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[โ€“] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)
[โ€“] spikespaz@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would everyone need a pi?

[โ€“] speaker_hat@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

Because Pi is tasty

[โ€“] soloner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What do people even do with those? I know there's lots to do, but what makes you recommend it in the context of this thread?

[โ€“] vis4valentine@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Backup, self hosting, network wide adblocking, VPN, retro gaming, media servers, custom kodi or android TV boxes, coding teaching and learning, security systems, and so much more. There are a lots of possibilities.

[โ€“] kentucky444@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The post title says under $100. Raspberry Pis run for ~$250 nowadays.

[โ€“] wallguy22@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

https://rpilocator.com/ is a very useful tool. Right now an RPi 4 Model B 4GB can be found for $55

[โ€“] StarkillerX42@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] wallguy22@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Have a look at https://rpilocator.com/. Right now an RPi 4 Model B 4GB can be found for $55