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This is an unsolved problem.. I can can do things manually but not using an easier “A to B” feature.

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VLC >

Problem: Given a video, note a start and finish point and export that clip.

I’d make a proper HOWTO with screenshots, but this does not work as-expected. I can get it roughly to work, but not smoothly enough for it to justify a proper tutorial.

  • A to B loop cannot be made to stop looping. There is no “A to B’ feature.
  • Recording does not respect A to B.



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World of Warcraft > AddOns >

https://www.wowace.com/projects/noescape

Changes several of the popup dialogs to not close when hitting the Escape key.

  • Abandoned; as of 2020-10-05 last updated 2015-06-28

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Batteries >

The batteries on my Zaurus SL-C1000 failed to work, so I did some looking around and found a solution.

My battery could charge and would boot up my device. While it showed as fully charged it would “drain” extremely quickly.

Following these instructions I was able to completely resurrect one battery, but a second one did not work. That second battery had a bit of a bulge, so I’m guessing it went completely bad.

With great thanks to SWilliams: https://youtu.be/CCQU8eW3TGk

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Roughnecks - Starship Troopers Chronicles (1999-2000) dvd

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0190198/
(archive of the original website)

A military unit is sent on missions in a future where all of humanity is at war with alien insects.

The show is animated, and not “anime”. As such, it has not held up well with time. The music is fantastic, though. Truly. However, its other high points do not make up for the visual issue I have.

While it doesn’t do it for me, I would recommend this for fans of the movie or movie series who can also handle the visual style and jerky movement that to me is reminiscent of ReBoot – (1994 show).



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DO NOT BUY. DO NOT TRY.

No Man's Sky icon

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/
https://www.nomanssky.com/

Explore, survive, gather and trade while making your way to the galactic core.

Every single described goal of this game has failed. It is a bad flight-simulator, with bad crafting, bad technology, and bad survival mechanics. It is set on procedurally generated planets so vast that nothing matters, in a procedurally-generated universe so vast that nothing matters. What’s worse is that it is so godawfully crowded with hand-holding that it becomes both easy and repetitive. Being ugly and with abysmal performance, it’s not even an exploration time-waster.

Perhaps in some years they will change/fix many of its issues, but I believe it has a fundamental casualness to it that anchors its core gameplay problems. This is not a game made for gamers.

2017-05-07 update: I tried it again, and it just isn’t worth it. If its graphics were the same as before (they’re busted now) then maybe. I have another video card but I’m not going to swap things around or fiddle with installing an old version of my card’s drivers. I just don’t want to bother any more.