Video acceleration in Firefox (all recent versions of the past year and more) has been a problem on my desktop computer with its radeon graphics card. See my setup. Various websites would have videos appear as glitches and even
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Limits of AI and LLM for attorneys
Note: Creepio, an AI, is a featured player among Auralnauts.
The current infatuation with Artificial Intelligence (AI), especially at the state bar which is pushing CLEs about how lawyers need to get on the AI bandwagon, is generally an
Explaining Mastodon for Wisconsin lawyers
With twitter deteriorating by the day, there is a need for social media options. And, one of those options is Mastodon and the Fediverse. Unlike other social media where a person signs up for an account at a central
Trying out whisper for transcribing audio
Artificial intelligence is all the rage nowadays, and Barton Gellman indicated how whisper.cpp presented fantastic accuracy.
So, I gave the app a run, and it is impressive. Unfortunately, directions for usage could be a bit better. Here are some helpful
Menu on wrong side of the screen in Vivaldi
In recent versions of Vivaldi, the menu has started appearing on the right side of the window.
I am a stickler for usability, and so I want a menu showing. I also follow the original human interface design guidelines
Adapting FireFox
With the ongoing unemployment crisis, I have not had much time at all to do anything computer-related in a while.
But, Dedoimedo has a fabulous post about how to make FireFox more user-friendly in the current v91 user-interface. Here
Not all is hunky dory with Linux, but it is doing as well as others
Dedoimedo has an excellent commentary of the state of the Linux desktop.
He notes that usability has plateaued in many ways. I agree. The basic functionality and speed I had with Xubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) was stellar. Now running Xubuntu
Issues with the new Insync3
Insync has undergone a major re-write of the underlying sync frameworks from version 1.5.x to 3.0.x.
Integration with file managers like thunar is a work-in-progress with this new version. More troubling is a major change in sync behavior with the
Geekbench scores
Here are some comparative geekbench scores between a 2011 MacBook Pro, a thinkcentre desktop, and a 2018 Galago Pro from System76:
Single-Core scores
MacBook Pro desktop Galago Pro
2935 2186 4209
Multiple-Core scores
MacBook Pro desktop Galago
shrinkpdf: making PDF files smaller
Ghostscript is the open source command-line access to everything postscript and PDF. Because ghostscript can do nearly everything with these files, however, it is not the easiest to use. The options can and are overwhelming to casual users who may