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    The staff ate it later

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    477 points gyomu | 21 comments | 02 Sep 25 15:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.003s | source | bottom
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    Y_Y ◴[02 Sep 25 17:00 UTC] No.45105801[source]▶
    > Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts. For each one threw down his staff and they turned into serpents. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.

    - Exodus 7:1-12 (NIV)

    Many moons ago I had a girlfriend who worked on an nationally broadcast afternoon show where they often had guest chefs demonstrating dishes, so I would come home from my thankless PhD work to eat Michelin-starred food from a lunchbox. Overall not so bad.

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    triceratops ◴[02 Sep 25 17:24 UTC] No.45106174[source]▶
    Cool story, I upvoted because the downvotes felt a bit harsh. But what does the first part have to do with the second part?
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    1. 01HNNWZ0MV43FF ◴[02 Sep 25 17:32 UTC] No.45106327[source]▶
    "staff" meaning either the crew filming a TV show, or meaning a magical staff
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    2. triceratops ◴[02 Sep 25 17:41 UTC] No.45106451[source]▶
    I get it now. More staff engineers than I expected in the Bible.
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    3. fsckboy ◴[02 Sep 25 18:14 UTC] No.45106928[source]▶
    pretty much everything is in the Bible if you look, even automobiles: "and G-d drove Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden in His Fury"

    https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=plymouth%20fury&ia=images&i...

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    4. titanomachy ◴[02 Sep 25 22:26 UTC] No.45109929{3}[source]▶
    “Jesus and his disciples were all in one Accord”
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    5. LorenDB ◴[02 Sep 25 23:01 UTC] No.45110243{4}[source]▶
    And don't forget that Moses received the Ten Commandments on tablets, although it doesn't say whether he used iPads or something running Android.
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    6. schoen ◴[02 Sep 25 23:25 UTC] No.45110415{5}[source]▶
    It's rumored that God was wary of humans having apple products.
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    7. inopinatus ◴[02 Sep 25 23:27 UTC] No.45110438{4}[source]▶
    Come for tea, my people.
    8. sho_hn ◴[02 Sep 25 23:33 UTC] No.45110479{5}[source]▶
    And that Revelation 5/6 contain the original doomscroll.
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    9. tom_ ◴[02 Sep 25 23:59 UTC] No.45110675{5}[source]▶
    I gave up tablets and pills of all kinds a long time ago now, but, at the time, if god himself had popped up to tell me something, it wouldn't have been a huge surprise.
    10. mikepurvis ◴[03 Sep 25 01:28 UTC] No.45111275{3}[source]▶
    Joshua 6:27 KJV: "The Lord was with Joshua and his Triumph was heard throughout the land."

    https://www.google.com/search?q=trumph+motorcycle

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    11. BobbyTables2 ◴[03 Sep 25 02:12 UTC] No.45111576{6}[source]▶
    I thought it was warning of poorly chosen file permissions (0666) and the evils of “simulation” —- the evils of userns namespaces and VMware!!!
    12. amarant ◴[03 Sep 25 02:19 UTC] No.45111614{4}[source]▶
    Good product placement, but either the numbers of his disciples has been greatly exaggerated, or that was one very cramped Honda!

    Was jesus secretly a clown?

    13. ies7 ◴[03 Sep 25 02:31 UTC] No.45111696[source]▶
    not related with Bible: a staff engineer's journey with Claude Code
    14. user_7832 ◴[03 Sep 25 04:00 UTC] No.45112145{6}[source]▶
    Perhaps because of the temptations of walled gardens?
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    15. astrange ◴[03 Sep 25 04:53 UTC] No.45112357{3}[source]▶
    > The one driving the chariot drives like Jehu, the son of Nimshi. He’s driving like a crazy person.

    https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%209&v...

    16. danielheath ◴[03 Sep 25 07:36 UTC] No.45113209{4}[source]▶
    Sure, but he wasn't proud of it: "For I do not speak of my own Accord"
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    17. kps ◴[03 Sep 25 13:00 UTC] No.45115193{5}[source]▶
    And Jesus spake unto his disciples, “Next time I'm getting a Camry.”
    18. mrbombastic ◴[03 Sep 25 13:28 UTC] No.45115539{7}[source]▶
    Their icon is also an apple with bite out of it, if they wanted to be the prefered OS of the divine they should have chosen better.
    19. throw0101d ◴[03 Sep 25 14:25 UTC] No.45116202{4}[source]▶
    I own a Street Triple, so do not object to his search, but it should also be remembered:

    * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Motor_Company

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    20. throw0101d ◴[03 Sep 25 14:27 UTC] No.45116225{4}[source]▶
    Given there were 1+12 of them, you'd think they'd use an Odyssey.
    21. cardiffspaceman ◴[03 Sep 25 19:30 UTC] No.45119584{5}[source]▶
    The old Chrysler manufacturer had a Plymouth division with a set of Fury models so I was ready chuckling before I clicked through.

    [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Fury