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[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Raspberry Pi.

I love how such a small computer can overpower many of the computers I had for much of my life. And still overpowers moat of the old computers people still has today in my country.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, for a $35 computer, they sure are expensive.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the shortage seems to be over, they've increased production and secured chip supply so you should be able to find them at RRP again.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They're still $93 in Australia, for the Model 4 B 4GB, and still out of stock at most sellers.

People still selling them used for more than $100 on Gumtree and Market place.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

ah yeah i see on https://rpilocator.com/?country=AU that only the pi4 is available from an official seller, hopefully that changes for you soon. We've got pretty much the whole range available in the UK now and for a couple of years it's been really difficult to get any of them, one type would come in to stock every few weeks and then sell out instantly

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Plus the things you can do with it. I used mine to download stuff, run a plex server, home assistant, pihole. It's such a great addition to your home network.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

> home assistant

MyCroft? At least that's the only one I know of. I think something like this could benefit me, reminding me of tasks to do and whatnot.

I wanted to set one up after realizing I had a Pi lying around, but that Pi has been in my drawer for quite some time, making it a 1st gen Model B. Good enough for a pihole though, so I did that in the meantime.