PeterK
Peter K

Software engineer, outdoor enthusiast, occasional ham radio operator, aspiring hunter and homesteader, bitcoiner, neopagan druid, used to race sailboats, too many hobbies to list. Based in Northern Virginia. I don't like, only zap.

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NIP-05 Address

peterk@kahlilia.org

NIP-57 Address

crimsonstingray3@primal.net

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2024-11-17 18:11:32

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#note1hy4…6gz8

2024-11-17 16:39:14

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Fair. Just be convenient for me to run that way.

2024-11-17 16:20:09

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It's really too bad they took away the docker option. Do you happen to know why?

2024-11-17 15:50:56

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Sure, but that wasn't the question. The question was "why does the Canadian version have less artificial ingredients than the American version?"
But they can't just leave it at that. They have to use a rhetorical trick to make you think the question was different, then prove that the question that wasn't asked was leading you to a false conclusion.
This was the NY Times "Fact Checking" RFK Jr., in case you care.

2024-11-13 17:14:39

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I'll try to make it, but no promises since I'm dealing with anminor medical thing that may keep me away. I was thinking about picking up another Meshtastic device, and was going to reach out to you to that anyway.

2024-09-25 02:38:54

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What do you hope to learn or gain from that meditation?

2024-09-25 01:15:07

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That can certainly be a form of meditation.

2024-09-25 00:38:16

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Stupid keyboard screwed that up pretty bad 🤣
But why would I need to meditate 🧘‍♂️ about that? If something like that happened. I'm pretty cool with it.

2024-09-25 00:32:47

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Eh, i wouldn't know if they did. I live inside the blast radius of a major target, so I'd be dead before I knew.

2024-09-25 00:26:08

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Eh, that depends on you. I meditate using old AnglicAnglican discursive medmeditation techniques but you may do something different. I almost said, "that sounds like something you should discuss with your therapist," which has the same meaning in my head, but I thought that could seem mean, and I didn't want to.

2024-09-25 00:04:04

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I'm showing 399 for you in Amethyst, 367 in Primal and 0(?!?) In Iris, all Android apps.
Also, you do realize that people could choose to unfollow you, right? I end up pruning my follows pretty regularly.

2024-09-18 16:18:57

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Not 100%, but yes. I have retina scarring that makes it more likely, and there was no other cause.

2024-09-18 16:06:33

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Yep, not how i hoped it would go.

2024-09-18 15:14:43

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I suspect you replied to the wrong note.

2024-09-18 15:12:31

Vacation did not go as planned. I flew to France to go hiking, but suffered a detached retina on the flight over. Got a good diagnosis as soon as I landed, then flew back home and had surgery.
Today's one week post-op, I'm still functionally blind in my left eye, but nost of my restrictions are gone, and it should get better as the gas bubble dissipates.
On the plus side, this sudden change of plans required me to reach out to friends for help, which isn't something I do a lot, and they came through with all the help I needed, which is a good reminder that, for lack of a better word, I am loved.
#grownostr #hike #accidental-staycation #deep-thoughts

2024-09-06 17:44:47

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I've grabbed a few to watch later, but the ones I did are documentaries, not something I can just stop and watch at work.
And I'm not going to comment on something I haven't seen.

2024-09-06 16:44:24

@nprofile…pyug in #amethyst when I'm at the top of the conversation screen and scroll up (accidentally, but like I'm trying to load more messages) it hides a bunch of notes. Is this some feature I don't understand, or a bug? The only way I've figured out to undo it is force quit and reload.

2024-09-06 03:55:58

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I have several coworkers who got reassessed by the VA recently and ended up with a higher %, one after another. It even sounds like it wasn't that terrible to deal with, though that's second hand. Do with it what you will.

2024-09-06 01:26:24

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Heh. You have plenty of time. I'm in my 50's and while I've been programming since high school, I'm still learning. It's shifted a little bit from trying to learn the cool new thing because it's cool, to trying to learn the cool new thing because it's cool and so my brain doesn't shrivel up and make it hard to learn.
But anyone in their 30's can get to the point of making money coding unless they're just bad at it, or don't make the effort.

2024-09-06 01:18:19

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Yep. It's kinda Zen, you fight with the compiler and fight with the compiler , then eventually let go and the compiler starts working with you instead of against you.
I may be a little buzzed myself.
Problem is, my day job is in other languages, so I keep repeating that cycle.

2024-09-06 01:10:00

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I'm not sure I l'd say it's a fast moving target, but if you know code like most people know code, it takes something of a brain shift.
So I'd say buzzed is a better way to tackle rust than drunk.

2024-09-06 00:56:40

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I don't have friends in chat, just acquaintances. But I'll take the hint.

2024-09-06 00:43:44

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Did your boomer do something?

2024-09-06 00:35:24

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🤔

2024-09-05 22:19:54

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https://youtu.be/t2c-X8HiBng?si=Zlx0N2va-wbQW3Oe
I did.

2024-09-05 22:15:29

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Who missed out on their pop culture now?

2024-09-05 21:38:47

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That was primal on android, but the first one was amethyst. I switch back and forth a lot.

2024-09-05 21:37:08

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or maybe it's just the client I'm using, I guess.

2024-09-05 21:36:13

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gah, I did it wrong again. @npub1el3…l27r not @marie (no offense). That'll teach me not to get snarky.

2024-09-05 21:34:59

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Sorry, looks like I missed a space. It was supposed to be @npub1el3…l27r
Both you and @npub1rvy…pk3p pretty well knew it was about one of you, but couldn't be bothered to look up your own npub and compare? Where's the proof of work in that?

2024-09-05 21:29:46

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Sorry, missed a space l. Was supposed to be @nprofile…23d6

2024-09-05 17:05:57

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Isn't that what I said?

2024-09-05 14:20:17

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It's doing it to everyone. Probably just mute it?

2024-09-04 20:51:50

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🤷‍♀️ I don't make the rules.

2024-09-04 20:25:56

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And I say again, why so judgemental?

2024-09-04 20:24:27

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Yeah so someone who presents as an innocent little girl into what you're calling a boomer is TERRIFYING.

2024-09-04 20:00:25

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I'm going to need to buy a new dryer soon, and I'm dreading it.

2024-09-04 19:54:27

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Why so judgemental? 😉 I spend as much time with her as I can, but sometimes I need to get away and recharge.

2024-09-04 19:43:07

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Let me try again.
https://image.nostr.build/422be3ebbf0cbb866d4f53a9911edf3f7c24962219d08eac1366fc4af234b0ed.jpg

2024-09-04 18:34:30

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Ok, so bring lots of clean water (probably lots more than you think you'll need) but you don't need water filtration. You don't have to worry about weight overall, so bring what you want, but think about what to carry with you. bring something waterproof (rain jacket/pants, but a plastic poncho or even trash bag will work in a pinch) and basically never leave camp without at least one extra warm layer, just in case. If your feet ever give you problems, bring way more socks than you think you need. towels to leave in the vehicle. camp towels are nice, but with the car right there, no need. First aid kit. tons more, but that's my first thoughts.

2024-09-04 18:26:10

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Very much depends on where and how. Are you backpacking or just setting up camp and going for day hikes? Hiking hours from the vehicles, or are they right there?

2024-09-04 18:00:08

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Because I don't like any posts, only zap. And many of your posts are just pop culture videos, and I rarely have time or interest in watching those.

2024-09-04 17:52:28

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Yes, I see your posts and don't hit like.

2024-09-04 17:12:38

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Them, and within reason. Freezing your balls for a bit, not getting frostbite on them.

2024-09-04 17:11:52

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I suspect that's good for then, too.

2024-09-04 16:50:37

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manipulative person and live happily together don't mix.

2024-09-04 16:22:46

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Sus

2024-09-04 16:17:15

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I suspect what you really want is a sugar daddy.

2024-09-04 16:09:34

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Sure, you have the right to be wrong all you want.

2024-09-04 15:41:44

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Hate to tell you, but if they're no more than 60, they're not a boomer.

2024-09-03 21:41:31

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Oh, no, I'm hiking with friends, just not my girlfriend. But actually, 2 weeks alone sounds like heaven to me.

2024-09-03 19:33:10

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Oh, she's not going, she's not much of a hiker.

2024-09-03 19:31:50

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And now I'm putting my phone away and getting back to work.

2024-09-03 19:31:01

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Ah, nice. We'll likely be surprisingly close to each other. My hike ends at the Mediterranean.

2024-09-03 19:26:47

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Nice. What's a meditation zone? Or do you just mean state of mind?
I'm going to be doing my own form of meditation. I'm going hiking for 2 weeks. Should be fun, relaxing, but hard.

2024-09-03 19:20:11

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Yes, thanks for asking, no longer on call at work, and my girlfriend is coming back in town tonight, so it's going well.
If I'm acting weird it's probably that my mind is going a mile a minute trying to finish work stuff while I prep for a trip this weekend.
How about you, how are you doing?

2024-09-03 19:11:06

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Because I neither know nor care? Reverse image search is interesting, however.

2024-09-03 17:18:50

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Why aren't you worried about posting someone else's picture this time?

2024-09-02 21:29:22

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Is the experience of being a woman on here really that bad?

2024-09-02 21:22:15

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Eh, I don't follow that logic. Are you saying they were paying you to be obvious about pretending to be someone you're not?

2024-09-02 21:02:01

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Does it make you feel better to say this?

2024-09-02 16:50:05

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Would Electrum Server be a jumping off point for this sort of thing? I haven't looked at it in detail, but it seems like it's trying to accomplish much the same thing, though with less constrained bandwidth.

2024-09-02 01:30:51

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Ah, great, then I guess we're in agreement.
Have a great night, and thanks for the wonderful conversation!

2024-09-02 01:16:52

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Hum. So to you self-denial means giving up the ego? Or is it simpler than that, just realizing that you aren't the center of the universe? That is a form of exercise that makes giving up the ego easier, so it's something I try to do.

2024-09-02 00:32:51

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Ah, so are you using "giving up" as letting go of the ego? I don't like the term "self-denial", but I think I get what you're getting at.
The thing is, I don't think we give up the ego once and for all, but only in moments, much like non-thinking during (eastern) meditation.
The thing I don't know is if you are using this as an excuse for not making steps today to improve your life today. If so, stop. 😁
BTW, does your name come from Discordia, or just coincidence?

2024-09-01 23:41:49

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Can you explain that more? To me, giving up would just be keeping doing what you've always done, while making a change, even in mindset is taking action.

2024-09-01 23:27:01

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Give up? I read it exactly the opposite. Take control. Maybe I'm mixing my stoicism with my Erisian Mysterees, but it's saying to give up on what you don't control, and take control of what you do. Which pretty much consists on what takes place between your ears, the echoing void of your own little pocket dimension.

2024-09-01 23:04:19

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OK, I think I'll add that to my catmas. This whole conversation caused me to pull down my copy of the Principia Discordia from the shelf and re-read my favorite passage:
A SERMON ON ETHICS AND LOVE
One day Mal-2 asked the messenger spirit Saint Gulik to approach the Goddess and request Her presence for some desperate advice. Shortly afterwards the radio came on by itself, and an ethereal female Voice said YES?
"O! Eris! Blessed Mother of Man! Queen of Chaos! Daughter of Discord! Concubine of Confusion! O! Exquisite Lady, I beseech You to lift a heavy burden from my heart!"
WHAT BOTHERS YOU, MAL? YOU DON'T SOUND WELL.
"I am filled with fear and tormented with terrible visions of pain. Everywhere people are hurting one another, the planet is rampant with injustices, whole societies plunder groups of their own people, mothers imprison sons, children perish while brothers war. O, woe."
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH THAT, IF IT IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO?
"But nobody Wants it! Everybody hates it."
OH. WELL, THEN STOP.
At which moment She turned herself into an aspirin commercial and left The Polyfather stranded alone with his species.
(copied from the online version at https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tilt/principia/body.html)

2024-09-01 22:52:01

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Sorry, I'm trying to stay away from processed meats.

2024-09-01 22:41:01

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I'll defer to you, as I don't really know, but if one were only eating fat and protein, so taking in almost no carbs to be broken down into sugar, wouldn't you be skipping the sugar step?

2024-09-01 22:38:19

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Nothing at all, Eris is a Greek goddess of discord and strife. She started the Trojan war.
She's also the patron of Discordianism, which is often termed either a joke disguised as a religion, or the other way around. Nobody's really sure. I'm not really a Discordian anymore, but I have a lot of fondness for her.

2024-09-01 22:33:11

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Technically not true. If you go into ketosis, you end up burning ketones instead. It's hard, but possible.

2024-09-01 22:29:25

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Living up to your namesake, I see.

2024-09-01 22:07:55

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Yes, and status: good. And I also successfully sent a zap through it just over an hour ago. My lightning node is on TOR, if that matters.
It's not a super high priority for me, so I don't mind just trying again occasionally, but I was curious if there was something obvious I was doing wrong.

2024-09-01 21:39:36

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Oh, I already have an (outbound) channel with Olympus. Could that be the problem?

2024-09-01 21:16:47

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Purchase Channels button in-app always returns "Did not receive response for server".
Anything I should look about? The button's always either red or orange, is that typical?

2024-09-01 20:57:02

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How does that interact with things like Gossip that try to calculate a minimal relay set? Seems like it will make the difference between clients that use that idea and those that don't less significant.

2024-09-01 19:25:40

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My father used to refer to himself as 28(letter). Using that logic, I'm 28v, and I don't know what I'm going to do in 5 years.
Or, you could embrace your inner geek and say you're 24 (in hexadecimal numbers). People do tend to look at you funny when you go from 29 to 2A, though.

2024-09-01 17:30:13

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Eh, they weren't that subtle. But I realize it's also possible that I simply missed an more clear statement. I go weeks without looking at nostr sometimes.

2024-09-01 17:08:50

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Wow, congratulations! That makes some of your other cryptic comments make a lot of sense!

2024-08-31 01:42:03

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Ah, cool. I was guessing snake, and wondering if it was one HUGE snake skin, or many. I assume more than one shedding? I have very little experience with them, despite dragon sitting for a couple of weeks a couple of years ago. The only shedding that one was doing was on it's head, and it was coming off in smaller sections.
And yes, I'm ignoring your question. 😇

2024-08-31 01:05:00

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Last I checked (Woodbridge, VA, and it has been a while) the one near me didn't take walk-in business. So best to check before you go.

2024-08-31 01:00:30

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Not the kind of skin I expect from you, but cool.
One, or many?

2024-08-30 17:51:21

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I certainly wouldn't complain, but maybe try just posting about regular stuff in your life.

2024-08-30 01:40:37

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Doesn't mean you can let your guard down on letting your own algorithm steal your attention (he says 40 minutes after he was supposed to put his phone down and read before bed...)

2024-08-29 19:54:57

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Huh, that sounds like an interesting project, and ive been looking for a Nostr project. I'll see what it looks like this weekend.
Would Ghost be the primary interest? I use Hugo for my blog. Any others, leave them in comments.
(second try. hope this isn't a dup)

2024-08-29 00:43:56

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I mean, I did feel personally attacked, because I think you may have been one of the people I accidentally liked recently, so I felt the need to respond.

2024-08-23 23:08:40

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coriander, probably.

2024-07-01 14:06:20

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related: note1nld3mcy2w8f7zc6k8arsffx6pqzwe6g29fh767w4ne87umanq9pqfzu3vh

2024-06-09 15:04:19

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"To be punk is to be a nonconformist, yet you conform only to punk." -seen on a desk in high school many years ago.

2024-06-08 17:13:52

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But I'm boring. How can I fill this void if I don't live vicariously through others I have a parasocial relationship with on the internet? </sarcasm>

2024-06-08 14:30:28

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no, it's got every possible seed word.

2024-06-06 20:25:16

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Socks are the larval form of wire coathangers. Though they may have evolved to tupperware lids with fewer people wearing dress shirts that need to go to the dry cleaners.

2024-06-06 19:42:39

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Did you really get no responses to this? Anyway, late to the game, but my go-to oldie-but-goodies are Eluveitie and Heilung. Neither is directly Norse, but both are... old and ritualistic feeling in a way that makes me think Norse.

2024-06-06 02:06:42

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100% get that. There's no right answer, just right for the individual. And if hadn't been an owner for years before divorce, I might not have been so quick to jump into the RE market again. I also don't see it as an investment, or at least not a financial one.

2024-06-05 14:03:20

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I'm sort of in that position. I bought about a year and a half ago, and while I didn't count on the rates going down, I did hope they might. I also realized that 6% is about the long term average mortgage rate in the US.
It was still a good deal for me, because I went from a townhouse to 5 acres in the country, and I have started (slowly) turning it into a homestead. So yeah, the well pump going out this spring wasn't something to get excited about, but overall it was still the right choice for me. YMMV, etc.

2024-05-25 00:03:12

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I actually had it in my head that zoroastrianism had died off a long time ago. Probably wasn't paying attention in my comparative religion classes when we covered it. Cool to know it's still going strong. It, along with Jainism were the two most interesting ones I learned about.

2024-05-14 01:59:03

I had overcast weather all weekend, so I thought I missed the #aurora but I went out tonight and saw something odd, but indistinguishable, so I tried to take a picture. Maybe I got a little?
https://m.primal.net/IGXc.jpg

2024-05-13 15:03:34

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That's awesome! How far was the camp from the river? Don't have a good sense of scale in the video.

2024-05-13 12:52:57

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Their podcast is also good. https://the-art-of-manliness.simplecast.com/