• Psythik@lemmy.world
    291·
    8 小时前

    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.

  • moth@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    25·
    8 小时前

    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.

      • holy_scroller@lemmy.zip
        1·
        5 小时前

        The use cases are vastly different. And pretty sure I was using cheap ESP8266’s a decade ago for everything I use an ESP32 for today.

        • lefaucet@slrpnk.net
          1·
          4 小时前

          ESP use cases are in line with OG pi, several RP2040/ RP2350 boards, etc

          There’s room for more than one SOC and competition/ variety is good!

          Bullshit RAM prices bad tho. Very bad

  • Jiral@lemmy.world
    31·
    11 小时前

    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.

  • Davel23@fedia.io
    371·
    13 小时前

    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.

  • sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works
    80·
    14 小时前

    The hardware itself was never particularity novel. The strength was in the software, support, and community which made the barrier to entry low and learning new skills easy.

    • officermike@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      13 小时前

      Apples and oranges hardware-wise (and maybe having actually taken an intro to C++ course and not python plays a bias), but I found Arduino more approachable for a noob, given the Arduino has example code and a library manager within the IDE. RPi felt less guided to me and required a lot more external reference. That said, there’s something to be appreciated about just saving the .py and having the program run without having to wait a minute to compile.

      • sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works
        19·
        13 小时前

        In terms of GPIO only, Arduino is quicker to get started. Getting an LED to blink is easier on Arduino because you don’t need to setup SSH or use the Pi’s GUI. It’s just that the Pi can do so much more than basic GPIO controlling.

        • ivan@piefed.socialEnglish
          21·
          12 小时前

          What I’ve used RPi for:

          1. Finishing masters thesis when my PC died at most unfortunate time possible.
          2. Controlling 3D printers.
          3. Connecting old boring paper printers to home network.
          4. Making my dumb TV smart (worth noting that RPi also supports HDMI-CEC, so no additional remote required).
          5. Hosting all kinds of stuff - websites, web-services, gaming servers, Discord bots, git server, VPNs, Pi-Hole etc.
          6. Controlling radio transceivers (SDR).
          7. Controlling robots.

          I’ve probably forgotten something. But yes - it’s a miniature miracle worker, that I used to throw at my problems. 🗿

          • Andy@slrpnk.net
            5·
            11 小时前

            Ditto. I built a starship computer for my niece that ran on Pygame.

            Honestly, I’m surprised that there aren’t more alternatives by now. It’s been such a fixture for so many years I would’ve expected alternatives, but every few years I go looking and end up buying another Pi for my project.

            It’s kind of indispensable for so many projects.

            • ivan@piefed.socialEnglish
              2·
              11 小时前

              I’ve used some alternatives that are cool tho, like Pine boards (sadly, haven’t seen them in stock for quite a while now), NanoPi’s and BeagleBone’s (except “AI” models - their kernels are buggy unfinished mess).

              Sadly, today’s economy and decision of Raspberry Pi Foundation to shift away from enthusiast and education market made buying a used thin client more viable option for many things one would use RPi for.

              I’ve seen used Mac Mini’s on marketplaces at price tags comparable to RPi’s - you just can’t make this shit up.

              • Andy@slrpnk.net
                2·
                11 小时前

                That’s interesting. What’s a thin client? I’m not familiar.

                A Mac Mini seems like an interesting option. What OS do you run on it?

                • officermike@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  3·
                  10 小时前

                  A thin client is typically a low-end mini PC that doesn’t run heavy applications itself, but rather connects to a virtual machine on a server.

        • officermike@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          12 小时前

          Oh I know. I have one Pi running Home Assistant, and another running a print server for a printer that has a shitty NIC.

      • Andy@slrpnk.net
        3·
        11 小时前

        Both are excellent devices. It’s hard to compare them from a hardware standpoint because I think there are so few cases in which you would have to pick between these two.

        I think you could compare them in terms of fan appeal, in the same way you can compare Liverpool FC and the Greenbay Packers, not as rival teams but as two totally different teams that people love. But just like in that case, it would seem silly to argue that the Packers are better than Liverpool (or vice versa), you know?

  • macniel@feddit.org
    392·
    14 小时前

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

  • meat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    33·
    14 小时前

    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.

  • Binturong@lemmy.caEnglish
    42·
    8 小时前

    Get a new meme format, or I’m going to continue to assume you like Steven Crowder and are, in fact, an ignorant bigoted crybaby nepo-turd.

  • Bademantel@lemmy.world
    23·
    14 小时前

    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.

      • Cort@lemmy.world
        41·
        13 小时前

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

          • accideath@feddit.org
            2·
            12 小时前

            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.

  • GreenShimada@lemmy.world
    6·
    13 小时前

    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
      22·
      10 小时前

      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.

  • mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    6·
    14 小时前

    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

  • Fermiverse@gehirneimer.de
    4·
    13 小时前

    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.