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This kind of "tinkering stuff" makes me want to buy it just because. Of course, once I have it, it will end up inside the drawer collecting dust along with my R

This kind of "tinkering stuff" makes me want to buy it just because. Of course, once I have it, it will end up inside the drawer collecting dust along with my RPi, ESP32, etc...

apt-apt-apt-apt 1y ago
Ha, I also have an RPi, Pinephone box. Sad that these Linux phones were basically a hope-scam.
- cdaringe 1y ago
  The hope is still alive
Cheer2171 1y ago
This is just an ESP32 with a display
- ornornor 1y ago
  In a neat package/form factor and software. And for 2$. I don’t see a reason why you’d buy the components separate, it’ll probably cost you way more time and money. Or am I missing the point of your comment?
andrewstuart 1y ago
“The project” - your creative drive to “do a project with this device” is completely fulfilled by purchasing. It’s a strange thing but there’s a direct line from creative desire to buying then not doing. This is why I have so much electronics junk it’s all projects that I “completed” when I hit the buy button on Aliexpress.
- praptak 1y ago
  I'm trying to channel my tinkering drive into software projects. Somehow these usually to get at least to the "hello world" level. Also, when left unfinished, they don't occupy the precious 3D space around me. Also I need to sell an oscilloscope and a bench power supply :)
  - drob518 1y ago
    Heh. And here I’m being tempted to purchase a soldering iron again…
- brulard 1y ago
  Well, if you don't buy it, then you won't build anything for sure. If you have a drawer full of little components, the time may come to actually use it.
  - phito 1y ago
    Yep it starts being really fun when you can go directly from an idea to making it, because you already have the components on hand from previous projects/hoarding.
    - brewtide 1y ago
      This applies to all different fixes and hobbies so well. Just this afternoon my old Miata had the power steering 'cooling lines' finally rust through. Once I got home, I rummaged in my toolbox for old car tubing, rummaged elsewhere to find some small hose clamps and spent at most an hour cutting off the rusty parts, reattaching with line and clamps, refilling, and cleaning things back up. (luckily the cooling loop is on the low pressure side of things, so if it moves fluid a -> b and is kinda sealed up, it's good to go) Point is: Having the drawers of 'I'll save this just in case!' in all hobbies does in fact come in handy. I find this especially true when some sort of project requires 'yet another adapter' to convert thing a to thing b. Project either goes through or it doesn't, but later on when trying to attack something else, having that little drawer full of weird but useful cables and adapters within living room walking distance sure feels rewarding.
phendrenad2 1y ago
I hate it when I buy some microcontroller doodad and then open my electronics drawer and see that I had one already!
Hamuko 1y ago
My Raspberry Pis have also gathered quite a lot of dust during the years but they're pretty nice to have around. I needed to start hosting a web service and instead of buying a VPS to run it on, I just dusted off the old Raspberry Pi 2 and set up my service there.

This kind of "tinkering stuff" makes me want to buy it just because. Of course, once I have it, it will end up inside the drawer collecting dust along with my RPi, ESP32, etc...

apt-apt-apt-apt 1y ago

Ha, I also have an RPi, Pinephone box. Sad that these Linux phones were basically a hope-scam.

cdaringe 1y ago
The hope is still alive

Cheer2171 1y ago

This is just an ESP32 with a display

ornornor 1y ago
In a neat package/form factor and software. And for 2$. I don’t see a reason why you’d buy the components separate, it’ll probably cost you way more time and money. Or am I missing the point of your comment?

andrewstuart 1y ago

“The project” - your creative drive to “do a project with this device” is completely fulfilled by purchasing. It’s a strange thing but there’s a direct line from creative desire to buying then not doing. This is why I have so much electronics junk it’s all projects that I “completed” when I hit the buy button on Aliexpress.

praptak 1y ago
I'm trying to channel my tinkering drive into software projects. Somehow these usually to get at least to the "hello world" level. Also, when left unfinished, they don't occupy the precious 3D space around me. Also I need to sell an oscilloscope and a bench power supply :)
- drob518 1y ago
  Heh. And here I’m being tempted to purchase a soldering iron again…
brulard 1y ago
Well, if you don't buy it, then you won't build anything for sure. If you have a drawer full of little components, the time may come to actually use it.
- phito 1y ago
  Yep it starts being really fun when you can go directly from an idea to making it, because you already have the components on hand from previous projects/hoarding.
  - brewtide 1y ago
    This applies to all different fixes and hobbies so well. Just this afternoon my old Miata had the power steering 'cooling lines' finally rust through. Once I got home, I rummaged in my toolbox for old car tubing, rummaged elsewhere to find some small hose clamps and spent at most an hour cutting off the rusty parts, reattaching with line and clamps, refilling, and cleaning things back up. (luckily the cooling loop is on the low pressure side of things, so if it moves fluid a -> b and is kinda sealed up, it's good to go) Point is: Having the drawers of 'I'll save this just in case!' in all hobbies does in fact come in handy. I find this especially true when some sort of project requires 'yet another adapter' to convert thing a to thing b. Project either goes through or it doesn't, but later on when trying to attack something else, having that little drawer full of weird but useful cables and adapters within living room walking distance sure feels rewarding.

phendrenad2 1y ago

I hate it when I buy some microcontroller doodad and then open my electronics drawer and see that I had one already!

Hamuko 1y ago

My Raspberry Pis have also gathered quite a lot of dust during the years but they're pretty nice to have around. I needed to start hosting a web service and instead of buying a VPS to run it on, I just dusted off the old Raspberry Pi 2 and set up my service there.