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CrossFit + β‚Ώβš‘οΈ+ Nostr πŸ’ͺ😎

Looks like old style factory πŸ˜‰

Replying to Avatar Keith Mukai

DUMP YOUR RASPI NODES. Get a used mini PC or used laptop for cheap!

More powerful, only $45-75 on eBay (plus ~$65 2TB ssd, but you'd need that anyway for your Raspi node).

This HP EliteDesk 705 G4 is **overkill** for a node. 5 yrs old. Costs $75*.

Fan noise? Meh. Power draw? CPU's max draw is 35W.

https://m.primal.net/HLsC.mp4

Once it's done syncing, the video can't even pick up the fan running at idling speeds:

https://m.primal.net/HLsE.mp4

Cost to run:

15W * 24hrs / 1000W/kW * 12Β’/kWh * 30 days = $1.30/mo

This cpu is 8.5x more powerful than a Raspi4.

A more pleb-friendly option is a used laptop. Has everything you need built-in (esp the BATTERY!!! Huge advantage vs Raspi). This HP ProBook 450 G3 is running an 8yr old i5-6200U (3.5x more powerful than a Raspi4). Also super-quiet and low power (15W max cpu draw).

https://m.primal.net/HLsF.mp4

I also bought used Mini PC (It is cheap and much more powerful than RP) plus UPS... Recommend that configuration

And i instal nostr:npub126ntw5mnermmj0znhjhgdk8lh2af72sm8qfzq48umdlnhaj9kuns3le9ll

The same here 🫑

ps. From the beginning, nostr only πŸ’ͺ

Last time i use other social media to post my nostr pub key πŸ’ͺπŸ˜‚

Easy challange 😎

My first car 🫑

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Replying to Avatar Keith Mukai

DIY PROJECT COMPLETE!!!

From "meh" to "ooh!" + external ventilation!!

fyi: probably not great for your lungs long term to burn methane, smoke oils, char steaks indoors without proper ventilation

I freakin' LOVED being able to (just barely) learn enough to do this! And it looks amazing. It took weeks and weeks of work (plus a heatstroke incident!) but it's so f'n satisfying! So proud of this!

It wasn't cheap, but I SAVED SO MUCH MONEY by doing most of it myself.

Total cost: $1,467

But of that:

* $250(?): roof contractor to cut the hole (was bundled w/other work so I don't know exactly how much the hole cost).

* $363: tools that I can now use for other projects (already planning a tile backsplash for my neighbor and my mom).

* $160: leftover consumable supplies to put towards the next job.

So really just $694 for the cost of the range hood ($309), backsplash tiles ($174), mortar, grout, sealer, piping, & misc supplies.

Firsts for this project:

* Removing an above-range microwave

* Removing installed cabinet

* Building a mount point by replacing drywall w/plywood drilled into the studs

* mixing & applying drywall mud

* using drywall tape

* sealing drywall

* removing the contractor's roof exhaust vent (wrong type! Urrg!)

* installing proper exhaust vent myself

* re-shingling and resealing(🀞) exhaust area

* using a v-trowel to apply tile mortar

* using a wet saw to cut glass and stone tiles

* rounding off glass/stone tile edge w/orbital sander

* attempting a tile inset (way too ambitious for my first tiling project!!)

* grouting tile

* applying grout sealer / stone enhancer

* dremel-cutting aluminum vent sections to length

Existing skills/tools leveraged:

* Photoshop to visualize / plan!

* table saw / mitre saw to cut the plywood anchor panel, the wood trim piece at the top, and the chimney sheath upper mount point.

* portable air compressor + nail gun for temp

* wood finishing (shellac, polyurethane) to the wood trim piece; tiny detail, but looks amazing (see below)!

* previous experience w/aluminum vent pipes

* basic outlet wiring (replaced gfci, raised mount point to tile surface)

* caulking (btw, caulk condoms work great!)

Downside of DIY:

I'm VERY slow and the kitchen was a disaster zone for WEEKS. But no wife or kids to worry about and nostr:npub1kumadawgefxjt2c293whsan5sfmdg5tylm0uk39enc6uxxfy5m4scrz2v7 never complains!

The kitchen right now looks more like EU kitchen, before looks like kitchen from USA... πŸ˜‰

ps. Nice job πŸ’ͺ

The best gift 😘

(ps. good quality and size)

I remember facebook, good old days. But new days on nostr are better πŸ’ͺπŸ˜‚

I saw you in Praha, i think you are enough high.

Saw something today that definitely made me think. Ive never been a believer in some kind of entity or deity of higher power of creation of any kind. But this (if there ever was one) i feel like would be how that one thing would be.

When Einstein gave lectures at U.S. universities, the recurring question that students asked him most was:

- Do you believe in God?

And he always answer :

- I believe in the God of Spinoza.

Baruch de Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher considered one of the great rationalists of 17th century philosophy, all ng with Descartes.

(Spinoza) : God would say:

Stop praying.

What I want you to do is go out into the world and enjoy your life. I want you to sing, have fun and enjoy everything I've made for you.

Stop going into those dark, cold temples that you built yourself and saying they are my house. My house is in the mountains, in the woods, rivers, lakes, beaches. That's where I live and there I express my love for you.

Stop blaming me for your miserable life; I never told you there was anything wrong with you or that you were a sinner, or that your sexuality was a bad thing. Sex is a gift I have given you and with which you can express your love, your ecstasy, your joy. So don't blame me for everything they made you believe.

Stop reading alleged sacred scriptures that have nothing to do with me. If you can't read me in a sunrise, in a landscape, in the look of your friends, in your son's eyes... ➀ you will find me in no book!

Stop asking me "will you tell me how to do my job?" Stop being so scared of me. I do not judge you or criticize you, nor get angry, or bothered. I am pure love.

Stop asking for forgiveness, there's nothing to forgive. If I made you... I filled you with passions, limitations, pleasures, feelings, needs, inconsistencies... free will. How can I blame you if you respond to something I put in you? How can I punish you for being the way you are, if I'm the one who made you? Do you think I could create a place to burn all my children who behave badly for the rest of eternity? What kind of god would do that?

Respect your peers and don't do what you don't want for yourself. All I ask is that you pay attention in your life, that alertness is your guide.

My beloved, this life is not a test, not a step on the way, not a rehearsal, nor a prelude to paradise. This life is the only thing here and now and it is all you need.

I have set you absolutely free, no prizes or punishments, no sins or virtues, no one carries a marker, no one keeps a record.

You are absolutely free to create in your life. Heaven or hell.

I can't tell you if there's anything after this life but I can give you a tip. Live as if there is not. As if this is your only chance to enjoy, to love, to exist.

So, if there's nothing after, then you will have enjoyed the opportunity I gave you. And if there is, rest assured that I won't ask if you behaved right or wrong, I'll ask. Did you like it? Did you have fun? What did you enjoy the most? What did you learn?...

Stop believing in me; believing is assuming, guessing, imagining. I don't want you to believe in me, I want you to believe in you. I want you to feel me in you when you kiss your beloved, when you tuck in your little girl, when you caress your dog, when you bathe in the sea.

Stop praising me, what kind of egomaniac God do you think I am?

I'm bored being praised. I'm tired of being thanked. Feeling grateful? Prove it by taking care of yourself, your health, your relationships, the world. Express your joy! That's the way to praise me.

Stop complicating things and repeating as a parakeet what you've been taught about me.

What do you need more miracles for? So many explanations?

The only thing for sure is that you are here, that you are alive, that this world is full of wondersβ€¦βœ¨

The best God πŸ’ͺ

I am also in that "cult" πŸ’ͺπŸ˜‚

During waiting for metal case to nostr:npub17tyke9lkgxd98ruyeul6wt3pj3s9uxzgp9hxu5tsenjmweue6sqq4y3mgl..

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6023459

Hard level to make this.

ps. Really good designer πŸ’ͺ

You are fake european person πŸ˜‰