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arch1t3cht / video_noob_guide.md
Last active January 8, 2026 03:32
What you NEED to know before touching a video file

What you NEED to Know Before Touching a Video File

Hanging out in subtitling and video re-editing communities, I see my fair share of novice video editors and video encoders, and see plenty of them make the classic beginner mistakes when it comes to working with videos. A man can only read "Use Handbrake to convert your mkv to an mp4 :)" so many times before losing it, so I am writing this article to channel the resulting psychic damage into something productive.

If you are new to working with videos (or, let's face it, even if you aren't), please read through this guide to avoid making mistakes that can cost you lots of computing power, storage space, or video quality.

@m-radzikowski
m-radzikowski / script-template.sh
Last active October 9, 2025 00:41
Minimal safe Bash script template - see the article with full description: https://betterdev.blog/minimal-safe-bash-script-template/
#!/usr/bin/env bash
set -Eeuo pipefail
trap cleanup SIGINT SIGTERM ERR EXIT
script_dir=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" &>/dev/null && pwd -P)
usage() {
cat <<EOF
Usage: $(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}") [-h] [-v] [-f] -p param_value arg1 [arg2...]
@geerlingguy
geerlingguy / pi-cpu-stress.sh
Last active November 4, 2025 17:44
Raspberry Pi CPU temperature and throttling test script
#!/bin/bash
# Raspberry Pi stress CPU temperature measurement script.
#
# Download this script (e.g. with wget) and give it execute permissions (chmod +x).
# Then run it with ./pi-cpu-stress.sh
#
# NOTE: In recent years, I've switched to using s-tui. See:
# https://github.com/amanusk/s-tui?tab=readme-ov-file#options
# Variables.
@lisawolderiksen
lisawolderiksen / git-commit-template.md
Last active December 26, 2025 19:04
Use a Git commit message template to write better commit messages

Using Git Commit Message Templates to Write Better Commit Messages

The always enthusiastic and knowledgeable mr. @jasaltvik shared with our team an article on writing (good) Git commit messages: How to Write a Git Commit Message. This excellent article explains why good Git commit messages are important, and explains what constitutes a good commit message. I wholeheartedly agree with what @cbeams writes in his article. (Have you read it yet? If not, go read it now. I'll wait.) It's sensible stuff. So I decided to start following the

@hminnovation
hminnovation / zsh-virtualenv-setup.md
Created February 16, 2017 15:08
ZSH Virtualenv and Virtualenvwrapper setup

### Installing global Python & Pip Use Brew brew install python

That'll install both Python, PIP and setuptools. If for some reason it didn't install PIP you can do via

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py > get-pip.py
sudo python get-pip.py

c/f MacOSX setup gitbook

@alirobe
alirobe / reclaimWindows10.ps1
Last active December 30, 2025 15:48
This Windows 10 Setup Script turns off a bunch of unnecessary Windows 10 telemetery, bloatware, & privacy things. Not guaranteed to catch everything. Review and tweak before running. Reboot after running. Scripts for reversing are included and commented. Fork of https://github.com/Disassembler0/Win10-Initial-Setup-Script (different defaults). N.…
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### 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
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### OR take a look at
### https://github.com/HotCakeX/Harden-Windows-Security