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Don’t tell me RAG is easy

18 April 2025Major Hayden
#4runner  #repair  #toyota 
Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) is helpful for AI workflows, but it certainly is not easy.
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Viewing Xorg logs with journalctl in Fedora

16 February 2025Major Hayden
#i3  #fedora  #linux 
A recent switch back to i3 (from sway) left me wondering how to examine just the Xorg logs sent to journald.
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Repairing 4Runner skid plate bolts

8 October 2024Major Hayden
#4runner  #repair  #toyota 
I ran into a problem with stripped bolts on a new 4Runner with the TRD skid plate. A little bit of car repair can be nerdy, too. 🔧
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Spell check in multiple languages with Firefox

25 August 2024Major Hayden
#fedora  #firefox  #languages 
Get spell checking in multiple languages automatically within input fields in Firefox. 🗣️
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My meeting hacks

22 August 2024Major Hayden
#advice  #meetings  #work 
Instead of dreading a long stretch of meetings, find some ways to make them less painful.
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Rub some AI on it

21 August 2024Major Hayden
#advice  #ai 
If you have a problem, be sure to add artificial intelligence (AI) to it. Then you have two problems.
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AMD GPU missing from btop

20 August 2024Major Hayden
#amd  #fedora  #linux 
My new PC has an AMD GPU, but it didn’t appear inside btop.
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Running ollama with an AMD Radeon 6600 XT

8 August 2024Major Hayden
#amd  #ollama  #fedora  #linux 
The local LLM easy button, ollama, won’t work with the AMD Radeon 6600 XT out of the box. The fix is a quick one!
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Jellyfin fatal player error

2 July 2024Major Hayden
#container  #docker  #docker-compose  #jellyfin  #synology 
Jellyfin is a great replacement for Plex, but I ran into non-stop problems with the Android app with a fatal player error. 🍿
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Redirect local ports with firewalld

28 June 2024Major Hayden
#fedora  #firewalld  #linux  #networking  #security 
Redirecting local ports with iptables directly isn’t too difficult, but can we use firewalld to get the same result? 🧱
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