(Un)Official Geek Thread

[GBurr]

Hey guys,

I have an AVI video file that is 1.36 gigs. I need to cut it down to 1 gig so I can stream it online.

Can someone point me towards some freeware.

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[coyote_sprit]

Hey guys,

I have an AVI video file that is 1.36 gigs. I need to cut it down to 1 gig so I can stream it online.

Can someone point me towards some freeware.

Thanks in advance for the help.

I'm not sure if HandBrake can use AVI input files but I'm pretty sure it can, I know for a fact that it can output them though.

 

[GBurr]

Thanks for the help. I was successful.

 

[coyote_sprit]

Counter Strike: Source is on sale for $5 right now over steam.

 

[LibertiORDeth]

Counter Strike: Source is on sale for $5 right now over steam.

I saw that, not particularly interested in the game though.

 

[coyote_sprit]

GTA IV is $7.49 on steam right now, plus a lot of other good deals.
Stalker is $1.99.
EVE Online is $5.

 

[Kludge]

GTA IV is $7.49 on steam right now, plus a lot of other good deals.
Stalker is $1.99.
EVE Online is $5.

Heh, CCP is offering a decent deal to those who already own, too. 5 free days, free ship, & discounted return month for those whose subscription expired (IOW, 35 days for $9.95 + ship). Haha, they do this every other month. Maybe it would be pragmatic for some to keep an account deactivated so they can take advantage of these deals. I might get back in after a few days. I left my last corp without warning. Hopefully, they won't remember so I can get back in nullsec.

 

[coyote_sprit]

Heh, CCP is offering a decent deal to those who already own, too. 5 free days, free ship, & discounted return month for those whose subscription expired (IOW, 35 days for $9.95 + ship). Haha, they do this every other month. Maybe it would be pragmatic for some to keep an account deactivated so they can take advantage of these deals. I might get back in after a few days. I left my last corp without warning. Hopefully, they won't remember so I can get back in nullsec.

I bought the $5 deal, been meaning to turn my trial into a full version and for $5 that's a steal.

 

[coyote_sprit]

Google is trying to penetrate the url shortening business, and according to this article, bit.ly may start charging? Not sure if I read that right.

 

[coyote_sprit]

I've been learning C and I'm think of whether or not to get K&R for $57, with a1book points that price will drops by 48% though. After learning C does anyone have any other programming (or scripting) language ideas? I tried Python once but didn't like it, that might be because the book though.

 

[torchbearer]

I've been learning C and I'm think of whether or not to get K&R for $57, with a1book points that price will drops by 48% though. After learning C does anyone have any other programming (or scripting) language ideas? I tried Python once but didn't like it, that might be because the book though.

dark basic can be fun.

 

[Mini-Me]

I've been learning C and I'm think of whether or not to get K&R for $57, with a1book points that price will drops by 48% though. After learning C does anyone have any other programming (or scripting) language ideas? I tried Python once but didn't like it, that might be because the book though.

The language you should learn really depends on what you're planning on doing with it. So...what are your plans?

 

[coyote_sprit]

The language you should learn really depends on what you're planning on doing with it. So...what are your plans?

I'm unmotivated...

 

[torchbearer]

I'm unmotivated...

have you tried learning assembler or zero page?

 

[Mini-Me]

I'm unmotivated...

In that case, I'd suggest lolcode or lolpython.

 

[coyote_sprit]

have you tried learning assembler or zero page?

Nope...

 

[torchbearer]

Nope...

assembler would be the best language to program in- then you can learn to translate the HEX to binary and you can start programming in straight zero's and one's. this is how we learned at Louisiana Tech.

 

[Mini-Me]

assembler would be the best language to program in- then you can learn to translate the HEX to binary and you can start programming in straight zero's and one's. this is how we learned at Louisiana Tech.

On one hand, this is probably the best way to get an understanding of how code works at the low level...
On the other hand, you really have to be a glutton for pain if you program in any kind of assembly on a regular basis.

 

[torchbearer]

On one hand, this is probably the best way to get an understanding of how code works at the low level...
On the other hand, you really have to be a glutton for pain if you program in any kind of assembly on a regular basis.

takes longer, but can be lean and mean when complete.
did a word count program in assembler. took a week to do it.
back then- computers did have tons of powers- so the sleaker the code the better.

 

[Mini-Me]

takes longer, but can be lean and mean when complete.
did a word count program in assembler. took a week to do it.
back then- computers did have tons of powers- so the sleaker the code the better.

Argh...a week for a word count program? I'm just glad we have other options today that value programmer time over runtime when appropriate:

import sys
if __name__ == '__main__':
<indent once> with open(sys.argv[1]) as file:
<indent twice> print(len(file.read().split()))

This Python3 script should work for any plain text file.
(Using read() probably isn't good coding practice, and nesting so much crap on a single line isn't either...plus, it counts any string of non-whitespace characters as a word, so that may not be your cup of tea. But still...!)