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The new HALF-LIFE 1 documentary (by noclip) "Unforseen Consequences" just went live!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQLEW1c-69c

Featuring lots of interview from people in the industry but sadly none with Valve .

1hrs. 48minutes.

Hacker analyzes the hacking in TV shows and movies:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZQz9tkEHIg

God I love the editing in this one.

Hopefully the code tag works for me... Just change the preset if you want different options. I have one copy of the script for high quality and another for 'normal' when I'm ripping a kids movie or something that I'm not going to watch.
abc

@echo off

setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

"f:\Program Files (x86)\MakeMKV\makemkvcon64.exe" -r mkv disc:0 all . 

md encoded

for /f %%f in ('dir /b /aa') do (

"f:\Program Files\Handbrake\HandBrakeCLI.exe" -i "%%f" --preset="HQ 1080p30 Surround" -q 25 -o "encoded\%%f" -a "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20" -s "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30"

)



move "f:\Program Files\Handbrake\RipScript\encoded\*" .

rmdir "f:\Program Files\Handbrake\RipScript\encoded"



for %%a in (*.mkv) do (

 ECHO --------------------------------------------

 ECHO Current title name: %%~na

 ECHO --------------------------------------------

 set /P changetitlename=Do you want to change the title?  Y/N: 

 IF /I "!changetitlename!"=="Y" (  

  set /P title=Enter new title: 

 ) ELSE (

  set title=%%~na

 ) 

 md "G:\Movies\!title!" 2>nul

 move "%%a" "G:\Movies\!title!\!title!.mkv"

)



pause

Big list of tips here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/reddeadredemption/comments/9sbzqp/some_useful_tips_i_found_out/

Japan's Hidden Caste of Untouchables
Japan has a reputation of being a homogeneous, mostly harmonious society. There are few foreigners, linguistic differences are rare and on the surface class distinctions are largely absent. But, as Mike Sunda discovered, there is one, often hidden, exception: Japan's untouchables.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-34615972

From the guy who wrote Moneyball and The Big Short. I haven't finished this story yet but it's already incredible.

Chris Christie was sitting on a sofa beside Trump when Pennsylvania was finally called. It was 1.35am, but that wasn’t the only reason the feeling in the room was odd. Mike Pence went to kiss his wife, Karen, and she turned away from him. “You got what you wanted, Mike,” she said. “Now leave me alone.” She wouldn’t so much as say hello to Trump. Trump himself just stared at the TV without saying anything, like a man with a pair of twos whose bluff has been called. His campaign hadn’t even bothered to prepare an acceptance speech. It was not hard to see why Trump hadn’t seen the point in preparing to take over the federal government: why study for a test you will never need to take? Why take the risk of discovering you might, at your very best, be a C student? This was the real part of becoming president of the US. And, Christie thought, it scared the crap out of the president-elect.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/27/this-guy-doesnt-know-anything-the-inside-story-of-trumps-shambolic-transition-team?CMP=share_btn_tw

Fantasy book recommendations

Shack I’m looking for a suggestion, I’ve never read that much fantasy, apart from a few obvious exceptions. I’m kinda looking for something easy to pick up, not too epic or long, a fun read basically, but isn’t just corny trash. Can be a single book or part of a series. Does this exist? Bonus if there is a decent audiobook version.

I recently read the king killer chronicles and enjoyed that.

Good video about the AI of nuDoom: https://youtu.be/RcOdtwioEfI

There's a lot more going on in the game than you initially think about from using and inverting Rage's cover system to the Animweb system and token system. Very interesting and I'm so glad they ditched Call of Doomy.

David Craddock posted a new article, <a target="_blank" href="/article/105720/how-diablo-2-evolved-from-gothic-horror-to-epic-fantasy">How Diablo 2 Evolved from Gothic Horror to Epic Fantasy</a>

The Too Many Cooks guy takes on Twitch streamer culture. I think.

http://www.adultswim.com/videos/infomercials/final-deployment-4-queen-battle-walkthrough

If you've seen Too Many Cooks you should know what to expect. If you haven't, strap in.