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I agree. PI by itself is boring. You plug it in and you have... a shitty desktop. Need some sensors and associated electronics or just drop down a level to an

• Grimburger 3y ago
  Arduino has the very approachable scratch as a language + beginner friendly ide and a good community but I feel like a pi or similar board that you can drop ubuntu on and run some python scripts opens up more possibilities. Then point them at chatgpt and see what happens haha.
  • pests 3y ago
    But what does that give you that a regular desktop can't provide? The only novelty of a PI or a audrino is the pins.
    • rg111 3y ago
      That's like saying the only novelty of trolley bags are the wheels. That's. The. Point. Instead of a closed down consumer hardware like a phone, tab, laptop, there's something that you can physically expand, read data from nature using it, and make changes directly in the physical world using code. That's fantastic and exciting.
      • pests 3y ago
        We are in agreement. The pins are the point. > there's something that you can physically expand, read data from nature using it, and make changes directly in the physical world using code. You can't do this with _just_ a RPI though. A RPI without any extra sensors or electronics is just a desktop.
        • comprev 3y ago
          By coincidence, the pins also _have_ a point :)