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RISC-V going forward, one of the only beacons of hope in the silicon world. I need one of such devices for my self-hosted services. And it will be time to port

RISC-V going forward, one of the only beacons of hope in the silicon world. I need one of such devices for my self-hosted services. And it will be time to port from C to assembly, really, because we have finally a CPU ISA which is 'sweet spot' balanced, standard, global, pushed forward with significant resources and without IP locks anywhere. No more developer/vendor lock-in via "the only compiler able to generate correct machine code", extremely hard to do planned obsolescence, etc, we need mainstream adoption NOW :) The main blocker: how do I buy such device with a noscript/basic (x)html browser? And no way I use a credit card on a web site: would require well identified bank swift account, or wallet codes bought from local and physical currency terminals. I don't know of any local retailers I can buy such device from. Yep, the "web geniuses" at amazon (which supports wallet code) broke noscript/basic (x)html support a few years ago.

nine_k 1y ago
Noscript? No credit cards? Why these complications? Run a VM or a container with a full-blown browser, then throw it away. Get a merchant-locked, ephemeral credit card at privacy.com or equivalent, or buy a preloaded anonymous card. Problem solved.
- sylware 1y ago
  Come on... how it is possible to miss the point that much?
dlcarrier 1y ago
I use Privacy.com to get temporary credit cards, to avoid the hassle of compromised credit card numbers, although it doesn't stop various governments from tracking my transactions. I've bought RISC-V SBCs from both Pine64.com and Arace.tech, and neither required I make an account. Arace.tech does require JavaScript to checkout, but Pine64.com does appear to work without it, although I didn't complete a transaction without it. Pine64.com also accepts USDC payments, but no other cryptocurrency.
- sylware 1y ago
  What? This is not my point. That said, 'privacy.com' does not deserve anymore trust than all the shaddy stuff already out there...

nine_k 1y ago

Noscript? No credit cards? Why these complications? Run a VM or a container with a full-blown browser, then throw it away. Get a merchant-locked, ephemeral credit card at privacy.com or equivalent, or buy a preloaded anonymous card. Problem solved.

sylware 1y ago
Come on... how it is possible to miss the point that much?

dlcarrier 1y ago

I use Privacy.com to get temporary credit cards, to avoid the hassle of compromised credit card numbers, although it doesn't stop various governments from tracking my transactions. I've bought RISC-V SBCs from both Pine64.com and Arace.tech, and neither required I make an account. Arace.tech does require JavaScript to checkout, but Pine64.com does appear to work without it, although I didn't complete a transaction without it. Pine64.com also accepts USDC payments, but no other cryptocurrency.

sylware 1y ago
What? This is not my point. That said, 'privacy.com' does not deserve anymore trust than all the shaddy stuff already out there...