GM Say no to KYC.

From Joseph Campbell’s reflections on myth and the hero’s journey, to Roland Barthes’ ideas, I’ve come to see “myth” as a shared language for making sense of the world. Ancient myths—Apollo, Hercules, creation stories—are the myths of history. Today, when we speak of democracy, AI, or the internet, and try to grasp their meaning, we’re engaging with the myths of our own time.

Jellyfin is the gateway drug to self-hosting!

Rumi hasn’t said more than half of the shit people assign to him.

If you are convinced that Bitcoin’s price will continue to rise (driven by its absolute scarcity coupled with the deflationary effects of advancing technology), then concerns about block rewards eventually reaching zero and transaction fees remaining low are misplaced. In the distant future (perhaps beyond our lifetimes) when block rewards finally disappear, miners will still remain profitable. By then, Bitcoin’s price will have reached such levels that even small number of sats paid as fees will be valuable enough to sustain competition among miners.

The left criticizes bearing guns all day long, but it is them who exploit guns to oppress their opponents.

Let lifting be thy medicine.

Had to rebuild my Umbrel node from scratch for troubleshooting. I almost didn’t, thinking it would take a week like it did on my Raspberry Pi 4 and old 2016 MSI Core i5 laptop. Turns out, my N95 mini PC did it in under 24 hours! That’s how impactful your CPU power is in initial blocks validation.

⚡️ New Tutorial! ⚡️ Learn how to migrate your @Umbrel ☂️ node safely, without losing your Bitcoin, Lightning channels, or apps. Perfect if you’re looking to move to bigger, faster storage. 📺 Watch here:

The invention of writing was history’s Ctrl + S.

How to clone your @Umbrel node without loss of #Bitcoin and data. Edited, scheduled, will be available tomorrow!

I got sats for my thoughts, now I’m rich!

I got sats for my thoughts, now I'm rich! (50-Cent on #Bitcoin)

Team Core or Team Knots? 🤔 Your opinion stays just an opinion until you run your own node. Here’s a step-by-step guide to run Umbrel on any old PC. The choice is yours:

So relocated my Umbrel SSD to my more powerful mini PC to see if its function improves with higher RAM and CPU.

I keep running into memory issues with my Umbrel, even though it has 8GB of RAM. I tried MyNode but wasn’t happy with it. Has anyone here switched to Start9? Is it worth trying?

I’m not really into running, but I signed up for a company race as a challenge and as extra motivation to stick to strict carnivore. It also gave me a solid excuse to avoid all the carby food from restaurants and fast-food places. Since registering, I’ve stayed carnivore the whole time (with one small exception on my birthday). Without any running practice, just pure diet, I managed to run the full 4 km nonstop and even finished third. The carnivore diet has been great for me. Using this race as an excuse to say no to eating out, wasting money, and packing on fat and carcinogens turned out to be a win in every way. Today I pigged out on pizza and shit after the race, but fortunately, one or two dirty meals don’t throw me off track. I’m not one of those all-or-nothing type of guys. Tomorrow I’m back to carnivore and daily weight training with resistance bands. 😎 I’ll keep you posted.

I am not worried that @fiatjaf removes my #notetoself posts. That’s great, isn’t it? You never have this guarantee on the legacy social media.

When you have a large social media following or a successful page or channel, you quickly realize how little influence your content actually has in changing people’s minds. That makes it clear how futile arguments are, whether IRL or with strangers online. Live by example. Let others reach their own conclusions. #notetoself

Sometimes the biggest obstacle to learning something new is comparing yourself to those who are ahead of you, while failing to recognize (often out of ego) that they once faced the very same difficulties, questions, and problems you’re dealing with now. They managed to overcome them, often with fewer tools than you have today. Yes, you might be ten years of effort away from where they are now. But really, what other choice do you have besides starting today? #notetoself