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John Dee
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New compost pile (blue line) is heating up faster than the last one that failed (brown line). The new one has more grass clippings and a larger volume.

#permies #permaculture #soilfoodweb #grownostr

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No Privacy? No Freedom. No Freedom? No Wealth.

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> Wealth requires freedom: the ability to make decisions without coercion. Freedom requires privacy: the ability to selectively reveal yourself to the world. Rights are not granted: they are earned through struggle and defended through sacrifice.

Privacy is essential to freedom. Without privacy, individuals are unable to make choices free from surveillance and control. Lack of privacy leads to loss of autonomy. When individuals are constantly monitored it limits our ability to express ourselves and take risks. Any decisions we make can result in negative repercussions from those who surveil us. Without the freedom to make choices, individuals cannot truly be free.

Freedom is essential to acquiring and preserving wealth. When individuals are not free to make choices, restrictions and limitations prevent us from economic opportunities. If we are somehow able to acquire wealth in such an environment, lack of freedom can result in direct asset seizure by governments or other malicious entities. At scale, when freedom is compromised, it leads to widespread economic stagnation and poverty. Protecting freedom is essential to economic prosperity.

The connection between privacy, freedom, and wealth is critical. Without privacy, individuals lose the freedom to make choices free from surveillance and control. While lack of freedom prevents individuals from pursuing economic opportunities and makes wealth preservation nearly impossible. No Privacy? No Freedom. No Freedom? No Wealth.

Rights are not granted. They are taken and defended. Rights are often misunderstood as permission to do something by those holding power. However, if someone can give you something, they can inherently take it from you at will. People throughout history have necessarily fought for basic rights, including privacy and freedom. These rights were not given by those in power, but rather demanded and won through struggle. Even after these rights are won, they must be continually defended to ensure that they are not taken away. Rights are not granted - they are earned through struggle and defended through sacrifice.

https://www.discreetlog.com/no-privacy-no-freedom/

Privacy doesn't get enough attention in Bitcoin. Bitcoiners should take a closer look at Monero. Bitcoin and Monero are stronger together.

Midjourney will be quick and easier to get high quality results, but less flexible. Your current GPU can work with stable diffusion but you'll need some extra options to reduce VRAM usage and the generations will be slow. Stable diffusion has enough of a learning curve that rapid iterations really help figuring it out.

A 3060 12GB would be a good, relatively cheap GPU for self-hosted stable diffusion.

For the flatlanders...

I started testing ControlNet with OpenPose detection for #stablediffusion last night. This was disturbingly easy to create. The image on the left is from the web, the lines overlaid were detected automatically. There's a simple editor that allows you edit the pose lines too.

I think I saw that same post. The capitalization is what threw me off. It's always nmap and never NMAP.

Portquiz.net is a cool tool I found recently. Just go to http://portquiz.net:XXXX and it will check to see if that port is open from whatever IP the request comes from.

I've been trying to compost for years. It wasn't until I took the course at the Soil Food Web School that I really understood the what and why of it.

The most important thing is maintaining aerobic conditions. If you see white ashy spots inside when turning, that means it went anaerobic. The white stuff is actinobacteria, which suppresses fungi in the soil. This usually happens when there's too much nitrogen and the bacteria population explodes, using up the oxygen faster than it can diffuse into the pile. Really high temperatures, like 165F+ is a sign that you need to turn the pile or jam a tool handle into it and make a chimney.

Using a cheap compost thermometer, recording daily temperature measurements in a spreadsheet, and graphing it over time gave me the feedback I needed to dramatically improve my piles.

Attached is data from my first pile this season. It's not heating up quick enough due to lack of nitrogen.

The tree is the mushroom.

The mushroom is the tree.

Together they harness the power of the sun.

Look below the drab field and see the true power of fungi.

#soilfoodweb #permies #permaculture #grownostr

Thanks. I got a fancy one recommended by the Soil Food Web School when I took their course last year, nut probably just about anything will do. The main specs are a shadowing microscope with 40-100-400X total magnification. I haven't been able to get a good picture out of the microscope camera yet, so the one I posted was actually from holding my phone up to one of the eyepieces.

https://www.lwscientific.com/products/soil-food-web-microscope-kit

You'll find it somewhere in latent space...

#stablediffusion #grownostr

These are the best results I've gotten starting seeds and I'm not sure why. I think it might be the soil mix which is regular bagged potting soil that was left out over the rainy winter to soak up water and begin decomposing.

The module trays are Charles Dowdings CD60 from All About the Garden. Highly recommended for the sloped sides and large bottom hole that make it easy to pop out the starts for transplanting. They're super sturdy too. https://allaboutthegarden.com/products/charles-dowding-modular-trays

What do you like to use for starting seeds? #permies #permaculture #grownostr

Made a few batches years ago, but good honey is expensive. Definitely the easiest process compared to cider and beer, just be sure to take care of your yeast with aeration and nutrients.

But the chains are so comfy, and I don't have to do anything scary like think for myself or take responsibility.