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Claude Cowork opened on MacBook
I handed 500 photos to Claude Cowork and watched it do something I'd been avoiding for two years

Done once, and not coming back to haunt me.

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Jan and LM Studio open on a laptop.
Picking your first local LLM is easier than the internet makes it sound

It's not rocket science.

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thinkpad t480 laptop.
These enterprise laptop features sound boring — but they're incredibly useful for a home server

If you can pick one of these up, it's perfect for your home server.

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HDMI ports on TV
I've been plugging into the wrong HDMI port on my TV for years and didn't know it was killing my picture

One cable swap can unlock features you didn’t know you were missing.

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Pixel 9a running full Linux distro on external monitor.
5 reasons your next monitor upgrade matters way more than buying a new GPU

Your next display matter more than a new graphics card.

usbkillv4 usb drive.
If you come across a USB drive like this, don’t let it near your PC

Don't stick random USB drives in your hardware.

Steam Deck OLED playing The Witcher 3
The Steam Deck is more valuable than ever, and that really annoys me

Thanks to RAM price hikes, Valve’s handheld costs an obscene amount.

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Ugreen DXP4800 Plus NAS on a wood table
RAID isn't a backup solution, please stop treating it like one

Redundancy isn't the same as a backup.

Nothing Headphone on a bench
I finally found out why my phone calls sound so bad on my wireless headphones

No, your headphones aren't the problem here.

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ASUS laptop showing UEFI BIOS dashboard
Your PC might have 16GB of RAM but run like it has 8 — this one setting is why

That speed boost was already inside your PC.

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Steam Big Picture Mode with PC
I stopped using my PS5 after discovering these Steam Big Picture features

I’m obsessed with Valve’s console-aping UI. Here are the main reasons why.

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Cyberpunk 2077 PC version on an LG OLED TV
These 6 games will destroy your 8GB GPU, and here's how to survive them

In a world of 4K ray traced games, 8GB of VRAM is struggling to cut it. But there are settings solutions.

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Notifications panel opened on Google Pixel 10a-1
This one Android setting I turn on before anything else on a new phone

I'm happily togging my way through it.

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BSOD showing error code and qr for help.
QR codes were supposed to die — here's why they're more useful than ever

QR might stand for quit resistance.

Pokemon Fire Red running on an r36 retro console
I bought this retro gaming handheld and now my Steam Deck's gathering dust

Playing games like it's 2004.

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