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Well it is getting a bit of a two man show 
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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solution for the dullards?
I can see the twist for wind in the clue (now that we have the solution) but can't figure the cheater part.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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Twister is a synonym for swindler, in British English.
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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"Twister" is a name for a tornado, or hurricane.
A "Twister" is also a cheater.
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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a localized and violently destructive windstorm occurring over land characterized by a funnel-shaped cloud extending toward the ground 
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Oliver Twist finally explained.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
I’m begging you for the benefit of everyone, don’t be STUPID.
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First you will need those Pi boards - they became scarce and cost a lot...
"If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker that came along would destroy civilization." ― Gerald Weinberg
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The Raspberry PI was a throw away computer, you find them being used in place of microcontrollers as they are easier to program(!). 
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Now if this cluster was for the Pi Zero that would be something. Small, cheap and as far as I know available.
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Programming them sucks though, and you'd have to find a way to network them.
Or you could use an ESP32 and its ESP-NOW wireless mesh to handle the traffic.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Back in the days of DEC you could cluster there computers, was an awesome setup.
Too bad they went under, they were great machines.
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HP still keeps OpenVMS alive. Somewhat unwillingly. They cancelled the Hobbyist Program again, so I can no longer get licenses for my systems.
Unsure whether or not the referenced technology is similar to a DEC cluster or more like a QNX cluster -- in which (if I recall correctly) you can essentially have one logical computer spread across multiple devices.
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At one time I had thought about getting a uVAX but things happened and I got cast into another dimension so to speak.
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The first uVAX I worked on was around 86,don'tremember the model, but quit the company not long after they got it and I moved to Florida to work on a PDP 11/23. Like going from a Cad to a Pinto!
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I used PDP-11s in high school and some college, then VAX-11.
My co-op job in college was managing a MicroVAX 3600 -- their PDP-11 was sitting cold and unused by that time.
Then I used mostly VAX and Alpha until 2002. Just a hobbyist since then.
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I used VAX-11 too...
diligent hands rule....
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ditto mike. amazing os
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Would you elaborate a bit? The chassis has room for a switch at the bottom, so networking is not an issue. Coordinating communications in a cluster/os style would be significant.
Why does programming these things suck? I defer to your experience as to comparing a rPi dev env to ESP32. Maybe a few words? I am just moving into this with two specific projects.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Their HAL is either accessible via C or MicroPython but ALL of their energy is clearly spent on the Python end of things.
You have to use their garbage toolchain to get anything to compile with it. Last I checked (though maybe it has changed) PIO didn't work very well with it, if at all.
Unless you like thonny, pick another MCU, in my opinion.
I'm talking about the Pico, not the regular RPi to be clear. Maybe I got my wires crossed?
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I just scrolled through the thread. I was thinking of the RPi Pico, not the RPi Zero. I don't know anything about the latter. I *did* get my wires crossed. Mea culpa.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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No worries - and I can summarize my question as "What?"  I'm catching up into this arena - there are so many low cost boards out there. Pi is the low hanging fruit - you can't do real embedded in Python, but I'm learning. I just object to the "cluster" marketing phrase.
In 2003 I migrated into the Windows universe, and the first thing I noticed was that absolute BS of Microsoft marketing. My first task was learning all about activeX. I learned of COM, COM+, DCOM, etc. I really don't care what they do with tech, but ffs name it consistently.
Appreciate the feedback.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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Upgrading this site's hosting setup?
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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