Slay the Spire, the first game, opened its own genre. I think I’ve seen more StS-like games that tried to deliver the flavor, but ultimately had its shortcomings. Many reviews I’ve read since almost always mentioned how they (the reviewers) returned home, to the original Slay the Spire. Some went so far to say, at…
The Mad Tea Party
Inspiring yet Mad Spiels
How to Add Volume Control to iOS Lock Screen
There are few options I always find odd that it’s tucked away in Accessibility on iOS. This is one of those odd occasions. On current version of iOS, if the device was playing media, it displays media control on the lock screen. Even better with the AOD, as the control is always visible. If the…
App to Manage Documents DB
Back in 2000s, when I got my hands on Intel Mac for the first time, there were two things that immediately caught my attention: Spotlight, the functioning search tool on OS, and DevonThink, the highly regarded documents management software beloved by many Mac users. Some even called DevonThink to be the savior of Macintosh lineage…
What Happened to Neckband Headphones?
Recently, I use my AirPods Pro more frequently than I would have worn my Max. AirPods Max gets a bad rap for its weight, but it’s not the weight that counts. It’s the distribution of those weights; how breathable the materials and overall design is; the clamping force from the form factor (e.g. U-shaped around…
How to Change Password-less sudo on Raspberry Pi
I am leaving this post as a future reference. Though I’ve tested it myself, since I am in the process of retiring Pi docker machines, I won’t be updating it in the near future. One of the user-friendly touch added to Raspberry Pi OS from Debian is its sudo privilege — it doesn’t ask for…
How to Make mDNS Discoverable on Tailscale
One thing I’ve learned the hard way while I was tinkering with VPN long ago — don’t use bonjour or .local addresses over VPN. Most of the times .local addresses do not resolve over VPN, and trying to make it happen is often not worth the effort. In my case, with some Pis and NAS,…
How AI Hallucination Affects You
The hallucination in AI, or LLM hallucination, is real. I have read some op-eds and online discussions whether or not hallucinations affect real world use cases — average users making mundane queries. I was on the side of “garbage in, garbage out” camp; hallucination is an expected side effect of the algorithm, and it is…