Yet another post diving into the unguided madness that is privacy laws. By all means, while I am in favor of the privacy regulations, it’s hard for me to fathom what service —not what technology— could be in violation of the new law. Google Analytics had its own share of spotlight, hence why I became aware of it and wrote about it previously. Traffic analytics suites have been the prime subject out of the proposed bill, and that’s what the law and regulators were after, openly discussing how it would shape the industry thereafter. But what about fonts?
No More Multi Column Layouts
When I started preparing Mad Tea Party back in early 2010, I recall I had a decision to make. The era of widescreen, 16:9 resolution, was here to stay. But most journals, magazines, and even newspapers didn’t print in widescreen. When they had the precious space, they either reserved the saving for the new advertisement, or they ran multi-column articles to save even more space so that the one story would fit nicely on one sheet of paper.
The Case of Missing macOS Sleep Trigger
I was on a lookout for a certain trigger to automate macOS, a sleep trigger. I try not to automate any of the scripts around uncertain triggers, especially sleep cycles, when there may be certain expectations of how things should be at that moment. For example, if a script inadvertently disrupts the machine from going into sleep, as a user, it would be confusing why the machine simply fails to go into sleep. Not to mention if I ever forget such a script is running in the background, it would be pain to discover it again. But when I actively…
Metaphor: ReFantazio Spiel
Atlus does not make an easy game to hop on. The developer is behind one of those franchises that predates modern gaming conventions, ones that are hard sell for new gamers. Not only playing all the previous installments be nearly impossible without getting one’s hands on a retro console, the games are simply too dated to deliver that wow factor it had back in the days. Before I started playing Metaphor: ReFantazio, I wasn’t sure if I was ready to get into Megami Tensei —it is technically not part of the IP—, as the classic franchise itself started back in…
How to Troubleshoot SSH Permission Issues
This one is for documentation purposes. Networking issue is usually the rabbit hole that gets deeper and weirder more we find out. My method of approaching networking is to leave the ones that are currently working, as-is. In other words, don’t jinx it.
How to Metaphor: ReFantazio: Grind in Late Game
Metaphor: ReFantazio does offer lists of side quests to level up the party to prepare for the next big battle, that is, up until the new dungeon area, Skybound Avatar, is unlocked for the final-final confrontation. At this point, I had access to few other bounties, few dungeons, and some candidate encounters. Finishing them all, aside from Dragon Trials, left my main character at level 54 with 20 days left and no other activities that would help me to prepare for Louis battle as all other NPCs were begging me to do.
How to Add Delay to systemd During Booting
One of the things necessary to maintain a VLAN at home or small office is to automate the boot up sequence as much as possible. In case of, say, power outage, you would want the system to be able to boot up on its own, unless you opted Pis and others to turn on manually after a sudden failure.
M4, M4 Extreme, and eGPU
eGPU, the popular Thunderbolt solution for underpowered laptops, seems to be sitting on the back burner for Apple. Considering MacBooks did open the way with much of the eGPU devices and support in the early days, it does make me wonder if the Californian company is seriously considering to make Apple Silicon chips to compete against dGPUs. Despite their outrageous price range, —flagship graphics card can easily account for one-third, if not half of the laptop’s price tag— there is always a demand. And I believe Mac Mini, with its affordable price and scalability, has shown that there is still…
App to Remove Windows 11 Bloatware
Windows needs a lite version. When I’m working with different Linux distros, at least the community comes together to create a lite version, headless version, or a server version, depending on who is the wordsmith in town; we came to terms with the fact such thing is needed. So from where I stand, I find it counterintuitive Microsoft doesn’t do the same while still charging for their proprietary operating system.
App to Verify Copies using Hash
Few years ago, correction, a decade ago, I did write a short code to verify copied files. As much as I would like to believe NAS is more tolerant, it would be a moot point if the files were already damaged going in —as the saying goes, garbage in, garbage out. Once I had the system up and running, the need for such a code subsided very quickly; but it was definitely a story I kept on the back burner.
How to List Python Packages for Backup and Sync
If you are testing Python scripts on multiple machines, let alone different versions of Python, there is a moment where you would wish to synchronize all the packages across the versions, across the machines.
How to Change Num Lock Default Settings on macOS Terminal
I suspect this is yet another “tabs or spaces” question for developers, but I believe there is a silver lining for all —we want consistent UIs. I want my numpads to work as number pads throughout. There are only few cases when I need it to be something else, be it may directional keys, application keys, or etc.
App to Check If Google Killed Your App
‘It never gets easier’ as the saying goes. Google, or Alphabet, acquires many unicorn companies only to abandon less successful, if not, less prospective businesses. Makes one wonder who approves these purchases in the first place. But regardless of the firm’s fiscal decision, it is undeniably true that these services, at one point, had some following.
WordPress, Ulysses, and Integration
I’ve been writing on Ulysses app for some time, and I had been using Ulysses under the assumption that the app is pulling double duty as WordPress post editor; it is not. Ulysses doesn’t have access to posts already published on WordPress. From the email responses I’ve gotten from Ulysses team, it appears this is a technical issue whereby no future update is planned as of yet.
App to Stitch Screenshots on iOS
Whenever I need to share a screenshot of one long formatted contents, unless it’s required to keep the originals, I prefer to “stitch” the images together to it one smooth image. Screenshots of fun moments on chat rooms, some good memes on the internet, and etc., are best served as smooth roll.