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MetabolicCloth t1_j3lthgq wrote

That’s not true. The first 2 quarters will be improving stock levels of raspberry pi’s, by the second half of the year they’ll be back to pre-pandemic levels. The Pi 5 has been pushed back to 2024 so that they can get stock levels back up.

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Anotherusernamegoner t1_j3lth4g wrote

As the vast majority have already stated and I’ll happily pile on to the “big fucking deal because getting a Pi is nearly impossible unless you’re willing to wait a seeming eternity, or pay bullshit levels of cost” pile

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NJKelly t1_j3lrvyl wrote

I ordered a PI 4 8GB in September. I saw the anticipated delivery date as December. December gets here and I go online to check status. I missed the fact that the estimated delivery time is December 2023. Lost that project to someone that had the PIs already.

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Shawnj2 t1_j3lrq8c wrote

Yes, produce enough boards that scalping isn’t an issue

Otherwise there is a supply/demand mismatch and someone is going to take advantage of that by increasing the price, whether it’s a scalper, the Pi foundation increasing prices, or store markup.

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aughlord t1_j3loysg wrote

Is there an actual solution to scalpers beyond limiting purchases to individuals?

After all, I might want others to resell my products in order to reach further markets and they might want to increase pricing on said products.

Maybe waiting lists?

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yumri t1_j3lo8m6 wrote

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/new-autofocus-camera-modules/Would have been a better link than the verge to link. Now with that said for most use cases it is the same as camera module 2 just with a motorized focus so you don't have to move it by hand every time you have to move the lens.
Pixels are bigger not smaller going back to what the Camera Module 1 had for pixel size.you do get 720p @ 100fps or 1080p @50fps.
1 gram heavier.
wider horizontal but smaller vertical view

On a up note it is basically a drop in replacement for camera module 1 and 2 if you are using the modern libcamera software environment otherwise your raspberry pi will not work with it. For most is will be an entire system redo due to how important the environment working in is. So going from 1 to the other but wanting to keep the other's software intact is a new SD Card is needed for the raspberry pi.

It is a good camera for IoT stuff and for hobbyist stuff not so much if you want to use it in a company use kind of way.

Edit: fixed formatting

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firebat45 t1_j3llqlm wrote

Yeah I'd prefer it if they would just focus on producing Raspberry Pi boards. Everyone hates console and graphics card scalpers, but Pi scalpers are a huge problem too. It's been nearly impossible to buy a Pi at MSRP for years now.

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TheNameIsWiggles t1_j3htacz wrote

Pretty ridiculously slowly for me tbh.

I work a 10 hour overnight shift and I'm in a car for the majority of it. It's not uncommon for me to make a cup of coffee last 6+ hours. When I go to take a sip around 1 or 2am and my coffee is still the exact same temperature, it hits me in my soul.

I love my Ember mug, but I agree I think it's for an extremely niche customer base with circumstances like mine.

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