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Depends on the input your PC needs. If it’s a common 19V power supply then you need a 19V PoE splitter like this + an adapter for whatever connector yours has: https://www.ebay.com/itm/194028107173

You’ll also need a switch that can supply 802.3bt PoE.

The usefulness of running a mini PC off of PoE seems pretty small, but there are some cases where it might make sense.

Sure, just need a PoE adapter for it.

It’s been like that since the Pi was around $150 tbh, at least when looking at used hardware as a comparison.

Yeah, and a modern x86 setup will be faster and likely even more efficient under load, with better software support too.

I believe AirVPN is a solid one, port forwarding support too.

The advice I use for myself is always assume a service will either turn shitty enough that you need to leave, or just shut down due to some reason, so I try and only use services that make it easy to move away from.

So instead of Proton or Tuta, use a normal email provider that provides IMAP and supports a custom domain name. There are good ones around for privacy and features like Mailbox.org or similar.

A domain is ~$12/year and ensures you (hopefully) never need to change a bunch of emails on accounts again even if moving to a different email provider.

IMO no, even if you’re on the Pixel 8 the upgrade to 9/10 isn’t giving you much and isn’t worth the high cost. The Pixel 11 is a straight up downgrade with less RAM and less solid support by google.

If it’s more camera zoom you want the Pro editions all have that.

That could be made illegal as well if the FCC felt inclined to. Radio direction finding would make tracking down mesh nodes fairly trivial for them.

The article says it’s people giving their login info to their AI agent, so nothing to do with the bank security or being hacked in that sense.

4.2x more people though, not much point in comparing only 1 figure like that without more context.

I can understand a lightweight IoT network to monitor temperatures and get alarms automatically. But why on earth would it allow controlling the fridge remotely?

Timer on my phone also does that!

I meant for discord, if they can optimize it more with a toggle for ‘game mode’ why not just make it the default so the experience is better for everyone all the time.

Why not just reduce resources all the time? Why does it need to be a bloated mess only when I’m not gaming if they can just turn a switch on to make it less bloated?

But in this case they are buying new Pis and modifying them, so their costs have to be higher than the official ones. It’s just weird to me that there is any market for that at all.

In concept nothing. But do you also recognize a legitimate business model of selling multiple products at different price points, spaced out more than the different cost of production?

Yes of course, but if the spacing is too much then stuff like this starts to happen.

is it your argument that they should be able to purchase the $20 product, add $10 of parts, and either use it or sell it as the $200 product?

Yes, once I buy something it’s mine to do with as I want. Obviously warranty may be void in some cases, but otherwise I own it.

If the market exists that is willing to buy it as a $200 product then Raspberry Pi should sell them for that price, their costs would be much lower than someone who buys a Pi at retail, buys new RAM chips, spends the time to desolder and solder on the new RAM chips, market their ‘product’, and deal with shipping it. If the knockoff is $200 and the same-spec legitimate Pi with warranty is $200, the knockoff won’t be around for long.

There’s a lot of good options, but for media you probably just want an x86 mini PC since they are way cheaper. Intel N100 based, or similar.

What’s the problem with a company doing what they want with hardware they purchased and own?

Nahh, their reasoning is BS IMO. It’s not an iPhone or something it’s a hobby product for tinkering with.

IMO they should have a set, compliant default for the radio and not allow users to change it.