Tech Satori

  We've all heard stories that someone ordered something online but received worthless junk like bricks, potatoes, soap, etc. Most of us ignore these news saying "it is very rare, it won't happen with us". There are also some people that say "I shop from ___ site, it has much better track record than others".  But believe me, when your luck runs out, it runs out. During the recent Durga Puja sales, I've seen reports of people being scammed while shopping from established giants like Amazon and Flipkart as well as newcomers like Meesho. In fact, even I was scammed once(although it was partly my fault that I didn't made sure my order was fulfilled by Amazon), but I was fortunate enough to get a full refund.  So here are some tips to avoid such mishaps when shopping online Most of these mishaps happen with prepaid orders, so always choose pay on delivery options if possible.  Some products are eligible for delivery time inspection by delivery agent(Open...

 The Great Indian Festival has begun. And here are the deals I personally consider worth taking. As usual, since Tech Satori is gaming focused, majority of my recommendations will be gaming related. Also these recommendations are for Budget-Midrange "gaming" segments. But worry not, there will be deals for others as well. Also don't forget to check out Flipkart's Big Billion Days As well. Best Laptop Deals Slim and Light Laptops for everyone Asus Vivobook 15 X512DA-BQ301WS  Ryzen 3 3200U, 8GB RAM 256GB SSD - Although schools are open again but the many kids are still attending online classes, then this could be the right laptop for them as well as anyone else who do online work. It has a 1080p display and a 2 core 4 thread processor powerful enough to handle video calls/conferences and office suite. In fact it can even handle more than that. Highly recommended if you are shopping in Rs 20-25,000 range.  HP 15s-Ryzen 3 5300U 8GB RAM  256GB SSD - If you have bud...

 Those who know me personally, they see me sharing a lot of SSD deals time to time on my social media. But recently encountered someone who was intent on getting a Gen 4 SSD for his budget gaming laptop. Now I get that it's his money, he can buy whatever he want as long as his PC supports it. But it was a clear example of overspending on something that you may not need.  I wrote an article last year explaining different types of SSDs. It can give you basic understanding of various types of SSDs and their best use case, but it still doesn't clarify which SSD should you be getting and when you're overspending. So I'll try to do that in this article. Can you see the difference between SSD types? While it is clear that Gen 4 PCIe SSDs are faster than Gen 3 and Gen 3 is faster than SATA SSDs, also Gen 5 SSDs are nearing launch which will fastest of all. But choosing the fastest isn't always the best choice. Specially when you're o...

  Disclaimer: This is neither a guaranteed fix nor a reliable one, just my findings as a Minecraft content creator. Issue symptoms: When running Minecraft Java Edition and OBS together, Minecraft often crashes, specially when you minimize Minecraft for a moment. If your symptoms aren't like that, feel free to stop and look for solution elsewhere. Also I'm on a laptop with Nvidia GPU, if you don't have Nvidia GPU, then this article is useless for you.  How did I fix my Minecraft crashing with OBS? Like I mentioned, I use a laptop with Nvidia GPU. All I had to do was to open GeForce Experience app, click settings(gear icon pointed by the hand on top right) and enable In-game overlay(enclosed in white rectangle).  Once again, as I mentioned in the beginning, this isn't a guaranteed fix. But it stopped crashing my Minecraft for my case. If this works for you then do let me know in comments. If it doesn't work then I am truly sorry but I don't know any other solutio...

I have been on Linux for a while and haven't used Windows for almost a year. Just a couple of days ago I installed Windows 11 on my Laptop. So I faced the issue that I almost forgotten about, Minecraft Java was running on iGPU(RX Vega 6 in my case) instead of GTX 1650 Max Q. While my iGPU is more than enough to play Minecraft with smooth FPS, running shaders will require the dedicated GPU.  Now that issue is also present on Linux as well, because graphical requirements of Minecraft is so low that it will run just fine on any recent processor with iGPU. But the solution to this issue in Linux was very simple, all I had to do was right click and select "Launch using Dedicated Graphics Card".  Unfortunately windows doesn't work that way. It has been so long that I forgotten the path to Minecraft Java executable in Windows system, so like any other user I turned to Google. Then I realized that top results on Google are outdated.  Example Article 1 Example Article 2 Update...

 Just a couple of days ago, MaskGun crossed 60 million downloads. Although I started testing it last month, my review got delayed due to some personal reasons. But, I'm glad it delayed, because I got to test my theory using anniversary sale. MaskGun : About the game MaskGun is a Multiplayer FPS game published by SuperGaming and is available for free on Android & iOS. It has mostly positive reviews on both platforms.  Game Modes : It currently has very few game modes and no Battle Royale mode. On public servers, you can earn Rewards like Gold, Exp and Loot Boxes. At the time of writing the review, only Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch are playable but there are clear indications of an upcoming Rumble(1v1) mode. I've also seen seen some other modes mentioned here and there like Control Point and Bomb Defusal, but I guess they keep cycling those "extra" modes as they're nowhere to be found in the game. I don't blame them as they claim "small game size...

 A trading hall in Minecraft usually consists of 10 or more villagers. Although some people just use a naturally spawned village for their needs, many(myself included) will promote a proper trading hall with most(if not all) villager profession types.  So here are the benefits of having all villager types in your trading hall. List of villager professions There are a total of 13 villager professions. Each of them have some unique trades that come handy to all sorts of player. Normally most people use Librarian, Farmer, Armorer, Toolsmith and Weaponsmith only, as they are the ones with best trades, but don't underestimate other professions. So first, list of all villager professions(in alphabetic order).  Best Trades of all the villagers professions Now that you know how to get all the villager professions, here are the key trades that I find most useful for each professions. Armorer : A master level Armorer trades you full diamond armor, with some nice enchantments if yo...