Finding stories in everyday adventures
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 …
If you have ever tried programmatically sending HTML emails, you probably know how giant of a pain in the rear it is. It’s all because while HTML has progressed in the world of Internet, the Email HTML is still way way behind. There are no set standards and most of the times, you end up doing too much manual HTML coding. In today’s world, surely there must be something you can do about it, right? …
I have recently started using Python and Docker. As a novice, I wanted to configure PyCharm on Windows to use my Docker Python image. Here are couple of things I had to do to successfully accomplish this: Your Project folder must be inside your Windows home folder, i.e. c:\users\user. If not, PyCharm will not be able to run your Python file Next, ensure that Docker is selected as a “Remote Python Interpreter”. Obviously as a …
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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