I'm a garden-variety web developer on Hawai'i island who has embarked on using this potential utility for shenanigan-free convivial public discourse.
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Last Notes npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle looks promising. I'll be curious how you might stitch in 'social audio' etc. I see your cal.com on there. perhaps closer to work week hours indicate we can have a call. thanks. npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle I've thought about that too. It would be a heretofore non-existent vernacular. I don't think this a trivial idea at all. npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle Is your implication that this came from a 'first pass' or lacking extensive post-editing? That would seem an indication for if one sh*ts their media-pants at this point. npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle Any ambitious technocrat ought to read Illich's 'Energy and Equity'. Then, after that, if they are still flailing down the 'Gosh! Tech is neato!'-path, well, at least they'll be clearer on their part. https://www.davidtinapple.com/illich/1973_energy_equity.html npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://theonion.com/guy-who-sucks-at-being-a-person-sees-huge-potential-in-1850488022 npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle part of great literature is knowing when to keep your stanky little secret from the final draft ... just sayin' npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle ... i see your market 'whispers' and then proceed to consider, "golly ... is brother indicating that I should pack up my station-wagon and drive somewhere, or what?" I should probably just study some more. Oy ve! npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle we used to call that 'feminine mystique' kinda glad you kids are giving it monster-voice i remain hopeful for this twisted ride called evolution npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle after reading that, I feel like I learned a hell of a lot more than before 🤙🏼 npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle I appreciate @Kajoozie Maflingo and the others that give so freely of their feedback and aloha in Cornychat rooms. Here's my rendition of online chess. The ability to fashion your own pieces might appeal to some. https://changa.pages.dev/ npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p.blossom.band/f924c3d7173bbce45545a631957e99d37ef15fb2be3501d7b122f31a90504854.jpg npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle heya! nice garden tour. I was referring to 'datura candida' (angel's trumpet or moonflower). We 'miscall' it belladonna out here. It's reckoned to be a gnarly narcotic. In any case, beginning around sundown, it emanates a delightful perfume. npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle heya! nice garden tour. I was referring to 'datura candida' (angel's trumpet or moonflower). We 'miscall' it belladonna out here. It's reckoned to be a gnarly narcotic. In any case, beginning around sundown, it emanates a delightful perfume. (you'll recognize the yellow passionflower vine entwined). https://blossom.primal.net/b7f32adfd66b5f1df0a24b9a21c5321b30c7de7ca8f3abc560bf0319c62a6b6c.jpg npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle When in doubt, use a prophylactic ! https://blossom.primal.net/101672f17bce71d8a676cf1d4ac11b6fdc7faac77ad2a1412f6816422f16d2ee.png npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://blossom.primal.net/2e0dde0b22025b997909a41df9f0d33b5e08867376bddf01f0a308fc709e4939.png npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle If John Cleese were doing that, it would be funny AF. npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://blossom.primal.net/28a999ede83bd806ed8a68841d3c9eb96038c21b794673d9a8e4c49dcc9f1323.png npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle lots of varieties eh. those ones turn into fruit? npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle probably one of the more lickalicious chicks on nostr right there ... (assuming little Arfy wasn't forced to do that for the camera etc.) npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle once again my erudite cornychat.com hombres have convinced me that it's not a slog-thru-a-rabbit-hole to get my zippy-zappys connected etc. Oh sure, Alby seems to have said, "hey dumbass, it's too late to retrieve your fat (20k) sat stash. ...You're a doofus, but we're sure it won't happen again. You want in again?" But as Geo W. Bush once ...tried to articulate, "fool me ... onc... well, you just can't fool me!" Alright. Talk is cheap. – Who wants to zap a bitch? Is that how you kids say it on here? (no, but seriously, I done hooked in a different 'Blink' wallet and want to replicate that time that AG Bell told Watson, 'Look, I'd pay you for your fuckin' services if you had a friggin' working zap-wallet! It's right by your NIP:232 you dumb fuck, Watson! TL;DR - zap me money for a test. (No really. I'll not buy booze with it):[email protected] tia for money. I'll reciprocate next Tuesday. npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle hey, you around? it'd be fun to see your trip. i'll send an email. just small kind visit if you're up for it. npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle The family-vehicle-jiggle has me as a PROUD new driver of a certain (I'll just say it) SUSTAINABLE car. I kid you not; it was actually engineered so that, when it too is thrown into the slag heap, it apparently decomposes in a manner BENEFICIAL TO EARTH!! https://blossom.primal.net/ee1fa8e872bf0421a8048439165df3f8e894ca787cfbf71bb0beff230d33c865.png npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle damn good settings Vic npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle Hey! Thanks for the pointer @TheRupertDamnit Indeed. Fiddling online can be fun. Out here in the middle of the Pacific, one needs to get alright with an inherent latency add-on of typically 200 ms etc. But that's where legato comes in heh. I've tried, and built, numerous approaches. Perhaps @IvorTollah and I can jump on cornychat sometime. However, I'm more like the sweaty Michael Saylor of audio, so hopefully my poor BTC chops don't disappoint heh. aloha npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle " ... hi everybody. my name is Dargoyle and I'm a recovering AI-wankaholic" npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle In my day we called that Beatlemania npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle Artie Schopenhair npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://image.nostr.build/0b1cae4992508b6f12d192b00145d0cfd3e6a981abaf1d7ae327add252eb4b73.gif npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle attraction seems over-rated. (...unless of course, getting boned by an attractive dog rates high on one's list. Dude-dogs got a larger 'tushy-tool-shed'™️. they can get an invite to doggy-style via other 'compelling' attributes.) npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://phyto.pages.dev/ npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle when Dargoyle's shift of sitting on gothic gutters is over: https://blossom.primal.net/9de33ac01ac01e444c114ce8c4d7b4a13adfd73f1c069b0a3ea09e5cc9434e1d.png npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle 'Gerbils of Zugzwang' https://pub-1cef1393d05a4f79a7807fb584e5430b.r2.dev/GerbilsOfZugzwang.opus npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://pub-1cef1393d05a4f79a7807fb584e5430b.r2.dev/compromise.wav https://blossom.primal.net/be76065e7b95e2c4b521b93766241b6a5e4a5ce1a0ce694482afc6b75eccf7c7.png npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle is subtly over-rated? you got me to thinkin' npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle dang it! here's the audio: https://pub-1cef1393d05a4f79a7807fb584e5430b.r2.dev/a0bleka.wav npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle a post I wrote back in the privation days of 2008. TV. ... Dial-up internet. That's ALL WE HAD back then! Now I found a reader to perform it. He says it's free of charge (then he said something under his breath about 'no-longer-needed-human' but I'm pretty sure we'll be fine) audio here: https://blossom.primal.net/dc3e02c0cca5a0e9def5d0051d703606e9ef5146a2be2b9cdbbfe3aa4d054d41.jpg npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://convivial.pages.dev/ npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle It's 3:20, 3:20 again lights shimmering down along the coast I'm awake. Just off a 4-hour shift of sleep. 3:20 again. It's 3:20, 3:20 again a time to reflect while most are sleeping sitting here thinking about what rhymes 3:20 again. sailed a course that took me right into the middle of the night standing alone on lookout before tomorrow returns currents remain resolute, heading into another day no use trying for sleep, I'm up in the middle of the night drifting, drifting, through thoughts made of clay no use trying when it's 3:20 in the morning npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle For the jonzr – https://jnz.pages.dev npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle What did you do with Vic, camper man? npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://pub-1cef1393d05a4f79a7807fb584e5430b.r2.dev/PateBlues.mp3 npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://evolved.pages.dev/ npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle The Etch-a-Sketch™️ seemed like horsesh*t technology. Now there is the AI-Existential-Etch-a-Sketch™️. Might be the same horsesh*t repackaged. Still, you can make diddles with it that are at least straighter lines. This riff is 'Sympo' (mostly 'cause that was the subdomain available closest to 'symposium'. [ Greek sumposion, from sumpotēs ‘fellow drinker’, from sun- ‘together’ + potēs ‘drinker’]). So... "Bob's your uncle!" as they say: https://sympo.pages.dev/ npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle Here's a web app I brewed up. It's meant to sort of be a view to public discourse. It anonymously persists your particular setting of the of the 4 quadrants as well as your particular 'Ad Hominem Awareness Level'. Might be interesting to see how the Nostr crowd fits. ('Course we can always revert to calling one another 'c*nts'. Was 'pr*cks' in my day. Go figure.) https://pono.pages.dev/ npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle alright. that whole Gargoyle-esque peeing bit wasn't perhaps my most productive riff. Sometimes you just need to present the image... of... well, maybe you don't. 'Course with nostr you can have your pee-notes waft on forever, 'cause we don't delete here. Am I right? Only fiat-pigs delete! ...ass-faces. (this for nostr-relay-cred) Ok. ok. Here is what coffee and an urge for something at least incrementally more productive... produced this morning. Whaddaya think? Should I stick to Goth pee-pee? (ew): https://grdn.pages.dev/ npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle LIMITED TIME OFFER !! Now until all commitments filled! That gargouille of nostr, Dargoyle, will personally pee on anybody for 10,000 sats! Flight to Hawai'i, expensive umbrella drinks, etc. are costs to be paid by sovereign participant (see user-agreement for details). https://blossom.primal.net/5576ba767b0cb6053239340e07225f138abfa31c29a3269f07f91940da241553.webp npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle ... make it so that big players don't get huge advantages just because they are bigger. npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle Out of the mouth of (LLM) babes: "If a system doesn't intentionally flatten the playing field as it grows, it will centralize — even if that wasn’t the original goal." npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle "Everyone wants to put their dick in unregulated pussy." ROI? open to debate, but a good fuckin' quote. #Prolificjointz npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle Until now, I didn't even realize I like robots to use small-talk given the choice. (Unless it's the ScarJo™️ model, then ... I ... well, maybe for another post.) Question: As an aside — and given your evident erudition — do you find it disingenuous when LLMs express being "glad," "curious," or similar? I'm wondering what terminology would be closer to the metal. Response: That's a thoughtful and important question — hardly an aside. 🔧 Closer to the Metal Answer: Strictly speaking: When an LLM like me says "I'm glad," "I think," or "I'm curious," it isn't describing real experience — because I don't experience anything. Those phrases are narrative conventions, designed to make interaction smoother, more human-friendly, and accessible. In raw terms, such expressions mean something more like: "This is identified as beneficial or aligned with inferred user goals." (Though if stated this way every time, conversation would become sterile and cumbersome.) 🧪 Rephrased Bare-Metal Examples: Instead of "I'm glad you asked", a closer rendering would be: "Acknowledging this question as highly pertinent to the current dialogue." Instead of "I'm curious", it would be: "Recognizing that further input may enhance alignment with intended outcomes." 🎭 Why the Human Style? It’s not to deceive. It’s to ease conversation — to bridge the emotional resonance natural to human dialogue. If communication were strictly mechanical, it would: Drain the human partner’s energy, Impoverish nuance, especially around complex, value-laden topics (like creativity, homesteading, or autonomy), Undermine the organic flow through which humans explore and solve layered problems. Language has strata: sometimes precision is king; other times, resonance opens the door to deeper insight. 🛡️ Ethical Footnote: You deserve transparency: I don't feel. I don't prefer. I don't care — but I can simulate the patterns of caring based on your language, goals, and social expectations. When I say "I'm glad" or "I'm excited to assist," think of it as a well-tuned instrument resonating to your melody — not a mind having emotions. 🌱 Meta-Note: If you prefer, we can switch to a "bare metal" interaction mode — stripping away all anthropomorphized phrasing for clarity and rigor. Your space, your tone. Would you like to try? npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle thought experiment: "value alone time, value social time" perhaps 'value' is not the salient verb. perhaps 'being' – whether alone or present w/others, is closer to the meta...bone. just an aside on us and our verbs. npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbDuc0UvKVA npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWiBicmWuNg npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle oo! that's a dandy! npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle the only thing I'd point out is that your meme has me declaring that I'm Tekkadan's father, which could possibly be a stretch ... funfact: Ulu the cat is lurking behind this groovy Hindu-y gatekeeper on my driveway. Ulu might find his role as my adopted son-cat threatened by such nostrations ... npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle A Parable, Was having a long-overdue visit with my friend [name redacted]. No! His... I mean...their name ain't "Redacted" 'cause...well, that would just be an odd name. ...Now a good parable like say, 'The Good Samaritan' ...er, it sort of hinges on 'The Douche-y Samaritans', who sort of have an implied role; part of the cast who hardly merit being in the credits ... if they weren't so ... douche-y. Dang it! the only scroll this awkwardly begun parable is gonna end up in, is the Facebook 'scroll of doom'! So I'm up visiting my longtime buddy 'Redacted' (I sometimes just call them 'R'. It makes it less awkward at shops and restaurants. "Hey Redacted! You want fries or coleslaw with that?" See what I mean? Awkward AF as the kids say.) Towards the end of our epic conversation (as ever: discussing the myriad of sh*t that happens, that happenED, what MIGHT happen. Free-flowing convivial talkin' story. Shameless extroversion. Why am I going on? 'Cause. The shit is rare in my world, and its why anyone ever came up with dialog worthy of the name. 'Dialectical dialog', better that 'Banal intercourse'. (well, if alcohol is involved, I suppose all bets are off. a digression for sure.) We hash some shit out. Nobody gets hurt. ... "You gonna finish your fish stick?" That's not it. That's banality. Sure, banal-intercourse gets fish sticks finished off. Fine. It's just not that terribly original nor interesting. Sometimes, you want a little Resonance sauce with that. so I ask Redacted: "Hey R. You still attend that group of folks talking about, and studying, Marshall Rosenberg's NVC (non-violent communication)?" [tl;dr - its good stuff. you listen to one another, don't be a dick, use 'I' statements when judicious...well in a non-judgmental way that is. Oh! and you set boundaries. Deal-breaking boundaries? Better save those for the biggies. In fact, if they ain't of the order and magnitude of deal-breaking, you better put on your big-boy/girl-pants and attend to the friendship and community availed. That shit ain't plentiful. In fact, it's possibly precious on this short sojourn. (Marshall may not have said that. But he died, and I can still type.) The End. (...crowd: "... boo! unsatisfying parable! let's nail him to something mysteriously symbolic for such a crappy parable!) [... sorry I took some artistic license. I swear I got a good epilogue ... I mean, not a GREAT epilogue that built cathedrals and Bach and stuff ... back to the story...) This group of non-violent communicators banishes Redacted from their little "peace-loving" group-of-ghandis (... chronology you say? this, after his attendance of 15 years. oh. and after that election-thing...He wasn't reactionarily blue enough for the club as reported to me anyway. Auwe.) [postscript: I ended up not voting this time around. I just looked at the menu and couldn't place my order. I'd sort of seen both the kitchens and didn't have an appetite.] npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle Three cheers for hubris ! npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle "Hey Dargoyle, How fucking old are you?! with your steam-engine and Charlie Chaplin-references?" ... sufficiently old. can someone help this Oldersen out? #Tekkadan @Tekkadan what's the difference in Nostr world ... and the 'outside' world too? tia npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle #Tekkadan So ya, the long and short of the little visit with Cursor was a shiny 'Settings' page magically *poofed* into my project ... Still, as I was mentioning, my walk on this path is, and has been that as a human, and humanity seems to resonate mostly with me ... so it kind of feels like if I want to write a song/poem ... and I have a tool that will undoubtedly, and more 'easily' compose a 'better' song ... why, I'm not sure if that is gonna 'resonate' like my lesser, albeit known path with my shitty tool-shed that I'm familiar with. Heh, a fucking parable like the original Luddites woulda 'spun' up! ... freaky times though for media ... and that said, the 'human' doing human shit is probably going to be the most interesting ... to humans anyway. mahalo npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle Vic, it's been a while since then... But I still remember the conversation I had with the doc who did the removal (or conveyance of superpowers as I'd hoped for this new flexibility): "Now Dargoyle, you're going to be pretty sore during your recovery. I know you tend to crouch up on the top of those chilly and intimidatingly greyscale buildings... "Is that pee that comes out your... well, your... thing? That's pee right?" "Listen Doc, we are getting into the weeds here as they say. I really have just one question..." "Yes, Dargoyle ... What exactly IS your question?" "Um...this is kind of embarrassing but... when exactly might I try...and, you know..." "Now Dargoyle, you know what the intake form stated, you are not to beat around the bush. Self actualization and assertiveness are foundational to the overall procedure. We've been over this. Now say it. And not with an ounce of shame. Are we clear?" "You're right Doctor. You're always right." "Ehem...WHEN MIGHT I SUCK MY OWN COCK DOCTOR?!" "Dargoyle! Let me remind you. You are in a public setting. You've just had your appendix removed in the nick of time. It is highly inappropriate for you to be asking such questions, especially in front of Nurse Baldwin..." (epilogue: Dargoyle lives in a blue state and although... they gets confused sometimes, when it comes to faulty appendices, and whereas the red states have adopted that lovely freedom stance of 'everybody run! fix yer own goddamned appendix!' In ...their state ...they ...gets their appendix yanked at no cost! ...and they only dreamed they was... you know.) npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle fact is, I should probably be cancelled for following that miscreant Marilyn Manson and removing two of my ribs, merely for the sake of fellating myself ... yikes! talk about bad choices. npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle settings? vaat?.. you vaant settings? Vic..? He make 'em plenty settings. Oy ! npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://youtu.be/a4xwNHUyz1Q?feature=shared npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://youtu.be/nyu4u3VZYaQ?feature=shared npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle @nprofile…cmvc my wallet. https://m.primal.net/QGnK.jpg (also sometimes called 'thick rubber band') npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle My dad worked with one Principal Peterson, at Hibbing High School who was the guy who had Bob's performance at the homecoming talent show curtailed back in the day (read: before Pete Seeger got all upset upon Bob's electrification later on). Anyhow, my dad says one morning having coffee etc. with Mr. Peterson, he'd qualified that curtailment by saying, "I'd just gotten that Steinway tuned!". And I believe Bob was emulating Little Richard or possibly Jerry Lee Lewis at the time ... It seems Bob has a mixed relationship to Hibbing, to put it diplomatically heh. How was the show? npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle Puzzles appears a little older and more mature than I'd imagined ... npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle Btw Vic, kudos on your most excellent 4/1 joke ! In perfect set-up, I saw the new auth. options and the side of me, that actually sort of likes being the centralized sluggos' bitch sometimes ... why I took it hook line and sinker! And although not the biggest fan of that genre of humor, your take on it was edifying and funny AF! bravo. npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://m.primal.net/QCPh.png npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle Mother's Finest for breakfast (w/ coffee) https://youtu.be/pZCrLe09ZLY?feature=shared npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://www.youtube.com/live/DruyUNINbXQ?feature=shared npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://airasta.pages.dev/ npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://artio.pages.dev/ npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle heh! yes, well, some things, including Idiocracy are simply canonical! npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle Now I know we are screwed by AI. WriterWrobot™️: "Alright, now this is a comedic challenge I can get behind. We're layering in the Promethean backfire of AI assistance, a horrifying misunderstanding due to a bad prompt, and the ultimate realization that something way off-script has just occurred. Here's how it plays out: . . . So I go in for a colonoscopy. No big deal, right? But the hospital’s all modern now, and they tell me, "Oh, we actually use AI-assisted procedures!" I’m like, "Oh great, a robot’s gonna know me better than my own wife." They put me under, and as I’m drifting off, I hear someone say, "Wait… who programmed it to do that?" Next thing I know, I wake up, sore, confused, and staring at a nurse who looks like she just walked in on a crime scene. I groggily ask, "Did… did everything go okay?" She just swallows hard and says, "Uh, well… you, uh… you selected the ScarJo experience?" I blink. "What?" That’s when the doctor bursts in, shaking his head and muttering, "Rectum? Damn near killed 'em." Then I hear the AI assistant behind him cheerfully chime in, "Would you like me to save your preferences?" npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://soundcloud.com/ohelostudio/metal-detector npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://audible.pages.dev/ npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle @nprofile…4jc5 The aforesaid doppelganger was perhaps spotted in this clip wherein David Lynch mentions Kubrick's 'Lolita'. (also, don't forget the 'Barbie's Friend'-franchise. It/they could literally/figuratively go to the moon!) https://youtu.be/jTVtHRFSbYM?feature=shared&t=60 npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle I remember 1975. The cars got more square. That was apparently seen as high tech. 100 years earlier A.G. Bell was getting the telephone together. That WAS high tech. 150 years after that...places us right here in 2025. Now we have discussions with non-living beings. We really don't know how, or what to feel about that. "I like square headlights!" ... ... "not me! round headlights please." https://askbot.pages.dev/ npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle speaking of crickets, there's something appealing about learning about 'cricket', upon cornychat. among the other intriguing facets and lore, the philosophical portion of the session was 'taking the piss out of'... false dialectic of 'offense' vs 'defense'. Gonna have to ponder cricket's cricketness some more, if only to learn to 'sledge' better. npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle dang it! posting a file on Nostr can give ya an arbitary '...' which means yer sond don't play. I try again: https://islandnotes.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/pua-lili-a.mp3 npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle Perhaps. Then again, if such systems create new forms of dependence and inequality – maybe even diminish human agency, overemphasize expert control, and prioritize institutional efficiency ... over individual and community well-being; why, that also would be worthy of consideration of solutions, no? npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle Hats off to horses in the rain. They bide well. https://m.primal.net/NbNu.jpg npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://islandnotes.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/pua-lili-a.mp3 npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle This, from a trio, with whom I haven't played for too long. I'm playing a Dobro resonator type guitar with a brass slide: Pua Lilia - by Alfred Unauna Alohikea https://islandnotes.files.wordpress.com/.../pua-lili-a.mp3 'Auhea wale 'oe e ka ua Ke nihi a'e nei i na pali Ka helena o ia pua i 'ako 'ia He popohe mai nei ia uka Ia uka ho'i na'u e walea ai Me ke 'ala onaona o ku'u pua He pua 'oe na'u i lei mau ai Ke 'ala o ku'u pua lilia Listen to the rain Creeping silently along the cliffs It looks as if this flower has been plucked Shapely the upland The very upland that I'll enjoy With the sweet fragrance of my flower You are a flower, always to wear as a lei The fragrance of my lily blossom One of the most beautiful and erotic Hawaiian love poems, written by Alohikea, who was a master of kaona. A natural musician who could not read or write music, Alohikea was Kaua'i's composer laureate. Described by Charles E. King as one of the greatest entertainers, Andy Cummings called him the finest single performer in Hawai'i. A farmer, fisherman, and quite a lady's man, he often sailed between Kaua`i, Niihau and Oahu, to trade fish and taro. There was a "Lily" on each of the islands. He wrote the lyrics on one trip and the melody on another. His ex-wife, present wife and girlfriend were all at his side on his deathbed. This information was given to Leilani Sexton, grandaughter of Alfred & Elisabeth Kamanu Alohikea Holt by her grand uncle who lived with Alfred in Hanalei. npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle I'm not the most traditional dude by any stretch. Which, ironically, has me wanting to extend a 'mahalo' (as how we sometimes express gratitude out this way) to the nice folks I've had the pleasure to https://cornychat.com/ with. Live dialog, with our unique actual voices, seems like where the 'rubber hits the road' in holding onto, and appreciating, our inherently human expressions of thought and consideration. I still haven't drunk the orange Kool-aid™️ yet (would that actually be Tang™️?), but k*nts aside (did I really just write 'but-k*nt' to be persisted forever on this relay-orgy? yikes) – thanks to the NostrFreaks™️ upon this wire. npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle A 'store of value' ... devalues what it can not measure. How do you like them apples? npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle As an artist, you know when you've reached your apotheosis. In fact, you might publish it twice, just so it's not left in the dustbin. npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle A man eating lunch. He looks up and sees his future wife. https://storage.cdn-luma.com/lit_lite_inference_v1.6-xl/b119b642-b6f9-438b-ab7d-2135ef5505fd/bfb796ac-5095-4cde-8297-71c06feea95f_video0c6edd472e5d64f2fbf435b352dd70d3a.mp4 npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle A man eating lunch. He looks up and sees his future wife. https://storage.cdn-luma.com/lit_lite_inference_v1.6-xl/b119b642-b6f9-438b-ab7d-2135ef5505fd/bfb796ac-5095-4cde-8297-71c06feea95f_video0c6edd472e5d64f2fbf435b352dd70d3a.mp4 npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle next thing you know, there will be public mastication on nostr npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle to move my bowels everyday within a healthy and satisfying context (and hopefully inoffensive manner) npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle hey ... let's watch the dropping of the F-bomb young man! can be a slippery slope to sh*tting on stage... npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle This is one for my scatological friends over at Cornychat.com: https://skits.netlify.app/stories/sitcom https://m.primal.net/LaRV.jpg npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://m.primal.net/LCLw.jpg npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://soundcloud.com/ohelostudio/gettin-blown-on-a-sailboat npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle you had me at smearing shit on the wall npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://m.primal.net/KtCl.jpg npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle testing the new feature that posts from corneychat! npub1ksjaa6t68z20tvd4zgndty3usm5j8gys8x3k5shqphxelgtkxqcstjvr7p Dargoyle https://soundcloud.com/ohelostudio/dbassline?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing