Priest. Crypto(graphy) kid who admired Bo Jackson and Phil Zimmerman back in the day. Decentralization is a must. I mostly normie post.
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Last Notes npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Corb Lund's latest album, "El Viejo," is a great addition to his catalogue. Furthers my belief that Alberta is Canadian Nebraska. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh People locally wonder (sometimes with suspicion) why I'm so interested in the 120-loss season the White Sox will tie and eclipse: "Aren't you a Cubs fan?" they ask, wondering if I'm just looking to dunk on the South Side, which is something the native borns do that I've never enjoyed. In reality, I like both teams, and want to see both succeed. What I do not like is how one team treats their fans, which is akin to how Blackhawks supporters were treated prior to Rocky Wirtz. Pretending has been Jerry Reinsdorf's MO for years. Just trying to break even, eh Jerry, poor old owner (in one of the country's largest markets). Shoot for second, you say, and keep them coming back for more. Refuse to offer big contracts, because gosh, we're just trying to scrape by. Refuse to modernize, because all that analytics nonsense is for the birds. Refuse to hire the best you can land in management. Laugh at even the remote possibility of signing Ohtani, who will soon cement his status as the best player in history. It's abusive to the people who spend their time, money, and most importantly -- their attention -- on this team. The White Sox organization has, for almost the entirety of my life, been a literal scam. That's hard for fans to see and understand, especially when they back-ended their way into a World Series victory in 2005, when cheap players caught fire and had career-defining seasons never matched again. But take it from a Nebraska boy who is, yes, primarily a Cubs fan: you've been scammed, just as Cubs fans were scammed by the Tribune Company, milking us under similar pretenses until the Rickets family came along. Come to terms with it: that's what this season is about. You've been hoodwinked by a man who never had any intention of delivering. The joy of setting the loss record is the scrutiny it brings. Everything is coming to light, and the chief abuser is reaping what he's sewn. This is his legacy above all. This is what he'll be remembered for. I'm not so naive as to believe that Dump on Jerry Month will bring any tangible change. It won't, as long as he owns the team. But it's justice, and it's what everyone involved deserves. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5773947/2024/09/19/white-sox-failure-worst-season-history/?source=user_shared_article npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh lol https://image.nostr.build/99473cd5e218585f0a75c8038016142cccf2d187e01d8b6c63c02631c95abfdf.png npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Just mirrored my iPhone via macOS. Dunno why I'd ever need to do this, but I did it. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Everybody's freaking out about the Bears today, but I thought they did pretty well against a team favored to win. 🤷♂️ npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Just a brilliant song. Jesse Welles prints good songs as fast as I concoct bad ideas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqAU6UcjobI npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh If the White Sox finish the season 8-8 over the last 16 -- if they play .500 ball, which they have not over any stretch of this season -- they will still finish with the worst-ever record in modern baseball. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh As is tradition, your Guaranteed Rate Crowd Report ahead of first pitch. https://m.primal.net/KlTW.mov npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Back to the House of Horrors. https://image.nostr.build/31bdcbba3d87c408bc60c784ef106c96179e52fe35b57108c43d1fa58738ad3a.jpg npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Apple Event - underwhelming in every way, and the definition of 'incremental update.' npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Apple Air Pod Pro hearing aid feature kinda nice, but consider: grandma still won't wear them. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Alright, Bears. Not pretty. But good enough to steal one you weren't favored to win. Get better and 🐻⬇️. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Rational Brain: Give Caleb and the Bears time, it's his first game on the big stage. Meathead Brain: https://image.nostr.build/65df48a2f01be9594e4bef8cf6848f8a1960d9aea8b0013ba56ed99f6b32fb46.gif npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Yet another test message. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Ah, another season of refball with 40s in between plays. At least Green Bay will have to deal with having the third best QB in the NFC North. 😉 npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh There are convergence points, you know. Places where you can find a Tim Horton's close to a Waffle House. I dream of a utopia where a Buc-ees sits next to the WaHo, and Timmie's is just down the lane. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh What's a guy gotta do to get a Buc-ee's in Northern Illinois? npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Better days are on their way. Rarely will you meet a person who loathes summer as much as I. https://image.nostr.build/2622ef24e1e9ce913b142f92d203cf836b897bc3f84cc392113f16913ee9dfc1.png npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh I’m mostly a pencil guy, but I went on an aside with some people the other day about that pen. I don’t often use it, but hard to argue with the most-produced consumer product. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh This little bit is why, eventually, X will have to decentralize to some degree if it wants to survive. Every government wants to control the flow of information, and there are few that legally protect a site owner. https://image.nostr.build/301437633f0e068f14ac0a4289d7937c34bd3b1cfc8c345313020504957c82a2.png npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Silver lining: all of this further demonstrates why the future is decentralization. #nevent1q…9ukl npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Still irrationally angry about my old university killing the classic uiuc.edu domain. Add it to the list of resentments still held against that place, I guess. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Haven't tasted it yet. 17.2% ABV. What I'm hoping is that it contains notes of Utopias, which I've had one bottle of. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Telegram: not even once. https://image.nostr.build/c6bf62d30a429fbf5a37cdc3ec69b83d987e459af32b5b321366c322c8053c3c.png npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh A better strategy than just dELetING tWiTTer when so much useful content still lives there in spite of itself: simply choose to post only to Nostr, outside of the reply guy stuff. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh I don't use Telegram, as I don't trust their self-rolled encryption, nor do I find much of interest in the groups. Still, I join those disturbed by the news of CEO Pavel Durov's arrest in France, for what appears to be the "crime" of allowing unmoderated groups on his platform. No less than a tyrant would attempt to justify such a jackbooted arrest, nakedly attacking the free exchange of information. The Internet has always been -- and will always be -- filled with bullsquash. The more the bullsquash, the freer the network. Thankfully, God gave you and me a brain by which to detect the nonsense, relying on nothing so trivial as a worldly power to play intermediary. The tyrants seeking to control expression will not -- cannot -- win. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh My dad’s 70th, so into the cellar I went. Fantastic, and aged perfectly since 2021. https://m.primal.net/KLUg.jpg npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Can't go wrong with red onions. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Today we celebrate St. Rose of Lima, patroness of Peru and Third-Order Dominican. Originally intending to enter the convent, after her parents' refusal she dedicated herself to a life of penance, prayer, and good works. It's said her humility led her to blotching her own face with spicy peppers, avoiding the suitors her family was intent on throwing at her. Probably don't do that yourselves. https://m.primal.net/KJaf.png npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Just building a suitable database of beers would be horrific and a constant project. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh MLB is at least trying, and the pitch clock makes a world of difference. The NFL knows they don't have to try for a lack of viewers, and so things stay WAY slower than they need to be. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Taking a break from baseball this evening to reacquaint myself with a familiar frustration: the slow pace-of-play in the average NFL game. It's a real problem, but you know, they've got cars and beer to sell during all these long, drawn-out breaks. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh This alleged reprobate used the alias "Dr. Phaakon Sonderburg-Glucksburg," and still made half a million dollars. https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/catch-him-if-you-can-capuchin-arrested npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Musgrave Pencil Company seconds, pencils with slight manufacturing defects. My version of the gamer’s loot box. On sale, $5 for 144 sticks, so I picked up four this time. I’m now the proud owner of 150 or so pencils declaring “Third Graders are #1.” New York Public Library slaps, though. https://m.primal.net/KGnD.jpg https://m.primal.net/KGnM.jpg npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh I believe it is, unfortunately. It’s the deal you make when you peg to a system. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Ever since Facebook introduced them to my social media experience, I've been anti-algorithm. In the end, though, I think they're helpful, if they aid in discovery of content. I want my follow list linear, but I also want to deep-dive into the pool of unfamiliarity. Bluesky does this well, and I'm hoping Nostr can follow suit as a matter of basic implementation. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Praying everyone has a fine Tuesday out there. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Kind of frustrating, really. Bluesky will Mastadon if it remains the "enemies of Elon" refuge, just as Nostr will if it's "that network for bitcoiners." It's easy to lose focus on what matters (easy, stable decentralization) when your market remains niche. https://image.nostr.build/a8522d1820efa768cc3678b97ed72c895f7b3fb655de60fef1f8676c521f46b9.png npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Now that every Social Security Number in the U.S. has been stolen, can we just agree that perhaps this isn't the best system and come up with something new? npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh No disputing that evil acts can have tangentially good consequences. https://image.nostr.build/466f5a43f6bf0c6787a24e69d99b8731bb586e2b6425f353cd32fc53a2df27de.jpg npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh There we go, White Sox. Back on track with that L. 29-89. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Still getting over the disappointment of that White Sox victory last night. Today's a new day, though, and the 3:1 loss ratio still holds. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh To be clear: I'm critical not of the vision or BTC in general, but rather what it's morphed in to, which is essentially a really volatile commodity. It can never become anything *in itself* as long as it's traded alongside soybeans and corn down at the Merc. It's forever pegged to the USD, and forever susceptible to all the fluctuations that hit other commodities. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh This is the reality of the present. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh ...struggling with the disappoint befalling most would-be revolutionaries, as his noble ideal for a better future morphed, in practice, to a commodity valued by volume trading. https://image.nostr.build/6040da85cdee014e7e010d45a546bf2b7efac7de4f36f817de46aed481f243e7.png npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Hadn't listened to Bob Dylan's "Triplicate" in a couple of years -- cover albums of songs that aren't Bob's usually end up low on my playlist -- but man, is it good. The perfect overcast rainy day slow-moving album. The band is perfectly laid back and Dylan's voice is strong, yet grizzled with the experience needed to tell these stories well. https://tidal.com/browse/album/71983194?u npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh I personally see zero threat to you all. As long as things don't actually evolve to the point where sovereign monetary policy is threatened. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh All those in the bitcoin community can hope for out of a politician is that they will leave you alone. Same thing everyone else wants. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Just in case you missed the opening ceremony last night and are wondering what all the buzz is about, here it is. I personally think this is high art, but that's just my two cents. (Faithfully stolen from my guy Good Tweetman on X) https://video.nostr.build/dab16386c731edec9d251680ac2187d0f74fd02612125cbe5799ff4b2bd0ae85.mp4 npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh 2024 out November 29th. I recommend everyone snag a variant if you can find it in your area. Being in Chicagoland has some benefits. https://image.nostr.build/aeb77488531165566ee847393b70b781fdfe25ead2fb6bd9a77345f544d2f516.jpg npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Just after I whined about decks being the most important thing for social media, I see the Damus Deck invitation signup. Good stuff. Maybe my whining can usher in its existence. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh I like what Threads is doing. Lists and Deck-styles are, again, the best way to keep up with any kind of social media. I hate that I like what Threads is doing. This means others will be charmed by it, too, and we need to pull people away from privatized platforms. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Speaking tomorrow. Calumny is a sin. #nevent1q…ucfp npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh *A Game of Thrones. It's been a long birthday. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Was just thinking about how I read "The Game of Thrones" as a junior in high school. It's my 44th birthday. Finish the series, George. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Everybody nowadays is willing to farm out their integrity for a few quick likes. Incredible times. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh The whole "Biden didn't sign it" and "Biden was coherced" storyline is a wild gambit when you'll see him speak about it later in the week. <s>OR WILL YOU?</s> npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Bob Newhart was one of those familiars from the past. You remember the familiars, even if they were in the background. My parents watched his show, though I at that age was never a fan; Bob would come on Johnny Carson and I'd see him at night with my grandpa, as we both dozed. As time goes on you lose the familiars, more and more of the anchor points that establish relationship with the world around you. Family dies, and it leaves a hole you can't articulate even if you gather the strength to look at it directly. And at some point, you realize the twilight of your youth set a long while ago, all while you weren't looking. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh The luddite communities in the future will be amazing. Shunning tech, they will essentially shun connection. And shunning connection, the art they will create! npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Friday Suggestion: Put the Kiddos to bed, then play one of the best albums you've never heard. https://image.nostr.build/987eb0f8307b5432e559887c0f3695054184464eacdc7471b5f5b60db798542c.jpg npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh 10/10. Does the audio sound like a kid talking into a fan? npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Chicago lost one of its own. RIP Bob Newhart. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Brain rot. Politics brain. #note19hv…z9w0 npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh See? Couldn't help but complain about the technical side. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Also, if I gotta get on Discord to self-host... you have some work to do, because that ain't a protocol. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Ignoring all the technical frustrations I have with it, my biggest problem with Bluesky is the unnecessary character limit. It only existed on OG Twitter out of necessity, and there's no need for it now. I saw Jack groan over it before he deleted his account. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Power was down for about 26 hours. Not bad, given the size of our town in relation to the scope of damage across Chicagoland. Glad my seniors aren't roasting in Illinois humidity today. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Star Wars isn't complicated. It's a kids show, a kid's western. Good is unambiguously good, same with evil. The white hats fight the black hats, and after much struggle, good triumphs over evil. Some lame equivalent of an equally lame Ewok dances around, roll credits. It's a billion dollar formula, people. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh My dream for Star Wars: (1) Disney sells off Lucas Film to recoup at least a little of what they've lost on buying it (2) New IP owner restores "Legends" canon, brackets and discards everything Disney has their name on. I know it's just a dream. A nerd's dream. But it's my dream. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh What a frustrating show. In the hands of competent writers who know the lore, the basic idea could have gone somewhere awesome. The skeleton was there, but they just couldn't put any meat on the bones. Likelihood of a second season is at a solid "don't hold your breath." npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Would I watch another season of "The Acolyte?" Of course. Should they cut their losses and never make another season of "The Acolyte?" Also of course. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh I'm with you. Went out 14 hours ago here. Thankful for my natural gas generator at this rectory, but most of my campus has nothing and all of town is down. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh The longer this goes on, the more I'm convinced the shooter was simply psychotic: overly political people can't help but leave a trail across the public Internet, much as I cannot resist baseball posting. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Damus Notedeck is going to be great. Looking forward to it! npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Me too. Hank is a legend. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Carl Perkins was so cool, and you don't even know. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Could say the same about baseball, honestly :). It’s all the rules and the nuances that make the game though. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Latest build of Nostur for macOS looking good. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh It's a lot like cricket in my experience, in that it took me a good 6 hours of viewing before I understood the concept. Then, like all good sports, you start to appreciate the nuances. In baseball, it's all about predicting which pitch is going to be thrown next. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh MrBeast video consumed. I have been dispensed my nutrition pellets for the week, and the system has now cleared me to watch baseball. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Ready to moonshine in the sun. https://reason.com/volokh/2024/07/11/court-holds-federal-ban-on-home-distilling-exceeds-congress-enumerated-powers/ npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh One for the "Nostr is inevitable" file. https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_24_3761 npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Thinking about my buddy Travis Stanley on his birthday. Classmate for four years, roommate at UIUC, same Scout troop. I hated cancer before it took him when we were 28, and I haven't gained any love for it since. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh The way Primal incorporates a wallet is beyond cool. But never forget: BTC/crypto as a touted feature of Nostr will always be a hindrance to growth, not a help. #nevent1q…kmqd npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Well, Acolyte improved a little. It's too bad that Episode 7 was the real Episode 1. Bad writing and story design kills it every time. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh They’re beautiful snakes, too. Remind me of ducks. Too bad for this little guy. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Again: victory only comes one way here. Reject the false "utility over privacy" dilemma, and start making privacy tools that are useful, and meet the definition of a good tool in general. If an app or an OS or a device or a hammer "gets out of the way," it will be easier for people to adopt, and the incentives to stay with iOS, or Google, or the privacy infringers, disappears. I used to watch a weekly Linux show, which highlighted various developments in the operating system. It was a great show. It was also produced on a Mac, on Final Cut, because Linux had nothing that came close to the utility of this tool at that time. If "privacy" means using bad tools, people won't use them. I won't use them either, because I no longer have time to spend on tools. Thankfully, this is not what privacy *has* to mean. We can build good tools that are also privacy-preserving. There doesn't have to be a tradeoff. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Had my System76 nuke during a kernel update a couple of years ago. That was not a good day. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh I think we agree that companies can take the concept of a phone and then use it for negative ends -- but that's the reality of a moral neutral. You can take a gun and do very evil things with it. In the end, what I think important here is that there need be no tradeoff when it comes to protecting privacy and building a great tool. When I used PGP as a kid, it meant I could email two people I knew with relative safety. That's because it forced a tradeoff in terms of usability and technical knowledge. I now use Signal to chat with pretty much everyone in my world. Everyone in my family. That's because it's simple. It's the very definition of a "good tool," in that you pick it up and just use it and don't think about the tool itself. GrapheneOS is an example of a tool approaching this point, although it'll always have small technical barriers. It is very stable, and "just works." So, when developing "freedom" or "privacy" tools, whatever we want to call them, we have to keep this in mind. If they challenge the average user, they will always fail to accomplish what we want them to, and we'll have to settle for the false belief that privacy involves tradeoffs. Moxie succeeded with Signal because he'd learned this lesson by growing up in the same environment I did. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Dunno if you saw my second comment here, but I'm not talking about the morality of the companies involved. Just the morality of the tool itself: a gun is a moral neutral. A phone is as well. When we choose chainsaws or pens or pencils, we choose them because they do a good job and get out of our way. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh But even here, please note: I am speaking only about the tool as a morally neutral object. A phone is a moral neutral, as is a firearm, as is a gun. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh If the individual consents, then yes. I do not use Microsoft because I do not agree to their terms. I agree to give Apple a limited set of data for internal usage. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh The tools themselves are morally neutral. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh The success of Linux on mobile devices supports the point. Click here, update this, and move on. Certainly, it can be finicky (moreso than iOS), but Android is at the point where we can say it "just works." And as a result, people use it and like it and are all set. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh When it comes to neutrals we use for the accomplishing of an end, it's pretty much the only thing that matters. No one will buy a car if constantly breaks down just because everything about the car is ethically made. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh I love Linux and all it stands for, but Desktop is just not a good tool. A good tool gets out of the way. You don't know it's there: it requires little maintenance and does not impede the act of creation. The problem with Linux Desktop is that its maintenance becomes the hobby. The tool becomes the purpose. That's a bad tool, and tangentially, it serves as a warning to the Nostr community. What all you hard-working people are creating is a means, not an end. The key to good design structure, as far as I see it. #note1q5n…n4kl npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh I’ve run Linux for over 30 years. When it doesn’t blow up at random and require maintenance time, I’ll use it exclusively. Until then, I’ll work under macOS. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Love historical/nature documentaries. Watch multiples every week, especially whilst winding down. One gripe, though, about something becoming more common: the interview interjection. Annoying and lazy. Breaks up the flow of the narrative. I'm sure Professor Y has good things to say, so have him help you with the storyboard. Off camera. npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh If you're looking to ditch Adobe, check out Affinity. I've been running it for years and have absolutely no need for the overpriced spyware. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbnW56SFIT4 npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08 frjosh Got me that there milkshake all the kids are talking about https://m.primal.net/JLGr.jpg