If you have to ask permission (to the bank or government) to move YOUR own money, then who really owns the money?

“We must all suffer from one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.” -Jim Rohn

In the original TMNT issues 1 & 2 (1984) you can see some super cool books in Splinter’s bookshelf: - Tao of Jeet Kune Do, Bruce Lee. - The Book of Five Rings, Miyamoto Musashi - The Ninja, Eric Van Lustbader - The way things work, David Macaulay - The enormous egg, Oliver Butterworth - Dune, Frank Herbert Good things don’t age. I will definitely add them to my list.

These are membrillos (Cydonia oblonga, quince), tasted like a hard apple. Found a merchant near lake Chapala in Guadalajara, Mexico. Unfortunately they didn’t take Bitcoin. Yet. If you see them, give them a try!

I stopped using #Figma for like a year and now that I’m using it again I see f*in Adobe owns it. WTF. Why can’t we have nice things? I’ll even pay more for it just to keep the small players in the game. Moving to something else, like #Pendot

Went to the @PUBKEY in NYC with a friend, by recommendation of @™. Pretty cool place. Had a couple hotdogs and a couple sides with cocktails. Paid with Bitcoin, orange pilled my friend and got some very cool swag. The bartenders were great. Sats well spent.

Visiting NYC after a few months. Anything Nostr/Bitcoin related going on in the next few days?

VectorLinux (Slackware) was the first Linux distribution I used. It was the _only_ one compatible with our family’s only computer at the time. It was a pentium MMX 166MHz. Can’t remember the brand. But it was a black, heavy, sturdy and beautiful beast. The monitor seated on top of the horizontal chasis. You could hear the insect-like noise from the mechanical hard drive. The speakers were integrated in the monitor. Every single distro I tried, crashed on kernel panic error. It was a long and tedious process because I had to download the ISO file (over slow dial-up, I think it was 128 or 256Kbps), burn it to a CD at slow speed (otherwise it wouldn’t read it), and finally boot it… only to see it crash. Then I would go find a different distro and repeat the process. There was no google back then. Only forums filled with other enthusiasts like me. Then, like magic, VectorLinux worked out of the box. And it was fast.

Dear traveler: When a big company engages in philanthropy, it might seem like something good and positive, as it benefits many sectors: health, education, social programs, real state, arts and culture. But if you know where to look, you’ll find that there are other, usually darker motives that tend to cause more harm than good. Why would a very wealthy entity do philanthropy in these very specific sectors? Why not just give it to charity? Are they doing it just for social responsibility, legacy and reputation? Financial benefits? Or power and Influence? Maybe consolidating a monopoly? The devil is in the details, as they say.

My cat friend breaking the 4th wall.

Oh I didn’t know Strike was a KYC wallet. Keep this in mind before funding your account, as they won’t let you touch your Bitcoin until you dox yourself. This little maneuver costed me 100 sats. Deleting account and removing app shortly.

“Is my reality someone else’s dream?” Perception, you see, is a curious affair, As individual as a breath of fresh air. What we perceive may differ, from soul to soul, A kaleidoscope of perspectives that extol. But fear not, dear seeker, for there is no test, To determine if reality is a dream, at best. Embrace the moments, both surreal and clear, For life’s mystery is what makes it endear.

Interesting, cool story. I didn’t know “Pura Vida” was a Mexican movie from 1955 that inspired the popular phrase in Costa Rica. A phrase I barely hear anywhere else. Ticos adopted it and owned it for good🤙🏻

Today is a good time to remember

Motherfucking Website

Where the author explains, very eloquently, the current state of bloated web applications.

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given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow - Eric S. Raymond in “The Cathedral and the Bazaar”

The Cathedral and the Bazaar

My third book

Low-tech evening is good for the programmer’s soul.

Got another Apollo BTC miner from Futurebit. Running on solar. It’s not much but it’s honest work 💪🏻

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“If you owe the bank a hundred thousand dollars, the bank owns you. If you owe the bank a hundred million dollars, you own the bank.” —American Proverb