My Car: Something's Wrong with the Steering
My BMW 118d is now 14 years old and has 450,000 km on the clock. So, a defect isn't surprising. The vague error message, however, is. Even the workshop couldn't make heads or tails of it.
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Cloud First? Not for Private Use
It's not just since Donald Trump became President of the USA that you should think carefully about whether you want to entrust your data to a cloud, which is usually operated by US companies. This is especially tempting for private use, as the maintenance effort is low. But so is the control.My PC is at its limit
Dune: Awakening has become my new main game; it's just completely hooked me. But one thing is driving me crazy: the performance. Even in notebook mode, I can't get the game to 60 FPS, if it even stays stable above 40 FPS. Thanks to Unreal Engine 5 and my PC.Back to Tinkering
After my Winwing URSA MINOR joysticks arrived, I couldn't get them to work with Elite: Dangerous under Arch Linux. A quick installation of Windows 11 later, I was flying through the Milky Way. But, well, with Windows. The weekend before last, I switched back to Arch Linux.Winwingsim URSA MINOR, Elite: Dangerous and Linux
Elite: Dangerous on Linux has a tendency to recognize joysticks as Xbox controllers. The cause lies somewhere within Proton/Wine, but there's a solution. For my future self, and for you, here's a short guide.First Impressions of Dune: Awakening
A few weeks ago, I chose Dune: Awakening as my next main game. I made this decision without looking too deeply into the game. But the beta weekend gave me the opportunity to get a taste of it and reconsider my choice.Twitch Drop Miner
When a game is popular on Twitch, it increases its visibility and, consequently, its sales. A popular method for boosting a game's visibility is Twitch Drops. If you watch a stream for a certain amount of time, you get an in-game reward.The Nintendo Switch Stick Drift Got Me Too
Shortly after the Nintendo Switch was released, people on the internet started complaining that the Joy-Con sticks weren't very good and tended to register movement on their own. I had been spared from this until now, but unfortunately, only until now.How to Manage Photos?
We've had digital cameras in the family since 2005, and my photo archive goes back just as far. Over the years, tens of thousands of pictures have accumulated. Sorted into folders by event. Actually well-organized, but not easily searchable.Bungie Introduces Extraction Shooter Marathon
Bungie is mostly known today for the game Destiny 2 or as the creator of the Halo series. Before that, however, they released three much lesser-known games on MacOS called Marathon. Now Bungie wants to revive the franchise with an extraction shooter.