TCL 20 Pro is a beautiful device at an affordable price, this is a full review. I like its curved screen, which is large and comfortable to hold by a single hand. Unfortunately I damaged the screen after dropping it
Setting Up a Harmony ONE Validator Node and My Reflection
As mentioned in my previous post, I wanted to document how to set up a Harmony ONE validator node. Harmony actually offers an easy to follow step-by-step instruction page(https://docs.harmony.one/home/network/validators/server-setup/cloud-guides/google-cloud) so I’m not going to repeat anything mentioned there. I however
Staking Harmony ONE coins for you
There are a lot Crypto coins but most of them just look like the old day’s reward points. I wanted a coin with innovative ideas as well as practical usefulness and hopefully something sustainable. After searching a lot, I landed
Which is the right exchange Crypto.com or Binance?
I started my Crypto journey recently and this is my own review of crypto exchanges. I’m in Australia so being able to deposit and withdraw in AUD is a must. I started with Crypto.com simply because they offer Visa pre-paid
Crypto Mining(PoW) And Staking(PoS) Simple Introduction
Staking in layman’s terms means you put in your coins and the platform will reward you with extra coins, similar to a term deposit. The platform secures your money to invest on its ecosystem, while you being an investor, get
How to read Seagate SMART
I bought a new Seagate Exos 18T disk from Amazon, which came in a plain envelop without filling. I spotted dents on the outside disk (no surprise given no protection for this heavy metal piece during such a long journey
Back up data
I have a Synology NAS and disks are redundancy protected to telerate one disk loss and because I had backups of my VM on my NAS, I should be able to re-create such a VM quickly when I lost it,
Be aware of Rentalcars.com
I recently had to cancle a booking with rentalcars.com and found I’d be charged for “deposit” which is about 10% of the overall amount. I don’t see any logic why I could not get full refund as their website stated
Google Domains vs Crazydomains
My domain needed renewal so I started to shop around. Crazydomains offers cheap first-year registration but not on renewals. Also another important factor was TXT records for emails(offered at extra cost by Crazydomains). At the end it turned out Google’s
Remote desktop to Ubuntu from Windows
I configured a new Ubuntu(20.04) desktop and wanted to be able to log into it remotely. Tried many times with xrdp but kept on getting “authentication is required to create a color profile“, “authentication is required to refresh the system