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An RC radio (the transmitter used for model airplanes) is, without exaggeration, one of the best home-made flight controllers there is: the throttle has no spring and stays wherever you leave it, while the sticks self-center. It is the ergonomics of a real cockpit. The challenge is getting it to work in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 running through GeForce NOW, and that is where most people get stuck. Tested with: a Flysky ProArt PA-01 (running EdgeTX) on a Mac with an M4 chip (Apple Silicon), MSFS 2024 via GeForce NOW. But the method works with any EdgeTX or OpenTX radio, and on native Windows too. ...

macOS ships with Python, but using the system Python for your projects is asking for trouble. pyenv solves this elegantly: install as many versions as you want and choose which one to use per project, without conflicts. Installation brew install pyenv Then add the following to your shell config (~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc): export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv" export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH" eval "$(pyenv init -)" Reload your shell: source ~/.zshrc Installing Python versions List available versions: ...

The Metal HUD is a macOS overlay that displays real-time GPU metrics: FPS, video memory usage, frame time. It appears directly on top of any Metal app. Useful for monitoring performance in games and graphics applications. Enable /bin/launchctl setenv MTL_HUD_ENABLED 1 Open (or reopen) the app after running the command. The HUD appears in the corner of the screen. Disable /bin/launchctl unsetenv MTL_HUD_ENABLED Close and reopen the app for the HUD to disappear. ...