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Comment Post #293843 I see that question was closed, too, albeit not for being off-topic, so at least the Codidact community was correct in terms of topicality.
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13 days ago
Comment Post #293843 No, not at the moment.
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17 days ago
Edit Post #293843 Post edited:
17 days ago
Edit Post #293843 Initial revision 17 days ago
Answer A: Why was this question PyCharm closed?
Because the concept in the question is out of the scope for Power Users. Python is a programming language; Pycharm is an integrated development environment. Thus the topic of the question, is the topic that concerns Software Development Codidact, not Power Users. From the FAQ in the help center: ...
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17 days ago
Edit Post #290276 Post edited:
Remove unneeded links, streamline, add alt text
25 days ago
Edit Post #293781 Post edited:
Typo
25 days ago
Edit Post #293781 Initial revision 25 days ago
Answer A: What does the "preparing" step do when I upload a video on some website with my iPhone?
The simple explanation is that the file stored on your phone isn't the file the website wants, nor the one your phone wants to share. What needs exchanging are the contents of the file; the picture or video, but not the file as it resides on the phone. Thus, you'll have format conversion, resizing, p...
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25 days ago
Suggested Edit Post #290276 Suggested edit:
Remove unneeded links, streamline, add alt text
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helpful 25 days ago
Comment Post #293675 It couldn't have influenced the training material.
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26 days ago
Comment Post #293675 That isn't as much of a concern. What I refer to, are the fundamentals of this form of generative AI. Addons and extensions don't change those bits; the design that incorporates certain attributes deep in the system. For example the hallucinations, or the inability to really reason. I'm unaware of an...
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26 days ago
Comment Post #293675 Thanks. I decided to post an answer about that after receiving your confirmation and after reasoning a bit further about it. I'm not updated on the latest developments in LLMs, but I still haven't seen anything that's given me reason to reconsider my reservations against them. What that means, is t...
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26 days ago
Edit Post #293766 Initial revision 26 days ago
Answer A: When running a query with ChatGPT with search enabled, can I restrict the search to only certain domain(s)?
The answer appears to be no, because in order to do so, there would have to be a system in place to filter both the training material and the set of web pages that an auxiliary search is limited to, and this system would have to be available for configuration to the end user. This isn't the case. How...
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26 days ago
Comment Post #293592 Any alternative application could suffice; it doesn't have to be MS Paint. Thus, it suffices to mention you attempted pasting it into other applications, without specifying which. Though, that should naturally lead to the conclusion that the problem most definitely lies with Google Chrome feeding the...
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26 days ago
Comment Post #293592 @#53401 I downvoted it because I initially considered it more a comment than an answer. It doesn't say how to overcome the issue. As it says, it's a wild guess. It still has merits as an answer, just a very partial one, so reason to downvote instead of flag for NAA. That said, seeing as it's been ...
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26 days ago
Comment Post #293675 I don't think the answer to your cross-post on GenAI SE is correct. If the whole prompt is parsed by an LLM normally, then the following text that is generated is merely an approximation, a statistical likelihood, and not a guaranteed outcome. In other words, it's up to the LLM itself if it wants to ...
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26 days ago
Edit Post #289529 Post edited:
Dead link; not really valuable addition to the question anyway.
about 1 month ago
Suggested Edit Post #289529 Suggested edit:
Dead link; not really valuable addition to the question anyway.
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helpful about 1 month ago
Comment Post #293590 Well, it could be a bug, as mentioned in a comment to your original post, but I do think it could be worthwhile to look into the specifics of CUDA on this. If your process is "stalling" because it's exhausting a specific, limited hardware resource, it does seem sensible to call that a 100% usage, whi...
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about 2 months ago
Comment Post #293591 Is it pasted into an MS Paint file preset to a specific resolution, as an object? Possibly it automatically downsizes the picture to fit into that object/file? I haven't used Windows in almost a year, so I can't test or verify it, thus I comment instead of writing an answer, at least for now.
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about 2 months ago
Comment Post #293590 Possibly that process completely exhausts the driver's limits for a single process, in the given API? For example an OpenGL task the process is exhausting the required hardware resource (bus, memory/texture type, descriptors, cores) for? Though I have not much idea beyond that. And I honestly que...
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about 2 months ago
Comment Post #292751 A historical mistake needed to comply with, or a benefit in certain situations?
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7 months ago
Comment Post #292751 Well, that's unfortunate.
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7 months ago
Comment Post #292445 @#36377 You're talking to the undisputed NLN comment deleter champion on SO! :P Correction: Undisputed _2nd_ champion, apparently. Here I am, spreading misinformation...
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8 months ago
Comment Post #292284 > obtrusive malware It's not correct to label it malware; that's a misuse of the term. Many monitors, even dumb ones, have come with an OS, or firmware on the motherboard, for colour calibration, etc. This one just takes it to an extreme, and is more or less designed around "your monitor is yo...
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9 months ago
Comment Post #292284 @#36377 It's not about downgrading, merely getting rid of annoying features. Getting rid of the entire OS may do that, but it would be sufficient if there are controls in the OS that let you remove the noisy parts. Quite honestly, this hasn't been on top of my list of things to get done, so I haven't...
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9 months ago
Comment Post #292329 Two drawbacks with this approach: 1. It will instantly rescale every webpage, making you lose existing settings, which is unfortunate. I don't want every webpage at 80%, just most of them. Some I keep at 100%, while others at 90%. 2. It provides far less options than when scrolling with the mouse...
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9 months ago
Comment Post #292328 Aha! It's that simple! Thanks. You should post that as an answer. "Default zoom" is just "Skalering" in my language, though, but I guess covering translations in user interfaces is outside the scope here. That said, we do need a discussion about it elsewhere (not this comment section), because I freq...
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9 months ago
Edit Post #292328 Initial revision 9 months ago
Question Set a default zoom level for all websites
How do I tell Firefox to default to 80% for every new web page it opens? 100% is too big, and the system doesn't support fractional scaling well, so every time I land on a new domain name, I have to hold down `Ctrl` and scroll the mouse wheel to see web pages comfortably.
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9 months ago
Comment Post #292288 It's a home desktop computer for game playing, and the motherboard supports it. I'm quite certain I was able to configure it in the UEFI before I installed the OS. I did not, but I could have. Anyway, RAID has use cases for home users as well, so I think it's a fair question to ask if you have enable...
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9 months ago
Comment Post #292284 It was on sale, and effectively the cheapest 4K monitor I was able to get. I had a budget, and this was the only viable monitor within that budget. Replacing it with another monitor would therefore not be an option. My eyes were getting seriously worn out due to a 17" 1920x1080 screen. Even with 2K, ...
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9 months ago
Edit Post #292288 Post edited:
The OS should not be a necessary component of the question.
9 months ago
Edit Post #292288 Initial revision 9 months ago
Question Is it safe to simply insert more disks into my motherboard?
I currently have a single disk in my computer, containing the boot partition, as well as all my data. I also have one or more secondary disks that I'd like to insert into the motherboard (either NVMe M.2 or SATA). These already contain data that I'd like to keep and have accessible from my user accou...
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9 months ago
Edit Post #292284 Post edited:
Sorry, had to. Roll back if the humour was misplaced. :P
9 months ago
Edit Post #292284 Initial revision 9 months ago
Question Turning a Samsung smart screen into a dumb computer monitor
I recently acquired a Samsung "gaming" screen (Samsung 28" Odyssey G7 4K 28BG700) to be the monitor for my desktop. Unfortunately, it seems to want to be everything but a simple monitor for my computer. It really wants to be a computer and multimedia hub of its own, resulting in quite a bit of noise ...
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9 months ago
Comment Post #290081 Doesn't this belong on the Software Development site? It's strongly programming related, to the best of my knowledge.
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over 1 year ago