I've been sucked into the rabbit hole of self hosting.

I got a start9 because it pulled on my heart strings right when I was looking for a solution to store all my family pictures that were starting to build up.

After installing it and seeing everything that I can do with self hosting I've finally pulled the wool from over my eyes and realized that, in this digital age, I own very little of what I've paid for.

The big tech companies want you to spend money and own nothing. Everything lives in their "ecosystems".

The masses are lured by convenience and stay because of the difficulty of changing their ways.

The nature of data today is that it is ever growing.

I buy a book on Amazon, it lives in Amazon Kindle, on amazon's server. I paid for the right to look at the words on the pages but I don't own the book.

I buy a movie, its hosted by whichever company I just bought it from. I paid to watch the pictures on the screen but I don't own the movie. My own pictures and words and business intelligence, those start free until I have enough of a hoard of data that I'd PAY for someone to ensure it was secure.

The dystopia is here, its already happening and no one is paying attention.

It's crazy that it took me until just now to realize this.

The Leatherman multi-tool case I ordered from a leather craftsman has developed a nice texture after five years.

#grownostr

Looks like today is the day to announce new podcasts, so what the hell. They say if you Bitcoin long enough, you’ll have one. My time has come.

More details on Monday. 🤙🏻

One thing I've always wondered about, that might actually get a somewhat accurate answer on #nostr -- What's it like being a #bitcoin core dev? Do you "quit your day job"? Do they live as digital nomads, traveling from one anarchist "network state" treehouse to another... or just a cabin in the woods?

Real dudes don’t talk about masculinity. Only those who have something to prove.

So, are we going to balance the budget? Or was that all talk you think? 🤔

this is the relays

without the race

this is the notes

without the notice

this is the other stuff

without all the fluff

transmitted . transacted . transformed

21 million normies

some thousand ₿itcoiners

on their maximalist journeys

This is OUR future

without any central ruler.

NOSTR ⚡️

home of no imposter.

💜🧡🫂🤙🏽

#poemaday #poemstr #nostr #GM

Did anyone here watch the Bob Dylan movie? I haven’t seen it yet and if it’s trash I’ll be upset but I’d like to watch it if it’s good.

Looking to make a purchase, so excited. Getting "No Route" failure. Maybe an inbound liquidity issue on your end?

gm, stay humble, stack sats ✊🗽

Your incoming zaps will come to a lightning address provided in Nostr profile. If it's ours, it will go to the node that you have linked at getalby.com/node

Sending zaps depend on the client and connection you use, it's an independent setup, can come from same node, can come from other if you have it set up

The new luxury is a debt free calm life

Wife called a plumber to her work last night who quoted her $3400.00 to unplug a sink and modify a plumbing.

I spent half the day, snaking and plumbing for $77.00 cost.

Guess who is a hero tonight? 😃