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Intel Arc GPU to add another competitor to the GPU market. This is badly needed.

November 16, 2021 by John Cartwright

Intel Arc GPU the future of gaming? The upcoming Intel Arc GPU will add another competitor to the GPU market, that is dominated by ATI and Nvidia GPU retailers. The problem is that Bitcoin miners are buying up all of the GPU cards that are for sale and the prices are kept very high, so … Read more

Install the arc Gnome shell GTK3 theme on Fedora 25.

July 22, 2017January 10, 2017 by John Cartwright

The arc Gnome Shell theme is a very nice theme for the Gnome Shell desktop. This is how to install this theme on Fedora 25. Firstly, download the theme this way. [jason@darkstar Desktop]$ git clone https://github.com/horst3180/arc-theme.git Cloning into ‘arc-theme’… remote: Counting objects: 10466, done. remote: Compressing objects: 100% (4/4), done. remote: Total 10466 (delta 1), … Read more

SciFi needs to revive the classic stories of the 70s.
by John Cartwright
April 24, 2024
Classic SciFi artwork from the 1970s is truly amazing and will not be bettered ever.
Some more useful Google Dorks for 2024. Find documents online.
by John Cartwright
April 22, 2024
Some Google Dorks to find confidential documents on the Internet. Plus login pages.
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.

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…