Any one in Chicagoland want a free Tivo Series 2 with a lifetime subscription? Up to five available. Only catch is you pick it up and put it to good use. Just don't want them to tgo to eWaste.

I just made the worst chocolate chip cookies of my life. I substituted in coconut flour for chickpea flour, but I made the mistake of doing it by weight instead of volume. They were way too dry and even adding some oil didn't save them. ⭐⭐Two stars. I'll eat them so they don't go bad. If they scored any lower, I'd pitch them directly in the bin.

Anyone here want to join the US military? I heard they're hiring.

BTC Postage bug report: I. email isn't listed as a required field on the registration page, but it is. II. When email is omitted, no errors are shown. It effectively refreshes the page leaving the user to wonder WTF just happened. Not sure where to send this, but these should go into your issue tracker so they can get fixed.

Not sure where to send feedback for takemysats, but hopefully this message makes it to someone who can put these issues in the backlog. A. pictures can't be uploaded then creating a store B. After adding a product, it took me back to the products page which said I didn't have any products. It updated later, but it was alarming to appear as if it had post all my work (again) C. When it did appear later, it said thenprice was 0 sats (I sure hope not!) D. When adding images, you can drag pictures for the main image (good), but if you drag pictures for variants, it loses all changes and navigates to the file:// of the image. E. My shop didn't show up on the front page with all the other shops F. I can't view my product listing to make sure it shows up properly G. Can't set up fixed-price shipping options without having a BTC postage API key. H. Is the categories section supposed to be blank on the product creation page? If so, why not just remorlve this section until there's something there?

On my mind: sm I a producer? Have I ever been? In the past: I ran a sofware security practice. I provided services, but all the companies I helped produced software (and sometimes hardware). Now: I contribute to many open source projects. I write scripts to make self-hosting easier and repeatable. I make open source hardware, but I don't play salesman, so most people don't know about it. I don't think that really counts without the sales pipeline. It's not making people's lives better if it mostly just sits on the shelf. I feel like I need to partner with a salesperson who can tell people about the cool shit. Not people who don't care about open source tech, but self-hosters who want their life to be easier and/or more secure. Then we cold both go from non-producer to producer.

1 peck of apples: - is a quarter bushel - weighs about 10 lbs - dehydrates down to just under 1.5 lbs In this case, I used Granny Smith apples from my local orchard. No acid or other anti-browning ingredients, no preservatives, just apples. Costs: - 3 hours on my time - $20 in apples - $1.5 in power - $1 in gas money - some wear & tear on the dehydrator And that's why I only make them for me and my household instead of trying to sell them. People who want dehydrated apples can either make them themselves or pay $1.50-2.50/oz. Even at minimum wage, my costs would be $2.81/oz. I do it because they're delicious, and I want to be more self sufficient. I'd be able to make these without supply chains, a motor vehicle, or even electricity if it came down to it. I do buy the el cheapo apples from the supermarket sometimes, and that makes it a little cheaper, but I also want to make sure my local orchard stays in business. So I'll make mine and you can make yours. 🙂😋 Like tips & pics about dehydrating? Encourage me to post things like this more often. 🤙 #prepper #prepping #homestead #homesteading #DIY #food #dehydrated #apples

Tonight, we ball

@kidwarp Do you set an alarm clock to wake up at a particular time every day?

Unsolicited feedback about @beejay Her jerky is good and she has good support after the sale. Story time. A while back I bought some jerky from her, mainly to support a fellow midwesterner who is actually making things. My Nostr DMs never received, but I placed an order by email and that worked fine. When it arrived, I wanted to share it with the household, but someone here has food alergies and an ingredient was "soy sauce". Uh oh. Does it have BHT, disodium EDTA, MSG? No idea. But I hit up beejay and had an answer within minutes. None of that junk was in there. Just real food. So we all got to enjoy the snack. I'm usually very cost concious, so I go for the least expensive option at the grocery store, which is a fraction of the cost of handmade jerky. But if you want the high end stuff, try beejay. She's the real deal.