306: The Worst Thing About Bluetooth Is "Sometimes"
Question time is here again, and this month we attempt to provide answers about subjects such as homebrew on the Steam Deck, outsourcing the university network support, buying phones just to trade them in, grifters getting angry about game engines, why storefronts still bog down and crash in 2025, monitoring your home server energy use, how to distinguish drop-shipped knock-offs from the genuine article, and more.
Brad & Will Made a Tech Pod. · Brad Shoemaker, Will Smith
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Show Notes
Question time is here again, and this month we attempt to provide answers about subjects such as homebrew on the Steam Deck, outsourcing the university network support, buying phones just to trade them in, grifters getting angry about game engines, why storefronts still bog down and crash in 2025, monitoring your home server energy use, how to distinguish drop-shipped knock-offs from the genuine article, and more.
Decky Loader for Steam Deck homebrew: https://decky.xyz/
MagicPods for ear buds on the Steam Deck: https://magicpods.app/steamdeck/
The deep rabbit hole about PCIe and ASPM: https://z8.re/blog/aspm.html
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