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A comment on California’s new law bans schools from starting before 8am. Parent comment

Re:California’s new law bans schools from starting before 8am by kbrackbill on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @08:46PM (#21265865)
That's a little disingenuous, you can't just use a raspberry pi by itself. You need an SD card, keyboard, mouse (probably), display (maybe could use a TV for this if you have one). It seems like it'd be at least $100. That's still not a ton, but for a family working a bunch of minimum wage or gig jobs it's not nothing.

edit: not to mention internet, router, wifi dongle or ethernet cord, etc.

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Re:California’s new law bans schools from starting before 8am by rhacker on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:30AM (#21267045)
And the know how to do all of that and what to buy and where to buy it.
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Re:California’s new law bans schools from starting before 8am by AnthonyMouse on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @12:34AM (#21267067)
An alternative would be to buy a complete used PC, which can also be had for a total of around $100.
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