I repeat: the Bears should move to Indiana, just like everyone else. View quoted note →

I love me a good rainy day to match my cheery disposition. (Playing with the Camp Snap 2.)

Not buying a VW any time soon. View quoted note →

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

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.)

Oh, hey. Yay. Great. Another hoedown in Central/Northern Illinois on the way.

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 advantage of this.

Gotta get in on the trend.

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 person to protect his or her privacy. View quoted note →

Dark @Wisp 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 more interesting games, whether by build or talent, hoping they cause anguish to fans hailing from locales where the game is taken seriously. And then I will forget it exists entirely until the next cycle. Merica.

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.

GN Nostr. Tomorrow (Sunday) is my easiest day, but it's always an early start.

As one who has worked in both systems... just zero doubt that Fahrenheit is superior for every-day life, as a relational system. View quoted note →

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 marketing. It's all marketing, with a little help from some friends inside the U.S. government who will be rewarded handsomely when OpenAI/Anthropic go public. It's the same playbook as always. "This model is simply too dangerous!" OpenAI declared the same about GPT-2. They always say this. Don't let 'em work you.

Slate Magazine

When Is Technology Too Dangerous to Release to the Public?

If recent history is any indication, trying to suppress or control the proliferation of A.I. tools may be a losing battle.

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. It was great when we had smaller communities, when people interacted with a limited network. I would come home from school every day and look forward to 300bps telenetting in to Mnematics Videotex in '93, eager to talk to ten people who used the same service. It was great. We all knew each other, hung out for hours chatting about whatever. Nostr being small, or "lacking engagement" doesn't really matter. What matters is the community you build here, even if it's a small one. I mean, you people even FIGHT like family! Cherish that.

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 year. Probably my favorite film.

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 that it's both powerful and safe to use now. Honest. The IPO is estimated for the Fall, so be prepared to buy at any moment.