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Low mph does not automatically imply that crashes are not serious. It does not say anything about speed of other vehicles. Tesla could be creeping at 2mph into flow of traffic, or it could come at a complete stop after doing that and still be the reason of an accident.


I'm sorry but this is just BS. Raspberry Pi are not garbage.

With good software, and by that I don't mean barely tested Java or Nodejs HomeKit wannabe services, Pis are rock solid.

I'm into SDR (software defined radio.) I have written software which processes 8MB of samples per second, and runs for months without reboot. It means 90-100% CPU load, 100% of the time.

Oh, and the same Pi also hosts AirPlay server and manages ~10 Arduino devices in spare cycles.

Bad software can make any device useless.


> With good software... Pis are rock solid.

The hardware is crap. The broadcom chips they use are cheap pieces of crap. The watchdog timer doesn't work. They have a tendency to corrupt microsd cards. Power filtering is bad. Remember this? https://www.theverge.com/2015/2/10/8010457/raspberry-pi-2-cr... There have been any number of issues, over and over again. Maybe they've improved some in the last couple of years but my time is too valuable to continue to waste dealing with these pieces of junk.

> Bad software can make any device useless.

Good software can't turn garbage into gold.


Purchased from Adafruit just few days ago. Paid $45 for Pi 4B 2GB


Same here, though it’s nuts how fast they clear the stock right now. Despite a 1 per customer limit, >1.5k units gone within a couple hours of notification.


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