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moondev on March 25, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Turing Pi: Kubernetes Cluster on Your Desk

Simply for not having to deal with all the usb-c adaptors and cables.

It's also pretty cool being able to turn the pis on or off by cycling the switch port from your network control plane (Unifi in my case)

You could even do it dynamically via the api for a "bare-metal autoscaling" type workflow.

detaro on March 25, 2020 [–]

> Simply for not having to deal with all the usb-c adaptors and cables.

You can get one large 5V PSU and go directly to the pins on the Pi. No need to bother with individual USB adaptors...

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