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Tales of Raspberry Pi SD card corruption are available online by the fistful, and are definitely a constant in Pi-adjacent communities. It’s apparent that some kind of problems tend to arise when a Raspberry Pi meets an SD card – which sounds quite ironic, since an SD card is the official and recommended way of booting a Pi. What is up with all of that? I can start with a history lesson. Back when Raspberry Pi launched in 2012 – which is now 10 years ago – there were SD card controller driver problems, which makes sense given the wide...

The sensational, empathetic, totally bonkers experiment that is "Pam & Tommy" comes to a close this week with a bittersweet episode that chooses not to look directly at the violent dissolution of the central couple's relationship. Instead, "Pam & Tommy" zooms in on one of its last gasps, a failed getaway that in different circumstances could have been like a second honeymoon. The hour also closes the door on Rand Gauthier and the internet's first sex tape scandal.When I first watched "Pam & Tommy" ahead of airtime, I was satisfied by this ending, but it hits a little differently at...

Ready for a leveled up realme Number Series experience? realme is officially bringing the realme 9 Pro series to the Philippines with the aim of taking flagship-level features to the midrange segment. We can’t contain our excitement so we said yes to the challenge of testing out the realme 9 Pro+ before its launch on March 15, especially after hearing that it packs a 1/1.56-inch 50MP Sony IMX766 flagship sensor for its primary camera among others! We’ll let the sneak peek sample photos to do the talking in terms of camera quality. realme takes prides in its Pro-Light Imaging Technology...

She might seem like your average school girl. But behind her childlike demeanor, clumsy behavior, and grades that get her in trouble with her parents, she’s hiding a secret. She’s a magical girl — or mahō shōjo — and she’s been an iconic staple of Japanese manga and anime for decades. Magical girls have become a symbol for empowerment, strength, and challenging gender norms. They’re armed with amazing magical powers that both give them a new sense of agency and complicate their otherwise normal lives. And magical girls use these gifts to fight evil and protect those they care about,...

With Visa and Mastercard pulling out of Russia, the two easiest and most convenient ways to make payments with bitcoin — really the only two easy and convenient ways to make day-to-day payments with any cryptocurrency — have vanished. This makes it is far harder to use crypto as anything other than an investment in Russia as its economy implodes under the weight of both public and private sanctions. Crypto debit cards remain the only effective way to turn even the best known and most widely accepted virtual asset into something usable at retail merchants and websites. And even in...