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muterad_murilax

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*** DISCLAIMER: I'm misusing this about-field as my go-to pastebin for various links. Sorry! ;) ***

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Capturing VHS:

https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/j4rwk1/the_how_do_i_digitizetransfercapture_video_tapes/

https://dvdyourmemories.com/blog/guide-how-to-improve-the-quality-of-vhs-to-dvd-and-other-video-transfers/

https://www.arsouyes.org/en/blog/2021/2021-05-17_Numerisation_VHS (Capture with Linux)

https://www.sweclockers.com/forum/trad/1611137-skum-banding-vhs-capture

https://www.slcmedia.se/video/vhs---s-vhs/

https://mtlynch.io/digitizing-1/

https://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/video-workflows/9009-vhs-archiving-project.html

https://ol.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/xchzuj/digitizing_family_vhs_tapes_what_vcr_to_buy/

https://www.digitalfaq.com/guides/video/capture-playback-hardware.htm

https://everpresent.com/how-to-clean-vcr-heads/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_xue8-gGLM (see comments as well)

https://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/video-restore/12477-vhs-restoration-avisynth.html

Lobsters:

https://lobste.rs/s/wdxc1b/programming_on_android_tablet

https://lobste.rs/s/2npnnw/git_is_my_buddy_effective_git_as_solo (developer)

https://lobste.rs/s/nr1qd7/advanced_macos_commands

https://jchri.st/blog/installing-debian-on-a-macbook-air/ (early 2014)

https://lobste.rs/s/d5qwzs/what_is_your_mac_os_setup

https://lobste.rs/s/eewpsm/hardening_macos_updated_for_macos_sonoma

https://lobste.rs/s/or0zk8/how_x86_64_addresses_memory_2020

https://lobste.rs/s/dbutse/how_i_forked_steamos_for_my_living_room_pc

https://lobste.rs/s/ymmale/unordered_list_hidden_gems_inside_nixos

Misc:

https://superuser.com/questions/1282867/windows-8-1-tasklist-error-not-found

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https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-noise-canceling-headphones/#653af8ab5c28c482f6634d76

https://www.theverge.com/23920591/bose-quietcomfort-ultra-headphones-review

https://www.theverge.com/23067645/sony-wh-1000xm5-noise-canceling-headphones-review

https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/19/20700627/bose-noise-cancelling-headphones-700-redesigned-microphones-review

https://www.reddit.com/r/csharp/comments/fwghyz/aspnet_web_forms_vs_mvc_in_laymans_terms/

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muterad_murilax··on Microsoft Word for Windows 1.1a, Native X64 Port
Top-left window icon looks garbled. A porting bug, maybe?
muterad_murilax··on About the security content of macOS Tahoe 26.6
What happened?
muterad_murilax··on
Linux on Older Hardware: The Complete Revival Guide
> And you can go even smaller with TinyCore Linux or the xwoaf-rebuil

Sure, but in this time and age, do they really have to settle for such extreme 90s looks as defaults? I mean, Windows XP Media Center Edition can surely be considered as "lightweight" today and it featured the gorgeous Royale theme back in 2005.

muterad_murilax··on Classic 7 is a Windows 10 LTSC mod to look 1:1 to Windows 7
Michael MJD published a video about it yesterday:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLecpASQacM

muterad_murilax··on LibreOffice Writer now supports Markdown
Care to explain how ODT is a proprietary format, please?
muterad_murilax··on MacBook Neo
Man, that's just gross!
muterad_murilax··on Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros
I'm sorry, "the *arr stack"?
muterad_murilax··on WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the native Linux OS
... and what is this?
muterad_murilax··on Ubuntu LTS releases to 15 years with Legacy add-on
> IBM kinda screwed it up when they created CDE out of it though.

Could you please elaborate?

muterad_murilax··on Veloren – Voxel action-adventure role-playing
Reminds me of 3D Dot Game Heroes for the PS3.
muterad_murilax··on TaskExplorer
Yes, for now. But:

"Task Explorer is built using the Qt Framework, ensuring a cross-platform user interface with plans to eventually port the tool to Linux, which could make it one of the first advanced, GUI-based task managers for the platform."

muterad_murilax··on Expect – Linux tool for automating interactive programs
Poor soul.
muterad_murilax··on Delta City '95 – Complete pack of official updates for Microsoft Windows 95
For Windows 98 Second Edition there is the unofficial Service Pack 3, https://www.htasoft.com/u98sesp/
muterad_murilax··on Game Boy Advance Development Resources
A curated list of development resources for Game Boy Advance.
muterad_murilax··on The Webb telescope just offered a revelatory view of humanity’s distant past
Does the cloud complex where our Sun was born still exist?
muterad_murilax··on Quake 1 port for Apple Watch
More like 1995 hardware.
muterad_murilax··on WinPopup (2001)
net send * "message" in a batch script loop was even more fun.
muterad_murilax··on Show HN: Checksum.sh verify every install script
OP may want to take a look at "Shell script best practices" (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33354286) submitted two days ago. :)
muterad_murilax··on John Carmack's new AGI company, Keen Technologies, has raised a $20M round
Here's hoping that the company logo will feature Commander Keen's helmet or blaster.
muterad_murilax··on Apple’s macOS Ventura – New Security Changes
Small correction:

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion was released in 2011.

Also, there's no "Mac" in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.

muterad_murilax··on Playstation confirms chain of 5 vulnerabilities on PS4/PS5
Sony, not Playstation.
muterad_murilax··on Taking a break from social media makes you happier and less anxious
Perhaps it's time we started calling it narcissistic media.
muterad_murilax··on Chinese inmates had hearts or lungs removed during executions, study says
> Historians would point toward a pressure toward democratization of states that occurs as the middle class gains more power.

Like what happened in Nazi Germany? /s

muterad_murilax··on Return to Monkey Island
Discussion from 2 hours ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30907731
muterad_murilax··on Return to Monkey Island – Coming 2022
I guess the inclusion of Murray (the talking skull) makes The Curse of Monkey Island canon then? :)
muterad_murilax··on Windows Defender is enough, if you harden it
So, Impish Indri vs. Intrepid Ibex - which one is newer? ;)
muterad_murilax··on SNES Development Part 1: Getting Started
Also:

Part 2: https://blog.wesleyac.com/posts/snes-dev-2-background-graphi...

Part 3: https://blog.wesleyac.com/posts/snes-dev-3-input

Part 4: https://blog.wesleyac.com/posts/snes-dev-4-nmi-and-vblank

Part 5: https://blog.wesleyac.com/posts/snes-dev-5-dma

Part 6: https://blog.wesleyac.com/posts/snes-dev-6-sprites

muterad_murilax··on Best Films of 1931
Hmm, no mention of Dracula or Frankenstein?
muterad_murilax··on How do you guys like your coffee?
I like my coffee like I like my women...
muterad_murilax··on 2049 and the dreams of Philip K. Dick
Hey, thanks for ruining the movie for me!
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