I just found out this other great hack. You can plug the cable that came with your phone into a charger and it will actually re-fill the battery. This has saved me almost $30,000/mo on buying new phones!

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.

I mean, just keep records, send multiple citations and warnings, and after they’ve repeatedly offended over a few years, take them to court for repeated and willful disregard of the law.

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.

WTF, you think we’re all morons down here? There’s different kinds of stupid all over, but if your standard metric is what I think it is, I’d point you to all the red states above the Mason-Dixon on this map from the 2020 election.

Like this?

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”…