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Pretendo: New Servers for New(ish) Consoles

If you have a Wii U or 3DS, chances are you’re disappointed by Nintendo shutting down their servers. Luckily, some determined fans have rigged up new servers for both systems! All you need is a homebrewed console. You can find out how to do this at wiiu.hacks.guide and 3ds.hacks.guide. The Pretendo website is https://pretendo.network. Wii

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Making a Pokemon Card Database

[EDIT] This format is now deprecated. This format will no longer be updated because I switched to TCGPlayer, a free app that can scan your cards and show how much they are worth. But if you want to use this old format for whatever reason, read on: A while ago, I was making a Pokémon

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Great Computer Prank Ideas

This year, I’ve been working on my plans for April Fools’ Day for half a year! If you want to try them for next year’s April 1, here you go. 1. Reload the Graphics I thought of my first prank when I learned that pressing Win-Ctrl-Shift-B reloads your computer’s graphics. I wrote a simple Python

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Byte Size Info is now on YouTube!

Today, I am restarting my YouTube channel, Byte-Size Info! With my new series, MatheMusic, I’m starting a promotion where the first person to comment on each video gets to choose the instrument for the next one! Here are the options: 1. Acoustic Grand Piano2. Bright Acoustic Piano3. Atomic Grand Piano4. Honky-tonk Piano5. Atomic Piano 16.

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Hidden Menu on HP Printers

How I Found It A while ago, I was doing something on my HP ENVY Photo 7858 printer. At the home screen, I accidentally pressed the Back button another time. I found this: I entered the menu, and saw this: What I Did I looked through the settings, and it eventually became clear that this

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bits-tools 2.0 is coming soon!

I’ve started working on a new version of bits-tools, my Python module! Every time I do it, I publish a “changelog” (which this post is) that documents what I’ve changed, added or removed. TwoBits class Features added RandomBits class Features added Find the bits-tools Github repository here!

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How to Fix Corrupted Drives

Why Your Device is Corrupted Storage devices are corrupted when the file system is damaged. These are some things that could cause a storage device to be corrupted: By the way, I also have this post on corrupting images! What it Looks Like There are a few ways you might know that your storage is

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Scareware and Tech Support Scams

Warn❚nᤜ҇ү൦Ur ᰆPεraŢሴg systÊm hȦऽ ν𑀡ruގ dOwח𐎂ꉻad P𐎓 ΌPҭ⇃mizѐr nOW I really hope you didn’t think that was a real warning! It was a tech support scam that used weird characters and a fake alert to trick you into downloading a program. Tech support scams are websites or applications that tell you that there is something

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Corruption – A Very Glitchy Art

When you hear the word “corrupt”, what comes to mind? Computer crashes? Defective storage? Bricked devices? Those are all negative, so let’s add one more phrase to the list – Art. Yes, you can make art by corrupting files, and I’m here to guide you through the process. There are several types of corruption, and

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