Fr. Josh Miller

My father must be so proud: 10 years of higher education, and I mostly just use it to hustle bar trivia with my team. But we did it in the heat, frie...

Not tyranny, so much as it is the natural result of leftist pie-in-the-sky bureaucracy. Do it, Euros. Build nuclear power plants. Admit defeat. Do i...

Yep. Losing weight is 90% diet, maybe 10% exercise. And that 10% isn't about burning calories; it's about keeping an effective metabolism. Walking is ...

1K calories less than your maintenance amount.

No one should ever make a dumb "dry heat" joke. Yes, truly, at least it's a dry heat. 110 in Death Valley is much easier than 90 with a dew point of 7...

Illinois humidity is its own kind of misery.

Somehow, the world survived OpenAI's 2019 release. Somehow.

Reality isn't quite that bad. This image is altered. https://i.postimg.cc/2rbfg8qJ/LL2.jpg

Poor Charlie. https://i.postimg.cc/gYTvzGkb/Charlie-Manson.jpg

Too bad they made/make swamp water.

If you sincerely believe that one man tanked your portfolio, he may or may not be a bad man, but you are most certainly a terrible investor.

Not formally. I have a very investment-heavy family though, and in this instance it's been obvious for about a year.

Folks talk about the AI bubble, and it exists. But it won't burst until after the IPOs, even as we see anecdotal things like this. Pump and dumps tak...

Good afternoon. https://blossom.primal.net/f95fb38fdca2ac3ef1dfa8d39014bba9e08498bb783e27ecb2d0da0a7d795697.jpg

Tomorrow is, after all, a new day. GN. https://i.postimg.cc/GcZGSHyQ/dl.jpg

I love this guy, and he's a good reminder of why it's never a bright idea to piss off a country boy. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpk6sd2ye0lwaef7g9uqrdrm...

Just a public acknowledgement that I missed the KYC element. Can't predict it all I guess. nostr:nevent1qqsvke67zzg2wfp64x4tvnp3xk02zd2uyhf8rctgjsm5d7...

Yep. Of course, the KYC is the marketing: "So dangerous we need to know EXACTLY who you are!" nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzqx78pgq53vlnzmdr8l3u38eru0n343...

Tomorrow's another day. GN all. https://i.postimg.cc/WzsJ0TFx/War-of-the-Worlds.jpg

Beyond dumb. nostr:nevent1qqsylwkrqkv8sv9aalcvk9f5z2kpg2s8c5snhg4rkeezr49cld5pv2gpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerfw36x7tnsw43qygyunp9ep2cq86fzl9qk2tcczh85wsxw...

Gotta have that protein.

This will keep me up tonight.

This sun burn is gonna kill me tomorrow morning. Oh well. It was a fun day. GN. https://i.postimg.cc/hSxwP2jj/Collaboration.jpg

Yep. It’s a digital camera that aims to capture more film-like images.

More from our A250. Camp Snap 2, various filters. https://i.postimg.cc/nHWfjTQK/Fly-Over.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/Mz491Ltg/K4.jpg https://i.postimg.c...

Left the mirrorless Sony at home for our A250 and used the Camp Snap 2 for vibes. Selfie old school. https://i.nostr.build/JueQTIhA1izjdgzf.jpg

GN and keep those shooting arms straight. https://i.postimg.cc/6WM7Qw96/Chicago-Women-Guns.png

https://i.postimg.cc/5fGYLxgN/Columbia-Hunter-Biden.jpg

The harpsichord is absolutely essential when it comes to Bach. Anything that lacks it -- or attempts to replace it with the piano(gross) -- is bad. B...

GM. https://i.postimg.cc/fW54LVby/Help-Comic.jpg

I reckon it's that time. GN, all, and no pencils up the nose in the meantime. https://i.postimg.cc/ZR4s1htf/Black-Horse.jpg

There are multiple retailers, like Jostens, and all of them are expensive. Amazon is sometimes an option, but for the cost of those, it's just better ...

Yep. And even we religious are a mixed bag. I get called a "fake priest" quite often by people who don't believe I actually am one, since I don't quit...

😂 Nah. He was a priest who dealt with traditionalist Catholics, which are... a tough breed to like sometimes. Still, he loved the old Latin Mass (the ...

I lived with a priest once who would leave the house saying, "Off to celebrate the Mass I love for the people I hate." GM. :wisp:

Clerical shirts are a great scam. I can order the exact same shirt from a US retailer at a 33% markup, or I can pay Pedro the Donkey to hopefully get ...

GM. Hayes Carll is a good songwriter. So here's a sad song. https://youtu.be/f0cSxkzikbk

I don't have a favorite cookie per say, but I do have a favorite *kind* of cookie: it must be soft. No rocks like the ones my mother used to bake, God...

So I now believe that's exactly what was happening. Cheers!

This post claims to in Dark Wisp.

Nope. Off to Indiana. They’re a Hoosier problem now.

TBF, I am playing with PoW and have it set to 24; just odd that posts complete and replies do not.

I just cancel the PoW on comments because it does not stop. I reckon the comments aren’t being posted.

Dark Wisp bug: I'm apparently mining PoW for an eternity when I respond to a post. 🤔

One of my favorite poems of all time. It's always amusing listening to a recording of T.S. Eliot. He sounds like a mashup of a New York Jew and an Eng...

I repeat: the Bears should move to Indiana, just like everyone else. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzpun44vmavnmtuqme4pww2umqvrskfvfk5zx878ncm6nr82adsjl7qyg...

I love me a good rainy day to match my cheery disposition. (Playing with the Camp Snap 2.) https://i.postimg.cc/Tf5WQWSf/Rainy-Day.jpg https://i.post...

Not buying a VW any time soon. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzp8ycfwg2kqp7jgheg9jj7xq4ear5pn5ncfta952jvmlw69j49cmgqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqy...

Looks like this big weather event is going to turn out to be a nothing-burger along the I-80 corridor in Illinois.

The US was never really serious about any of this, and Iran knew it. All they had to do was ride it out.

I despise Windows so much, I picked up a PS5. I'm a dirty console casual now. (And yes, I know Linux has made gaming strides, but...no.)

Sometimes, a man just has to shitpost his way through it. 👍

Oh, hey. Yay. Great. Another hoedown in Central/Northern Illinois on the way. https://youtu.be/AQuqA8hfWq4

Thanks! I can see again.

The Proof of Work inside Wisp is interesting. Is it truly helpful? Perhaps in Web of Trust implementations, but I haven't seen other clients take adva...

Gotta get in on the trend. https://i.postimg.cc/D780Qvd6/optimized-nostr-license.jpg

Can anyone tell me how anon mode works? I am blind, apparently.

From the Code of Canon Law (1983): Canon 220. No one may unlawfully harm the good reputation which a person enjoys, or violate the right of every per...

Dark nostr:nprofile1qqs8gq46lmdpfgjn5egxn3pwzfzwvtqcmuuzz5z2pwcxr38f4unq69ctp4k44 is great. That's all. Goodnight.

For my part, I will acknowledge that soccer exists, doing so once every four years. I will cheer on our B-tier American athletes unsuitable for our mo...

That's the point of begging for "government regulation" to begin with: to drive valuation. Anthropic and OpenAI both do this, constantly, and have for...

It will be re-released within a matter of days, and Anthropic will benefit greatly at IPO. So dangerous and successful it needs daddy to regulate it, ...

This UFC event at the Whitehouse is such a ridiculous spectacle, and I'm loving every second of it.

The fit you git when I wake up at 7:21 for 7:30 Mass. Alarms? Who needs ‘em, apparently. https://i.postimg.cc/k7xBSCzy/optimized-IMG-6479.jpg

GN Nostr. Tomorrow (Sunday) is my easiest day, but it's always an early start. https://i.postimg.cc/GbnvnKZY/Goodnight-Moon.jpg

As one who has worked in both systems... just zero doubt that Fahrenheit is superior for every-day life, as a relational system. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqq...

This is not some PGP moment, wherein there are ACTUAL adversaries working against the movement inside the U.S. government. This is 100% collusion.

Don't make any mistakes about what this Fable/Mythos lockdown is all about. I've been cagey about it up until now, but let's spell it out: This is ma...

https://i.postimg.cc/zz89rHsp/AI-Delusion.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/7w0dfVq6/Bugs-No.jpg

I feel like maybe a lot of people don't remember how cool it was when we all lived in small networks. Maybe they're too young. BBSes. IRC. Newsgroups...

Yep. Things will go magnificently quiet about all of this once OpenAI and Anthropic are publicly traded.

Time for a movie this weekend? One could do a whole lot worse than Andrei Tarkovsky's masterpiece. I just watched it again for the first time this yea...

Only if we take the effect to extremes. So have one for me!

I like cognacs. If I am going for a digestivo, though... https://i.postimg.cc/YMy30Cgz/Underberg.jpg

Anthropic's models will be "tweaked" and back in operation within a matter of days. They'll bury the specifics in jargon, but will ensure all of us th...

Fable and Mythos are just too powerful. They're weaponized liquid gold. NOT for export. How many days to the IPO?

...and they need one. Thank goodness my little patch of Coal City was spared. We didn't need that action again either.

My geographical boundaries were left fairly unscathed last night. But just across the county line, Streator got hit pretty bad. Prayers for all those ...

All good.. for now.

I was standing under the awning of a local funeral home. Gnarly clouds, but nothing dangerous. A terrible tornado hit my village about a decade ago. ...

https://c.tenor.com/mb5TkAR6hhkAAAAd/tenor.gif

Just left us in Illinois, they're all yours now.

Tons of tornado action in Central/Northern Illinois where I am. My town is spared for now, but lots of action in the counties adjacent. Prayers for al...

You'd think this village I live in would solve the whole "we're inevitably going to lose power during a modest wind storm," but nah. Gotta keep it pre...

Same. I didn't much care for doctors when I was preparing to be one.

All about that IPO. "A country of geniuses in a datacenter" is the most nonsensical phrase I'll hear all day.

Well, that didn't take long. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq3lu4r8hxs6t66dw0wqsgxr8mk0060kwrcl2cnmv85s0vtn2frhtqy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qghwae...

We Dark Wisp now.

GM. Another hot and humid day around these parts. Thankful I’m mostly indoors today. And hey, I get to start an awesome experiment on GrapheneOS (no P...

...and if your parents loved you, they occasionally let you put sugar on them. Occasionally. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzptwpf7366kgg2mwchqypt5m87lq7vu...

I’d say that’s about right. https://i.postimg.cc/t9zkqGGC/Claude.jpg

If I want bad warm beer, I'll just take three cans of Busch Light and put them in the sun. Quite the koozie. Don't drink crap beer, dudes and dudette...

Hail, a Tornado Warning, and I need to get to the hospital for a sick call. Wonderful.

Life is way too beautiful for us to be sidetracked by our own bullsquash. Better just to keep an eye out for Goodness, Truth, and Beauty. It’s everywh...

A tale in three parts. https://i.postimg.cc/nFRbf2yd/Wisp_Tale_1.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/pWGbMCwG/Wisp_Tale_2.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/y1Q4CjMr/Wisp...

Humid and muggy, but always beautiful. Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. https://i.postimg.cc/3YpDbGT6/Abe-Lincoln-Cemetery.jpg

The gist of AI right here. nostr:nevent1qvzqqqqqqypzq5455pmtewaacws6a73hxkqkea6fjwcm3keq9vqu3q7930nl4k9aqy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyv9kh2uewd9hj7qgwwaehx...

I saw some posts about the release of Fable 5 today, and I legit thought you folks were talking about an addition to the video game franchise. I stan...

It's time. Not a day for the ages. GN all. https://i.postimg.cc/wHmk4r0s/Dylan-Sleeping-GIF.gif

Make it both die and evolve more easily, so I can raise it up and kill it off in periods of neglect.