<2021-03-09T23:05:55.000Z> pinemarten: Hey I'm  a March 2021 newfag.  I can't be bothered with the Brave  BAT but will send some BTC shekels for your expenses.    
<2021-03-09T23:07:16.000Z> graf: sure, thanks
<2021-03-09T23:07:18.000Z> graf: 34wSChs7pwAcEdwS4r1PgKXVSUvdzkYoBe
<2021-03-09T23:07:33.000Z> pinemarten: OK
<2021-03-09T23:13:12.000Z> pinemarten: Sent 0.0015 BTC transaction d5c67bee6675e00685030b48c10aa6ea59b28a476aafc4a38212d4eccd99320a
<2021-03-09T23:15:20.000Z> graf: thank you friend, much appreciated
<2021-03-09T23:16:11.000Z> pinemarten: I literally feel like I can breathe again.
<2021-03-09T23:46:31.000Z> graf: welcome, friend 
<2021-04-25T01:11:31.000Z> pinemarten: Your BTC address changes from time to time?   Now it is 3Es5hV48DxKGh7KzCDsXvPQ2mixyn3FPSu ?
<2021-04-25T01:11:46.000Z> graf: every time I click "receive" its a new one
<2021-04-25T01:11:51.000Z> graf: helps us from being tracked, etc
<2021-04-25T01:13:24.000Z> pinemarten: Got it I will send some shekels.   I don't think I have the bandwidth now to start my own instance 
<2021-04-25T01:14:31.000Z> graf: if you do, we will mediaproxy for you so you dont run into massive bandwidth costs from poast. we only refuse to mediaproxy for instances that have posted or ignored reports of illegal content 
<2021-04-25T01:16:20.000Z> pinemarten: Do you have monero XMR or ETH?   The BTC fee is $14
<2021-04-25T01:18:37.000Z> graf: ETH 0x84196889aE61A2EF46395f5eA88A3B46eb2dfc5B
<2021-04-25T01:21:28.000Z> pinemarten: cool
<2021-04-25T01:33:04.000Z> pinemarten: ok sent 0.045 ETH
<2021-04-25T01:34:33.000Z> pinemarten: I'm too grug to understand how BTC fees have gone up so much, unless it is just because BTC has gone up.
<2021-04-25T01:34:44.000Z> pinemarten: Monero fees are dirt cheap and better privacy.
<2021-04-25T01:37:52.000Z> graf: I will look into monero in the future, thank you friend
<2021-04-25T01:42:24.000Z> pinemarten: It is more of a pain to use, and you are advised to run your own node, but I think with someone with your skill it would not be a big deal.    And in the last few weeks it has appreciated a lot. 
<2021-04-25T02:24:39.000Z> graf: someone in the matrix mentioned it too
<2021-04-25T02:24:44.000Z> graf: i will definitely look into it when i have time, thank you
<2021-04-28T11:52:42.000Z> graf: 8AnvV1Y81KcZB3dXVLnDErPWxkzuB7jizeVNSq7njvcebRbYCiamHvWAmHF3m1wjKMMjBjzuFFTqHQZK9HtBqR98Qoc7f9o
<2021-05-01T02:47:56.000Z> pinemarten: is that a monero wallet?
<2021-05-01T02:48:35.000Z> graf: yes
<2021-05-01T02:48:41.000Z> graf: I actually updated all of our wallets today tho
<2021-05-01T02:48:46.000Z> graf: poa.st/crypto-donations
<2021-05-01T02:49:20.000Z> graf: I will probably rotate wallets every 2 weeks now thereabouts so that page will always be updated
<2021-05-01T02:49:31.000Z> graf: and that is the link on the sidebar for future reference
<2021-05-01T02:51:01.000Z> pinemarten: cool i'll use it next time.   Nice to know about that pastebin alternative too.   Paste bin would not let me post a  list of books, they identified them as wrong think.   
<2021-05-01T02:51:33.000Z> graf: ye pastebin is pozzed now 0bin is good bc encryption 
<2021-05-01T02:51:36.000Z> graf: cheers!
<2021-05-01T02:52:27.000Z> pinemarten: It is a lot easier to list the internet businesses that are not pozzed, there are scarcely any.
<2021-06-13T00:37:58.000Z> pinemarten: Hello friend, I just sent 1.0 XMR to you and your animals.   Give them some nice pets for me.  I just have 2 cats and the occaisional opossum that wanders in.
<2021-06-13T00:40:49.000Z> pinemarten: I don't need a check or anything, I'm happy with my Windmill.
<2021-06-13T14:01:56.000Z> graf: thank you friend
<2021-10-04T06:44:24.000Z> pinemarten: Hi graf, can I get a magnet for the Nuremburg stuff, I can seed for months, I already seed a lot of anti Zog stuff.   Thanks friend. 
<2021-10-04T06:48:18.000Z> graf: magnet:?xt=urn:btih:5b5fc59485317184d0d2010680b91243f416279e&dn=nuremburg_trials&tr=udp%3a%2f%2f216.250.254.62%3a6969&tr=udp%3a%2f%2ftracker.poast.org%3a6969
<2021-10-04T06:55:53.000Z> pinemarten: Cool, I have a seedbox so I can leave it up indefinitely.   Also FYI, I'm close to having the Epic dump available  to people who need to check on their personal hygene.    You are probably way ahead on this, but I had a lot of issues getting the big .sql file loaded into MySql on a seedbox which does not have proper root access.   
<2021-10-04T06:57:43.000Z> graf: I have it but I didnt think it was in our best interest to host it because we have friends who use epik. my info is in it but my info is also all over the internet now but my friends isnt
<2021-10-04T07:00:36.000Z> pinemarten: No I will not publicize it but just for specific people who want to check.    It is smart not to make too big a deal  about it and attract even more attention.   Although the ADL is, I'm sure hard at work for the last few months.    Today I found that their shared hosting accounts had their cPanel login names and passwords all stored in the clear.   Pretty upsetting.   Plus names, addr, etc.   Someone could have read my email, hijacked my mail and who knows what.  
<2021-10-04T07:02:14.000Z> graf: now you know why we moved poast ASAP 
<2021-10-04T07:06:37.000Z> pinemarten: Next time I think I will get a VPS rather than this shared hosting BS.   I moved all my emails used to register on more sensitive sites to protonmail.   I guess I can keep the ~ domains that don't matter so much on Epik, maybe even retire some of them .
<2021-10-04T07:09:48.000Z> graf: if you ever need vps let me know man ill rent to you under the table
<2021-10-04T07:09:49.000Z> graf: also poa.st/notice/AC0tLk5UxrXKOCgubw
<2021-10-04T07:12:45.000Z> pinemarten: OK, I've got MySQL set up on my seedbox and also my NAS at home to deal with the Epik stuff, thanks and good night.   I'll send some crypto Wednesday which is my crypto transactionday.   
<2021-10-04T07:15:38.000Z> graf: sure, thank you friend. we change addresses every time someone sends crypto to try to avoid the jew tracking it so ask before you do just incase
<2021-10-04T07:17:47.000Z> pinemarten: got it
<2021-10-31T02:18:46.000Z> pinemarten: I have a 272p version of Dlack Dhalia in .avi if you still need
<2021-10-31T02:18:58.000Z> graf: oof
<2021-10-31T02:19:00.000Z> graf: absolutely ill take it
<2021-10-31T02:19:12.000Z> pinemarten: ok let met get it to somewhere...
<2021-10-31T02:19:29.000Z> pinemarten: There is probably better on RARbg.to or some thing.
<2021-10-31T02:19:25.000Z> graf: litterbox.catbox.moe should be fine if its 272p
<2021-10-31T02:19:45.000Z> graf: no there isnt ive been looking for years
<2021-10-31T02:19:51.000Z> graf: the *one* I did find wasnt even the proper black dahlia movie
<2021-10-31T02:19:57.000Z> pinemarten: no it is 735 MB
<2021-10-31T02:20:09.000Z> graf: there's The Black Dahlia and Ulli Lommels Black Dahlia, both from 2006 and it's the latter I want
<2021-10-31T02:20:22.000Z> graf: the former has scarlett johannsen and the latter is literal nobidies
<2021-10-31T02:20:27.000Z> pinemarten: i can converto to h264 first if you want, or h265
<2021-10-31T02:20:51.000Z> graf: oh I dont need a conversion, the way it is is just fine if its the right film
<2021-10-31T02:23:48.000Z> pinemarten: snap
<2021-10-31T02:24:22.000Z> pinemarten: ok stand by
<2021-10-31T02:28:08.000Z> pinemarten: 10 min maybe to upload
<2021-10-31T02:28:21.000Z> graf: sure, thank you
<2021-10-31T02:37:10.000Z> pinemarten: albo.appboxes.co/Black%20Dahlia.avi 
<2021-10-31T02:37:25.000Z> pinemarten: ought to work, wget or whatever
<2021-10-31T02:38:37.000Z> graf: yeah I got it but thats the wrong one, thank you anyway friend I appreciate your effort
<2021-10-31T02:38:48.000Z> pinemarten: ok it is the ScarJo one
<2021-10-31T02:39:03.000Z> graf: ye. its all good, this movie is super hard to find so I just bought it
<2021-10-31T02:39:06.000Z> graf: 11$ CAD isnt bad 
<2021-10-31T02:39:37.000Z> pinemarten: ok I misunderstood
<2021-10-31T02:39:48.000Z> pinemarten: keep well
<2021-12-11T06:13:01.000Z> pinemarten: Hi graf, I sent (1 + meme*10^-5)XMR  Merry Christmas, maybe take the GF out for a nice dinner.
<2021-12-11T06:37:28.000Z> graf: thank you friend I told her it was to take her out and I think she's excited. Merry Christmas friend 
<2022-01-03T05:56:59.000Z> pinemarten: Hi graf, I sent Alex 1.000 XMR to help his project.   Wish him well.
<2022-01-03T05:57:52.000Z> graf: you're the best, thank you friend
<2022-01-03T05:59:12.000Z> pinemarten: Happy New Year, you guys do so much!
<2022-01-03T06:02:43.000Z> graf: you too friend
<2022-01-03T06:03:00.000Z> graf: im hoping i have enough money, i have the position to buy bunny.net tomorrow -- 1.3 million but i might be shy
<2022-01-03T06:03:08.000Z> graf: if i can buy it -- it means poast will exist forever 
<2022-01-03T06:03:23.000Z> graf: it means poast can help others exist forever too
<2022-01-03T06:03:26.000Z> pinemarten: $1.3M CDN???
<2022-01-03T06:03:29.000Z> graf: yes
<2022-01-03T06:03:34.000Z> pinemarten: my god
<2022-01-03T06:03:52.000Z> pinemarten: and how is that safer than any other domain?
<2022-01-03T06:04:00.000Z> graf: its not the domain
<2022-01-03T06:04:07.000Z> graf: I'm trying to buy the infrastructure 
<2022-01-03T06:04:12.000Z> pinemarten: oh
<2022-01-03T06:04:16.000Z> graf: bunny.net built their own CDN 
<2022-01-03T06:04:23.000Z> pinemarten: it is a running business
<2022-01-03T06:04:27.000Z> pinemarten: damn
<2022-01-03T06:04:30.000Z> graf: we used it in poasts infancy and they cried in our email for weeks about us leaving
<2022-01-03T06:04:50.000Z> graf: the owner personally asked me if i would buy it so poast is using it right now, since christmas eve
<2022-01-03T06:04:55.000Z> pinemarten: well I could be interrested in investing, don't have nearly that much dough
<2022-01-03T06:06:05.000Z> graf: they have an established buisness, turnkey is 500k profit yearly right now
<2022-01-03T06:06:16.000Z> pinemarten: you are probably going to buy it outright, as an S-corp or whatever you call them up there
<2022-01-03T06:06:20.000Z> graf: the profit isnt the interest, the interest is being bulletproof
<2022-01-03T06:06:31.000Z> graf: I have to buy it personally, I cant tie it in with poast 
<2022-01-03T06:06:57.000Z> pinemarten: well you take over whatever corporate structure there is,  
<2022-01-03T06:07:00.000Z> graf: bunny.net defended us against the onslaught of people from the chris mathias article 
<2022-01-03T06:07:06.000Z> pinemarten: you own 100% of shares
<2022-01-03T06:08:24.000Z> pinemarten: I'm slightly familiar with the US law, don't know about Canada.
<2022-01-03T06:08:35.000Z> pinemarten: You need an LLC equivalent at a minumum.
<2022-01-03T06:09:01.000Z> graf: no not if im transfering ownership of the company, I can do that as an individual in canada
<2022-01-03T06:09:11.000Z> pinemarten: One place I worked for , it was an S-corp 90% owned by the two founders.   it was a great deal for them.
<2022-01-03T06:09:18.000Z> graf: I cant buy it myself as poast because poast has been a customer in the last 12 months
<2022-01-03T06:09:32.000Z> graf: but I can register it as my business 
<2022-01-03T06:09:59.000Z> pinemarten: well ok I guess things are different there, I'm just assuming you would want a layer of liability protection.   Also in case of bankruptcy.
<2022-01-03T06:10:21.000Z> graf: I forwarded all the info to my sister
<2022-01-03T06:10:26.000Z> graf: she's our accountant for poast rn
<2022-01-03T06:11:23.000Z> pinemarten: oh well she will know all this stuff
<2022-01-03T06:11:41.000Z> pinemarten: cut her in for some equity!
<2022-01-03T06:14:20.000Z> graf: I just want to have enough when they tell me the total
<2022-01-03T06:26:00.000Z> pinemarten: ok good luck.   I thought you were well set up, better than me? 
<2022-01-03T06:26:13.000Z> pinemarten: Not meaning to pry
<2022-01-03T06:26:34.000Z> graf: I have 1.5m saved, 1.3 million is what the opening ask will be 
<2022-01-03T06:26:48.000Z> graf: I will have to live on 200k for several years before I see any kind of money from this 
<2022-01-03T06:26:52.000Z> pinemarten: ok
<2022-01-03T06:26:57.000Z> pinemarten: do you have a house?
<2022-01-03T06:27:11.000Z> graf: I will never use my house as collateral in any purchase like this no fucking way
<2022-01-03T06:27:21.000Z> pinemarten: yes, I was going to say
<2022-01-03T06:27:42.000Z> pinemarten: I don't have a house but i have money.   Mostly waiting to buy a house I guess.
<2022-01-03T06:28:24.000Z> pinemarten: For dumb emotional reasons I did not get a house after I got divorced, and here I still am.
<2022-01-03T06:28:30.000Z> graf: sorry i didnt mean to be short with you but i would never put my life on the line for something like this
<2022-01-03T06:28:36.000Z> graf: poast made its own cdn however
<2022-01-03T06:28:50.000Z> graf: the CEO of this CDN is approaching me asking if I'd buy
<2022-01-03T06:28:57.000Z> graf: gab uses them for most of their content 
<2022-01-03T06:29:06.000Z> graf: so this is very advantageous for me
<2022-01-03T06:29:12.000Z> pinemarten: Are they on a short time scale?   Cause things could change a lot in 6 months. 
<2022-01-03T06:29:22.000Z> graf: they have been declining in sales
<2022-01-03T06:29:23.000Z> pinemarten: really?   Gab is not a lightning rod?
<2022-01-03T06:29:28.000Z> graf: but I think if I owned the CDN people would use it more
<2022-01-03T06:29:58.000Z> graf: poast is more of a lightning rod than they are and when we stopped using this CDN they sent us an email explaining that poast was more than 80% of their traffic at the time
<2022-01-03T06:29:59.000Z> graf: lol
<2022-01-03T06:30:23.000Z> pinemarten: Well I'm bored with my job and want to move out of California, I could work for Poa.st.   Oh wait, bad skill set match.
<2022-01-03T06:37:06.000Z> graf: i would absolutely hire you
<2022-01-03T06:37:14.000Z> graf: but i need to make sure i have the funding when i offer to them
<2022-01-03T06:37:28.000Z> graf: im kinda freaking out about it but ive been talking to other poast admins about it
<2022-01-03T06:51:00.000Z> pinemarten: well keep calm.   This could be a really great thing for you being a business proprietor.
<2022-01-03T06:53:47.000Z> graf: i hope ur right man, ill be shilling the donate link extra hard  this month lol
<2022-01-03T06:59:34.000Z> pinemarten: OK don't be afraid to ask people for help in cash or kind -- you have even more good will than you realize.   We are in a war, and wars cost blood and treasure.
<2022-01-03T07:16:56.000Z> pinemarten: I sent Alex the XMR to the address on his page, not the one you posted 87RSugHdE8DEV...
<2022-01-03T07:17:57.000Z> graf: yeah I posted ours as a joke but im glad you found his
<2022-01-03T07:18:22.000Z> pinemarten: oh ok, that is the standard joke in telegram crypto chat
<2022-01-14T22:13:48.000Z> pinemarten: How is the bunny.net thing going?
<2022-01-14T22:20:41.000Z> graf: the initial capital i need is like 3x what i have so i asked banks and im waiting for an answer to that
<2022-01-14T22:21:52.000Z> pinemarten: Bummer I thought you were closer.  I hope the cash flow is enough to pay a loan.   Maybe jump now before interest rates go up.
<2022-01-16T09:32:35.000Z> graf: if things dont pan out because of finances i am thinking about starting my own with my experience now custom building one for poast
<2022-01-16T09:32:54.000Z> graf: I can deploy something fairly stable nearly worldwide for fairly cheap, storage is the only concern
<2022-01-16T16:17:35.000Z> pinemarten: It might be still interesting to set up the CDN as an entity independent of poa.st, so that you could grow it later and offer hosting to anyone without censorship in future. 
<2022-01-16T16:22:48.000Z> pinemarten: Sothis Hoasting Inc.
<2022-01-16T16:51:12.000Z> graf: yeah this is something I'm already planning on. I built it modularly so if they only need a couple places we got em
<2022-01-16T16:52:05.000Z> pinemarten: :thumbs_up:
<2022-01-26T04:53:14.000Z> pinemarten: I sent 2.0 XMR just now
<2022-01-26T04:53:39.000Z> graf: man i appreciate it and i feel bad, we are okay im just trying to generate recurring income for poast thats all
<2022-01-26T04:54:24.000Z> pinemarten: I'm pretty bummed because XMR is in the toilet, no one seems to understand the value.   Also I put $1000 in the USPS to a guy to buy more XMR and I'm worried it got lost by those third world crooks.
<2022-01-26T04:55:00.000Z> graf: if you want xmr man I can just transfer it for you ezpz dont mail someone money 
<2022-01-26T04:55:27.000Z> pinemarten: Being someone with minority opinions warps my world view.
<2022-01-26T04:56:05.000Z> pinemarten: Well I'm using localmonero.co, it is not the guy I'm trading with that is the problem it is the USPS.   Well maybe they will find it tomorrow.
<2022-01-26T04:57:07.000Z> pinemarten: I already traded most of my BTC and ETH for XMR doing crypto swaps.
<2022-01-26T04:57:47.000Z> graf: my man next time you want to buy xmr send me a crypto of your choice, tell me a cryoto you want and i will use my personal not-tied-to anything KYC account and swap it for XMR and put it in a wallet and send it to you
<2022-01-26T04:57:53.000Z> graf: dont do the cash thing thats so shady
<2022-01-26T04:58:19.000Z> pinemarten: I mostly got into crypto to have a private way to send dissidents funds, and much later I learned how transparent it all is.
<2022-01-26T04:58:50.000Z> pinemarten: Well that is very kind.  The thing is getting cash into crypto in the first place.   Or out. 
<2022-01-26T04:59:08.000Z> graf: you can send me private paypal and i will transact that way too
<2022-01-26T04:59:22.000Z> pinemarten: OK I'll remember thank you
<2022-01-26T04:59:27.000Z> graf: out I cant help you with necessarily but IN i absolutely can
<2022-01-26T05:00:02.000Z> graf: since my winfall in 2020 kikebase lifted the limit on my buy so I can transact 100k in crypto daily
<2022-01-26T05:00:12.000Z> graf: in buys, i mean
<2022-01-26T05:00:25.000Z> pinemarten: I'm not doing any crimes except using bad language and bad opinions. 
<2022-01-26T05:00:31.000Z> pinemarten: Wow thats nice. 
<2022-01-26T05:00:55.000Z> pinemarten: Lets see how much cash I have after I pay my taxes this year!
<2022-01-26T05:01:06.000Z> graf: anyway please friend dont give your money out to random people. there are absolutely people in our community who KYC who can send you XMR 
<2022-01-26T05:01:14.000Z> pinemarten: OK thanks
<2022-01-26T05:01:19.000Z> graf: <3
<2022-01-26T05:01:30.000Z> graf: thank you for your help and i will add you to the promoted list for the year if you'd like
<2022-01-26T05:02:01.000Z> graf attached file https://i.poastcdn.org/620320bcda0713b2b11ce47c468251baddbea47986019b3842f49030171d35db.png
<2022-01-26T05:02:03.000Z> pinemarten: OK that is kind.   I'm really just here to shitpoast and blow off a little steam and have fun with friends.
<2022-01-26T05:03:05.000Z> graf: u win https://i.poastcdn.org/60ad2cd34c9544a7c87a53fc4b0826d194cc2bbe01c0ddcfd566863d431762ab.png
<2022-01-26T05:03:07.000Z> pinemarten: Really i need to overcome my fear and procrastination and buy my cabin in Montana, everything else is a distraction.   
<2022-01-26T05:03:10.000Z> graf: the only one i dont follow
<2022-01-26T05:03:30.000Z> graf: if you build a cabin in montana make room for me because i told gf when we have enough we are moving to big sky country
<2022-01-26T05:03:31.000Z> pinemarten: I thouoght you did follow me!  
<2022-01-26T05:03:36.000Z> graf: so did i
<2022-01-26T05:03:58.000Z> pinemarten: It is bloody cold in winter though. 
<2022-01-26T05:04:04.000Z> graf: same here
<2022-01-26T05:04:10.000Z> graf: -20f rn
<2022-01-26T05:04:48.000Z> pinemarten: My brother has an amazing deal, he bought a 10 acre farm in suburban Washington DC, old farm house, multiple out buildings, new live-in GF.
<2022-01-26T05:04:56.000Z> pinemarten: I think he said $850k
<2022-01-26T05:06:09.000Z> graf: nice
<2022-01-26T05:06:16.000Z> pinemarten: That won't get you a shed where i am
<2022-01-26T05:07:18.000Z> graf: im just outside of toronto (cambridge)
<2022-01-26T05:07:27.000Z> graf: normal house cost here was 250-350k 15 years ago
<2022-01-26T05:07:33.000Z> graf: now its 1m+ for even shitty houses
<2022-01-26T05:07:35.000Z> pinemarten: Yes it is insane there
<2022-01-26T05:08:20.000Z> pinemarten: I remember visiting Vancouver on busness about 15 years ago all everyone talked about was all the Hong Kong money making it unaffordable
<2022-01-26T05:08:40.000Z> pinemarten: well , not a cheerful topic.   
<2022-01-26T05:09:12.000Z> pinemarten: But I think you could live anywhere in principle, but you probably want to stay close to family
<2022-01-26T05:10:12.000Z> graf: my mom, brother and sister are all i have left. my mom is 72 and i hope she lives long but i doubt she will. my brother abuses alcohol worse than i do and my sister is probably the only family i actually want to spend time with 
<2022-01-26T05:10:22.000Z> graf: my sister would move in a heartbeat if i asked her to
<2022-01-26T05:10:35.000Z> graf: shes uh
<2022-01-26T05:10:38.000Z> graf: 53 this yar
<2022-01-26T05:10:40.000Z> graf: year*
<2022-01-26T05:10:40.000Z> pinemarten: maybe relocate all of them to Wyoming or something
<2022-01-26T05:10:48.000Z> graf: my brother is 43? this year
<2022-01-26T05:10:50.000Z> graf: so ill be 36
<2022-01-26T05:11:09.000Z> pinemarten: I'll just say I was born in the early 1960s
<2022-01-26T05:11:20.000Z> pinemarten: old fart
<2022-01-26T05:11:30.000Z> graf: my sister was 1969
<2022-01-26T05:11:39.000Z> graf: she actually relies on me for all her tech info so she's pretty savvy
<2022-01-26T05:11:52.000Z> pinemarten: well that makes sense
<2022-01-26T05:11:59.000Z> graf: i built her an X1 carbon (2nd gen) so riced out it's on par with most peoples desktops now
<2022-01-30T20:37:11.000Z> pinemarten: Nice to see XMR discussion on NIGR.   Things are not quite as bleak as you say at least on the medium term.   I have recent experience getting XMR with cash and crypto via various.   
<2022-01-30T20:37:57.000Z> pinemarten: oops I meant to send that to DK.  
<2022-01-30T21:34:13.000Z> graf: ur secret xchange is safe with me , pardner..,,
<2022-01-31T02:04:15.000Z> pinemarten: Thanks!   I had a very stressful week last week, the US Post Office took six days (instead of two) to deliver a letter only a moderate distance , that had a big wad of my cash in it.   I should probably hook up with your friends.   We can chat on Matrix if you like. 
<2022-01-31T04:12:33.000Z> graf: I will keep you appraised, i just had to fork out some large cash for hardware to beef it up so I hope to be done tomorrow
<2022-01-31T04:12:37.000Z> graf: I will work overnight to complete it
<2022-01-31T04:12:38.000Z> graf: thank you friend
<2022-01-31T04:14:26.000Z> pinemarten: you are welcome but i didn't do anything recently
<2022-01-31T04:40:33.000Z> graf: the thank you is retroactive
<2022-01-31T04:40:33.000Z> graf: <3 
<2022-01-31T04:43:35.000Z> pinemarten: :thumb_up:
<2022-02-19T04:15:19.000Z> pinemarten: Hi graf, I got my yearly bonus -- line go up and I got 30% of my annual pay in one whack.    I want to give a few thousand to the truckers, please keep us appraised  of a safe crypto way to do this that  gets it to the right hands.  I'm leery of scammers as well as ZOG.   Thank you friend.
<2022-02-19T04:24:31.000Z> graf: I dont think there is a safe way where you could wholly remain anonymous. my names already out there so I didn't really much care butpoa.st/notice/AGVKvAwCzNO5SUIQEaI was collecting money via XMR to send via eTransfer (bank account to bank account here, instant transfer) via the adopt a trucker program. they have a strenuous vetting process so im waiting for them to pair me with someone. I pledged to send several thousand of my own, but nobody on poast sent anything so I didn't include that. I could add whatever to mine when I send it, otherwise I will let you know what i hear in the coming days
<2022-02-19T04:27:01.000Z> pinemarten: Yes if you are setting up a channel I will trust your judgement and opsec, I'll just send XMR.    I better buy more!  If I lived a day's drive away I would have just taken envelopes with cash an passed them out but I'm way too far.   Looks like truckers in the US will also soon need support.  They are so slow to learn though.
<2022-02-19T04:28:29.000Z> graf: my plan was to distribute what i was donating to a couple via etransfer, I pledged enough that they would likely pair me with more than one which is goodbut now people are being arrested so I may split my original pledge and donate to bail/legal funds as well
<2022-02-19T04:28:45.000Z> pinemarten: agreed
<2022-02-19T04:29:51.000Z> pinemarten: They may seize bail funds too I would not put anything past them.    Only black child murderers get to raise bail.
<2022-02-19T04:30:16.000Z> graf: yeah its still a maybe, im waiting to see if they honor bail that has been provided already by others
<2022-02-19T04:30:45.000Z> pinemarten: ok keep in touch
<2022-02-19T04:47:57.000Z> graf: will do, i have a friend who is there right now so im going to see if I can get her to distribute as well
<2022-02-19T17:20:12.000Z> graf: I was matched with three I will be sending money to via e-transfer later today, one of which provides meals daily. no word on the bail yet
<2022-02-19T17:43:17.000Z> pinemarten: OK sounds good tell me how to kick in.   
<2022-02-19T17:44:09.000Z> graf: you can send XMR if you want -- I will be withdrawaling to an exchange connected to Poast's account instead of my own 
<2022-02-19T17:44:21.000Z> graf: and sending probably around 5PM my time 
<2022-02-19T17:44:32.000Z> pinemarten: Send to the Poast acct?
<2022-02-19T17:45:29.000Z> graf: yeah I think that will be fine. it's all masked so I don't think it would be tracked. if somehow it was I can just specify it's a user contribution 
<2022-02-19T17:46:00.000Z> graf: I meant I would be sending the etransfers from poasts actual bank account not my own 
<2022-02-19T17:46:31.000Z> pinemarten: crypto all in the toilet now
<2022-02-19T17:47:37.000Z> graf: I haven't looked now I'm scared 
<2022-02-19T17:48:00.000Z> graf: poast can process all of its own fiat donations now but it displays my old phone number 
<2022-02-19T17:48:14.000Z> graf: so today I have to source an 800 number then we are all set I think 
<2022-02-19T17:50:12.000Z> pinemarten: OK I'm going to just buy some BTC with cash and do the XMR swap later.  I'll send about $2000 in XMR to the Poa.st XMR donation address, on the /donate/crypto link
<2022-02-19T17:50:33.000Z> pinemarten: I really need to learn how to mix with Sparrow wallet.
<2022-02-19T17:51:27.000Z> graf: sure, do you wish to just distribute across the three i was matched with? I only know of the one who distributes food and meals to people, im not sure of the affiliation of the other two or if they are just truckers -- yet. I emailed them
<2022-02-19T17:52:46.000Z> pinemarten: That's fine use your judgement.    This won't be the last time we will have to step up.
<2022-02-19T17:53:03.000Z> pinemarten: I'm too old and fat to be a street fighter it is the least i can do. 
<2022-02-19T18:18:30.000Z> pinemarten: OK I just sent 12.5XMR to poast address should be there in a few minutes.
<2022-02-19T18:20:13.000Z> graf: received, will transfer and send this out this afternoon. thanks for helping, nobody else was interested in it lol
<2022-02-19T18:21:01.000Z> pinemarten: np i'm sure more things will be coming up.  There is a convoy to DC in a week I think.
<2022-02-19T18:22:26.000Z> graf: I don't think I will be of much help for the US protests, I can help for these ones because I have tools at my disposal to send funds to people in canada but we cant access stuff like cashapp and venmo here 
<2022-02-19T18:22:57.000Z> pinemarten: I know, I'm just thinking how long a haul this will be
<2022-02-19T18:23:32.000Z> graf: I think it will be less for you guys because biden absolutely will call in the army and the national guard is already standing by 
<2022-02-19T18:23:58.000Z> pinemarten: ugh
<2022-02-19T18:31:52.000Z> graf: i cant find the article about it but i did see on here last night that they had activated the national guard
<2022-02-19T18:31:54.000Z> graf: it was on twitter i think
<2022-02-19T18:32:15.000Z> pinemarten: oh in preparation for the DC thing
<2022-02-19T18:32:36.000Z> pinemarten: Mexico the only non-police state in North America
<2022-02-19T18:34:38.000Z> graf: lol i was being sincere when i said i wish to visit belize with gf, the suggestion that i may make it a permanent was a little more serious than some might have assumed
<2022-02-19T18:37:18.000Z> pinemarten: I've wanted to visit there for a long time.
<2022-02-19T18:37:54.000Z> pinemarten: I went to Cartagena once, it was pretty nice. 
<2022-02-19T19:09:09.000Z> graf: if I do end up there you are welcome to visit free of charge just don't kill us lol
<2022-02-19T19:29:35.000Z> pinemarten: LOL don't worry I will just make rum drinks
<2022-02-19T20:13:51.000Z> graf: the other two people in my pool are just truckers who have been there for 18 and 23 of 27 days so I feel confident and will distribute the funds when i go pick up gf in a couple hours, thank you again friend
<2022-02-19T21:48:28.000Z> pinemarten: Give them my best they are fighting for all of us.
<2022-02-21T06:18:13.000Z> graf: there's local people here part of the whole thing going on in Ottawa, a fleet of coffee truck owners who have been providing co-demonstrators with food and drink so I took 500$ of what you provided and gave it to them to help with those costs too. I can give them cash in hand with no issue which is major now 
<2022-02-21T06:18:26.000Z> graf: I hope you can find someone like that if the ones in the US kick off 
<2022-02-21T15:53:10.000Z> pinemarten: Thanks for the update.   I doubt if anything will be happening where I live in Californiastan.   My brother lives in the East but he may not even be on the trucker's side. 
<2022-04-17T08:14:11.000Z> pinemarten: sent some sats
<2022-04-17T08:17:21.000Z> graf: b ro please dont you need your money
<2022-04-17T08:17:50.000Z> pinemarten: to late.   I'm really depressed and this week is Hitler's birthday.
<2022-04-17T08:19:04.000Z> graf: verge of suicide myself too man
<2022-04-17T08:19:08.000Z> graf: stay strong
<2022-04-17T08:19:50.000Z> pinemarten: ugh
<2022-04-17T08:20:09.000Z> pinemarten: you are a good dude, people need you.
<2022-04-17T08:20:36.000Z> pinemarten: Honestly you are making a real difference in the world.
<2022-04-17T08:25:50.000Z> graf: dont ugh me man people have been attacking me personally for fucking weeks
<2022-04-17T08:27:53.000Z> pinemarten: that was a sympathy 'ugh'
<2022-04-17T08:28:42.000Z> graf: i cried into my girlfriends arm 3 days ago because someone repeatedly told me they were going to kill my mother and sent me an image of my parents house that was very clearly taken from their home
<2022-04-17T08:28:56.000Z> pinemarten: my god
<2022-04-17T08:29:37.000Z> pinemarten: well i'm on your side no matter what
<2022-04-17T09:42:06.000Z> graf: its fine friend
<2022-04-17T09:42:10.000Z> graf: im here no matter what too
<2022-04-17T09:42:19.000Z> graf: but please, you dont need to always send us so muchj
<2022-04-17T09:42:42.000Z> graf: i wish people would send 20 or 50 monthly not 100 or 300 weekly -- that doesnt help us
<2022-04-17T09:42:56.000Z> graf: if you want to help poast, send it monthly so we can estimate costs easier
<2022-04-17T09:44:34.000Z> graf: if i need something large i will personally come to you with a request and plan to give it back to you -- we need recurring now more than anything ever
<2022-04-17T10:55:26.000Z> graf: im sorry man i didnt mean to be upsetting to you i just, you give us so much all the time and i dont want to rely on it anymore
<2022-04-17T10:55:40.000Z> graf: we need to focus on recurring not major one off donations
<2022-04-17T10:55:47.000Z> graf: i feel so bad 
<2022-04-17T10:56:47.000Z> graf: the issue is people lke you give major donations and then i think ok we can grow and we really cant, we cant even cover what we had originally half the time. i need to work on this
<2022-04-17T16:05:20.000Z> pinemarten: Understood, I was thinking about it from your side.    I should probably set up a tickler so  I can do things monthly for you or a few other causes.    At one point I had a spread sheet where I tracked things quarterly, but then kind of gave that up.  When I was involved on running some forums I ran some stats and of course 5% of users account for 90% of posts.   The same for support.   Even with 10,0000 users you might have 10 big contributors, 100 medium, 1000 for a dollar here and there and 9000 lurkers.  
<2022-04-17T22:27:36.000Z> graf: yeah
<2022-04-17T22:27:40.000Z> graf: there was a lot that set up monthly
<2022-04-17T22:27:43.000Z> graf: last night
<2022-04-17T22:27:59.000Z> graf: 250$ ish per month on our own platform 
<2022-04-17T22:28:23.000Z> graf: the liberapay thing is a lie, people pay via liberapay and it comes out from them in one lump sum and gets sent to us in one lump sum -- we get exactly 0$ from liberapay per month
<2022-04-17T22:28:47.000Z> graf attached file https://i.poastcdn.org/aebe63677b2ca243003f0e6f0e95112e74da76437a72e3adc8af439d48d45f88.png
<2022-04-17T22:36:42.000Z> pinemarten: Eh I'm more leery than ever about things like Liberapay after the canada trucker thing.   
<2022-04-17T22:37:12.000Z> pinemarten: I'll organize something to remind me to give $100/mo via BTC or XMR
<2022-04-17T22:39:45.000Z> pinemarten: I can't even figure out how to do Odysee donations in an anon way.  
<2022-04-19T08:57:59.000Z> graf: thank you friend yberpunkookie☆
<2022-04-19T08:58:00.000Z> graf: oops
<2022-04-19T08:58:08.000Z> graf: poa.st/notice/AIbOKDuEE8aE2YKeq8
<2022-04-19T09:01:00.000Z> graf: thank you for your help as always friend
<2022-04-20T15:49:42.000Z> pinemarten: If you are having issues getting crypto back into fiat, I've had good success on AgoraDesk.   Going through snail mail is the worst part.   Traders have all been cool.  Or see if your service providers will just themselves accept crypto.
<2022-04-20T15:50:26.000Z> graf: yeah im working on the latter, i would prefer to deal with them in crypto and i've asked so hopefully they get back to me. poast pays a lot to them so i think it would be beneficial for both of us
<2022-04-21T04:46:52.000Z> pinemarten: You have to excuse me for always being 9 steps behind the curve, I was born in the John F. Kennedy administration. 
<2022-04-21T04:47:23.000Z> pinemarten: Maybe I can put that on a blue baseball cap.
<2022-04-21T04:47:39.000Z> graf: the cap is a badge of honor
<2022-04-21T04:47:46.000Z> pinemarten: :)
<2022-06-18T16:52:39.000Z> pinemarten: I sent another 1.0 XMR since you said you were short.   I bought a bunch a few days ago since I actually spend it, and need to replensh.
<2022-06-18T16:52:56.000Z> pinemarten: Very tough week for crypto, stonks.  
<2022-06-18T20:11:57.000Z> graf: yeah we are down almost 6 grand 
<2022-06-18T20:12:10.000Z> graf: much appreciated
<2022-06-18T20:13:02.000Z> pinemarten: :(  No house or retirement for me i guess
<2022-06-18T20:13:35.000Z> graf: i feel that one. someone on poast went  in 50 grand on the last dip and probably lost it all
<2022-06-18T20:14:37.000Z> pinemarten: oof
<2022-06-18T20:14:52.000Z> pinemarten: but wait this is now the last dip
<2022-06-18T20:15:20.000Z> pinemarten: I think i bought $5k of XMR over  the past several months.
<2022-06-18T20:18:36.000Z> pinemarten: crypto usually mirrors the stock market, but amplified
<2022-06-18T20:21:01.000Z> graf: yeah I mean last time when it went down like 2-3k, it was still over 40k at the time or something
<2022-06-18T20:21:07.000Z> graf: he's been holding for a couple months that i know for sure
<2022-06-18T20:21:08.000Z> graf: i feel bad
<2022-06-18T20:21:21.000Z> graf: he bought in because I was buying in at the same time but I moved it out as soon as it gained some value
<2022-06-18T20:21:46.000Z> pinemarten: I either hold or give it away
<2022-06-18T20:22:10.000Z> pinemarten: I've probably lost over $40k this year myself, unrealized loss.
<2022-06-18T20:22:49.000Z> pinemarten: I have a lot in my employers stock, also down >40%
<2022-06-18T20:29:22.000Z> graf: I dont think a lot of shit is going back to even normal on the stock market, there's way too much fake value pumped in now
<2022-06-18T20:31:37.000Z> pinemarten: i hope you are at least partly wrong
<2022-06-18T20:31:50.000Z> graf: me too friend
<2022-06-18T20:31:55.000Z> pinemarten: Well, it could be worse , i could live in downtown Donetsk
<2022-06-18T20:32:28.000Z> pinemarten: I often think how horrific my life is, and how really I have every right to be much more depressed than I am.   
<2022-06-18T20:32:51.000Z> pinemarten: I mean family stuff, things other than money.
<2022-06-18T20:33:57.000Z> pinemarten: well i will try to get in a little outside time see you friend
<2022-06-18T20:34:41.000Z> graf: hope things look up for you soon friend
<2022-07-08T07:59:38.000Z> graf: poa.st/notice/ALH8CUnXjFR6ubYsWeyou were who i mentioned in the first part of that. please dont
<2022-07-08T07:59:48.000Z> graf: you spend so much and I feel bad please, I'm asking you as a friend dont
<2022-07-08T08:01:53.000Z> pinemarten: Poa.st is very important to me.   And I cut way back on booze, saving several hundred a month!
<2022-07-08T08:03:22.000Z> graf: im glad for you but please man you spend way too much on us already, i dont feel okay accepting more. we will be fine and people will help us
<2022-09-04T16:59:00.000Z> pinemarten: Are you going to run a separate campaign for your distributed DNS thing?   Also, you need branding.
<2022-09-04T21:20:57.000Z> graf: yeah branding is a big thingim usually good at it but im drawing blanks rn
<2022-09-04T21:22:00.000Z> pinemarten: well take your time laying the foundation.   Worth it for something significant.   You have my support when you need it.
<2023-01-13T20:46:29.000Z> pinemarten: I had some good news -- a $4000 crypto transaction that I thought I was going to go up in smoke got resolved.   So that is good.  I sent cash to a guy I had done business many times before, but this time he ghosted me.    I think he had some health problems, maybe he died 'suddenly'.    Anyway it was a test of my nerves.
<2023-01-13T20:48:22.000Z> graf: basado. i recently had the same with XMR transfer into our account via changenow, I thought they stole our BTC and i was furious for days. turns out  they just didnt have any XMR and their system bugged out
<2023-01-13T20:48:30.000Z> graf: but im still wary of sending anything through it now
<2023-01-13T20:55:48.000Z> pinemarten: I think the guy got hit by a bus or was arrested.   This was hanging for almost a month.  The cash is almost certainly still in his PO Box.   I think AgoraDesk ate  the loss.
<2023-01-13T21:01:38.000Z> graf: im glad you got it resolved but F for a real one if thats true. im too nervous and we have far too little money coming in for me to play fast and loose with *any* of it 
<2023-01-14T02:34:23.000Z> graf: im trying to diversify where we get income. any ideas? i have to beg people to help every month or we cant even make half of our cost and its draining to me to put 12+ hours a day into this and then pay for a lot of it too. selling merch works but we just dont have people who can do it or want to
<2023-01-14T02:34:25.000Z> graf: shit sucks man
<2023-01-14T07:13:22.000Z> graf: poast needs money so bad man, i have some extra xmr ill sell you if you want
<2023-01-14T07:13:32.000Z> graf: 1.1
<2023-01-14T11:29:07.000Z> pinemarten: I was about to send some XMR but I can also send USD as cash.     I can send $500.  Probably regular First Class Mail would do.   For larger amounts, going to US post office boxes I usually use USPS Priority Mail Express which costs about $28.  But Ive sent USPS money orders and even cash via First Class mail, I don't think Ive lost one.     Maybe send your address on Poast Matrix if that is more secure. 
<2023-01-14T11:32:39.000Z> pinemarten: As far as fund raising, I'm not sure.    The one trick I know is from my old college advisor, he became a Vice Provost and was very involved in raising tens or even hundreds of millions from Silicon Valley plutocrats.  The trick is that your big donors are also your best recruiters.    This is how political 'bundling' works.   Think Harvey Weinstein.   I've tried to talk to my NJP Brothers in Christ about these things, but they often have a more parochial mindset.     
<2023-01-14T11:33:46.000Z> pinemarten: As far as other schemes, you have already looked at patron-level premium badging,  merch, other stuff.
<2023-01-14T11:38:07.000Z> pinemarten: Our poast office is closed until Tuesday, to celebrate the downfall of the white race. (MLK Jr Day). @pinemarten:poa.st  on Matrix if more sensitive info.
<2023-01-14T11:39:31.000Z> pinemarten: Oh outside of donations I'm happy to buy XMR from you in USD cash or whatever we can figure out, at Binance spot rate.  At least $500/mo 
<2023-01-14T19:41:26.000Z> graf: to be honest i'd take whatever at this point. im trying to trim fat off our costs but theres only so much i can do without moving our hardware or something 
<2023-01-14T21:23:31.000Z> pinemarten: OK tell me your IRL mailing address I'll send some cash
<2023-01-14T21:23:40.000Z> pinemarten: Or XMR if I have to.
<2023-01-14T21:26:38.000Z> graf: if mailing is easier for you, sure .PoastPO Box 20005Cambridge Center POCambridge, ONN1R6B0 CANADA
<2023-01-14T21:37:21.000Z> pinemarten: OK I'll put it in the mail Tuesday
<2023-01-14T21:38:22.000Z> pinemarten: Make sure this works then we can work on helping liquidate XMR to USD.
<2023-01-14T21:39:11.000Z> pinemarten: I assume USD is OK I dont speak canadian.
<2023-01-14T22:26:13.000Z> graf: yeah that's okay 
<2023-01-24T21:53:54.000Z> graf: thank you for gift, arrived in one piece 
<2023-01-24T22:29:24.000Z> pinemarten: Oh, yes, happy birthday.   I got a confusing message from USPS tracking, it was not clear that it arrived in your PO box.
<2023-01-24T22:30:14.000Z> pinemarten: Next time I want to spend $50 and wait 7 days to send an envelope from one big North American city to another, I will be sure to go USPS.
<2023-01-24T22:30:39.000Z> pinemarten: That is what I get from betraying my beloved Monerochan.
<2023-01-24T23:08:59.000Z> graf: it was nice, thank you for the card. I do appreciate it 
<2023-01-25T04:14:13.000Z> pinemarten: 😃
<2023-02-15T22:14:57.000Z> pinemarten: I didn't want to post this publicly, but my employer is in Day 13 of a ransomware attack.   Several thousand people are idle at home, buildings are locked out, hourly people are told to apply for unemployment for the weeks furloughed.    Costing at least $20M/week.   So IT problems can be very bad!   I'm pretending to work at home while getting paid.  
<2023-02-15T22:21:44.000Z> graf: thats kinda based but i would go crazy not doing stuff. especially if it was like, a work setting and people relied on it. poast is stressful enough, when shit is down for like 30 mins i start panicking lol
<2023-02-15T22:23:03.000Z> pinemarten: Ah well, after my last "Diversity Training" my loyalty is pretty non-existant.    We'll just have to work hard to make up later this year. 
<2023-02-15T23:15:06.000Z> graf: at least you arent one of the ones being told to apply for unemployment
<2023-02-15T23:15:09.000Z> graf: i'd lose my shit tbh
<2023-02-16T01:46:41.000Z> pinemarten: Ive been involantarily terminated 3 times i think.   It does suck.  Even my very successful  brother was nailed twice.
<2023-02-16T01:47:47.000Z> pinemarten: Its not something they prepare you for at school.
<2023-02-16T02:19:40.000Z> graf: what kind of ransomware was this. do you know?
<2023-02-16T05:58:43.000Z> pinemarten: "Royal" it is a  pretty famous one.   Hitting a lot of health care institutions.
<2023-02-16T06:11:08.000Z> graf: well I dont need ransomware to fuck up because I just mistakenly wiped out our database for the donation server
<2023-02-16T06:11:15.000Z> graf: I hope they have a backup
<2023-02-16T06:11:15.000Z> graf: FUCK
<2023-02-16T06:11:29.000Z> pinemarten: aaak
<2023-02-16T06:19:54.000Z> graf: thats *very* bad because thats the only income we really have lol
<2023-02-16T06:19:59.000Z> graf: im hoping the host of that VPS has a backup 
<2023-02-16T06:20:02.000Z> graf: `FREE Off-site Daily Backups. Your data is always safe*`
<2023-02-16T06:20:09.000Z> graf: the asterix doesnt instill confidence 
<2023-02-16T06:39:42.000Z> pinemarten: Safeu.  So it had the credit card records for recurring payments?   Good luck, for us all.
<2023-02-16T06:40:06.000Z> graf: no credit card info stored with us at all
<2023-02-16T06:40:15.000Z> graf: just your username and a string that coincides with a stripe payment
<2023-02-16T06:40:21.000Z> graf: so it can automatically be charged again
<2023-02-16T06:40:27.000Z> graf: someone also just attempted to swat me again
<2023-02-16T06:44:38.000Z> pinemarten: JFC.   Im really sorry.
<2023-02-16T06:53:51.000Z> graf: poa.st/notice/ASjGpfzYniHyqA74Ii
<2023-02-16T06:53:54.000Z> graf: lot of shit going on tonight
<2023-02-16T06:53:57.000Z> graf: think ill have a couple beers
<2023-02-16T06:54:01.000Z> graf: thanks for letting me vent
<2023-02-16T07:31:56.000Z> pinemarten: Im getting my 2022 bonus this week I Will share some.  In our world everything is ten times harder.   But we are fighting dragons.
<2023-02-16T07:43:04.000Z> graf: i appreciate it friend but it cant always be you picking up the slack for others. i feel bad relying on you for helping us 
<2023-02-16T16:38:00.000Z> pinemarten: Well you didnt ask , Im just offering.  I have disposable income and not many places to spend it.  As you are seeing this week, it is very very hard to hold dissident communities together.
<2023-02-16T20:04:07.000Z> graf: well i appreciate it friend
<2023-02-17T02:44:51.000Z> pinemarten: chin up comrade!
<2023-02-17T20:24:42.000Z> graf: our new hardware was supposed to be racked yesterday but no info from the datacenter. they were delivered so I'm not sure what's going on 
<2023-02-17T20:24:50.000Z> graf: it's delayed me by almost a whole day tho 
<2023-02-18T19:40:51.000Z> graf: im glad you offered to help, we actually have a lot of yearly bills coming out this week/end that i totally forgot about. we appreciate all the help you give
<2023-02-18T19:41:24.000Z> pinemarten: I just sent some XMR 10 seconds ago.
<2023-02-18T19:41:47.000Z> graf: much appreciated friend
<2023-02-18T19:42:04.000Z> graf: I was just trying to let you know that we do appreciate you and what you do for us
<2023-02-18T19:42:17.000Z> pinemarten: you are very welcome
<2023-02-18T19:42:41.000Z> pinemarten: transaction ID 47f1...b4d6
<2023-02-18T19:42:55.000Z> graf: yeah I saw it as I was just finishing typing much appreciated lol
<2023-02-18T19:42:58.000Z> graf: thank you friend 
<2023-02-18T19:43:21.000Z> pinemarten: Now if only all the NJP people would grow up and start acting like adults.
<2023-02-18T19:47:14.000Z> graf: i honestly dont know whats going on at all
<2023-02-18T19:47:18.000Z> graf: and I feel like thats good for me maybe
<2023-02-18T19:47:22.000Z> pinemarten: yes.
<2023-02-18T19:48:03.000Z> pinemarten: I'm a  strong supporter, but their behavior is often frustrating.   I don't get pulled into the public shitfights, it is counter-productiive. 
<2023-02-18T19:50:24.000Z> pinemarten: In our sphere, there are a lot of very individualistic, confrontational, and at times paranoid personalities.   Add the very real element of government surveillance and harassment.   So a population ripe for conflict and infighting. 
<2023-02-18T19:53:56.000Z> graf: reading some of it makes me believe its just bad actors trying to sew doubt 
<2023-02-18T19:55:43.000Z> pinemarten: Well yes on poa.st there are a handful of ill-wishers just trolling.    People who never do anything themselves, just like to tear down others. 
<2023-02-18T19:57:04.000Z> pinemarten: It is a big mistake for DKDharma and Mick McKevitt to engage with them.
<2023-02-18T19:58:55.000Z> pinemarten: I think today will be a weeb day, to to the Japanese book store, have ramen, and watch the latest Nagatoro tonight on TV.
<2023-02-18T19:59:59.000Z> graf: im sorry I don't see anything outside of poast since i dont follow it this is all ive got to go on but im sure this like everything else will pass
<2023-02-18T20:00:19.000Z> graf: im grilling burger with fresh swiss cheese, boston live lettuce and cheddar brioche buns
<2023-02-18T20:00:21.000Z> pinemarten: yes
<2023-02-18T20:00:21.000Z> graf: very excited 
<2023-02-18T20:00:29.000Z> pinemarten: Yum!
<2023-02-21T18:26:02.000Z> pinemarten: I got some strange news -- back in December I sent $4000 cash to a crypto trader I had traded with many times, but he never did his half of the trade.   His wife contacted me, apparently he died within a day or so of me doing the trade.   Damn.   Fortunately AgoraDesk made it good for me, I suppose she can re-reimburse them.    Poor lady.
<2023-02-21T18:40:02.000Z> graf: yeah you told me about the trade. glad you got your cash back tho. people dropping like flies randomly is not good 
<2023-02-21T18:40:53.000Z> pinemarten: He had mentioned that he had health problems, had to go to hospital etc.   Probably not jab-related.   I don't know how old he was, I just know is PO Box address.  
<2023-02-21T18:50:50.000Z> graf: even still. makes me nervous because my mom tricked me into getting 2x Pfizer and when I try to sleep without being drunk I can't because I can feel my heartbeat and it's irregularities so ive been working on making shit more accessible to milk in the event something happens to me 
<2023-02-21T18:50:57.000Z> graf: I'm glad they are the cost and gave it back tho 
<2023-02-21T18:51:05.000Z> graf: I'd be elated 
<2023-02-21T18:56:06.000Z> pinemarten: Damn.  I'm very sorry.   I got the first two shots after talking to a bunch of people, plus I'm old and fat.   But no boosters.   Never had covid or any side effects from shots.  I know a lot of people though who get boosters and are they very sick for days.
<2023-02-21T18:59:17.000Z> graf: no boosters for me just the original shots. was not sick at all. just arm pain 
<2023-02-21T19:00:22.000Z> pinemarten: Well take care of yourself.   Rest as you need it.    I have no IRL friends, I'd miss you terribly.
<2023-02-21T19:08:56.000Z> graf: yeah im in the same boat. all my high school friends died of overdoses or are well into family life. gf was all I had irl other than my mom and siblings so her being gone hurt more than I think she understands. but we adapt and move on. I'm going to stop drinking again for a couple weeks starting tomorrow and then get some ordered blood tests because im genuinely scared about it. thank you for your help with everything btw. I bought new servers out of pocket last week and we had them built and racked on Sunday and I moved poast to them last night. it's night and day in terms of performance and it will be cheaper on us in the long run and this is good because as much as you sending us help goes to help tremendously in terms of growth and advancement, we can't always rely on that much help. I want to try to find someone who isn't jewed or pozzed to make investments in a large scale so we can completely redo what we've got set up so it all fully automatically scales up and down as we need, kind of like cloud. when we can get to that point we can run on the bleeding edge in terms of cost and performance. I just don't like inviting people into that kind of position because then you invite control. and it's hard to ask for help from people with no expectation other than it's going to a good cause. I am hoping we attract genuine people who wish to see it grow as much as you and I do 🙏🏻
<2023-02-21T19:23:24.000Z> pinemarten: OK my technical abilities are fairly modest but I will help where I can.
<2023-02-21T19:23:46.000Z> pinemarten: I'll call my mom today.
<2023-02-21T19:33:16.000Z> graf: poa.st/@graf/posts/AStoM8KrsYvnQYSNBw
<2023-02-21T19:33:18.000Z> graf: this is what i built 
<2023-02-21T19:33:33.000Z> graf: 128 core / 256 threadthis should last us several large growth spurts 
<2023-02-22T05:36:58.000Z> graf: if you ever run into someone who wants to make a 40 or 50k investment with 3-5x returns in 4-5 years please trll me 
<2023-02-22T05:37:00.000Z> graf: tell*
<2023-02-22T13:10:36.000Z> pinemarten: well I think sometime back I offered to participate in some equity position on your hosting business.   
<2023-02-22T18:36:04.000Z> graf: that's another thing I have to work on too. I just have so much shit to do im working from the time I wake up until the time I pass out every day 😩
<2023-02-22T23:21:13.000Z> pinemarten: Delegation is hard but necessary.
<2023-02-26T00:51:00.000Z> graf: ive been talking to the guy who owns the datacenter we are in for poasts database and web server now and i asked him about prepaying and a discount and he said he'd give us 6 months for 3200 which is crazy so im hoping we can drum up a bunch of money because thats less than half of what we used to pay for the rack in NY 
<2023-02-26T01:13:09.000Z> pinemarten: So $3200 is a good deal?
<2023-02-26T01:13:27.000Z> graf: for 6 months prepaid we were paying 8k even, its less than half
<2023-02-26T01:13:37.000Z> graf: for the old agreement, i mean
<2023-02-26T01:14:26.000Z> pinemarten: Really you only need half a dozen people at my contribution level.   Out of what , >10000 members?
<2023-02-26T01:14:36.000Z> graf: yeah it'll never happen lol
<2023-02-26T01:14:47.000Z> graf: but this is too good of a deal so i think ill just pay all of it if we cant get the total amount 
<2023-02-26T01:14:51.000Z> graf: i cant really pass this up
<2023-02-27T01:41:15.000Z> graf: got 1.5k of it paid thanks to a couple large contributions and part of yours 🙏🏻
<2023-02-27T01:56:13.000Z> pinemarten: Urah!
<2023-03-16T06:24:18.000Z> graf: i dont know what to do friend, 2/3rds of the people who were contributing to help poast have not reestablished their donations which is about an 800$ loss for us on top of other expenses this month im gonna be out of pocket a lot again. any ideas how to drum up cash? ive been trying to consolodate everything so it functions the same or better for much less cost but there's only so much i can do 
<2023-03-16T14:43:05.000Z> pinemarten: I can kick in some more but really we need a better long term solution.
<2023-03-16T14:43:52.000Z> pinemarten: I'm tempted to advise playing hardball with members, but that would likely backfire.
<2023-03-16T14:46:30.000Z> graf: yeah I don't like asking for shit, it makes me feel not so great. I should probably get over it but it's not who I am. I agree with you that a long term solution is better but im not sure where to begin and if I have enough time. maybe some subscription based thing I was hoping to use btrfly to subsidize some costs but we had some tranny chargeback which cost us the hosting fees plus a dispute fee on top of it so we are red on btrfly too
<2023-03-16T18:49:42.000Z> graf: if you would consider helping in the interim, im working on something right now
<2023-03-16T18:50:16.000Z> graf: this will allow us to have people login, donate, get a badge for donating automatically but more importantly it will show a tally of the donated amount and how much is to go on the sidebar permanently https://i.poastcdn.org/b3fe9c0f9cd0cf1d94a51584e42da6624ea885f12ee88c81f242a654a29f057b.png
<2023-03-16T18:50:35.000Z> graf: that way I can "ask" without asking. thoughts?
<2023-03-16T20:10:52.000Z> pinemarten: This seems fine -- i thought you had that already.   I think someone else proposed a thermometer bar on the home page?  Like it starts at 0 every month and goes up.   But a lot of people use Husky or some other phone app.
<2023-03-16T20:11:16.000Z> graf: its live! poa.st/notice/ATgRKmIqiFfDPHSRW4
<2023-03-16T20:11:20.000Z> pinemarten: I haven't notices other Fedi instances pitching for contributions.    Maybe they are all small enough not to need them. 
<2023-03-16T20:11:51.000Z> graf: if you are under like 50-100 users you can get away with less  than 20$/mo VPS like mugicha.club runs off a like 15$ per month VPS
<2023-03-16T20:12:03.000Z> graf: the issue we have is we have to pay transit costs and we have to run on bare metal, owned servers
<2023-03-16T20:12:09.000Z> graf: otherwise we stand to be easily deplatformed
<2023-03-16T20:12:37.000Z> pinemarten: Oh sure you are scaled up to 10000+ users , i get it
<2023-03-16T20:12:45.000Z> graf: we are 28,800
<2023-03-16T20:13:16.000Z> pinemarten: Maybe take a peek at what the top 10 fedi or mastodon instances do , just as market research. 
<2023-03-16T20:13:32.000Z> graf: journa.host had a 3000$ CDN bill a couple weeks ago
<2023-03-16T20:13:32.000Z> graf: lol
<2023-03-16T20:13:50.000Z> graf: i cant imagine having a bill that large for a CDN
<2023-03-16T20:13:51.000Z> graf: cant be us
<2023-03-16T20:59:51.000Z> pinemarten: Leave your porch light on and front door unlocked.  Expect a visit from Monerochan.
<2023-03-16T21:00:45.000Z> graf: i read the first half of that and I thought it was some kind of threat lol but i got it, thank you man thats much more than we needed. ill put the extra in the balance at the new datacenter so it will automatically go to new invoices
<2023-03-16T21:01:17.000Z> pinemarten: I wish a nice lady would slip into my bed some night without saying a word.
<2023-03-16T21:01:56.000Z> graf: that makes two of us friend. i didnt realize how much physical dependence i had on my ex until she was gone for a week. a couple nights sleeping with a pillow to one side of the bed was okay but then my asleep brain realized the heat wasnt there
<2023-03-16T21:03:45.000Z> pinemarten: that hurts
<2023-03-16T21:04:43.000Z> graf: yeah im still getting used to it
<2023-03-16T21:14:00.000Z> pinemarten: Not to start a competition, but I haven't had a woman in years.  
<2023-03-16T21:14:34.000Z> pinemarten: Not the sort of thing I mention in public.
<2023-03-16T21:15:51.000Z> graf: yeah i was in the same position, probably not nearly as long. 3 years. funny our relationship started from poast and her texting me "are you still lonely" 
<2023-03-16T21:15:53.000Z> graf: shit hurts man 
<2023-03-16T21:15:58.000Z> graf: im a very social person and i dont like to be alone
<2023-03-16T21:44:26.000Z> pinemarten: I'm really sorry.  I was kind of OK for a long time, or at least able to distract myself, but the last few weeks have been very bad.
<2023-03-16T22:21:41.000Z> graf: no sweat man im gonna be pretty bad in a couple months
<2023-03-16T22:21:52.000Z> graf: for like a solid year i was thirstposting anime images just wait lol
<2023-03-16T22:22:03.000Z> graf: you can lean on me friend we are in this together
<2023-03-16T23:56:44.000Z> pinemarten: Thanks, it's good to have a friend.
<2023-03-16T23:57:17.000Z> graf: i might take some time to respond but i will do my best to be punctual. i dont dig into my dms because people send me random shit but if you're always near the top its easy
<2023-03-16T23:57:17.000Z> graf: lol
<2023-03-16T23:57:31.000Z> pinemarten: Oh no worries. 
<2023-03-16T23:57:43.000Z> pinemarten: I'm supposed to be doing actual work, for example.
<2023-03-17T00:09:52.000Z> graf: im actually going to take some time, maybe a day and just not do anything providing nothing breaks
<2023-03-17T00:10:02.000Z> graf: ive been working at shit for so long im just used to working from the time i wake up til the time i go to sleep
<2023-03-17T00:10:08.000Z> graf: not good for the psyche 
<2023-03-17T00:23:50.000Z> pinemarten: Take at least one day a week away!
<2023-03-17T00:30:30.000Z> graf: i have been trying to but lately everythings been getting fucky 
<2023-03-17T00:30:36.000Z> graf: so I bought new hardware out of pocket, i think i told you about this
<2023-03-17T00:30:38.000Z> graf: we moved to it a couple weeks ago
<2023-03-17T00:31:02.000Z> graf: I paid for the parts and the datacenter built it for us but they neglected to tell me they didnt use a chassis that will fit multiple drives, so we have no ability to replace RAID array drives if they fail
<2023-03-17T00:31:27.000Z> graf: so if an NVMe in our database RAID-10 fails, for example, theres no way for us to recover 
<2023-03-17T00:31:31.000Z> graf: and they built them with single PSU 
<2023-03-17T00:31:45.000Z> graf: so I have to move poast *again* but to the same hardware just rebuilt 
<2023-03-17T00:31:55.000Z> graf: to avoid downtime i have to do this move and it's g oing to take me all night on a weekend
<2023-03-17T00:32:18.000Z> graf: there's a lot that goes on behind the scenes people dont know about and i just. i wish i could afford to pay for someone to do it, or to help on some days
<2023-03-17T01:35:42.000Z> pinemarten: Well there are skilled and semi-skilled people on poast, but maybe not in your area. 
<2023-03-17T01:36:29.000Z> graf: yes but the problem is trust
<2023-03-17T01:36:37.000Z> graf: 30 thousand people trust me with their info
<2023-03-17T01:36:47.000Z> graf: mind you its only emails, scrambling IP data whatever
<2023-03-17T01:36:57.000Z> graf: how do i trust someone with that kind of data
<2023-03-17T01:37:17.000Z> pinemarten: My employer still has not got the corporate network and servers working 6 weeks after a ransomware attack.   It has cost over $200 in lost or delayed revenue.   And that is with a big staff, budget, and contract pajeets.   So I'm pretty impressed with all you do. 
<2023-03-17T01:37:36.000Z> pinemarten: Yeah, giving someone else the keys is scary i suppose. 
<2023-03-17T01:37:53.000Z> pinemarten: that was $200M I meant to say
<2023-03-17T01:40:48.000Z> graf: im not a cryptological person but tell them to give me a hack at it
<2023-03-17T01:43:55.000Z> pinemarten: ha
<2023-03-17T01:44:02.000Z> pinemarten: well they are most of the way back
<2023-03-17T01:46:39.000Z> pinemarten: The corporate anti-virus is called Sophos, it occurred to me that Sophos itself is behind the ransom ware attack. 
<2023-03-17T01:48:44.000Z> graf: ah, that is common
<2023-03-17T01:48:49.000Z> graf: ive never heard of that btw
<2023-03-17T02:24:59.000Z> pinemarten: Just my paranoia
<2023-03-17T23:27:40.000Z> graf: new wallpaper  https://i.poastcdn.org/e3499a6de700380691b14cb5eb8fed55a623c134d6aa1c3d8af56baf1165a676.png
<2023-03-17T23:28:14.000Z> pinemarten: Pretty
<2023-03-28T22:40:07.000Z> graf: i just made a payment of 550$ to add to our balance at our new datacenter and saw the total $ amount we have in credit and thought you'd get a kick out of it 
<2023-03-28T22:40:12.000Z> graf attached file https://i.poastcdn.org/2a90d4a9f66829f4a78be6f1b530e4c9beb8f85b5e0a46d04d6f538e39e96d2e.png
<2023-03-29T01:51:25.000Z> pinemarten: LOL, HH.
<2023-05-15T03:32:32.000Z> graf: just checking in to make sure everything is okay friend
<2023-05-15T03:37:05.000Z> pinemarten: oh no worse than usual.   Thanks!
<2023-05-15T03:41:35.000Z> pinemarten: Seems like you and the GF are really back together so that is really good news. 
<2023-05-15T03:48:50.000Z> graf: yeah im trying my best
<2023-05-15T03:48:53.000Z> graf: glad you are still with us friend
<2023-05-15T03:48:59.000Z> graf: just wanted to check up because i worry about u
<2023-05-15T03:49:01.000Z> pinemarten: thanks
<2023-05-15T03:49:12.000Z> pinemarten: well I really appreciate it.
<2023-05-15T03:49:20.000Z> pinemarten: I'm pretty isolated most of the time. 
<2023-05-15T04:01:50.000Z> graf: me too the more i think about it. i have my mom and brother close but i dont spend much time with her and i cant stand him. i look forward to when gf comes but for that like month and a half or two months she was gone it was not okay
<2023-05-15T04:01:56.000Z> graf: you can always reach out if you want to talk friend
<2023-05-15T04:02:03.000Z> graf: i am busy as hell but i will make time to talk with u
<2023-05-15T04:02:18.000Z> pinemarten: OK thank you very much
<2023-05-15T04:04:45.000Z> pinemarten: I spent all day procrastinating on cleaning the cat poop off the bathroom floor. 
<2023-05-15T04:05:51.000Z> graf: oh shit you just reminded me tuesday is garbage day and i have to clean out my cat litter i t otally forgot
<2023-05-15T04:05:59.000Z> graf: ive been so busy all day trying so hard to get us off cloudflare
<2023-05-15T04:06:09.000Z> graf: what ive been working on for like two weeks wont work because we cant support websockets that way
<2023-05-15T04:06:15.000Z> graf: so i have to start over tomorrow maybe
<2023-05-15T04:06:46.000Z> pinemarten: OK let's both deal with the cat waste before bed or TV.
<2023-05-15T04:07:02.000Z> graf: ill go do it right now, i have to wait for my beer to chill anyway haha
<2023-05-15T04:09:14.000Z> pinemarten: ok good call
<2023-05-15T04:18:34.000Z> graf: all done for me, I wash the litter box out every time i do a full litter flush since there's two cats so it's drying. when i grab my beers from the freezer in maybe 20-30 mins ill fill it up
<2023-05-15T04:18:37.000Z> graf: thanks for the inspiration friend
<2023-05-15T04:23:28.000Z> pinemarten: You are more thorough than i usually am
<2023-05-15T04:25:46.000Z> graf: the poast datacenter guy called me the "mexican agriculture worker of tech" 
<2023-05-15T04:25:57.000Z> graf: i guess it extends to cat litter too
<2023-05-15T04:25:59.000Z> graf: lol
<2023-05-15T04:29:50.000Z> graf: you know we have quite the community in matrix, in the kinoplex channel in specific. we all help eachother through everything. you're in there, you should join us more
<2023-05-15T04:30:08.000Z> pinemarten: OK I'll get it going on my new box
<2023-05-15T04:30:35.000Z> graf: howd that work out anyway
<2023-05-15T14:36:59.000Z> pinemarten: Eventually AMD technical support told me that their graphics driver only works with a specific version of Ubuntu, so I had to wipe the previous Mint install and start all over.    So now I'm on Ubuntu which feels very dated and clunky.  Next task to to compile a version of ffmpeg that actually can call the graphics card. 
<2023-05-17T05:01:34.000Z> graf: you feeling okay today friend
<2023-05-17T05:01:35.000Z> graf: ??
<2023-05-17T05:01:54.000Z> graf: I cleaned out the litter box but never took out the organic waste bin so its never left
<2023-05-17T05:01:54.000Z> graf: :(
<2023-05-17T15:10:13.000Z> pinemarten: Oh I'm OK.   Overslept and late to a work meeting.    My 'morning mustelid' is usually a timed poast.
<2023-05-17T17:48:18.000Z> graf: glad you're still with us friend 
<2023-05-24T02:47:51.000Z> graf: checking to make sure everything is okay with you
<2023-05-24T02:47:53.000Z> graf: how are you doing friend
<2023-05-24T02:58:12.000Z> pinemarten: Oh I'm fine thank you.   Work all day.   Struggling with new PC all night. 
<2023-05-24T02:58:26.000Z> pinemarten: Thank you.   Hope you are also well. 
<2023-05-24T02:59:33.000Z> graf: whats wrong with pc?
<2023-05-24T03:00:41.000Z> pinemarten: just lots of hangups.   Some app called "portal" preventing saving to local disks from browser.   xnview image viewer won't launch.
<2023-05-24T03:00:48.000Z> pinemarten: little stuff
<2023-05-24T03:14:36.000Z> graf: weird, ubuntu? ive never used it on desktop other than something like popos
<2023-05-24T03:15:09.000Z> pinemarten: Ubuntu was the only thing that my graphics card driver would work with.
<2023-05-24T03:16:13.000Z> graf: what gpu? radeon ?
<2023-05-24T03:16:14.000Z> pinemarten: I had Ryzen envy so I bought a bleeding edge box, put together by local shop.  
<2023-05-24T03:17:14.000Z> pinemarten: ASUS TUF RX7900XTX graphics, Ryzen 9 7900x CPU 12 core
<2023-05-24T03:17:42.000Z> pinemarten: Sometime I like to transcode video, and also do technical work related stuff.