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[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I gotta resist the urge.. I have two Pis idle 🤦‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I have a 4 on server hosting and 3 3s idle. If I buy the 5 I would have 4 Pis idle

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They go for good prices on eBay.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

But you should keep them because you could have a good use for it in a future side project.... right? .... right???

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Definitely. Got to be something that will come up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

i have no sympathy for hoarders

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Your disregard for my future projects disgusts me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

🤝 fair enough!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

The future: when I'll finally use this stuff.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I made a nice nextcloud server on mine :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I was also planning to do one with a new 1TB hdd or ssd attached. This might be what the 4 will become due to its CPU and memory

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Yes, this is exactly what I did, with a 1TB SSD. I tried to host a Jellyfin server as well, but it didn't have the oomph for that. A plan for my 10yo Mac Pro once I finally retire it lol