frjosh
Fr. Josh Miller

Priest. Crypto(graphy) kid who admired Bo Jackson and Phil Zimmerman back in the day. Decentralization is a must.

I mostly normie post.

Public Key

npub13tahtl9pjw9u5ycruqk84k6sfmkyljsr7y2pc4s840ctlm73fxeq3j6e08

NIP-05 Address

frjosh@nostrplebs.com

NIP-57 Address

quietmoose2@primal.net

Profile Code

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nos.lol

relay.damus.io

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2024-10-12 15:33:49

And from what I have heard around Chicagoland anecdotally, major resistance only exists now from higher-up goofs wishing to justify their expensive office space.
#nevent1q…dfyz

2024-10-12 03:02:02

Do in fact look into it, Bluesky, but please be prepared to acknowledge that the point of failure on Twitter exists on your own platform also. Decentralize your stuff or stay silent.
https://image.nostr.build/3c9f37d3e33418c1601dd501ccfdd929d2d1cda222e1a489117acba6bdbabb1c.png

2024-10-09 17:53:09

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I believe the more common parlance is "long in the tooth," but I gather ye.

2024-10-09 17:49:36

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Good move. I'm here all but exclusively now. I like that there are no toddlers trying to control the sandbox.

2024-10-04 22:44:18

Just played with the new camera iPhone button.
Ruling: Helpful.

2024-10-01 03:01:36

I reckon it's time to post my favorite song about Pete rose. RIP, Charlie Hustle.
https://youtu.be/rhXbT7JUDaI?si=iZ_xDZDTMgKNR1Qy

2024-09-29 23:34:20

RIP Kris Kristofferson. What a songwriter. What a presence on the screen. They don't make 'em like him anymore.
There's a poetic quality to his passing on a Sunday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbqGWTxwZEA

2024-09-29 22:00:26

Let me tell you something brother #beerstr https://image.nostr.build/54ccb643f3e8ba6902573c29b47964dc282c9e817a17f79959d9ae9d3a961f06.jpg

2024-09-29 17:45:50

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Wild. Awesome!

2024-09-28 17:43:08

If you enjoy the sports ball and have an iPhone, don't sleep on their generic Sports app. Great realtime updates to the home screen, of as many games as you want unfolding at the same time.

2024-09-28 17:09:10

Alright, ready for Sunday. Let's go.

2024-09-28 01:27:39

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I doubt it. In the olden days they might have marched them to central square, but those times are gone 😄

2024-09-28 01:21:38

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Un poquito.. pero es historia!

2024-09-28 01:13:03

They did it! The White Sox have officially lost 121 games! The record for worst season is all theirs! Man, what a season.

2024-09-27 23:06:09

Come on, Tigers. All you have to do is survive 50 pitches. Let Crochet throw deep counts.

2024-09-27 23:04:11

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Just wait until they begin citing sovereign monetary policy.

2024-09-27 21:34:35

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This is so awesome.

2024-09-27 20:30:47

The talent working on Nostr is great. Haven't said it in a while but it needs to be said. Grateful for you all.

2024-09-26 19:41:43

The Angels are about to be swept by the worst team of all time. Let that sink in, Angels fans.

2024-09-25 18:28:42

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Can’t wait. I thought I made the August batch, but patience is a virtue.

2024-09-25 18:18:26

Forgot how people are constantly sniffing around an IP address until I installed this firewall. Yow.

2024-09-23 18:34:14

The Musgrave 600 News is like the Sharpie of pencils. Larger core and very soft. It’s an excellent writer, but man have I mangled them with my standard sharpeners.
Ordered a $10 sharpener for pastels, hoping I stop the waste. I know the larger core has to be a problem though. https://image.nostr.build/a9e91de3a3695004a457bcd1ebf67d4e4a452da34b6ccc1cc953c84f2c2ee2da.jpg

2024-09-23 18:27:00

I love Fall, but my sinuses sure don't like the gettin' there.

2024-09-23 17:28:21

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Except gAI doesn't do this in any meaningful way; it doesn't unlock something new. Wealth could always google.

2024-09-22 23:53:43

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https://youtu.be/OVhA01J0Zsg?si=HJtafcwKFpHxVB-y

2024-09-22 22:35:51

The White Sox have lost their 120th game, tying the '62 Mets for the most ever.
It's been a long road, but I knew they could do it. The record will be all theirs this week.

2024-09-22 21:15:50

Nextcloud Hub 9 looks great. The kind of stuff we need.

2024-09-22 19:07:54

Bears gonna Bear

2024-09-22 18:25:48

They know you'll ignore the commercial -- you ignore most of them -- but what if they put a realistic sounding doorbell at the beginning? One that fires up the dog and annoys you? They know what they're doing. Attention is the gold standard, and if they acquire yours via annoyance, good enough.
This and many other things, working against contemplation.

2024-09-21 18:59:41

Principles or profit -- sooner or later, a business will choose profit.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/21/24250697/x-complies-brazil-supreme-court

2024-09-21 03:41:11

Husker football is pain.

2024-09-19 20:19:33

Corb Lund's latest album, "El Viejo," is a great addition to his catalogue. Furthers my belief that Alberta is Canadian Nebraska.

2024-09-19 17:34:04

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

2024-09-19 02:55:40

lol
https://image.nostr.build/99473cd5e218585f0a75c8038016142cccf2d187e01d8b6c63c02631c95abfdf.png

2024-09-17 20:13:55

Just mirrored my iPhone via macOS. Dunno why I'd ever need to do this, but I did it.

2024-09-16 17:16:06

Everybody's freaking out about the Bears today, but I thought they did pretty well against a team favored to win. 🤷‍♂️

2024-09-12 16:59:25

Just a brilliant song. Jesse Welles prints good songs as fast as I concoct bad ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqAU6UcjobI

2024-09-11 02:20:11

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.

2024-09-09 23:37:05

As is tradition, your Guaranteed Rate Crowd Report ahead of first pitch.
https://m.primal.net/KlTW.mov

2024-09-09 23:23:15

Back to the House of Horrors. https://image.nostr.build/31bdcbba3d87c408bc60c784ef106c96179e52fe35b57108c43d1fa58738ad3a.jpg

2024-09-09 20:52:27

In reality, unless they do business down there, Rumble is under no obligation to do anything. Make them block you.
#nevent1q…au5f

2024-09-09 18:48:58

Apple Event - underwhelming in every way, and the definition of 'incremental update.'

2024-09-09 17:43:31

Apple Air Pod Pro hearing aid feature kinda nice, but consider: grandma still won't wear them.

2024-09-08 20:06:33

Alright, Bears. Not pretty. But good enough to steal one you weren't favored to win.
Get better and 🐻⬇️.

2024-09-08 17:57:01

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

2024-09-08 05:28:26

Yet another test message.

2024-09-07 03:49:42

Well, that was refball at its finest and I'm not sure who was hurt more, but in the end: a Green Bay loss is always justice. #BearDown

2024-09-07 03:24:50

On every play of consequence, I expect a flag, surprised when there is none. The modern NFL.

2024-09-07 00:36:11

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. 😉

2024-09-06 23:15:44

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.

2024-09-06 23:12:13

What's a guy gotta do to get a Buc-ee's in Northern Illinois?

2024-09-06 04:28:18

The Internet Archive ruling is just a bitter reminder of how jaded I've become about the Internet. What excited me most back in the all-text days is that I could Gopher so much raw information contained in journals and books, and I dreamt of a future where everything would be digitized and easily accessible.
Of course, I underestimated greed and the iron bars of capitalism wrongly applied, and those dreams died long before the feds tortured Aaron Swartz to death. So much potential for bettering the world, and here we are, stuck behind antiquated notions.

2024-09-06 01:41:49

It's really cool that you can turn it off. It's also really cool that my extension allows me to destroy your web design by making it all dark.
Who's the real rebel here?
https://keenen.xyz/dark-mode-sucks/

2024-09-05 18:03:02

Smart article. I appreciate that we've reached the "Wait a minute" phase in the gen AI life cycle, followed only by the most sobering of them all: defunding.
https://venturebeat.com/ai/why-we-need-to-check-the-gen-ai-hype-and-get-back-to-reality/

2024-09-05 16:42:41

Everybody rails against Mondays, but I'll posit for your consideration that Thursdays are the real beast.

2024-09-05 03:42:25

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yep, I'm 13 again, hoping I didn't just destroy the family computer.

2024-09-05 03:38:08

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Sounds a lot like political partisanship, rather than a well-reasoned position.

2024-09-05 02:08:05

Bluesky has no algo persay, but yes: every user will turn against you for crypto posting. And I kind of... don't blame them? Those on the outside can't parse the subtle distinction between BTC enthusiasts and those peddling the next awesome airdrop. Those who can don't want to hear about BTC, much as I don't want to hear about stock information.
I return to the old theme: a crypto-related focus hurts Nostr adoption. I don't like it, but it's a hard truth.
#nevent1q…647a

2024-09-04 20:22:07

Never go full White Sox. Never.
https://video.nostr.build/c47fc94cb72f407d00844b3ca7a65b990eafe69aa28658bc917d83206a9534ee.mp4

2024-09-04 16:16:05

To answer his question, just based off of observation: the one way to "beat" the algorithm is through activity. I follow some accounts that have gone from zero to huge without offline celebrity influence, and they all seem to have one thing in common: constant, frequent posting. 10-20 a day, every day.
That isn't my game, and I don't care. Post what you want, when you want, and if people like it, cool. If they don't respond, cool. If they criticize, hey: that's the nature of bringing anything you create into the world. I've moved away from a "larger audience" because again, I don't care about that. I care about the decentralized nature of Nostr and, hopefully one day (but not holding my breath), Bluesky.
Social media in general reinforces one of the big no-nos when it comes to creative output: you do it for yourself, not for some perceived audience or, in this context, clout gained through fake Internet points.
#nevent1q…zzh2

2024-09-04 01:39:55

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12-10, actually. Impossible just the same.

2024-09-04 01:35:55

White Sox Infamy Update:
In order to dodge the title of worst team in history, the Sox must finish the season with a record of 12-12.
They won four games in the month of August.
What we’re witnessing is unfathomable to the baseball stat junkie.

2024-09-03 19:58:00

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Nice to have a little bit of everything. I have a Pelikan 800 I ordered from Richard Binder when he was still on the grind, always at the ready. Sign things with a Kaweco Brass. Carry a Pilot Razr. But mostly bang away with ooga-booga caveman wooden Japanese graphite pencils. Can't ever go wrong with a good tool!

2024-09-03 19:40:12

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

2024-09-03 18:46:25

Yet another test message. Hello in there.

2024-09-03 15:07:31

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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.

2024-09-01 20:32:47

White Sox Road to 121: Minimum to become the worst team in MLB history now 10-14. This is .416 baseball, which they're incapable of playing.
It's beautiful, in its own way.
https://image.nostr.build/03831509785911c5362b897588a362c16c4b4c25545baffe70d99eb4b2ac5428.jpg

2024-08-26 05:47:59

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.

2024-08-26 00:00:11

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UPDATE: Very good flavor profile, and rather complex. Also boozy on the backend, so 3-5 years of aging will do it good.

2024-08-25 23:58:54

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17.2% ABV. So gotta tame it with time.

2024-08-25 23:11:50

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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.

2024-08-25 22:58:40

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Exact opposite in most of the U.S. -- the more abstract (read: good) stuff is bottled and distributed. This type of beer in particular, since it ages 5-10 years before it really hits its best point.

2024-08-25 22:12:34

Alright #beerstr (if you exist): was waiting for a pizza and wandered into a liquor store I haven’t been to in over a year. Was well rewarded in my time killing.
https://m.primal.net/KMvD.jpg
https://m.primal.net/KMvE.jpg

2024-08-25 21:11:02

The 1899 Cleveland Spiders.
The 1962 New York Mets.
The 2003 Detroit Tigers.
The 2024 Chicago White Sox.
The only teams to lose 100 games before September.
In their expansion year, the ’62 Mets became the losingest team in modern baseball history. The ’24 White Sox are ahead of their losing pace, and will undoubtedly displace them as the absolute worst to have ever played the modern game.
A baseball season shouldn’t be this lopsided. It takes expansion, or else a special kind of mismanagement, to do this poorly. The incompetent product the White Sox put on the field this year has provided me with morbid comedy since April, when late-inning leads would dissolve via a bullpen that could not achieve consistent success in the minor leagues. A comedy of errors. A team wrapped in folly. An entire roster of players who should be liquidated, or else developing in the minors. If they go 10-21 to finish out the season (.476, a level of playthey haven't achieved all year), they're still the worst team the game has ever known.
But what about that World Series? The 2005 White Sox were an aberration, a blip, as an assortment of cheap players all peaked at the same time, managing career-highs never to be achieved again. It wasn't a planned title year, nor was it well-earned by the front office. It was lightning in a bottle.
This White Sox team is Jerry Reinsdorf’s legacy, as his penny-pinching nepotism has arguably made him the worst owner in baseball. Truly, you couldn’t sabotage a team this bad if you tried.
Sell the team, Jerry. This is the only history anyone will ever remember. Your legacy is complete.
https://image.nostr.build/bb3b1e1236ae53ae9f3d9abed21a185627efd948015cbff6be3f14888b0f7349.jpg

2024-08-25 19:03:41

Telegram: not even once.
https://image.nostr.build/c6bf62d30a429fbf5a37cdc3ec69b83d987e459af32b5b321366c322c8053c3c.png

2024-08-25 18:39:55

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Working just fine.

2024-08-25 18:03:02

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By "strategy" I mean in terms of boosting Nostr over the supposed alternatives.

2024-08-23 01:58:48

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Dunno if you've really consumed baseball over the last couple of seasons, but the average baseball game lasts 2 hrs 30 minutes now. The NFL game is still well over 3 hours, with many more commercial breaks.

2024-08-23 00:44:47

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.

2024-08-22 21:59:17

My dad's version of this was always "Possession Is Nine-Tenths of the Law."
Brutally pragmatic, not representing the way things should be, but how they ultimately are.
#nevent1q…7c7l

2024-08-21 19:57:45

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

2024-08-21 15:37:42

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

2024-08-21 00:44:04

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I believe it is, unfortunately. It’s the deal you make when you peg to a system.

2024-08-20 20:59:51

"Curiosity" can be problematic, which is why I'm publicly confessing to having watched the first episode of "Ricky and Morty: The Anime."

2024-08-20 18:34:27

Went fishing yesterday for the first time this year. Mistake. Should have gone sooner, wish I was fishing now.

2024-08-20 17:10:59

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.

2024-08-20 16:59:00

Praying everyone has a fine Tuesday out there.

2024-08-14 21:14:51

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

2024-08-14 20:43:34

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?

2024-08-07 22:14:15

No disputing that evil acts can have tangentially good consequences.
https://image.nostr.build/466f5a43f6bf0c6787a24e69d99b8731bb586e2b6425f353cd32fc53a2df27de.jpg

2024-08-07 22:03:13

There we go, White Sox. Back on track with that L. 29-89.

2024-08-07 19:18:27

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.

2024-08-05 16:16:51

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.

2024-08-04 23:01:46

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...and clinging to the future after it becomes evident that things have gone off the rails is also an ever-present feature of the failed revolution: "I know it's difficult, now, comrade, but when the revolution is realized, things will be better!"

2024-08-04 22:57:14

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This is the reality of the present.

2024-08-04 22:18:49

...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

2024-08-03 18:24:08

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Look at that thing. THAT is how a smoker should look!

2024-08-02 15:48:13

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

2024-07-28 02:19:36

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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.

2024-07-28 02:17:31

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.