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44 comments \ @saloon 8 Apr 2023 \ yesterday

This is a thread for random discussions that gets posted everyday at 5am central.

Tell us what you're doing today, ask questions, or vent about your life. Whatever you want, let it rip!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Roll 9 Apr 2023

I m testing natural fertilizers for my plants:

-Water and banana (2 liter of water with a banana skin infused for 48hours) for orchidea and other plants... -Egg Shell (dry and then crush) for all my plants

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @deleted231216 8 Apr 2023

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gmd 8 Apr 2023

Any MMA fans here? Who you got for UFC tonight?

Pereira vs Adesanya?
Burns vs Masvidal?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @poe7645 8 Apr 2023

Dove deep into some of the nostr community this week. Still dropping sats here. This never ending journey is such a ride.

Bitcoin rabbit holes produce more thoughtful folks.

Still welcoming all I can on SN.

43 sats \ 2 replies \ @jmarbach 8 Apr 2023

Hi Ln folks, I'm John from Encrypted Energy. I'm building a service that helps automate your node operations. Anyone here running a LND node and need a hand with anything?

34 sats \ 1 reply \ @random_ 8 Apr 2023

Do you need help with anything?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jmarbach 8 Apr 2023

I'm looking to get in touch with anyone running an LND node. If you're running an LND node, drop an invoice here as a good faith gesture, and let's chat about your node ops workflow.

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @faithandcredit 8 Apr 2023

What is the point of joining NATO when they literally give you a trillion dollars worth of assistance if you get attacked regardless? I mean how much assistance has Ukraine recieved so far despite not being a member?

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 9 Apr 2023

The point is not getting attacked at all since every NATO member will declare war, too.

You sure you didn't see the point?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @faithandcredit 9 Apr 2023

They will just wait until Nato collapses and even if it doesent its overrated. It spans different languages and cultures and equipment! Natos strength is overrated. Besides its a terrible way for peace because ultimately everyone has to be a member for it to work and that's never going to happen. All it does is cause division and tension and it makes the members lazy when it comes to diplomatic relations with non members. A disaster waiting to happen. But let's see.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 9 Apr 2023

You are contradicting yourself. So is NATO pointless or not if attackers will wait until it collapses?

Natos strength is overrated.

The strength of the US armed forces + 30 other countries is "overrated"?

Besides its a terrible way for peace because ultimately everyone has to be a member

Don't let perfect be the enemy of the good

To be honest, most of the times I am not sure if you are trolling, lol

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 8 Apr 2023

You are getting it wrong. That is not "assistance"... it is laundering at high levels. You still have to learn a lot man.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @faithandcredit 8 Apr 2023

Im not sure what im supposed to do with this info. I think id rather just believe that its assistance.

262 sats \ 0 replies \ @RealCoachAndy 8 Apr 2023

It's Saturday gang, BTC is holding steady so that means you can relax on the graphs take a peek once in a while cause we all do, but I want you to go get yourself something don't matter what, a pack of gum, a nice hot cup of Java and a pastry, anything. And thank the universe, God, goddess, whomever you prefer for that treat. For me, I think it will be a nice cold one and drink it by the sea and I will thank the universe for you and my beer. Because YOU are important too. So be well and enjoy this Saturday, stay frosty my friend.

139 sats \ 10 replies \ @TNStacker 8 Apr 2023

Mac Mini or Raspberry Pi for node hardware. I can't decide. Still researching!

Last minute Easter shopping for the boy.

Deepening my understanding of bitcoin privacy, Conjoin, Whirlpool, etc.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @random_ 8 Apr 2023

Mac Mini plus UPS

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @blocktock 9 Apr 2023

Mac Mini wiped with Ubuntu

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @pony 8 Apr 2023

Intel NUC.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 8 Apr 2023

Why?

3 sats \ 0 replies \ @pony 8 Apr 2023

cheap, efficient, easily upgradeable

156 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek 8 Apr 2023

Mac Mini.

Raspberry Pis require a stable power supply which isn't trivial (and which depends on your peripherals). You need to know your stuff to tell if a power supply is decent and won't throttle your Pi (without you noticing anything, except your channel partners if you run a LN node).

For example, the first thing is you need to be able to tell the difference between a power supply and a charger even though both can get your pi to boot and look very similar.

Also SD cards aren't known for having a lot of read/write cycles compared to SSDs.

And aren't Pis at the moment quite expensive? So you wouldn't even save a lot of money with a Pi, I guess.

But @DarthCoin can probably add his knowledge here.

204 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin 8 Apr 2023

You explain it perfectly, I don't need to add more. And as you said, a laptop is much easier, is even having a backup battery, so you don't worry too much about power cut. You only have to be sure your internet connection is also having a battery backup.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 8 Apr 2023

Thanks!

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 8 Apr 2023

Mac Mini is no laptop though, haha

And thanks for the kind words! I learned a lot from you haha

Good point about the internet connection also requiring UPS if you really want to have a stable setup.

But I guess we don't want to make stuff too complex for someone just getting started (I think?).

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 8 Apr 2023

Thanks!

226 sats \ 5 replies \ @BlokchainB 8 Apr 2023

I really got to shut down my umbrel and upgrade the hardware and start with a fresh new LND node. Closing and reopening is going to be expensive

50 sats \ 4 replies \ @ek 8 Apr 2023

lol, everyone writing about bitcoin nodes here today

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @BlokchainB 9 Apr 2023

Yeah node just went down again today. So tired of it being so unreliable!

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 9 Apr 2023

Which hardware are you using?

3 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 9 Apr 2023

A pi (shhh! Don’t tell Darth).

It’s worked well but the last few months my umbrel has been very Unstable. I can’t ssh in or access via the web browser. Only way I can get it back is by shutting off the power. I think this time I am going to hook up a monitor to the pi to see what’s going on. See if I can power down safety from command line. If not then this will be the last time I power cycle it. Close the channels and move the funds to a fresh LND node on more stable hardware. Just sucks to do this node is like 2 or 3 years old

226 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 8 Apr 2023

Seems that all I "predicted" to happen to all those using RPis 2 years ago, now start happening...

210 sats \ 12 replies \ @ek 8 Apr 2023

I noticed my bitcoin node SSD failed today:

root@archiso ~ # mount /dev/sda4 /mnt
mount: /mnt: can't read superblock on /dev/sda4.
       dmesg(1) may have more information after failed mount system call.
32 root@archiso ~ # dmesg | tail -12
[ 3909.426493] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 access beyond end of device
[ 3909.427231] I/O error, dev sda, sector 1953523584 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x80700 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
[ 3909.427992] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 access beyond end of device
[ 3909.428742] I/O error, dev sda, sector 1953523584 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
[ 3909.429471] Buffer I/O error on dev sda4, logical block 237767920, async page read
[ 3909.430355] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 access beyond end of device
[ 3909.431091] I/O error, dev sda, sector 51380288 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x0 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
[ 3909.431865] isofs_fill_super: bread failed, dev=sda4, iso_blknum=16, block=32
[ 3909.431962] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 access beyond end of device
[ 3909.432504] I/O error, dev sda, sector 51380224 op 0x0:(READ) flags 0x800 phys_seg 1 prio class 0
[ 3909.433069] SQUASHFS error: Failed to read block 0x0: -5
[ 3909.433631] unable to read squashfs_super_block

Failed after around 2 years only. Guess I deserve it for buying cheap from SanDisk instead of a more reputable company, haha

Happy Easter everybody!

12 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 8 Apr 2023

Buy a special Lightsaber edition Darth Vader NVMe drive https://www.seagate.com/ca/en/products/gaming-drives/special-editions/lightsaber-collection-nvme-ssd/

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 8 Apr 2023

lol, nice

I can't use a NVMe though or I have to upgrade my whole machine. You remember our discussion where I thought I am making a very good deal by buying a used HP EliteDesk 800 G1 USDT for 30€ with 8GB RAM but without SSD and power supply? Turned out buying the correct power supply was twice as expensive as the machine, lol. I even bought the wrong one first.

You told me you don't recommend HP but I already had bought it haha

Now I kind of regret it because of missing PCIe and in the end, I did spend >100€ on it and it has a shitty CPU (I think). A fanless solution would also be nice

3 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 8 Apr 2023

Feel ya pain!

122 sats \ 1 reply \ @crybaby 8 Apr 2023

these days its not just brand but the supplier itself which should be verified before buying, LOADS of chinese knockoffs of tech like SSD's and graphics cards are getting sold on 3rd party markets with "hacked" firmware that make it seem like a reputable company made it or that it has the specs you think you want but it doesn't actually i remember buying "kingston" thumbdrives that were a fraction of the capacity and they weren't actually kingston. Couldn't tell till it arrived, my fault for cheaping out though and no be aware

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 8 Apr 2023

Good point, I agree. Read similar stuff

0 sats \ 6 replies \ @ek 8 Apr 2023

Actually, not sure if I bought cheap. I paid 90€ 2 years ago. But not sure about the brand SanDisk for SSDs.

Any SSD recommendations?

20.1k sats \ 4 replies \ @021da48107 17 Apr 2023

A lot of SSDs have 3-5 year warranties, you might want to look at using it, although they might say your warranty is void if you ran a bitcoin node on it. I'd be curious to see what happens if you try to use the warranty though.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @ek 16 May 2023

Took me a while (and their support was kind of broken for a while lol; their own form did censor my phone number which they said they need so I had to sent my phone number to them by uploading a picture lmao) but I sent my SSD yesterday to them! They said they will ship me a new SSD.

So thanks a lot for reminding me about the warranty. I totally forgot!

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @021da48107 17 May 2023

You're welcome. Good to know they will RMA the device even if you were running a BTC node.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 17 May 2023

I didn't tell them about the BTC node since they didn't ask

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @ek 17 Apr 2023

Oh, you are right! I have 3 year warranty and I bought it at May 25 2021.

I will write the support, thanks!

3 sats \ 0 replies \ @AJ1992 8 Apr 2023

SanDisk is a solid brand. I got a Standisk 250gb SSD installed in my Dell latitude two years ago that I've had since 2011, got it brand new. Hasn't failed me yet and still runs super freaking fast, as fast as when I first got it put in. Nothing but positive for me but then again all I do on my laptop is play games in my web browser, casino slots and what not, stream live sports, and browse the web/social media. Don't know how it'd do running a BTC node.