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Carl Sagan talking about entropy in 1980.

February 27, 2017 by John Cartwright

This is Carl Sagan talking about entropy in 1980. This is from an old audio cassette.

How to install KDE 4 on Fedora 25 easily.

February 27, 2017 by John Cartwright

Installing the KDE 4 desktop on Fedora 25 is very easy. There are package groups that allow installation of desktop environments. This is how to install the KDE desktop environment group. [root@localhost jason]# dnf install @kde-desktop-environment[root@localhost jason]# dnf install @kde-desktop-environment This command will fetch and install KDE 4 on Fedora. Then install the KDM desktop … Read more

Encode a webm file with a simple script that will shrink over time.
by John Cartwright
April 20, 2024
How to encode a webm file that will shrink as it plays. This is a neat trick.
A very nice Wireless USB dongle to allow easy roaming when using Ubuntu or Mint on a laptop.
by John Cartwright
April 19, 2024
A very nice and useful USB wireless adapter to use with Kali Linux and Ubuntu.
The UNIX system program from Jurassic Park is very interesting.
by John Cartwright
April 18, 2024
Some information on the old File System Navigator program from 1992.
The source code for the Descent 3 PC game has been released on GitHub.
by John Cartwright
April 17, 2024
The source code for Descent 3 is now available. Get it now!
How to download a video from a website that is made of multiple blobs.
by John Cartwright
April 16, 2024
How to download a blob video from a news website using Linux and the terminal.

Random Guy on How to get a list of all YouTube videos on a channel with yt-dlp.January 13, 2024
Oh WordPress ruined the command formatting. I think you can figure this out.
Random Guy on How to get a list of all YouTube videos on a channel with yt-dlp.January 13, 2024
Both things can also be achieved with just yt-dlp. Print chapter titles: yt-dlp --print "%(chapters.:.title)#l" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1jv509M8Zg Print 15 latest videos:…
slermcat on Another look at the NeXTSTEP source code.January 4, 2024
I used to administer a nextstep machine (color pizza slab, 24MB ram). Wrote display postscript demos and screensavers for it.…
slermcat on Amazing new shooter game that runs in awk.January 4, 2024
yeah good example of how simple raycasting a-la wolfenstein is i write fun stuf in bash but i'm less cool…
slermcat on How to get a nice waveform display with the MPV media player on Linux.January 4, 2024
mpv --config=no --audio-device=pulse/alsa_output.usb-0c76_USB_PnP_Audio_Device-00.analog-stereo --quiet --vo=tct --lavfi-complex='[aid1]asplit[ao][a1];[a1]showcqt[vo]' /media/sdc2/Projects/Music/NSF/amazingmusic/NSF_Archive/Chiptune_Artists/Originals/* showcqt ftw! thanks!
Sherfvip on The Stalker 2 dev build has leaked on the Internet.December 7, 2023
Hi.. does the launcher comes in english..also in game options not working Thank you
Sherfvip on The Stalker 2 dev build has leaked on the Internet.December 5, 2023
I got to launch in english...but the launched in Russian...also option menu is not active in game...could you please help...thank…
Sherfvip on The Stalker 2 dev build has leaked on the Internet.December 5, 2023
Hi..I am installing it right now...thank you for replay One question...is it available with English language Thank you
John Cartwright on Some information I found about the Internet Explorer browser of old.December 4, 2023
Maybe, easier than Windows XP. IE is spread across the whole OS it seems with the Active Desktop crap. But…
Iván on Some information I found about the Internet Explorer browser of old.December 4, 2023
Do you think it's possible to build a standalone executable of IE5 from the win2k source code? I built calc.exe…
jim on Very useful penetration testing tools.December 2, 2023
LOL those are so goddamned antiquated it’s not even funny. Look up Project Discovery. Replace your old shit with new…