Bill Plein🌶

Container Nerd, Principal Cloud Native Architect (Sales) - Portworx by Everpure - Explainer.

Wife and I love international travel. New places, people, foods, etc.

#Rivian #EV #3dPrinting #MastoAdmin #HomeLab #MeshCore #Meshtastic #NoBots

Github: https://github.com/bplein
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/plein/
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Austin Mesh Community: https://austinmesh.org

Last Notes

2026-02-28 14:19:18 UTC

Look what arrived this week! #Enshittification by @npub1fdr…lvhs
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2026-01-16 03:22:08 UTC

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Seems like a @npub1fdr…lvhs type thing but I bet he knows (if it’s not him)

2025-06-07 14:50:19 UTC

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A Pontiac Firebird rotting away in Italy? Man think of the lost stories behind that one!

2025-04-11 02:06:01 UTC

I am seeing more and more folks pop into forums (for example a car discord) asking for advice on, say tires, and then saying “I asked an LLM/AI/GPT and it says X”, non ironically.
They want humans to validate the LLM for them. Too lazy to do it themselves. Not experienced enough to ask the LLM for citations, too lazy to review the citations if they were given any.
People are lazy and LLMs are not helping the lazy people. They think it’s helping. It’s just making things worse.

2025-04-01 23:40:29 UTC

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And he blew through that “record” set by the deplorable Strom Thurmond.
I hope this energizes the country to avoid this continued slide into authoritarianism. #USPol #CoryBooker #

2025-04-01 23:00:22 UTC

Just tuned in to CSPAN coverage of Sen. Booker’s filibuster (possibly record breaking duration).
It’s inspiring. Watch it if you can.
This is an historic moment and it is important that someone has taken the stand against the tyranny that is taking hold via our executive branch.
#USPOL #CoryBooker

2024-11-11 01:03:56 UTC

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I love this photo, especially as a pairing with your Harlem photos.

2024-10-12 15:14:49 UTC

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I disagree.
One might want to post a paragraph that has multiple links in it as nicely formatted hyperlinks. Just as one might use multiple hashtags. It would simplify the reading, making it more like reading a blog post.

2024-09-17 03:42:12 UTC

Boosting this for a colleague and friend fostering a dog that they can’t keep long term.
Dallas Texas USA region.
DM me if you are interested in adopting. Boost for wider audience!
“Meet JR. Vet says 4-6 years old, 67lbs. He's heartworm negative. Freshly neutered. He's super sweet and loves to hang around off leash, and comes when he's called. Good around other animals.
We have a vetting process to make sure he's going to the right home.”
#dogsofmastodon #dogs #animalrescue #dfw
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2024-08-31 04:11:53 UTC

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Or .. embrace .. 😀

2022-11-10 18:47:15 UTC

#Introduction
Married for over 30 years, father to two adult women who are living great lives. Wife and I both work mainly from home, with our cat and our dog near #Austin #ATX
First time #EV owner, #Rivian #R1T.
Interested in EV tech, #OffRoading
I hack in my #homelab, #3dPrint, #MastoAdmin
Work:
Mostly IT (mostly vendor side, mostly storage) but in the last 6 years, in/around containers and #Kubernetes. I am a sales engineer, and explainer.