what are some neat things raspberry pi can do? I'm thinking

other than having the slowest ethernet interface ever?

>>60309488
emulationstation, media center, security system, seedbox, bitcoin miner (not profitable anymore), shitposting machine, bot machine

>>60309528
>emulationstation
it can't emulate n64 or psx right. so you'll be stuck with nes, snes, genesis and older things.

Install Lakka on one and turn it into a emulation station that can emulate pretty much everything that Retroarch can run.

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>>60309550
I like SNES and Genesis!

Rot in my closet as the novelty wares off

I'm thinking about getting on to use as a plex server someday so I can stream my music and movies to my laptop/phone over the internet

>>60309550
I'm pretty sure it can.
>>60309595
faggitron

>>60309550
oh no, you'll only be able to play games from the best generation of hardware, how terrible

>>60309650
In Plex the server handles the transcoding, so unless you pre-emptively reencode all your shit to a bitrate and format that works on your phone over the internet you're going to have a bad time with a Pi.

>>60310374
maybe I'll use my t61p for that then lmao

Don't get one without a pack of sensors and a few servos and switches.

Otherwise it's just a weak-ass computer. The I/O, size, power usage and networking are what make them useful.

For example; hooking up your thermostat to a servo motor, and then have the pi adjust the temperature based on weather forecasts it pulls from online.

Or maybe hooking it up to some motors that automatically draw/open your curtains based on outside lighting conditions.

It's a very cool piece of kit but without motors, servos, and sensors, it's a paperweight to me.

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Cheap programmer for my CPLDs.

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>>60310441
Why would it need a motor to change a thermostat?

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>>60309488
Retropie
I play videos from my file server using osmc

>>60310374
Pi 3 actually handles encoding pretty well, I have one serving as (one of my) plex servers, and I've never had any issues with it.