Unreflected bleak dialogs [LLM versus]
Stage 1 When I prompted ChatGPT with the suggestion that the underlying process of stochastically finding the most probable fit… more
e-Ink tablet BOOX Tab Mini C [first impression]
After reading and seeing too many e-book reader devices I decided to go with a tip of a friend and… more
Hermeneutic Circles
Interpretation, central to the humanities, aims to uncover the meaning of human-produced objects, contrasting the natural sciences that study events… more
Android 12 does not download IMAP mail body
We recently encountered in our Android 12 mobile phone (Huawei P20) a lack of transmission of several mail clients’ IMAP… more
Connect lamp remote control to lamp /Deckenlampe mit Fernbedienung verbinden – NAVIER 6.123.437 Lumimart product, 2,4G RF remote – wrong instructions – falsche Anleitung
(Deutsch siehe unten!) Background After we had ceiling-mounted an el-cheapo ceiling LED lamp (Lumimart NAVIER 6.123.437), the product worked for… more
Subaru Outback 2018 – pulling up service menu
Press and hold down “HOME” (1) touchscreen button While pressing down, hit “AUDIO/TUNE” five times Then the service screen (see… more
Problem: iscan / Linux scanner generates start error
With the recent Ubuntu 21.10 upgrade, I experienced an error when starting iscan that I used to run my outdated… more
Giant ATX 870 bike – Shimano STX RC front derailleur stuck permanently [WD-40 success story]
My old Giant ATX 870 bike seems to run nicely, with some glitches here and there maybe but no larger… more
Problem: TexMaker fails to reliably open PDF files with Acrobat Reader under Windows 10
The problem seems to be that TexMaker fails to reliably open PDF files that it generated using Acrobat Reader as… more
Lampshade 3D-print (proof of concept)
We had an old lamp whose lampshade had become brittle, and that broke after a minor incident, which was a… more