Captured in Nanjing. Looking at how such a grand imperial palace ultimately turned to dust makes you reflect on how humanity is merely a speck of dust in history. Live each day well, cherish the present moment, stay healthy, and do what you love—live your own unique life… When terrible things happen, think about how they might just offer an unexpected experience. It’s not so terrible, is it?
Interesting Tools
Xray Rules
geoip.dat
geosite.dat
Recently while using xray, I noticed geosite:openai wasn’t kicking in, so I hunted down the full rule lists. Make sure to overwrite your old .dat files.
Snaptik
https://snaptik.biz/
Extract YouTube video download links, supporting 2K, 4K, and 8K resolutions.
YouTube Caption Downloader
https://www.downloadyoutubesubtitles.com/
Download YouTube video subtitles.
WIN11 OS Optimizer
https://b.olsoul.com
A Windows 11 system settings optimizer. Haven’t tried it myself yet, but the feature set looks pretty extensive.
Learning
Relearning English Grammar
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1tt411w72A/
I kept making grammar slip-ups when typing in English, so I decided to revisit English grammar fundamentals. Found this excellent resource and started watching it a year ago, BUT I still haven’t finished it yet…
Go Web Programming
https://github.com/astaxie/build-web-application-with-golang
Different experts dissect Go from unique perspectives. Every once in a while, I love browsing through various top-tier Go tutorials.
Life
A Few Words on OCR
When converting printed paper text into digital format to read anywhere or reformat and reprint, the OCR accuracy on Mac Bob, iOS, and Android was just too error-prone. In the end, Quark OCR proved unbeatable. Non-subscribers only get 3 uses per day, but there’s no limit on photo count per batch, which is plenty for daily use. No wonder students swear by it.