Smartifying a Dumb Fan, and understanding the NEC protocol
Living in a dorm room with one AC unit per unit, not room, means that when my bedroom gets too hot from the computer running, I have to turn on a fan and ope...
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2024
2023
Installing XNU Headers on MacOS 13
Sometimes, you need certain header files that aren’t available with the default MacOS toolchain. For example, I’m building a replacement for caffeinate which...
2022
Lightning is dead, long live USB-C!
Today, the European Parliament voted to require the use of USB-C in all new devices sold in the EU. This includes phones, tablets, e-readers, cameras, portab...
Mass Convert Videos with FFmpeg and PowerShell
FFmpeg is immensely powerful when it comes to modifying and transcoding videos, but it’s lacking one important feature: it can’t handle multiple files at onc...
Use Sudo with Touch ID
If you have a MacBook with Touch ID, you can skip typing your password into sudo by using Touch ID! It’s much faster and potentially more secure. It’s also s...
How to 100% Unlock LHR on Nvidia RTX GPUs (HiveOS)
You heard that right. You can nearly double your hashrate with minimal effort, and increase efficiency. Just download a miner, it’s that easy. This quick gui...
Raspberry Pi Day
and how it made me a (future) CS student
2021
Build Your Own 1Gbps Wireguard VPN + AdBlock for $1/month
So you want an ultra-cheap VPN service, huh?
Running Windows 10 on M1 Mac with QEMU & Hypervisor.Framework
M1 Macs don’t have support for Bootcamp, so you can’t install Windows through normal means. So, in order to have a working Windows environment, you have to d...
Making Discord 2x Faster And Efficient On M1 Macs
Update: This guide is no longer needed! Discord now has official M1 support, and it’s much better than this workaround. As expected, performance and battery ...
How to install ANY iPhone App (Even Non-Appstore) on M1 Macs
IPA files contain iPhone apps. Some of them are from the App Store, which Macs can install by simply double-clicking. But what if you want to install an app ...
How to Enable Mosh in an Azure VM
Azure is a pretty great service for hosting cloud services. One of the many things you can do is host a Virtual Machine in the cloud. Mosh is better than SSH...
Mining ETH with a GTX 1660 Super for Massive Profit
Mining Ethereum is very profitable right now. 1 ETH is worth about $3,000 right now, and it’s mainly mined by using GPUs for gaming or ASICs (purpose-built m...
2020
Running Windows 10 on Raspberry Pi KVM
You might not know this, but Windows 10 is in fact completely compatible with ARM64. ARM architectures are very power-efficient, which makes them perfect for...