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AI Gaps

If AI is so good, then:

• Why does code generation continue to hallucinate nonexistent API members?
• Why does tech advice hallucinate nonexistent UI controls?
• Where are the AI based apps to automatically skip and hide all ads across all platforms, devices, and apps?
• Why are software services riddled with decades old bugs and UX quirks?
• Why do calendar and mailing address UI elements still suck?
• Why is dark mode so incomplete across platforms?

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ffmpeg reencode video

Many video playback systems struggle to process legacy formats (AVI, MPEG, MPG, WMV, etc.)

Recommend reencoding these into MP4 format.

ffmpeg -i <input-file> -c:v libx264 -c:a aac <output-basename>.mp4

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Ubuntu Ad Block

Out of the box, Canonical Ubuntu spams users with intrusive advertisesments for Pro services, such as when running sudo apt upgrade.

Fix

sudo dpkg-divert --divert /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20apt-esm-hook.conf.bak --rename --local /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20apt-esm-hook.conf

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#!/bin/bash
unset IFS
set -eu

if [ -z "${DEST:-}" ]; then
    exit
fi

mkdir -p "$DEST"

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Mazda Favorites Fix

1. Start the car.
2. Activate the entertainment system. If mecessary, press and hold the volume knob down into the console.
3. Press the Favorites console button.
4. Wiggle the big button right to navigate to the Options pane.
5. Rotate the big button clockwise to Edit.
6. Press the big button down to navigate to the Edit view.
7. Rotate the big button right to navigate to Delete Favorite(s).
8. Use the big button to manually select all favorites.

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GitHub: Fix Local Missing Contributor GPG Keys

APPLICATION

curl https://github.com/web-flow.gpg | gpg --import
git config --global log.showSignature true

VERIFICATION

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VSCode: Prettify Code

1. Install an appropriate syntax plugin with prettifying capability (category:formatters <language>).
2. Select the desired editor tab.
3. Press Alt + Shift + F.

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Docker Fix Missing Local Images

buildx

Docker's buildx subsystem may not automatically load built images into the normal Docker cache, depending on the Docker configuration.

1. Select a supported Docker platform for your host environment (e.g. linux/arm64, linux/amd64, etc).
2. Run docker buildx build [--builder <builder>] --platform <platform>.

Plain Vanilla Docker

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Accelerate zsh

1. Temporarily enclose your ~/.zshrc file with benchmark instructions:

zmodload zsh/zprof
...
zprof

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# asdf
# https://asdf-vm.com/
#
# ~/nfsshare/.tool-versions
python 3.14.2