The number is more like 40%; and this includes retirees, the disabled who live on government assistance, and most households earning less than $75,000 per year.

But to say they don't pay taxes is completely untrue. These families still pay sales tax, property tax, and all other non-income-based taxes, such as FICA and (if working) social security, medicare / medicaid, etc.

For most items, yes, but there were a number of items I had shipped directly to me from international producers and I paid the tariff directly (the postal service would not deliver until the tariff was paid).

That's about $500 per person in the United States. For many families, that's a big deal and would make a significant difference to them. It was taken through an illegal tax and should be returned to them.

Yes, that's what Paul's letter says, but it could be interpreted in a wide variety of ways - and it has been interpreted in a wide variety of ways, and the theology and dogma that is often associated with it is much more recent than Paul's era. [Personally, I don't think Paul's letters should be in the Bible - he was an influential early Christian theologian, but many of his letters cause more problems than solutions and his theology is dense and somewhat vague.]

Specifically, the earliest interpretation of Jesus's death was that he "came and died in order to bring about a positive change to humanity" - nothing about guaranteeing access to heaven for people who believe a certain way or say a special prayer.

The "ransom theory" developed several hundred years later is closer to the modern dogma, but even much of the modern thinking about atonement theory is much newer, probably 12th century or newer (https://www.sdmorrison.org/7-theories-of-the-atonement-summarized/).

People have given their lives for others, particularly thought or religious leaders - Hitler, Stalin, emperors, the King, etc., as examples - that doesn't make those people divine beings. Many of the disciples clearly hated the Roman government and the religious leaders of their time, and opposing those in power put them in harm's way.

Romans was written by Paul (probably), and his writing created the basis for what would later become variations of atonement theory. The Gospels don't mention it at all, and the earliest Christians didn't see Jesus's death in this way at all. It has since turned into religious dogma that fits conveniently on a bumper sticker, but is on very shaky Biblical and theological evidence.

Jesus never said he was going to die to redeem the sins of the world. The notion of Jesus's death as atonement came about later, probably Paul, but there does not seem to be evidence in the Gospels for this line of argument. Many theologians throughout history have debated the issue and there remains a broad spectrum of ideas about it. See a few examples here: https://www.thegospelcoalition...

Calling anyone who doesn't agree with your particular dogma a 'heretic' is unhelpful and quite rude and ignorant, particularly when you seem to have no idea where that dogma came from or that it has been (and is) heavily debated even amongst believers.

Whether they have souls really depends on how good they taste on a bun with tomato, lettuce, and cheese.

In all seriousness, the dogma that 'Jesus died to save sinners' wasn't developed until 400-500 years after Jesus's time, and there are plenty of theologians and Christians who don't believe that was why Jesus died.

Only other AIs?
Local news should be told by a human who writes like a human. The relationship between the journalist and the reader is critically important. Good writers can be informative and newsworthy while also having their own style. For example, lots of people write movie reviews, but there was only one Roger Ebert. His reviews communicated something more than just 'here's this movie about XYZ and it was good / bad.'

Otherwise, go away (which it will, because no one will pay for this AI slop garbage).

The Power Glove was awesome! Well, it didn't work really at all, but dreaming of what it could do and begging your parents for one was the real fun. Oh and punching your brother with it, totally worth it.

Apple glasses can't be much more expensive than my current frames, I think they were something like $399 and that didn't include the lenses! The glasses frame industry is a cartel and hopefully some competition from new players will bring the prices down on non-smart frames...

Can they make something with PS4 or even PS5 specs, but make it highly portable? That would sell and eat Nintendo's lunch.

Portability. Carry it in your pocket and use it on the bus, during breaks at work, etc. Phones do this and the Switch does this (Switch is a little to big for fitting in your pocket), but not at PS quality with PS games.

I haven't written a line of code since November...so does that make me better than Spotify's best developers?

The quality was great, particularly on the sound side (still better than the sound I get from streaming), but the DRM on Blu-Ray was a real pain, and there were numerous updates (thanks, Sony) that bricked many players and made some discs stop working. But, at least they solved the piracy problem /sarcasm.

I remember reading some years ago that Meta (then Facebook) was using Blu-ray to archive old posts, photos, etc. as a cheap storage solution. They've probably moved on now, but it still seems like a pretty cheap way to archive materials.