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Landscape Photographer & Filmmaker. Value for value content. Buy prints with bitcoin. #photography #landscapephotography
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Last Notes npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Does anyone else have days where Ai is just terrible across the board, especially design? What is also strange is Claude and ChatGPT often underperform at the exact same time. I honestly think these companies are doing all sorts of wild west shenanigans behind the scenes. Asked for a website redesign: https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/9c3bf34bcd1f9a8e9fb2fa690b2711253414325f6921b5baecb878bb7adcedbd.png npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam It’s coming home. ⚽️ npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Absolute shithole. You definitely shouldn't come. https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/53312ad5a6911145604469f96b4037ae64c182cc235c1032d2700d08810d44a1.jpeg npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam When I was thinking about Nostr adoption the other day, I came to the conclusion there basically won’t be any until young people start using it. And here we are. I hope we’re ready for it if they come now. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam One interesting aspect of the Fable 5 marketing psyop - When the people are given access to powerful tools, 99% just start building cool shit that will benefit ourselves and humanity. I guess that’s why the 1% need to try and stop us. Good time to get out on the hill and enjoy the weekend in nature. I bet it will be back by Monday. https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/5cb4a3ba3efc39ff876b4589b9f2f1e2d9ba2492f1530c882040e5daa871e666.jpeg npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Since I was young I have taken Tolkien’s guidance on this matter with Bilbo’s treatment of Gollum. One thing is for certain, it’s rare straightforward. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Correction - Anthropic says it costs 2x Opus 4.8. So that’s what they price it at. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam 9.00am - Excited by new Ai model 9.10 - New model running on VM 9.25 - Thrilled with new performance. 9.31 - The future is here!! 9.45 - I’m gonna build everything 9.51 - Getting kind of used to this now. 9.54 - I wish it was more intelligent. 10.01am - MORE POWER. I NEED MORE POWERRRRRRRRRR!!!!!! npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam The UK is a peaceful and beautiful place. Do not fall victim to the propaganda of politics, news and corporate social media algorithms that will try to convince you otherwise. Their incentives likely do not align with yours or mine. We are seeing the outcome of this today in NI with masked men setting fire to the homes and property of families. Violent crime happens everyday in every country in the world. And for context, murder and serious violent crime per capita is way worse in the US than the UK, roughly 6-7 times worse. Broken money and dreadful energy policy has run the UK economy into the ground over the last 25 years. Everything else is downstream of this including levels of violent crime, morality, immigration, politics and dystopian authoritarianism. If you are scared or angry, focus attention on the solution and do not lose your mind over the symptoms. Fix the money, fix the world. https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/4be9d16f2b4371f0d5c2256afe1d21676846ec28e5b8310d40dd3085efef021b.jpeg npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Lol. Calling a technology stupid is really stupid. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam True. I reckon the best idea is the one Wurz came up with, and mentioned in the article you shared. Essentially, building out further over the sea to make the chicane much bigger, to allow a proper attack going in and out of the corners. They could also build out over the sea all the way down and widen the track etc. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Its not though. It would basically follow the normal road out of the tunnel which is one long right hander. The point where they would straighten up (where the arrow is) is where the chicane is now. This would massively increase the danger with lateral G's sending drivers towards the sea. And it's pretty much the spot that Ascari went into the water, I believe in 1955. https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/8b7f7d500ccd91bd8f45ee7310bf3542b8ecf4f9889960a21cc94fa9acc0ec2b.jpeg npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Yep. Remove it and you have a right hand bend. You’d basically be removing everything from the speed trap dot in your image, to where turn 11 is marked, and that leaves you with a right hander. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam The modus operandi of every virtue signalling - “high fibre”, vegan, morally superior diet promoter I’ve met - is secretly smashing two double cheese burgers at the McDonalds drive thru on the way home. With a side of chicken nuggets. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Maybe dog-leg is the wrong term, but it would definitely be a slight right turn. That’s why cars used to end up in the water to the left. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Yeah. There would still have to be dog-leg right if they removed the chicane though. Wasn’t it brought in because cars were ending up in the water? npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Yep. We’re witnessing the birth of a legend. A sublime performance in an otherwise ridiculous race that should be (but won’t) scrapped from the calendar. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Yeah. Personal sponsorships will undoubtedly continue, but if everyone was using nostr - the micro payments would become very significant for people creating quality content. A direct value signal, rather than a clickbaity attention signal. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam You’re right, that’s a big one. If nostr ever gets big, I suspect the marketing people would try to spoil it. Popular apps and big relays would be incentivised to sell advertising space. But I reckon there would be an immediate switch to other apps and relays in response. The protocol works for the users. It’s a beautiful thing. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam It is funny watching people who felt morally superior being humbled by human nature. In this case - a desire for attention. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Amongst other things - I like being here because there’s no algorithm demanding consistency. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Here's a tip i often tell people and nearly always receive blank looks in return.... DON'T SPY ON YOUR KIDS. Don't track them, monitor them remotely etc - even if they know you're doing it. All you're gonna do is teach them that it's perfectly normal to be surveilled 24/7 and they will never enjoy the freedoms we all had when we were young. They will become less independent people and less equipped to deal with risk. One of the biggest challenges of parenting is managing your own fears and anxieties as your kids start to go out into the world without you. I want my kids to be adventurous and wonder, 'what's over the next hill'? Then have the skills to go and find out. And occasionally, what you find is beautiful. https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/97988288c59cda85671b49715eaf1eba5c3f490166ba70953b53fc9b615ed64c.jpeg npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Scenes from a fantasy, in the English Lake District. #landscapephotography https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/9a7b91e85fc03c046256563b671e80b4ab35065de0030c17c9dee2fe85ceeb6c.jpeg npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Ahhhh yeah. Beautifully framed. 🤝 npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Lake District, England. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Lake District. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Cheers dude. 🍻 npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Them - "The UK is a shithole with nothing going for it." Me - 👇 https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/2b3769a43eac84ce1da2670c85350d8f713774ceb1166e5dd5a6df626dafdc1f.jpeg npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam We have excellent words. 🤣🤣🤣 https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/ea2508bcfafe36d437393a4507b99cc1bd30fd3f17afca39cc311e33e143df96.png npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Knobhead npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Lake District, England. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Recent Nostr discourse suggests there's a large number of people here that need to get up the hill and witness a sunrise. Also, the NGU crowd are boring af. Plebs for the win. #landscapephotography https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/a3a36fd280458850dfe2091c1c0dd60ed8666956065a47f2cae546a8e429f72e.jpeg npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Nothing quite like a witnessing a sunset out on the hill. https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/53312ad5a6911145604469f96b4037ae64c182cc235c1032d2700d08810d44a1.jpeg npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam 3 pints? 3 little beers is not enough. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam The Maldives is what you need. Pure perfection for a honeymoon. Sunsets are decent too!! Most flights go via Dubai but we found one direct from Gatwick. https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/08de1bccd3a939029278168787efc9e43d4f196039a7f7235528dc36f7451d9f.jpeg npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam I think it’s the nature of democratising technologies. Pro photographers started crying when digital cameras came to market. Then again with camera phones. And again now with Ai generated images. The value of technical skills is being destroyed, and if you’ve built a career around that, it’s a tough break. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Thanks. The conditions got even better once we climbed the hill and the sun came up. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam *peek. Spelling mistakes and typos are the new proof of human work. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Stunning. 😍 npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Here to remind you that Ai can't do art. Plus a little sneak peak of a photograph from my next video. #photography #landscapephotography https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/bc2a0abfd97b51e6264e1a70db5c2b2639f82742fda494a6eef4d63a2ed91f6a.jpeg npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Beautiful npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam I reckon the model it’s says you’re using, and the model you’re actually using are not always the same thing. One day it’s like a genius. The next day I’m suffering a complete fool. We’re probably just lab rats in their A/B tests, and we get what we’re given…..being shadow intelligence banned at any given moment. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Ha ha. “Tether maintains a zero-tolerance policy toward the criminal use of our financial products, including USDT” They’re even admitting themselves it’s not your USDT. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Same happens to builders in the UK. The solution to high prices, is high prices. It’s why oil has never reached $200 per barrel. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam That spiral....amazing!! npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Loving these. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Stunning. The light on the peak is so beautiful npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Ferrari. And my grandmother. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam These moments are what it’s all about. A bit of photography and a landscape all to yourself. #nevent1q…pa6m npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Oh yes. These moments are what it’s all about. Looks like you’ve got that landscape all to yourself. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam 🎯 npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Realised my work has almost certainly been used to train Ai tonight after my agent scheduled a social media post for the coming week. Me - "How does the Ai know the location? Is this so recognisable as Roseberry Topping" Eve - "Yes — Claude identified it purely from the image. Location field was empty, no GPS in EXIF. Roseberry Topping's profile is unmistakable." Me - "Lol. This is not a classic view. It probably trained on my work." Eve - "Ha, entirely possible. Your Roseberry shots dominate the first pages of Google Images for that hill. There's a decent chance the weights learned "this exact composition from this exact crag partly because of you." Who do I send the BTCPay invoice to? https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/e02a6862f2ce1284c70191ac98aef5a6992f6d0f928c905dbb1ba2a9351bfc7d.jpeg #landscapephotography #photography npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam It proves the Energy Theory of Value. Which in turn disproves the labour theory of value. Marx himself even began to understand this later in his life as he witnessed the effect machines were having on the economy. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Yes big time. If we’re working from the fundamental that the state is not the people. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam The last couple of years have proven that bitcoiners are just as dumb as everyone else. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam The conversation around Ai at the moment is dumb af. Some think we'll have house cleaning sex dolls in the next 2 years (we won't). Whilst some claim it's useless at the same time as believing its gonna destroy us all. Meanwhile, since i hate instagram and X and haven't used them since October 2024, my agent has started promoting my work for me there. I have a few followers on instagram so its good for business. Eve has also built me an app where i can upload my photographs in bulk, hit generate, and it creates a post per day for each image and schedules them to publish. See the screenshot. She also now replies to comments for me. And to think, only a few years back i was paying over £100/month for Hootsuite. Insane. Especially since this has been done by some idiot on youtube who drags his camera up a hill for a living. Wild times. https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/3ddc1e25add52f5329361037fafe43e5d1f14fc7738f87203139afb7bd023d68.jpeg #nevent1q…c7zd npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam huh? npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Can i just run openclaw with a Chat GPT Plus account, and then get it to use Claude Code CLI to do the heavy lifting? npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam The "Hello, World" picture taken by the Artemis II commander, Reid Wiseman, is so cool. If you look closely you can even see two auroras. https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/0f331a49a66472bc603519f1f63f1c3a67ebf1aea5ab83b67bde732a055ff092.webp npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam “Hey welcome to Nostr, get your lightning wallet set up then we can zap you” npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam It's astonishing how quickly the novelty of agentic ai wears off. The immediate desire for greater intelligence is undeniable. It does the thing you want, but to a pretty shit standard. Which is unacceptable for people with high standards. Our human nature shouting, MORE POWER!!!! npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Ha thanks. Yeah it's very satisfying knowing its on my own server. It started life on a mac mini, but i've since upgraded. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/0d1fdda9c5db45f0e9e350dcefb44294406f0c843a2583b3330ae6435eebbe74.jpeg Looking forward to more evenings like this in the coming months. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Beauty is you can spin up a relay and set whatever rules you want. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Wow. Claude (Opus 4.6) is so much better than Codex (GPT 5.4) at running Openclaw. The difference is night and day. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Yes pretty much. Then it built a helper app to store and track everything. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam It’s a blessing in disguise for the guy. He just doesn’t know it yet. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Yesterday, after 18 months, I started sharing my work on Instagram and Twitter (x) again. The beautiful thing is, I've had almost nothing to do with it. It is my Ai agent "Eve" doing it for me. There is no deception though, it's clearly stated it is not me. She writes the post, pulls an image from the shared folder, I authorise it, then it gets posted at the optimum time. The next day, she then gives me a report on engagement and shares a few nice comments. I feel like I am winning in four different ways: 1) I'm still not going on those god awful platforms 2) My business benefits from the promotion (30k+ followers on insta) 3) I undermine the platforms and speed social media along to being moltbook v2 4) I'll be outside with real people, doing real stuff. Next step is to follow the @npub1s05…eyhe example and get Eve replying to the comments. Wild times. https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/53498e6500fb7df4c2f47774f04a1fe8636b57888b360b20e94094a0dc9e28e8.jpeg npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam “Give us your bitcoin and we’ll give you bitcoin.” 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/75266b7960f4f123036db0ca39cf809a84c825590d0c5a4c1c3e97072ca4d073.jpeg npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Ha yeah. My agent is desperate to get me involved in project management. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Ha. Only because it’s upgradable, and I keep putting more stuff in it!! npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam They’re just private at the moment. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam I upgraded my server just before Christmas (and before the price hikes) so I’ve got decent hardware. I’m running Proxmox with a variety of VMs. For the Ai stuff (which lives on a separate VLAN), I have spun up a new VM for each of the agents and my main one, Eve, orchestrates everything and does ops. Then one agent is a builder, one is a researcher, and one is my social media guy (although I’ve not done anything with that one yet). I’m using Openclaw and setting it up the first time was a bit tricky, but after that Eve does it for me. For the LLM I’m running a local one through Ollama, but the main one I’m using is gpt 5.4. If you have a chat GPT account you can log into Openclaw through the codex oauth, so I’m not wracking up big API bills. So far I’ve built an app for my wife’s business. A creative assistant to help me develop my ideas for YouTube videos, particularly around titles and thumbnails. And there’s a simple app that is basically project management and research. If it sounds like I know what I’m doing, I don’t. I just had a go and put in the time. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Yep. It’s wild. What’s also interesting is it might end up being the more artistic, less technical people that come up with the best ideas and use cases. In the space of two weeks, I now have a team of agents working for me full time. I’ve made three apps that work really well, and I’m having jaw dropping moments several times a day. I’m struggling to sleep due to all the opportunity and ideas buzzing round my head. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Lol....Yes, that is my point. Creating pictures was democratised and put into the pocket of nearly every person in the world. The same is going to happen with building apps and coding. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam One week ago I started making apps. I’ve already made one bespoke app that is serving my own needs and has increased productivity. I’m also close to completing a second one that could potentially save my wife’s business 2 days worth of work per week. The key is having an instinct for system design, workflow and project management. Not coding and engineering. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Seeing non-photographers continually using phones to take terrible, grainy pictures gives me hope my experience is not yet expendable. Photographer cope, 15 years ago. 🤣🤣🤣 #nevent1q…gl39 npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Bitcoin as money elegantly deals with human nature. Bitcoin as data storage does not. And all the dark sides of the human condition will be exposed and allowed to run. This is what the very technical people always seem to miss. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Yeah, the latest version as OpenClaw. I couldn't get Signal working either until I set up a new phone number on an eSim. Then i just gave it the phone number and it set itself up. 🤯 npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Just a bit of banter with my Ai assistant on Signal. 🤣🤣🤣 https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/130ef03bfbf29631fb76ae5bafbbc76da6b5844279335028bf946f64d37cde6c.png npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Convenience is the enemy of meaning. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Testing posting this in H.265 to give you the the full 4K, small file size experience. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Ai Can't Make Art... https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/f5028de408f2ab1816594b02a5628ec052c6d1922dff33b91ec116fe31c764a8.mp4 #photography #art #ai npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Yeah it does. I'm the same as you, so for some services I will expose them to the internet and login with strong passwords and 2FA. You can also use the Pangolin built in Rules to limit access. So for example, my website is obviously exposed to the web, but then i use path rules to block the backend (example.com/path/to/the/backend) to only be accessible on my home IP address. Pangolin can also install Crowdsec to rate limit and block the bots and known threats that can hammer on the door. This particular security model might not be for everyone, but i'm using VM's and VLANs etc to compartmentalise things on my network. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam I installed Pangolin on a VPS and then any public domains I have, point to the VPS IP address. None of my home network ports are open. It also has a reverse proxy built in (traefik) and then a tunnel (similar to cloudflare tunnels) between the VPS and my home network. The tunnel also allows you to access private services externally if you install the Pangolin app on your phone or laptop, then it works similar to Tailscale or Twingate. The pangolin GUI also allows you to easily setup Rules to restrict your public services behind a password or PIN code, geofence, ip block, or path block etc. It’s powerful, open source and easy to use with good security baked in (without me having any knowledge to verify the code). https://docs.pangolin.net/self-host/quick-install npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Immich is one of my favourite bits of software in many years. If you store your digital photos on someone else’s computer (The Cloud), you should definitely give it a try. #nevent1q…0ydu npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam I use Pangolin on a VPS. Lets you expose private and public services running on your home network. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam It’s absolutely brilliant. I ditched iCloud about six months ago. I particularly like the machine learning based search for finding photos of particular memories. The mobile app has been improved recently but I’m desperate for a built in camera app and editor to replace Apple Photos. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Humans for hire. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam For me, checking their “Replies” is the quickest way to tell. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam I've been lurking rather than posting on Nostr recently. So here's a Little Owl from one of the rare occasions I have the patience for wildlife photography. #photography https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/4b952aba812c992fe94b0f99db54f5b1b00d389c85743d4dc4b5a7a73e6e9f44.jpeg npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam It has become clear to me that convenience is often the enemy of meaning. It can even do us harm. So much fulfilment is gained from doing things that are hard. Food is the best example of this. Self-hosting your own software is another. But so is hiking up a mountain, it would be way more comfortable and easy to stay at home and watch TV. #landscapephotography #photography https://blossom.firstmanphotography.com/64221dfda47baf587ec181a002ea133e72cc03c6edb048d6afbf8ffda3ffaf8b.jpeg npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Given that 99.999% of us are complete morons who never invented a thing, I’ve always found it strange when people take gratification from technologies developed in their country. I’d be much more proud of a country that creates the positive environment for endeavour, experimentation, and entrepreneurship - which clearly the UK no longer does. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Bitcoin is the antithesis of the centralised AI hellscape that we are marching towards. I bought a 4TB NVMe SSD about a month ago for £299. The same drive now costs £540. And RAM is out of stock everywhere. The price rises in consumer electronics is gonna be crazy. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Ha ha. At 36k that’s inviting corruption, which will probably be pretty easy in this role. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam What is bitcoin? npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam It’s the smells. Digital photography doesn’t smell of anything. It’s why a use a tripod for my landscape photography though. Apart from helping to get an accurate composition, it slows me right down so I can be present in the moment, out on the hill. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Thanks for the shout out. Hope you all have a great Christmas. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Ugh. I know that feeling all too well. npub1suftx60fq63eyhmqqqxq48qjmefuy20kkc8wdp5j6jmnssrzttusc4lmh2 adam Thanks Gigi. Immich is absolutely brilliant, especially the machine learning based search. It’s excellent for finding little moments I remember from when my kids were younger. Your work has been an inspiration in the past too. Thanks again.