One of those 3 cent one time programmable microcontrollers would be sufficient. Something with enough power to run a web server is just wasteful.

Hydrogen balloons are fun. Be sure to get some fuse to tie on them.

The last console I bought was a PS3. I only bought it because it was one of the cheapest bluray players at the time. The games were way too expensive. Now I only play PC games and I wait a few years and buy them when they are on sale and have hopefully had all of the major bugs fixed.

An old surround sound receiver and some decent speakers will sound better than any PC speakers.

The WiFi calling can be a bit buggy. Sometimes I answer the phone and there’s no audio. I have to reboot the phone to get it to work again. I should just get a VoIP line to use at home.

The denatured alcohol you typically find in the the US contains a lot of methanol. It’s much more toxic than IPA.

In a lot of places it got worse. At least I had reliable service inside my house on 2G and 3G. Now that those are gone, I have to use WiFi calling or try to find a spot outside where I may be able to get a bar of 5G if I’m lucky.

Not all smart glasses have cameras. A camera is not needed for real time subtitles.

FM radio stations can transmit up to 100 kW. You can probably receive some just by sticking a paper clip in the antenna jack even if you are a long ways from the transmitter.

It would probably make a good terminal if it had an RS-232 serial port. The CM5 would be overkill for that. A Pi Zero would be sufficient and a lot less power hungry.

There’s no way I’m going to be doing much typing on that tiny keyboard though.

These aren’t real bitmap fonts. They are all ttf or otf.

Most kids don’t know anything about computers these days. All they know are phones and tablets. Maybe this will get them to learn some basic computer skills.

The Faraday cage will keep the WiFi signals inside the building. Nobody will be able to track you from outside and your own trusted devices will work fine inside. Just don’t bring any untrusted WiFi devices inside the Faraday cage.

That could be fixed by using WiFI calling, getting a VoIP line or installing a cell booster.

You don’t need to build your own router. All you need to do is flash open source firmware like OpenWRT on a supported router to prevent it from spying on you.

Proton is just Wine with some modifications. You can use the same sandboxing methods you would use with Wine.

PETG works great as long as the part doesn’t need to handle more than 60°C. It’s easy to print with and doesn’t warp.

I would not recommend using PETG-CF though. It will shed microscopic fibers unless you coat it in varnish or epoxy.

The malware won’t be able to do as much as it could on windows, but it can still access all of the files your user account has access to. It can steal, encrypt or delete all of your files. It can also access your microphone if you have one connected.

You can run Wine as a different user or run it with firejail to limit what it has access to.

Wouldn’t it be a shame if someone accidentally crushed that pipe shut with a trackhoe.

Hopefully that server has IPMI.