Submitted by Sean Wingert on Sun, 04/08/2018 - 18:33
Below is a simple command to shrink an mkv file using ffmpeg -- i.e., convert mkv to mkv -- and keep all existing subtitles and audio tracks (which is NOT ffmpeg's default). You can use this overnight to shrink 25 GB MKV files to around 5 GB or so -- i.e., 80% smaller.
Submitted by Sean Wingert on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 09:28
The following shows a working script with explanatory comments and Wikipedia illustration below to internationalize / i18n bash shell scripts on CentOS 7.4:
Submitted by Sean Wingert on Sun, 08/20/2017 - 05:55
The DockerFile instruction VOLUME [ "/data" ] creates an anonymous volume mounted as /data that allows just 1 container to use it (unless you issue a docker run --volumes-from or bind mount it with docker run -v /var/lib/docker/volumes/9283:/data) until you docker rm that container. After docker rm, the volume remains but it's inaccessible by containers without a bind mount.
Submitted by Sean Wingert on Tue, 10/20/2015 - 11:09
I've been working on basic Algebra II concepts recently, especially tree diagrams for combinations and permutations. Permutations are relatively straightforward, but not combinations. So, I asked a question on Math.StackExchange.com, and although I never received a response, I think that my sketch, shown below, is roughly accurate:
Submitted by Sean Wingert on Sat, 10/17/2015 - 19:38
I often need to enter the International Phonetic Association's (IPA) or other math symbols into my computer, often during a lecture, when speed matters. Some great webpages, particularly this one, explain how, but they require you to know the Unicode code numbers. That is far too cumbersome for me. My approach is a little different, and much more intuitive.
Submitted by Sean Wingert on Sat, 10/17/2015 - 07:32
For a long time, I had been curious what an IPA to speech sounds / MP3 audio converter would sound like. Google doesn't list any free tools. So today, I wrote a free converter in Python. The code is extremely basic and not a good example of programming, but it does illustrate the point of why so few converters probably exist: the results are nearly worthless--at least, when using such simple logic (i.e., just play each IPA sound in order as transcribed).
