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4\/16\/2026 Thursday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just came across this program called GauntletAI<\/a>, highly selective bootcamp, but once selected, you go through a FREE <\/strong>10 week program (3 weeks remote, and you will be flown into Austin, Texas for free<\/strong>, free <\/strong>hotel, free <\/strong>food, for 7 weeks) and after that your alleged starting salary is $200k<\/strong>, building AI projects for companies that partnered with GauntletAI for hiring. GauntletAI is supposedly paid by the hiring partners in some sort of commission. Gauntlet's founder is Austen Allred<\/a>, also CEO of the for profit bootcamp Bloom Institute of Technology (formerly known as Lambda School) which has faced criticism for its claims, so it's still hard to tell if GauntletAI is all it's claiming to be, despite the fact that it says this is not for everyone by design, highly competitive (if you fail the projects you may be put and some sort of probation and then kicked out), and some has apparently<\/a> benefited from it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I note this down as a reference to AI Bootcamps. It seems to me that these AI (or developer) bootcamps are quite serious about the claim of their results. Folks gone in, they get good paying jobs after that. But I think I still need more convincing, and Bootcamps like Gauntlet seems to require me to quite my job to bet on the 10 week program, despite everything from transport to room being free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sore muscles<\/strong> for last two days, because wife made me do pushups (I think 30+) for out of anger yelling<\/strong> at her (I was sick of her not placing fragile things on the floor but not specifying where when I was moving them on top of a newspaper on the dining table, except for waiting for me to place it there and complained about it, so I exploded: \"Stop it!\" at her, which I apologized after a shower).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4\/15\/2026 Wednesday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pope and J.D. Vance (and Trump) are now in a theological feud<\/a> on Just War theory<\/strong>, as the Pope called Trump's Iran war (EPIC FURY) as unjust. I am alerted by BBC on this news when Vance's previous brawl<\/a> with the same Pope on issue of migrants<\/strong> was mentioned, with Vance calling attention to Ordo Amoris<\/em><\/strong> (order of charity\/love) where one needs to focus on his own citizens (family) rather instead of immigrants (Pope's view). I do find myself leaning to the Pope's position, though not entirely due to anthropocentric elements. Ordo amoris makes sense only when we talk about responsibility <\/strong>to the family (or fellow citizens if you really want to go there). Responsibility really has nothing to do with love or charity<\/strong>, because it is beyond the kind of love one may put in the order. Rome\/the Pope could rebut this easily with the good Samaritan parable. As for Just War theory, I would say Trump's administration really need to answer the bombing of girl school in Iran, deliberately or not is beside the point. And if U.S. is responsible, then what is the repercussion that is other than saying: \"oops, it was a mistake, it's terrible that people die.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On that note, I'm surprised (in this case I consider high praise, superficially, higher than Alex's) that Alex's mom would like my comment<\/a>: \"When cultural Christianity becomes Christian Nationalism.<\/strong>\" on his post regarding Trump's latest debacle on the now removed post of him looking like a divine \"healer\" of the country with civilians praying as if to him. Makes me reflect more on what I said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4\/14\/2026 Tuesday<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Gemini's help, some interesting points and reminders from Rev. Dr. Henry Ongkowijoyo:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anthropomorphism and God's Nature: <\/strong>Dr. Henry argues that emotions like anger, jealousy, or regret<\/strong> in God are real, he warns against seeing God as a \"static\" or \"mechanical\" being, emphasizing that He is dynamic and personal [11:11<\/a>].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apostasy and Perseverance (Hebrews 6:4-6):<\/strong> Addressing whether the elect can fall away, he references 1 John 2:19<\/strong> to explain that those who \"apostatize\" were never truly part of the elect<\/strong>; they appeared to be Christian but did not possess genuine faith [17:25<\/a>].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Imams\/Priests before Sinai:<\/strong> Exodus 19:22, he suggests that \"priestly\" functions<\/strong> (offering sacrifices) existed through heads of households<\/strong> or elders <\/strong>before the formal Levite priesthood<\/span> was established [23:42<\/a>].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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