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Trying to build the ultimate Raspberry Pi computer – Zero Terminal V3

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Re: Trying to build the ultimate Raspberry Pi computer – Zero Terminal V3

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Post by sgt »

verytrivial wrote: post #21

HN has given N O D E love for the design aesthetic of the presentation and video format recently, but it feels like I'm being fed the details via Morse code. It's infuriating! There is no summary, no overview, no block diagram, just a wall of transcribed prose and gamble on a non-indexed, un-subtitled 8 minute video. I imagine many people (myself included!) will just go "Okay, there a black brick and screen thing wit…

The OpenBSD web page is 126kB (less after gzip). Once the image resources are cached, it's only a measly 4kB for the HTML and 4kB for the CSS. I'd say that more than makes up for the page being ugly.

Re: Trying to build the ultimate Raspberry Pi computer – Zero Terminal V3

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Post by Abishek_Muthian »

progval wrote: post #30
saagarjha wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> will essentially make this a smartphone replacement to reclaim mobile computing from the duopoly I think it’s a bit too thick to reclaim anything, to be honest, but its nerd cred is off the charts.

I find my phone way too thin, I can barely use it as-is. Thankfully I have a thick case which quadruples its depth (to about 1cm), which is very usable and still fits in any reasonable pocket. From the video, it looks like the Zero Terminal V3 is about the same size as my phone, so it would be great, at least for myself.

>I find my phone way too thin, I can barely use it as-is.

I have heard the same reason from many of my contacts, they even use a finger grip on the back of their cases. Phones have crossed reasonable thinness few years back, thanks to a certain manufacturer who started marketing 'Thinness' but have since stopped once their phone started bending in the pants.

Re: Trying to build the ultimate Raspberry Pi computer – Zero Terminal V3

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Post by efficax »

verytrivial wrote: post #21

HN has given N O D E love for the design aesthetic of the presentation and video format recently, but it feels like I'm being fed the details via Morse code. It's infuriating! There is no summary, no overview, no block diagram, just a wall of transcribed prose and gamble on a non-indexed, un-subtitled 8 minute video. I imagine many people (myself included!) will just go "Okay, there a black brick and screen thing wit…

OpenBSD webpage looked just fine in 1998, and it simply hasn't changed since (why should it?)

Re: Trying to build the ultimate Raspberry Pi computer – Zero Terminal V3

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Post by grugagag »

tomcooks wrote: post #12
saagarjha wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> will essentially make this a smartphone replacement to reclaim mobile computing from the duopoly I think it’s a bit too thick to reclaim anything, to be honest, but its nerd cred is off the charts.

I'd rather have a thick phone than a slim chance of not being tracked. I'll build mine with a metal casing and a GPS for outdoor shenanigans, as sturdy as an AK-47 and as thick as the SCIP

Not only that but im thinking that this could be upgraded, modded, fixed, full control, privacy and last but not least: no planned obsolesce

Re: Trying to build the ultimate Raspberry Pi computer – Zero Terminal V3

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Post by Fnoord »

verytrivial wrote: post #21

HN has given N O D E love for the design aesthetic of the presentation and video format recently, but it feels like I'm being fed the details via Morse code. It's infuriating! There is no summary, no overview, no block diagram, just a wall of transcribed prose and gamble on a non-indexed, un-subtitled 8 minute video. I imagine many people (myself included!) will just go "Okay, there a black brick and screen thing wit…

I don't find the OpenBSD page ugly at all. I find it efficient (and I'm currently not an OpenBSD user or developer).

If you would like to see ugly pages, there's probably a Geocities mirror up somewhere which one can browse through for an ample amount of examples.

A more accurate, descriptive word is, I believe, pre Web 2.0 (or Web 1.0?).

Re: Trying to build the ultimate Raspberry Pi computer – Zero Terminal V3

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Post by aspenmayer »

Abishek_Muthian wrote: post #26
asutekku wrote: post #18

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This will be a niche product and for that I’m sceptical it’s sustainable on the long run. There’s no way this would even make a dent to Apple’s or Google’s marketshare. Sure, it’s a nice device for tech-people, but general consumers will most likely not use this.

>There’s no way this would even make a dent to Apple’s or Google’s marketshare. That's the bane of monopolies or duopolies; no good for anyone except for the 'Investors'.

What kind of brave new world are we living in, where a one-person noncommercial project need be competitive with gigacorp industrial output to be considered valid, let alone judged on its own merits?

Re: Trying to build the ultimate Raspberry Pi computer – Zero Terminal V3

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Post by silly-silly »

Abishek_Muthian wrote: post #16
tomcooks wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd rather have a thick phone than a slim chance of not being tracked. I'll build mine with a metal casing and a GPS for outdoor shenanigans, as sturdy as an AK-47 and as thick as the SCIP

I agree. If isn't an operational security risk, can you share pictures of your setup?

I too wish to subscribe to this newsletter.

Re: Trying to build the ultimate Raspberry Pi computer – Zero Terminal V3

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Post by grugagag »

I wonder what the price range for this would be. I’d readily pay up to 300 but would think twice if it goes above that.

im thinking that this device could be upgraded, modded, fixed, have full control over the software, have privacy and last but not least: no planned obsolesce

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