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You may not like it, but this is what peak freedom tech looks like

The price of everything is rly pissing me off

I ain’t going to stay online long so good night 🌙💤 #nostr tomorrow shall be great as today has been.

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Good morning ☀️

Wherever you are it’s been a while since I last post in here.

I would like to hear from others. 2 questions.

What makes Nostr so special?

What do you see as the future for Nostr?

Swan vs Unchained for Bitcoin Roth IRA (transferring existing 401k to one of them), help me out #plebchain!

My TV is 12 years old. I need a new one. Do they make nonTelescreen TVs anymore?

Does it really make a difference when everyone carries a smart phone and has a wireless router in the house?

Given the French police recently activated some bullshit riot prevention laws to backdoor and activate phones microphones and cameras we know they have the capability.

And WiFi signals can be used to literally map out your entire families' movements in and around your home it's wild.

That it doesn’t stop there, as we also have a camera, microphone, and location tracker on our person at all times when we carry a phone.

not at my house . my house is a dumb house and i love it.

Mucho por aprender, tengo echo dot Alexa de Amazon, estoy viendo de desenchufarla y guardarla en el cajón 🥲

a microphone in your kitchen and a camera at the front door - connected to amazon servers and shared with governments - has been normalized

pretty crazy. what can we learn from this?

It’s called X cause they can use it to delete you

Every year, I spend 1-2 months living in Egypt. This is because my husband is originally from Egypt, his family is much larger than mine, and so while our economic base is in the US, our social base is actually in Egypt. I thus became multinational many years ago.

However, my husband spends 3-4 months each year in Egypt, while I only spend 1-2 months there. So, there are 1-2 months where I’m in the US alone. The reason I choose to do this is to look after the household and business, and because I’m not as productive in Egypt (inconsistent internet, less optimal workstation, way more social pressures, and so forth).

In some ways, we find that spending some time apart strengthens our relationship and lets us focus on our separate things for part of the year. And when we meet after 1-2 months, it’s such a great reunion. We find ourselves wanting to catch up on so much and spend extra time together. But also, even though in some ways I look forward to having time alone and indeed get a lot done during that time, I immediately regret it once I am alone. I find myself constantly looking forward to going to Egypt, as I am now. During these periods, I end up posting more on social media, either constructively or non-constructively, in what tends to be a replacement for diminished in-person contact.

This seems to be amplified by my work situation. When I was an engineer, I worked with colleagues in person each day, but now that I work from home, my colleagues are virtual and I meet them in person only at major events. So, this relatively brief window each year of being in a different place than my husband tends to be oddly monk-like, with me at home alone 24 hours per day, working and living and doing whatever I do. I think one of my future goals will be to increase my deliberate effort at spending time with local friends, especially during this part of the year.

Anyway, I’m doing a series of “real thoughts” uniquely on Nostr, and this is the first one.

Conclusion: Social circles are (obviously) a very important thing, including for workaholics and introverts like myself. Social circles affect us in various ways, and having gone through many cycles, I have become increasingly aware of the changes that take place during these seasonal cycles of being close to others vs far from others.

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Sending you all positive vibes from Himalayas.