I don't need it, but want it :)
A Minimum Viable Computer, or Linux for $15
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#62> I’m changing the title of this page just to screw with mods on the orange website Loving it! What orange website could they be talking about? I wonder what would be achievable, around the $15 mark WITHOUT needing a minimum order of 1000? (Presuming access to a 3d printer and a reasonably cheap PCB fab company)
> I wonder what would be achievable, around the $15 mark WITHOUT needing a minimum order of 1000?
A Raspberry Pi Zero?
Re: A Minimum Viable Computer, or Linux for $15
#63> I’m changing the title of this page just to screw with mods on the orange website Loving it! What orange website could they be talking about? I wonder what would be achievable, around the $15 mark WITHOUT needing a minimum order of 1000? (Presuming access to a 3d printer and a reasonably cheap PCB fab company)
ah, someone who shares my disdain for "hacker" "news"
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#64Something that I have always wanted was an SMS ONLY device. A device, kind of like the SideKick (remember Danger invented Android, got bought by Google - then the founder was paid ~$90,000,000 severance from Google for coercing a female colleague to be his 'sex slave' -- Yeah, that Danger, Andy Rubin.) but I just want a device that only sends and receives SMS and thats it. Can this machine accept a SIM in a future it…
I'd love a modern RIM 850 that could do all my messaging (Discord, Telegram, SMS) and nothing else. Keep the 850 formfactor, keyboard, that amazing thumbwheel, but give it something like e-ink and great connectivity. Hell, throw a WiFi hotspot in it if we absolutely must.
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
well yeah, but why would they want to block out the "orange website"?
I don't think "screw with" means "block" in this case. But there is one moderately famous blog that does block HN: https://www.jwz.org/
yeah I asked jwz how to do that, but I can't figure out a way to make that work with Github pages.
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#66Give me a 80x24 font terminal and framebuffer support for SD2/video/images/PDF, and I'm sold.
This has no internet support, but who cares as I can just rsync the NNTP dir from/to slrn in my laptop and read good stuff offline, and just answer over the laptop, too. Or, well, an Atheros dongle would work fine.
For coding, JimTCL with or without SDL2 is fun, and, for gaming, text adventures and roguelikes would rock here.
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#67What I'd love for someone to share is the MVP Linux machine I can use to run PiHole... Starter Raspberry Pis (e.g. by Canakit) ... are >$150 CAD on amazon.ca which just seems so expensive.
Mine runs on a years-old Raspberry Pi Model B Rev 2. A Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+ (which has an ethernet port), SD Card and case is about £40 at pihut, that's CAD70
A Zero 2 W with wireless is half that or less including the case, SD Card and power supply.
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#68I believe per HN rules, the title here should be changed to properly reflect the title of the article?
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#69This reminds me (in a good way) of the GPD Win computers.
Obviously smartphones are cool, I have one, I like it, but it annoys me that in some senses they're still not as good as a Windows 98 laptop from 24 years ago. Their version of MS Office isn't as intuitive, there's not the same level of programming language/compiler support, on iOS you're restricted to the App Store, etc.
The GPD Win was the first time I saw a good attempt at a "real" computer that fits in your pocket, and I have one and love it dearly for on-the-train coding, but sadly the pricepoint is a bit high for most people. If I can get something that feels like a real computer for less than $50, I'll be the first in line to buy it.
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#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
I would imagine at $30 it would have to compete with other devices already built
Which devices? Unlike an RPi, this thing has a screen, a keyboard, a sleek case, a battery compartment. What are other devices that have these all, and cost, say, under $40?
Something like this one https://m.aliexpress.ru/item/1005003667540327.html?spm=a2g2w... I guess.