If you own it on PS3 and have a decent gaming PC, you might want to try out the RPCS3 emulator. It’s kind of a PITA to use your own disc, but if you legit own it I wouldn’t feel guilty about downloading an ISO file elsewhere. You should be able to play the games you’ve purchased without jumping through arbitrary…

I use ESET Mobile Security on Android for general protection but relevant here is that it can isolate apps from accessing your data. Like, you can give the app required permissions, but ESET will prevent it from actually accessing anything you don’t want them to have.

I misread the subtitle as “It’s good to know before hanging pictures of wallpaper.”

Some may be interested to know that the founder of AccuWeather, Joe Bastardi, has a history of climate change denial. I haven’t observed any clear adverse effect from this in the app’s ability to provide decent forecasts, and I really like its Android widgets in particular, but it’s worth being aware of this if you’re…

You might want to have a conversation about brand synergy with Daniel.

The gift cards are available “while supplies last,” which seems like odd phrasing for a digital gift card...

Haha, well that’s what happens when you just recycle last year’s article without actually changing anything.

You could install RetroArch on the Series S and replace all those mini consoles in one swoop. I used a guide from ETAPrime on YouTube that didn’t even require putting the console in developer mode, and in the process unlocked an unofficial app repository that included an FTP server that made transferring ROMs from my…

Good question! It starts the same as Spotify, at least in the US, with the base paid tier at $9.99/mo. But while Spotify Premium grants you access to 320kbps max quality, Tidal jumps to 1.4mbps (>4x Spotify’s limit) at the same price point. Above this point, they differ. Whereas Spotify’s next tiers focus on adding…

How do you write this article and not mention Tidal? I love Tidal. It’s got mostly everything I could want, and I feel better knowing they use a compensation model that is at least approaching the idea of “fair” compared to all the other big players (and especially Spotify).

I’d like to propose that the dichotomy ought to be between Apple Music and Tidal. Apple doesn’t totally screw over artists, at least to the extent that Spotify does, and Tidal is often described as the best “one-roof” streamer for artist compensation. I believe Tidal has the better quality of the two, but I can’t…

Back when MySpace was big I had the idea that a bad actor could grab “rnyspace.com,” create a fake log-in screen, distribute the link, and collect lots of usernames and passwords easily. I’m not someone who would be inclined to do this, but I did check and at the time the domain was unclaimed. This was before SSL was…

My dad does this with brake pads. You might think there’s no way they sell a product designed to wear out over time with a lifetime warranty, but it’s a thing.

How exactly does one post a playthrough of Multiversus?

I think you meant to direct your response to the OP (Ian Lang) rather than me. Sounds like you and I are on the same page: no smart appliances, except for thermostats, which are minimally intrusive, low-risk, and extremely useful.

I don’t mind a smart thermostat because they’re relatively inexpensive and easy to replace—the HVAC itself is typically the same as it’s been for decades, and controlled via simple commands over a couple of wires. But I have desperately avoided things like refrigerators, ovens, and dryers with added “smart”…

I think you’ve perhaps only experienced healthy workplaces. I’ve seen situations where I or someone else was treated this way for reasons that are entirely unjustifiable. The idea that anyone saying it’s someone else’s fault is automatically the real problem is dangerously wrong as a broad rule.

That’s very good information; thank you so much! Fortunately, I’m not staying there any more. It was always a temporary arrangement while the tornado damage was repaired. Supply chain issues and labor shortages meant the house took an extra six months beyond what insurance covered for temp housing, but we bought a new…

Can you do that if the evidence you present clearly shows an amount due that exceeds the statutory limit? I’m owed $7000 explicitly for the deposit, if I don’t go after them for anything else (they illegally posted evictions on our door for non-payment three times when we had proof wire transfers were completed prior…

Any advice for when the landlord refuses to return the deposit, declines to give a legal reason for doing so, and the amount is conveniently just above the limit for small claims court, making it much too low for a lawyer to be interested in taking the case?