Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 19-5-2020: No Sell Out!

19th May, 2020.

Right … 

I had an eyesore, this morning: Newcleus’ Jam on Revenge: The Wikki Wikki Song, banging through my head, this morning.

Possibly the only way to get rid of the thing?

Is to play it to you … 

Or to listen to today’s song.

Which I am: I’ll play it to you, at the end of the post, if that’s OK … ?

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Just as a quick thought?

It seems hackers have tried hijacking several academic supercomputers: the ones used for things like weather, climate, and economic modelling.

It seems the hackers are trying to hijack them, so they can use them for bit coin mining.

From the very little I know?

That’s possibly like using a 30 kiloton nuclear bomb to crack a nut.

Something like a render farm may be more appropriate.

It’d be using a fourteen pound sledge hammer, instead of a bomb …

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The Daily Teaser — 21-2-2015: Malcolm In The Middle

Did I tell you I know how to rip DVDs?

In other words, I can take a DVD or Blu-ray, and use various bits of software to transcode it into a form I can play on either my computer, iPod or AppleTV.

I use HandBrake on DVDs.   And a mix of HandBrake and MakeMKV on blu-rays.

For some reason … ?   Well, for some reason, using MakeMKV on blu-ray discs produces groups of video files that share the same name.

I believe that — because of the way the files are structured on a blu-ray disc, and on the experience I’ve had, thus far — that the metadata of such a group is collective metadata: and needs editing.

To avoid triggering mild annoyance in humble bloggers, if nothing else.

Thankfully?   Thankfully, I’ve found that using a metadata editor editor — in my particular case, MetaZ — can help, there.

Mostly by changing the names, to ones that are useful, can help.

Personally?   Personally, I’m thankful.

Especially as I can use MetaZ on the rest of my media library.

You have to love useable software, don’t you … ?

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