#ffmpeg https://github.com/rendi-api/ffmpeg-cheatsheet

🛠️ Tool
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Overview: ConvertX is a self-hosted, web-based file conversion platform implemented in TypeScript on Bun with the Elysia framework. It aggregates many established converters into a single service that can convert across image, video, document, e-book, 3D, and vector formats.

Key features:
• Aggregation of converters: ImageMagick, GraphicsMagick, FFmpeg, Pandoc, LibreOffice, Calibre, Vips, Inkscape, libheif, libjxl, resvg, Assimp, Potrace, dvisvgm and more.
• Batch processing: accepts multiple files in a single job and returns converted outputs.
• Access controls: multiple accounts support and password-protected output files.
• Packaging and distribution: container images and CI badges indicate published images for deployment scenarios.

Technical implementation (conceptual):
• The service is written in TypeScript and runs on the Bun JavaScript runtime, exposing HTTP endpoints via the Elysia framework.
• Conversion jobs are dispatched to established converter binaries/libraries. Each converter backend handles specific format domains (images, video, documents, e-books, 3D assets, vector graphics) and is invoked as a processing step in a job pipeline.
• File handling is performed per-job with support for parallel conversions; outputs can be protected with passwords and associated with user accounts.

Use cases:
• Centralized conversion service for teams that need consistent output formats across media types.
• Automated content pipelines where documents, images, and videos must be normalized before ingestion.
• On-premise privacy-concerned environments requiring self-hosting of transformation workflows.

Limitations and considerations:
• Supported format coverage depends on included converter backends; gaps exist where specific converter functionality is absent.
• Security posture depends on how external converters are executed and sandboxed; untrusted input handling requires careful isolation practices.
• Operational constraints include resource consumption for heavy tasks (FFmpeg/ImageMagick) and the need to manage converter versions and compatibility.

References: ConvertX lists numerous underlying converters and emphasizes a broad-format surface area leveraging established open-source tools.

🔹 tool #fileconversion #selfhosted #typescript #ffmpeg

🔗 Source: https://github.com/C4illin/ConvertX

Microsoft 365 Education illegally tracks students and uses student data for MS’s own purposes. MS tried to shift all responsibility to comply with privacy laws onto schools https://noyb.eu/en/noyb-win-microsoft-365-education-tracks-school-children

Departmental meeting on updating the curriculum. The Head of School speaks.

"Students all do shoplifting now. It's become an integral part of modern life. We will fail our students if we don't teach them how to shoplift well, and how to do it responsibly."

"Colleagues, we ask each of you to draw up plans on how you will integrate responsible shoplifting in your courses. Please submit your proposals to the Education Committee by the end of the month."

"To help you engage with these exciting new developments, we offer a series of hands-on workshops. The first of these will take place at the local Walmart at University Square. Yes, Professor Quintock, the workshops are mandatory."

#noAI #noLLM #TeachWithoutAI #TeachAuthentically #HigherEducation #AcademicChatter #AcademicFreedom

Really scared. 😳

After writing about people going into delusional spirals with ChatGPT and having what look like mental breakdowns, I wanted to understand exactly how it happens.

A corporate recruiter in Toronto who spent 3 weeks convinced by ChatGPT that he was essentially Tony Stark from Iron Man, agreed to share his transcript after breaking free of the delusion.

We analyzed the transcript & shared it with experts. Now you can see the interactions & how delusional spirals happen:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/technology/ai-chatbots-delusions-chatgpt.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ck8.FEwL.MLb9ajaocyTx&smid=url-share

the fact that the Internet Archive got into bigger trouble for lending books they paid for than Facebook did for reproducing books they pirated tells you everything you need to know about copyright.

#fuckAI

God, this bubble burst is going to be so brutal

here's the final version of the "redirects cheat sheet" draft I posted a while back!

("The Secret Rules of the Terminal" is finished! 95 beta readers have read it! the copy editor is done! technical review is done! the illustrator has made the cover! It's going to be out on *****Tuesday June 24*****")

If a user’s expectations about how a tool functions don’t match reality, you’ve got yourself a huge user experience and security problem.
Humans have built a schema around AI chat bots and do not expect their AI chat bot prompts to show up in a social media style Discover feed — it’s not how other tools function.
Because of this, users are inadvertently posting sensitive info to a public feed with their identity linked, including prompts with:
- exact medical issues
- federal crimes committed
- tax evasion
- home address
- interest in extramarital affairs
- sensitive court details
- private photos of unclothed children
- audio asking personal questions
- private upcoming travel plans
- questions about the legality of actions
- challenges in personal relationships
- feeling shame with disabilities

What do I recommend as next steps for Meta and other orgs considering a public AI chat bot prompt feed?
1. Pause the public Discover feed. Your users clearly don’t understand that their AI chat bot prompts have been made public.
2. Ensure all AI chat bot prompts are private by default. This goes for all future AI chat bots as well. Don’t wait for users to accidentally post their secrets publicly. Notice that humans interact with AI chatbots with an expectation of privacy, and meet them where they are at.
3. Alert users who have posted their prompts publicly and that their prompts have been removed for them from the feed to protect their privacy.

If I’m able to watch users inadvertently admitting to federal crimes and posting unclothed pictures of their children to the Meta AI Discover Prompt feed, they clearly don’t understand how it works!
Meta: Pause the product, bake in clear strong privacy, and help users fix their accidental prompt posts.
It’s time to make it right.

Here is a redacted user asking Meta AI about how to ask a judge to not sentence them to death for the murder of 2 people.
Clearly Meta users do not believe their Meta AI prompts are publicly available. This one is tied to the user’s identity with elements of their username which I’ve redacted.

If your family, friends, and coworkers aren’t aware that Meta AI chat bot prompts can be easily and accidentally posted to a social media-like feed, please inform them so they can keep their sensitive questions private.
Imagine if Google searches were surprisingly showing up on a new social media feed, this would devastate folks.

Transarctica/Arctic Baron (MS-DOS, 1993)

guilty as charged
#VIM #VIMmotions #Memes

“I’m sorry, Ms. Delacourt, but your son has tested positive for Linux.”
“Give it to me straight, Doc. How bad is it?”
“It’s terminal.”
[anguished cry]

Andreas Kling's keynote presentation on the #Ladybird #browser

https://youtu.be/9YM7pDMLvr4

#browsers #Google #Chrome #Chromium #Blink #WebKit #Safari #Apple #Brave #Vivaldi #Edge #Microsoft #Opera #Mozilla #Firefox #Gecko #engineering #coding #OpenSource #adtech #web #nonprofit #Linux #MacOS #Windows #Javascript

I successfully built the Linux kernel from Windows XP!

Bootlog: https://pastebin.com/RQn8X4yM

Introducing Waterfox Private Search (Beta)

https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-private-search/

/o\

Viable alternatives to #Github:

• Codeberg
• GitLab
• Sourcehut
• Self-hosting forejo
• Subversion
• CVS
• RCCS
• 8" Floppy disks
• Pencil and paper
• Stone knives and bearskins
• Literally freaking anything, GH is so bloody evil, are you dense? 😂

WorkComposer employee monitoring app leaks 21 million screenshots

WorkComposer, an employee monitoring application that captures screenshots every 20 seconds, exposed over 21 million screenshots in an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket, potentially leaking sensitive information including credentials, API keys, financial data, and confidential business documents, and new screehsnots we added in real time.

**Companies - next time you plan to install "employee monitoring" spyware, be aware that these systems can expose you to much more risk than an employee taking half an hour of rest to browse the web during work hours.**
#cybersecurity #infosec #incident #databreach
https://beyondmachines.net/event_details/workcomposer-employee-monitoring-app-leaks-21-million-screenshots-w-v-a-7-1/gD2P6Ple2L