It has hardware that most cell phones don't have.

Sub-ghz
"allowing it to receive and send radio frequencies between 300 and 928 MHz. These switches, radio locks, wireless doorbells, remote controls, barriers, gates, smart lighting, "

RFID
" including plastic cards, key fobs, tags, wristbands, and animal microchips."

Infrared
" that use infrared light (IR) such as TVs, air conditioners, or audio devices. It can learn and save infrared remote controls or use its own Universal remotes"

It also has an iButton reader.

Talk to your IT dept. They might have a student version you can get for cheap.

And btw, 3 years is nothing for software like that. All the major features are already in the software. They just have to keep adding crap to it so people will buy the new version. It's a big cause of software bloat.

Oscilloscope can do it - https://hackaday.com/2020/12/14/dead-simple-time-domain-reflectometry-with-just-a-battery-and-an-oscilloscope/

Fucking Gskill keyboard has the same issue. Maco recording buttons that are up near escape so I'd hit record without knowing it, then sometime later I'd replay it all. After the second time I just ripped the whole button off the keyboard.

Fuck that shit.

Get an eMMC module ($10) for the Pi or buy something similar with one built-in. Much faster and more reliable.

People complain about the doorbell?

Then don't have a door bell jackasses. Being alerted that someone is at the door is it's whole purpose.

I'd say it was the fan that solved the overheating problem, not the zip ties.

Terraria is pretty fun

Turning into a duck to skip out on the bill!

It's a uniparty. And you've fallen for their song and dance.

Puts the S in HTTPS. Free. Get an ACME client for your service. https://acmeclients.com

Only if you keep buying cheap crap. Sennheiser still sells replacement parts for old models. I've had two sets for like, 20 years?

OrangePi is pretty nice. Built in 8gb eMMC module is a huge performance boost. Only $60 with case and PSU.

If you're here claiming only Democrats fuck kids, we know instantly you're a paid shill. Pedophilia is a bipartisan issue.

RFID compatible with NFC antennas

Only the HF RFID stuff. There is also LF and UHF RFID. FZ has an LF RFID antenna.

"NFC tags are a subcategory of HF RFID technology. All NFC tags are HF RFID tags, but not all HF RFID tags are NFC tags. NFC operates in a very specific subset of the high-frequency range —13.56 MHz— and have very different use cases and implementation considerations from other RFID categories"
https://www.resourcelabel.com/resources/comparing-different-types-of-rfid-tags/

Same thing for IRDA

IrDA isn't the same as IR. There were some phones with an actual IR blaster built in but most were IrDA.

If they're already MP3 then don't bother. Can't make it sound better after it's already been compressed. You'd need to get source material then convert to whatever format.

There's nothing wrong with MP3 though. Hell most people are listening to streaming like Pandora and Spotify and don't complain.

OrangePi makes a decent solution with a built-in 8GB eMMC module. Makes it much faster. Dunno if you are CPU or IO bound on the RPi4.

In 'news that was incredibly obvious from the start'.....no shit sherlock.

For whom?

Generally the uneducated or low-iq who simply can't be educated. They don't understand science so to them it might as well be another religion. In that case why not pick the religion that gives them a nice afterlife? Something they can fall back on and blame when they make poor decision after poor decision.

When driving an auto I have to be real careful not to try and hit the 'clutch'. Brake checked myself more than once doing that.

Sure. This dude at a shopping cart and a Cessna 150. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Lotito

Just believe in yourself.

See if there are any autocross groups in your area. Cheaper and safer than a track day with 95% of the thrill.

Eaton. Just replaced most of our APC with them and have been pretty impressed so far.

unattended-upgrades is annoying? How so?

This is for my users, none of whom are experienced enough to do offline image editing.

Welcome to Costco, I love you

Never head of I2P, sounds pretty cool. I've just stuck to encryption for torrents and haven't had any complaints from my ISP.

https://geti2p.net/en/

If you're on Debian, it's the tried and true method. The config is dead simple for most upgrades, just un-comment the line in the config file next to the type of upgrades you want, stable or testing. It can take some debugging if you have a package with it's own APT repo. It'll just ignore those updates by default.

I picked up a 4-pack of Terraria and been enjoying it a lot. I never played Minecraft but I understand it's basically the same thing. I only picked it up to support the devs, no microtransactions and 12 years of updates for free. But it's a fun game so far.

Lottery and gambling are taxes on emotionally weak people who can't do math.

One catch is that you have to assume it's gonna be sending data to China or at least have a hidden backdoor, possibly both. That may not matter depending on what they are doing.

Look at all that propaganda!

Same reason I never made an account on Instagram. Not interested in that cesspool.

the thing I like most about it is that you’ll never need to prove that I+I=II. It literally is II.

I hated discrete structures class in college. Nearly half the class dropped out, me included. Not because I was failing. I just couldn't give a damn. 1+1=2 is true for the same reason I+I=II is true. That's the whole concept of 2.

Photoshop mostly. Graphics people HAD to have a mac. Also Macintosh screens were better, or at least better than the average PC CRT.

Nope. You see there are two realities. One where the DOT exists and they write traffic laws for. Then there's the reality the rest of us are living in. Cops are not behind every bush or blade of grass so adherence to the rules is an optional behaviour.

People dogmatically sticking to the speed limit while there's a line of cars behind them are the worst type of narcissistic asshole. Even if they don't want to speed, they can pull over and let the rest of us pass them. But they don't. Because that would mean feeling shame and they have none.

When did I say there weren't any winners? I said people think there's a chance that they might win personally. And you can state the gamblers fallacy any way you like, the fact that there are winners in a lottery has nothing to with the chances of winning personally. Bad at math, bad at logic, too emotional, call it anything you like. Any hope is a result of these flaws, not the cause.

https://www.palomar.edu/users/bthompson/Gambler%27s%20Fallacy.html

Armed parents are brave, they care about all the illegal guns.

Mainly local radio broadcasts,

I'm guessing you're not in the US? 'Cause here nearly everyone is owned by Clear Channel/iHeartMedia. Nothing of value is being discovered there.

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No better way to keep a poor person poor than trying to appear rich.