Sydney Butler

Floppy disk hack: How a pair of scissors doubled your storage in 1992

• History
• Retro Computing
• Retro Gaming
• Storage
• Technology

Floppy disk hack: How a pair of scissors doubled your storage in 1992

Sydney Butler March 8, 2026

Why the famous 'square hole' hack was a ticking time bomb

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Yes, your phone’s battery is still replaceable (and it’s better than upgrading)

• iOS
• Technology

Yes, your phone’s battery is still replaceable (and it’s better than upgrading)

Sydney Butler March 8, 2026

It just makes the most sense in this economy.

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The 8 greatest sci-fi movies of the last 8 years, ranked

• Movies
• Sci-Fi
• Streaming Content
• Technology
• Video Streaming

The 8 greatest sci-fi movies of the last 8 years, ranked

Sydney Butler March 8, 2026

Some have more science, others more fiction, but they're all great.

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Passkeys were supposed to replace passwords, but they’re failing for the most predictable reason

• passwords
• Technology

Passkeys were supposed to replace passwords, but they’re failing for the most predictable reason

Sydney Butler March 8, 2026

It was meant to make things easier.

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Why a long HDMI cable is the best thing I’ve bought in months

• laptops
• nvidia
• Technology
• TVs

Why a long HDMI cable is the best thing I’ve bought in months

Sydney Butler March 7, 2026

What's the opposite of wireless? Wiremore?

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Dropped RAID arrays and skipped sectors: Why surveillance HDDs are a fatal trap for your NAS

• pc building
• PC Optimization
• Storage
• Technology

Dropped RAID arrays and skipped sectors: Why surveillance HDDs are a fatal trap for your NAS

Sydney Butler March 7, 2026

Don't use a surveillance drive in your NAS—it's an easy way to lose your data

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Thunderbolt, DisplayPort, and the M1 shock: 5 times Apple forced Windows hardware to evolve

• intel
• Microsoft
• Technology

Thunderbolt, DisplayPort, and the M1 shock: 5 times Apple forced Windows hardware to evolve

Sydney Butler March 7, 2026

5 Windows PC standards we secretly owe to Apple

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You won’t believe these 5 Netflix series were based on books

• Netflix
• Streaming Content
• Technology
• TV Shows

You won’t believe these 5 Netflix series were based on books

Sydney Butler March 7, 2026

Now you can binge while you binge.

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Will Microsoft ever truly “fix” Windows? The high cost of Windows compatibility

• Linux
• macOS
• Microsoft
• Technology
• Windows

Will Microsoft ever truly “fix” Windows? The high cost of Windows compatibility

Sydney Butler March 7, 2026

Doomed to repeat the mistakes of history

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Linux has an identity crisis—and it’s holding back desktop PCs

• Linux
• macOS
• PC Optimization
• Technology
• Windows

Linux has an identity crisis—and it’s holding back desktop PCs

Sydney Butler March 7, 2026

The OS of a thousand faces.

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