Adventures In Computing: Mystery of the Rapidly Draining Phone
For a while now, I’ve wondered why my phone charge was losing ~2.5%/hour. Even when not really doing anything. Not that it was a problem. When the battery got low, I just turned on the power strip it sat plugged in to. Spoiler, I just gave away the cause. Continue reading AIC: Mystery of the Rapidly Draining Phone
Large Language Models: On This Site
Because, with the way the world is, someone will eventually ask the question of ‘Do you use AI to write your posts?’ Continue reading LLM: On This Site
Commentary From Elsewhere: Smart TVs
The Television can be a useful tool. The ‘smart’ television, not so much. Continue reading CFE: Smart TVs
Not a Review: Shrinking Movies
I noticed this first in the movie “Up“. Continue reading NAR: Shrinking Movies
Support As A Business: How to pay me
As there have been times where people have wanted to pay me for services rendered Continue reading SAAB: How to pay me
Large Language Models: Only Hallucinations
LLM hallucinations are mentioned from time to time. And I run into this in my own usage of LLM’s. But in a sense, all LLM’s do is hallucinate. Continue reading LLM: Only Hallucinations
Public Service Announcement: PDF reader not needed
Your phone doesn’t need a PDF reader. It has a web browser, which can also read PDF files. Continue reading PSA: PDF reader not needed
Large Language Models: AI ≠ LLM
Bottom line: So called ‘artificial intelligence’ isn’t intelligent. Don’t call it that. Continue reading LLM: AI ≠ LLM
Windows 10 is fine too
About six years ago Windows 7 reached End of Support, and I said it was fine to continue using it. Now the time has arrived for Windows 10 to reach it’s End of Support as well. And I think it’s fine to keep using Windows 10 too. Continue reading Windows 10 is fine too
Adventures In Computing: Moving to Mint
Take away: If you are moving cell phone carriers, double check your phone is actually ‘unlocked‘. Continue reading AIC: Moving to Mint