Slow internet speeds when using the Linksys MX8400

After upgrading to gigabit broadband, the speed was still only 100 Mbps. Testing revealed that the Linksys router was limiting the device's speed. By adjusting the priority settings and turning off the speed limit feature, the speed increased to over 800 Mbps. The problem stemmed from the router misjudging the external network speed, which caused the bandwidth between devices to be limited. After the correct configuration, network performance returned to normal.

Entertainment

Playing “Who's the Spy” locally with an LLM

It's Chinese New Year, and everyone is talking about DeepSeek. Laurel wants to play "Who's the Spy" but can never round up enough people, so I built an AI-powered "Who's the Spy" game bot that calls an LLM to generate character descriptions and voting strategies — but I ran into problems like unstable model output and formatting errors. After tweaking the model and the prompts over and over, I finally got the basic functionality working, and the whole process was full of funny mistakes and challenges.

AI

Recommending AnythingLLM for building a private AI assistant

I'd like to recommend AnythingLLM. Combined with LM Studio, it can run local large models as a private AI assistant. I'll share my experience trying it out for document processing and studying traditional Chinese medicine. The results are only so-so for now, but the journey from zero to one is well worth it.

AI

Fought Qitian Erlang, the Sacred Divinity 147 times and finally cleared it.

Little Monkey gave it everything and kept fighting after loss after loss; after 147 attempts, finally cleared Qitian Erlang, the Sacred Divinity. Just recording this for myself. Overall, it's a bit harder than the Seven-Day Great Sage's Broken Shell. With this game, taking your time with the Qitian Re-challenge is pretty fun too. Play it like a fighting game—there's mind games, and plenty of different builds to try. Steam's auto-recording is really nice; it captured the good times.

Video Games

_reactNativeHealth.default.initHealthKit is not a function (it is undefined) error

I ran into the React Native HealthKit initialization error "_reactNativeHealth.default.initHealthKit is not a function (it is undefined)" and found it was caused by RN's new lazy-loading mechanism for modules, which leaves NativeModules as an empty object. I temporarily worked around it by manually grabbing the functions I needed and assigning them to the Kit object, so I could keep developing.

App Development

Nginx configuration for forwarding to a TSRPC server

Notes on deploying a TSRPC server on the Baota panel, including configuring an Nginx reverse proxy and fixing the issue where the Node.js project fails to start. Modify the Nginx configuration file, add CORS-related settings, and comment out the conflicting port listening configuration to ensure the service runs properly.

Backend Server

Rider and Webstorm now offer free non-commercial versions

Two more to celebrate: Rider and Webstorm now offer free non-commercial versions, and they pair with Unity.

Tools

Black Myth: Wukong, booting up!

Waited four years for this, pre-ordered early, passed the performance test well in advance. Even pre-downloaded it, just waiting for it to be served up. And then — let's just say, the first trial on the journey west is the remaining time on "Extracting" hovering around one day?

Video Games

AI TCM pulse diagnosis test

Crossing disciplines into TCM while struggling with sub-health: exploring how to model it rationally with the internet and AI, and comparing Doubao against ChatGPT. Since sub-health has been bother...

Personal

Unity Hub on Mac: installing a specific arm64 version

I can't install the version I need directly from the Hub. So I went to the official website Archive to find the version. The install URL is unityhub://2022.3.20f1/61c2feb0970d. The install that pops up this way is the Intel version — what do I do if I want the ARM version? Here's the answer from the official website:

App Development

Grandma Laid to Rest in Jiangyan

Grandma is buried in Jiangyan. I miss her, and I also find myself thinking about the relationship between life and the universe. Though the place remains and everything else has changed, Grandma's traces will stay in time and space forever. Humans cannot go back to the past, but everyone's trajectory leaves a mark on the universe. I believe that one day, I will meet Grandma again in some way.

Personal

Memories of Grandma Bring Me to Tears Again

Today's iPhone memory notification moved me to tears, and the accompanying music stirred up my longing for my grandma. The emotions in the lyrics resonated deeply with how I feel, reminding me of the warmth she once gave me and the regret of her passing. I want to say a prayer for her, and hope she rests in peace in the world beyond.

Personal

After finishing Pantheon

After finishing both seasons of Pantheon, I was deeply struck by its ideas about reincarnation and recursion. The endless universes and possibilities shown in the series made me reflect on the meaning of life, and also led me to try healing my inner self through books. I feel pain, but I also see hope, and I believe that in an infinite universe, there is always a chance of meeting again. I choose to live in the present and cherish every moment of life.

Entertainment

JetBrains users are still waiting for the GitHub Copilot chat feature

The GitHub Copilot chat preview is only available to try out on VS Code and Visual Studio; JetBrains users have no update option and have to keep waiting

Tools

《The Wandering Earth II》, highly recommended

Legacy, unity, responsibility, hope. A song of human courage. Long live the great unity of the world's peoples. Human civilization needs this kind of spiritual nourishment. In a few decades, our country will surely see the rise of a new generation of scientists who grew up watching The Three-Body Problem and Little Broken Ball.

Entertainment
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