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River View Cafe

angelmitu — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:43:15 GMT

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Setting up a restaurant by the riverside is an excellent initiative.A restaurant has opened in our village, situated along the riverbank and surrounded entirely by lush green nature.The villagers are very excited to have found such a restaurant along the banks of the village river.

It was launched a while ago and the villagers are very excited.Everyone is excited because they will be able to find entertainment there during their leisure time.A river in front, and nothing but green nature on the other three sides.We are thrilled to be at this restaurant, set in a delightful environment surrounded by nature.Sipping coffee in a pleasant setting

A variety of food is available there, however these are items meant for people's entertainment.The restaurant's name is River View Cafe.In this pleasant natural setting, villagers will be able to sit and enjoy snacks like jhalmuri and fuchka, along with coffee and tea.We recently sat there and enjoyed these dishes.

However the natural scenery there is truly worth enjoying.So, I’ve shared the view with you all.

Thank you ♥️

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Should videos live forever?

meno — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 23:57:51 GMT

For the past few days, I've been trying to work out the plan, the coordinated plan, to move Threespeak into the new tech stack. I've written about this before, but it bears repeating: this thing is growing so many tentacles. But it's always like this. You begin changing one thing, and then a chain of changes must follow.

Although I've had a few conversations with Matt and Tibs, not everything is ironed out yet. For one, we are definitely not going to be storing videos forever, at least not the videos nobody watches. But how we are going to delete them, and when, is a question that's proving very hard to answer.

What I do know, and I say this with respect, is that most videos on video platforms are duds. They may get some plays in the very beginning, but they mostly go dormant. I certainly have plenty of those videos myself, and to be completely transparent, I'm glad they've survived, even if I sometimes forget they exist.

But, and this is the key part, there's a big budgetary difference between the Alphabet company and our little video platform venture. YouTube can store terabytes of video for pennies, and I'm sure if there's one thing they don't sweat, it's redundancy of their files. We, on the other hand, are battling sea monsters with handguns, and I submit we're doing pretty good too.

With all that said, the key thing, or perhaps the winning combination, is to give people, Threespeak users, a way to conserve their videos if they so wish. Give them a tool they can use to reprovide their videos to our infrastructure once the time we're willing to store them has expired. Again, I say this without actually having a set expiration date yet.

To be transparent, and to pull a chair up to the table, most videos, and I do mean most, go to sleep by the fourth day. In other words, most of their plays happen during the first and second days, but by the fourth, they're pretty much sleeping like a rock. This is understandable given the nature of Hive and its payout windows, but this also can't be how we dictate how long videos should exist.

I think we might end up hosting videos "for free" for up to a year. Meaning, if after a year nobody has backed up the video, nobody has become a reprovider of that content, and the video isn't one of those evergreen videos, it will get deleted.

Is this horrible? I ask. I don't really think so. But only, and this is key, if we also provide a tool for you, the content creator, the person who put effort into making that video, to keep said video alive for as long as you want.

A video that's older than a year and gets zero plays would eventually be cataloged as "community stored", which in turn would tell our platform that the video is very much in cold storage.

I can then imagine the Video Pulse service I'm working on expanding to seek out the IPFS CID out there, in the wild, so to speak. If it's still alive somewhere, Video Pulse could reprovide that CID to a hotnode for delivery.

Now, this means, and this part is crucial, that dormant videos hosted by our decentralized system, whether that's SPK Network or something else, would have a very slow process of waking up.

THAT is the compromise.

But in theory, this buys us years and years of running Threespeak within a reasonable budget, surviving even the beariest of bears.

That said, I need feedback. I want to know how everyone feels about this, and what you think would be a sensible holding period.

MenO

Barbell Complex: One Bar, Four Movements and Surprise Lunges

elianaicgomes — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 21:41:12 GMT

Decoding CrossFit #14 — Because apparently putting the bar down was never part of the plan.

Welcome back to Decoding CrossFit, the series where I look at the workout board, recognise several individual movements and then discover that someone has decided to connect all of them!

This time, the words on the board were familiar:

clean;
hang clean;
push press;
front squat.

The problem was that they were not written as four separate exercises...They were a barbell complex.

What is a barbell complex?

A barbell complex combines several barbell movements into one continuous sequence.

Depending on the workout, you may complete one repetition of each movement or several repetitions before moving to the next. The important part is that the movements are linked together, usually without putting the bar down between them.

It is basically a sentence written in barbell language: You may understand every individual word, but you still need to survive the full sentence!

Complexes are useful because they test more than one movement at a time. They also challenge grip, coordination, transitions and the ability to remember what comes next while your brain is becoming increasingly less helpful.

Clean versus hang clean

Two of the movements on this board looked almost identical: the clean and the hang clean.

In a regular clean, the bar begins on the floor. You lift it and receive it in the front-rack position. In a hang clean, the movement starts with the bar already off the floor, usually held around the thighs or just above the knees. From there, you generate power and bring it into the same front-rack position.

The destination is similar...The starting point is not...And when both appear in the same complex, there is very little time to stand there politely considering the difference!

The sequence on the board

The complex from 21 October combined:

barbell clean;
barbell hang clean;
barbell push press;
barbell front squat;
lunges.

The repetitions increased during the main workout, but the sequence stayed the same. The board suggested max 25 kg. I used 20 kg, which allowed me to connect the clean, hang clean, push press and front squat without putting the bar down.

That is one of the most important things about choosing a weight for a complex: it cannot be based only on your strongest movement. You need a weight you can control through the entire sequence! A weight that feels comfortable for a clean may suddenly become much less friendly when you reach the push press or front squat with tired arms and legs.

The movement that complained first

For me, the front squat was probably the part that started to cost the most as I became tired...My knees already have a habit of submitting complaints, and squatting at the end of the sequence gave them another opportunity to express their opinions!

My posture also has a habit of disappearing when I get tired. The instructors are constantly reminding me to lift my chest and straighten my back...At this point, “Eliana, your back!” is practically part of the workout soundtrack lol

That becomes even more important during a complex. When several movements are connected, fatigue can quietly change your position from one repetition to the next. The challenge is not only to keep the bar moving, but to keep moving well.

Still, with 20 kg, I could keep the four barbell movements connected.

The complex itself was not what broke the flow...The surprise weighted lunges were.

The instructor's small “mistake”

Our instructor told us that the lunges also had to be completed with the bar...Apparently, that was not actually necessary!

A tiny detail he conveniently forgot to mention while we were carrying the bar through them...

During the final rounds, I completed the lunges without the bar so that I could continue finishing the full sequence.

That was not about making the workout easy...It was about choosing the version that allowed me to keep moving with control instead of forcing extra weight through tired legs and unhappy knees.

Sometimes scaling means using a lighter bar...Sometimes it means changing one movement while keeping the rest of the workout intact...And sometimes it means discovering that the extra difficulty was never compulsory in the first place!

The transitions matter

A barbell complex is not only a collection of exercises. The transitions between them are part of the challenge.

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Leadership

nsigo1 — Thu, 29 Oct 2026 05:36:06 GMT

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Instead of associations organizing leadership submit every year, I will suggest they start organizing character formation classes, emotional / conflict management classes to students who intend to hold any office.

Not merging or discussing those concepts under any leadership traits. But picking each and treating it as a course on its own. And any leader who default should be replaced.

Everyone must not be a forefront leader.

#Power_drunk

These Projects Grow Tentacles

meno — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 22:15:03 GMT

I've been working this week on finishing the Butter Cloud. The idea behind it all is that we could go back to implementing S3 technology in 3Speak without adding costs to our infrastructure.

I had begun working on Butter Cloud many months ago, and I had an MVP. But of course, one thing is to upload an image or two, and another one entirely is to serve videos.

With that said, the biggest challenge here is to incorporate S3 into our infrastructure without completely abandoning IPFS.

The ingest flow is done through IPFS, and it seems more than obvious that if we are to incorporate Speak Network in the future, IPFS is the only viable answer. But it's almost like dancing on top of rocks without shoes.

At every turn, with every decision, I have to keep in mind that whatever we build has to remain open enough to work with IPFS somewhere in the mix.

How do we inject, if you will, decentralization into centralization? A weird question, I admit, but a valid one right now.

The more I think about it, the more I think I need to build a new service. Something I'm thinking of calling Video Pulse. A service responsible for detecting organic plays on videos, both new and old, and keeping those videos on the Hotnode as long as they continue to get played, until they eventually go dormant.

I thought for a minute about incorporating this somewhere into our current stack, but it seems specialized enough to live on its own.

Another challenge that needs solving, and this is because we're literally running 3Speak on a shoestring budget, is how we can add redundancy to our S3 bucket.

IPFS, by its very nature, offers redundancy. Gateways can cache content, and that's before any CDN even gets involved. But S3? That's a different story.

This means that before going live, I'll need to decide how to double up our new MongoDB deployment. It needs a replica for safety. I'll also need to figure out how to double up the Butter Cloud Node server itself, because we can't trust a single VPS to never fail.

Seems like every step I take, I end up writing ten more issues for myself. Ten more questions that need answers.

Like a good friend once said to me:

These projects grow tentacles.

MenO

Sunday photo splash : 25/10/26

nsigo1 — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 10:27:33 GMT

And today is Sunday again, feed your eyes with the photo splash.

#MyHiveGoals - Another Week, Another Win

jongolson — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 03:49:57 GMT

I got back home last week after almost three weeks on the road...

And it was a pretty quick turnaround because I have to make a quick 'up north' trip starting tonight.

So I'm writing this latest #myhivegoals post on the side of a highway heading north to Grande Prairie Alberta!

Here's a GPS shot to confirm lol

Notice, it's -2 already and it's only around 8pm....Oh boy!

This isn't a long trip though, I'll be back home, God willing, on Wednesday night. And this part of the province is just awesome to drive through at this time of the year.

Well, I'm praying for no snow lol But the fall colors are just going to be epic.

As for the past week on chain, I didn't get a ton of content produced. Just tired after hours of driving each day, kind of killed my creativity. But I should have plenty of energy to get stuff done this week...

Lots of cool things to see along the route, and some awesome people to engage with as well.

Let's hope this new week can be a great one, but first....We'll see how we did last week:

50,000 Hive Power

Not really a milestone, but cool to see nonetheless...

50,000 - 37,040 = 12,960 left to go

Under 13k left to go until we hit 50k.

That's pretty cool! And like I mentioned, I wasn't active each day, so the numbers weren't great last week.

I did manage to briug my k/e ratio down to 2.90 But only a little over 200 Hive Power added for the week. We need to do better!

400 Subscribers To The Kingdom

This is so awesome to see!

We added another two new subscribers to the Kingdom community this past week and I just love to see it.

We are growing at such a nice steady pace! I haven't been able to get those HSBI rewards to community members, but I have been trying to upvote everyone's posts. That being said, my full upvote is only worth 2 cents right now LOL

BBHO & Things

So I was thinking, and I know this isn't my community but as the top token holder of BBHO, I hope I have some kind of opinion that is valued lol...

We get those weekly drips for holding BBHO tokens, and right now we get:

SWAP.BTC
ALIVE
HSBIDAO

I don't think I've ever seen an increase in SWAP.BTC over the years these drips have happened (even though my holdings continue to go up) but I'd love to see more HSBIDAO and less ALIVE.

HSBIDAO is a project I'm familiar with and I'm not sure exactly what ALIVE is these days? Is the creator of it still around?

What say you @bradleyarrow ?

Here's a huge win for @hive-grove this week too:

Over 70 HIVE earned so far and I'm only about 3 months into this project....I absolutely love it and look forward to more trees being planted soon ;)

A quick note about my Hive-Engine delegation / lease too, I'm almost done my 11% APR lease, and will have 25k Hive Power back in my possession this time next week....Im on the glook out for more leases to fulfill!!!

That's it from Jongo!

I hope you guys have a great week on chain and crush all your goals!

Team WOD: Shared Reps, Shared Suffering and the Friend Who Makes You Show Up

elianaicgomes — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 22:28:45 GMT

Decoding CrossFit #13 — Because sometimes your training partner carries the motivation before either of you carries the workout.

Welcome back to Decoding CrossFit, the series where I translate the workout board and occasionally discover that the hardest movement is simply getting through the door!

This time, the board said Team WOD.

That sounds friendly.

It is friendly — if your definition of friendship includes shared suffering, strategic rest and encouraging each other while breathing like two malfunctioning accordions!

What is a Team WOD?

A Team WOD is a workout completed with one or more partners. The exact rules can change. Sometimes everyone works at the same time; sometimes the repetitions are divided between the team. Sometimes one person works while the other rests, holds a position or completes a different movement. The important part is that the final result belongs to the team.

You may not complete the same number of repetitions or spend exactly the same amount of time working, but you are contributing towards the same target. Which means your partner is no longer just someone suffering beside you...She is now legally involved in your bad decisions!

The first piece of teamwork happened before the WOD

Today I did not really want to go...My motivation had apparently taken the morning off and was showing no intention of returning. Fortunately, my training partner was more determined than I was. She pushed me to go, and I eventually walked into the box with her.

Then we looked at the board and discovered a Team WOD waiting for us!

So, before the clock had even started, she had already completed the first piece of teamwork: she got me through the door!

Sometimes a training partner does more than share the repetitions. Sometimes she helps you show up in the first place...

We had options… and chose the airbike

For the cardio portion, we could choose between rowing, running and the bike. Naturally, we chose the airbike — because apparently supporting each other also includes making terrible decisions together!

Our shared target was 9,000 metres.

The workout was in blocks of three minutes:

one of us accumulated metres on the airbike;
the other completed ten push presses with 30 kg;
after the push presses, whatever time remained could be used to recover;
at the end of the three-minute block, we swapped roles.

She started on the bike. I started with the push presses. Then we kept alternating, each adding approximately 1,000 to 1,500 metres during a turn, until our separate efforts became one shared total.

Resting, but still part of the workout

This is one of the interesting things about a Team WOD: resting does not feel completely like resting! Even when you are not on the bike, you know your partner is working. You finish your push presses, try to catch your breath and watch the clock move towards the next swap. There is a small sense of responsibility attached to every break...You want to recover enough to be useful when your turn comes, but you also want your partner to feel that you are ready to take over.

The rest is strategic, not decorative! Although searching for the fan remains a completely valid recovery technique!

Shared work feels different

If I had seen 9,000 metres on the airbike as an individual target, I might have quietly left the building and pretended I had entered the wrong gym! As a team target, it felt different.

The number was still big. The airbike was still maintaining its position as one of the most toxic relationships in my life! But the effort was divided into manageable pieces.

Three minutes on...Three minutes in a different role...One turn at a time...One person pushing while the other prepared to take over.

That is the strange beauty of a Team WOD: even when you are not doing the same movement, you are still carrying the same workout!

More than a shared score

The board records the metres, the repetitions and the time.

What it does not record is the message that convinced you to go, the encouragement between rounds or the moment your partner takes over when your legs are very ready to stop pedalling...

I nearly missed that workout because I did not feel like going...Instead, I showed up, lifted 30 kg, contributed to 9,000 metres on the machine I love to hate and left with another reminder that CrossFit is not only about the exercises!

Sometimes it is about having someone beside you who says, in one way or another:

We are doing this. Come on.

And somehow, you do 💜

Helpful visitor

lazzvi — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 19:23:15 GMT

Hello, good afternoon Snaperinos. Happy Saturday!
Today I was busy in the morning doing some errands, but now I'm in a relaxed mode just reading in my terrace. I noticed a new visitor in my house which set up camp and I don't know for how long. Well, it is a spider, I don't like to bother them or touch their perfect woven web. They are good friends of humans since they fight unwanted bugs like mosquitos. So, I approached slowly and took this two pictures without bothering her while resting on her mesh. I later found out it is a Golden silk orb-spider. Typical of the Caribbean and they usually do their webs in the vegetation. I won't charge her any rent for being on my premises. I just want her to keep mosquitos at bay a bit. She is beautiful though. Thanks for your read. Love you all.

The Butter Cloud: A Way Forward for ThreeSpeak?

meno — Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:59:51 GMT

Many months ago, almost as if I was already accepting my fate, I began working on a wrapper for S3 technology. My idea was basically to build a custom solution that could scale sideways. Something I could grow or shrink depending on demand, while keeping full control.

It's infrastructure we could turn into a business model, mind you, but more than that, I was thinking about how the Butter Cloud, as I call it, could become the scalable solution for ThreeSpeak.

This part of our somewhat obscure past might be easy to forget at this point, but those who are in the know, are in the know. When ThreeSpeak began, it did so without incorporating IPFS at all. It was an S3 bucket, and it worked beautifully.

Now, I know the promise of IPFS is amazing, and I also know it can be the difference between a robust system and an unstoppable one. But as I've said before on this blog of mine, we're slowly reaching a breaking point with it.

Now, the tricky part is adding an S3 bucket back into our pipeline without adding infrastructure costs, while also having a system that can eventually operate with the Speak Network. Which, of course, is the very reason ThreeSpeak moved to IPFS to begin with.

I've been thinking about this for weeks, and I've even shared some ideas with trusted friends and developers. I think I'm on the right track, and I've begun improving the Butter Cloud for this very purpose.

Not to bore people with too much geek stuff, but I think using IPFS for load distribution and redundancy is still the best way to go. However, the cold and warm storage of videos, along with the giant repos that make our servers suffer, needs to go.

Here's the interesting part. Because IPFS is deterministic, storing the exact same files and directory structure in an S3 bucket, without modifying their contents, gives us a path to bringing that data back into IPFS with the same CID. Provided we preserve the relevant import settings and directory representation, we don't need to keep those giant repositories around just to preserve the original identifiers.

But the kind of hot-cache technology I'm attempting to design has to be a bespoke build. There is no turnkey solution for this, and for good reason.

There is only one ThreeSpeak.

If it all works out, we would be allowing people to back up their own videos with an easy-to-use client app. We would be moving towards our own S3 buckets soon, and within six months to a year, we could begin deprecating the old IPFS repos. The unmaintainable beasts.

In truth, I believe this is the only way we can grow, even through this bear market that seems to never end.

MenO