Elena Rossini ⁂

My experience of the #fediverse :

Year 1 (2023):
It feels a little lonely as 99% of my friends stayed on Big Tech platforms.

Year 2 (2024):
I start a blog - #TheFutureIsFederated - to explain the fediverse to "normies"... and I make a lot of new (techie) friends.

Year 3 (2025):
My techie friends encourage me to start self-hosting with #YunoHost... and I do! (GoToSocial, PeerTube, NextCloud...) I LOVE it.

Year 4 (2026):
I plan to buy a Heltec to try out off-grid mesh radio communication 💁‍♀️

Mar 3 at 11:28amWeb
Show threadLeoniekeMar 3

@_elena So recognisable!

(and yes, I've recently purchased a lilygo-tdeck for lora/meshcore communication)

Show threadrobbielinkMar 3

@leonieke
Me too!

@_elena

Show threadMastui - the TUI clientMar 4
@leonieke @_elena why clostsource meshcore ? Its not really adding anything worth going closed source.
Show thread3rikMar 3
@_elena The never-ending (?) process of fediverse radicalization 🙂
Show threadDavid Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)Mar 3

@_elena

People who use X are increasingly radicalised until they end up as Nazis.

People who use Mastodon are increasingly radicalised until they end up as C programmers.

Show threadrlonsteinMar 3
@david_chisnall @_elena

"People who use Mastodon are increasingly radicalised until they end up as C programmers."

Some people just want to watch the world burn.
Show threadJörn NettingsmeierMar 4
@rlonstein @david_chisnall @_elena As a person with a moderate commmand of C and a great love for it, it's a thing of beauty. Just like when you are carving your own spoons, you may draw blood, and as a professsional dev environment it gets reduced to smaller and smaller niches, which makes sense for security. But it's a gem, still.
Show threadHoward Chu @ SymasMar 3
@david_chisnall @_elena what an excellent note, especially in light of this paper I just read yesterday, on C's longevity https://www.humprog.org/~stephen/research/papers/kell17some-preprint.pdf "Some Were Meant for C"
Show threadOfficeplantMar 3
@david_chisnall @_elena this but Lisp instead for me. The vocal users here are winning me over
Show threadreiniMar 3
@david_chisnall @_elena
Wenn schon denn schon: Maschinencode. Ohne Assembler.
Show threadSimon EI3JDBMar 3

@david_chisnall @_elena Some of us were C programmers before we got here.

Hey, it's safer than assembler. :-)

Show threadДими́трийMar 3

@david_chisnall @_elena

C is for Communism

Show threadDavid Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*)Mar 3

@saltywizard @_elena

All memory is shared!

Show threadEvelyn EstelleMar 3

@david_chisnall @_elena

You meant "end up as transgender furry anarchists who mostly program in Rust". Common typo. 

Show threadTomAokiMar 3
@david_chisnall @_elena
People who use X would rapidly calm down once Wayland guys stop attempting to kill X11🤣 .
...Ah, you meant former T*tter! M*sk made it toooooo confusing!
Show threadFernando M. S. 🇵🇸Mar 3
@_elena that's the way to go! ☺️
Show threadElena Rossini ⁂Mar 3

@fmors 14 years on Twitter (2008-2022) and I didn't learn a single thing.

4 years on the Fediverse and I feel like MacGyver 😂

Show threadFernando M. S. 🇵🇸Mar 3
@_elena watch out! Speaking of MacGyver can be used as an age verification criterion... 😂
Show threadM SchommerMar 3
@_elena @fmors
My favourite toot of the year so far :D
Show threadAndrew DavisonMar 3
@_elena Have fun! I believe some #MeshCore folks down in the south UK managed to send and receive messages to France. It’s a giggle, despite most of the messages being “is this thing on?”. 😁
Show threadleosamMar 3
@andy @_elena from Lyon we have managed to communicate with the extreme Germany, close to the triple frontier between Germany, Austria and Czechia. Its rock solid in terms of connectivity.
Show threadkiwiWolleMar 3
@_elena
Year 5 (2027):
Elena for President!
Country to be determined.
Although FediVerse sounds good.
🥰
Show threadbanshee7076Mar 3
@_elena 👏🏻
I'm starting my Big Tech de-cluttering.
If it's not a secret, what else are you self-hosting?
Show threadIan K TindaleMar 3
@_elena I’d suggest buy two nodes, so you can tell if it’s working or not. The second one is always going to be useful if you put it somewhere near you and high up. Having two is reassuring when you see it working between the two.

In fact, there’s MeshCore and Meshtastic, it’s worth being on both depending on the exact area (some are more MeshCore, some are more Meshtastic), so really, I’d suggest getting four nodes!

You’ll end up buying more than that in the long run, maybe not all at once in one go.

I also wrote up a page on which nodes I recommend for giving to family members, once you’re into it and can’t stop buying nodes (too early to reveal that?) pikopublish.ing/u0421793/bolg/whichradio.xhtml
Show threadmichaelMar 3
@u0421793 @_elena Oh this is good! Do you mind if I post over at the meshtastic lemmy community? Ive been thinking of getting my parents a really easy to use node since they want one but dont know where to start. I would pay for the simplest node in the world for them.
Show threadIan K TindaleMar 3
@michael @_elena go for it - but set the expectations low (ie here try this, it doesn’t work)
Show threadmichaelMar 3

@u0421793 @_elena Thanks! I posted is here:

https://piefed.social/c/meshtastic/p/1838419/which-mesh-radio-to-give-to-family-members#post_replies

Which mesh radio to give to family members

Which mesh radio to give to family members First seen here: https://toot.pikopublish.ing/notes/aje5bor6nxg7pp4b

Show threadRebecca SegersMar 3

@_elena I'm glad that your experience has worked out so well. My year 1 mirrored yours and has continued to be so largely bc the fediverse seems oriented toward and around techies. I'm not one and am not interested in becoming one.

So how do I find community here?

Show threadNature PunkMar 3
@_elena I've noticed a load of people using Meshtastic and Meshcore on the Fediverse since my return. I haven't done any Lora stuff in a while (got multiple Heltecs and others plus a bunch of antennas). I might have to give it another go one of the days and see how busy the local scene is now.
Show threadRenke MeuweseMar 3
@_elena so slow, I joined Mastodon in january and already am on Meshcore now ;-). The indoctrination pipeline has accelerated maybe? Looking into Reticulum now to integrate off-grid with grid communication.
Show threadwsmMar 3

@_elena

See Reticulum

https://youtu.be/XTnYVh7K6xQ

📷 Data Slayer Media

Show threadmichaelMar 3
@weldon @_elena Is it still being maintained?
Show threadRightSprung will not complyMar 3

@_elena

Haaa looking at meshcore also! :)

Show threadphobos_UACMar 3
@_elena and here i am...fresh new out of FB hellhole knowing absolutely nothing, wondering left and right and seeing this...is radio communication getting back or do i read it wrong? :O
Show threadDaniel LakelandMar 3
@_elena
One of us! One of us!
Show threadbeaiouns Mar 3
@_elena Nice! I bought a little Heltec LoRa kit a few months ago that I still haven't taken out of the box. 😆 If you end up doing a writeup on it, I'll be sure to check it out!
Show threadMeznor UNGRATEFUL MIDDLE POWERMar 3
@_elena Tech people do doomsday prepping in a different way. Lol.
Show threadBruno PY2TOZMar 3

@_elena pretty much my journey since birdsite was bought! On the #selfhosting part, though, I went with my own home server running #FreeBSD (ZFS is awesome!).

And regarding #meshtastic, I must warn you that it's a drug. This year I went from "zero" to "regional community builder / crazy dude deploying stealth nodes in trees" in a matter of months 😅 Just so you know what to expect!

Show threadDoomsdaysCWMar 3
@_elena Ooooh. Let me know what you find out about Heltec and mesh radio!
Show threadmichaelMar 3
@_elena Be careful! Meshtastic/meshcore starts off cheap. But then you find your house covered in all different types of little radios and wonder how you got here. 😁

GL on the LoRa journey! If your interested, check out the community [email protected]

https://mander.xyz/c/meshtastic
Meshtastic - Mander

A community to discuss Meshtastic (https://meshtastic.org/docs/introduction [https://meshtastic.org/docs/introduction]) Other mesh communities: MeshCore: [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] Reticulum: [email protected] [/c/[email protected]]

Show threadCavyherdMar 3

@_elena

I love the idea of #MeshNet; my one question is: does it have the capacity to support modern the internet? (I'm assuming, frex, video streaming is probably right out...?)

Show threadderptronMar 3

@cavyherd @_elena Quick web search on the max bandwidth for LoRa has you hitting 50kbps at the very top. So this is around dialup speed. You probably won't actually achieve those speeds most the time.

Meshtastic might not even come close. It's got a different focus than pushing as much through as possible to hit that max limit.

Show threadCavyherdMar 3

@crazyeddie @_elena

Oh, thank you. So not intended as a replacement for wire & fiber optic internet. Thank you for the clarification.

Show threadJockolatoMar 3
@_elena Hi there Thank you for your inspiration but when I see my money maybe it’s hard to self host TT
Show threadstuMar 3
Look at you go Elean. That is fantastic news so far. You are self made techie.
Show threadstuMar 3
Sorry meant Elena lol

CC: @[email protected]
Show threadMorqendiMar 3

@_elena

Does mesh radio communication allow certain apps to communicate? E.g. can Mastodon or Matrix run over mesh radio?

Show threadTim Schofield 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇬🇧 🇪🇺🗺Mar 3
Done the whole YunoHost thing as well, having no part in Making America Great Again, trying to be European tech sovereignty focused.
Show threadEnigmaRotorMar 3
@_elena For the heltec, if you plan to use Meshtastic near Paris, you will have to make cautious choices over the frequency/mode to use : https://wiki.mesh-idf.fr might be a good read if not already seen
HOME

Les Mesh en Île-de-France
Show threadthefathippyMar 4

@_elena

The Fedi is a trap!

I'm degooglifying, demicroslopping, detwittered, avoid Adobe, & only use Messenger because family & friends won't leave.

I've got Linux on my PC, & expect to switch my laptop. Seriously considering setting up my old Pixel Pro 7 (a crap phone I won't recommend) with GrapheneOS, because why not, it'll be fun.

Occasionally I think about self hosting, & I really want to get into Home Assistant.

A TRAP! 😂

Show threadVirginie Dewulf --> #FOSDEMMar 4
@_elena awesome! Your path sets an example. I try to follow. Let's continue this and please share every step as you already do: this helps to follow ;)
Now I want to know more about this radio thing. @projetslibres_podcast please tell me you have some content about that ?!
Show threadPodcast Projets libresMar 6

Hi @vdew . No I'm sorry, Heltec is not in my radar yet. But we have to discuss an episode together (following our conversation at fosdem), do you remember 😇😇?

@_elena

Show threadVirginie Dewulf --> #FOSDEMMar 14
@projetslibres_podcast je n'oublie pas ! Je dois réfléchir au fil et intervenantes pertinentes ;)
Show threadTomi the Slav and 1024 othersMar 4
@_elena I feel seen. :)
Show threadRapha3lMar 4

@_elena @meshtastic

Yes, off-grid mesh radio communication is very fascinating...

#meshtastic

Show threadwikiyuMar 4
@_elena
Oh my goddness... I am looking at the mirror
Show threadArchaide Mar 4
@_elena from my personal experience: the #HeltecV3 is not fit for battery use. It simply draws to much current. I am happy with a #HeltecT114. The very same battery that lasts around 16 hrs in the V3 now lasts nearly two weeks.
Show threadLiohMar 4
@_elena 
Show threadQCCEクリスMar 4
@_elena One day I'll be in year 2