That is odd. I guess we'll know in a year or so whether there was a run of Pi 3's that stop working. I like the idea of getting a new Pi 2 v1.2 with the 64-bit SOC as well.DavidS wrote:Nothing on the GPIO of the 3B at the time, Heatsink always on SoC for the 3B, with good high conductivity thermal paste.
Sorry to hear of the mishap. Was there anything connected to GPIO when it died? Did you have a heatsink on the SOC?DavidS wrote:Today I had a Raspberry Pi die for the first time ever.
Congratulations on the success of the bakery. Do you use a Pi in any of the day to day operations?gordon@drogon.net wrote:lifes still somewhat interesting here and my bakery which was intended as therapy has somewhat taken off... It just goes to show that if you make something that people want, they'll want more!
Your points are well taken. Note that many newer laptops, especially the smaller ones, don't include a wired interface.rpdom wrote:Also, what is wrong with using wired internet on laptops?
It seems a mistake to automate simple things that instead could serve as small steps in a gentle learning curve for understanding how computers work.ShiftPlusOne wrote:Everybody needs to expand the partition at some point, but only a few need to shrink it.