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Good morning, Procton. Happy, you're here. Glad to be back after a bit of weekend break. I was up

till 2 a.m. on back-to-back days doing some Python coding with chat GPT in order to automate the transcription

process of podcast episodes as I've received a request from the community for

transcripts for some of our listeners who are hearing impaired. We have done transcripts in the past,

but it's been a little inconsistent because it's not an automated process for us. It's very

manual. I have not quite figured out the automation process yet, but I have a friend who's helping me get there. So please bear with me. Sometimes I feel like I have not quite figured out the automation process yet, but I have a friend who's helping me get there.

So please bear with me. Sometimes I feel like I have so many priorities with this show. It's hard to make fast

progress. But we are getting there. Speaking of progress, Rudy, one of our very awesome listeners,

Hi Rudy. Are you listening with your mom? Hi, Rudy's mom. Is developing a Stoicism iOS app for us.

I will bring you more information to you as that app gets closer to launch, but my goodness, this kid is

talented and this app is a happy little appie. I mean, it is really cool. It's probably only

30% done, but it's already looking so rad. Everybody's going to love it. It is not going to be a free app, but it is going to be a very cheap and affordable app. And I think you guys know when I say that, I mean it. It's going to be like $1.99 or something like that a month. And they'll be the option to, you know know pay for $10 for the year or maybe $50 for a

lifetime we'll make sure it's accessible price wise and it is going to be jam packed with daily

content not the same content new separate fresh content and if you are wondering how it's possible

we could do more content that we already do. Just stand back,

because we are just getting started. Today we are diving into book one, meditation six, and in this

one, Marcus thanks, sextus. Let's find out what for. Of sextus, mildness and the pattern of a family

governed with paternal affection, and a purpose to live

according to nature, to be grave without affectation, to observe carefully the several

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