Collaborate Disseminate
In a saga that brings to mind the hype and incidents with ReiserFS, [SavvyNik] takes us through the latest data corruption bug report and developer updates regarding the BcacheFS filesystem …read more Continue reading The Ongoing BcacheFS Filesystem Stability Controversy
Recently, butlers to orange-colored cats got a bit of a shock when reading the news, as headlines began to call out their fuzzy feline friends as ‘freaks of nature’ and …read more Continue reading Feline Genetics and Why Orange Cats Are the Most Special
In what could be a big step forward for consumer rights, the Texas Senate recently unanimously voted to pass HB 2963, which references the “Diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of certain …read more Continue reading Texas’ Right to Repair Bill is a Signature Away From Becoming Law
As much as people love USB-C, there’s one massive flaw that becomes very obvious the moment you look at the ports on any computer. This being that there’s no (standardized) …read more Continue reading Microsoft Looking to Enforce USB-C Features Through WHCP
There comes a moment in the life of any operating system when an unforeseen event will tragically cut its uptime short. Whether it’s a sloppily written driver, a bug in …read more Continue reading Screens of Death: From Diagnostic Aids to a Sad Emoji
How many people haven’t looked at their Game Boy Advance (GBA) handheld gaming device and wondered how much better it might be if it could run FreeDOS. Inside an 8086 …read more Continue reading Running FreeDOS and 8086tiny on the Game Boy Advance Because You Can
Growing up as a kid in the 1990s was an almost magical time. We had the best game consoles, increasingly faster computers at a pace not seen before, the rise …read more Continue reading My Winter of ’99: The Year of the Linux Desktop is Always Next Year
The idea of staggered (or brick) layers in FDM prints has become very popular the past few years, with now nightly builds of OrcaSlicer featuring the ‘Stagger Perimeters’ option to …read more Continue reading Testing Brick Layers in OrcaSlicer With Staggered Perimeters
White LED bulbs are commonplace in households by now, mostly due to their low power usage and high reliability. Crank up the light output enough and you do however get …read more Continue reading White LED Turning Purple: Analyzing a Phosphor Failure
Until the release of Windows 11, the upgrade proposition for Windows operating systems was rather straightforward: you considered whether the current version of Windows on your system still fulfilled your …read more Continue reading Forced E-Waste PCs and the Case of Windows 11’s Trusted Platform