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by gadgetoid 5y ago
A good, cheap keyboard would be a game changer for low-end devices, it's definitely the bit I find hardest to compromise on.
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by gadgetoid 5y ago
I tested the Mk III back in Dec 2020 before it dropped out of existence (parts shortage I think.) Due to relocating during the Covid chaos I actually daily drove it as my workstation for a few months (using VSCode/Slack/Discord an
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Star Labs StarLite Mk IV – 11" Linux laptop with Coreboot(starlabs.systems)
302 points by gadgetoid 5y ago|108 comments
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by gadgetoid 6y ago
As an aside to this- they'd already built an ecosystem around micro HDMI with the Pi 4 so changing it to full-sized HDMI would probably have irritated just as many people as not. They're also more economical to run through a pick-
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by gadgetoid 6y ago
There's surprisingly little room inside- I've been trying to find somewhere to fit a tiny SSD, but without tossing out the heat sink (arguably one of its strengths since it keeps the temperature in check) it's a really tight
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by gadgetoid 6y ago
Am I the only one who prefers micro HDMI? I've heard good arguments to suggest it isn't very robust in the hands of kids... but from my own perspective all my micro HDMI cables are much thinner than my full-sized HDMI ones and the
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by gadgetoid 6y ago
"a blog from someone who had milled out the keyboard and integrated a Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ into it" Us, then? Haha! The dates check out: https://blog.pimoroni.com/putting-a-raspberry-pi-3-a-in-the-...
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by gadgetoid 6y ago
You're speaking my language. This is a shameless self plug but we - that is Pimoroni - are working on 32blit which is an STM32F750-based microcontroller games console that should be up for general sale soooon - https://www
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by gadgetoid 6y ago
In theory they are. In practise the lack of a test dataset - and the lack of access to their dataset - means it's virtually impossible for a third party to make any significant contribution to the data processing code. Such an effort w
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
Tried to look for one recently without much luck. The crux of their death seems to be Skype ending support for their smart TV software. They definitely existed, though. And it was also possible to add a camera via USB in some cases.
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
As someone currently embroiled in a project to motivate people to explore classic videogame development techniques- this is super interesting. I'm not sure how I feel about Pygame/Pygame Zero, though. It feels a little detached fr
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Raspberry Pi Press Announce Code the Classics(raspberrypi.org)
2 points by gadgetoid 7y ago|1 comments
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
> The Founding Father once infamously electrocuted himself while trying to kill a turkey with electricity. I'm pretty sure you only get to "electrocute" yourself once. Especially in 1743. I wonder- his lack of grounding ma
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
You can edit the apt sources and cross your fingers. I’ve been told that “do-release-upgrade” has some secret sauce that this method doesn’t replicate- but since it’s not available on Pi I guess the next best thing is manually looking up w
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
Easy to learn, hard to master, as simple as opening a browser tab to get it up and running. It was a perfect storm of tight gameplay and low barrier to entry. I also suspect many people hadn’t come across a game like this before- I can’t ev
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
I probably shouldn’t poke fun- but I found it a little bit hilarious that we brought a Pi 4 to its knees on launch day in the Cambridge Pi Store just demoing a web application. The totally enclosed official case is a baffling idea and if m
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
Oh boy, this was an addiction. Just the right mix of classic - Subspace/Continuum - gameplay with the ease of access of a browser game. It felt good to play a game I was half decent at, too. Wrote a Python API, started a Discord server
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
I'm not the best judge, but these are really quiet fans. I can hear the ones in my laptop, but don't notice Fan SHIM at all. We've had a couple of customers who have, but a replacement fan has been quiet- guessing it's
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
There's a better image here- https://medium.com/@ghalfacree/benchmarking-the-raspberry-pi...
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
This pretty much lines up with my findings. I popped the pre-installed heat-spreader off and applied a heatsink with noctua thermal paste... basically no difference- step-by-step chaos here: https://twitter.com/Gadgetoid&#x2
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
Razer? On some models their logo was backlit by the screen backlight- people using their laptops in a business setting seem to love to cover it up. I always wondered how uptight people would have to be in a meeting to even give the slightes
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
I’ve peppered my laptop with stickers. Not out of some desire to promote the services they embody, but rather because it makes my laptop look less appealing to a would-be thief.
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
I suspect if they'd chosen a regular DisplayPort or HDMI alt-mode they wouldn't have had to shoulder the burden of claims they deviated from the spec. Granted, engineering constraints may have made that impossible but it's cl
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
While I totally understand the dream of “use the same power supply for everything” I really can’t emphasise just how much impact “use the flippin’ official power supply” has in support burden. The rash of people digging out their dusty old
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
I don’t disagree that they should be recycled (albeit I’d expect a phone to last 3-5 years), but historically all but the best phone chargers have proven to be wholly unsuitable for powering Pi’s. I’m not convinced USB C is poised to change
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
It looks like it'll be mitigated ( https://www.tomshardware.co.uk/raspberry-pi-4-firmware-updat... ), but not necessarily fixed- making a difference of a few degrees. Active cooling makes a huge difference, which is why
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
In my experience the ThunderBolt 3 cables are the ones you want to plug into your laptop and route nicely behind it so you can tuck your dock somewhere aesthetically pleasing... but they have a 10cm bend-radius and are only 40cm long. They&
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
I think the problem is that people see a USB Type-C port and expect everything with a USB Type-C connector to work in it, which has and never will be the case with USB Type-C connectors. If you think this is bad, go ask PlanetCom what the h
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
Ever since the very first model, sub-par, underrated power supplies have been responsible for a good slice of tech support issues with the Pi. It wouldn't be a real Pi launch without power issues. IIRC the Pi 3B+ was butting up against
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by gadgetoid 7y ago
Touché. On one hand I think "Maybe I should diversify my infrastructure." And on the other I think "But one of the biggest upsells was convinience." And it's fortunate I don't have a third hand, because I'

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