I have a Thinkpad T490s and would like to use an external GPU so I can power multiple monitors in High Def.
Specifically, I'm looking at the TH3P4G3 with a 5070 Ti.
From the reading I've done it seems like getting these configured and working is non-trivial. For example there's some reports of people not being able to deliver power to the laptop while docked. Also some crashes on connect / disconnect.
I'm not necessarily looking for specific "how to" advice, just a general impression. Is this worth while or is it going to be a huge muck around that never really works reliably.
I can replace this rusted post but before I do I have questions!
This is the context:
This construction is about 30 years old. I live in a coastal city so there's plenty of salt in the rain. The ground level was level with the place it's rusted through completely. However, it was probably painted down to that level and no further. My assumption is that it's galvanised steel, but only because that's what's commonly used for this type of construction.
Firstly I just want to confirm that this is likely to be caused simply by being in the ground for 30 years. It's possible that in the past there was water ingress through the screw holes in the roof panels. I had someone replace those fixtures 4 years ago, so those seals are new.
My second question is, am I supposed to use some sort of footing to avoid the same thing happening again in another 20 years ? Should it be in some kind of stirrup like this or are these only for timber:
My third question is, the current top plate / bracket is custom made with welded parts. I don't have a welder nor any experience with that. Should I expect to find a purpose built standard top plate from wherever I buy the post? I could use 3x right angle brackets but that just doesn't feel like the right approach. Presently it looks like this:
I keep a lot of notes in markdown files, and I'd like an LLM to assist.
I regularly use Open WebUI with with inference routed through huggingface. Open WebUI kind of has this functionality like you can upload a markdown file and prompt it to improve it in whatever way, but of course that's a fairly clunky workflow.
I really want something built into the editor, that can use RAG to consider other files in context.
I also don't want to be locked in to a specific LLM or provider, I'd like to be able to link it to OpenRouter or similar.
