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 Man I asked for questions for my interview with Alby today.  I am disappointed in Nostr vs. X for... 
 Maybe you got low value questions for a low value topic? Why does Alby (and Nostr to be honest) make my life better? I can’t see the value very clearly.

You got me to give it a try and play with it, which says a lot about your influence. You asked a question and I gave you some of my time and tried the product with an open mind and hit a brick wall within a minute. 🤷‍♂️

What did you expect?
 
 Disappointment goes both ways, sir. I learned a lot from you, and thought you were better than this. Here we are indeed. 
 One hour flight away from an almost eight hour layover in SJU. Plenty of time to play with #nostr 
 I haven’t posted much anywhere in ages, so I’m just going to plop it out here if anyone is interested.

We are leaving the Caribbean tomorrow morning. Been here a few days short of a month with the family and had a wonderful time.

So far this year roughly two and a half of eight months were spent in America. Two of those were spent trapped in Florida because I was recovering from surgery.

The balance of the year was happily spent in El Salvador, which we loved.

So what’s going to happen back in Florida? That’s what I’m working on. Here’s what I want to work on with the family… (this is my style of homeschooling but we all do it for the most part because it’s fun)

AR 15 and shotgun basics
Range time and some classes with the boys
Radio skills and basic theory
Mechanic skills (basic maintenance and how things work)
Basics of diesel engines
Basic welding
Fighting
Sourdough
History of money
Track the decline of the RE market
Track the bitcoin bull run
Whatever else catches our interest

Basically I’m trying to get the family ready for running a small farm, wherever that may materialize.

Why America? Why not go somewhere else? We did. There are just so many darned opportunities and I really want to take advantage of them and not wait for things to get stupid.

From what we have seen America is currently the best option for us with the most liberty and opportunities. It suits our current needs, and allows us to save money and snipe opportunities as they arise.

I’ll be posting here more so follow or ask questions if you fancy.
 
 I will be interviewing one of the cofounders of Get Alby tomorrow, what do you want me to ask them? 
 Why the invite BS? Just went there to sign up and nooooo. 
 Thanks. Need to just get off my ass and set up a hot wallet. Been meaning to for at least a year or two but it’s been a pretty low priority. 
 Muun was wildly easy to set up. No invite needed. Took me less than a minute. Didn’t expect it to be that easy! 
 I totally understand the not scaling too fast. No problem there.

Coming from you I wouldn’t even care if it was an affiliate thing. 
 Reptilian. Dang, and they say hodlers are psychopaths! 
 America 
 True story. Renting a car, camping, food, and visiting some attractions for an entire week is les... 
 The cost isn’t what matters, it is the engagement and new experiences… TOGETHER!

And they can be totally mundane things, like getting the oil changed or exploring the back side of a grocery store. They just have to be real and you have to be engaged.

We have taken some expensive trips but they aren’t normal vacations. They are multi-month adventures with a specific family goal. And every day is an adventure.