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Uncle Josh Cracks His Knuckles on ML, Pt. 1

Published by Uncle Josh on August 5, 2019

I’ve had an on-off relationship with Machine Learning and Neural Nets. They fascinate me but they also look incredibly complicated and I’m busy and scatterbrained and can’t remember most of the calculus and linear algebra I learned so I went ahead and got started on a ML project that is a direct ripoff of Jabril’s …

Uncle Josh Considers 007

Published by Uncle Josh on July 14, 2019

The news from left field today included the announcement that Lashana Lynch (last seen1 as Maria Rambeau in Captain Marvel) will take over 007. Not as James Bond, but take over the 007 designation in the next movie which is still called Bond 25. I think I’m not alone in knowing Bond better from the …

Uncle Josh Just Watched a Spider-Man Movie. Again.

Published by Uncle Josh on July 4, 2019

By again, of course, I mean I watched the second Spider-Man movie in this iteration: Spider-Man: Far From Home. From a mere title, I would think the planet Titan in Infinity War would be as far from home as he could be. (Oh, were you expecting a spoiler warning? For a movie over a year …

Uncle Josh Goes Back to Ashland

Published by Uncle Josh on June 25, 2019

We survived our family gathering at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival where we, as usual, watched 5 plays in 3 days. At least, three of us did. Between Two Knees This is a show created by the group The 1491s and it covers the time period between two events at Wounded Knee. The story is a …

Uncle Josh on the Fat-Shaming of Thorbowski

Published by Uncle Josh on May 10, 2019

I fall into the Thor was not being fat-shamed camp.

Uncle Josh Overreacts to The Rise of Skywalker trailer

Published by Uncle Josh on April 12, 2019

Star Wars has defined me as much as my family, my church, the Beatles, the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and the Discworld have. Probably more so than most other than the Beatles, who I’ve loved for as long as I can remember. More than church? Well, church was always a thing I did (except …

Uncle Josh Struggles with Reading Paul

Published by Uncle Josh on April 7, 2019

I got to read in Church today from Paul’s letter to the Philippians 3:4b-14. My congregation is one that struggles with Paul. Paul is too easily dismissed. Paul who wrote “women should be silent in church” or “it is better to stay single than be married” is easy to hate, especially in the modern age …

Uncle Josh Has Reasons to Be Afraid of the Bar

Published by Uncle Josh on April 5, 2019

I only have six lifts each week. Three squats followed by either the Press or the Bench Press in alternation. Simple stuff, really. This week I failed three out of my six lifts. For the past several weeks, probably even as soon as I started lifting again, I have been feeling pain in the belly …

Uncle Josh is Still Afraid of the Bar

Published by Josh English on April 1, 2019

Now that the weather is amenable I am back to hitting the bar 2-3 times a week. I’m back on the minimized Starting Strength Novice Linear Progression on three lifts: Squat, Press, and Bench. I still cannot Deadlift safely and the only thing keeping me from Power Cleans right now is cowardice. My goal is …

Uncle Josh Sorts out Captain Marvel

Published by Uncle Josh on March 11, 2019

Let’s get some of the early stuff out of the way: I was looking forward to this movie on the basis that Marvel movies tend to be fun. I was looking forward to seeing how Marvel handled their first leading woman. I was looking forward to more Goose. What I wasn’t bringing into this movie: …