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  1. Vimmer

    Are you using Private AI yet?

    Based on your description, private AI sounds intriguing...it's like you can customize it to a greater degree based on how you want to use it. Which service are you using in particular?
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    Are you using Private AI yet?

    To my understanding, GPT4 is the best currently available AI chat bot, but it still makes a lot of mistakes and misinterprets queries.
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    Today's article might seem a bit contrarian...

    I bought a VCR not too long ago and a bunch of tapes just cuz nostalgia, and had fun watching videos for a month. Then I was like "these take up so much more space than DVDs and blueray do...", so i gave away the tapes and sold the VCR on ebay. I will always appreciate the crappy VHS look to...
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    Today's article might seem a bit contrarian...

    Reason #12: you can't install it on your vcr.
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    Solved [Solved] PS5 controller not working

    I'm curious: does the PS5 controller connect via a loose USB cable, or is the end that connects to your controller attached to the controller itself? I prefer the Xbox USB cables for computer gaming, they seem to be more standard and work so much better.
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    root kits

    417 processes! That's more than "some" to me.
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    root kits

    Wow! Stuff? Like what?
  8. Vimmer

    Removing Pesky Desktop Icons.

    I like desktop items: last time i was using standard ubuntu, there was some issue putting things on the desktop. Does anyone know what im talking about?
  9. Vimmer

    Hello everyone

    You can't: hopefully, it changes every day
  10. Vimmer

    Why Your VPN May Not Be As Secure As It Claims

    No duh :) yeah, sure i can trust insider hero i can't see! They will take prison time for me, trust them!
  11. Vimmer

    Jobs #2

    Which kind of city center are you talking about? I tried busking in a high foot traffic area, i played for a few hours and made $10. Terrible.
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    Why so many Linux distributions support FireFox?

    I think that's worthwhile to bring up: even though chrome doesn't come pre-installed, i have never had an issue installing it. I think the main thing is that firefox is more "ideologically" consistent with the FOSS community. Google clearly isn't trustworthy in terms of how they manage the...
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    Need help maintaining security on firefox

    That's a great post and an unfortunate reminder of how insecure/vulnerable we all are when we use any browser. I already have 6 add-ons. It's probably fine to have this as a policy for those: -don't install add-ons that aren't open source. -don't install add-ons that haven't been commented on...
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    Need help maintaining security on firefox

    I don't really know much about how the internet works, but blocking ads and not trusting anyone until they give you a reason to helps.
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    vi(m): copy multiple lines without doing math

    Vim has 3 visual modes: V: visual line mode (always use this for cutting/copying/pasting lines) Ctrl+v: visual block mode, it's used to select blocks of text and make repeated edits to parts of several lines v: visual character mode, used to make edits to characters individually. Unlike...
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    Seeking to install Linux on my NUC PC.

    checksums only help in very specific scenarios. Like ML says, if it came from the official website, then it's probably OK. I'm too lazy to bother with the checksums, and am also too lazy to bother with so many different forms of software (IMO this is a good thing). More (possibly false) info if...
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    Use a Flash Drive or an SD card as Ram?

    @InvaderSumo: The articles here discuss using usb's for swap space. This is practical, but using un-used hard drive space is more practical. The reason being that SATA is designed to be faster and more efficient than USB data transfer. Also, I personally like having usb slots open and available...
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    Solved How Often Do You Trim Your SSD ?

    Laptop motherboards tend to have bad ventilation, and motherboard components bear the heat from a lot of the other components. With any setup, id guess chance of what goes bad first is equal, but according to my research, power supplies and motherboards tend to be the worst.
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    Solved How Often Do You Trim Your SSD ?

    All i was saying is that if trimming did work that way, then i guess you could save your SSD (SSDs serve the same purpose as hard drives, stop confusing things!). But since trimming doesn't reduce the amount of writing, it seems worthless in a non-server scenario. And yes, mobos tend be the...
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