Category: Everyday shit …

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Combining .MP4 videos (using FFMPEG)

Create the script file that contains the file list: file_list.txt (as shown are the contents)

#combine video

file 'HDV_1254.MP4'
file 'HDV_1255.MP4'
file 'HDV_1256.MP4'
file 'HDV_1257.MP4'

Then, on the LINUX terminal line (command line):

$ ffmpeg -f concat -i file_list.txt -c copy 20230429_Walking_Dogs.mp4

And if you just want to merge/combine all the videos in a directory, do this bash command to concatenate the .mp4 file names:

$ for f in *.mp4; do echo "file '$f'" >> file_list.txt; done

… and then, just run the same command for ffmpeg as shown above …

FUN!

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Hard versus hopeless …

“Doomism isn’t about the future being hard, doomism is about believing the future is hopeless.” – Dr. Freckles

  1. They told us in economics classes that FOOD was an inferior good, and basically garbage.
  2. They told you the SMART GUY leaves home, and you left home … and then you returned one day to find home destroyed.
  3. They told you “you gotta be happy, if you’re not happy you’re a shit head”, and some of us suffer from actual severe depression, from time to time, and we’re just not going to be fucking HAPPY about any of your wretched bullshit …
  4. The wars, the prisons, the slaves …

But it’s not hopeless …

Yeah – life has become dreary and ugly, but it’s still life.

We were sold a SHRIMP SALAD MASTERPIECE that turned out to be a turd sandwich van Gogh surprise …

But life goes on – my view of the future hasn’t really changed. I’m just trying to break out of that “what the fuck am I in that future” funk …

I’m an old man, being chased by coyotes …

(and that’s pretty fucking lit)

“Doomism is being trapped in fight or flight … that’s what you have to break out of, even if it means fighting.” – Dr. Freckles

“Fear is the mind killer …” – Dune

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STATIST MIND FUCK … SPACE: 1999

“The only thing dumber than ‘cops in space’, is the IRS after total thermonuclear war.” – Dr. Freckles

How big of a statist mind fuck is it when a science fiction TV show about a Moon lost in the depths of space, OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF FUCKING NOWHERE, still have aliens show up, flashing their “business license” … WTF …

It’s like Fire Fly – the one thing about that show I found implausible, and this applies to STAR WARS as well … “cops and business licenses in deep space” …

(what the actual fuck)

In that controversial TV movie from the 80’s: “The Day After”

The IRS shows up, post nuclear war, to explain how folks who are dying in multiple ways still need to pay their taxes …

This is implausible, but it is the narrative the state wants you to believe.

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CHARLES INGALLS MUST DIE!

I’m tired of this shit …

Charles butts in on peoples lives, like a 19th Century Captain Kirk, violating the “prime directive” every hour. And sometimes he gets punched … or he accidentally gets shot … or gets shot by bad buys with wonky shotgun rounds … but hey, he’s Charles.

Then there’s this episode where Nels is looking astray … and he wants Charles’ advice. The SAME MOTHER FUCKING CHARLES who can’t pass up any opportunity to denigrate or ridicule his wife, Harriet Oleson. So Nel’s probably thought: “this fucker mocks and disrespects my wife in front of me, why won’t he listen to my woes concerning Molly?”

BUT NO …

CHARLES then switches to JUDGE DREAD mode and says cold and off putting shit …

Fuck you … Nels just wanted to talk … mother fucker.

He goes to the fucking Mine, and kills some Chinese, almost kills himself …

He goes to move nitro glycerin, with Louis Gosset Jr., and he takes credit for beating on a MICK …

He goes to Mankato, to save some random shit head, gets into a fight, and he still lives …

SOME FUCKER NEEDS TO TAKE HIM OUT …

Some kind angel needs to turn him to salt.

[curated: 4/7/2023]