ph33nx

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:: ##                  🔥 WinMasterBlocker 🔥                     #
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:: # Author: https://github.com/ph33nx                            #
:: # Repo: https://github.com/ph33nx/WinMasterBlocker             #
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:: # This script blocks inbound/outbound network access           #
:: # for major apps like Adobe, Autodesk, Corel, Maxon,           #
:: # and more using Windows Firewall.                             #
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erkobridee

• [Gist] erkobridee / learning

Second Brain

• Building a Second Brain: The Book - The step-by-step guide to building a Second Brain. Based on 10+ years of research & experiments with organizing our digital lives & improving our productivity.

• Building a Second Brain: The Definitive Introductory Guide | Forte Labs - (2023/05/01) This is an introduction to Building a Second Brain, the proven method to organize your digital life and unlock your creative potential.

halkyon

##
## Windows 10 cleanup script.
## Remove dodgy tracking settings, unneeded services, all apps, and optional features that come with Windows 10. Make it more like Windows 7.
## NOTE: this was tested on Creators Update (1703) and Fall Creators Update (1709). Some of this may not work as expected on newer versions.
##
## Instructions
##  1. Run this script (under Powershell as Administrator):
##     powershell -ExectionPolicy Bypass .\cleanup-win10.ps1
##  2. Let it run through, you may see a few errors, this is normal
##  3. Reboot

jamesmacwhite

Converting mkv to mp4 with ffmpeg

Essentially just copy the existing video and audio stream as is into a new container, no funny business!

The easiest way to "convert" MKV to MP4, is to copy the existing video and audio streams and place them into a new container. This avoids any encoding task and hence no quality will be lost, it is also a fairly quick process and requires very little CPU power. The main factor is disk read/write speed.

With ffmpeg this can be achieved with -c copy. Older examples may use -vcodec copy -acodec copy which does the same thing.

These examples assume ffmpeg is in your PATH. If not just substitute with the full path to your ffmpeg binary.

Single file conversion example

IntergalacticApps

@echo off
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

ver | find "10." > nul
if errorlevel 1 (
	echo Your Windows version is not Windows 10... yet. Brace yourself, Windows 10 is coming^^!
	pause
	exit
)

mlocati

@echo off

setlocal
call :setESC

cls
echo %ESC%[101;93m STYLES %ESC%[0m
echo ^<ESC^>[0m %ESC%[0mReset%ESC%[0m
echo ^<ESC^>[1m %ESC%[1mBold%ESC%[0m
echo ^<ESC^>[4m %ESC%[4mUnderline%ESC%[0m

alirobe

### 
###
### UPDATE: For Win 11, I recommend using this tool in place of this script: 
### https://christitus.com/windows-tool/
### https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil
### https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UQZ5oQg8XA
### iwr -useb https://christitus.com/win | iex
###
### OR take a look at 
### https://github.com/HotCakeX/Harden-Windows-Security