Show Notes for April 14, 2016


  • Arduino vs. Raspberry PI vs. others
    • Raspberry PI 3
      • 1 GB RAM
      • 1.2GHz 64-bit quad-core ARMv8 CPU
      • Wi-Fi 802.11n
      • $35 ($41.90 on Amazon with Prime)
    • Arduino UNO
      • 32 KB Flash
      • 2 KB RAM
      • 1 KB EEPROM
      • 16 MHz
      • No Wi-Fi (obviously)
      • $24.95
      • "Compatible" kits much cheaper ($6.33)
    • Tessel 2
      • 32 MB Flash
      • 64 MB RAM
      • 580MHz Mediatek MT7620n
      • 48MHz Atmel SAMD21 coprocessor
      • Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
  • Node.js
    • indexeddb-js: "A pure javascript stop-gap implementation of the IndexedDB (aka. Indexed Database) API using sqlite3 as a storage engine."
  • AWS
  • RAM of computers in 80s/90s
    • Atari ST: released in 1985, had 512 KB, 1MB, 2 MB, and 4 MB RAM
    • DEC Alpha: Erik thinks he remembers they must have had 64 MB or RAM around 1996/1997?

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