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Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/duplicity", line 39, in <module> import fasteners File "/home/visualblind/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/fasteners/__init__.py", line 23, in <module> from fasteners.lock import locked # noqa File "/home/visualblind/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/fasteners/lock.py", line 24, in <module> from fasteners import _utils File "/home/visualblind/.local/lib/python3.8/site-packages/fasteners/_utils.py", … [Read more...]
Recently I have been dealing with transcoding media files for my private streaming site, travisflix, and performing ad-hoc media conversions is no longer realistic. I strongly recommend checking out my FFmpeg Examples to give you a head start if you're not familiar with deep diving in FFmpeg details. Before you choose to batch transcode the audio for your entire library, the following will stdout anything not using the AAC codec: ``` find . -mount -depth -maxdepth 2 -regextype … [Read more...]
If you have messed up the routing table on a remote Windows Server, this network adapter recovery method may help you or inspire one even better. Since my particular issue happened over 5 years ago I'm honestly having a hard time remembering the exact scenario, but obviously there was a communication problem due to accidental static route deletion. The remote computer still needs to have layer 3 connectivity with your own client machine which might entail putting yourself in the same broadcast … [Read more...]
Enable Inter-VM Transparent Page Sharing (v5.x - 6.7) If you're using VMWare ESXi in a non-production environment, such as a home lab, consider changing the advanced host setting `Mem. ShareForceSalting` to "0" in order to encourage likeliness of the hypervisor to increase the inter-VM page sharing pool. After doing so, the PSHARE on my host increased from about 3GB to 4.5GB with 3767MB savings (esxtop then press m). PMEM /MB: 32672 total: 1636 vmk,28639 other, 2397 free VMKMEM/MB: 32510 … [Read more...]
If you are looking for the best free public usenet news server in active operation then you are in luck. Recently I have been delving into the wonderful world of Usenet, and with that comes NZBGet and the like. You will need to register an account, but once you do it really is 100% free without the normal monthly billing. You do not need to enter a credit card. The best free Usenet news service that I could find is called XS Usenet. Once you've signed up, the news server hostname you will put … [Read more...]
What is a Torrent IP Blocklist? A torrent IP blocklist is simply a giant database of IP addresses that you tell your torrent client (uTorrent, Vuze…) not to connect to. There many different blocklists, and IP’s tend to get included in a blocklist for a variety of reasons: Non-Residential IP address Schools/Universities Known torrent monitoring companies ‘Suspicious’ activity from an IP address The idea behind torrent blocklists is if you can create a list of all the ‘BAD’ IP … [Read more...]