Probably not much of a difference. These mini PCs can run at single digit wattage too and you won’t be buying new SD cards every 6 months.

The market is about to be flooded with them with Windows 10 going EoL in October.

I bet you could instead use an ESP32 for GPIO and just connect it remotely to whatever Pi alternative you use (if needed at all). Turning some switches on and off while monitoring input values doesn’t sound very computationally intensive.

I think this really depends on the model they’re eyeballing because the Pi5 is frankly ridiculous for the price and has absurd power requirements (5V5A USB?). I wouldn’t recommend one of these unless you have a specific need like a certain hat or the GPIO pins. You can get a Dell micro Optiplex for less money and have a full fledged i5 or i7 processor with similar power usage.

Plus the RPi Foundation exposed themselves as the greedy bastards they are during COVID which is yet another reason to turn your back on them.

For something like a Pi Zero, maybe go for it, but there are similar devices out there from other companies too.

I think Gene Hackman gave up acting because of the dementia. He acted til he was nearly 75 years old.

Even as far back as Fire Marshall Bill?

He announced this on the day of his birthday military parade? That doesn’t seem well timed.

Does anyone know what this means for covid and flu shots in the fall since these groups are the ones who determine which strains to target with the shot each year? Will we just not have flu shots anymore or are they just going to be worthless?

I wonder if he has CTE since his behavior has been on a sharp decline over the last several years.

Good luck. The government has pretty consistently ruled that the government is immune from liability in situations like this.

You can buy protective shields for grinding and what not for pretty cheap at places like Harbor Freight. I’m sure they’d hold up to rubber bullets just fine.

nothing to do with LA situation.

(2)

affirms that free and open communication between State and local law enforcement and their Federal counterparts remains the bedrock of public safety and is necessary in preventing terrorist attacks; and

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expresses gratitude to law enforcement officers, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel, for protecting the homeland.

Is the “homeland” for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement restricted to Colorado only? I’m at a loss for how you can claim this is only about a specific incident in Colorado. This resolution states that state and local law enforcement sharing information with ICE is “the bedrock for public safety” and 75 House Dems agreed with that.

75 Democrats Express ‘Gratitude’ to ICE in Antisemitism Vote Amid LA Riots

https://www.newsweek.com/75-democrats-house-antisemitism-resolution-ice-gratitude-2083177

no matter how bad the stuff the Republicans do, it’s the democrats fault?

Because this is typical Republican behavior which surprises no one much like how there are different rules for how children act versus adults. Democrats are supposed to be the opposition party but with their actions, they regularly condone and enable the worst aspects of Republican behavior even if their empty rhetoric says otherwise.

I’m sure a bunch of aides are furiously typing up letters stating their disapproval and concern at this very moment. A show of force like that ought to get Trump to back down.

Yeah there are a lot of reddit-esque comments here acting like they’re too smart to be fooled by that.

What’s next, is he going to name a skyscraper after Bin Laden?

Why the special qualifier of “computerized” chess? Do humans regularly lose to Atari’s at chess? LLMs are computerized too.

I am currently stuck in a sham democracy still using FPTP voting.

As an individual voter, my power lies in messaging and lobbying.

Following my “true conscience” at the ballot box and splitting the vote only leads to situations that we are now stuck in.

So the messaging is just keep voting Democrat no matter what and no matter how bad they fuck things up? You’re stuck in this system yet your messaging is telling us to perpetuate this very system by refusing to do anything differently?

Refusing to acknowledge how far right the Democrats have gone while burying your head in the sand with the “vote blue no matter who” mentality as they support genocide, harm the working class, and do whatever they can to aid Republicans is why we’re in this situation. These parties are two sides of the same coin. As someone else put it in another comment earlier, they’re playing “good cop bad cop” and you’re demanding that we submit to the good cop because they’re so nice and polite as they work to take your freedom from you.

I’m going to steal your “good cop bad cop” analogy because it’s perfect and I’m tired of making references to the situation being like a scripted WWE match.

Weigh that against the stress of not having a job or place to live though.