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Everyone starting a business works for little or no pay while they're getting the business off the ground.

I'm convinced that requiring business owners to front at least part of the capital (work, tools, money, etc.) is a major part of the magic of capitalism.

It forces them to be as efficient, as possible.

We find ourselves regularly making strategic or product decisions that seem stupid, in the moment, but save a lot of money, time or other resources, in the mid-term, because we're simply forced to save.

There is an equilibrium to be found, between starving coder and jet-setting dev. Need enough money coming in, to not burn out or give up, but not so much that money seems cheap.

The money being Bitcoin doubles down, on this effect, because Bitcoin is never cheap and spending it feels painful.

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 11mo ago

after a year at the coal-face i mainly need a bit of structured downtime... but probably the structure is more important than the down part

being sufficiently independent has been a new thing for me... i landed shitcoin jobs late 2021 and the money was insane and i didn't know what to do with myself and i realised i had been a slave to other people's attention in exchange for my housing and feeding

then i didn't see how to find something reasonably adequately ethical but then i bumped into nostr and got a job building a relay which i wanted to do for about 6 month before that

now i am in the consolidation phase... a sense of stability in that i know i can likely maintain my position as reasonably comfortable, if frugal, and now i want to figure out how to get that sense of balance because it's really important for doing the labors - feeling rested and ready... so there is more changes yet to come, but for sure, 1000% having a little companion has been a huge part of this for me... now someone is giving me a sense of obligation to remain stable

Silberengel 11mo ago

It's important to have someone to care for. If nothing else, it gives you someone else to think about, rather than yourself. Thinking about yourself too much will make you batty.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ᴏꜰ ᴍʟᴇᴋᴜ 11mo ago

yeah, teaching him to use toilet is the big challenge rn

he did a pee on the rug again, which is fine i guess, straight in the wash with some strong washing soda, but then appeared to be about to do a poopy right under my desk on the mat and it was like "oh noes" and i picked him up and put him on the training platform and closed the door, came back with a snack and gave him a little reward for sitting on teh platform, it's gonna take some time, i mostly think he just needs to try it, and find that it's pleasing, and easier than any other option

that sort of mental process, and the big mission yesterday, the nil by mouth preparation for the surgery and antibiotic jab, and getting him back here... the hilarious druggy kitty lost in space

it's a really pleasant thing to not be thinking about my work all the time or what i have to do for me

halalmoney 11mo ago

Me: If such eloquence*could be taxed, the national debt would be paid off.

Also me: taxation is theft.

*”Need enough money coming in, to not burn out or give up, but not so much that money seems cheap.

The money being Bitcoin doubles down, on this effect, because Bitcoin is never cheap and spending it feels painful.”

Exodia38 11mo ago

Bitcoin is the chancla that beats self-indulgence. Like validation of the basic scientific method, trial and error