Tong Family

Rich Tong's Tips, Tricks and Traps

Mac Mail has stuck messages in Outbox

6 November 2008 by rich

Apple – Support – Discussions – Mail stuck in OUTBOX … The problem is a corrupt Outbox. I read about this onthe ATT trouble shooting site. Delete the Outbox andmail will create a new one. This solved my problem withemail sitting the Outbox forever and never being sent.To be safe, I dragged my Outbox to […]

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Reset iCal and Entourage

30 July 2008 by rich

I’ve had terrible problems with both iCal and Entourage. With iCal, I first tried to use Google Calendar and then started deleting excessive calendars. Then, when I rebooted, I discovered that I couldn’t see any calendars and also that when I tried to add another calendar with New calendar, iCal just hung. First thing to […]

GeekTagged Database Corruption, Database Utility, Databases, Delete, Exchange Solution, Geek, Google, Left Pane, Microsoft, Microsoft Database, Microsoft Entourage, Rf Library, Search Box Type, Support Discussions, Uncaught Exception1 Comment

Paul, Deon & Tong

Now with rotating cohosts Rich, Paul and Deon cover all the current news, all things Apple, Smart Home and Smart EDC with Paul. And all things Startups, Robotics, Smart Health and Artificial Intelligence with Deon. Or whatever they want to talk about.

Tips, tricks and traps on technology, mobile, software, machine learning and shopping since 1996

A conversation with Devindra on the possibilities of ChatGPT and other Large Language Models for education in India and other Middle and Low-Income Countries. While these large language models today mainly work in the cloud and require high-speed internet connectivity, the promise is that smaller models that are more specialized have already been ported to MacBook Pro M1 and other laptops. And with advances like 4-bit quantization, there is the possibility they can even run on modern smartphones.The experience in China and in India is that parents will save inordinately to give their children a better life than theirs. Both Devindra and I are the beneficiaries of that thinking and we are forever grateful to our parents for their sacrifice. So, this means that there is a possibility that there could be a commercial incentive which is much better than constantly asking for charitable dollars.The new LLMs promise interactivity and individualized instruction that was impossible before. Early demonstrations of learning a foreign language are promising as is the student being able to ask the ”why” of how Python is structured, not just the ”get it done” without understanding that online education often creates.Finally, having an eye toward inclusivity for everyone of any gender, race or social status is something that needs to be baked in. We look forward to helping!

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