There is also the option for gas welding. I’ve never done in myself but I have a shop near me that I pass by everyday and based on what I’ve seen them work on, i would go there if I needed something like you need in this case. i think you can get diy kits for jewellery work if you want to indeed DIY.
Come on, don’t keep us hanging! What does the little guy play…? A melody in E minor? A game of rugby??
I’m curious about your Bollywood folder. How big is it? I want to build a structured collection of old songs, and new ones too in as high quality as possible. I have nicotine+ installed but so far I couldn’t find anyone with an authoritative collection.
I’m not sure if it is unique to the subcontinent, but Hindi songs need to be tagged differently since we like to search the songs by their singers, music directors, lyric writers in addition to albums they belong to. I explored musicbrainz with this in mind but I found it lacking to the best of my understanding. I’ll have a look at it and the other databases once again. Maybe it is time to be the change I’m looking for. Thanks for your suggestions nonetheless.
The aspect ratio crime was something I wanted to write in my comment too but it was getting too long already. For the amount of money these music companies earn the least they could do is to create/fund a proper database and digitize from master recordings wherever available before it is too late. It was so nice to see the restored versions of Satyajit Ray classics like Charulata but I am afraid most Hindi films will never get that kind of love ever.
I will explore the Russian site that you mentioned and see if I can find something useful there. I’ll also look again at musicbrainz, as suggested in the other comment, to see if it can serve the purpose I want to use it for. Meanwhile, will it be okay if I DM you to stay in touch regarding this common pursuit?
I’m with you in loving hindi songs from 50s and 60s and want to build a collection of best possible versions available. The saddest thing is that even the companies owning the rights (Saregama et al) don’t care at all. They don’t even seem to have a definitive catalog of movies/songs/artists.
I tried looking up for such songs through nicotine but it is a futile pursuit. The few hindi songs available there are a jumble of artists that seems impossible to make use of.
A while ago, i poked around in the saregama endpoints that appear in their website through developer options and was able to scrape metadata for around 200k hindi songs. I need to clean it up and maybe try to download them using the JioSaavn APIs that are floating around.
I have come to respect YouTube users like TommyDan who are digitization and cleaning best possible versions of old movies that are out of copyright (he’s reached into 60s now). There are people who are digitizating vinyl records and I wish they would also upload them in places other than YouTube.
More than anything, i want to compile a database of the songs/movies/artists but don’t really know where to begin so that others could also collaborate.
/RANT
You can clean the filters by putting them in the washing machine?! I thought they were made of paper and would not survive the washing machine cycle. Just to be sure, mine look like these (voyager is failing to upload the pic for some reason, sorry): https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSqQZcMMvdraSycQnJnIhZCuRQKP7bIE7FfPhSuvLU6Ygc8IYL33ARA5h-6&s=10
What if it “contains a neurotoxin that causes lathyrism, a neurodegenerative disease, if eaten as a primary protein source for a prolonged period.”?
Long password please
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I’ve only tried edible cannabis a few times but one of the fun things is the feeling of epiphany once you realise something when you’re high. It could be a mundane thought otherwise, but when you have that thought in the high state, it just feels so mind boggling. Your message makes me wish someone told me this while I was high.
Learned about two cool tools through this article and the comments posted there:
Using these together would be a very powerful toolkit for such purposes.
There exist maps derived from satellite images called Land Use Land Cover maps that categorise each pixel into predefined classes like built up, forest, water, roads etc. Granted that these days semantic segmentation is used to generate such maps but traditional image processing and digitization has always been used traditionally. There is no AI involved in using them for the purpose I mentioned though. Gaming engines like unity have built in tools as well as add-ons like Gaia that have cool procedural generation features. Using such maps in conjunction could help in creating realistic and familiar worlds and this blender tool gives me much hope.
I would like it to be possible to give some hints to the model by providing maps showing where roads, buildings, vegetation should be and let it work its magic. Maybe take it further by procedurally generating buildings based on their footprints and building type, like hospitals , schools etc, as identified in maps. That way we can have racing sims in the roads we are familiar with. And much more…
Thank you! This is what I was looking for.
This looks like a great collection of things that are exactly what I’m looking for and I’m surprised I never saw this mentioned when I was looking for things.
Just a question. It says it’s built around KDE. Will it work right on vanilla Debian without jumping through many hoops? I can get around quite well in the Linux world but some things still make me stumble.
I’ve heard only good things about world building games like Minecraft but I personally never could really get into it. Maybe I’ll give it another shot. Thanks!
I guess this is going to need the use of a mouse and so not suitable for the TV setup. But my child likes paint programmes so I’ll figure out the best way to let them explore this without messing with my laptop. Thanks!
Looks interesting indeed. Thanks!
Start with something small, being fit is not just about being jacked. After being like you, I’ve taken up the challenge of doing 10k pushups this year. It might sound like much but it only comes to around 30 per day. You just have to be consistent. I’m on day 84 today and have only missed one day so far. I have begun adding skipping a rope on days that I can. I’m already seeing improvement in my posture and back ache and that alone keeps me motivated.
My motivation was this post: https://wjgilmore.com/articles/10000-pushups
You can do it too. I believe in you.