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I have an image which I want a number of identical tiles on top of, arranged such that the tiles start at an offset, then duplicate x number of times in the horizontal direction, and y number of ti...
If I have a layer or selection, how do I stack it horizontally and/or vertically such that it draws into the layer beneath (or current layer in the case of a selection)? I have a tile that I'd lik...
I use Brave and Chrome on Windows 11 24H2 Pro and they are running in efficient mode: Right-clicking on them in Task Manager shows efficient mode is greyed out: Why, and how can I turn off ef...
How can I block all network requests that look like telemetry at the network level? I realize that "looks like telemetry" is a nebulous definition - it would probably involve a lot of custom logic...
You're supposed to be able to "install" PWAs to your device directly from web browser. How is it done? It should result in a launchable icon that takes you to the web app without showing the brows...
For context, suppose I ask (on Linux) a process to report to me about the exact bytes I send it - say, with xxd -. I press the right arrow key on my keyboard, then Enter, then Ctrl-D (to signal the...
Finding and opening the last open tab in Safari, is usually straightforward; just look in the user interface. However, that's not an option, because every time the browser is started, it opens ever...
Due to unfortunate circumstances (my own shortcomings), I have managed to back up only ~/Library/Saved Application State/com.apple.Safari.savedState/windows.plist before making changes to that file...
I know one can finetune some of the base GPT models on Azure. But can one finetune a finetuned GPT model on Azure?
What's the maximum hit rate, if any, when using Claude, Gemini, Llama and Mistral via Google Cloud Compute? (Example of maximum hit rate: 1M input tokens/minutes) I don't use provisioned throughpu...
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/xais-grok-3-comes-to-microsoft-azure: The Grok 3 and Grok 3 mini models in Azure AI Foundry are decidedly more locked down than the Grok models on X. What re...
My new company has this IT policy for emailing attachments. Does it make sense? The Chief Technology Officer (CTO) claims that sending attachments in a follow-up email is safer than sending a sing...
I got invited to some Slack channel. Slack asks me to select an account to be able to accept the invitation and join the channel: However, when I select an account, it just tells me: Shared c...
I wonder if posting the same content on multiple sites hurt their rankings in search engines. I found 2 old related Q&A: The lone answer on https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/q/93286/1307...
Example: Consider that BibTeX entry: @inproceedings{li-etal-2025-instructany2pix, title = "{I}nstruct{A}ny2{P}ix: Image Editing with Multi-Modal Prompts", author = "Li, Shufan and ...
One common formatting issue in reference lists is that characters that should remain capitalized are often not. E.g., Chatgpt -> ChatGPT. Is there a tool that can fix this? I use LaTeX and BibTe...
I use Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to access the Vertex AI API. I run: gcloud auth application-default login --no-launch-browser to get an authorization code: However, it expires after 1 or 2...
I want to have a list of top consumption in a range of time, or at least when the total CPU consumption is over a threshold. On many task managers, sorting the processes by CPU only show which ones...
I use Orb for Internet speed test. What's the difference between "test content speed" and "test peak speed" in Orb? Crossposts: https://redd.it/1ke34rt https://www.quora.com/unanswered/Whats...
It keeps asking me that at random times. I disabled all help in the settings, but to no avail. Crossposts: https://redd.it/1kfko3u https://qr.ae/pAuPLc https://photo.stackexchange.com/...
I see on https://platform.openai.com/docs/pricing that o3 cheaper than o1, and on https://huggingface.co/spaces/lmarena-ai/chatbot-arena-leaderboard that o3 stronger than o1 (1418 vs. 1350 elo). I...
The OMEMO encryption ecosystem for XMPP (Jabber) is split into distinct, incompatible versions. Unfortunately there are different versions of OMEMO encryption existing, that are incompatible to ...
I'm using Genymotion to emulate an android device on macOS. Is there a way to start the virtual device from the command line instead of going through the gui?
I'm using Genymotion to emulate an android device on macOS. After the device has started, I can toggle the right hand sidebar with the shortcut cmd+T. However this only persists for the current se...
I see that has:attachment return some thread that don't have a paper clip icon on it in Gmail, e.g.: Why? Crossposts: https://webapps.stackexchange.com/q/181180/18147 https://redd.it/1k8r...
I interrupted a computer shutdown and as a result the mouse cursor is moving much more slowly and the cursor has become smaller. I assume some mouse-related programs got closed: how can I find them...
I can't run a Python file in PyCharm: why? The run icon is greyed out: I went to Run → Edit Configurations… to make sure the correct Python interpreter is selected. Debug, coverage, and profile...
I can see the number of elements a field contain in a JSON file opened with PyCharm 2024.2.3: How can I view the same within Notepad++? Crossposts: https://qr.ae/pAAs1z https://superuser....
I've logged into the Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI) via az login: how can I see when it'll sign me out? I.e., how can I see when when my authentication will expire? Crossposts: https://qr...
I use a token obtained with az account get-access-token to deploy finetuned GPTs on Azure, update them (e.g., changing their max hit rate) or remove them. I read on https://learn.microsoft.com/en...
I am deploying a GPT instance in Azure and see: When you create this deployment, the resource change you've made will persist throughout Azure AI Foundry. What does the warning "When you cr...
I use GPT o1 in Azure playground. Typically it works fine: But I got a the following error on a long prompt about code editing: unsupported_value: Unsupported value: 'stream' does not support...
I have an iPhone running iOS 15. When I upload a larger video on some website, iOS spends a while "preparing" the video. What does this step do, and why is it necessary?
I use the ChatGPT application on my Android phone. How can I copy the answer as Markdown? I have a Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra running Android 13. Crossposts: https://redd.it/1jyhw5m https://r...
When running a query with ChatGPT with search enabled, can I restrict the search to only certain domain(s)? For example, only search https://genai.stackexchange.com/ Crossposts: https://qr.a...
I saw on https://youtu.be/2OpHbyN4vEM?t=219: Gemini 2.0 Flash achieves 24x higher intelligence per dollar than anyone in the market How did Google get that x24 number? The given source is ...
Perplexity.AI used to be very useful as it was amongst the first solutions to combine search engines and LLMs. Now that GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek have search, what's the point of using Perplexi...
When I go to https://console.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/studio/multimodal?model=gemini-2.5-pro-preview-03-25&invt=[redacted]&project=[project-name], no regions are available for Gemini Pro...
I maintain a personal website, created through Google Sites, which is primarily used to host samples of my writing. The site has a custom domain. Aside from just having a writing archive, though, ...
I have a domain and now use it for my primary email address. In addition to depositing mail in that mailbox, this address also currently forwards to my Gmail account. (Yes I know, and I want to r...
Inspired by this comment thread, is there a way to automate git bisect with a new test (and a known good state)? The way things usually work for me is… Oh no! Reproducible bug is found. (Manual...
I'm far from an expert GIT user. I'm usually the only one working in a repository at a time, and know how to do the basics like committing snapshots. I still have to look up how to create and mer...
I have some text files which think they are encoded in UTF-8: file test.txt test.txt: Unicode text, UTF-8 text, with CRLF line terminators However if I look at their content, I think they migh...
What are the main differences, if any, between Gemini Gems compare against custom GPTs? Or are they basically the same feature? Crossposts: https://redd.it/1jrta7h https://redd.it/1jrtafv h...
My university, like many others, offers a connection to the eduroam infrastructure. I'm running Ubuntu 22.04 (LTS); unfortunately, the instructions provided by the institution for connecting to the...
How can I see the email of a participant in an MS Teams meeting on iPad during the meeting? I don't see where to find it: Crossposts: https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/479373/20338 https:...
Example Cross-posted: https://qr.ae/pAR6j7 https://superuser.com/q/1888670/116475
I'm using Borg to create backups of my home directory. I'm having trouble with excluding specific sub-directories when using a PATTERNSFILE with --patterns-from. I have the following (simplified) ...
When I copy an image in Chrome: and paste it into MS Paint, the quality is reduced: Why, and how can I prevent that? I use Windows 11 24H2 Pro, Paint 11.2412.311.0 and a MSI GS76 Stealth 11U...
Why does Windows Task manager shows 100% for the GPU utilization for one process but shows 1% for the overall GPU utilization? I use Windows 11 24H2 Pro, Python 3.12 and a MSI GS76 Stealth 11UH la...
