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- moon1234 on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “The AI doesn’t really bother me. What is public NOW has probabaly existed for some time. Item recognition, scene identification,…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “I saw that “mirror image” elsewhere a day or so ago. The creature seen in the mirror image has a…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “You know how sometimes you can’t believe how wrong “conventional wisdom” is? Now think about a society where people rely…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Regarding the portrait… I find myself thinking of Cruella deVil. Weren’t her rooms furnished all in red & black, with…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Father, in this screwy world, how are you able to hold your tongue and act in charity to those who…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Regarding Google’s AI agent: I am a systems engineer (software/hardware/modeling). My question is: can I get it to open the…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Poitiers France; firefighters intervened at the Sainte-Thérèse church Tues 14 May due to an arson attack. The statue of The…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “The concept of “Artificial Intelligence” (AI) has been around almost as long as computers were, and is basically the application…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “I think the important thing to realise about “AI” is that it really is smoke and mirrors. It seems “clever”…”
- on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 24-05-12 – Bp. Fatty v. Confirmations: “I will pray for you.”
- on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 24-05-12 – Bp. Fatty v. Confirmations: “Sorry to hear this, Old Historian.”
- on 13 May – Our Lady of Fatima: Three points, one that worries, one that consoles, one that puzzles: “When St. Paul said “We see now as in a mirror, darkly” — he wasn’t talking about seeing himself in…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1021: “Regarding to the Butker speech… The video already has nearly half a million (!) views on YouTube. I truly believe…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “I think the portrait of his face is very powerful. Is the fading a premonition of the monarchy. Is there…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1022: different kinds of matches: “1. g5×h6 If . . . . . R×a6 (exposing White’s knight to K×b4) 2. K-g5# (discovered) Otherwise: 2. Q-g8#”
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Monthly Archives: June 2015
2 June 1865: America Civil War officially ended (and more)
150 years ago today, the American Civil War officially ended. From History: In an event that is generally regarded as marking the end of the Civil War, Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith, commander of Confederate forces west of the Mississippi, … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can friends of same sex “marry” to avoid deportation?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: A friend of mine is a faithful homosexual Catholic, in a committed chaste relationship with another homosexual Catholic since years [in a non-USA country]. He is [from non-USA country A] and his partner [from non-USA country B]. In accordance to … Read More
BUGATTI UPDATE!
Long-time readers here will remember my relationship with the Bugatti Veyron. Well, the Veyron has been retired and replaced by the new 150HP Chiron for a cool $2.5 million. Since it’ll do 248 MPH it would be the perfect vehicle … Read More
Vanity Fair and the Synod
From the often amusing Eye of the Tiber: Synod On The Family Admits New ‘Caitlyn’ Jenner Vanity Fair Cover ‘A Game Changer’ Members of the Synod on the Family scrambled to meet today to discuss what some bishops are calling … Read More
If you are a little bored someday
If you are a little bored someday, you might watch some Calcio Fiorentino, the 16th century version of “football”:
ASK FATHER: When does Paschaltide end?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: You have posted before that the rubrics after the Ember Saturday Mass in the octave of Pentecost read “Post Missam exspirat tempus Paschale.” However, in the breviary, it reads “Post nonam, terminatur Officium proprium de octava, … Read More
Fathers! A serious warning!
Here is something to chew on, reverend and dear Fathers! From Methodus pie et fructuose celebrandi Augustissimum sacrificium missae by G. Tamburino: Si sacerdos per notabile tempus voluntarie distractus, eas missae partes quae canonem continent recitet, peccabit mortaliter. Videtur autem … Read More
June and You
The Octave of Pentecost – which we observed with the traditional Roman calendar – is over and so we move into the Time After Pentecost. With the Novus Ordo calendar this period is variously called Ordinary Time or else Greater … Read More
Your Good News
Do you have some good news? It has been awhile since I brought up this question. Let us know!
moon1234 on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “The AI doesn’t really bother me. What is public NOW has probabaly existed for some time. Item recognition, scene identification,…”
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