I recently had some issues with an old install, fc 25, and espeak. As a longer term solution, I'll upgrade the OS. But, I got some nice AI help in fixing my current install in the meantime. Although some sequences were out of order, and things like that, given the different functions involved, it saved me a lot of reading and research.
But, I'm digressing.
During the troubleshooting process, it occurred to me that it would be nice to know what my settings had been and how the espeak app was functioning before it just stopped, for no apparent reason.
I was wondering if "fingerprinting" an app on the system is a common thing, or just too much effort to get anything useful in the end, and what other people are doing.
I find that in the evening, sometimes, I enjoy exploring a topic with AI for an hour or two. If done right, it can be very informative, and well, relaxing.
I started to wonder, "Why didn't I do this with regular old Google?"
Then I remembered that I did. Maybe 10 to 15 years ago. Back before the search results go so bad. By bad I mean tilted a lot toward selling you stuff as opposed to providing you with information.
That took all the fun out of Googling for things. And, something else must have changed, because the results became much less diverse and it is harder to get around the just plain stupidity that occurs naturally :)
But, I can't help wondering if, or perhaps when, the public and free AI will become the same way. Perhaps you will be able to pay for "better" AI, just like ca
ble TV used to be. But, it will end up being the same, only different LOL. Jus
t like cable TV.
I guess there is no way to avoid it :(
But, in some ways, it is a trip down memory lane LOL.
Title: September General Meeting
Tags: general meeting
Event: 2025-09-16 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Speaker: Brian E. Lavender
Location: Bel Air #502 S.E.G.R.
Author: Brian E. Lavender
Slug: september-2025
We have a change of topic for the September meeting.
Have you ever used the Liferay *Digital Experience Platform*? The next meeting, we will do a little exploring in Liferay.
We will investigate [Liferay](https://liferay.dev/), [form](https://learn.liferay.com/w/dxp/low-code/forms/creating-and-managing-… creation, and [special field types](https://learn.liferay.com/w/dxp/low-code/forms/developer-guide/writi….
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Brian Lavender
https://www.brie.com/brian/
"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other
way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."
Professor C. A. R. Hoare
The 1980 Turing award lecture
I saw the following articles on Secure Boot.
Linux and Secure Boot certificate expiration
https://lwn.net/Articles/1029767/
Secure boot certificate rollover is real but probably won't hurt you
https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/72892.html
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Brian Lavender
https://www.brie.com/brian/
"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other
way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."
Professor C. A. R. Hoare
The 1980 Turing award lecture
