The whole shenanigans behind encrypted shared folder (ESF) goes way back. Personally I would start counting from pre-unicode era, during the period when each developers had whipped up its own solution for the problem. It is a problem that most developers did not truly understand, therefore most of their solutions were either flawed or limited.…
As a fan, part of the fun in classical music is to listen to the same score performed by different artists: their different interpretations, changes in styles as the time goes by, and in more recent years, enlightening interviews and tidbits behind performances, performers, the music, and the composers, and etc. I’ve really come to…
Right to repair calls for many things. I generally have mixed opinions on the movement. On one hand, I want manufacturer to build more durable, not more fixable, devices to begin with. On the other hand, if such an option is not possible for certain parts, i.e. battery, I want companies make it repairable, as…
There is a tidbit racist commentary on the history of unicode, called “Korean mess”. It is completely unrelated to the topic on hand, and frankly I do not wish to comment on the subject as most op-eds I’ve read ended up in a blazing hellfire for most. To give some tastes of what is at…
Apple pulled the plug on 1st gen HomePod, otherwise affectionally called OG HomePod. I think users were already aware of what will become of OG. As the saying goes, in the long run, everything becomes a “vintage”, but HomePod’s case was different as the latest model featured less number of tweeters and powered by a…
Anyone remember Cloverfield from 2008? While the film may have been revolutionary for its time, my hatred of shaky cams and found footage still lives strong to this day. Most of them also happen to be low budget horrors. From what I understand, shaky cam and found footage style help cutting down the cost of…
An EV in South Korea caught fire out of the blue; the car was parked and it was not charging. It burned down 140+ vehicles parked on the same underground parking and damaged the water main and power lines for the building. The reports so far fortunately said there were no injuries, and residents were…
I was listening to Korean radio today. As a classical music fan, radio isn’t exactly my go-to for musics, but the radio was on nonetheless. Then it hit me like a freight truck. Or, like a tabby cat suddenly jumping on my laps so I chocked a little with some coffee in my mouth. It…
Ever since the launch of iPhone back in 2007, I’ve seen my fair shares of analysts losing their jobs —or losing their employers’ business prospect— over misconceptions on one thing, and one thing only: physical controllers. Be it may keyboard, stylus, mouse, there were always analyses on new products based on unfounded belief that it…
Yes, the air-quote is real. GM is planning to replace Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, both smartphone based infotainment systems on cars, with GM’s own flavor of Android Automotive. Tim Babbitt, GM’s head of product for infotainment, says one of the factors behind the decision was safety. Safety is something I see thrown around on…
Back in 2015 or so, I wrote a short op-ed that was ill-received, calling for better ebook management features on Kindle platform. It’s been 8 years, but I see little to no changes in the app, and frankly, with the gorgeous displays and extended battery life used in most smartphones and tablets, I see little…
I have written in several pieces that USB-C is not the silver bullet to the dongle problems. Even as Apple opened up its Lightning walled garden, presenters couldn’t simply say: ‘we have USB-C now’. It needed to be said what kind of spec this port will carry: how fast its USB protocol will be, how…
Anyone who is old enough to live through DVD era of human history and before that Paleolithic VHS period would recall something called region locks. It is an ancient ritualistic practice where contents holders would artificially divide the regions and lock the consumers out from playing them outside of said region. Historians believe the practice…
Have you finished latest GOTY contender God of War: Ragnarok? Because if you didn’t this might be a good time to pause for a moment and come back with visions of freshly destroyed family feuds. God of War franchise, in its Norse sequels, is shifting the focus from pure hack-and-slash fun to family drama. Huldra…
Cooling is the universal subjects across any PC enthusiasts forums. Its encroaching importance on all fields results with more then few discussions getting swindled away into waste heat management. Be it may a building a new PC from scratch, buying or upgrading a part for existing PC, planning for future upgrades and maintenance, or even overclocking, all lead to cooling to a certain degree. Even Macs, the computer “not fit” for gaming, are included as Apple has history of disregarding cooling over aesthetics. It is truly a universally acknowledged truth that any communities in interest which relates to computers must be bound by its cooling topics.