I like to be a ghost or third person when reading fiction. It allows the reader to retain their own character, world view and morality.

I don't mind reading characters thoughts but I want to retain agency of myself, it allows me to decide when to empathise with whom and for reasons defined by me. I don't mind a narrator style guide.

When the story is written as the first person it forces me to inhabit a character, suddenly I have to understand the history and motivations of a person I do not know. I have to internalise their/his monologue and pretend to understand his feelings, fears and ambition in spite of the fact that I can barely relate to him seeing as I prefer to retain agency while studying characters and judging them.

A good book in this style has a narrators feel seeing as the older Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island is giving account of his life and adventures. This puts you in a position of being guided by a narrator to better understand the person but you are still given respect as a spectator of the tale.

If I am forced to be a character in the novel I have cognitive dissonance and I struggle to be immersed in the story. Is basically what I am trying to say.

Would you mind if I opine on the writing style?

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Broke out my The Shift cowl (pattern by Andrea Mowry) this morning. Maybe not quite cool enough, but I always take any chance to wear the things I've made. This was the first thing I knit with more than one color. It clashes with most everything I wear, but I rock it all the same 🔥🧶. #knit #knitstr #yarn #yarnstr #idowhatiwant

GM from New Hampshire

“Live Free or Die”

Love these license plates 🤙🏼

How is a business going to say "we desperately need employees, looking to hire at least 10 people by the end of the year." Then not schedule their employees to work?

Nothing in this world is free, and people need more then 10 hours a week of work. Wouldn't it make more sense to have 5 employees at 30 to 40 hours per week then to have 20 employees working 5 to 10 hours?

Maybe I'm wrong?

I am so ready to break free from the matrix..

Thanks for the feedback and words, I appreciate that a lot!

I am totally with you there and that's also to goal and a reason why we have built Alby Hub.

Check it out on Git Hub. While we try to make things easy you can use it in the level of which you're comfortable with.

In that thread there are a few misconceptions about Alby Hub it seems.

Would be happy to show you more and learn more of what you would like to see or where we can improve.

Did you already try to run it on your own machine? home server or something?

can you explain "captured" - as we put a lot of work in to put users in control. With the Alby Hub, the work on NWC as a protocol, etc.

feedback is appreciated.

The only real #v4v would be a mandatory Sats per min where the number of Sats is decided by the content creator (+fees for the app).

Donations aren't value for value.

I have yet to share my personal #Bitcoin journey, but I believe now is the right time to do so. It marks the beginning of my descent into the Bitcoin rabbit hole and, much like the Bitcoin White Paper itself, my story is closely tied to the financial crisis of 2008.

This account is deeply personal, laced with self-pity and a sense of stupidity. That's why I've kept it private and not even shared it with my closest friends, but I think it's important to share it now with you. Giving back to a community I received so much in the previous years. All too often, those who fall victim to the shortcomings of the fiat system internalize the guilt, unaware that they are being taken advantage of by a corrupt fiat system.

My parents, hardworking individuals who dedicated their lives to building their own business from scratch, had little time to acquire financial education. In the early 2000s, they were advised — like many companies and individuals in Austria — to finance their company/house with a Swiss franc loan. The arrangement was complex and opaque, involving multiple loan accounts and significant commissions for both the bank and our financial advisor. My parents, trusting the system, unknowingly became entangled in a speculative gamble, exacerbated by the euro's introduction and the franc's relative strength over time. It turns out that debt in a strong currency and income in a rapidly depreciating currency have only one outcome: Default over time.

As a result of the financial crisis of 2008, the Swiss National Bank could no longer suppress the upward pressure on the franc in 2014 and the fallout was inevitable. Overnight, my family faced a substantially larger loan burden than initially anticipated, to threaten us to file bankruptcy and lose everything we worked for in the previous decade. This devastating turn of events — driven by corrupt banking practices and greedy financial advisors — left an indelible mark on me. As a young man, witnessing my parents' hard-earned savings and efforts eroded by a system they trusted was enough to cement my distrust of financial institutions forever. At this point in time I made a promise to myself: Trust no one, educate yourself and verify.

A few years later, I discovered Bitcoin. It clicked immediately. Here was a decentralized, incorruptible solution to the very problem that had caused so much pain for my family. Bitcoin represented a chance to opt out of a fiat system riddled with perverse incentives and predatory practices. My family's experience — our suffering under the weight of a corrupt financial system — motivates me to advocate for Bitcoin adoption. For this reason, I will never trade my Bitcoin for fiat currency ever, no matter the fiat price. It represents more than wealth to me; it’s a symbol of resilience and justice, a way to honor the sacrifices my parents made.

Looking back, I am almost grateful for this painful chapter of my life. It woke me up and set me on a path I might not have found otherwise. Many people experience similar losses at the hands of the fiat system without even realizing it because the theft happens incrementally, through inflation and hidden costs. Fact is, that honest, hardworking individuals are being robbed every day — second by second — by a system designed to erode their purchasing power over time. Like my parents, but more gradually.

While it’s exciting to see Bitcoin’s fiat price increase, that is not its ultimate value. Bitcoin represents so much more. And I know, many others who HODL Bitcoin not for fiat wealth but for deeply personal reasons — reasons rooted in justice, independence, and freedom. For those of us who have been wronged by the current system, Bitcoin is not just an asset, it’s a revolution for a better future.

Yours forever thankful, Carl. 🧡

Yes, we want to effectively sunset it by the Self-Custody Day on January 3, after which incoming limits will be very low.

Details coming this week!

Gotcha! We're 20 years together, 18 married.

You've been married for 60 years? 👀 Damn. Congratulations.