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Welcome to my stream of Consciousness. Network Technician for a local ISP. Simple admin for the MyPaint Community Project. Linux Geek, gamer, and hobby artist....yup...that's all folks.... Oh.. btw I run arch ;)
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odysseywestra 6 months ago
Just finished the new album from Nine Inch Nailes for the new Movie Tron:Ares coming out next month. depressing beautiful tracks with a walking beat.
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odysseywestra 6 months ago
Yes! I was able to vibecode with Warp Terminal to create an MCP module for LM studio to use ddgr to run websearches! It even uses python for the base of script. Now I can search all about ducks! Basically what great about this is now I can use a local models to gather information incase I decide to move on from Warp. I currently pay for it, but that might change in the future! When I a chance, I'll share it on a website that I might give code as well too! Still learning the in and outs of using llms, but I'm getting there! @Derek Ross this is fun! I never been much of a coder but thanks to llms, I can scratch an itch if the need demands it!
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odysseywestra 6 months ago
When it comes to running relays, you guys can probably run your own filtered relay. Because if you take a look at a relay called filter.noster.wine, it has a way of aggregating multiple relays and giving you a feed. This is designed to reduce spam on the nostr network and also battery life because it's there's less rela's ones phone has to communicate to. So, if each podcast app has its own relay to handle its own community, then PodcastIndex can just take in those feeds that are submitted and then aggregate them together into a single global feed. Then that way that gives you a central information point, but if you guys go down, each podcaster has their own relay and then can handle their own loads. Just my two cents, still love you guys and I'll bet you do. Go podcasting. View quoted note →
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odysseywestra 6 months ago
I remember the relief of signing the settlement papers — the calls stopped, and I finally had certainty. I owed $24,664.40 and settled for $8,920, paying $518.45/month into escrow for 37 months (~$19,198 total). Debt gone, peace bought — but no assets gained. Then I had a what-if moment. If I had DCA’d $518.45/month into Bitcoin from Nov 2022–Nov 2025, I’d have put in ~$19,182 and accumulated ~0.74 BTC (avg buy ~$25,855). At today’s price, that’s ≈$82,780 — an unrealized gain of ≈$63,600. Enough for a car, truck, or even a solid house down payment. And this is just an average, and not mathing in month spot check, so It's probably off, but still conveys my example. Debt relief has real value, but once I ran the math, I realized the group that “helped” me made about $10K off me. That’s close to just paying the settlement amount directly, except they effectively charged me ~22% credit card fees. I can’t change the past, but I can redirect the lesson: once my final payment is done in Nov, I’ll take that same $518/month and put it into Bitcoin. Playing it safe bought me certainty, but it also cost me big. Over time, Bitcoin’s highs and lows have always trended upward. Lesson: quantify the cost of certainty. Sometimes “playing it safe” costs more than you think. (Clarification: I used an LLM to help summarize and run the numbers, then edited it into my own style. Tools like Duck.ai and Warp Terminal are pretty great tools for this.) @Chris Fisher your welcome to put this in your podcast as a thought experiment. I think that might help some people realize the value of an asset like bitcoin.
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odysseywestra 6 months ago
This wasn't me, but my brother left his really expensive razor gaming phone on the roof of his car and drove off and the poor thing flew a good 10-15 feet and completely shattered both sides of the phone. It was also safe to assume someone ran over it too. To put simply, he was really pissed at himself because those damn phones are expensive. Not to say I either had my fair share of broken phones, but... I don't spend a ton on them. Though, even at my price range(motos), replacing three phones in a single year and now four phones? Yeah, that adds up very quickly. Kids are expensive. View quoted note →
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odysseywestra 6 months ago
I just finished watching a good classic called "Hook". Gosh... They don't make then like they used to. Plus watching it as an adult really puts things into perspective. Anyways watch it if you have the time where ever you get your movies. 😉
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odysseywestra 6 months ago
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odysseywestra 6 months ago
I will riot if Costco ups the price on the $1.50 hotdogs.
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odysseywestra 7 months ago
Okay sending a boost cause I didn't realize my wallet ran out of sats. DERP moment. With regard with the last episode with crush it really resonated with me cause I'm currently using Warp Terminal and Claude to go through all my markdown notes and clean them up. Plus it help me learn how to research and tech it to use ddgr and lynx to breakdown information and give me summaries. It took me about a week though to get the rules tune cause it like trying to guide a toddler. Anyways I'm warming up to the idea of using llms as a tool to solve problems and document work process that I can reference later. Anyways love U guys! 🙃 https://fountain.fm/episode/fkHbiOApLpVIeuvsa3rU View quoted note →
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odysseywestra 7 months ago
@Fountain what happened to the tracklist? I noticed it disappeared with the latest beta? That was the one thing I loved about the app. 🫤