I finally upgraded my “daily driver” system, an HP ProDesk 600 G1 SFF, from Ubuntu 22.04 to Ubuntu 24.04. The process went well, but I did have to do some cleanup work afterwards and not everything is working as it should..
Genitives (such as I could identify — I am sure I missed some) in bold.
I Ráth Maonais a fuair mé an bus seo, bus a cúig déag A, agus mé ar mo bhealach go lár na cathrach — bhí sé sin tuairim is tri bliana ó shin. Ní cuimhin liom cad é mar a bhí ar dtús. Is dócha: go raibh leabhar liom, mar ba ghnách liom leabhar a léamh i gcónaí ar an bhus.
In Rathmines I found this bus, bus fifteen A, on my way to the city center – that was about three years ago. I don’t remember how it was at first. Likely I had a book with me, because I used to always read a book on the bus.
| tuairim | opinion; about | f |
I am continuing to work on my new (for me) Dell Inspiron 3670. I have now upgraded the RAM to 32 GB, replacing the 2 8 GB DIMMs with 2 new 16 GB DIMMs. I ordered the memory from Crucial, which has an “Upgrade my computer” button on its home page. With this you can look up exactly what DRAM and SSD upgrades are apppropriate for your particular system. Physically installing the new DIMMs was a little tricky simply because of where the memory slots are placed on the motherboard, but I managed. Since I am now at the maximum possible memory I will not have to do this again, unless one of DIMMs fails.
Last month I read Ukraine Update June 14, which begins:
Russia has de-dollarized, and the yuan will now be the main trading currency for Russian citizens. China’s takeover is nearing completion.
This remined me of Robert Heinlein’s novel Sixth Column (originally serialized in 1941, first published in book form in 1949). Continue reading
D’iompaigh sé thart, ionas go raibh a chúl iomlán leis an range. Chrágáil a bhealach i dtreo bhord na cistine. Chroch mias an bhainne lena dhá lámh gur dhoirt braon amach as síos sa jug nó go raibh ar tí cur thar maoil. Bhí a rostaí ar crith, ag an gcritheán a thagadh ina lámha nuair a bhíodh faoi straidhn ar chlaonadh áirithe. Bhí mé buioch nar shlabáil sé aon bhraon den bhainne ar an mbord: mé réidh le glantóir fliuch a fháil le glanadh suas ina dhiaidh dá mba ghá. Bhí sórt náire orm, i mo shuí síos ag breathnú air ag déanamh na hoibre seo—obair ba ghnách liom féin a dhéanamh… […]
He turned around, so that his back was completely to the range. He walked awkwardly in the direction of the kitchen table. He held the milk dish with both hands until a drop poured out of it down into the jug or was about to overflow. His wrists were trembling, with the trembling that came in his hands when he was under the strain of a certain inclination. I was thankful that he didn’t spill a drop of milk on the table: I was ready to get a wet cleaner to clean up afterwards if necessary. I was kind of ashamed, sitting down and watching him do this work—work that was customary for me to do myself…
| crágáil | Claw, paw; handle roughly or unskilfully; Walk awkwardly; toil along | |
| mias | Board, slab; table; dish; … | f |
| doirt | pour; spill; shed | v |
| maoil | rounded summit; hillock, knoll; Bare, bald, top; tip, crown | |
| cur thar maoil | brimming over, full to overflowing | |
| tí | Marked line, track | f |
| ar tí | on the track of, in pursuit of; on the point of, about to | |
| rosta | wrist | m pl rostaí |
| crith | Tremble, shiver; tremor, shudder; vibration, quiver | m, v |
| straidhn | strain | f |
| claonadh | Inclination; tendency, trend | m |
| slabáil | (Act of) puddling; sloppy work | f |
| gnach | Customary, usual; common, ordinary | |
I found a Dell Inspiron 3670 at Repowered. 16 GB DDR4 RAM, a 512 GB NVMe SSD, Windows 11 Pro for about $300. I need to get some experience with Windows 11, so I bought it. It is working out quite well for me.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 