#achievement
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A quotation by Shaw, George Bernard
There are two tragedies in life. One is not to get your heart’s desire. The other is to get it.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) British playwright and critic
Man and Superman, Act 4 [Mendoza] (1903)
#quote #quotation #achievement #attainment #desire #endeavor #failure #goal #pursuit #success #tragedy
More notes and sourcing on WIST: https://wist.info/shaw-george-bernard/53213/
Four-year-old US piano prodigy flourishing amid pandemic - BBC News
When Brigitte Xie's parents signed her up for piano classes during the pandemic, they just wanted to keep her busy. Now, she's become the youngest winner of the prestigious Elite International Music Competition and has been invited to play at Carnegie Hall.
What were you doing when you were four? No, me neither.
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Isn't #humanity's #achievement pathetic?
Let me refer to recent #history:
- Concentration camps during the Second World War
- The detonation of two atomic bombs over Japan
- Torture camps
- Failure to provide assistance, especially in the Mediterranean Sea
- Drones kill people and watch them suffer
The collective #failure of humanity in respect of #morality.
And speech he has learned, and thought
So swift, and the temper of mind
To dwell within cities, and not to lie bare
Amid the keen, biting frosts
Or cower beneath pelting rain;
Full of resource against all that comes to him
is Man. Against Death alone
He is left with no defence.[καὶ φθέγμα καὶ ἀνεμόεν φρόνημα καὶ ἀστυνόμους
ὀργὰς ἐδιδάξατο καὶ δυσαύλων
πάγων ὑπαίθρεια καὶ δύσομβρα φεύγειν βέλη
παντοπόρος: ἄπορος ἐπ᾽ οὐδὲν ἔρχεται
τὸ μέλλον: Ἅιδα μόνον φεῦξιν οὐκ ἐπάξεται.]
Sophocles (496-406 BC) Greek tragic playwright
Antigone, l. 354ff, Stasimon 1, Strophe 2 [Chorus] (441 BC) [tr. Kitto (1962)]
#quotation #quote #achievement #civilization #humanity #mind #mortality #progress #resourcefulness #speech #thought #weather
More notes and sourcing on WIST: https://wist.info/sophocles/46782/
muahahahaaaaa!!!
A Dream came true!
Automated Panorama Stitching from within gthumb
Story:
Since (appraently 5) Yeas i've been Dreaming about a Solution to be able to use the automatic panorama stitching technology from hugin, and my hotfolder .from within my Picture Management Software. Because it seemed to be the right place for this functionality, and usabilty/ease of use would greatly Icrease.
The Years and also my search for a #FLOSS replacement for Picasa went by and only recently i learned to use and appreciate #gthumb. it did most things Picasa did for me - just without database - and fast search etc. HOWEWER one day very recently i saw a video about Gthumb's features and was hit by exitement when i learned that it supports custom scripts - i immedeatly started to Work on it and now its time other People should Use and test it as well
gthumb_make_panorama is alive
https://github.com/paskalito/gthumb_make_panorama
I'm particulary interested if the installation method works for you - i tried to simplify it good as i could.
#share #photo #gnu #opensource #panorama #automation #panotools #stitching #photography #postprocessing #lazy #script #pano #easy #makelifeeasier #automate #linux #shell #hugin #foto #fotographieren #dreamcametrue #adreamcomestrue #lifegoals #achievement #happy