Yes.

It eliminates risks.

For example I have a proper NAS, a server with one large drive, and 2 external drives.

Guess what I never have a problem with? The NAS or the internal drives. Occasionally one of the external drives will just disappear from the server, because they’re not really intended to be up 24/7. So I’ll have to power cycle it.

Also those external drives don’t have any active cooling - they weren’t designed for that use case. So I’ve found they tend to get warm if I’m copying anything to them, and now have an old case fan on them. Talk about janky.

By 1987 you no longer had to rent the phone itself.

Pi is a good option because of it’s low power draw.

However I find used mini pc’s and Small Form Factor desktops to be a better value and their idle power is similar to the latest Pi (while costing about the same as a new Pi).

As a Gen-x I worked 2-3 jobs at a time through my 20’s to get by.

So yea, maybe you need to not get your info from Facebook.

I don’t, for this very reason. It’s not a reflection of reality.

Definitely an unpopular opinion, so I’ll give you the vote.

That said, of you can’t be bothered to slow down to read the sign where kids can be, maybe you aren’t ready to drive.

Seems there are 2 kinds - video links with almost no text, just farming visits, and video links with a wall of text.

Both suck. Videos, in general, suck.

So much of what goes on here needs text, lots of it. Video is slow and cumbersome.