YouTuber and writer of words.
Joined February 2009
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If you’re looking to find me in the wilds of the internet, you can catch me soaring on BlueSky: bsky.app/profile/garysims.bs… or diving deep into the world of tech on YouTube: youtube.com/@garyexplains. Come say hi - I promise I don’t bite, just byte! 🤪🤣
😱 I have never had this before, a sealed pill pack with one missing. I checked the box and there should definitely be 10!
Relaxing summer morning. Breakfast at a mountain retreat - youtu.be/WrX9MUg8e5A
This is the first time I got a 5G signal in the large city close to me (25km from my house). Download looks good, upload not so much.
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Here is my look at the new Apple M4 processor. Apple's next-gen chip has been redesigned to utilize Armv9 and extensions like Scalable Matrix Extension 2 (SME2). This will be the foundation for the next several years of processors from Cupertino: youtu.be/x3V54jKooyQ
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In this video, I look at Le Chat, the new conversational chatbot from Mistral AI. I test Le Chat by asking it a series of complex questions covering logic, sports, English grammar, debugging, and programming: youtu.be/XNfWdvq0lOU
I think LLMs are great, but they still have a long way to go. I asked a quite good one, "how many planets are spelled with the letter "a" in their name?" My favorite part of the reply was "If we consider dwarf planets, Pluto and Eris also have the letter "a" in their names." 😂
So you thought that sudo was only for Linux, huh!
Microsoft has launched 'sudo' for Windows. It allows you to to execute a command as the administrator, with elevated privileges. It is akin to the 'sudo' command on Linux. In this video, I show you how to enable it, and how to use it: youtu.be/qxlEkdNypek
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The internet strikes again... Comments from my "Silicon Wars 2024: Snapdragon vs Exynos vs Apple vs Google vs MediaTek" video.
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Which is the best SoC for 2024? Is it the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3? Or maybe the Samsung Exynos 2400? What about the Apple A17 Pro, or the MediaTek Dimensity 9300? Is the Google Tensor G3 a contender? youtu.be/KQNm86iNioc
Groundhog Day: Is spring on the way?
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Which 2024 flagship processor has the best sustained performance? Is it the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 or the Samsung Exynos 2400? What about the Dimensity 9300 or the Google Tensor G3? Are Apple's processors better? Let's find out! youtu.be/Qe_q2okRphY
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I recently needed to buy a new laptop. My criteria were simple: RTX graphics, a faster CPU than I have already, & 16GB RAM. In other words, the cheapest gaming laptop I could buy. I got the MSI Thin GF63 12UCX (i5-12450H/RTX 2050). Here is my full review. youtu.be/AgdaqLMhgQ0
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This is a great year to try Linux. Here are my suggestions for the best Linux distros of 2024. If you are a beginner I have some suggestions including Ubuntu and Manjaro. I also have suggestions for experts. Whatever your skill level, I got you covered - youtu.be/9xBK2KpYxyg