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cowfire··on Why a program doesn't work when run from a batch file, but works when clicked
You can click on the title at the top of the page and find out.
cowfire··on Why a program doesn't work when run from a batch file, but works when clicked
And then you got a disciplinary process for telling a customer to fuck off?
cowfire··on Why a program doesn't work when run from a batch file, but works when clicked
> You can now do C:ffmpeg.exe -i D:scene1.mp4 output-scene1.mp4

This won't actually work because multiple current directories are a fiction of cmd.exe

cowfire··on Turning a solar power system into its own backup
TLDR: it's a concentrated solar plant (field of mirrors shine light on a tower to boil water) with a backup system that boils the water by burning stuff.
cowfire··on Breaking the open web won't stop the bad bots
The legal system isn't stupid - it doesn't think that a human using a web browser is a robot.

I mean it is stupid but not in that way.