Dont go period. Even before this situation I was actively opposed to it. What people seem to conveniently forget is that the US didn't suddenly become a fascistic empire overnight because of the election of one man. Its been like this, just less "in your face" about it. Most people only seem to care now because now there is a big negative effect on the USA itself as well as other western countries, but previously while it was some south-east asian, or middle-eastern, or south-american (you get the point) country most people conveniently turned a blind eye and just consumerismed.
Thanks, and yea that was my bad, shouldnt have phrased it like that in the context of this thread. I only just noticed after reading your comment. Hopefully its good for me, im excited for it :))
As far as im aware (and please correct me if im wrong) that is true but the company is European based in the Netherlands, and given their dedication to paying and treating workers fairly I still think its a viable option for a non-US brand phone that is still competitive.
I dont. Theyve been fascists in disguise whether intentionally or by their own stupidity for decades, causing so much pain across the world. Its high time they felt that pain themselves, and ill be relishing every bit of suffering they have to endure. I just hope im alive long enough to see the empires fall
I ended up ordering straight from murena. Turns out they have the fairbuds promotion too, you just need to add it in the order notes that you want them.
The other comments do a good job explaining why you would go with X or Y distro based on your requirements. What I want to do is give you a general recommendation/piece of advice based on a feeling I get from reading your post that, that you are not excluding the possibility of tinkering with your system at some point in the future to get it less bloated and more streamlined to your use case (please absolutely correct me if I'm wrong about my interpretation).
As such, I think if your current computer has the ability to reasonably run Mint you should go with that. The reason is that it simply works most of the time without much hassle. As someone new to Linux, that's a big part of the transition. A lot of stuff is new, so there's no need to force extra complexity on top. You have the ability to dabble in said complexity even with Mint, but its not required, and while I am dying to recommend Arch to you having read that your PC is a bit on the less powerful side (the meme is real guys), I don't think its a productive use of your time nor a healthy level of stress to deal with at this point of your "Linux progression". That's why I recommend Mint; make the transition, have the ability to slowly and eventually play with your system to an increasing degree as you get more comfortable with everything, but don't handicap yourself from the get-go. Eventually, if you do decide to go with a distro which gives you more control in exchange for higher experience/knowledge/tinkering then you should have a solid foundation of skills to build on.
tl;dr: I recommend Mint so you get used to Linux, looking up solutions online, using the tools (commands) available to you to diagnose problems you may encounter, and if you decide its good enough for your use case - stick with it. If you want more control, think of it as a learning experience which will allow you to at some point delve into the more hands-on, complex distributions.
As a technology, crypto does (on paper) solve most problems with FIAT currencies. The problem is as always the people using it. Just like the article linked above, when you have mono/duopolies it can become a problem. In terms of crypto, when people treat(ed) it as regular currency and kept it stored in centralised locations, it makes it easy to take advantage of them.
Likewise, literacy about a technology starts off low. Just how in the early days of eshopping using a visa/mastercard there were probably many people getting scammed to input their card details in sites they shouldn't have, there are many people who dont know how to be safe while using crypto today.
Instead of being bitter to the tech because you or people you know got scammed by being careless with their money, see the positives of the tech and make steps to educate them so it doesnt happen again.
Usb in something like my finger so i can connect to any pc and use it with my brain
Robotic limbs, mainly because its kind of a dream of mine to create affordable, diy-capable working prosthetics for people who cant afford them, especially if theyre for children/teens who seemingly double in size every half year.
What worries me is in the last sentence. If they use GitHub which is owned by microsoft itself being a US company, couldn't the government of the US order microsoft to take down the repositories? Wouldn't an alternative git platform be better for this?
This would make the most sense to me. Or create a separate interface for mods of communities, where they can know if someone on their block list has posted and can choose to view it.
When did you get it? Ive had the page open and refresh it quite often, but it shows it as out of stock for me. I also put my email to get a notification when its back in stock. Im looking for the 256GB storage one btw
Oh, Im sorry. If I'm honest I completely forgot. Here it is:
You will need ffmpeg installed, and I did write it for Linux, so I'm not sure if there are differences for windows. Worst case you need to slightly modify it to work on windows.
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import requests
import os
import subprocess
from urllib.parse import urljoin
import sys
def download_video_chunks(base_url, output_file):
"""
Downloads video chunks from the given base URL and merges them into a single file.
:param base_url: The URL to the playlist or base directory containing the video chunks.
:param output_file: The name of the output video file (e.g., "output.mp4").
"""
try:
# Get the playlist file (e.g., .m3u8 or .ts index file)
print(f"Fetching playlist or video chunk URLs from: {base_url}", flush=True)
response = requests.get(base_url, timeout=10)
response.raise_for_status()
# Parse the playlist to get the chunk URLs
lines = response.text.splitlines()
chunk_urls = [urljoin(base_url, line) for line in lines if line and not line.startswith("#")]
if not chunk_urls:
print("No video chunks found in the provided URL.", flush=True)
return
# Create a directory for storing chunks
os.makedirs("video_chunks", exist_ok=True)
# Download each chunk
chunk_files = []
for idx, chunk_url in enumerate(chunk_urls):
chunk_file = os.path.join("video_chunks", f"chunk_{idx:04d}.ts")
print(f"Downloading {chunk_url}...", flush=True)
with requests.get(chunk_url, stream=True) as chunk_response:
chunk_response.raise_for_status()
with open(chunk_file, "wb") as f:
for chunk in chunk_response.iter_content(chunk_size=1024):
f.write(chunk)
chunk_files.append(chunk_file)
# Merge the chunks into a single file using ffmpeg
print("Merging chunks...", flush=True)
with open("file_list.txt", "w") as f:
for chunk_file in chunk_files:
f.write(f"file '{chunk_file}'\n")
subprocess.run(["ffmpeg", "-f", "concat", "-safe", "0", "-i", "file_list.txt", "-c", "copy", output_file], check=True)
print(f"Video saved as {output_file}", flush=True)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
print(f"An error occurred while downloading: {e}", flush=True)
except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
print(f"An error occurred while merging: {e}", flush=True)
finally:
# Clean up temporary files
if os.path.exists("file_list.txt"):
os.remove("file_list.txt")
for chunk_file in chunk_files:
os.remove(chunk_file)
# if os.path.exists("video_chunks"):
# os.rmdir("video_chunks")
if __name__ == "__main__":
base_url = input("Enter the URL of the video playlist or base directory: ")
output_file = input("Enter the output video file name (e.g., output.mp4): ")
print(f"Starting download process for playlist: {base_url}", flush=True)
download_video_chunks(base_url, output_file)
If you guys can recommend a fair and open pastebin alternative for me I will upload it there as well and edit this with the link
Dont go period. Even before this situation I was actively opposed to it. What people seem to conveniently forget is that the US didn't suddenly become a fascistic empire overnight because of the election of one man. Its been like this, just less "in your face" about it. Most people only seem to care now because now there is a big negative effect on the USA itself as well as other western countries, but previously while it was some south-east asian, or middle-eastern, or south-american (you get the point) country most people conveniently turned a blind eye and just consumerismed.