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karl Black
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bitcoin node runner. small-time home miner. drinker of stouts and scotch. builder of (semi)worthless web applications. player of video games. engineer of electromagnetics

Sold my position in $AAPL that I’ve held for over a decade this morning. Reallocating to my portfolio as follows:

> 1/2 going to #bitcoin

> 1/6 going to $TSLA

> 1/3 going to mortgage

Goal is to get off debt, increase holding in hard assets, and retain a limited position in growth assets.

Negative - went with default settings for my first go with this.

I will look into Maria DB though

I compiled Bitcoin Core from source code tonight - AMA

majority of Americans can’t even fathom that fiat is a problem in principal. the concept cuts so deeply against the grain it’s hard to think about. monetary policy is essentially not taught unless you’re in a graduate Econ program and then it’s assuredly skewed towards Keynesianism thought. Keep educating nostr:npub1cj8znuztfqkvq89pl8hceph0svvvqk0qay6nydgk9uyq7fhpfsgsqwrz4u 🫡🤝 nostr:note1czrgxsp92rm8kkp9yuhdej40pfxzffmkcrmtwxeks7l0ts4u9ykqp92hjr

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One more day left to my weight loss goal! I was hoping to lose 20lbs in 8 days but I couldn't crack 13. I broke my strict carnivore diet and had some vegetables. I checked their carb contents to make sure it's low. So I guess you can see i'm on the ketogenic diet instead. My goal is to continue eating mostly meat without sugars or other carbs. Eating salads is a bit tough because all the dressings come loaded with sugar.

I think part of the difficulty of maintaining strict carnivore for me is the constant other food around me. Traditional Japanese food that my wife makes for my kids usually contains sauces and therefore sugar. Rice is a staple of Japanese diet you cannot go a single day without seeing rice somewhere. Add to that the fact that my kids love rice, there's just no way around seeing all of the food I don't want to eat. It also sucks because I have to make my kids' breakfast and it's usually full of carbs but smells so damn good.

I have yet to add any type of exercise to my routine so that will be my next goal. So far I'm feeling great! I don't feel bloated anymore and feel a lot more clarity in mind and body. Already I'm feeling more alive and agile than before. My goal is to continue until I get into great shape and then assess how I want to do this long term.

Some things I noticed eating mostly meat:

1. I'm way more thirsty now, constantly needing to drink. I think I lack electrolytes.

2. I don't get as hungry as often. On carbs I would always have strong cravings to eat. I would also eat when I wasn't really hungry but it felt like that's what I needed. Now, I don't have those ups and downs of wanting to eat just because it's time to eat.

3. One meal a day was too much for me. It worked a bit, but then I realized I had energy dips that were easily fixed if I just had some more food.

I haven't done any other tests or anything. Not sure if that would be helpful since I've never really had any issues. My blood work has always been great.

Some things that do concern me about long term carnivore or keto is heart disease and gout. I was always under the impression that your arteries build up more plaque when you eat a lot of red meat. This has been ingrained into my mind since I could understand how the body works. Carnivores seem to say it's all bullshit. I don't know who to trust so I have to do my own research. If you know of any studies, please send them my way.

Same concern for gout. I have only been around 1 carnivore who seemed to have frequent gout attacks. I don't know if that's related to his diet but it would seem so. Then again, I don't know what else he ate... I'd love to hear your thoughts on this, any studies you may know about, anything to debunk that. Of course, I will do my own research because you know... don't trust, verify.

I ate a vegan diet for seven years. Last year I switched back to eating meat again. I’d say I roughly eat carnivore for 75% of my caloric intake. I feel marginally better in physical terms and better wrt mental health. I attribute that to losing the social stigma of eating a vegan diet. My strength has gone up significantly.

All that said, I think you can live a healthy life at either end of the diet spectrum. There is probably something to minimizing carbs, especially enriched and processed ones. I notice a feel physically and mentally slow when I have a lot of store-bought breads.

What I’ve picked up on throughout my journey is that I feel best when I adhere to eating whole foods. I don’t necessarily mean organic, I’m referring to staying away from processed foods. I get my meat from our local butcher when I can, but let’s be honest - that gets expensive af. It’s a shame that quality food is so expensive.

Keep experimenting and sharing your findings. 🫡

Protocol -> 30 min @ about zone 2 rate

Mode -> Peloton rower

Supplements -> none

Playlist -> Tool Essentials

Notes -> still getting used to the rower. form was much better this time @ 97% rating

Anyone have a list of recommended relays to add? Mines probably a bit stale. Haven’t updated in probably a year or more…

Took me a second to see it but this is awesome nostr:note1hssyvxre3wh3cujk6y5gpxede5gq9jc6nua38ft4qpg0s3yyvchsufu0aq

Sound education on the Bitcoin tech stack coupled with decentralized mining is 🔑 to preserving censorship resistant transactions.

> buy a #bitaxe

> build a bitaxe

> clone Bitcoin Core and study the code

> read Mastering Bitcoin by @aantonop

go down the 🐇 🕳️

Any strong opinions on nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m's new multisig wallet? Just came on today!

List of things I want to be able to do in my 80+ years. Here’s to putting in the work. Inspiration for this is from Outlive by Peter Attia.

We went from dunking in NFTs to embracing ordinals. What’s going on here

Deposits at SVB protected up to $250k. That’s going to leave those companies hurting

Daylight savings can go fuck itself imo

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