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From Park Runs to Race Day: Running 5km Nonstop at the Hammer Lauf
After months of consistent solo training in a nearby park, the opportunity arose to take part in the 15th Hammer Lauf, a 5 km road race event that offered a more structured and communal running experience. Having already reached the point where 5 km runs could be completed without breaks, the race became a milestone…
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Three Big Shopping Upgrades I Made in Q1: Fitness, Filming and Frames
The first quarter of the year turned out more expensive than expected. Not because of one major blowout purchase, but because three separate upgrades happened to land in the same window. Some had been planned for months, one took a bit of unexpected rerouting, and all of them ended up being more than just nice-to-haves.…
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Why Are Low-Income Individuals Defending Billionaires? Exploring the Paradox
There’s a strange phenomenon that’s been going on for quite a while now. It’s nothing new, but it’s as baffling as ever: people on low incomes going out of their way to defend millionaires and even defending billionaires. And I don’t mean defending billionaires in court. I mean white knighting them online or in conversation,…
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Tekken 8 Season 1: My Biggest Issues with Gameplay and Balance
Tekken 8 Season 1 introduced many new gameplay elements, bringing significant shifts in how traditional mechanics operate. While some changes brought freshness to the iconic fighting game franchise, others have stirred frustration among players. This article delves deeply into some core issues that have significantly impacted the game’s feel and balance, especially as Season 2…
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Why Gaming Optimisation Problems Can’t Be Ignored
While brainstorming for my next video, I stumbled upon a freshly posted comment that I couldn’t ignore. Typically, I steer clear of responding to negative or angry comments, they rarely lead to anything productive. But this one? It was just begging to be dissected. It’s the perfect example of someone turning their personal experiences into…
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Why the RTX 5090 Won’t Solve AAA Gaming’s Performance Issues on its own
AAA gaming feels like it’s in a state of chaos. Even high-end GPUs like the RTX 4090 are being pushed to their limits by recent releases. The RTX 5090 is just around the corner, promising more power than ever, but with the way things are going, it’s hard not to question how much longer even…
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My WebM converter with Alpha Channel on macOS: My App Story
When I set out to create a macOS app, I had one very specific goal: to convert Final Cut Pro alpha channel exports into webm files while preserving the alpha channel. This might seem like a straightforward task, but the existing tools were outdated, unreliable or riddled with issues like random crashes and stripped alpha…
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Is the Elgato Teleprompter Worth It? Honest Review & Real-World Use
Before we get into it, just a heads-up: this isn’t a review, even though that’s the category I’ve placed this post under. I didn’t relaly know what else to classify this as, but it strictly speaking isn’t a review, ok? It’s simply my experience after using the Elgato Teleprompter just a couple of days at…
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MacBook Pro M4 Max – One Month Later: Real-World Experience
I’ve been having an amazing time with my M4 Max so far. I have yet to hear the fans properly. Honestly, I almost wasn’t sure if I believe this thing even having fans inside it. I heard them once, very briefly, while copying footage from the machine to my makeshift NAS. It’s weird, especially because…
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Female Samurai are Historically Accurate (Ghost of Yotei Controversy)
There are a lot of complaints on Twitter and YouTube about Ghost of Yotei having a female protagonist as a samurai, and honestly, I’m not entirely sure what the issue is. For the record, I have zero interest in either Ghost of Tsushima or Ghost of Yotei, I haven’t played the former and will most…
