• macniel@feddit.org
    433·
    17 days ago

    and yet here we are, using a meme depicting a wife abusing piece of shit.

  • Davel23@fedia.io
    381·
    17 days ago

    The Pi was revolutionary when it first came out, there had never been a device with its combination of small size, compute capability and low price before. But over time other devices have caught up if not exceeded the Pi’s capabilities and it no longer stands out in any particular way.

      • Davel23@fedia.io
        121·
        17 days ago

        I’m not sure what kind of links you’re looking for, but there are plenty of sites with the history of the Pi series available with a simple search.

      • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        16 days ago

        I like your hair

        Can you share some links?

        I know this isn’t exactly what you said or what happened, but it’s funny to imagine that’s what happened, and I’m gonna poker face try to use it.

  • Psythik@lemmy.world
    392·
    14 days ago

    I thought we all agreed two years go to let this meme die because Steven Chowder (a well-known grifter) is the guy in the photo.

    I digress; how old are you OP? Do you remember when the Pi first launched? As everyone else already pointed out, it was revolutionary for its time.

    Edit: And yes I spelled his name incorrectly on purpose; fuck him

  • meat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    35·
    17 days ago

    I got a couple Pi Zeros for $5 each. For years they both have been significantly contributing to my quality of life by blocking ads on two networks with Pi Hole software.

  • Jiral@lemmy.world
    31·
    17 days ago

    Because of its documentation, community and software ecosystem. That makes it especially a good entry point for beginners. At least it was when prices were still acceptable.

  • moth@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    30·
    17 days ago

    the Pi was never the important thing. the community around it was always the big draw. that community inspired a whole generation of DIYers and people interested in STEM. the impact of the Pi is understated, if anything, because that community branched out to other devices and tech.

  • Bademantel@lemmy.world
    25·
    17 days ago

    It used to have its use cases and still can if you can get one cheap. I bought a 2GB Raspberry Pi 4 last year for €35. It runs Home Assistant and Pi-hole. I prefer it over leaving my media server running all day since it uses vastly less power.

          • Andy@slrpnk.net
            1·
            16 days ago

            Woah for real??

            See, how am I supposed to hear that and not think RPi is the GOAT? I don’t know what else to say. That seems to be in a league of it’s own to me.

      • Cort@lemmy.world
        51·
        17 days ago

        Enterprise thin clients are cheaper and faster, though they use more power with x86/64 cpus

          • accideath@feddit.org
            2·
            17 days ago

            Pretty much.
            A few years ago I got an hp t620 thin client with an older AMD embedded quad core cpu for like 25€. I ran my home server on that for a while until I upgraded to something bigger.
            You can still get the same device for pretty much the same price. You can even upgrade storage and RAM fairly easily (and cheaply, since it’s DDR3 and m.2 SATA).
            And if CPU-Monkey is to be believed, it has about the same CPU performance as a RasPi 4 and 4x the graphics performance.

  • mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    7·
    17 days ago

    I agree that it is overrated, but I do also think that it still has value and is legitimately pretty cool. It’s nice that it’s so tiny and cheap and easy to set up in like under an hour. Low power consumption for simple things that are nice to run all the time makes it feel pretty friendly on the environment versus running a whole desktop computer or server 24-7.

    Yet, like many things that are really good, there ends up being a lot of people who want to sing its praises from the heavens as being not just really good, but the greatest thing ever. And so indeed the Pi is also overrated despite being really cool

  • GreenShimada@lemmy.world
    7·
    17 days ago

    Kinda. I’m self-hosting on a computer that, if it were a human child, would be in third grade. Didn’t need to buy a Pi with worse specs to do the same job at twice the hassle.

    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      31·
      17 days ago

      Yep.

      Using a 2019 small form factor Dell desktop as an ESXI server running a handful of VM’s: Windows, Debian, DietPi, etc. I hammer the VM’s sometimes doing video conversion and everything just works.

      Best part is it consumes less than 20 watts at idle, and maxes at 80 watts. Hard to beat.

  • Fermiverse@gehirneimer.de
    4·
    17 days ago

    I just started with my new project, a table top retro arcade machine. Using a raspi 5 is the best I can get now, even overpriced. The prices are through the roof for thin clients or mini PC so my planning shiftet to raspi again.

    If you have another suggestion I am open for it. I should be capable to run under Batocera and emulate up to Gen 6.