it can be hard to stay inspired and focused but listening to this Earl Nightingale recording of 'The Strangest Secret in the World' on the regular definitely helps https://open.spotify.com/episode/3AWIBx35FYhIB9DDANjUPl?si=B1yPxaPjQFKPa7pnjHIuWA
Earl Nightingale was the father of the personal development genre which later gave rise to other legends like Jim Rohn and Tony Robbins
you may think this stuff is corny but highly successful people worth fortunes happen to disagree with you
this is my playlist of the best dreampunk sounds to read to
made it a few years ago, figured some of you nostronauts might like it 💜
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/13XsZoDrt3cSF4iycU9JDA?si=2a61889e283e4c62
too many philosophical bitcoin culture influencers are deeply uninformed and out of touch re: privacy best practices and specifics around hardware/software tradeoffs
and that will be fine for awhile until one day it isn't
strong fomo for sure
it's what you don't focus on that's important
pv fam 🤙🌄
i'm jealous of everyone at BTC Prague rn
is Prime Trust going to declare bankruptcy?
One of the problems of the interventionista—wanting to get involved in other people's affairs “in order to help"—results in disrupting some of the peace-making mechanisms that are inherent in human affairs, a combination of collaboration and strategic hostility...
The error continues because someone else is paying the price.
—Taleb
well said
to your point, this was a humbling read: https://fabiensanglard.net/gebbdoom/
video games aren't stupid
almost all (maybe all) of the professional developers i know said they got into coding because they wanted to make their own game
games are simply the voluntary attempt to overcome unnecessary obstacles
the people who like them go on to overcome necessary ones
'the same ones who sell the panic sell the cure'
winners have systems https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ_J7pzmvNw
"As long as his character remains the same, he will never be satisfied or content. His tastes and desires will be so numerous and extravagant that he will be in a continual state of shortage and lack.
‘Corrupt men are never content.’"
crypto nonsense and apple goggles and language learning algorithms are distractions keeping you from meaningfully contributing to society and thinking long-term about building a life you can be proud of
just hold some bitcoin and get back to work
To understand the existence of a void is pretty easy, to know how to fill it is the mark of a genius.
—André Malraux
#Bitcoin
Virtues are no less contagious than vices. "There needs but one wise man in a company, and all are wise, so rapid is the contagion," says Emerson. No social class or caste can resist the diffusive power of moral influence.
—Inazo Nitobe
i've noticed a lot of people i know are not comfortable asking certain questions, and they don't like when other people do either
if you're sent a billing-related email from a service you subscribe to, open a new browser tab and go to the vendor's website and login from there to check. don't click links directly from the email you were sent.
scammers are getting much better at cloning email addresses and appearing legitimate
when i first heard about it i thought it seemed like the kind of thing i would ignore/make fun of, but it's so cool
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace;
and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty.
—Thomas Paine, from The Crisis (1776)
pv fam 🤙🌄
no need to rush your mornings in the nostrverse
#coffeechain
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
—Alvin Toffler
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt cleared up a lot for me 👌
a 'plant based' diet permits sugar, corn syrup, doritos, peanut butter cups, hershey bars, and kool-aid
vegetable/seed oils, soy, refined grains... literally all the worst things you can eat
cool diet bro, good luck with that
pv fam 🤙🌄☕
i only ever want to learn business from soneone who has actually succeeded in the world of business
which pretty much guarantees i won't be learning from a university professor
which begs the question:
what in the world are business schools for?!
i recently started using the paid tier and am blown away by all the features
also i didn't know you could also use it for your 2FA tokens, or that they created a blog platform that lets you format and publish that people can subscribe to 😳
everyone is sleeping on https://standardnotes.com
i'd rather most people study bitcoin than buy it
the revolution is the understanding as much as the having
pv fam 🤙🌄
we've been gifted another day to spend in the nostrverse, be kind out there
pv fam 🌄🤙
be sure to go for a walk outside and touch some grass today
"Encryption is a tool for thought.
Most people say, 'I trust Google. Google's really big, almost too big to fail, and they've got some of the best engineers in the world. I'm not worried necessarily that my data will leak.' But what you should be worried about is the effect on quality that non-encrypted platforms have on your thinking.
... You'll find that the way you talk on Discord is probably different from the way you talk on Signal. On Discord, even if you're privately DMing with someone, you always have that thought or fear in the back of your mind that what you say here can be, theoretically, resurfaced by someone who's not really authorized to see this message. And that changes how you talk, it changes how you think.
Whereas on Signal, because it has really hardcore privacy and security and you can auto-delete messages, you find that you're able to be your true self. And you're much more creative, much more witty, much more thoughtful..
The software you use dictates your culture. Your mind's culture.
... This is an aspect of privacy that most people don't really consider. You definitely give up a piece of yourself when you don't use encrypted and private platforms."
—Mo, creator of Standard Notes
https://watchmanprivacy.com/2023/03/15/standard-notes-model-privacy-software/
a bitcoin conference that only has an open source stage and a portion of the proceeds gets donated to OpenSats
i'd pay more to attend something like that
if your bitcoin node on umbrel ever gets hung up in a "Starting" state forever and doesn't load, here's the fix:
1. ssh into your node (via Terminal on Mac or Command Prompt on Windows) by entering this command:
ssh umbrel@umbrel.local
then enter your password.
2. then remove two files, which were probably corrupted by a bad shutdown, one by one. to remove the first file enter this command:
sudo rm ./umbrel/app-data/bitcoin/data/bitcoin/settings.json
And to remove the second file enter this command:
sudo rm ./umbrel/app-data/bitcoin/data/bitcoin/peers.dat
3. then reboot your umbrel by entering this command:
sudo reboot
//
all your apps will have to reload so give it 10-15 minutes, but if you go back into your umbrel dashboard and click your bitcoin node it should be syncing again.
pv fam 🤙🌄
