I’m an artist and a python developer, two things that rarely occupy the same worlds, let alone the same sentence. However, I have recently found a way to combine these two passions: Panoramas. My current smartphone takes excellent pictures. It does a great job at figuring...
Continue reading...Replacing NZXT’s CAM software on Windows for Kraken
NZXT Kraken coolers are awesome for CPUs or GPUs. Their CAM software on the other hand is slow, bloated and possibly stealing your data. Thankfully, there are open source alternatives available. The option that I will walk you through using is a command line tool that...
Continue reading...Personal Cloud Media Server – Encrypted, Streamable, Affordable…Possible?
Is it possible to build a personal media server that is hosted in the cloud, while making privacy, security, and accessibility paramount?I wanted to find out, and this post will dive into the options available to achieve such a possibly as well. (Spoiler: I did end...
Continue reading...Is the world ready for Python 3?
The trek from Python 2 to Python 3 has been drawn-out, arduous and fraught with perils. How close are our dear Knights developers to all reaching the long sought glory of Python 3? PIP Downloads Let’s first jump into what is being used the most currently....
Continue reading...Stop using plus signs to concatenate strings!
In Python, using plus signs to concatenate strings together is one of the first things you learn, i.e. print(“hello” + “world!”), and it should be one of the first things you stop using. Using plus signs to “add” strings together is inherently more error prone, messier...
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