Downloading and converting YouTube videos using youtube-dl (yt-dlp)
Up until quite recently, I’ve been using YTD Video Downloader in Windows for downloading YouTube videos, but even the paid version has issues. This weekend I rediscovered the steps I took using youtube-dl (yt-dlp) during last Xmas, and made a shell script to automate everything.
Read More → Downloading and converting YouTube videos using youtube-dl (yt-dlp)Installing GNU Screen on SecurityOnion
Running the command sudo soup on your manager node gives you this warning: WARNING: If you run soup via an SSH session and that SSH session terminates, then any processes running in that session would terminate. You should avoid leaving soup unattended especially if the machine you are SSHing from is configured to sleep after […]
Read More → Installing GNU Screen on SecurityOnionFunny error message while attempting to run mosh in Cygwin
0 [main] mosh-client (21652) child_copy: cygheap read copy failed, 0x0..0x800029F60, done 0, windows pid 21652, Win32 error 299 Died at /usr/bin/mosh line 320.
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I wish I did this change ages ago. 50 minutes of waiting on estimates turned into less than 20 seconds of waiting.
Read More → Server side estimates in AMANDAWindows 11, version 24H2 x64 2024-05D
It is quite difficult getting “Windows 11, version 24H2 x64 2024-05D” installed in a virtual Windows 11 client.
Read More → Windows 11, version 24H2 x64 2024-05DAdding 32 GiB of RAM to Lenovo ThinkPad P1 G6
At ${WORK}, we ordered one Lenovo ThinkPad P1 G6 (P/N 21FV000MMX) which came with 32 GiB of RAM. This laptop has two slots for memory modules, so we ordered and waited on one additional 32 GiB memory module.
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NetBSD 9.4 is out.
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For some reason a rebooted Security Onion manager node is perceived as a combined manager-search node (this is my hypothesis), filling up the /nsm filesystem with unnecessary, large amounts of data. Here are four shell scripts I find useful.
Read More → Shell scripts for Security Onion manager nodeAdventures in NetBSD/amd64 10.0
When the harddrives in the oldest virtualization server at $WORK died, I was virtually left without any test systems running the other BSDs and some select Linux distros. We have another virtualization server with plenty of resources, and I decided to try NetBSD/amd64 10.0-RELEASE, build a few packages, and upgrade the VM to 10.0-STABLE.
Read More → Adventures in NetBSD/amd64 10.0Autodesk 2025 products
Autodesk recently published the 2025 editions of their products. Most notably this time, with the exception of 3ds Max 2025, is that the file numbered 001_002 is a short .exe file, while the file numbered 002_002 is a complete 7-Zip archive.
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