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  1. LeafByNiggle

    Christian anime video thread

    Here is is short video that is animated, but not exactly anime, because it is Spanish, not Japanese. It is Christian in the broadest sense of touching on Christian themes of compassion for the marginalized. It is based on the film creator's actual family. Note: the English translation is a...
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    Horror anime ( some content that may get mentioned may not be for kids )

    I'm going to go out on a limb and mention Satoshi Kon's movies, of which I have seen two: Millennium Actress and Paprika. Millennium Actress is not really horror, but Paprika definitely has some horror aspects to it. People have noted the similarity between Paprika and Christopher Nolan's...
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    Anime Movie: Belle

    ..then you know the train station scene I mentioned, right?
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    Anime Movie: Belle

    Yes, I have seen it in theaters when it first came to the US and I also bought the DVD I liked it so much. This is the latest movie by director Mamoru Hosoda, who I have been following ever since I came across his 2006 "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time". He seems to crank out a movie every 3...
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    Mathematicians Have Found The Ninth Dedekind Number, After 32 Years of Searching

    I remember when that result came out. The concern from mathematicians was not that that it lacked the "purity" of a purely mental proof. The concern was over how to prove that the computer program was correctly written in the first place. Maybe there was a bug in the program. It happens...
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    Mathematicians Have Found The Ninth Dedekind Number, After 32 Years of Searching

    Well, perhaps if we start small and try to understand D(2) we can see what D(9) might mean. From the Wikipedia page on Dedekind numbers we find: "The Dedekind number D(n) is the number of different monotonic Boolean functions on n variables." which raises the question, what is a Boolean...
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    Well known movies you haven't seen

    The Godfather Seven Samurai The Dark Knight Do the Right Thing Pulp Fiction Lawrence of Arabia Chinatown Lost in Translation Taxi Driver Breathless Blade Runner Apocalypse Now Brokeback Mountain Duck Soup The Blair Witch Project Ragging Bull No Country for Old Men I have heard of all of these...
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    Favorite Anime/Manga Movies

    I may have spoiled it for you a little because the fact that a kind of time travel is a big reveal at about half-way through the movie. But this is not the only or even the biggest reveal. There is plenty left for you discover yourself. I envy you for your chance to experience it the very...
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    Favorite Anime/Manga Movies

    "Your Name" is on DVD from various sources like Walmart or Target. Be careful buying DVDs from cut-rate unknown overseas sellers as they sometimes make low-quality pirated copies. Pay the full price from respected seller. You can also buy the streaming rights for less from YouTube (English...
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    Favorite Anime/Manga Movies

    Since most of these posts were prior to 2016, they can be forgiven for not mentioning the obvious greatest anime movie of all time - Kimi no Na Wa ("Your Name" in English). The runner up would have to be "A Silent Voice" from Kyoto Animation.
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    Suzume no Tojimari

    OK, I just got back from the theater and am ready to give my review. I went into this movie with high hopes for this latest offering of Makoto Shinkai based on his previous works, especially his 2016 "Your Name" (Kimi no Na wa), which is still my all time favorite movie of any genre. I was...
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    Suzume no Tojimari

    I've got tickets for the opening day of Suzume no Tojimari in our area. From viewing the on-line cinema seating chart, it looks like most fans want to see the Japanese version with subtitles. I plan on seeing the English dub version first, and then maybe go back in a few days to watch the sub...
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    Utah school gives extra credit to kids who eat bugs as part of ‘climate change’ assignment

    I can tell you did not read my post carefully. The words you quoted were not mine. If you look at the top of my post, you will see "More from the article". In fact I was in support of promoting education about climate change, even if it means learning about eating bugs. And no, I have never...
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    Utah school gives extra credit to kids who eat bugs as part of ‘climate change’ assignment

    More on the story from today.com: "When the teacher realized there was concern, the student was offered another topic of the student’s choice," says the spokesperson, adding, "When the teacher said there is only one right answer, she was referencing one particular article about this...
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    Far-right Republican groups surge in swing state Michigan

    You skipped right over the first paragraph on Wikipedia and went to the second paragraph, which describes how "far-right" has appeared historically. It is not about the present time. Here is the more proper first paragraph on Wikipedia that is actually more like a definition: Far-right...
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    2022 is America's deadliest year for mass shootings.

    Arming the populace to protect against a 1940's style invasion is irrational. That is not how 21st century wars in developed nations are fought. At the same time that such a policy addresses a highly-unlikely threat, it also ignores a daily threat of gun deaths that are not hypothetical but...
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    Fr. Martin Supports Laws That Compels Catholics To Celebrate ‘Gay Marriage’

    In a society, we normally pass laws to disincentivize those behaviors that are detrimental to the society as a whole - that is to other people. We do not normally punish people for harming themselves, which is what a same-sex union does. And even when we do punish people for bad behavior, that...
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    Fr. Martin Supports Laws That Compels Catholics To Celebrate ‘Gay Marriage’

    Everybody calm down. Fr. Martin did not say he "Supports Laws That Compels Catholics To Celebrate ‘Gay Marriage’". The title is a gross exaggeration. What Fr. Martin does support is laws that compels businesses (including Catholics) to serve all people, even those in same-sex relationships...
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    Federal Court rules Big Tech has no 'freewheeling First Amendment right to censor'

    The Supreme Court gave an opinion this HB20 already back in June. It is unlikely they will rule differently when it comes back to them.
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    Is evolution even a theory?

    "Consistent with" means "does not contradict". Since evolution does not contradict any pre-existing scientific theory that was experimentally verified, it passes test #1. This is the easiest test to pass. The "many strands of evidence" are the multitude of fossils found, and the discovery of...