Category: Technology

Mednafen emulator save files when switching discs in multi-disc games

Throughout my adult life, I have always favoured the “retro” video games that I enjoyed during my childhood over newer releases. Nearing the end of my peak gaming interest (in my early adolescence), the original Sony PlayStation hit the markets. With it came multi-disc games where we had to switch discs at one or more …

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Fixing Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 latency and ping spikes in Linux

Recently, I purchased a mini-PC with an embedded Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 wireless chipset and installed Gentoo Linux on it. The reason I purchased the mini-PC was to replace my ageing music server (running MPD), but I also wanted to use it for playing retro video games through my entertainment centre. Everything went well with …

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Fix for delayed text messages (SMS and MMS) on Android

Recently, my mobile device manufacturer (OnePlus) decided to roll out updates to a new version of their Android-based operating system (OxygenOS) to use Android 11. After this particular update, I noticed a big delay in sending and receiving text messages (both SMS and MMS). At first I thought it was simply a temporary problem, but …

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