I’ve always wanted to become one of those people who complain online about their computers…

Isn’t it crazy how much NTFS sucks?! Why can’t windows just make a good driver so that Linux and Mac can talk to it easily.

I’m trying to install freaking windows and I hate myself

This is cool, thanks for all your feedback it is really helpful.

I will join Lemmy.

Do you have any ideas for making my website convey my message better or just any ideas related to my site in general?

Excited for the progress of Arti!

Arti 1.3.0 - 31 October 2024

Arti 1.3.0 is a significant milestone: we have achieved parity on most

major client features with C Tor. The last big security feature needed for

Onion Services (resistance to out-of-memory DoS) landed in this release.

https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/core/arti/-/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

A single Multi-sig wallet might be a better solution than just multiple single-sig wallets. Better to watch one thing closely than to watch two things.

I don’t think you are totally off though there becomes a limit where a second multi-sig or collaborative custody might be the prudent choice.

I feel like in Denver Colorado I could scooter around town and put up flyers and do reasonably well

I think you are mostly right, traditional advertising hasn’t really been all that successful yet and I’m not really gung ho about them either, but at the same time I see my much larger and more established competitors doing it, so why can’t I? But it is quite obvious it is toxic.

I need to find more places to share knowledge about what I know. I really am looking more for beta testers and pilot projects than real customers at this point.

No I haven’t. I sorta need to post there more as well but getting any sort of following which isn’t obviously bots is hard.

Much easier, and more rewarding posting onto nostr 🥰

Do you think any ads are worthwhile or do you just think I should find all my customers through local connections and nostr?

Obviously most people on nostr are telling me all ads are bad, just zap on nostr. In your opinion are any ads worthwhile?

I don’t sell mushrooms but yeah I’ve been cancelled before for no reason

https://v.nostr.build/7RiKMRP1oVS9iAyv.mp4

I also have gotten pretty good at making liquid culture, which jump starts a lot of the process. Good that you have a flow hood, that is also a key tool. It makes mycology so much more fun.

I have a decent number of species on my website. Basic versions of a lot of different staple gourmet mushroom species. DM me and let me know what you are looking for!

I also have more that aren't posted.

You can grow blue oyster on straw-only as far as I know. I mostly grow it with hydrated sawdust pellets though.

Also just DM me. I dont have anything directly related to those mushrooms on my website.

I had it for like one day a while back, and only did test purchases to myself, and now I got banned for life from using Square as a credit card processor.

Which is why bitcoin and lightning is so cool!

I can help with spores for those types…

But I have fairly generic supplies which can be used for cultivation of all types of mushrooms.

I will work with you to achieve this, one good harvest and you wont ever have to grow again

It depends how far you want to go, whether you are willing to purchase a small tent or not.

You would probably be able to fruit a mushroom block created at home, for very low money on the very low tech version.

We might need to DM as well. I can provide kits of a variety of different things if you would like. Different substrates suitable for different species, etc.

My 3x3 tent I grow in: $100

-1 shelving unit: $150

- cheap lights: $20

- lightningspore esp32 sensor unit: $60

- lightningspore shelly pro control unit: $115

- humidifier: $60

Give or take $505 cost for my tent. Ive probably missed a few things. But the technology scales very cheaply, a much bigger tent wouldnt cost that much more.

But dont let me scare you with that, lets talk and we can find simpler setups if that is more up your alley.

Outperforming bitcoin is always the goal.

Also my goal is to own my own business which gives me more sovereignty over my life.

LightningSpore isn't exactly a bitcoin company... we sell lots of commodity products related to mushroom cultivation, grain bags, substrate, liquid culture.

Lots of people in the world grow mushrooms and buy this kind of stuff, therefore ads do work. I think I can compete in this market and do it better and cheaper.

I do a lot of bitcoin focused stuff, run our lightning node. Im trying to run a very approachable business to anyone, which also has a first-class experience for bitcoiners.

I want to run a profitable boring business (mushroom cultivation + supplies), and make good money and therefore good satoshis with it in the long term.

Thats a big part of what I am focused on. Creating a relatively automated mushroom grow room based on open technologies.

But it is not perfect for everyone either, I have to be sort of opinionated, and it isnt for everyone, and every scale. At least not yet.

Im mostly interested in getting people to try and use my software (and hardware combo), and get me feedback, I would choose to make very little money on hardware for more feedback.

I think they both have their place, but whenever I post on nostr its like infinity times more real engagement than facebook has for like $100.

I dont want to play the algorithm that much, but I get you.

Going viral on nostr is like a nuclear reaction, you need to keep the fire going throughout time with protons of reposts, because the feed is chronological the message dies out quickly.