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0 pointsnoxToken5y ago0 comments

I hate that this dominates the conversation. I tried some stuff with a pi once. It was a nightmare. I fidgeted around with the installation, and after some slight hiccups, I finally get to install the package for my security system.

Errors. A screen full of errors barfed everywhere. I look at the repository for some basic debugging, and without some serious dedicated time, I can't fix the issue.

This is why people don't want to fiddle with a Pi for these things. Time is dedicated to get the system up, but you're not given any kind of guarantee that it will work out of the box.

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xmprt5y ago· 1 in thread

I feel like anytime a hobbyist says a Pi is the solution to your IoT or cloud problem, it's because they enjoy fiddling with the errors and getting it work. When it does, I'm sure it's rewarding, but a lot of people have other hobbies that they'd rather spend time on.

It's like telling someone who complains about video game DLC to go skiing. Yes, you might enjoy skiing, but skiing isn't a drop in replacement for the person complaining.

girvo5y ago

I think it’s more telling them to learn to mod their favourite game instead: technically it does solve it, but it’s not even in the same universe when it comes to complexity and time investment

bigiain5y ago

This is also the reason why some of us enjoy futzing with Raspberry Pis (And a Arduinos and ESPs et al.)

But yeah, I understand your pain, and recognise that it’s not a hobby everybody wants...

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