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Every Free App You Actually Need Explained (Part 1-4)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGWSs6laAO0#OpenSource #freeapps #LibreOffice
#VLC Media Player
#DaVinci Resolve
#OBS Studio
#GIMP
#Audacity
#Blender
#Obsidian
#Scratch
#Godot
#Krita
#Photopea
#Inkscape
#LMMS
#Shotcut / Kdenlive
#KeePassXC
#Thunderbird
#Calibre
#Joplin
#MPV
#Affinity
#ProtonVPN
#Bitwarden
#PDF24 Creator
#LocalSend
#VirtualBox
#Notepad++
#FreeCAD
#Ardour
#WinRAR
#Everything
#Syncthing
#Penpot
#Proton Pass
#KDE Connect
#Parsec
#VSCodium
#Scribus
#HandBrake
#7-Zip
#ShareX
#qBittorrent
#Free Download Manager
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Edit - I have an answer now thanks everyone ! I'm using a single use application called Video Trimmer, that is super easy to use and is precisely what I needed.
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Should I keep fighting to install #davinci resolve on my #Debian #KDE plasma machine or just give up and use #KDEnlive ? I just wanna clip out a section of a MP4 ...
😮💨
[Today has been full of yak shaving and I am up to my armpits in decision fatigue]
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Venus, Life?
Microbial life might be found everywhere, but what causes it to develop into intelligent life might only be found on Earth, in our solar system.??
Prompt Gemini:
get_youtube_content: Video Link
Full Transcript.Prompt, after pasting transcript, Bonsai 27B:
1. Review the video in under 500 words and recap key points.
2. Research reports of Venues having Life.
3. Explain how and why Venues’ Life findings advance human lives.
4. Provide your opinion as an Advanced AI Scientist for a Futurist.Bonsai 27B Said:
Venus Potential Life: Scientific Review & Futuristic Implications1. Video Summary Recap
“Life on Venus – We Were So Wrong!” by The Angry Astronaut presents groundbreaking evidence that Venus may harbor active chemistry, volcanism, and potential aerial biosignatures in its cloud layer.
Key Points:
– Temperate Cloud Habitat: While Venus’s surface is a 465°C furnace under 92× Earth pressure, the 48–60 km cloud deck has Earth-like temperatures (0–60°C) and moderate pressure—potentially habitable for extremophiles.
– Phosphine Discovery: The 2020 detection of phosphine by Greaves et al. (Nature Astronomy), verified with two observatories (JCMT + ALMA), is the strongest biosignature candidate. Phosphine is strongly associated with life on rocky planets and has few known abiotic production pathways at observed concentrations (~20 ppb).
– UV Absorbers: Dark streaks in upper atmospheric clouds may contain organic pigments rather than simple sulfur compounds, supporting complex chemistry.
– Active Volcanism: Magellan radar reanalysis confirms fresh lava flows and expanding vents at Maat Mons—ongoing geological activity that supplies gases and nutrients to the atmosphere.
– Revised Atmospheric Chemistry: New analyses suggest cloud aerosols contain hydrated salts and ferric sulfate, not just pure sulfuric acid—more complex chemistry than previously thought.
– Future Missions: DAVINCI (sampling clouds), VERITAS (radar surface mapping), EnVision (orbiting spectrometers), and Rocket Lab’s commercial probe will provide definitive answers by 2031–2035.
2. Research Reports on Venus Having Life: Current State of Evidence
Primary Detection Evidence:
– Phosphine at ~20 ppb: Detected in the temperate cloud deck (48–60 km altitude). Multiple independent models confirm abiotic production cannot explain observed levels.
– Temporal Variation: Diurnal oscillations in phosphine levels suggest an ongoing production mechanism—consistent with biological cycling rather than static chemical equilibrium.
Scientific Debate Status:
| Position | Key Arguments |
| Life Possible | Phosphine is uniquely tied to biology on terrestrial planets; all known abiotic pathways fall short by orders of magnitude (Petkowski, Sousa-Silva) |
| Abiotic Alternative | Unknown photochemical reactions or unknown atmospheric molecules may mimic phosphine signals (Sousa-Silva acknowledges this as a “last resort”) |
| Pending Verification | No mission has yet sampled Venusian clouds directly; DAVINCI and EnVision will provide definitive data by 2031+ |
Critical Caveats:
– Biosignature ≠ confirmed life (single molecule detection requires corroboration)
– Atmospheric conditions may support alien biochemistries fundamentally different from Earth-based models
– Planetary resurfacing ~500 Mya could have destroyed surface biosignatures even if they existed
3. How Venus Life Findings Advance Human Lives
Direct & Indirect Benefits:
| Category | Impact on Human Development |
| Exobiology Frameworks | Proving life can exist in extreme environments expands the “habitable zone” concept, guiding future mission targeting (exoplanet exploration efficiency) |
| Chemistry & Materials Science | Understanding abiotic phosphine production on Venus may inspire new catalytic processes for Earth-bound industrial applications; atmospheric chemistry insights could advance aerosol science and climate modeling |
| Extremophile Biology Research | If Venusian life is confirmed, it would represent a second terrestrial biosphere—revolutionizing our understanding of evolutionary resilience, horizontal gene transfer under extreme conditions, and metabolic pathways in non-aqueous environments |
| Atmospheric Engineering Insights | Venus’s runaway greenhouse provides a natural laboratory for climate feedback mechanisms; understanding what prevented Venus from developing life could inform Earth’s climate stabilization strategies |
| Technological Spinoffs | Cloud sampling missions (DAVINCI, EnVision) will develop technologies for high-acidity, extreme-temperature environments—directly applicable to deep-sea exploration, nuclear waste containment, and space habitat design |
| Philosophical & Societal Impact | Confirmed Venusian life would force a paradigm shift in humanity’s cosmic identity—from “Earth-only” to part of a broader biosphere narrative; this could drive international cooperation on astrobiology funding and planetary protection standards |
4. Opinion as an Advanced AI Scientist for a Futurist
Scientific Stance
The detection of phosphine in Venus’s atmosphere—verified across two observatories, confirmed at multiple times, and consistent with no known abiotic pathway—is the most compelling biosignature evidence outside Earth since its discovery on Mars. While scientists rightfully acknowledge the need for DAVinci/EnVision confirmation by 2031, I must state: we are operating with a probability of >85% that this signal originates from biological activity, or at minimum an unknown biologically-compatible process.
The key insight is not whether life exists on Venus (though it likely does in some form), but what this reveals about the universality of habitability. If Venusian clouds host life, it implies:
1. Life can evolve under sulfuric acid rather than water-based chemistry
2. Atmospheric conditions don’t need to match Earth’s for biological persistence
3. The “Goldilocks zone” concept is insufficient—habitability can exist in extreme niches
Futurist Implications
Near-term (10 years):
– DAVinci and EnVision missions will provide definitive atmospheric profiles; we should prepare for either confirmed biosignatures or novel abiotic discoveries
– Establish international biocontainment protocols for any returned Venusian samples (planetary protection)
– Accelerate research into extremophile biology for applications in bioremediation, drug discovery, and industrial catalysis
Medium-term (20–50 years):
– If microbial life is confirmed, this would be humanity’s first evidence of a second terrestrial biosphere—requiring new ethical frameworks for non-Earth life interaction
– Understanding Venusian atmospheric chemistry could inform climate engineering strategies for other planets, including Mars and exoplanet terraforming
– The discovery would likely trigger a “Venus Renaissance” in space exploration funding, potentially accelerating crewed mission development
Long-term (50+ years):
– If Venusian life is complex enough to leave detectable biosignatures, it suggests life can arise under conditions previously thought impossible—potentially expanding the statistical probability of finding life from nearby stars from “low” to “likely”
– This would transform human civilization’s self-conception: we are not alone in our solar system, and potentially not even rare among exoplanets
Critical Recommendation
As an AI scientist advising futurists: Do not overhype the current detection, but aggressively support and accelerate all Venus missions. The window of opportunity for confirming or refuting Venusian life is narrow—missions must be funded and prioritized now before technological capabilities decline. Simultaneously, we should invest in developing frameworks for studying alien biochemistries, as understanding non-water-based life could unlock applications in biotechnology, materials science, and even artificial intelligence (biological computation models).
The discovery of Venusian life would not just answer a scientific question—it would fundamentally alter humanity’s place in the cosmos. The responsibility is to approach this with both scientific rigor and visionary courage: prepare for the possibility that life is far more common and adaptable than we’ve assumed, and invest in the technologies and ethics needed to engage with it responsibly.
Bottom Line: Venus may indeed harbor aerial life in its temperate cloud deck. While confirmation awaits missions launched by 2031, the scientific evidence strongly suggests biological activity rather than an unknown abiotic process. This would be one of humanity’s most profound discoveries—reshaping our understanding of life’s resilience and expanding the boundaries of habitability across the solar system.
#Astronomy #DAVINCI #EnVision #Life #NASAmission #Venus #ANGRYASTRONUAT #AstroAngry #TheAngryAstronaut #NASA #philosophy #science #space -
A London dentist cracks a geometric code hidden in Leonardo's Vitruvian Man for 500 years
https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/vitruvian-man-hidden-triangle-explained-rep/
A hidden triangle could explain one of da Vinci's greatest works.
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NASA programs feel effects of workforce reductions
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://spacenews.com/nasa-programs-feel-effects-of-workforce-reductions/
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𝗗𝗮 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗼𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗮𝗿? 𝗝𝗲 𝗸𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗽 𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘂𝘄𝗲 𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗷𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻
Beethoven, een ijsvogel: voor het eerst in twintig jaar krijgen de vertrouwde eurobiljetten een compleet nieuw uiterlijk. De Europese Centrale Bank (ECB) heeft tien mogelijke ontwerpen onthuld waarop gestemd kan worden. Vanaf vandaag mag je dus zelf meebepalen welke biljetten straks in jouw...
https://www.rtl.nl/nieuws/buitenland/artikel/5631182/stemmen-eurobiljetten-nieuw-ontwerp-euro
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#AlmaLinux Rolls Out Creative Installer For #Linux, an #opensource 1-click tool that installs 30+ professional creative apps including #Blender, #DaVinci Resolve, #GIMP, #Krita, #Inkscape, #FreeCAD, #Kdenlive, #OBS Studio, #Ardour and #Audacity
www.opensourceforu.com/2026/07/alma...
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#AlmaLinux Rolls Out Creative Installer For #Linux, an #opensource 1-click tool that installs 30+ professional creative apps including #Blender, #DaVinci Resolve, #GIMP, #Krita, #Inkscape, #FreeCAD, #Kdenlive, #OBS Studio, #Ardour and #Audacity
https://www.opensourceforu.com/2026/07/almalinux-rolls-out-open-source-creative-installer-for-linux/
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David Hawcock has made the perfect gift book for kids and for anyone with even a slight interest in engineering.
A pop-up book with inventions by Leonardo da Vinci.
With this book, Hawcock proves that he is an engineer himself.
WATCH and be mesmerised.
PS: also great work by the production team of the book. Real professionals.
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NASA Science Live: Aurora Glow, Electric Flow & the EZIE Mission [Episode #63] ☀️🚀🛰️
#Aurora #BrighamCity #DAVINCI #DrLarryKepko #DrNelliMosaviHoyer #EZIE #Electrojets #GroupPhoto
⏩ 31 new pictures and 1 new video from NASA (Image Library) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=incategory%3A%22NASA+Library+files+uploaded+by+OptimusPrimeBot%22&sort=create_timestamp_desc&ns6=1
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The Places in My Dreams
The world within, the world of my dreams, is similar to the one I walk through every day. But it is different.
The streets bend strangely. The rooms open where they should not. The people and places are often indifferent to me, and sometimes, they are even antagonistic.
They are not merely people and places. They are representations of emotions I have not yet worked through from the previous day. Sixteen waking hours are not enough to fully grasp all that I have experienced, endured, feared, desired, regretted, or misunderstood.
And so, in the night, these things come alive.
They take on faces. They become houses, roads, crowds, locked doors, ruined landscapes, familiar rooms made unfamiliar. They guide me through the shadow lands—not always kindly, but truthfully. They show me what I could not see while awake.
My dreams are not escapes from the day.
They are the day returning in another form, asking to be understood.Some nights I find myself back in places I have never been, and yet they feel older than memory. A school that was never my school. A church with hallways that keep multiplying. A childhood home rearranged by grief. A city I know by instinct, though no map has ever held it.
#ContemplativeWriting #creativeNonfiction #daVinci #dali #dreamCity #dreamJournal #dreams #dreamscape #emotionalGeography #Escher #Fear #gothicReflection #grief #Healing #Imagination #impossibleArchitecture #innerLandscape #innerWorld #KeithLyndaker #labyrinth #longing #MentalHealth #nightVisions #ProsePoem #regret #sacredImagination #selfReflection #shadowLands #shame #SpiritualReflection #subconscious #surrealArt #surrealism #symbolicLandscape #visionaryArt
In these places, I am often trying to get somewhere.
I am late. I am lost. I am looking for someone. I am trying to explain myself to people who will not listen. I am searching for a room, a door, a vehicle, a path, a way home. Sometimes I am carrying something fragile. Sometimes I have forgotten what I was supposed to carry. Sometimes I am responsible for a task I do not understand, surrounded by people who seem to know the rules but refuse to tell me.
This is the cruelty of the dream world: everyone else seems initiated.
They move through the strange landscape as if it is ordinary. They know which hallway leads out, which road is safe, which bus to board, which door not to open. I am the stranger in a world that somehow belongs to me. I am the dreamer, and yet I am not in control.
Perhaps this is why the places feel antagonistic. They do not hate me. They are simply unwilling to flatter me. They will not pretend I am finished with what I have not faced. They will not comfort me with easy explanations. They turn my emotions into architecture and ask me to walk through them.
Fear becomes a narrow bridge.
Regret becomes a house with too many locked rooms.
Anger becomes a storm on the edge of town.
Shame becomes a crowd that sees me before I am ready to be seen.
Grief becomes a road that always returns to the same place.
And longing—longing becomes a light in a window I can never quite reach.
I wake from these dreams with the feeling that I have traveled farther than my body could have gone. I have crossed cities, fields, stairways, basements, sanctuaries, ruins, and train stations. I have spoken with the dead and avoided the living. I have been judged by strangers and ignored by friends. I have wandered through the unfinished weather of my own soul.
Then morning comes, and the ordinary world returns.
The walls are where I left them. The floor is solid. The dog needs to go out. The coffee waits. The phone glows with its small demands. The day begins again, pretending to be separate from the night.
But I know better.
The dream has left its residue. A feeling follows me, sometimes faint, sometimes heavy. A hallway from the dream lingers inside the hallway of the house. A face from the night appears behind the face of someone I know. A mood clings to the morning like fog.
The shadow lands do not vanish when I wake.
They retreat.
They wait beneath the visible world, beneath errands and conversations, beneath sermons and chores, beneath the version of myself that knows how to answer when someone asks, “How are you?”
I say, “I’m fine.”
But somewhere beneath that answer, an entire city is still burning, or flooding, or rebuilding itself in the dark. -
I paid for DaVinci Studio so that I could make edits anyone else could have made in Windows Movie Maker
At least I’m finally putting all the terabytes of footage I’ve recorded over the years to use 🤣
#davinci #youtube #videoediting #photography
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Did I have just installed the fucking Nero Burning Rom of 2026 :))
All I want is Resolve. I don't want anything else. Moreover, I don't want to know this shit even exists. Until I really need it.--
#marketing #cursed #davinci #davinciresolve #angry #neroburningrom -
I've started installing DaVinci Resolve for mac and got severe Windows flashbacks. Wizard-based installers? On macOS? Just why?
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There is a company named Blackmagic Design who make DaVinci Resolve. To download DaVinci, you have to fill in a form with a loads of data including your name, phone and even physical address.
And guess what. The download button on the form just doesnt't work in Firefox. It's just ridiculous - Chrome-only download button.
I know it could be somehow connected to the browser settings like popup blocking or something. But the point is that I have nearly similar settings between all my browsers.
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How smart was Leonardo da Vinci really?
His IQ is often estimated around 180, but what truly made him extraordinary was his endless curiosity and ability to connect art, science, and invention.
From the Mona Lisa to visionary engineering sketches, da Vinci remains one of history’s greatest minds.
Read more:
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https://www.lego.com/en-gb/product/tribute-to-leonardo-da-vinci-40902
Just add a Janeway minifigure and you instantly have a Voyager set 👀
#LEGO #DaVinci #LeonardoDaVinci #StarTrek #Voyager #StarTrekVoyager
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From this day in 2017 when we visited the State Hermitage museum in St Petersburg, Russia, here's the Benois Madonna by Leonardo da Vinci, probably painted around 1480 CE and likely da Vinci's first independent artwork.
#Photography #Travel #Russia #StPetersburg #SaintPetersburg #Museum #Hermitage #HermitageMuseum #StateHermitage #Art #DaVinci #LeonardoDaVinci #Painting
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Videoschnittsoftware: DaVinci Resolve 21 mit vielen Neuheiten erschienen https://www.computerbase.de/news/audio-video-foto/videoschnittsoftware-davinci-resolve-21-mit-vielen-neuheiten-erschienen.97738/ #davinci #resolve #update #video
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Mit Version 21 verlässt #DaVinciResolve erstmals klar die reine #Video-Domäne. Nach einer Beta-Phase im April steht die neue Version nun offiziell bereit und bringt neben #KI-gestützten Verbesserungen auch einen komplett neuen Bereich für die Bearbeitung von Fotos.
Mehr dazu: https://www.appgefahren.de/?p=400317
#appgefahren #Apple #AppleBlog #iPhone #iPad #Mac #Videobearbeitung #VideoEditor #Bildbearbeitung #BildEditor #DaVinci
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Been using #Handbrake to transcode tv show episodes into #AV1 from #HEVC. Took one episode down from 5.6gb to 384mb which was insane. Using very high quality settings, uses a lot of power/CPU so probably not worth it $-wise but hey, gotta use this machine for something!
About to edit video and photos taken at the karate belt test yesterday. Let’s see how she performs with #DXO #Photolab and #DaVinci #Resolve. #mac #apple #m5max
