I bought my first Pi in (I think) 2014. It’s one of the things that got me into IT. The low price was an important feature, since I was much less reluctant to experiment and take risks with hardware that cost as much as a family meal. But nearly $400 the juice ain’t worth the squeeze.

I guess I’m lucky in that I got a pi 5 back when they were selling at MSRP. I have a couple Pi 4’s, two 3’s (one I can’t find anymore sadly), my original Pi 1 model B, an also lost Pi zero W that I successfully soldered the GPIO pin headers to, and a Pi 400 I bought on a whim.

When people ask me about experimenting with Linux I usually tell them to either emulate it in virtualBox or buy a Raspberry Pi if they want a bare metal experience. It was specifically because the Pi was cheap and thus low risk if something did go wrong.

Gulliver’s Travels brings up a similar idea all the way back in the 18th century. I’m too lazy to look up names, but one country has a small population of immortals who are legally declared dead at 80 so they can’t monopolize power.

I feel like this is a good worldbuilding exercise to bring up over on /c/worldbuilding. One of my fictional polities had a wealth cap that funded local municipal improvements. But they always seemed to fund lovely parks conveniently close to the taxed person’s neighborhood and never, say, public transit expansions.

I love how these exact orange and white barrels seem to be a multiversal constant.

What I miss most about gaming in my youth was the time I could dedicate to a single game. I bought Baldur’s Gate 3 and keep starting new games and quitting before I get out of the starting area because I realize I simply don’t have time for an 80 hour game anymore.

Aeri(th|s)

I’m going to Gamalon to aid him.

Pfft listen to this young’un with multiple cells over here.

Listen to this hairless bipedal whipper-snapper. Back in MY day we THREW poop at one another. 🐒