Without tax evasion millions of people wouldn't be making a living. There is no way to make any real money and pay taxes. I pay mine but I'm a wage slave. Lots of people cut grass, wash cars, paint houses, etc. These people operate on cash because If they make $200 dollars they get to keep it. If they get paid over the table they'll lose about half that money. Not just income taxes but social sec. and all kinds of other gotchas eat it up fast.

That's actually an interesting board. Twice the price but still it has a lot to offer for the money.

So far I keep getting this answer but no one has a link. I've sure seen nothing for less than 50 dollars that's anywhere close. I've seen a couple of boards near the 100 range that I'd say are a close equivalent, better in some ways and lacking in others.

A standard PC power supply is extremely noisy. So are the regulators near the CPU. Computer power supplies do not have real noise requirements because a digital system like a computer will be essentially uneffected by noise until it reaches extreme amounts.

Any PSU can pick up noise from the mains, it is the good PSUs that deal with it properly.

How is this useful?

Teledildonics?

I don't know why everybody has to be so skeptical nowadays.

Years of practice, now it no longer takes effort.

Oh, and a world which constantly reinforces that outlook as being a good choice. ;-)

Of the suggestion uses, this one stands out the most.

I see what you did there. ;-)

and capable of switching between hard and soft states

Or, as penis implants for old men. ;-)

You're placing too much value on this.

A bunch of people will assign random names to arbitrary objects nobody will ever see. Using a dubious system which may or may not be representative of the populace, after it's been vetted to be inoffensive, boring and tidy.

Name them, don't name them, number them, don't number them -- this is purely a publicity stunt, and will have no impact on your life, or anybody else's life for that matter.

It's like naming cats, it doesn't really serve any purpose except to the people who assigned the names.

Let's not get all bogged down in how inclusive and representative this actually is. Because, well, it's kind of pointless, and fretting over it is kind of a waste of time.

So much so, that you could continue to call any of these planets anything you like -- and people still won't know where it is, or care. And nobody will come along and lock you up for using the wrong one.

Don't like the name they came up with? Hold your own contest, or just make up your own name. Nobody else will know what you're talking about, nor will they care -- just like this. ;-)

Unless you think your life is going to be damaged by this, feel free to ignore it. If you do think your life is going to be damaged by this ... well, the same applies, really.

It depends on whether you ever use cash. I rarely do these days, except if it's cash-only, or a cheaper cash price, or a really cheap item at an independent shop (and I choose to save the owner the transaction fee).

Thus, I probably withdraw $100-200 in cash at one time, and that will last me a few months unless I'm forced to make a large cash purchase somewhere. I visit an ATM only a few times per year.

So tracking when my wallet gets empty tells me very little. On the other hand, I can check my net worth every few hours if I want to and instantly see the impact of my recent purchases. Plus, many of my expenses are automatically categorized, so I know precisely where in my budget I'm overspending.

Look -- your system works for you, and I'm sure you find it useful. Others may find another system more useful. I.m not arguing that anyone should do it my way, only that something like my way is becoming more common, and it's changing the way some people view cash vs. credit.

I believe they said they fixed the USB power problems.

Alix3d3 here goes for about $125. Specs lower than the pi for cpu and ram but it does seem like a potent board.

http://www.mini-box.com/Alix-3...

I'd be interested in seeing a computer board with usb, gpio and hdmi and audio that runs linux for about the same price. Got a link?