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So the people back in 2021 in the prior Hacker News discussion saying that they were worried about component failures … turned out to be worrying about complete
by JdeBP 1y ago
So the people back in 2021 in the prior Hacker News discussion saying that they were worried about component failures … turned out to be worrying about completely the wrong thing. (-:
- geerlingguy 1y agoIf you're using good power supplies, name brand microSD cards, and don't hammer them with writes all day, you can have a Pi 2/3/4/5 running for years with no stability issues. I think 99% of problems people have are related to one of those three things (same with most embedded devices, but people tend not to throw a cheap used phone charger and the SD card that came with an old cheap drone on more specialized devices).
- mrheosuper 1y agoyeah, i was using my pi3 as pihole adblock for at least 4 years before upgrading to mini pc.