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Rode the elevator up several times during the Linux craze in the late 90's. Became the down payment for our house in Arizona.
- Favorite book of all time: Luther's Commentary on Galatians. The amount of intellectual and emotional energy packed into this book is amazing. 1517.org publishes a great translation by a court reporter(!).
- Mastering Bitcoin, by Andreas M. Antonopoulos. Great basis for further study.
- I find Bitcoin Audible does a fine job in choosing worthy blog posts for me.
- I read the Austrian put out by mises.org regularly.
Agree this is an exciting time for developers. I first worked with Unix in 1985 and worked full time as a developer from 1993-2018. Pythonista from 1997. I am most excited about Typescript and supporting tools like deno these days.
We moved from Northern Arizona over two years ago after twenty years in the high desert. Factors that drove our decision were: 1) probable lack of water (re-drilling well), 2) county interference in our plans for the homestead, 3) inflow of blue-state voters. Our present location is a five acre homestead on Sand Mountain in Alabama. Two ponds, no requirements for building permits, conservative/self-sufficiency values dominate. Oh, and 25%-30% Hispanic population for diversity.
@opiental, interests are lightning, bitcoin, rust, and Austrian Economics.
I remember car loan interest rates being outrageous (15%) and everything being out of my reach as a junior enlisted in the Navy.
I came of age during the 1970's and remember that as being a challenging time, but also one of great innovation. Many of the tools that are foundational to today's tech started to spread then (e.g. Unix, ethernet, etc.). My hope is that this economic downturn brings the same type of focus and innovation, and that most of that innovation happens in the Bitcoin space. Judging from the quality and passion of the folks I've encountered in this space thus far, I think the chances are pretty good.
I am a big fan of Ubuntu. One easy way to try it is to use the Windows Subsystem for Linux, WSL2. It has come a long way and is fairly useful, especially on Windows 11. I can also recommend the Crostini subsystem on Chromebooks, which uses Debian. Both solutions require at least a mid-range system: minimum I5 processor, 8Gb Ram and an SSD.
Doing month-end accounting for Warner House Press and marketing tasks for one of our most prolific authors. Also, reading The Great Fiction by Hoppe and exploring Sphinx.
Great day ahead: continue editing a book of short stories by one of our more prolific authors; perform a deeper dive into NOSTR, and brainstorm ways to adopt V4V for current and future authors at Warner House Press and the organization itself. Oh, and cook dinner tonight for the family.