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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • There’s a total of 3 LED on mine, I’m probably seeing an extra one cause I don’t have an enclosure on it. I checked the manual and the only one that’s on is the “standby” LED that’s supposed to show that there’s power going through the board.

    The disk usage and normal “power on/off” LED are off. And I haven’t managed to get them to do anything so far.









  • That’s not a bad strategy lol. However from my experience with buying tech from China (a paper screen tablet for handwritten note taking and stuff) is somewhat troublesome and import taxes and other shipping costs, do add a non negligible amount to the final cost.

    I don’t see myself doing this anytime soon, but maybe it will give someone else an idea, thanks :)




  • That’s true about “fun”, it’s very subjective but I’d say that bloat in my case strictly refers to software and not extra hardware, something like the difference between a ringtone store app and a couple of extra LEDs on the back.

    On another note, I’ve seen a few reviews mentioning Pixels developing problems over time but nothing major AFAIK. Do you still use your Pixel? If not, what made you change it?









  • I didn’t know SD cards would be so bad, I’ll definitely get an external drive then.

    The orange seems like a good option too, sure it’s a bit pricier, but I could make it work if its worth it. And also, I’m not planning on having more than one concurrent user (just me on one device at a time) I don’t need to scale it, so I guess I’ll be fine with an orange or even a bit less?

    Now that you mention it, I’d rather not start an impromptu BBQ so maybe laptops are not my first option, unless I can somehow limit the battery charge or completely bypass the battery. I’ll do some more research on that. As far as electricity goes, its very cheap where I am so I don’t think the less efficient mini PCs would hurt.

    Thanks for the advice :)