It just means a religion with a formal structure and leadership behind it. The term points to the institution and its influence, not the beliefs themselves. An unorganized religion is basically personal or informal practice without a central authority, like an individual or essentially a book club.

> An unorganized religion is basically personal or informal practice without a central authority, like an individual or essentially a book club.

Right, but I don't know what is referred to by "practice" that is at all distinct from "worldview" or "ideology".

If the way you practice your religion is standardized by an authority across several churches, it is organized religion. For example: Catholic sects and Mormons are organized faiths. They have manuals for the priests to follow and you can go to the same one elsewhere and get mostly the same experience. Some small churches localized to a city are also organized. Islam sects in the Middle east are usually organized between Sunni and Shia. To my knowledge, Islam is not organized in the USA even though the Imam might align with a sect, because there is no authority they report to or strict standard for their patrons. Most Protestant churches are unorganized, and non-denominational are almost always unorganized because they are one-offs.

This is my informal understanding; I am not a religious scholar

How is this news, seems more like an ad for a price tracker? Sales from online ecommerce to Black Friday in stores have been facades for well over a decade. Amazon has been marked-up AliExpress garbage for a long time as well.

My coworker would disagree with you. Slack and Teams never remember the microphone, frequently fails to initialize the device correctly and have to rejoin the meeting. _Never_ have that problem on Windows or Linux.

> ie pasta ins't very healthy unless cooked al dente, then it becomes much better for the body

That sounds absurd. I think you have been lied to.

Al dente pasta has a lower glycemic index than more cooked pasta (which logically makes sense), thus it can be better for you in that context.

Youtube then link it everywhere. Here, the Reddit thread that links to here, etc.

But haven't you heard? AI gets better every month! It's just like Moore's Law and it will keep getting better because why wouldn't it? It's not like there is a dead-end to something fundamentally built around categorization and regurgitation of existing things.

(Noting this is all sarcasm in case I didn't lay it on thick enough)

To add to this, if someone depends on AI (the top-layer in your example) and doesn't learn the the 'how's and the 'why's of programming, they or their organization will be completely beholden and dependent on the organizations running those AI tools. Not a great position to be in.

Yes, "only" in the sense that 6 isn't the real figure, not that it is an acceptable number of deaths.

I agree and it sure seems like people are being intentionally obtuse about this. As if no one has ever expressed exaggerated frustration in this way. Comparing this to Trump is a bit ridiculous.

I think the issue is that when one person says an exaggerated exasperation expression it's hand-waved away and only slightly reported upon, yet when another person does the same it's traitorous assault on democracy itself tantamount to inciting insurrectional violence which must be investigated for years and is reported upon breathlessly as the most concerning thing since the American Civil War.

Yes, the resultant behavior of others due to the rhetoric of each case is different (barely, but less time dependent). But so too is the hand-wringing.

I'm curious where your confidence comes from. Do you know many people pulling in a stable income while also living out of a tent, smoking meth?