Actually I wasn't installing it on my home computer, I didn't run Linux until I believe 2004 about 6 months before Ubuntu released. It was on some cheap shared server.

Sounds cool!

I'm actually pondering the wisdom of getting a few bantams. I brooded a few bantams once and kept a rooster with my full size hens. He did an awesome job and was easier on the hens. We called him Little King. We had to let him go when we moved, I think we gave him to someone who had a cow for fly control duty.

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I'm so old I can remember installing the wikipedia software on my home computer and asking a dev for help because I didn't know what I was doing.

Yeah, I'm that old, like I still remember when Wikipedia leaned libertarian.

And Google was cool.

Nostr kind of feels like those early days of the internet, but we know what we are doing now, and it is all happening much faster.

#grownostr

#grownostr

#carnivore

#keto

One of the reasons I'm doing carnivore is because I feel the current world order dominated by the dollar fiat banking system is collapsing. I know, not the most popular reason to start a new way of eating.

I figure I may need to live to at least 80, maybe 90 to have a good shot at seeing what is on the other side. And I have a lot of hope for that world to be a kinder, more earth and human centric culture, and I do want to see how it turns out.

Besides all that, I'm just figuring out some things. And I need time and especially energy to do something about it.

And the potential for future grandkids.

And I don't want to be taking medicine or hurt needlessly.

I needed a way to reset my cellular energy functions in a way I could implement into my current lifestyle. And that is the magic of carnivore way of eating.

I don't have a garage or a good place to do it, but it does seem possible. I could see setting up a mobile sharpening trailer.

I'm not sure it's what I really want to do, but I think the idea has legs. If one of my kids wanted to get into it, I could see working with them to get it going.

Knives, mower blades, tillers, chainsaws, etc. Handsaws are pretty easy to learn, although hardly anyone uses them.

It might be a business two people could share part-time.

Oops.

#redworms

#grownostr

I came across an experiment to breed a bazilion redworms really fast in a really small space back around 2005 as I recall. I can't remember where I read it online, and I haven't heard of anyone else trying it since.

The idea, as I recall, was essentially to put a lot of red worms in a container with soil (redworm bins generally avoid soil except maybe a small amount for grit)and relatively little food stressing them out, making them lay eggs and then to let the eggs hatch out into that environment where they would mature into small highly virile worms. Maybe I missed some of the details, but the author was implying that relatively few worms could be multiplied this way really quickly in a very small space where they could then be released into a more abundant environment.

Does anyone else recall seeing this experiment or has anyone seen something similar happen?

We live in Missouri and have a local butcher that is affordable and has a good quality product. A bad butcher can make good meat bad.

If you are carnivore or consuming a significant amount of beef look for freezer beef. It is a processing exemption supported in some states that allows you to buy quarters or halves. When we do this, we can get the whole amount for about the price of hamburger. We do have to buy ahead though, it can take a month or two or longer.

I did put holes in the lick bucket for drainage. For winter time I'll have to figure out some way to keep them warmer.

I don't know where 159° came from above. Scald temperature ranges from 142° f to about 165°f. Hotter temperatures within this range scald a lot faster but leave the skin more brittle, and it will tear more easily. If you are good at hand plucking, that's not a terribly big problem. If you are using a plucker, the skin will look like you dropped it in a shredder if scalded at hotter temperatures. When I was using a plucker, I always tightly controlled my scalding temperature between 145 and 147° f.

Regarding the ongoing saga of trying to get my chipper blades sharpened locally. I took them to a local lawn mower shop today. The guy said he had never sharpened them, but offered to try. He quit about halfway through and charged me $6.

I pondered the wisdom of putting them on and running it for a while, but decided to try again. This time I took them to the one shop everybody keeps talking about. I called to make sure they would sharpen them, and they said they did. And I walked in and they said they couldn't. We talked for a while about how they worked and finally settled on the way they thought they could sharpen them. They said they would have them ready in about a week or so. They didn't say how much.

Something about the whole experience just felt disgusting to me. I get that their focus is woodworking tools, and I'm sure they do a fine job with those, but I mean... really.

I think I'm going to look for someone locally that makes knives or else buy myself a belt sander or grinder that's at least 8". A 2" belt sander would leave a really nice edge on them, IMO. I'm less excited about a hollow grind, but if that's what I had I, it could work just fine.

#grownostr

So I just got my worm hotel set up. The red worms should arrive in the next day or two.

I just set up a lick bucket and added some manure, some aged partially rotting straw, and a few leaves for bedding and a fair bit of biochar to hold moisture and microbes. I'll put some kitchen compost on it as well.

A lick bucket is what mineral supplement comes in for cattle. They are single use, so relatively commonly available in cattle country.

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Cool take on Nostr.

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Aww

Is there a way to get unencrypted direct messages on Nostr with always open backdoors for government agencies around the world like Twitter had? Can we get a dev to work on this? Maybe offer a bounty? AFAIK, even contractors at Nostr world headquarters can't read my personal DMs. How can they even censor my messages or share targeting information with advertisers?

Sigh. Seriously though, can everyone just nostr already? I know it is young, but that is how good things get started.

#grownostr

https://www.foxnews.com/media/elon-musk-us-intel-agencies-full-access-private-twitter-dms-discloses-new-encryp

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#biochar

I'm pondering how to pulverize my biochar. My chipper will do it but only if it is pretty dry. A blender is too small. I took a look at harbor freight's electric chipper but it looks like sub Fisher Price quality to me. I might build a machine I'm thinking about going super fine with it.

I was kind of eyeing those too. They had a little bench top unit that with the right belt probably would have got my job done.