schnardski
Schnard

Yes, switched from Umbrel on a Pi. Runs natively on X86 hardware which is more plentiful than Pi’s at the moment. Installing the relay gave me the nudge to get on Nostr.

2023-04-11 20:45:43 UTC

There goes the 10% discount I got for buying Saif’s new book with Bitcoin.

2023-04-09 05:19:10 UTC

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My initial research indicates a low earth orbit satellite costs about $250,000, about the same as a 5G cell tower in the US. There are currently about 325,000 5G cell towers in the USA, not sure about the entire planet. Starlink thinks they can complete their network with 42,000 satellites.

2023-04-09 05:07:40 UTC

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This won’t be settled until someone does the math. My money is on the low earth orbit satellites being far cheaper than the wire and the labor associated with placing it, along with cell towers. Wired infrastructure is way more labor intensive. Musk’s cell phones will communicate directly with his satellites. They won’t need a Starlink dish.

2023-04-09 04:41:53 UTC

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I just dug into the river gear and pulled out my propane blaster. It’ll put out 65000 btu, sounds like a jet engine. Almost melted the skillet.

2023-04-09 04:37:12 UTC

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Just did some heart burgers and tongue burgers. Down to the end of the cow so I did 1/3 organ meat, 1/3 least desirable beef cuts, and 1/3 fat. Safeway sold me a 14 lb bag for $7. This was my first time eating those organs. I’m a new fan. Still have difficulty with liver.

2023-04-09 04:06:43 UTC

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https://nostr.build/i/nostr.build_326099a24508a1e09bca3694c141d732fdd635467a869e9b74cafc2391d9fd04.jpg
Tonights dinner… same technique.

2023-04-09 03:53:05 UTC

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Just ordered. This was officially my first purchase using bitcoin and lightning.

2023-04-09 03:23:33 UTC

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I was able to block it on Damus.

2023-04-09 03:16:38 UTC

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There are large high-end residential developments with multi-acre lots in metro Denver that cannot get Comcast to bring in cable service and thus are relegated to 15 mbps ADSL tech for internet. The reason is the population density in that development will never allow Comcast to recover the cost of wired infrastructure. This basic concept applies all over the world.

2023-04-09 02:46:20 UTC

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In the interest of full disclosure, my company’s bread and butter was providing wired residential infrastructure, also Starlink. Issue are significantly different once you leave the city.

2023-04-09 02:18:23 UTC

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I’m referring to the billions who are not online.

2023-04-09 00:56:42 UTC

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How was it?

2023-04-09 00:54:12 UTC

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No, we’re not going back to wires and trains. If wired infrastructure were economically feasible it would already be there.

2023-04-08 23:48:13 UTC

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Boomer in the room grew up on this.

2023-04-08 17:56:14 UTC

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For a group of 100 users, $5 buy-in ea for hardware costs and $1 a month for the service.

2023-04-08 14:58:37 UTC

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One Starlink dish can provide access to the Lightning Network for an entire village.

2023-04-08 14:55:31 UTC

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Think private, independent, Tesla Phone network. No expensive hardware required.

2023-04-07 19:06:39 UTC

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I retired last year, sold my home in CO, and moved to the White Mountains of AZ. I think that was trip number 7 for me.

2023-04-07 19:04:50 UTC

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🤣

2023-04-07 17:43:00 UTC

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That is Lava Falls Rapid, a class 9 on the Grand Canyon 10 scale and the fastest moving navigable water in North America at some 25 mph. That’s me at the tiller of my purpose made 26’ whitewater motor rig. Thanks for the warm welcome. I’ve never seen anything like this in social media.

2023-04-07 17:34:10 UTC

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Lol

2023-04-07 17:32:31 UTC

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Thanks!

2023-04-06 15:07:12 UTC

Boomer in the room. Patience please.