johnk
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History of the annoying PC “beep”. It’s called a “bell”.
At 1:10, you can hear the bell. That’s a Teletype, a remote controlled typewriter from the 1930s. It has an actual bell inside! Originally, teletypes were used like telephones. Two teletypes were connected together, either by wire, or by radio signals (using an interface that communicated using something like Baudot codes). Teletypes existed long before…
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Directory Structure Checking Script
This is a script to check if my photo archives conform to my naming rules. My archives look like this: Right now, it’s approximately 65,000 files totalling 96GB, so it scales up okay for me. It might not work for you. This script has a bunch of exceptions and slack coded in, because my archives…
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Programming Assistant LLMs
This is just a list of links I’m reading. I haven’t evaluated them for quality. It’s just my first whack at learning more tools, and looking to integrate LLMs into my coding. The first article gives a good overview. https://joenjenga.com/ai-coding-assistants/ https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/best-large-language-models-llms-for-coding https://eclipsesource.com/blogs/2024/10/08/introducting-ai-theia-ide https://api4.ai/blog/llms-in-automated-code-review-transforming-software-development https://www.thedroidsonroids.com/blog/best-ai-coding-assistant-tools https://www.digitalocean.com/resources/articles/best-ai-coding-assistant https://www.datacamp.com/blog/best-ai-coding-assistants https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/wordpress/best-ai-coding-assistant
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Machine Learning Notes 2
Unifying the Perspectives of NLP and Software Engineering: A Survey on Language Models for Code (Long meta study) Mapping Language to Code in Programmatic Context Attention Mechanism (Video) How did the Attention Mechanism start an AI frenzy? | LM3 (Video) Neural Networks | 3Blue1Brown (Video Playlist) Repo with a lot of PDFs of papers used…
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Computer Shopping
Need to upgrade. Want something with full HD display, 12GB RAM. No HD (will use existing). Current main computer, a laptop, which I want to replace. Dell Inspiron 3537, 12GB RAM, 1TB SSD, i3-4010U CPU 1.7GHz, 720p display lshw output, edited: /0 bus 0GN6RH/0/0 memory 128KiB BIOS/0/4 processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4010U CPU @ 1.70GHz/0/4/9 memory…
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WordPress error: Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser. You must enable cookies to use WordPress.
I got this error on a multisite install I was working on. It made no sense, and found some different solutions online, but eventually found a slightly different one related to my specific problem.
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Cascading Failures Due to Failing RAID1 on Linux
I recently had a partial server outage due to a failing RAID, but the problems were due to a cascade of software-based dependencies failing.
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Quick Installer for Woocommerce
I need to spin up installations for development, so I came up with this. It requires some other setup, like /etc/hosts, and /etc/nginx, and installing some certificates. All the relevant files, including this script are in wc/installer.
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WordPress and JSON Schemas Noob Notes
Learning the basics about validating inputs using JSON Schemas in WordPress REST API plugins.
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Websocket Chat Server Examples
Collecting links to example code implementing minimal chat servers on different libraries. Ratchet, PHP ws, nodejs, deadsimplechat ws, nodejs, tutorial by Sentre ws, nodejs, codeboxx fastAPI, python, FastAPI Websocket Chat Example fastAPI, python, tutorial by Benchoubani django channels, python, django private chat, old version flask-socketIO, python, tutorial asyncio, python, example gorilla, go, chat example gws,…
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Computer Shopping
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How to Use the New AI Chatbots, ChatGPT and Bing Chat AI
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Gin and Tonic, Imperialism, and COVID-19
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Debian and Ubuntu Networking Configuration /etc/network/interfaces with a Static IP Address
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WordPress error: Cookies are blocked or not supported by your browser. You must enable cookies to use WordPress.
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Async PHP Libraries and Frameworks
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Rosemead Police/HSI/or ICE Bust
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Responsive Design + Mobile First = Automated Layouts
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DIY Dustpan or Daspan
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My Top Favorite Conspiracy Theories
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Gemini-Assisted WordPress Plugin: Corrections 3
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The Purpose of Antisemitism in White Supremacy
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Henry George’s Racist Screed Against Chinese People in California, New York Tribune, May 1, 1869
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Some Yelp Reviews
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Dodging
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Political Nerdmaxing: Q: Why Are Asians so Right Wing?
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Selected Posts from Facebook from May 2020
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Protected: What a Year (Written August 27, 2019)
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DALL-E has Problems with “Race Mixing”
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May 1, 2025 March and Rally for Immigrant Rights
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Crossword Puzzle Tool
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SARS-CoV-2 in the Air
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Selected Facebook Posts from March 2020
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Libertarians on Immigration
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The Anti Nazi Parade – history of anti-fascism in Los Angeles (and some fascism)
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CalCare, AB1400, Single Payer Insurance Readings
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Should Prisoners Have the Vote?
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Tom Bradley Speech, Draft: The Citizen: Power and/or Powerlessness
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Gone Missing from the Keyboard
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The New Normal – Fresh Food Costs More
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How to take a “tour” of how much damage COVID-19 has done, using the LA County surveillance dashboard.
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Redlining was Part of the System of Segregated, Whites-Only Communities
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Birds Eye View of the Government Takeover and Repsonse to Trump
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The Book Trust – an attempt to monopolize cheap book production in the 1800s
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Beach Cities IMC
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Umeboshi and Maesil Rot
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Ethnic and Unhoused