http://til.jiaqicai.com/tils/feed.atom 2026-08-14T13:00:31+00:00 Datasette tag:til.jiaqicai.com,2020-04-30:llm_which-ai-made-this.md 2026-08-14T13:00:31+00:00 Jack https://til.jiaqicai.com/ <p><a href="https://www.whichai.dev/" rel="nofollow">Which AI Made This?</a> is a really handy site that compares how different AI models approach UI design, one can directly see the difference between models with or without design skills.</p> tag:til.jiaqicai.com,2020-04-30:bash_error-when-running-clear-in-bash.md 2026-08-14T13:00:31+00:00 Jack https://til.jiaqicai.com/ <p>I encoutered the following error when I ssh into a really dated ubuntu server(1804 for crying out loud) and run the <code class="notranslate">clear</code> command:</p> <div class="highlight highlight-source-shell"><pre class="notranslate"><span class="pl-k">~</span>$ clear terminals database is inaccessible</pre></div> <p><code class="notranslate">clear</code> relies on the ncurses "terminfo" database. This error means Ubuntu can't locate or read that database—often because TERMINFO is misconfigured or ncurses-term is missing.</p> <p>The following commands works so I put them at the end of <code class="notranslate">~/.bashrc</code>.</p> <div class="highlight highlight-source-shell"><pre class="notranslate"><span class="pl-c1">unset</span> TERMINFO TERMINFO_DIRS <span class="pl-k">export</span> TERM=xterm-256color clear</pre></div> <div class="markdown-alert markdown-alert-note"><p class="markdown-alert-title"><svg data-component="Octicon" class="octicon octicon-info mr-2" viewBox="0 0 16 16" version="1.1" width="16" height="16" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M0 8a8 8 0 1 1 16 0A8 8 0 0 1 0 8Zm8-6.5a6.5 6.5 0 1 0 0 13 6.5 6.5 0 0 0 0-13ZM6.5 7.75A.75.75 0 0 1 7.25 7h1a.75.75 0 0 1 .75.75v2.75h.25a.75.75 0 0 1 0 1.5h-2a.75.75 0 0 1 0-1.5h.25v-2h-.25a.75.75 0 0 1-.75-.75ZM8 6a1 1 0 1 1 0-2 1 1 0 0 1 0 2Z"></path></svg>Note</p><p>If the above works, remove any TERMINFO or TERMINFO_DIRS assignments from ~/.bashrc, ~/.profile, or ~/.zshrc.</p> </div>