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Question: Why do people want to do this with their mac mini? Can you not do all of this with a hosted VM instance? A mic mini makes it easier for people to set

Question: Why do people want to do this with their mac mini? Can you not do all of this with a hosted VM instance? A mic mini makes it easier for people to set up? Everything still has to talk to data on the cloud right?

catlifeonmars 7mo ago
Short answer: cargo culting. Mac mini is part of the ritual.
- olmo23 7mo ago
  It's so they can talk to their bot using Apple iMessage. That's pretty much it.
  - catlifeonmars 7mo ago
    Oh so you need an iPhone _and_ a Mac mini :)
whalesalad 7mo ago
Mac Mini is a gateway to iMessage. That’s really it.
- ChaitanyaSai 7mo ago
  Ah, that makes a lot of sense! (Do not use imessage, a Whatsapp user, and we can access that through the browser, which means you can plug it into an extension)
  - dmd 7mo ago
    The vast majority of americans have never used whatsapp, if they’ve even heard of it.
zihotki 7mo ago
You can do it serverless, github and api keys is all you need - https://github.com/stephengpope/thepopebot https://github.com/stephengpope/thepopebot The openclaw-like system built using 'free compute' from github