Lisieux once admitted something many people do not expect from a saint.

There was a sister in her convent who irritated her constantly.

Not a terrible person. Not openly cruel. Just someone who got under her skin in small, daily ways. Thérèse honestly wrote that “a holy nun of our community annoyed me in all that she did.”

Most people would avoid someone like that.

Thérèse chose something harder.

She remembered that love is not just a feeling. She wrote, “I remembered that charity ought to betray itself in deeds, and not exist merely in the feelings.” So instead of becoming cold, sarcastic, or impatient, she made a decision to love this sister through actions.

She smiled at her.
Spoke gently to her.
Prayed for her often.
Looked for the good in her soul.

Even when she did not feel like it.

And when conversations started becoming tense, Thérèse chose peace over proving herself right. She followed this wisdom: “It is more profitable to leave everyone to his way of thinking than to give way to contentious discourses.” Sometimes she quietly stepped away so frustration would not turn into sin.

That part matters.

Sometimes people defend impatience and harshness as “just being honest.” But Thérèse understood that self-control and charity are also signs of spiritual maturity.

Over time, the sister noticed how kind Thérèse always was and asked why she treated her so gently. Thérèse later explained the reason. She was trying to love Jesus hidden within that sister’s soul.

That is real charity.

Not loving only when it feels easy.
Not loving only people who agree with you.
Not loving only when you get something back.

But choosing love anyway.

In a culture where people quickly cut others off, expose them publicly, and end relationships over disagreements, do you think Christians today are becoming less patient with difficult people?

💬 What is harder for you personally: forgiving someone or continuing to treat them kindly afterward?

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@MarindaVannoy1 Yes, I'm here

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@mrmikeMTL I still enjoy @masseffect Legendary Edition on PC

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@NanouuSymeon No.

Whitespace should never be used as a delimiter.

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@MZHemingway Small hardware stores often have stuff like this (usually, second-hand). That is where I found our pink toilet that still provides a full 5-gallon flush.

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@TaylorRMarshall For me, charity.

It is a daily struggle for me to be humble and charitable. I say the Litany of Humility among my prayers every morning hoping I'll receive the grace necessary to grow in this regard.

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@davepl1968 What would you say are the capabilities that warrant the premium?

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Pay it off aggressively.

Being debt-free has no equal. If you need a bigger house later on, you can always sell the smaller one and put the proceeds into the new one with a smaller mortgage.

Keep property taxes, utilities, etc. in mind, too. Bigger houses take a lot more to maintain.

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@soychotic @thomson_xyz @WestsideLAGuy This is what I do, too. But I do the electrical engineering AND the firmware development -- in C and C++. I live in Visual Studio.

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@soychotic @WestsideLAGuy Congratulations to the two of you!

I married my coworker 29 years ago this year. Still going strong!

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@MarindaVannoy1 I am a @Starlink customer and think it is amazing.

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@davepl1968 As a fellow Gen-X-er, I approve this message.

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@FiatLuxGenesis The hubris is breathtaking.

We can't even define and quantify "natural" intelligence. But yet these people think they've created "artificial" intelligence?

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@TheCatholicEngr My suggestion is that he sign up for a modest monthly subscription to one of the LLM services and use the service, itself, to teach him about "AI" including identifying free resources he can use.