The 400 also uses the improved keyboard.
Posts by James Hughes 1
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Linus Torvalds goes back to a mechanical keyboard after making too many typos
Back online after 'catastrophic' attack, 4chan says it's too broke for good IT
CVE program gets last-minute funding from CISA – and maybe a new home
Re: No more Euro freeloaders!
Interesting take. To play devil advocate, Microsoft/American SW companies in general make a lot of money out of the rest of the world, and generate many of the CVE's. Why should the rest of the world pay to track CVE for America's buggy software? Perhaps the funding should be in relation to the number of CVE based on country of origin? If US has 75% of the CVEs, then they should pay 75% of the cost? Does anyone know the percentage figures for CVE country of origin?
Bill Gates unearths Microsoft's ancient code like a proud nerd dad
Raspberry Pi Power-over-Ethernet Injector zaps life into networks lacking spark
You need to tell the Pi it's being supplied with 5A with the appropriate config.txt entry if your PS can supply 5v5A. If its USB-PD, then check it can supply 5A at 5v, most cannot. 25W from the PoE is absolutely fine, in fact overkill for the 500 unless you have lots of high power USB devices attached.
Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller now available to mere mortals
Trump says US should kill CHIPS Act, use the cash to cut debt
Raspberry Pi launches CM4 variant that laughs in the face of frostbite
US Dept of Housing screens sabotaged to show deepfake of Trump sucking Elon's toes
I'd like you to provide a source too.
I want to know where all these millions of jobs are going to come from. Please note, they need to be roughly equivalent to the current pay levels of any sacked employees in order for the tax receipts to be roughly the same. i.e Not just jobs that miraculously appeared once you throw out all the illegal immigrants.
Why do younger coders struggle to break through the FOSS graybeard barrier?
Trump tells Musk to 'go get' Starliner astronauts
Re: And here we go..
Then they see a Starship launch, and realise that a company isn't just its head, but a huge number of other people, actually run by someone who isn't Musk, and realise it ain't too bad.
SpaceX are a great company, with a head who has gone a bit off the rails. But it's still a great company doing great things irrespective of the guy in charge.
White House asks millions of govt workers if they would be so kind as to fork right off
DeepSeek isn't done yet with OpenAI – image-maker Janus Pro is gunning for DALL-E 3
Re: It's still all theft-based
Quite. These things learn (AIUI - could be completely wrong) in a similar way to humans - lots of repetition and lots of source data. Just faster. So the results are similar to what you might be from an average human trained on the same data. Do we accuse humans of theft when they draw a picture that looks a bit like someone else's picture? No, but copyright maybe infringed.
Same with text, there are only (according to Booker) 7 plot lines - so all books have their basis in those 7 plotlines, or are derivatives of those plotlines. Writers take those plotlines and build around them in their own style. Is it any different with AI?
Dunno, but it's all quite interesting.
DeepSeek limits new accounts amid cyberattack
How to leave the submarine cable cutters all at sea – go Swedish
The ultimate Pi 5 arrives carrying 16GB ... and a price to match
Raspberry Pi 500 and monitor arrive in time for Christmas
The additional cost for the NVME components is actually fairly high. Its not just the board components, but a new casing with hatch, because splitting the case to fit the drive is a no-no for a consumer product.
Of course, there is no need for the NVME drive for many many use cases, the faster SD card capabilities of the 2712 SoC when combined with command queueing means that even with an SD card the device is very useable, and for most people good enough.
You missed an audience group.
Industry.
Pi sell over 70% of Pis to industry or commercial customers. Which is good, because those sales means the prices can be kept down for the other groups you mention (everyone pays the same price, which is often forgotten).
The Pi 400/500 are great thin clients. Do they need NVME? They are great replacement desktops for people who just use a browser to access the cloud? Does that need NVME?
Re: Off-grid computing
I'm biased, but I have been using the monitor on and off for a year, and really like it. The three mounting mechanisms work really well, and being able to power from the Pi or from a standard USB PS has made exhibition demonstrations much easier to do. I hope schools really like them.
Wubuntu: The lovechild of Windows and Linux nobody asked for
Chinese engineers wire Raspberry Pi into 600-meter railway tunnel to find any holes
Ford CEO admits he drives a Chinese electric vehicle and doesn't want to give it up
Re: Charging infra (in the US at least) is dying
"Nobody wants these cars"
Nonsense. I've got one, I doubt I will go back to ICE, EVs are SOOOO much better. Recent figures say they have over a 90% (maybe even 95) "I'll buy another one" rate, which is pretty good.
And worth mentioning, proper petrol head here, having built and raced ICE cars, and running a petrol powered Dad/Lad kart team. And have a garage full of Crossflow parts. I still think EVs are the way to go.
Re: :)
You are not unique, but then, neither are the people who can use EVs with no problem. I've had one for a few months now, it's bloody brilliant. Ridiculously fast (0-60 3.8s) and costs bugger all to run. I do have off-street parking, and a home charger, but usually charge at work (Free!!!). My 60 mile round trip commute is easy, the gadgets mean it's a relaxing trip in as the car follows the one in front.
The car has a 7-year warranty including the battery, so far no real issues (It keep forgetting my phone - needs a SW upgrade)
It's Chinese (but I think designed in the UK?)
So, what I am saying is, yes, there are loads of people (although a reducing number) for whom an EV might not be an option, but the corollary is that there are also many many people for whom an EV is an excellent option.