Author: Joop Beris
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The right to have an abortion
Recently, I got into a discussion with someone on Twitter about whether or not a woman should have a right to an abortion. I will not link to the actual discussion here because I wish to keep my Twitter account separate from my real life identity for various reasons. However, I promise to present the…
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Stupid
A wise man once said that the sum of intelligence in the world is a constant, while the human population is growing. The more I look around and see or hear things, the more I’m convinced he may have been on to something with that statement. Everywhere you look, it seems like people are just…
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The difference between atheism and faith
I had a discussion today on Google+ (yes, there are people using it) about the existence of hell and why atheists would choose to go there. Apparently the argument “I don’t believe in hell” didn’t go down too well because the response was along the lines of “You don’t believe in hell because you don’t…
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15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense
A link to a very good article that I found in the Twitter feed of Ah Science!, answering Creationists wrong, biased, misinformed and deceptive objections to evolution. Good read! Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism by tearing down real science, but their arguments don’t hold up Source: 15 Answers to Creationist…
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Liberation Day 2015
This Liberation Day, I did something that had absolutely nothing to do with any festivities concerning our freedom or liberty, didn’t contemplate the sacrifice many made so that we can enjoy our freedom or anything like that. Instead, I did something that was very liberating for me personally. I spent a good deal of the…
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Using blacklists with iptables
If you have any kind of system connected to the Internet, you are no doubt aware that no matter how small or unimportant it might seem, it is frequently probed, tested or subject to various attempts at abuse. These attacks come from so many malicious hosts that it is impossible to keep track by hand.…