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kaycebasques committed Apr 28, 2024
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* I don't have a lightweight personal laptop that's enjoyable to goof around
on.

The solution for me, an irrational simpleton, was to spend perhaps much money
($200) on a highly questionable Raspberry Pi "laptop".
The solution for me, an irrational simpleton, was to spend perhaps too much
money ($200) on a questionable Raspberry Pi "laptop".

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I got 3-5 hours on the first full charge. I fully expect this to drop down
to 30 minutes after a month. My coworker had the good idea of using a
cellphone power bank as a backup.
to 30 minutes after a month.

An interesting challenge (maybe project?) is that the RPi OS UI doesn't
seem to expect to run off battery so there's no "low battery" indicator.
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* It comes pre-loaded with lots of interesting stuff
(``for name in $(ls /usr/bin); do man -f $name; done``)
* It's the same ecosystem of tools/programs/etc. as my work env
(I <3 Debian)
<3 Debian
* The RPi hardware itself really invites you to learn about it
on a deeper level. Have you seen those datasheets? Delightful

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I'm screwed.

At first I thought $200 was too expensive but realistically, it would cost
me much more than $200 in time/energy/parts to try to build something like
this myself.
me much more than $200 in time/energy/parts/hairline to try to build something
like this myself.

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