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From being one of the most used operating systems to becoming a universally ridiculed, Windows has been negatively transformed by Microsoft’s own decisions. And it's all by design. In this episode, we take a look.

Good Work

While Trump is promising $2000 tariff dividends, it seems like a good time for some reminders about how tax payments and inflation work in the US.

Creative Commons

Battery saver color scheme included

Music

TrackTribe - I Had A Feeling (YouTube audio library)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDZ6uUaUWbM

Software

Linux

Kdenlive

GIMP

FFmpeg

HandBrake

No software was paid for in the making of this video.

Extra visuals

Washington Stories Bureau of Printing and Engraving video from the US National Archive via archive.org
https://archive.org/details/WashingtonStoriesBureauOfEngravingAndPrintingEngraving

Nighthawks painting by Edward Hopper
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nighthawks_by_Edward_Hopper.png

High resolution photo of Extra Coop supermarket beverage aisle posted by Wikimedia user Wolfmann
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Extra_Coop_Supermarket,_Amfi_Shopping_mall,_Os%C3%B8yro,_Hordaland,_Norway,_Distorted_panorama_2018-03-22._Beers_in_chiller_refrigerators,_on_shelves_in_rack,_aisle,_interior_%28Hansa,_N%C3%B8gne_%C3%98,_Tuborg,_etc.%29_A.jpg

Some images created from uncredited tracing sources, and/or with assistance from other free-to-use software tools.

4320p ultrawide (8K DCI) rendered in 2 segments using 16GB of total shared RAM/VRAM, insufficient for full single render. Spliced using LosslessCut FFmpeg GUI, then combined with audio using FFmpeg CLI remux (no transcoding).

Standard widescreen version arranged separately and rendered in a single segment before compressing for optimal file size. Compression: HandBrake, AV1, preset slider speed at 1, RF slider at 28

View / discuss / download this video on nostr
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Backed up on the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/taxreturns

Source: u/Decent_Cheesecake643 - Redlib(Reddit private front-end)

A while ago, we used bird repellant to make an apple that tastes like a grape, and it turned out surprising well. Since then though, we were convinced that it has to work with other flavors. In theory, we believe that we can make an apple taste like just about anything.

I wish there was a longer version

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/39919486

Nice accessible coverage of a relatively recent theory.

Researched and Written by Leila Battison Edited by Siji Sheehan Narration by David Kelly Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza

music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist, stock footage from Videoblocks and Artgrid. Galaxy and space imagery from NASA and ESO.

00:00 Introduction

05:09 The Coming Of The Rings

21:51 The Earth Beneath

35:23 Mass Extinction

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.eco.br/post/18794528

From the video description:

Ever wondered what student life was really like 800 years ago? This deep dive reveals the shocking truth about medieval universities: students woke at 4AM for lectures in complete darkness, fought pitched battles against townspeople, and most couldn't afford to graduate despite completing their studies. Using primary sources and contemporary accounts, we explore how medieval student struggles compare to modern university life.

Scratchy compound made in a shed.

It scratches well, probable is scratching things to make them very flat.

Video about the bronze age archeology and history.

From the description:

Lab’ayu of Shechem was one of the most dynamic and disruptive figures in the Amarna Letters and Late Bronze Age Canaan. Drawing directly from the texts, we reconstruct Lab’ayu’s political strategy, his alliances, his ties to the ʿApiru, and his bold attempts to control trade routes linking Canaan, Egypt, and Syria. We also explore how his actions shaped the geopolitical landscape of the Jezreel Valley and how his territorial ambitions formed a pattern echoed later in biblical history, including the narratives of Abimelech, Saul, and the early Israelite monarchy.

Using petrographic studies, territorial modeling, and close textual analysis, we contextualize Lab’ayu within the wider world of Egypt’s vassal network and highlight how a ruler from the highlands leveraged an unruly frontier for his own expansion. Lab’ayu’s story stands as a key moment in the political traditions of Canaan and its later biblical memory.

The video talks about the solutions of the polynomials (very interesting mathematics), with some cool visuals.

He turns Nail Polish Remover into Vodka, idk what to say hahah.