Hi nostr, its been a good day in spite of my server issues. I made a big batch of dog food today, with ground beef, cheap hot dogs, eggs, and a little okra i found in the freezer. The dogs love it. Also did some more watering and cleaning up outside. So the folks at start9 are taking care of me, they sent me a return label so they can look at my server and the power cable. Its still kinda sad, i was making good progress on my journey to running a node and exploring all the other stuff on their marketplace. But i'll get back on track when i get this issue fixed. Yall have a good evening nostr friends. #grownostr #homesteading 
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I have hit many road bumps in my node journey. I’m only running umbrel on a Raspi. The Start9 experience sounds much better, although that may not be how you’re feeling so far.
Stick with it! It’s a glorious thing once you’re up and running. It’s pretty magical.
Yeah, i've come to accept that many things in the btc space are still very new, and we just have to be patient and carry on.
About to go sow some seeds
Glad to see Start9 standing behind their product and sending you a replacement. Funny enough, when I first got my Umbrel Home, it wouldn’t power on at all. They sent me a new one, and that one worked fine. Seems like there’s still some work to do on hardware reliability.