Thilly Gooth

@thillygooth
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Nerd, lover of (almost) all technology, AI skeptic, cotton-headed ninnymuggins.
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Show threadThilly GoothSep 20
@HopelessDemigod No chance. My local clubs are comprised of a bunch of elderly men who call me things like "sport" and "young buck". They all want to be my Elmer without ever asking if I need/want their help. When I'm closer to that age I might consider looking at clubs again but for now I prefer to just go at the hobby alone.
Show threadThilly GoothSep 17, 2025
@juddy @fribbledom My family and I like to build and use these devices around the neighborhood so we all need to be running the same thing. When I say "all my devices" I'm only talking about 5 devices total.
Show threadThilly GoothSep 16, 2025
@fribbledom I just converted all of my #meshtastic devices to #meshcore. After doing some testing around my neighborhood, I could not reliably get a message delivered just a few blocks away with Meshtastic. Meshcore worked every single time. That's with a solar repeater being up about 30'. The only downside is I have the only repeater in the area so it's pretty limited but I expect Meshcore to expand rapidly as word spreads and people become more frustrated with Meshtastic.
Thilly GoothSep 1, 2025
@aSweetGentleman Why are you bothered by AWS being used to store medical records? Using AWS makes security and compliance significantly easier vs a provider trying to host their own infrastructure. I have architected HIPAA compliant systems and regularly used AWS. I would personally find knowing the files were in AWS comforting.
Thilly GoothAug 29, 2025

@pcublogue This is one of my biggest complaints about Zorin. The implication is that they're including some premium applications with your paid subscription but everything they include can be downloaded freely. E.g. kdenlive, GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, Ardour, Libre Office etc.

Zorin is solid and I appreciate what they're doing but their "Bundled with alternatives to over $5,000 of professional software" claim seems disingenuous.

Show threadThilly GoothJun 25, 2025

@bflipp If having 5 fields is good, 6 must be better. Right?

I've worked in AWS for years and this still bites me from time to time. I always swear I'll remember it next time but I never do. If I don't need any level of precision the "rate(5 minutes)" syntax is usually adequate.

Thilly GoothJun 17, 2025

@[email protected] @signalapp

I like Signal. It's adequate but good luck getting normies to use it. Whenever I try to get someone to use Signal I just get hit with "Nah, I'm on whatsapp. I'm not downloading another app just to talk to you, you kook."

Fortunately I've never used whatsapp so I'm not impacted by this news in the slightest.

Show threadThilly GoothJun 17, 2025

@auritech Aside from some occasional weird scaling issues, things work pretty well. I've had limited success with Wine too. Sometimes a VM is just the way to go.

If it works I bet people would be interested in a post somewhere detailing how you did it.

Show threadThilly GoothJun 17, 2025
@RxBrad You savage.
Show threadThilly GoothJun 17, 2025

@auritech There's no reason you couldn't. If you've got the chops, go for it. GUIs are for folks who just don't want to mess with the cli. I however prefer the cli.

I run a few VMs locally using libvirt/qemu/kvm and they work great. No audio issues to speak of. I just have to keep some notes about my setup in #obsidian because I don't remember how to use it after not touching the VMs for a while.