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Ruminant Llama
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Nostr Class of 2023 Bitcoin Class of 2021 πŸ•ΆοΈπŸŒ»πŸ₯©πŸŒœοΈπŸ•ΉοΈπŸ€–πŸ”β˜•πŸΊ #plebchain #coffeechain #ai #IT #foss #hardware #multilingual πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡΅πŸ‡±πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Industrial Hardware Engineer - looking for new jobs and project opportunities. Highly interested in IT, Cybersec, internet politics and online privacy. I have a weak spot for the ridiculous & absurd 😜 Always curious, always learning ... and shitposting occasionally.

Heavy rains falling for days in southern Germany. Some areas in Bavaria are flooded.

If you care here's a overview of the situation:

https://www.dw.com/en/top-stories/s-9097

One year ago, my health was a disaster. 😒

I could barely do one pull-up and could not bother to exercise or eat well. πŸ‘Ž

I decided to start practicing what I preach. No more excuses. ☝️

Proof of Work, mind and body, must be the way. πŸ’ͺ

I was 10kg too heavy, which hindered every aspect of my life β€” very precisely, my passion: bouldering. Imagine climbing an inclined wall with 10kg extra strapped to your waist.

Yeah, no. πŸ˜…

But being able to compete in an obscure sport was not enough.

I needed peers. 🀝

My friend and Konsensus Network co-founder Edouard stepped in. His remarkable self-control, sense of agency, and total accountability impressed me deeply. He made me want to be a better man and showed me how. For that, buddy, I am in your debt. ❀️πŸ’ͺ

Another friend and peer is Riku, who dragged me out of my man cave to incorporate regular exercise into my β€œtoo busy” schedule β€” something I have never done. Now I exercise 5x a week. Jungle gym, sometimes bouldering. Thanks for holding me to it, mate!

I am now 3kg away from my target weight, can do nine pull-ups, and did not place last in a bouldering competition like the year before. I have a long way to go, but I can’t ignore the results!

Finally, I want to thank Jose from madeiraclimbingcenter.com for putting up a hell of a boulder gym with tight problems. And for accepting #bitcoin, duh.

Konsensus was sponsoring the boulder contest with top knowledge!

It turns out there is a second-best, eh? πŸ˜‚

I feel very grateful and more potent than in a long time, and I wanted to share my progress. πŸ™

It's never too late to unscrew yourself! πŸ’ͺ

Share to spread the good news and inspiration πŸš€

And GM to you all! πŸŽ‰πŸ™

You are in control, no one else. β˜οΈπŸ”ΌπŸ“ˆ upwards!!

https://m.primal.net/IIZB.mov

Way to go man. You're inspiring

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CREATING AND MAINTAINING AN IDENTITY

Groups are defined by both their positive and negative visions of an identity.

Bitcoiners disagree on many things but there are points on which they do agree, for example:

Positive: Low time preference, strong work ethic, family oriented, disciplined, generous to those deserving, pro human flourishing.

Negative: anti war, anti scam/fraud, opposed to parasitism, against censorship.

When someone purporting to be a Bitcoiner goes against principles of the shared identity, it’s healthy to call out improper behaviour and shame the individual.

Whether that’s some fucktard cheering on a stupid war or someone leaving their wife and child to bang an ethot - an identity has to have boundaries. To be coherent, to build alliances, to weed out bad actors, to maintain direction and to give outsiders a vision and identity they would want to adopt.

Anti-identity behaviours will always occur. Those things need to stay in the shadows, and when exposed they need to be vigorously opposed - that’s how societies have always dealt with these things.

They stay in the shadows so the group doesn’t continuously feast on its own, and when exposed they’re opposed to maintain the boundaries of the identity so that others don’t try to normalise the behaviour.

The Bitcoiner identity has been loosely there for some time and will harden as adherents are more attacked.

It will only grow if, as a group, it is able to maintain its definition by rejecting the negative, embracing the positive, and appealing to outsiders who are willing to adhere to both.

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We Bitcoiners need to lead by example and live a virtuous life πŸ’ͺ

Going to a friend's wedding tomorrow.

Let's see if I can #orangepill someone at the party πŸ˜‡