Please post updates on your progress. I switched from Windows to Linux (Debian) for all my server stuff, but my workstation remains Windows 11. I've never tried Linux on the client with a full GUI. As Windows quality gets worse and worse, it's becoming more appealing though. Let me know how it goes!

Thanks man, I'll check it out.

So true! Getting to a point where you're not compelled to work, combined with the knowledge that you can move with your assets if things so south, gets you to 95% on the contentment gauge. Mexican food and Diet Coke fills in another 4%. Displays of wealth barely even register. 1% tops.

Remember when people used to talk about how Bitcoin's price was inexorably tied to growth in the M2 money supply? That was cool. They had colorful charts and whatnot and lots of well-meaning happy face reactions and zaps of approval.

What was the bios setting?

I remember seeing that too. Nostr isn't really a great venue for those who see aspire to be "influencers." The market is just too small. I'm OK with that. I was never big on following influencers anyway.

💯 Yeah, I don't understand the Twitter obsession / resentment. I personally never used Twitter and don't care about it. I have no problem with Nostr remaining a niche product for Bitcoiners, libertarians, and wine makers. I like it here. I enjoy hosting my own relay and bloom server and seeing other nerds building on top of this great little ecosystem.

People who moan about Nostr not capturing Twitter's market share or Bitcoin not overtaking fiat are gonna be in for a life of ongoing disappointment.

Absolutely agree.

Ed Zitron has been covering this for years and I believe he's going to be proven right.

https://www.wheresyoured.at/premium-the-haters-guide-to-the-ai-bubble-3-0/

Love the music. Who made it?

Agreed. Context is everything. Oftentimes, staying silent beats telling the truth. There's no need to tell the fat girl that she's fat, or tell the grizzled war veteran that joining the military was a fool's errand and that he would've been better off dodging the draft -- even though I believe with full conviction that both statements are true.

I've noticed that the need for harsh truth arises in more mundane situations. Like recently, chatting with a fellow diner at a restaurant I frequent:

HIM: I can't believe I got called for jury duty again.

ME: The trick to avoiding jury duty in <our city> is to ignore the summons. Don't call the number on the back. Don't visit the website. Don't show up. Act as though the summons were never received. Six to nine months later you'll get another one. Ignore that one too. The only time you can't ignore it is if it comes via registered mail and even if it does, you do X....

HIM: But we all have a civic duty.

ME: Hard disagree because...<justification>

Now, the guy may come around to my way of thinking with regard to jury duty, or then again, he may respond to the jury summons. But if he's like most people, he'll take my advice, ignore the summons, keep his actions under wraps, but will virtue signal his belief in civic duty when the topic comes up with his friends and family. And that's ok. I told him a harsh truth (as I see it) in a non-confrontational way, and what he does with it is up to him.

I like @MAHDOOD ... He gives off a degenerate gamer vibe if you catch him on the wrong day but has a lot of interesting things to say about philosophy, Bitcoin culture, music, and life in general.

@Scoundrel is an asshole, but he embraces it and enjoys being categorized as such. Unlike most assholes who just try to troll or shock you out of pure spite, he's more thoughtful and I find myself in agreement with his hot takes. I enjoy hating him, if that makes sense.

@Duncan Cary Palmer has Christian content but without the tradcon / patriotic baggage that too frequently accompanies that worldview.