Nostr notes by ·J Mopp

That's par for the course. Remember Adam and Eve were the ...

2026-07-02T15:24:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…g26d
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That's par for the course. Remember Adam and Eve were the only two humans. The inbreeding that resulted is also the reason why we no longer live to the age of 900 like Methuselah

Just realised that the book of Genesis has at least four ...

2026-07-02T15:14:30Z

Just realised that the book of Genesis has at least four instances of brotherly strife: Cain vs Abel, Jacob vs Esau, Isaac vs Ishmael, Joseph vs everybody else. The writers of Genesis must have really hated their brothers

Looking at my bike's headlight held on with packing tape ...

2026-06-28T21:36:35Z

Looking at my bike's headlight held on with packing tape along with the 3D-printed spacer to keep the bike-lock in place and thinking, nothing's more permanent than a temporary solution

Is it antisocial if I get an airboat and rip it across the canals ...

2026-06-24T13:58:39Z

Is it antisocial if I get an airboat and rip it across the canals while not wearing a shirt Florida-style?

I'm sad there isn't a radio station with the call sign ...

2026-06-15T12:54:23Z

I'm sad there isn't a radio station with the call sign WTAF

Electric Wizard for today's workout soundtrack because ...

2026-06-12T07:38:27Z

Electric Wizard for today's workout soundtrack because that's what I feel like after the workout

Of all the visa bullshit one has to go through, transit visas are ...

2026-06-03T09:30:43Z

Of all the visa bullshit one has to go through, transit visas are the most bullshit of all. Do you really think someone is going to try and sneak into your country through one of the most surveilled and secured public spaces there is? What are they going to do, jump the turnstile at passport control?

Yes! Not enough people are aware of this fact. Velociraptors were ...

2026-06-02T19:50:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…p36t
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Yes! Not enough people are aware of this fact. Velociraptors were tiny

I would love to see a turkey-sized velociraptor give a peacock ...

2026-06-02T19:31:23Z

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I would love to see a turkey-sized velociraptor give a peacock mating show with his feathers

The law of the excluded middle: not because it's right, but ...

2026-05-27T08:15:41Z

The law of the excluded middle: not because it's right, but because it ain't wrong

A guy that I work with who has an Indian passport tried to get a ...

2026-05-27T06:19:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…zs7t
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A guy that I work with who has an Indian passport tried to get a South African visa. The authorities wanted a police report over the past five years. He was like "How am I supposed to get that considering I have lived in 3 different countries over that time"

True, we in South Africa don't nearly have it as bad as you ...

2026-05-27T06:17:06Z

In reply to nevent1q…y0dk
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True, we in South Africa don't nearly have it as bad as you folks do. People do though get shocked when I tell them I need a visa to visit the UK. They're like "but Commonwealth" and I'm like "but racism"

"Every page of every passport you've ever had" I have ...

2026-05-27T06:13:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…w70f
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"Every page of every passport you've ever had" I have no idea what happened to the long-expired passport I got when I was 17

Eating a balanced diet is hard. Getting enough fibre of a wide ...

2026-05-18T14:59:29Z

Eating a balanced diet is hard. Getting enough fibre of a wide variety is even harder. That's why I scarf down 30 capsules a day containing ground chia seeds, dried berries, and pure cellulose. Join my newsletter for more fibremaxxing tips

My brain wants to read it as Forg Jo, but then that raises the ...

2026-05-15T15:03:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…20sm
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My brain wants to read it as Forg Jo, but then that raises the question: What is Joseph doing when he forgs?

That's actually a good description for addictive spyware ...

2026-03-25T18:09:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…agad
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That's actually a good description for addictive spyware which you don't pay for where you are the product: free as in 'free base'

I love how the Wikipedia article for "free base" includes ...

2026-03-25T17:45:09Z

I love how the Wikipedia article for "free base" includes instructions on how to make crack. ChatGPT would never

The body of water currently making world headlines is the subject ...

2026-03-23T10:40:02Z

The body of water currently making world headlines is the subject of a naming dispute. The historical name Persian Gulf has fallen out of favour among Arab nations, and the compromise name The Gulf is seen by Iran as erasing their heritage. I have a proposal which should make everyone equally unhappy and thus be a perfect resolution to the conflict

I thought it was well-established that Banksy was a pseudonym of ...

2026-03-20T07:18:45Z

I thought it was well-established that Banksy was a pseudonym of the elusive programmer Satoshi Nakamoto

As a third point, consider the old IBM maxim: A computer cannot ...

2026-03-07T11:24:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…ud92
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As a third point, consider the old IBM maxim: A computer cannot be held accountable, therefore a computer cannot make a management decision. The fact that people anthropomorphise the AI and give it way more authority than it deserves makes me very wary that we're heading towards a future where nobody takes responsibility for anything because AI

On top of this, vibe-coding and the whole idea of churning out ...

2026-03-07T11:22:37Z

In reply to nevent1q…4444
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On top of this, vibe-coding and the whole idea of churning out code as quickly as possible is antithetical to how software should be developed, where the less code you can use, the better. Modern enterprise software is complicated and irritating enough as it is. Putting a large language model on top of it will only make it worse

Part of the issue, for me at least, is in the way that LLMs are ...

2026-03-07T11:22:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…p4wm
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Part of the issue, for me at least, is in the way that LLMs are being sold. The people working for the AI companies are true believers that they're on the path towards artificial general intelligence, and that's part of what's fuelling the current frenzy

I love Wiki's because anybody can edit them ...

2026-02-18T07:49:07Z

I love Wiki's because anybody can edit them

I imagine that a jellyfish sting tastes like licking a fishy kiwi ...

2026-01-27T19:04:33Z

I imagine that a jellyfish sting tastes like licking a fishy kiwi peel covered in potassium permanganate

That theme, the Days of our Lives theme, and the fashion ...

2026-01-20T16:57:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…v8uc
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That theme, the Days of our Lives theme, and the fashion saxophone from Bold and the Beautiful are etched in my memory

I just realised: There's an alternate universe in which the ...

2025-12-28T07:23:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…wdp8
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I just realised: There's an alternate universe in which the US didn't build out the Interstate Highway system and the most convenient way to travel to small remote towns is with light aircraft

Conventional wisdom dictates that when you sell your house, the ...

2025-12-04T12:14:17Z

Conventional wisdom dictates that when you sell your house, the walls should be white, the floors an inoffensive wood or laminate, and the furniture should be as normal as possible. But when I eventually sell my place, I want everything in it to be blue and I want to have an ambient piano arrangement of Eiffel 65's Blue (da ba dee) playing in the background when people come to view it

South Africa, which still possesses its stockpile of ...

2025-06-23T07:33:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…0p29
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South Africa, which still possesses its stockpile of weapons-grade uranium from the apartheid days: 😶

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2025-04-24T15:11:03Z

BAE Systems is when your girlfriend is an arms dealer

I don't think enough people appreciate that the Eucharist ...

2025-04-21T15:58:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…cc5t
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I don't think enough people appreciate that the Eucharist being the literal body and blood of Christ is so fundamental to Catholicism that wars have been fought over it.

Forget about S.M.A.R.T. goals; focus on V.O.L.U.M.E. — Vague, ...

2025-02-19T16:59:30Z

Forget about S.M.A.R.T. goals; focus on V.O.L.U.M.E. — Vague, Open-ended, Lofty, Unmeasurable, Minimal, Ephemeral