So i have a pi5 8gb sorta collecting dust, ive mess with it a little but i have a laptop and im not sure what use to give the pi 5? i wanted to explore ai stuff but ai requires a powerhouse of a device? Im also thought about nas but i feel i dont need nas right now?

What would you advise i do with my pi?

  • ttyybb@lemmy.world
    5·
    6 hours ago

    Pi hole if you don’t have one, others have mentioned home assist, you could also look at ubo pod, although that isn’t out yet. Really just use it to host whatever you want

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    4 hours ago

    Connect an Adagruit BNO055 to it and an Adafruit PCA9685 to it, find some cheap servos, and build a robot you can control over wifi.

    • Zagam@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      12 hours ago

      Same. I got mine a static IP, but everything I try to make it work, I get no network at all.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
      828·
      12 hours ago

      I have a better assistant for my home. It’s called me.

      When I get home from work, I don’t rely on some app to open my door. I use my hands, and unlock the door with my keys.

      When I want to know how much juice is left in the fridge, I walk my ass to the fridge and check myself.

      When I want to set the house on fire to committ insurance fraud, I walk down to the gas station, fill my cannister myself, and come back home and pour it everywhere myself. No app needed!

      People are SO dependant on technology these days! Jeez!

      • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        3·
        56 minutes ago

        The typical advice (from anyone who hasn’t outright drank the kool-aid) is to avoid automating things like locks or doors. If your shit gets hacked, you don’t want it to allow physical access. And automating door unlocks is an easy way to accidentally allow people into your house.

        Instead, most try to focus on automation for things like lights turning off when you leave home, automatically dimming the lights when you start a movie, automatically stealing from billionaires when a new movie hits streaming services, blocking ads, self-hosting your own smart speakers to divest from Google/Amazon/etc, meal planning, etc…

        Leave the locks dumb, because you can’t hack a pin and tumbler system. Leave building molotov cocktails dumb, because it can be a fun family activity.

      • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        3 hours ago

        Me, disabled and using smart tech to improve a shitty situation, while reading your total lack of understanding or imagination of anyone’s situation but themselves: 🙄

      • Dave@lemmy.nz
        7·
        10 hours ago

        Well I don’t know if dependent is the right word. I’m fully aware that Home Assistant is something I play with for fun.

        I can check the app and see how much power my solar has generated today, how hot my water heater is, or see what temperature it is inside or outside. None of that is helpful for anything other than for fun.

        Though it can do thinks like automaticaly bump up the target temperature of my hot water when the solar is making too much power in order to store that energy as heat, which is pretty cool (and might save me money).

        What can I say, this is some people’s idea of fun. I got security cameras (that I can view through home assistant) and put them not pointed at entryways or windows because I don’t care about security, I pointed them at areas where the dog is and the kids play so I can play with object and facial recognition, all locally processed.

        It’s ok to not think it’s your idea of fun, but if anyone uses home assistant in a way that they rely on rather than just for the fun of playing with the technology then I’d love to hear what that use is!

        • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
          21·
          10 hours ago

          Unclear if you’re holding a midget hostage, or are a parent. In either case, the drugs are problematic. Although for entirely different reasons depending on the answer.

    • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      54 minutes ago

      Can confirm. Didn’t need a NAS before I started hosting my own Plex/Jellyfin server. Then suddenly I was considering 40TB and going “hmm this is probably way too small for actual daily use, but it’ll be a good start and I can expand on it later.”

  • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.caEnglish
    8·
    11 hours ago

    I have a Pi 4 running as a PiHole and Pi 5 running as an SDR server with 2 radios attached to it. Both are connected via Tailscale as well so I can access both from anywhere I want, especially useful for the PiHole so I have adblocking anywhere on any device.

    • Klajan@lemmy.zip
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      2 hours ago

      The Pi 4 is massively overpowered for a PiHole, but if you got one laying around doing nothing, go for it.

      I have my PiHole running on a Pi Zero with a USB Ethernet adapter. The WebUi is a bit slow, but the actual DNS with unbound as a backend isn’t any slower than on a Pi 4.

  • unbuckled_easily933@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    9 hours ago

    Folding@Home

    Distributed computing project that allows you to contribute CPU cycles to scientists searching for cures for things like Alzheimer’s and cancer.