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 The jets are hard to watch  
 I had high hopes 
 So... 
To SSD or HD? 

Context: BTC node. 

Requirements: low power, low noise, decent longevity.... 
 SSD trust me it’s not even close 
 I’m syncing my 8th or 9th initial block download now 
 When you are doing the initial block download, any interruptions can “mess everything up”. Then you have to redo everything unless you are good at computer stuff. Even if you have unlimited home internet, you actually get charged over 1.2 TB in most cases. You don’t want to do this process more than you have to. Id recommend starting it the 2nd or 3rd day before the end of the month. 

The SSD always runs faster than any HDD and it’s not close. The benefit of having that initial download go right is the most important factor to me. I’ve also never had either HD type fail me. I don’t think there is that much rewrite going on either. You need Memory too. 
 16 is solid, dedicate 12 to the node sync 
 Sandwiches are useless without a side of pickles 
 What’s going on over here? 
 10,000 blocks left to sync 
 This user deleted his profile shortly after joining Nostr, but it wasn't because of the community... 
 The best way to make great friends with a lot to talk about isn’t always to work on entertaining new friends and becoming like them…

But it is to consistently do the things you want to do and be the places that you want to be. Then be open to the people that you meet there. You both are there because you want to be.

It’s why so many. Nostriches experience “friends at first sight” when they finally meet.

There are going to be a lot of different people here. We should be helpful. 

It’s a matter of time. Let it grow organically. 
 Bring @TheSpiritualMachine with ya. He is up in the Maple Arctic too. 
 While I’m at it, @Jor you need me to look up a flight for you too? 
 I won’t forget 
 Don’t kid around. So when are you flying in 
 Do you know @M 
Well it’s his birthday!!

https://m.primal.net/LnfT.png 
 Sharing for the morning people 🌽😂

nostr:nevent1qqsdkx04w7t924wpkps3yqtu9de4e3ru6yqywwv7hvd... 
 So how much 
 I need a good ol' getting shitfaced drunk with the guys who's down? 
 Sounds fun. Aren’t we seeing you in Nostrville? 
 Asking permission is seeking denial. 
 Corporate is… (see above) 
 Disagree. Clear pill you will make the best decisions you can, understanding how the world works.

Blue pill you will make the best decisions you can, but believing the world should work in some way other than actuality.
 
When the blue piller yields less than expected, it will be because of the “evil” in the world, or your karma will save you, or you are righteous for suffering because God knew you could handle it. 

The clear is to stoicism, as the blue is to cope. 
 Would be fun if there was anything I could do 
 Equilibrium of humanity is an oscillation between states. 
 Yeah I’ve thought about this, and I’m not sure that I know if or where it should be. If Bitcoin is just a tool for exchange, then I agree with your sentiment. 

But if you think Bitcoin is hope (literally), then maybe it is at the top. Hope and understanding do matter it seems. 


It is what it is, but I am genuinely hopeful.

Thoughts? 
 I also think of Bitcoin as an enforcer of nature/the universes will. It’s an accelerator toward what will be. Humanity’s only chance to enshrine promises of one generation to another. Like DNA, we will be mostly powerless to the process. 
 But do they need to destroy their illusions? 
 The trend is such 
 We are going to witness a lot. 
 Tim Pool is going to be in Nashville next week, I @ him to invite him to #Nostrville2.0

I doubt ... 
 Hm, that would be interesting 
 I ran a temporary mint, to see what it was like.

the upsides:  cool tech, cool apps, can send of... 
 It’s going to be reputation based, can’t see much of a way around it.

Although I think they are trying to wrap the mint data into the individual nut so that Munro control of that nut is transferred with/within the nut.

I had a friend’s mint do down and he rugged me for 22 sats. Then he bought me breakfast so I’m way in the positive. 😂 
 Munro -> “the mint in” 
 What if they had bacon wrapped egg bites shaped like Tim bits? But with America bacon, not Canada bacon. 
 @M how much for one of those cool PFPs? 
 Ok I’ll look for it 
 Got in line for automated passport control. Guy in front of me puts his passport in the scanner. ... 
 Maybe you are about to witness a heist 
 This is wild to see when I first found bitcoin at $1, 14 years ago. At the time I knew literally ... 
 Probably just like we do with sats/zaps now 
 Seems like a lot of work to make use of a can of soda. Either way, the vernors will be there. 
 You get first dibs 
 Want me to do it before or when we get there? 
 Tuesday night work? 
 So when is it? 
 You should just plan a whole separate event. Then it could be focused on whatever aspect of Nostr you want. 
 apparently my bitcoind leveldb corrupted *yet again* so I have to redownload the entire blockchai... 
 I’m in pain right now too. Pi5 8GB, umbrel. At block 725,000 or so 🐜🐜🐜 
 Just pleb things 
 Syncing a node on a pi is hell now 
 It’s on umbrel and I’ve failed to figure out how to do it with that OS 
 I’m using a pi5 8GBmemory 
 Extra poopy now with 8+ GB Utxo set for a year 
 I need some serious hand holding. I couldn’t ssh in successfully 
 👍 
 It’s Nostr 
 2 sat/vB #bitcoin 
 I learn something new every day 
 I wish i had spoken mind in college.  Prob would have failed tho. 
 I got a D on a presentation in college where I presented that patients should fill out the patient paperwork on tablets for easier access and more efficient transfer of patient data.

He said it was a black box solution and it isn’t a real idea.
Top grade went to a group that advised the college to add more paperwork to admission process to make it better.

I almost never recovered from how angry I was with the professor. It wasn’t until later I realized why so many businesses came from dropouts. 
 😂 back then the cloud was hardly a thing. It would all be locally stored. 

I didn’t even consider that stuff back then 
 Probably going to go to jail for insurrection or something 
 I really detest the concept of utxos. Like, WTF? Why? UTXO management is also stupid to have to d... 
 In sparrow? 
 Alright back from fiatlandia shits so cringe what's up #nostr any cool news or any #bitcoin news 
 When I'm on #nostr it doesn't feel like I'm gazing into the abyss long enough to where it gazes b... 
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