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Way way back in 2015, I wrote this post about auto downloading huge amount of 4k wallpapers. That trick worked very well. Now this trick is essentially an enhanced version of that trick. Previously, with downloading, the file names were pretty insignificant, representing only the ID of the file on the site. In addition to this, everything was downloaded in one single folder, i.e. no organization. As a result, identify what file shows what was …
Install Git for Windows first Using Git Bash, generate private and public keys Add public key to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file on the remote server Create a local folder to store repository On server, create a new repository or initialize a repository from existing files cd some_dir git init git add . git commit In PyCharm, use ssh://vik@jarvis/~/code/jarvis/.git
wit.ai is a NLP (Natural Language Processing) api. Think of it as something that can be used to create next Cortana or Siri. Basically, the api allows you to send a text statement (or voice), and convert into meaningful form that your program can understand and respond to. I have started playing with it. First thing I am doing is install on Jarvis to be used with Python3. Installing is easy. First ensure following packages are installed: python3-dev, libcurl3-dev, …
A year ago I had posted about how you can bulk download 1080p wallpapers from Microsoft’s website. You can read the post here. That tricked worked very well and allowed me to download a total of 543 1080p wallpapers in one go. Now, I am using the same concept to download wallpapers from alphacoders.com albeit this time it’s 4K, baby! (3840×2160) Since the level of our pixel gorgeousness has increased we will step up our game …
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Plan to use a desktop monitor to replace my dual monitor set up. Seiki SE39UY04 39″
Here’s a snippet of PHP code to help you send emails from Windows machine when a torrent has downloaded through uTorrent.I am using Outlook.com to send and receive email but you can easily use GMail or any other internet mail service. You will need PHPMailer class $argOpts = “n:e:”;$argVal = getopt($argOpts);$torrent_name = $argVal[‘n’];$to_email = $argVal[‘e’];require(“phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php”);$mail = new PHPMailer();$mail->Username = “Your outlook.com username”;$mail->Password = “Your outlook.com password”;$mail->Host = “smtp-mail.outlook.com”;$mail->Port = 587;$mail->IsSMTP();$mail->SMTPSecure=”tls”;$mail->SMTPAuth = true;$mail->setFrom(“From address”, “From name”);$mail->addReplyTo(“Reply …
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