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Re: Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?

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Post by lostlogin »

thecodemonkey wrote: post #95

1x Raspberry Pi 3 installed in my car within the internal network as a bastion box and to run software that let's my interact with the entertainment system 1x Raspberry Pi 3 running Home Assistant with a Z-Wave USB Dongle (Home Automation) 1x Raspberry Pi 3 running OctoPrint (Host/remote-control for 3D Printer) 1x Raspberry Pi 3 running FullPageOS (Full-screen Chromium in kiosk mode) displaying a server statusboard i…

You’re clearly better at this than me, so this might be unneeded: Docking the UniFi Controller avoids the dependency hell and upgrade pain that sometimes occurs, and makes an afternoons pain into a 5 minute exercise.

Re: Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?

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Post by invsblduck »

russfink wrote: post #779
m463 wrote: post #641

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You are a kindred spirit. I have: 2 pi NTP servers - one running a GPS hat + PPS wired up, one using a USB gps receiver. a "workhorse" pi - 2 wired ds18b20 temperature sensors, cron jobs, email generators, weather page generator, connectivity monitor. One pi running piubos + nextcloud. One pi running as a clock. One pi running as a wireless temperature receiver. a few floating pis running media center or retropie or…

Just curious, what kind of firewalls are you running?

pfSense [on Netgate appliance] for me.

Re: Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?

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Post by lostlogin »

jimnotgym wrote: post #452
MisterTea wrote: post #397

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> Next project: 1x Raspberry Pi Zero W to run Unifi Controller Ugh, have fun with the dependency issues. An easy alternative is to run a Unifi docker image. Currently running it from a Debian VM when needed but looking to move it to an alpine vmm on my OpenBSD APU2. The Linux image is the same as the cloud key so you can roll your own cloud key and use the unifi app. Here is the image I use though there are others: h…

I found it easier to just buy the cloud key...

I’ve never owned a cloud key, but the docker path is really quite painless and makes migrations nice too.

Re: Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?

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Post by [deleted] »

lostlogin wrote: post #914
jonaswi wrote: post #399

I live in an apartment with quite strict fire-protection standards. Due to the fact that I have a cat that absolutly loves to go outside, I needed to find a solution for him to get outside without a catdoor trough my door. So I installed a fire-protecion-approved door drive that is hooked to a raspberry pi. Another raspberry pi then analyzes a video stream and detects my cat. If my cat is in the frame for n amount of…

Does this open a door or a cat door? I’m just imagining breaking into places by wondering around holding a picture of a cat.

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Re: Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?

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Post by BrandoElFollito »

rockmeamedee wrote: post #666
gregsadetsky wrote: post #617

There's a bus station across from my studio / coworking space. I can see people waiting for the bus and doing either: 1) staring into the void 2) looking at their watches 3) desperately glancing in the direction where the bus is coming from. I figured that it'd be nice to let people know when the bus is supposed to be there. So, I installed a 28" display on a monitor stand, installed the stand on my window frame, tur…

Big ups! I use this all the time in winter while waiting for the 55. I definitely assumed you worked at Ubisoft across the street! Btw, from some experience spending cold winters looking at it, it flickers a lot by having so many screen changes, making it tiring to see the screen change so much. L'AUTOBUS - SERA - LA - DANS - 5... - MINUTES - GREG . - TECHNOLOGY. It would be easier on the eyes if it changed less ofte…

Me too!

No, just kidding, I am in France but the idea is awesome. Simply fantastic.

Re: Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?

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Post by batoure »

Besides the standard PiHole VPN so on I have several RPis I use. 1. I run Samba to manage access to provide AD to my home computers and manage the attachment of various network shares.

2. I have a RPi with an attached set of 12v switch controls that I use to manage various things in my Airstream trailer such as internal/external lights a backup shut off valve for my LP tanks as well as a watering system for plants that I keep in the trailer that I don't always get around to watering.

Re: Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?

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Post by illinx »

gregsadetsky wrote: post #617

There's a bus station across from my studio / coworking space. I can see people waiting for the bus and doing either: 1) staring into the void 2) looking at their watches 3) desperately glancing in the direction where the bus is coming from. I figured that it'd be nice to let people know when the bus is supposed to be there. So, I installed a 28" display on a monitor stand, installed the stand on my window frame, tur…

I know this stop and have always appreciated your sign. Thank you +1!

Re: Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?

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Post by fdjlasdfjl »

jonaswi wrote: post #479
fdjlasdfjl wrote: post #428

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I could actually use exactly that. Do you have a blog outlining how you did it, or the code on github by any chance?

No sadly not. I'd love to write about it but my English is just not good enough to write a compelling story. Writing it in German and then having it translated is always a bit of a hassle. But I may consider it. At the moment I have an offer of the door drive manufacturer for doing a "home story" about the solution. If that will happen, it will definitely be released in English. I will open source everything once I'm…

Make sure to post it here when you have the article written up, I'd love to read it!

Re: Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?

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Post by ryanmercer »

msoucy wrote: post #889
ryanmercer wrote: post #830

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Tread carefully, you're creating a young Look Mum No Computer! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCafxR2HWJRmMfSdyZXvZMTw

Well now that I've seen the Furby Organ I'm not going to sleep tonight...

Watch the one where he makes some of them nekkid, it's more recent. THAT is terrifying.

Re: Ask HN: What do you do with your Raspberry Pi?

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Post by stjohnswarts »

iforgotpassword wrote: post #393
tylerjaywood wrote: post #217

I have it set up to run a project where a subreddit has control over the watering of a live plant in my apartment. The pi runs a reddit bot that reads the votes, and can switch on a pump to water. It also collects data about sunlight, moisture, temp and humidity to help inform the decision about watering. Despite many people's preconceptions about the goodness of the internet, I must admit that they do a wonderful jo…

> Despite many people's preconceptions about the goodness of the internet, I must admit that they do a wonderful job caring for my plant! Maybe I should create a subreddit where people can control a bot that has access to my bank accounts so they can manage my finances, invest some, etc. ;-)

I have a Nigerian prince friend who will make your finances a lot easier to calculate. PM me for more.
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