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In a world where there’s vast division on many topics, there’s still at least one universal truth: Resort fees stink. Resort fees have been around for decades and, unlike airline change fees, resort fees seem to have made it through the pandemic as strong as ever. But they weren’t always a traveler’s nemesis. As told by the site Kill Resort Fees, resort fees had humble beginnings, were much lower ($5–$10), were often optional, reserved only for those who wanted to use the resort’s amenities beyond the base room and rate. But today, resort fees can cost more than $100 per...

The story for this one starts a few months ago, when [John Green] released his PICO-GB project. His code allowed the Raspberry Pi Pico to stand in for a Game Boy cartridge, complete with a simple text menu that let the user select between ROMs that had been baked into the microcontroller’s firmware. The project was particularly notable for the fact that it was entirely a software solution; while a custom breakout cartridge made for a handy temporary solution, you could have permanently wired the Pico’s pins directly to the Game Boy’s cartridge connector if you wanted to. PICO-GB running...

It's never fun when your computer starts running slowly, but it's even worse when you can't figure out why it's so slow. If you've shut down all the programs you can, and everything on your Mac still feels like it's moving through molasses, this could be a sign of the dreaded kernel_task causing high CPU usage. On your Mac, kernel_task is the name given to a variety of low-level functions that allow the rest of your computer to work. This means that figuring out the culprit can be tough. We've seen this a lot, so we've got a handful of...

Nikon Z fc ($957) vs. Nikon Z 50 ($857) specifications comparison: Nikon Z fc ($957)   Nikon Z 50 ($857) Type Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane mechanical shutter; electronic front-curtain shutter; electronic shutter Electronically-controlled vertical-travel focal-plane mechanical shutter; electronic front-curtain shutter; electronic shutter Lens mount Nikon Z mount Nikon Z mount Image sensor format DX DX Image sensor type CMOS CMOS Sensor size 23.5 mm x 15.7 mm 23.5 mm x 15.7 mm Total pixels 21.51 million 21.51 million Dust-reduction system Image Dust Off reference data (NX Studio software required) Image Dust Off reference data (requires Capture NX-D) Effective pixels 20.9 million...

Believe it or not but the 4th of July is right around the corner.  Seems like just yesterday it March.  Anyway, our hours this Sunday (July 4th) will be 11:00 – 2:00.   As a reminder, we are still requiring masks while you are in-store shopping as a precaution for the staff.  If you forget your mask, which we all have done, don’t fret, we have disposable masks that we will give you, so your trip won’t be for naught. MARVEL COMICSAVENGERS BY JASON AARON TP VOL 08 ENTER PHOENIX    $19.99AVENGERS MECH STRIKE #4 (OF 5)    $3.99AVENGERS MECH...