That infographic looks to be for a VPS deployment, which is where the cost would be coming from. They’re comparing to a $9,000+ OpenAI payment.

If it’s just a media server that spends 99.5% of its life idling, temps might not actually be that bad.

I know “terrorist” as a term has been so abused for so long, that it’s now effectively meaningless, but I really do think that you’ve stretched it beyond its breaking point here.

That’s a relief. The lighthouses are the only part I’ve had die on their own.

I always think it’s funny how millennials got shit for avocado toast, yet it was my boomer parents who introduced it to me.

Probably a “smart” coffee maker.

And that boys and girls, is why you never take a job in anticipation of bonuses. If the base pay isn’t high enough, don’t take the job.

What self checkout are you using? The ones I’ve used have the exact same data collection ability as the manned checkouts.

The simplest way is to just connect it to your network normally, and block its internet access at your firewall (the all in one wifi/router/switch that most people have).

If that isn’t an option for you for whatever reason, you can do something like connect it to a raspberry Pi via USB, and have that device act as a print server.