Crypto mining involves the use of a powerful graphics processing unit (GPU) to solve complex math problems to verify electronic transactions on a blockchain to get cryptocurrencies as rewards. Crypto mining is best executed with the computing power of an Application-specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC, a piece of hardware that is…

Introduction QNAP Network-attached storages (NAS) has a Container Station (not installed by default, available since QTS 4.2 or above), which can support lightweight virtualization technologies including Docker and LXC, allowing you to operate multiple isolated Linux system on QNAP NAS. Container Station by default does not support installing a Docker via…

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆ Supported Unity version: Unity 5 or higher It is a common task to save and load data in a game. In this short tutorial, I will cover several ways to save and load data. Prerequisites Basic knowledge of C# Unity script Basic knowledge of creating simple layout in Unity Which method should I choose? …

Since March 2019, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) starts approving virtual bank licenses. So far there are 8 enterprises getting the license. ╔═══════════════════╦══════════════════════════════╦═══════════════╗ ║ Virtual Banks ║ Main Investors ║…

Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆ Supported Unity version: Unity 2018.2 or higher Introduction It’s not difficult to make a simple board game that rolls a dice and move forward. Here is how to do so. Prerequisites Basic knowledge of Unity C# programming Steps Step 1: Create a 3D Project Creating a 2D project is also fine…

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆ Supported Unity version: Unity 5 or higher Introduction Switching between scenes is a basic task you want to achieve when developing your game in Unity. Here’s how to do so. Prerequisites Unity game project (either 2D or 3D is fine) Two scenes: the tutorial below will guide you in creating…

Introduction hashcat is the world’s fastest password cracker and first and only in-kernel rule engine. It relies on the CPU or GPU power to test the passwords based on either pattern (rules) or by brute-force attacks. …

macOS now no longer ships with PEAR, but installation is quite easy. Prerequisites Homebrew (install instructions) autoconf: use command: brew install autoconf Xcode command-line tools: xcode-select --install Install PEAR cd /tmp curl -s -O https://pear.php.net/install-pear-nozlib.phar sudo php install-pear-nozlib.phar -d /usr/local/lib/php -b /usr/local/bin Upgrade PEAR sudo pear channel-update pear.php.net sudo pecl channel-update pecl.php.net …

After 2 days of hard work in setting up the scene in Unity, I will focus on creating a hexagonal tilemap sprite sheet today. Quick links of Day 1 & Day 2: Stay Home, Make Game — Day 1 While coronavirus strikes, I am forced to stay home to keep social distancing. Well, it’s quite boring at home…medium.com Stay Home, Make Game — Day 2 After a whole day of torture by Unity problems (see Day 1), I can finally start building my first Tilemap. Let me recap…medium.com