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The point of the flipper zero is to have one good supported gadget that has a lot of people hacking away with it. It's the same thing with the raspberry pi, su

The point of the flipper zero is to have one good supported gadget that has a lot of people hacking away with it. It's the same thing with the raspberry pi, sure you can get some cheap clone off less than ideal places, but you're gonna pay with your time. That's basically it.

Scoundreller 3y ago
That's what I like about InstantPots: having a standardized cooking device makes recipes a lot easier to share.
- nonethewiser 3y ago
  Well sure, for pressure and slow cooking. You could say the same thing about the microwave.
  - tycho-newman 3y ago
    Chef Mike is the hardest working chef in the kitchen!
  - thot_experiment 3y ago
    My partner's instant pot also does toasting/air frying/normal cooking, I've been very impressed with it.
    - phone8675309 3y ago
      For anyone with a compatible model you can add this with a lid accessory from Instant Pot: https://instantpot.com/portfolio-item/air-fryer-lid/ https://instantpot.com/portfolio-item/air-fryer-lid/
      - nathancahill 3y ago
        Bought this to see what the hype was about. Hardly use it any more, the Instant Pot is just too small to be useful for air frying. 90% of the things come out better in the oven in convection mode. Biggest level up was just lightly dusting anything with a starch or flour (lentil flour is awesome) and then a few light sprays of olive oil.
  - dartos 3y ago
    Could you? Two different models microwaves cook pretty differently from each other. Especially if they have differing wattage.
    - 8organicbits 3y ago
      Another is that a microwave doesn't operate at a set pressure, so even the same model will behave differently at different evelations.
      - TeMPOraL 3y ago
        That's true of pretty much all cooking (and baking) except when using a pressure cooker, so it's kind of a given - people learn to cook given their local pressure and humidity levels. But then again, cooking is poor man's process engineering - what you do when you don't particularly care about quality and consistency, or at least don't have access to hardware and methods to ensure them.
        dartos 3y ago
        Yeah so the instant pot is an exceptionally good kitchen tool for sharing recipes with others in a reproducible way.
- omnimus 3y ago
  Arent most things in a kitchen standardized cooking device? Like stainless pan is stainless pan…
  - internet101010 3y ago
    Kind of. But turning a stove up to medium-high and reducing to a simmer can lead to different outcomes depending on how the stove is calibrated and someone's interpretation of "simmer".
jefftk 3y ago
> It's the same thing with the raspberry pi, sure you can get some cheap clone... It's a little different: from when the rPI first came out the price was a big driver of it's popularity. It started with the Model B at $35 (with the Model A at $25 "later this year") and this was so much cheaper than other options at the time. Look over threads from the time [1][2] and you'll see things like: "I teach middle school programming/computer classes. I cannot wait to get my hands on one of these. Right now it's cheap enough that I can tell the parents to buy one for their kids without a problem, and out of pocket it for those few of my students whose parents won't be able to afford it." and "The pricepoint is simply revoultionary. I intend to make a few amateur home automation gadgets with this." [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2974292 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2974292 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3448677 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3448677
- regularfry 3y ago
  Allowing for inflation they've stayed in roughly the same ballpark, price-wise. It's just that there are now also cheaper boards available, which used not to be the case.

Scoundreller 3y ago

That's what I like about InstantPots: having a standardized cooking device makes recipes a lot easier to share.

nonethewiser 3y ago
Well sure, for pressure and slow cooking. You could say the same thing about the microwave.
- tycho-newman 3y ago
  Chef Mike is the hardest working chef in the kitchen!
- thot_experiment 3y ago
  My partner's instant pot also does toasting/air frying/normal cooking, I've been very impressed with it.
  - phone8675309 3y ago
    For anyone with a compatible model you can add this with a lid accessory from Instant Pot: https://instantpot.com/portfolio-item/air-fryer-lid/ https://instantpot.com/portfolio-item/air-fryer-lid/
    - nathancahill 3y ago
      Bought this to see what the hype was about. Hardly use it any more, the Instant Pot is just too small to be useful for air frying. 90% of the things come out better in the oven in convection mode. Biggest level up was just lightly dusting anything with a starch or flour (lentil flour is awesome) and then a few light sprays of olive oil.
- dartos 3y ago
  Could you? Two different models microwaves cook pretty differently from each other. Especially if they have differing wattage.
  - 8organicbits 3y ago
    Another is that a microwave doesn't operate at a set pressure, so even the same model will behave differently at different evelations.
    - TeMPOraL 3y ago
      That's true of pretty much all cooking (and baking) except when using a pressure cooker, so it's kind of a given - people learn to cook given their local pressure and humidity levels. But then again, cooking is poor man's process engineering - what you do when you don't particularly care about quality and consistency, or at least don't have access to hardware and methods to ensure them.
      - dartos 3y ago
        Yeah so the instant pot is an exceptionally good kitchen tool for sharing recipes with others in a reproducible way.
omnimus 3y ago
Arent most things in a kitchen standardized cooking device? Like stainless pan is stainless pan…
- internet101010 3y ago
  Kind of. But turning a stove up to medium-high and reducing to a simmer can lead to different outcomes depending on how the stove is calibrated and someone's interpretation of "simmer".

jefftk 3y ago

> It's the same thing with the raspberry pi, sure you can get some cheap clone... It's a little different: from when the rPI first came out the price was a big driver of it's popularity. It started with the Model B at $35 (with the Model A at $25 "later this year") and this was so much cheaper than other options at the time. Look over threads from the time [1][2] and you'll see things like: "I teach middle school programming/computer classes. I cannot wait to get my hands on one of these. Right now it's cheap enough that I can tell the parents to buy one for their kids without a problem, and out of pocket it for those few of my students whose parents won't be able to afford it." and "The pricepoint is simply revoultionary. I intend to make a few amateur home automation gadgets with this." [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2974292 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2974292 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3448677 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3448677

regularfry 3y ago
Allowing for inflation they've stayed in roughly the same ballpark, price-wise. It's just that there are now also cheaper boards available, which used not to be the case.