I write stories and enjoy using tech. Sometimes, I combine these. I'm an appreciator of arts in general: watched, played, read, etc.
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I was approached by a client whose 2020 M1 MacBook Air would not boot to the operating system. After trial and error, I was able to return the MacBook in fully working order. Background Information It was stuck in a loop of Recovery Assistant asking for an admin user with
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Today at work, I was presented with an HP Windows 10 laptop with the issue of the screen blinking on an off. I was able to successfully address the issue and returned the laptop to its owner in working condition. The laptop owner provided me with the following information: * The
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In April 2021, I purchased a Lenovo Thinkpad 13 Chromebook from eBay for less than $100.00. My goal with this device when I bought it was to remove Chrome OS from it completely and replace its factory OS with a light-weight Linux distro. To do this, I had
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If you’re noticing you can no longer purchase Audible audio books with a debit or credit card through the Android app, nothing is bugged or broken. Amazon has officially removed this feature from the app. As detailed by Ars Technica, a recent crackdown by Google seeks to ensure digital
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I purchased and used my first Mac device in 2016 when I was 25 years old. To that point, I had only ever worked, learned, or played on Windows devices. The consistent sentiment I had heard was that Apple’s machines—geared toward productivity and creative work—were bad for
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Broken Machines They were cowards. They were sightless. They were weak. No, they were none of those things. They were broken. Malfunctioning. She both understood them yet could not fathom their choice to leave. Mara watched dozens of figures stalk away from their settlement -- away from Mara’s home -- across
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S1 Fitz Jefferson settled into his leather office chair for a rushed lunch between lectures, hands navigating a mindless pre-lunch ritual, eyes locked on the innocuous pair of black glasses resting on his desk, mind thinking of the world that lived inside them. “Welcome back, Fitz,” a faceless voice
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Khavich, Ninety miles outside the Holy City of Lavinia Eleventh Cycle of the Regency, the year 1073 Father Verian crossed the threshold of the doorway at the bottom of the staircase. He had expected the need to remove his cloak as soon as he entered, but he felt the urge
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TREVOR WOKE UP like he always did: to the sound of Vizi telling him it was six o'clock in the morning. Volume increasing with each declaration. They were programmed to know how loud to speak in order to bring him out of his morning sleep stage, but Trevor
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Final Fantasy VII Remake, one of the most anticipated releases of 2020, is the culmination of decades of love and adoration for a game that released in 1997. The original title influenced both its own genre and the entire video game industry in a multitude of ways. Parallel to that
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Snapchat is rolling out a new feature called Snap Minis. Snap Minis are essentially miniature apps that exist within the Snapchat platform and bring added functionality to the overall social media app. You can check out this video of the announcement of Snap Minis that were announced last month: https:
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Last week, Facebook announced that Messenger will now allow screen sharing on iOS and Android devices. Given the current situation in the world, video chatting is more important now than ever. So many people around the world have adopted various video chat apps both on desktop and on mobile, And