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Disabling RTSS hooking for .NET apps

TL;DR; Source code for this post is available here. RivaTuner Statistics Server (RTSS) is a great tool for monitoring system performance while playing PC games, however sometimes it hooks applications it shouldn't. In my case it seems in some users systems RTSS is hooking DLSS Swapper and

Completing all three rings on my Apple Watch for (almost) an entire year

Completing all three rings on my Apple Watch for (almost) an entire year

Having been harassed by my Apple Watch daily to breathe, stand, and to make sure that I "close your rings today" I thought I could use it as part of my motivation and accountability.

To link, or not to link, that is the question

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To link, or not to link, that is the question

Should I use Link Framework SDKs Only or Don't Link? This topic that comes up every now and then and peoples opinions vary a little bit with regards to it.

SwearPi - Using Amazon Polly to read swearing git commits

SwearPi - Using Amazon Polly to read swearing git commits

Recently I stumbled upon a twitter account called Developers Swearing @gitlost, created by by @uiri00. The bio of the account sums up what it does better than I ever could “Unfiltered commit messages containing profanity from GitHub's API”. With every tweet I read I could feel compassion towards

HomeKit integration with a Raspberry Pi Zero W

HomeKit integration with a Raspberry Pi Zero W

Last week I received an email that the Raspberry Pi Zero W is now available to purchase in Australia. The idea to purchase one was a no brainier, so I did the obvious thing and made an impulse purchase. It wasn't until the Pi arrived that I had

VREB Part 2, time to examine the components

VREB Part 2, time to examine the components

So in the last post I had done a lot of looking around at the circuit board and outlined my plans. Tonight I decided to tinker a little bit more with the bike. It is pretty much disassembled more than how it came from the factory in November 2015. First,

New side project, VR exercise bike (VREB - Part 1)

New side project, VR exercise bike (VREB - Part 1)

About 6 months ago after some efforts trying to become more healthy I made the decision to get myself an exercise bike, a Schwinn 130i to be exact. It was relatively affordable for what it offers and even allows me log my data to a USB and upload it to

Operation TweetToTayTay

Operation TweetToTayTay

So a few months ago it was coming up to my girlfriends birthday (lets call her R) and I decided to do something different for a present for her. Her favorite artist is Taylor Swift so I figured I'd try tweet to her to try get a birthday

Finally figured out how delegate = self works in Xamarin.iOS

Quite often when using Xamarin.iOS (MonoTouch) you will find yourself having to port objective-c samples to C#. One thing that has always bothered me is when I find a line like this. myTextView.delegate = self; The solution I always go for is myTextView.Delegate = this; But this will cause

The stress of being a programmer

I recently came across an article titled The Stress Of Being A Computer Programmer Is Literally Driving Many Of Them Crazy via the IGDA Melbourne Facebook group. It's quite an interesting read. Personally, I don't feel that I suffer from the imposter syndrome. I hope I

New years resolution, gonna catch em' all!

So I got this silly idea right... Not sure how possible this is but I thought I may as well give it a shot. Over the next year I am going to try capture all 718 Pokémon :| I have myself a copy of Pokemon X as well as Pokemon Black.

iOS7 Version compatibility

Recently while updating A LOT of our apps I see that one of the main issues is the content going under a UINavigationController. It appears the solution is rather easy and quick to fix. public override void ViewDidLoad () { base.ViewDidLoad(); EdgesForExtendedLayout = UIRectEdge.None; } This works a treat in most instances,

GTA V Map Overlay

GTA V Map Overlay

So last night Kotaku posted an article showing an image from Playstation Australia showing the GTA V map on top Sydney to give Australians a good perspective of the map size. That's all dandy and all, but I don't know how big Sydney is... So I decided to create my own images.