As obvious as it sounds, having a bigger PSU is not always recommended. In fact, from my experience, PSU has changed as the “meta” behind the PC builds have changed. Back when I was shopping my last PSU for eGPU, I was interested in how many PCIe auxiliary it can support. Nowadays, both PCIe cards (or rather, graphics cards) and PSU use 16-pin 12VHPWR instead.
Retiring Last Intel Mac
Apple has already announced macOS 26 Tahoe will be the last major update for Intel Macs. The announcement roughly translates to Intel Macs will have one more year of software support until 2027, and with the release of macOS 27, x86 Macs will be no more. Not that it will decommission itself; but I’m already seeing the impact of Apple Silicon on the ecosystem as a whole, as more apps, even the universal ones, are simply too demanding.
How to Change Save Paths for Steam Games
Some of the Steam games simply do not support Steam Cloud. The reasoning behind it, for modern games anyway, has to do with the large files they tend to create. I had issues with Steam Cloud with Baldur’s Gate 3, and most recently, Dyson Sphere Program. Both games tend to create big files with frequent autosaves.
App to “Solve” Magic Eyes
I remember seeing a framed Magic Eye picture hanging in my grandmother’s, and that became my side Summer project — to be able to see what is “hidden” inside. Unfortunately, I was never able to see it for myself; but I was told the answer later. I remember thinking to myself, how is this TV-static looking image is supposed to morph into a 3D image?
How to Generate 6+1 Lottery Numbers from Python
I am playing a different kind of raffle this year, one that use official South Korean lottery numbers. Usually these small group raffles use raffle tickets (like the ones in the featured image) then to pick out the winner, or play a bingo. This game is just like a lottery, only that they are not running the ball-pulling show. But that’s not really the point I’m getting at.
App to Manage Python Versions
I know it’s a well known tool. But having introduced Python many times as go-to method to write codes to automate and for personal uses, I realize now that I didn’t mention the tool to manage Python. Unlike like programming languages, Python has gone through some major changes from versions to versions, most notably from Python 2 to 3.
The Cabin Factory Spiel
I had been waiting for The Cabin Factory and other The Exit 8-likes for console release, as many indie games have made it over to consoles; small developers working on console release sound impossible, but it is the new norm. But I thought to jump aboard early from the traditional Steam side, as there were some interesting tidbits.
Exit 8-Likes and Optimizations in Lores
The Exit 8 has opened the new subgenre of horror games, which I would dub as Exit 8-like. These new indie horror games share the same gameplay principle: a. the player is in a looping environment, b. if there is an anomaly (e.g. jump scares, out of place objects, etc.), act according to the game’s manual, c. the anomalies are often unsettling changes to otherwise normal, day-to-day environment. One could argue this is a take on Papers, Please but with horror and 3D graphics. And I’m inclined to agree with the sentiment; 3D assets are easily available on the store…
Nobody Wants to Die Spiel
Personally, I’m not a fan of ‘the promising technology had a hidden drawback’ trope in sci-fi. It lets in loopholes in world-building, let alone a big backtrack from the previous statement that the said technology is well established and understood. Perhaps I’m too old to remember when the cellphone popularized and how it unfolded; aviation industries and regulators flew to investigate whether a cheap consumer electronics can be a probable cause of failures of multimillion dollar technological marble that is an airplane. That is where Nobody Wants to Die kicks off. You are a detective, investigating a possible homicide, only…
App to Organize Recipes Across Devices
There are always free apps for the same job, but there are some kinds of apps I would strongly advise investing in, or at least don’t be too put off from buying. One such job is recipe keeping. It sounds like a simple job; just keep the text files on cloud, and text editors are freely available on almost all the platforms. But much like music and ebook library, you can only get so far with bare metal approach.
VMware Fusion Still Not Ready for Apple Silicon
Back in November 2024, VMware Fusion became free for personal use. It was a big shocker at the time, especially when the end days of Intel Macs didn’t seem to be dated yet. VMware on x86 machines had been a competitive product against Parallels, both paid solutions to running Windows on Macs, until 4 years passed since the first Apple Silicon device launch in 2020. I won’t pretend to know what motivated Broadcom, VMware’s parent company, to be so generous; but for a product that hasn’t seen official support of new Apple hardware for 4 years, I can see how…
App to Customize External Monitor Settings on macOS
There are several external monitor control apps on macOS — some paid, some free. One thing I can say for sure is that not all features are overlapping with each other. It’s easy to imagine have one universal app fixing all the monitor needs, but I found out different apps focus on different areas. My focus were primarily the following:
App to Disable WordPress Native Functions
There are several native WordPress features that fell out of use naturally, or became loopholes bloggers would want to plug, or became the subject of privacy regulations. WordPress is a strong platform that enables much of the extra toppings that, in my opinion, at the time sounded like interesting social media features.
Poppy Playtime: Chapter 4 Spiel
Poppy Playtime: Chapter 4 is finally available for consoles. I had assumed the franchise has gained enough traction to release day-one cross platform, and I stand corrected. It does appear the developers wishes to err on the side of indie; irregardless of how big it has become since the Chapter 1. Due to the nature of episodic release, the review may contain some spoilers. Please do refer to Chapter 1-3 review first, if you haven’t given it a read.
How to Increase Boot Camp Partition without Reformatting
Though Intel Macs are a dying breed, many of them still have some juice left with eGPU and dGPU support, so long as their CPUs are up to the tasks. It means Intel Macs still serve as good Windows PCs, possibly for x86 tasks in Windows environment. I won’t go in to details in this post, but my experience with Apple Silicon was shockingly inconsistent with all the synthetic benchmark scores I could pull up. Some of the tasks I was using 2019 Mac Pro (equipped with workstation Xeon processors) were not only faster Apple Silicon MacBook Air, even after…