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>What you lament is that so many of our "PC" systems seem to have wasted processing potential That's not my lament. I don't care at all about not wasting proce
by catern 4y ago
>What you lament is that so many of our "PC" systems seem to have wasted processing potential
That's not my lament. I don't care at all about not wasting processing power.
I care about the fact that it's so difficult for people to use their existing computers in ways that were not intended by their manufacturers, that even technically adept people will just buy a new computer rather than deal with it.
It should be easy to install some new software on any of your computers (router or desktop or TV or phone or whatever) and have it do some useful new thing. But it's not.
- Majromax 4y ago> It should be easy to install some new software on any of your computers (router or desktop or TV or phone or whatever) and have it do some useful new thing. But it's not. I disagree. I don't think it's difficult for compute-related tasks (gpio now, that I'll grant). However, installing this sort of think on a desktop PC is more likely to be bespoke just because of the near-infinite range of user configurations and customizations. The PiHole works as well as it does because it's a uniform base without being a walled garden.