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Your smart TV is screenshotting everything you watch, but here's how to block it
Your seemingly innocent smart TV may be tracking more than you think, and a few privacy settings can shut down the worst of it.
I used Bazzite instead of SteamOS on my gaming PC, and it does everything SteamOS can't
SteamOS is excellent for gaming, but as soon as you try and do anything else Bazzite is a clear winner
These $10 home lab upgrades solved problems I didn't know I had
The cheapest additions to my home lab paid for themselves in convenience alone
I thought my Windows PC was slow until I stopped installing these apps on day one
Stop blaming Windows.
Your soundbar won't talk to your TV, and manufacturers act like that's normal
HDMI eARC was supposed to simplify home theater, but unreliable handshakes, sync issues, and audio dropouts still make it feel unfinished.
Home Assistant's new infrared support turns your smart home into a universal remote
Making smart TVs great again!
The default Windows clipboard manager isn't worth using - here are 3 that actually are
Microsoft should take inspiration from these third-party clipboard managers
Claude's scheduled tasks finally fixed what ChatGPT, Gemini, and every other AI tool got wrong
The boring stuff finally does itself.
I ditched half my Obsidian plugins and my vault actually got better
Build a high-performance Obsidian vault without the bloat.
4 settings that instantly improved HDR on my TV
Default picture settings are the biggest reason HDR looks bad
Google's AI isn't losing, it's just hiding the best features where nobody looks
The company that "lost" the AI race is quietly winning a different one.
Fedora 44 will automatically make your Windows games run faster, no tweaks required
Who said setting up Linux is difficult?
This MCP Server turned my NAS into a self-hosted AI assistant, and it changed how I work
Yet another worthwhile tool for my FOSS stack
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS drops next month, but there's a strong case for skipping it entirely
Maybe you don't need this one
I defended DLSS for years, but DLSS 5's AI slop crosses a line that shouldn't exist
When did DLSS stop being about performance enhancement?
I upgraded to Wi-Fi 7 and discovered the real bottleneck was hiding in my walls
Want fast Wi-Fi? You might need to rewire
Stop obsessing over your GPU's core clock — memory clock matters more for local LLM inference
Your self-hosted LLMs care more about your memory performance
I replaced my Nvidia Shield with a Chromecast, and the one thing I miss isn't what you'd expect
Here's how AI upscaling enhances older TV shows and YouTube videos, making them look more modern and crisp on the Nvidia Shield.
I talk to Perplexity Computer all day, and it's finally what AI assistants promised to be
Turns out talking to myself was the answer.
Excel is still the best tool for managing projects, despite all the PM software out there
The unsung hero of project management
Self-hosting freed me from the OS lock-in trap (and made my devices clutter-free)
Better privacy isn't the only game-changing aspect of self-hosted apps
