It’s hard to wake up

I want to meet the people on the right

I'm writing my OpenSats quarterly report...

and Jesus Christ; I often feel like I'm not moving fast enough, but I did a LOT in the past quarter! No wonder why I feel so burned out!

he who controls the algorithm, controls the mind

Yeah, it's the same here of course. But that's the first problem, interpreting the future. It's not like in the US where the victim has the benefit of the doubt. Over here, in order to be justified to kill an attacker, you have to... let them kill you first (and once you're dead, then call the cops).

And in the case of firearms, the law is design to trap you, because if you follow it, you can't possibly have the gun at hand to be used in an emergency. I'm sure it's the same in the UK - it has to be dismantled and kept under lock in a safe and away from any ammunition (which you can't really keep much of at home anyway).

The court will never accept something like "oh, the attack just took place exactly when I happened to be cleaning my shotgun, I was so lucky". Keeping your gun "combat ready" is considered intent to use it with premeditation. In short, you become the aggressor regardless, and you're fucked.

Same in Spain. It's regulatory hell, and the "authorities" make it as ridiculous, arbitrary, expensive and time-consuming as possible. But hunting is still legal, so the country is full of long guns (most of which are definitely not used for hunting).

That said, the government is clearly playing a long game. Little by little hunting is increasingly unpopular, so gun ownership decreases. In fact, every time I go to the paramilitary police, who is in charge of gun control, for whatever paperwork, there is always someone with a bunch of shotguns and rifles from a recently deceased person, surrendering them for destruction because they don't want them anymore.

I myself have a sports license for pistols, another one for shotguns, and one for rifles, these last two associated to "hunting". Yet, I do not hunt at all, and have no interest in it. However, that was the only way to get a shotgun or a rifle. So whenever they decide to close that "loophole", it will not be possible anymore.

Needless to say, despite all those licenses, using any of my legally acquired guns for self-defense, even in my own home, is absolutely verbotten. Should I smoke an intruder who broken into my home, beat me up and raped my family, for example, I´d end up in jail regardless.

Bitcoin is a mind virus that changes your life and your decision making.

Decided to run my own bore hole. No trusted 3rd parties. Water is tested and verified.

Free and unlimited glacier water.

God bless the lucky little devil that received 2 sats lol

Got a new overpriced calculator. Excited to try it!

Strange that Nostr has payments, but not markets

Not sure what is the answer for the first question, since my experience were limited to manage small-medium traffic relay (20+ GB/day). Maybe top relay operators will share their experiences later. I think top relays have big traffic more than 1TB/day.

> Hands on is sysadmin

Basic skills to manage linux or unix server such as configuring webserver (nginx, caddy, etc), setup proper firewall, ssh and account security, manage running service/apps (systemd, sysinit, etc), and basic linux/unix command knowledge were needed.

> Costs

Costs for running small-medium relay around $10/month . Varies depend on server provider.

> Preferred relay software

Currently using strfry. Other popular choices are nostr-rs-relay, nostream.