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   Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 07:19:40 JST Charlie Stross

   Raspberry Pi is planning a London IPO, but its CEO expects “no change” in focus

   — Yeah, right.

   I am looking forward to my Raspberry Pi 7 which will arrive with Windows 11 pre-installed, cost a mere £25, and use the bottom 25% of the desktop for streaming ads (while snooping on my every keystroke). Because this is how enshittification proceeds …

   https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/raspberry-pi-is-preparing-for-an-ipo-in-london-for-likely-more-than-500m/

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     F4GRX Sébastien (f4grx@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 08:21:19 JST F4GRX Sébastien

     • goatsarah

     @goatsarah @cstross yeah. Or not. A 3 Amp supply works. The 5A supply is to supply 1 full Amp on each usb3 port.

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 17:00:16 JST Aral Balkan

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     • hesgen

     @cstross @hesgen Oh and guess what… they also own/control the major “teach kids to code” platforms like Code Club.

     (Hope someone’s enjoying their MBE.)

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     Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 20:17:18 JST Aral Balkan

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     • John Godsland

     @gozzy @cstross Yeah, it’s just sad to see something you helped set up and invested so much in end up like this. There’s a reason I resigned from the board of directors along with one of the co-founders when the other co-founder decided to embrace Google et al.

     https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/109483053030263814

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     John Godsland (gozzy@mastodonapp.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2024 20:17:19 JST John Godsland

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     • Aral Balkan

     @aral @cstross Yeah, I'm seriously wondering about my future as a CoderDojo volunteer if this happens. One of our team works for the RPi foundation though so I'll dig into it with them when I see them next.