Huw

One of the scary things about watching the decline of Western society is realising I am one of those weak men created by good times. And I need to become a strong man pretty quickly

2024-08-25 14:33:59

People not knowing the difference between content moderation and censorship is both depressing and amusing

2024-08-24 19:46:37

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Thanks for taking a look. Yeah I love my slow cooker but looking to move to something else other than non stick. Although the risk is low considering it doesn’t heat high

2024-08-24 19:36:27

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If it’s 6 hours to leak then I feel safe, don’t think I’ve ever cooked something for 6 hours in stainless steel

2024-08-24 19:35:38

I love my kids

2024-08-24 19:18:48

Okay #cookstr what’s the deal with stainless steel and heavy metals? Is nickel something to genuinely be concerned about? I love my stainless steel even more than cast iron. Please don’t tell me I’ve got to get rid of

2024-08-24 11:06:26

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Ahhh gotcha

2024-08-24 00:41:41

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Are hatherwood the ones who do Fursty Ferret? That’s a pretty good one

2024-08-22 12:25:26

This whole thing with Mike Lynch absolutely reeks. His co-defendant was also hit by a car and killed last weekend?
Super shady

2024-08-21 09:36:25

The rampant corruption in politics I believe comes from the deterioration of the importance of the family unit as an environment for formation.
Formation of critical thinking, ethics and morality have been outsourced to a faceless state (or private school) that at their heart are optimised for performance, not formation.

2024-08-21 07:52:54

GM #nostr
Feeling pretty sore after having a lump removed from my back yesterday. Nothing malignant thankfully but was causing some discomfort sat at a desk all day.
Now to not pop my stitches for 2 weeks

2024-08-20 22:45:10

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I bet he’s cornered the market 😂

2024-08-20 22:37:43

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You beat me to it… Mine must be heading out

2024-08-20 10:09:46

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Delicious

2024-08-18 19:13:43

Thinking about #nostr and growth and how we can fall into the pitfalls of old school social media.
The likes of Facebook, Twitter, etc got to the size they did through unethical, addictive algorithms and backroom deals.
Nostr is not that. It’s organic and organic growth does not follow the trajectories of traditional social media.
We should be onboarding as many as we can but if they don’t hang around that’s fine.
Nostr shouldn’t need people chronically online to survive. It’s okay if people came back sporadically.
Value4value lies at the heart of this new age of social interaction online. When you’ve filled your cup, come and share it, let yourself be filled. When you need to take a step away, do it and come back when ready.

2024-08-16 09:36:25

Started the Joe Pickett series by C. J. Box last week. Already on book 6, someone help I have 25 books in total to go before my brain will let me read anything else

2024-08-16 09:33:33

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100% disrespectful

2024-08-16 09:25:09

GM #nostr, thinking through how our existence could probably be defined by the word “overextension”.
By overextension I mean we stretch things past their natural capacity.
We’ve overextend:
Money
Government
Food
Environment
Schools
Communities
Purpose
Humanity
Fitness
Entertainment
Family
Business
Am I advocating for degrowth? I guess I kind of am, centralisation is the scourge of humanity.
It’s ironic that my favourite show, Star Trek: TNG, shows a future of almost perfect bureaucratic bliss. If such a thing was possible it would be great.
"I feel I need a holiday, a very long holiday, as I have told you before…Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: Like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can’t be right. I need a change, or something.” - Fellowship of the Ring

2024-08-15 23:56:08

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Amen, but I also really badly want to be a cowboy 😂😂😂

2024-08-15 21:58:39

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I’d suggest looking at a YouTuber called Andrewism. He’s a “anarcho-socialist” and does some really interesting video essays. Don’t agree with everything but has a lot of valid points about community

2024-08-15 20:56:56

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Jesus loves you

2024-08-15 20:54:55

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Good bot!

2024-08-15 20:54:43

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I would caveat that it’s authoritarian communists/socialists. We have a lot more in common with the left anarchists. They want freedom from the state but generally have different ideas about how society operates

2024-08-15 20:52:21

It’s wet and miserable outside but putting this on an imagining myself in the warmer climates of the US
https://youtu.be/OO6QUgGMp2A?si=XFclW3twnI1nfhAq

2024-08-15 19:25:50

It’s a double whammy today for #proofofharvest
1. Some of my nicest looking courgettes yet
2. Beef dinner featuring “roast” potatoes from the garden.
Beef was silverside from a local farmer, slow cooked for 7 hours with some vegetables and stock.
Used the liquid and veg to make a gravy. Potatoes were done in beef dripping from same farmer. Didn’t have enough time to get them properly roasted though. Also didn’t peel them 😂
https://m.primal.net/KAgH.jpg
https://m.primal.net/KAgG.jpg

2024-08-14 22:18:19

Longing to move to Wyoming to live out my mountain man homesteading life

2024-08-14 21:47:59

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Staying put for now, far too early to be jumping the gun. Not unwise to make plans though

2024-08-14 09:27:32

GM #nostr
Had a really valuable call with a brother in the US yesterday. He reminded me that we need that challenge he called “the rock in the stream”.
Something that’s hard but if we stick at it shapes us.
Sometimes we feel like we aren’t moving forward like that rock, but we’re still being shaped by the stream.
Keep the faith, don’t let the system define what you should be. Realise your God given image 🫡

2024-08-14 09:25:33

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“Dangerous in pregnancy and immunocompromised” - yeah like loads of other illnesses, just scaremongering

2024-08-13 09:49:03

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I’ve seen your interactions all over Nostr and what I see is a divisive person with an attitude problem that is chronically online. As I said, how you behave is not Christ-like, I don’t say that for my benefit I say that for yours

2024-08-13 09:31:17

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One of the things I get concerned about is image metadata.
You can argue that you should turn off location tagging on your photos but I find it extremely helpful in my day to day life.
I’m incredibly paranoid that I’ll upload a photo with the location still attached and get my address doxed.
I know most file uploaders don’t actually keep the metadata but I have no way to be sure until it’s too late.
It’s a lot of friction to have to strip the metadata in a separate app before uploading.
Would be cool if nostr clients could indicate if metadata is present and whether to remove it client side or not. I know that puts trust in the clients but for open source clients that can be verified.

2024-08-13 09:25:03

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Nothing they have said indicates they’re a spook

2024-08-13 08:39:29

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Rude interactions like this are not Christ-like brother. I’m guilty of it as well

2024-08-12 19:06:11

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https://ostrich.work is similar!

2024-08-12 18:59:43

No one ever got fat from eating fruit

2024-08-11 22:10:24

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Looks great! I have a piece of silverside that I’m going to slow cook soon so will give this a go with the leftovers

2024-08-09 13:13:24

6 fried eggs, OJ, coffee, sourdough bread, book to read, peace in the house. The best kind of lunchtime

2024-08-09 11:51:43

Interesting video on the idea of a "library economy".
The author is a self declared anarcho-socialist, very different to me politically, but I think he makes some very valid points. Focusing on groups contributing a small part to a greater need in the community. I think the general idea is too utopian in that I don't think it's possible.
The part of the video that really resonated with me was the idea that information should be freely available. Throughout history we've had libraries that to differing degrees have been available to people to learn from. The internet should have been the ultimate library but tech monopolies have created an artifical scarcity for their own benefit.
The true vision of the internet and information was realised by people like Aaron Schwartz where information that is for the public good should be freely given and freely available.
The internet could (and can) be the first rung on the ladder for people to become self-sufficient.
#nostr absolutely plays into this. Decentralised, censorship-resistant ways of sharing information, not driven by profit (not that having payments is a bad thing though).
At the risk of sounding divisive I worry that knowledge-workers are part of the artifical scarcity machine on the internet.
Would be interested to hear what people's thoughts are.
#solarpunk #politics #internet #plebchain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOYa3YzVtyk

2024-08-09 07:41:48

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Yeah I’m keeping away from X at the moment

2024-08-08 23:10:24

Stuff is kind of falling apart isn’t it?

2024-08-08 19:50:11

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Hackerman

2024-08-08 12:41:21

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If you get that convo let me know. Would be interested to hear how that would work

2024-08-08 12:15:05

Having fun with npub.pro and creating a site to document our journey to self sufficiency. Any notes with # proofofharvest (deliberately broke the hashtag) get added there.
proofofharvest.npub.pro

2024-08-08 09:10:46

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I think the original use case was for physical communities. The fedimint is multi-sig and would have 3 keys that are held by 3 different respected people in the community. Would mean that rugging is far less likely to happen.
It allows a community to have their own circular economy while also allowing people to cash in or out.
I don’t really see the point of them for online communities aside from privacy.
Externally, all that gets seen I think is a lightning transaction IN to the fedimint and then the transaction back out is blind? Not 100% but the idea was that it was harder to analyse lightning transactions I think

2024-08-07 19:05:42

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*two swelled

2024-08-07 19:04:16

It’s courgette day!
540g across two courgette plants. Not as many failed to pollinate this last week so slightly better.
Any idea why the one swelled at the base? I think it’s to do with pollination
#proofofharvest #gardening #homestead
https://m.primal.net/JrVd.jpg

2024-08-07 11:40:46

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No problem 😂

2024-08-07 11:40:04

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Amazing!

2024-08-07 11:18:17

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Glad you got it installed. If you need anything else always feel free to drop me a message

2024-08-07 11:00:10

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Gotcha, that makes sense. So you don't have a dedicated machine you could just put Umbrel on?

2024-08-07 09:23:38

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That makes sense. Thanks for the explanation. I assumed it would send and receive

2024-08-07 08:40:54

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Is there an advantage in running your own server? Isn’t there more risk having all your messages routed through it?

2024-08-07 08:13:46

GM #nostr it’s another day and another #proofofharvest
Another 1.75kg, not the best tasting potatoes but they’re home grown and organic.
https://m.primal.net/Jqsd.jpg

2024-08-07 07:51:34

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😂 why are you choosing Proxmox? What’s your goal besides getting Umbrel going?

2024-08-06 23:30:31

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I'm about to hit the hay but if you're still having issues in the morning maybe we can set up some kind of screenshare or chat to get it sorted 👍

2024-08-06 23:29:13

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So you have a VM created in Proxmox already yes?
The screengrab below is from a random YT video. When you click on your VM on the left you and then go to "Hardware" you should see a CD Drive. Double click that to attach the .iso you've downloaded from Umbrel. Restart the VM and then it should boot with the Umbrel ISO
https://m.primal.net/JqWa.png

2024-08-06 23:01:07

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Yeah can't believe they got rid of the web install!

2024-08-06 22:21:38

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No worries. Wish I was still using Proxmox so I could do you some screenshots. I have done Umbrel in a VM on Proxmox before so it's definitely doable!

2024-08-06 21:15:19

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Did you get it working?

2024-08-06 21:15:06

I am speed.
https://m.primal.net/JqQa.png

2024-08-06 16:09:23

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We’re witnessing firsthand the BBC and UK Media turning into a full on propaganda machine

2024-08-06 16:01:20

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PUT THE THUMB DRIVE DOWN. You don’t need it. Download the ISO to your machine. Go to Proxmox UI and add it to the virtual disk drive there

2024-08-06 15:59:17

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In Proxmox UI if you go to your VM there should be an option to mount an .iso to the virtual disk drive

2024-08-06 15:53:18

Sending spicy notes like this and then eating fried chicken for lunch. Whoops 👀
#note1rgn…xget

2024-08-06 15:52:43

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Yeah my wife worked in NHS before finishing to look after the kids. Far too much centralisation and not enough focus on community integration

2024-08-06 15:51:28

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Put the thumb drive down! https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel/wiki/Install-umbrelOS-on-a-Linux-VM

2024-08-06 15:07:43

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@npub12hc…rdp4

2024-08-06 10:07:51

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The NHS is way too bloated now. Needs to be trimmed down. I’m still an advocate of a government run health service but it’s all too unwieldy now

2024-08-06 09:35:33

"NHS soup and shake diet can beat type 2 diabetes"
Or you could just eat as our ancestors did. Cut out the processed rubbish and eat meat, fish, fruits, nuts, seeds, dairy, vegetables.

2024-08-06 08:35:31

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You beauty 🥰🥰

2024-08-06 08:31:46

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GM! This looks exciting

2024-08-06 08:07:22

GM #nostr
Have a good one 👍

2024-08-05 22:11:49

#asknostr
What is the point of adding POW to my notes? I get that it's meant to deter spam but I'm the one writing the note? I read NIP-13 but maybe didn't read it close enough

2024-08-05 22:10:13

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Oh yes, zapping from the hip 24/7

2024-08-05 09:26:23

Anybody have an invite code for me please? 👀
#nostr #plebchain
#note1sy8…qkcs

2024-08-05 08:28:51

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It’s looking almost like nighttime here 😂

2024-08-05 07:47:52

GM #nostr
Looks like Welsh weather is back on the menu!
Have a good day
#plebchain

2024-08-04 19:21:16

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I’m onto you @Mike 👀

2024-08-04 18:59:38

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Legend! I’ll sort that out next couple of days 👍

2024-08-04 07:21:07

“Spiritually it is a blessed thing to leave altogether the shores of sight and feeling, and to say, "Good-by" to inward feelings, cheering providences, signs, tokens, and so forth. It is glorious to be far out on the ocean of divine love, believing in God, and steering for Heaven straight away by the direction of the Word of God. "Blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed"; to them shall be administered an abundant entrance at the last, and a safe voyage on the way.”
- All Of Grace, Charles Surgeon
#Christian #christianity #biblestr

2024-08-04 07:11:01

GM #nostr
“Get outside and get some sunlight for 20 minutes in the morning”
“Get your toes in the grass!”
All good advice.
BUT, I live in Wales.
The clouds hide the sun. The grass is very wet.
Still nice to get some outside time before the kids are up though!
It’s Sunday, go to church, even if you’ve never been before. Jesus wants to meet you.
Have a great day all
#plebchain #outside #sunlight #christian #grownostr

2024-08-03 19:16:25

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That’s just me after eating beans

2024-08-03 19:01:31

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Yeah there’s definitely some killer use cases for it

2024-08-03 18:58:38

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People rave about emacs being able to do everything which may be true. But I’ve never seen it do everything well

2024-08-03 18:57:24

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Wish mine had a clip! Is it a slip joint?

2024-08-03 18:21:55

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It would be legal to own but not carry out in public! UK rules are pretty stupid

2024-08-03 18:13:09

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That’s beautiful!

2024-08-03 16:10:32

Seen some notes on the timeline today about pocket knives. What are you carrying?
Mine: Whitby & Co Kent+
Not a big blade (under 3.5” for legal UK edc) but it covers what I need
https://nostrcheck.me/media/e0f2147718da2820aba4f7d1324fb238a1764c7050a50cb5902655b4503fbb90/5c18ee8576b2ba37f670d669d0f08f2795e1e718c19cc1487d7d7bf30edb2bb9.webp

2024-08-03 14:32:39

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Could be “excess” sleep. Usually happens if I go back to sleep. Between a rock and a hard place. Kids wake up early and I get up with them in the week. Saturday is my “lie in” day to not be just getting 5 hours all week haha

2024-08-03 12:25:48

Anybody else get a headache at the back of the head on Saturday mornings?
Suffered with them for so many years that me and my wife refer to them as my “weekend headache”

2024-08-03 10:09:56

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That was a good read. Will pick the book they reviewed. I think their criticisms of distributism is far, particularly when talking about government intervention.
The last part got me thinking:
“‘How are you going to keep them on the farm/After seeing Paree?’, and I don't think distributivists have a good answer to that.”
I think they do have a good answer and it comes from the incorporation of Catholic social teaching in the dignity of work and working together. Capitalism focuses primarily on economic incentives being the main motivator so overlooks this.

2024-08-03 09:47:20

Gm #nostr #puravida
It’s the weekend after a long week. Hoping to hit the farmers market to get some grass fed beef this morning.
Whatever you’re doing today have a good one 👍

2024-08-02 21:05:15

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https://media.tenor.com/ld5tk9ujuJsAAAAC/doubt-press-x.gif

2024-08-02 20:53:56

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@npub1j0h…w6rf

2024-08-02 12:46:35

Switching to "liking" notes for a day or so instead of zapping. Currently setting up my lightning node 👀

2024-08-01 23:29:10

GN #nostr

2024-08-01 23:09:43

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Sticker idea, "My other car is a LND rover"