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?
Send it to me, I have plans.
I literally had the the same pi collecting dust. I put it in an aluminum enclosure with an M2 bus, added a spare drive, and put home assistant os on it. SUPER FUN. now all those sensors and ESP32s I have can provide meaningful use to my life.
The wife and I made a retro game console. But we mostly use it for kodi
Set it up as a PiHole.
Which reminds me: I need to finish getting mine hooked up to my LAN properly.
Same. I got mine a static IP, but everything I try to make it work, I get no network at all.
Any chance your pihole and router are both trying to be the DHCP server for the network?
Entirely possible. This is my second adventure into RPi and I have zero idea what I’m doing. I can not overstate how out of my depth I am in this. I have real expertise in several things, but this end of tech is not one of them.
Haha, I feel ya. Try logging into your router’s admin panel and see if you can disable DHCP from there, it might fix things. (Also be prepared to to set static IP on the device you connect to the panel from in case it has issues connecting if disabling DHCP doesn’t fix things or resetting your router to factory settings should also re-enable the router as the DHCP server again).
DHCP != DNS. DHCP allows you to mix pseudo-static IP addresses with dynamic IP addresses on your LAN, while DNS looks up IP addresses based on names. DHCP, or the equivalent IP address management GUI, is innocuous… you probably want to use it to specify what static IP you want the Pi to have… but you also need to tell your router DHCP to inform your in-LAN devices that the DNS server they should use is that same static IP when it hands out their assigned IP address.
I don’t really want to do anything with my setup because it works fine. If DHCP is switched on on the pi and not configured to assign addresses to a separate IP range from the router it’s far from innocuous. Some routers also don’t allow DNS settings to be modified so using the pi as DHCP lets you hand out the the pi as the DNS as well.
Pihole comes with DHCP disabled by default for this reason. But you still have to get the router to hand off the Pihole IP as DNS server to all dynamic IP devices.
Sell it for double your money back.
Home Assistant? Replace google / nest / alexa.
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!
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, (or if someone just shouts “hey Alexa, unlock the front door” through your window), 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/et al., meal planning, hosting D&D sessions for players/DM to connect remotely or cast to a screen, etc…
Leave the locks dumb, because you can’t remotely hack a pin and tumbler deadbolt. Leave building molotov cocktails dumb, because it can be a fun bonding activity for the whole family.
And you should be using kerosene instead of gasoline. It burns slower and takes longer to evaporate when spilled, allowing more things to properly catch without creating risks of stoichiometric explosions from aerosolized/evaporated fumes. If you’re having trouble getting it to properly ignite, a little bit of anhydrous rubbing alcohol, (commonly found in any electronics store, typically used for cleaning computer parts), or just regular gasoline in the mix will help it take faster. And use a wick (in a molotov’s case, a rag in the bottle) to get it started, as the additional surface area allows it to catch much easier. If you’re making them ahead of time, seal them with a soft wax cap, so you can simply push a rag through the seal with your thumb (and briefly invert to soak the rag) when you’re ready to use it. The wax will simply add extra fuel once it is burning.
I always like to think: what happens if some random hacker (either a bored teenager or hostile state) was able to control this thing?
Operating locks? Hell no. Controlling my thermostat/furnace? Hell no.
Monitoring locks? Like, having a sensor that indicates that a door or window is locked or unlocked and can notify you when it changes? Well, personally I still don’t do that because broadcasting to the internet that my window is unlocked seems dangerous, but I could also understand how that could be helpful, especially for people with OCD.
Controlling my window-mounted AC units? Mild inconvenience at worse. I could go without them in the summer and just be a bit uncomfortable (and some years I do to save money). They aren’t powerful enough to be dangerously cold. I could always unplug them or kick them off my wi-fi if I had to. Worst-case scenario is that someone runs up my electric bill if in away from home for a bit. The ability to change the settings, set automation, and monitor room temperatures remotely is convenient enough to be worth the risk.
Lights? No problem at all, especially because I still have dumb lights in some fixtures that I just don’t use often. So the worst-case scenario is that someone turns them on/off when I don’t want, and the solution is just… Unscrew the bulb, unplug the fixture, or flip the switch to cut the power. Or turn on a dumb light. LED’s are so efficient that I probably wouldn’t notice a difference on my electric bill if all of my lights were on vs off for a full billing period. In exchange, I’m able to use light turning on as a much gentler alarm in the morning, or turn everything off from bed when I’m ready to sleep, or if I’m out at a friend’s house it’s nice to have lights on before I go home.
Each piece of automation is its own evaluation. What could go wrong, and how much damage would that cause? What information do I care about potentially being leaked? How much efficiency and convenience am I getting in return?
The pie itself probably uses more power than turning off leds in an average apartment
I’m told that trying a cloth around the neck of a molotov cocktail is as effective and much safer. It will break and ignite as easily.
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!
I’m with you my man. Don’t let the haters get to you.
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: 🙄
But… Fraudzoid’s app looks so nice… and my Fraudzoid Blaze subscription practically pays for itself!
I have a little person I feed drugs to do all this stuff for me.
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.
They’re a big fan of drugs so it’s not problematic or any of your business.
Look up Pi-Hole, it’s an adblocker for your whole home network. It blocks ads at the DNS level
RetroPie? A Pi can handle most of the older, amazing games.
Pi4 is better for anything with video as it has a a hardware decoder. They dropped the hardware decoder in the Pi5 and I think you need to buy an extra module to have one for them.
Oh wow, thank you. I didn’t know that!
Mail it to me
Close. Mail it to me lol
Mail it to me too please
Is it too late to add myself to the queue?
Damn Brits always trying to get into a queue.
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
CasaOS seems like an easy alternative for a multi purpose server
Set up a Tor Relay. Help the Tor network.
Jellyfin server
Leave it running an i2p node
Desktop PC
Check out https://lemmy.world/c/selfhosted
