Oddbean

I saw Michael Saylor at a grocery store in Los Angeles yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen Milky Ways in his hands without paying. The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter. When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

Pls help ser I'm trying to 420 this shit but I've hit an error https://nostpic.com/media/2321831583d871b7636468f67ff78068668e6eb3c9cdbb230a6d478e9866f2ed/7dc3dfecc3d4bde542a428be3242e9189c5a8982e021bf8b21533f59f78a4982.webp

I just tried and I'm also unable to zap him. I got a "failed to fetch invoice" error. That indicates that the problem is on Alby's side of the network. Have you tried zapping a different Alby user? If I were you, I would try a 1 sat zap to some other Alby user to see if it's systemic, or specific to his account.

Ya, it might be time to consider other options. Maybe a Start9, maybe an Umbrel, maybe an Alby Cloud subscription for a few months while you figure it out. Hell, you can even run Alby for free by connecting it via NWC to another wallet. If the pi keeps dying, I think it's a sign that a change may be warranted.

I enjoy running a node for a lot of reasons, but I am always honest with people who want to do it that it’s not a way to generate income, and it’s not without a steep learning curve. If you have a Raspberry Pi, you’re much better off just setting it up as an @Alby Hub which doesn’t require much maintenance. If you really want to go all in, you should plan to spend a few hundred bucks on a decent used mini PC with a faster processor and plenty of disk space. For most people who just want to use Lightning and not run their own hardware, there are a bunch of decent options.