BlueBoar
Blue Boar

False, both my degrees were paid for by the Army and GI Bill. always try to use someone else's money. My Masters classmates were overall above average but most were not to the level of being called smart. Mostly they were good at concocting word salads.

2024-04-28 05:11:19

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I've done a little bit over the years, a couple of times with my kids. A breadboard kit with some LEDs and resistors is a great way to get started for 4-7 year olds. Older kids might be able to handle soldering and/or programming a micro.
Check out adafruit.com they have a lot of beginner friendly kits and projects most of them have tutorials to go with the kits.
https://www.adafruit.com/explore/beginners-gift-guide-100-or-less

2023-12-16 05:43:16

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good luck! how long are you planning on?

2023-12-15 05:02:59

Today was my last day at my employer of 7 years. One of my favorite shenanigans was to post absurd notices to the break room bulletin board, and then listen to the plant gossip about it. Here is my favorite one.
#grownostr #officepranks #humor
https://m.primal.net/HTtn.jpg

2023-11-23 15:42:46

gm, Happy Thanksgiving.
Starting off with sourdough pumpkin cinnamon rolls and scrambled eggs.
https://m.primal.net/HRDZ.jpg

2023-11-20 03:32:06

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Any chance she can share the pattern? Asking for my wife.

2023-11-19 22:37:41

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Well done!
As a husband to a knitter you might appreciate this song.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CW78OuAh88g

2023-11-11 00:33:41

I'm going to #asknostr because I don't know who else to ask.
When using a hack saw to cut steel do you oil the blade/workpiece?
I always use some sort of lubricant when drilling holes through metal but never really thought about doing the same when cutting. I was working on a small project that required cutting and then drilling a piece of 3/4" bar steel and it pictured to me that perhaps oiling the cut might prolong the life of the saw.
#metalworking #welding #welder #metalworker #grownostr

2023-11-07 14:32:25

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Need a mobile app

2023-10-20 07:51:18

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Memento Mori. 💀

2023-09-29 17:39:06

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one paid, 8 top random, plus my own that only works about half the time. I will get that last one straightened out eventually.

2023-09-16 19:08:46

***BREAKING***
My wife went to target to get three things and came back with only those three things!
#dadlife #marriage #grownostr

2023-09-13 16:27:51

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You can also try nostryfied. It allows you to rebroadcast your events to major relays and keep them all on the same page. It also lets you download a backup of all your events.
https://nostryfied.online/
N.B. the backup downloads as a .js file which is flagged as potentially malicious by some browsers so you may have to go through some extra steps versus a regular download.

2023-09-05 23:14:55

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#grownostr

2023-08-30 01:38:32

This piece is called "Love Note to Mommy" by 4YO Anon. Medium is watercolor on veneer.🤣
The artist had this too say; "I just, I just, didn't want it to be brown".
Thankfully it was only watercolor and easily cleaned up.
#grownostr #parenting #dadlife
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/b4578aa342fddf3ef48cdb5c792f66a23c56144b371bb8c3b706be6cded483dd.jpg

2023-08-26 02:41:02

One benefit of this massive heat wave also known as summer is sun dried tomatoes. I grew more than we could eat but not enough to bother canning. 4 days outside, inside at night, a lemon juice rinse at the end, then packed in olive oil.
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/18c246bd1401346d41e8d81429fe41d3c052461302787ab79c9c5f008605e31b.jpg
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/bc937aab8a1ba330772f2e15ebbe1a0a9f9cc497a3bba224a93699f896a7aa68.jpg
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/ac4d36b839e5763c9b70bcd0692a81c342ea86f18d797c4c69d1f95c6d58386f.jpg

2023-08-13 18:54:13

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C
Also please enable zoom for pictures, had to change clients to see the example.

2023-08-11 17:09:29

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This list almost broke my brain, who organizes a list from west to east? Then I saw it was created by AI and it makes some sense but it makes me wonder where it scraped the data from.

2023-08-09 19:47:54

I turned 41 today. Since 41 is a prime number and primes have always fascinated me, I thought I'd share some prime related information:
41 is the 13th prime number and 13 is a prime
41 is a Pythagorean prime (the long side of a right triangle with integer sides)
Today is the 221st day of the year 2023 neither 221 or 2023 are prime but 221 is the product of two primes (13 & 17) making it a biprime number
2023 is the product of three primes (7, 17, & 17) making it a triprime number and coincidently 7+17+17 = 41.
I've been married for 17 years and in my current job for 7 so all in all you could say I'm in the prime of my life.
Thank you for indulging my math geek-out.
#math #mathstr

2023-08-06 16:48:46

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Most of the time when I read to my children I doze off and one of them has to tug on my beard, I didn't with this book because the storyline was engaging and moved along at a good pace, and there were just enough pictures to let me rest my voice before continuing on. Also, it was nice to read about a much more innocent time in a place not far from where my ancestors came from.
The kids liked the characters and setting, a family with 4 children and a dog in 1930's rural Ireland. They let me do voices which they also liked. The misadventures they get into are hilarious and are the result of childhood innocence not mean spirited like a lot of newer books.

2023-08-06 05:54:25

I just finished reading "The Cottage at Bantry Bay" to my kids. I would highly recommend it as a read aloud. My 4, 6, 10, and 13 year old all loved it, the infant wasn't much of a fan but he's a bit of a barbarian.
I would not recommend attempting to read the whole book in an Irish brogue, though you might be tempted to, you'll end up hoarse for three days after. If you just stick to the dialogue your voice should recover the next day but even without the accent the kids will still enjoy it.
#grownostr #bookstr #homeschool #parenting
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/e91b75ce211536850cb3e4b3f748fa452e4507470144120dfbf9a125e593f2e8.jpg

2023-08-01 22:20:19

Can someone explain to me the argument for denominating Bitcoin in bits (.000001 BTC) vs sats (.00000001 BTC)? I can't find a logical discussion anywhere just a bombastic jerk on twitter who keeps advocating for it and want to know more.
#Bitcoin #asknostr

2023-07-29 01:58:00

Pro tip: don't use Little Caesars to teach your kids fractions.
#dadlife #grownostr #homeschool
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/8ac7ca9d77ece3d125657b83b1135b7074a593ed54008c29de51f443daeefb3c.jpg

2023-07-28 15:24:17

GM Nostr, trying to drink my coffee but my son is exploring the mysteries of light. Half-formed morning coffee thoughts, I saw this yesterday; "Homeschooling is just parenting. We were outsourcing parenting to government so long, we forgot."
I definitely agree it just makes me think that government only exists to remove responsibility from individuals so it can have power over them.
#grownostr #coffeechain #homeschooling
https://cdn.nostr.build/i/92b10940ed98898ef45defb314586c12b2fbda4998cf1b7586e643d26996dc94.jpg

2023-07-26 19:11:46

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https://cdn.nostr.build/i/09e20c19b92c4c70db9c73c2620939790466f5bdff1cedd2af001a935084ce36.jpg

2023-07-26 04:56:38

Sometimes Fatherly Serendipity strikes...
I had just given my son his probiotic which involves pulling a gel-cap apart. When I put the bottle back in the fridge I noticed a fly that had been trapped in the fridge and was moving very slowly. I quickly but gingerly snatched up the fly and put it in the gel-cap.
At bedtime I sang the song about the old lady that swallowed the fly. As we finished I asked them how they think she managed to swallow a fly, "After all, they are very fast and hard to catch let alone swallow." After letting them think on it for a minute, I deftly produced the gel-cap from my pocket and proclaimed to their astonishment, "This is how she swallowed the fly!" The 4 and 6 year old were amazed the 10 year old was revolted, the 13 year rolled her eyes. My beautiful bride refused to play the part of the old lady.
They still don't know how I managed to get a fly into a gel-cap, as far as they know I am a wizard.
#grownostr #dadjokes #dadlife #random
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2023-07-26 03:55:43

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The fold app, I've been spinning the wheel there since all they had were gift cards. They still have a daily spin for free. Plus you get 20,000 sats to sign up
https://use.foldapp.com/r/BLUEBOAR
If the THNDR games get boring, the ZBD app has games by other developers that pay sats also.
Not an app but freebitco.in let's you spin every hourand get 2 sats
https://freebitco.in/?r=46772624

2023-07-14 03:38:30

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I've noticed the same on Android, have to go through a complicated procedure to get it to fill in the feed with everything. I just switched to amethyst and primal for the time being. It might have something to do with the default relays but I haven't messed with it too much.

2023-07-10 20:10:33

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Bitcoin preserves your life energy
tying into the blue orbs analogy for life energy

2023-07-07 20:05:57

Trying out #ZBD for Nostr I think I'll give it a couple of weeks and see how it goes.

2023-07-02 04:44:09

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Same, that's why she insists we schedule our family vacations for this week and go as far from civilization as we can. Unfortunately we have a 3 month old so we must endure living in warzone🙄

2023-06-04 04:29:32

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Didn't think of that, but based on how the chickens hit'em I'm not surprised.

2023-06-03 15:58:27

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https://nostr.build/i/c546fa1d53f2dcc808c235d1b4ae4ae16db2d8aa3102839b45ec9fe222d5d6b7.jpg
Don't forget this green frog is also a white supremacist GM frens

2023-06-03 05:11:35

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https://nostr.build/i/ffbedff599f2922de5b8bc470450e4246257b7050c0616f486f4a5dee7827cab.jpg
Ctrl + F5 or whatever will hard refresh/ clear cache on a page on your browser, then open the Alby extension and click enable now. Hard refresh again and you should be good to go.

2023-06-01 21:36:50

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That sounds difficult, I'll pray for you and yours, for wisdom, strength and fortitude.

2023-06-01 02:49:25

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Yep, can confirm they're definitely sweeter than candy. My kids love them. I guess I'll have to take Nick Ferguson's course.

2023-05-28 03:20:55

https://nostr.build/i/b73f86f7038b3bbfae38472895354d0f615082a134853261bd8141a43035107d.jpg
Tried my hand at grilling on a flat top. It's not a Blackstone but a lot cheaper and does the trick. Beef from my sister's ranch in Haskell, OK. Mostly grass fed, they had to supplement a little due to the drought but still better than grocery store beef.
#grownostr #beef #food #BeefIntelligence

2023-05-25 20:18:04

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Shoot, I didn't realize they were doing a sale today. They really need to do a better job of communicating sales ahead of time. 😀

2023-05-25 17:42:45

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What app are you using for this?

2023-05-18 04:32:37

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Unstoppable is a strong word I'd say resilient, but for different reasons than Bitcoin.
With Bitcoin each full node contains the record of all previous transactions that have been broadcast to the network. So one node could reconstitute the blockchain if something happened to all the rest of the network.
With Nostr each relay only contains notes that have been broadcast to it directly. The protocol does not specify cross talk between Relays (though it could happen if a relay operator wanted to). It is possible if you only subscribe to one relay and something happens to that relay for your notes to be lost. But if you subscribe to multiple relays then you are protected because you have backups. Nostr's resilience is twofold; your key pair and the siloed nature of each relay. Provided your key pair is secure you can't be impersonated. Anyone wanting to censor you would have to know all your subscribed relays or intervene physically.
Sorry for the long response I just find it all really interesting and that was the most concise I could be

2023-05-16 20:15:10

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Yes, you can. On Iris; go to Settings, Network, and then select the relays that you want to post to. Anyone you give access to could rebroadcast the notes to a larger set of relays. So it's only as private as your trusted circle.
You could also just DM yourself and it would be encrypted.
https://nostr.build/i/302473ad99da291f1927799391df8ed338cc7561e8432e7007b08003fd61d767.jpg

2023-05-12 05:03:44

Kids are funny. it's 77 degrees in the house, the 4 y.o. insists on long sleeve pajamas and covers despite running around without a shirt all day. The 6 y.o. was wearing two dresses and tights all day but now wants short sleeves and no covers.
#parenting #grownostr

2023-05-11 04:32:28

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Pray God!

2023-05-08 02:01:27

https://nostr.build/i/9855264ead4410c41234141b81926f18290838d8fad283d5e7d8e86a33160bc2.jpg
Question for those who have grown Jerusalem Artichokes. Are these little guys edible? I grew some last year and didn't harvest any because other things came up. This spring some came up a little beyond where I wanted them, when I pulled them out these two tubers came up. I figure they are edible so maybe a better question is are they palatable at this point in the year. Thanks
#grownostr #perennials #gardening

2023-05-03 05:22:47

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🤔 it's possible to just publish a note to an account that no one follows it's not private but if it's just raw data, no PII, it isn't really a concern. I could also try sending myself a DM and see if the data is easily extractable. I'll have to see if i can get it to run on a small microcontroller.
Thanks, I feel a little like a hammer in search of a nail but who knows I might come up with a good use case.

2023-05-03 02:43:52

So I spent some time today playing with how to create a python script to post events automatically. I didn't really have a goal in mind just wanted to tinker under the hood.
Other than posting temperatures or the price of Bitcoin I couldn't think of a proper use for such a bot, any ideas from the grownostr community?
#grownostr #python #programming

2023-04-15 00:42:32

My Bride birthed our 5th child this morning, a healthy boy. So many thoughts going through my head, mostly just grateful for the gift of another life to steward.
#grownostr #Godisgood #gratitude
https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_a8690c292a09058e8ff3e2c3111bacea32098a10befc4cdc461cf581a2648f7a.jpg