u/ricochetSL

I bought the Pico 8 fantasy console and downloaded it to my computer. I then changed my linux distro and I transfered all my files but i decided to just re install all my apps, and now I con't figure out for the life of my how to get pico 8 without paying for it again. I tried logging in (no clue what my username is) so I tried logging in via email but it said that they couldn't find anything connected to my email even though I clearly remember signing up and putting in my email. I really don't want to have to buy pico 8 again. Please help. Thanks

https://preview.redd.it/bawz2twirzeh1.png?width=794&format=png&auto=webp&s=d913f394d9b310985240e0d698bf353a5ff9abd3

What do you think? Yes, I realize it is a bit dark, but anything lighter just looked like the normal Godot logo. Constructive critisism is fine, I just wanted to see what cam to me.

There is someone in my family who doesn't own a PC but wants to play sims. Could I run it from a usb 3.0 external hard drive so it doesn't take up space on my computer?

I want to make a 1980s style pocket computer (like the casio ones) and I have a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W. I realize this isn't exactly a cyberdeck but I think it's close enough. I think a small oled from waveshare might be good for the screen. Any build reccomendations?

ThinkPads are very powerful, but almost none have a dedicated GPU. When I was trying to do performance heavy "work" (Isle of Man TT: Ride on the Edge 3) it would have horrible frame drops every minute or so (I knew stuff like this would happen, its a ThinkPad, not a Legion). You know what works really well? Fan Overclocking
Here's how that works:

The iGPUs that come in most ThinkPads are more powerful than you may realize, but in the more business focussed lines (think X1 or T14), the laptop is getting too hot. Once it reaches 95 degrees or so, it will massively throttle to avoid overheating (most everyone knows that). But what I was unaware of and you may be too is that you can overclock the fans of your computer. Using thinkfan (if you are on Linux, there is a windows alternative called TP Fan Control) you can force the fans to kick in way sooner and run way faster than they will from the factory. Because the fans are well built, this won't affect their lifespan too much, but, while it wont magically increase performance, it will prevent the CPU from throttling. I haven't seen sustained CPU temps above 75 degrees since I did this and to make it better the fan very rarely kicks on during lighter work like when in Power Saver mode and programming or PCB design. If you are interested in how to use thinkfan, here is a guide https://man.uex.se/1/thinkfan and here is one for TP Fan Control if you use windows 11 https://youtu.be/1-Hn_GIP2cg?si=5rmNQ5NaYrj0fS-x

I just thought this might be useful advice to some of you and I hope this helps if you were running into thermal throttling issues!