Recent content by Mercutio

This is mostly for my own benefit, but somebody made a module that adds a game auto-downloader to Batocera or Knulli. Knulli runs on a bunch of emulator devices. The short version of the setup is to pop into the File Manger, go to Tools > Terminal then curl -l bit.ly/rgsx-install | sh They do...

You may be interested to know that someone did ultimately buy the Calendar Creator code base and there's a new version as of ~2021-ish. There was for a time an incompatible release when the source code couldn't be found, but the most current version is based of the old Broderbund code and is...

100Gb ConnectX-4s are a LOT more affordable than they were the last time I looked. I have a total of three PCs that I want on a high speed connection, so I'd need 1x 2 port card and 2x 1 port cards. Two of the systems are in the same rack and can run over a copper DAC that would probably cost...

This is because every printer is fucking terrible. I've had better experiences with Brother, so they're what I recommend and support. I don't even hate Brother MFC inkjets very much. Truthfully, I think the best way to print is to use whatever network printers you can use over a VPN to...

As fallout from the Windows 11 switchover, I have had a dozen i7-7700k mITX systems inflgifted to me. They're in a chassis that supports 2x 2.5" drives and they support 1x m.2, as well as a giant HSF. These guys were pulled out of an industrial setting of some sort, so they're absolutely filthy...

Beelink SER5s have been my go-to client PCs for a while but this Firebat A6 is the same price as a Beelink 5825U and it has a newer 6800H (H = "high wattage") in it. They have 2x m.2 instead of 1xm.2 + 1x SATA and the construction is similar overall. My overall impression is that it's not bad at...

Just to reinforce this point: Unless your personal habits are exceptionally poor, third party security software on Android is wasting electricity. I've found a virus on an Android tablet only one time and the person who had it was installing hacked .APK files so they could get free in-game...

Samsung devices come with Knox as a security platform, but overwhelmingly the issues you'll have on any mobile platform will come from either an app abusing permissions you gave it willingly or from a service provider being hacked, rather than something that happens to your individual device.

Apparently the outcome of Google's ad tech antitrust ruling amount to basically nothing; no structural changes with regard to Chrome or Android, only that Google cease making payments to promote itself on other services, although it IS somehow still OK to pay to be the default on iOS through...

The newest Windows 11 updates changed the Out of Box Experience to get rid of another workaround to force users to create a Microsoft account. There is still at least one known escape to command prompt that allows for a local account but they're clearly intent on patching out all of them...

A LOT of movies are given cyan and orange color grading because it generally looks good to people and because dark blues can be graded as a stand-in for shooting in actual dark conditions. You almost never see a pitch black scene in a movie or a TV show nowadays thanks to digital color grading...

Almost all of the PC games I own are from GoG, but even some of those games do phone home to something or other sometimes. 16 year old Dragon Age Origins, which I bought on physical media, freaks out if it can't talk to EA. With that being the case, I'm not terribly enthusiastic about getting...

One of my friends has a boy who is about to turn 10. He loves games and right now all he has to play on are a Chromebook and a old Wii. His mom doesn't have internet at home, so part of my interest here is to put together a very capable gaming setup that can be played stand-alone. I think...

I'm pretty sure I have all of Nintendo. Maybe it's because they're so litigious, but I found massive collections of everything but Switch at some earlier point, and I was able to get the .NSP files one at a time when I was asked to. The headache for me has been that limited numbers of seventh...

I'm not sure how it is right now, but for a very long time there was no supported browser addon for keychain sync to Firefox, which makes me think it's not exactly an Apple priority. And the minute you mention Linux to most commercial software vendors, you're probably SOL. Have you looked at...