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God Does Not Forgive You because You Repent

Posted on February 21, 2026 by timlyg

An old post by David Tong, which is a good quote to deal with some Christians who have bad theology on forgiveness and repentance: God does not forgive you because Christ died for you.

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The Parallel of A.I. Fear and Automobile Fear (and other examples)

Posted on February 20, 2026 by timlyg

Folks who fear AI, are usually from the Fundamentalist (not very smart folks because ignorance of God's general revelation) church. Their argument is not different than folks who argue against cars back in the days: These folks never learn from … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Week

Posted on February 16, 2026 by timlyg

02/21/2026 Saturday GCC Men's fellowship, led by Vincent, topic's good, which was on "Church Growth" but the content gets sidetracked here and there especially when others chimed in. I have no clue where Frank, who talked the longest (more than … Continue reading →

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Geopolitic/Economic Surveys & Reports Worth Noting

Posted on February 13, 2026 by timlyg

I learned most of these from Phoenix TV’s 石評天下 interview with a Pro-China commentator: Shi Qiping (石齊平). Though pro-China (親中反美), I do enjoy listening especially after too much propaganda from left and right from American side of reports. The following … Continue reading →

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The Closer I move my Spectacles, the higher the power: Vertex Distance

Posted on February 11, 2026 by timlyg

This drew my attention when I am trying to adjust my prescription from https://vr-rock.com for the RayNeo XR Air 3s Pro I bought recently, for extending my smartphone & computer screens. The power attached to the XR (or AR?) glasses … Continue reading →

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Stock Market = Investment

Posted on February 10, 2026 by timlyg

I had an entry called "Stock Market = Gambling" years ago. Now, with AI, I believe I can learn more about the stock market with questions I asked but got no good answers from people before. Ever since I follow … Continue reading →

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Understanding IP68 vs. IPX8 Water Proof Classes

Posted on February 9, 2026 by timlyg

From Google AI: IP (Ingress Protection): The standard code defining protection against solids and liquids. First Digit (0-6): Solid Particle Protection (Dust). A "6" means totally dust-tight. Second Digit (0-8): Liquid Ingress Protection (Water). An "8" means protection against continuous submersion at a … Continue reading →

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Journal of the Week

Posted on February 9, 2026 by timlyg

02/11/2026 Wednesday Nadia once said she had problem with Trump saying "I don't like the way you talk" on Apprentice show, now this happens again with Trump with the "prime minister" (Trump's mistaken identity of former Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter) … Continue reading →

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NJTransit - South Amboy to New York Penn.

Posted on February 5, 2026 by timlyg

Now, this direct line ($15.65) is more expensive than breaking the trip up as South Amboy to Rahway ($3.85) & Rahway to New York Penn. Station ($10.90). Whoever design the fare rates here is not very smart. Holes are punched … Continue reading →

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My first coding (powershell scripting) using AI: Matching (one to many) list of names from one Excel Spreadsheet with another Spreadsheet and update its rows accordingly

Posted on February 3, 2026 by timlyg

To streamline a routine work at SPG, I used Microsoft Copilot for this. This was the prompt I used: I was asked to install a new module: Install-Module ImportExcel -Scope CurrentUser PS: This doesn't update anything on sharepoint. So I … Continue reading →

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