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Having the file is the first step in removing the DRM - you can set DeDRM up as a plugin in Calibre to strip DRM automatically when you add the AWZ3/KFX file to your library.
I find stereo mixes are better for more smooth audio levels - if you get a surround mix (assuming you don't have a surround sound system), then the centre channel is too quiet in the downmix. You might be able to boost the centre volume, which depends on your setup.
I mostly use private trackers, and normally the only stereo is in multi-track releases so you will waste a bit of storage there (plus they tend to be larger, high quality files).
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Ball dance of the apocalypse.
There's two tiny heads inside the hoodie. It's like in cartoons where small characters stand on each others shoulders in a trenchcoat.
I find there's aot of bad advice around shoes - particularly the idea that lots of padding and support is helpful.
I went to a physio who said my feet were flat and wanted to sell me inserts/special shoes. I instead fixed that with stretches and exercise.
It's like if I'd complained that my arm hurts when lifting something heavy and instead of looking at my form and helping build up the muscles they said "just wear this sling".
I'm getting on in years and all my other runner friends have bad knees, but I wear minimal shoes and have good barefoot form.
Got a bit off topic... yes, walking is great for losing weight as the body doesn't seem to consider it as exercise - it doesn't compensate by being lazy afterwards (which it does for most exercise).
This one gets weirder the more you look. There's the guy typing on an imaginary keyboard (or using an invisible mouse), the fact that no-one really has any eyes, or that dark character who's got some device suspended in front of his face?
and back up again, like a yo-yo.
I've heard that people claim the moon landings were faked, but (until now?) I'd never heard anyone claiming the Martian rovers were faked.
They're back!
e: err, 3 days ago. I wasn't paying attention I guess
And their unique way of walking
An abandoned motor cruiser slowly moulders away on the beach adjacent to Tranmere Oil Terminal.
Credit: Darren B Hillman
An abandoned bus in the Atacama desert outside of the oasis town of San Pedro de Atacama.
Source: Pablo Garcia Saldaña pagsa_
Kelenföld Power Station is an abandoned power plant control room in Hungary. Built in the 1920s, it's a beautiful example of Art Deco industrial architecture and features a dramatic oval-shaped room lit by a large skylight. The plant originally ran on coal but was converted to natural gas in the 1970s. Much of the original control equipment remains intact on the green metal wall panels. A concrete bunker housed an air raid shelter during World War 2, underscoring the control room's role in a critical infrastructure at a turbulent time.
Designed by two prominent Hungarian architects, site is protected under Hungarian law and so cannot be demolished. This does mean it also can't be restored and maintenance is difficult. It is occasionally open to tours and also film shoots, apparently.
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In August 2022, a team located camera equipment that had been abandoned by famous explorers Bradford Washburn and Robert Bates in 1937 on the Walsh Glacier in Canada's Kluane National Park. The cameras contained decades-old images of the landscape that could provide data on glacial movement. After months of searching led by explorer Griffin Post and glaciologist Dora Medrzycka, they found pieces of Washburn's aerial camera and two movie cameras with undeveloped film. Medrzycka's guidance was crucial to the discovery.
They hope the recovered film can be developed and provide a rare glimpse of the area as it appeared over 80 years ago. Finding the equipment after so many decades was an unbelievable validation for Post and his team.
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Credit: Benjamin Wiessner
Henry Ford dreamed of establishing Fordlândia, a rubber plantation city in Brazil, to ensure a steady supply of rubber for his automobiles. He invested millions to build the city from scratch, and included luxuries for the workers such as an 18-hole golf course and a dance hall.
However, poor management led to pest infestations in the tightly planted trees. Workers also revolted as they were only paid a fraction of what Ford had promised and forced to abandon their local customs. As conditions deteriorated further during World War 2, Ford was forced to sell the failing operations for just $250,000 in 1945, despite having invested over $20 million (equivalent to $325 million in 2022).
Fordlândia remains completely abandoned today, serving as an example of a grand vision brought down by cultural clashes and economic mismanagement.
Aerial View of Fordlândia, Brazil, 1934 (source)
What remains of Fordlândia Hospital (source)
- Wikipedia: Fordlândia
- The Guardian
- Album on Flickr
- mysteries of the world (in Portuguese, Google Translated version)
e: added more sources and edited content to be more accurate
Photogrpaher: MGness / urbexery.com
Beechwood State Park is located on the shores of Lake Ontario in Wayne County, New York, and was formerly the site of a Girl Scout camp. The camp closed in the late 1990s due to lack of money.
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On the eastern coast of the Black Sea is the Georgian region of Abkhazia, or the independent Republic of Abkhazia, depending on who you ask - Abkhazia has been recognised as an independent state by Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Nauru, and Syria; however, Georgia and most of the UN consider Abkhazia a sovereign territory of Georgia.
Other photos from Gagra
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A boy left his bike chained to a tree when he went away to war in 1914. He never returned, leaving the tree no choice but to grow around the bike. Incredible that this bike has been there for 98 years now!
This bike, aka the "tree that ate a bicycle" on Washington's Vashon Island, has its own Snopes page (I won't spoil if this story's true): https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bicycle-tree/
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America, why do they keep adding the America word America?