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Cheerlights & cheerlights-hid

Hacking a Netgear router to be a ‘mesh’ satellite

Vita3K

Rufus 3.19 adds bypass for mandatory Windows 11 22H2 Microsoft Account requirement

Raspberry Pi Restores Guitar Amp, Complete With Effects

Feedback

Improvements in git 2.37 when resolving conflicts with vimdiff

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