Upgrading to an HP DL380 G9 seemed like a dream until a GPU install triggered a cascade of issues with Proxmox and LVM. After wrestling with cryptic error messages and system failures, here’s how I got everything back on track—faster and smoother than before. If you’re troubleshooting similar problems, this journey might just save you …
I recently became acquainted with the Amazon Vine program after being invited to participate in it. After spending some time getting to know the ins and outs of the program, I wanted to share a few observations. First off, yes, people do receive free products and provide reviews on them. However, the nuance here is …
In today’s media landscape, discerning truth is a complex task. Between far-fetched conspiracy theories and unquestioning acceptance of mainstream narratives lies the truth. The rise of AI and deepfake technologies further blurs these lines. In this age of misinformation, it’s crucial to be proactive in our quest for knowledge. Whether uninformed, misinformed, or striving to …
I have been using Yunohost as a manager for much of my personal web for several years now, and within that I have my Nextcloud instance. I have really liked it, but there are a few caveats that one needs to take into account when going this route. First, updates are at the pace determined …
Around 1983, my dad brought home what was then a modern miracle. A “portable” computer that was IBM compatible. For years this was the machine that ran the family business. Well… at least ran a lot of the numbers. Jump forward to today, and I managed to end up with this leviathan of a luggable …
I have been looking for days trying to solve an issue with connecting my NextCloud instance with a SharePoint instance. The problem is, while there is a module, there is very little documentation, and it doesn’t even tell you how to format the information in the blocks. Right now I am focused on dealing with …
I have been looking for days trying to solve an issue with connecting my NextCloud instance with a SharePoint instance. The problem is, while there is a module, there is very little documentation, and it doesn’t even tell you how to format the information in the blocks. Right now I am focused on dealing with …
I found I need to upload text over multiple entries to get it all into ChatGPT. Guessing how many chunks to break it into based on the number of tokens is not an easy thing to do. I have created this to help simplify the process. Just drop in your text, select the chunk size …
Well, work grinds to a halt. ChatGPT is down. Downdetector.com is starting to glow with the number of reports, so it is starting to cascade. https://downdetector.com/status/openai/ So now what do we do? Work is hardly worth doing, as productivity will be so much lower. Does anyone remember how to write any more? Note that as …
Upgrading to an HP DL380 G9 seemed like a dream until a GPU install triggered a cascade of issues with Proxmox and LVM. After wrestling with cryptic error messages and system failures, here’s how I got everything back on track—faster and smoother than before. If you’re troubleshooting similar problems, this journey might just save you …