February 2023 – olorin.me

General

How to use Google Pay / Google Wallet on MIUI China ROMs

I’m now rocking the Redmi Note 12 Pro, a beast of a phone, boasting a MTK Dimensity 1080 SoC, 12GB RAM, 256GB UFS 2.2, 5G, 50 MP camera and so forth. There’s a Pro+ variant for roughly the same price which sports a “better” 200 MP camera, but I like Read more…

By Olorin, 1 month2023/02/19 ago

Sysadmin stuff

What’s code200 and why is it sending abusive traffic?

Running a web host is great fun. It requires expert tech skills, a real passion for learning, and a liking for people. But it also requires some hefty investigation and journalism skills too; not every answer can be had from Google and ChatGPT! What happened? Over the past few weeks Read more…

By Olorin, 2 months2023/02/11 ago