NoahKAndrews
Joined 5 years ago
Joined 5 years ago
As an atheist, the only time or two I've felt an urge to pray has been when I've felt very alone, and missed the comfort that came from praying and believing that someone with real power was listening. If that's what you believe, of course that's going to feel comforting (plus it provides opportunity for mindfulness and reflection).
Both fortunately and unfortunately, Christianity (which you did not mention, but your language is consistent with) did not hold up to scrutiny for me, so that full level of comfort isn't there, but thankfully many of the benefits can be found in meditation.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/05/climate-disasters-th...
https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/trump-admin-may-be-t...
https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-contracts-seattle-la... (damage is being done even when programs aren't explicitly cancelled)
I'm making zero predictions about what they'll do, there's a lot of ways it could go.
So far they haven't muddied the waters for any versions that already had free Community Editions (IntelliJ and PyCharm). The Community Editions are more limited, but don't restrict commercial use.