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:
