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GM nostr. Best wishes as you build and do your thing today.

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I didn't play computer games much as a kid, I was much more interested in programming and music composition, and in the first 4 years I owned an Amiga, I composed many pieces with FastTracker.

In 2006, I started to become the full out drunk that wasted most of my 20s, 30s and first half of my 40s.

I drank through 20L of unaged apple cider as I first played the game Half Life 2, and gaming and drinking became a fixture with me for a lot of the time since.

Now that I'm not drinking again, the same thing applies as when I was a teen. I prefer composing music and writing code.

I made the effort to get myself the modern equivalent of the original SoundTracker and related sequencer table based music notation, Renoise, almost 2 years ago now, and haven't hardly even touched it yet.

I just recently re-downloaded it, saw there was a bunch of extras I hadn't seen, some soft synths or patch sets or idk what.

Next weekend I am gonna sit down and read the Renoise manual and learn how to write music with it again, and make it my evening relax activity instead of gaming.

Games are just so pointless. For the most part, they are just like movies but much more interesting, and longer, some are literally days to play through, like Half Life 2, that one typically takes me about 24 hours or so in total... and my steam play history says I have spent over 500 hours playing it!

The game I'm playing most often on my PC now is chess.

I'm gonna get back into the music. I'd really like to make some sounds like Black Lung/Snog, like Noisuf-X, like the stuff in Stalker games, the spooky ambient stuff, the track Trailer Part 2, this kind of sound I would love to make... sounds like alien machines marching or something... ah man... And some sounds like Siebzehn or Aes Dana, I love that shit.

I struggle with this. I don't think it's specific to videogames, although videogames are the most egregious examples of the problem because they combine convenience with interactivity and dopamine in a way that other forms of entertainment don't have.

I'm happy you found your way back to other, more creative pursuits. I'm trying to do the same but for fiction writing and acoustic guitar.

Breaking: cash starved Bitcoin company / influencer becomes desperate, ruins reputation to chase profit.

Rinse, repeat.

GN nostr 🫂

41. I can't seem to finish most of what I start. I get bored and move on to the next interest. Bitcoin is one of the only things to hold my attention as long as it has.

Someone should airdrop pictures of him like this at whatever prison he ends up in.

I don't know why I saved this, but now it's on nostr forever. You're welcome 😘

I wish I had been around on Twitter in the early days, it sounds like it was incredibly dynamic and an exciting space to be a part of.

But I believe you when you say that this feels more close-knit - we are all a part of something larger in Bitcoin 💜

No, but I was tempted to throw some sats into it for a meager yield. They seem legit, proof of reserves etc but still - third party risk.

Ledn was looking somewhat tempting until I literally slapped myself and verbally reminded myself I almost got rugged by Blockfi and Celsius both.

Don't tempt fate for short term gains. Self custody and chill.

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I'm just posting notes into the void, zapping, boosting, being a reply guy, and following people as I find them. It's fun, and I'm not especially worried about followers. That seems to be slowly picking up naturally.

Which, honestly, is how it should be 🤔

There are fewer rotating skull wallpapers but I think the vibe is pretty close.

It's telling that this idea shows up in so many places. We would do well to heed it. This is my favorite principle from Musashi's Dokkōdō:

Do not oppose the Ways of the world. Some things cannot be changed — the Way of the world, human nature, the past. Accept everything the way it is.

Shazbot!

I had forgotten about that games. Such good memories playing with friends.

When you are trying to get your Monday on, but your cat, and nostr demands your attention 😘

#catstr