Illinois by Ciro Santilli 37 Updated +Created
Academic publishing is broken by Ciro Santilli 37 Updated +Created
One of the most beautiful things is how they paywall even public domain works. E.g. here: www.nature.com/articles/119558a0 was published in 1927, and is therefore in the public domain as of 2023. But it is of course just paywalled as usual throughout 2023. There is zero incentive for them to open anything up.
Video 1.
What they don't tell you about academic publishing by Andy Stapleton (2021)
Source.
Video 2.
The publishing scandal happening right now by Andy Stapleton (2023)
Source. TOOD get the name of the academic who quit.
Academic journal by Ciro Santilli 37 Updated +Created
Kdenlive by Ciro Santilli 37 Updated +Created
This seems like a decent option, although it has bugs coming in and out all the time! Also it is quite hard to learn to use.
To get started:
  • import a clip
  • drag it onto the track area
Shortucts:
To set the video length, search for "set outpoint" on "monitor".
Add subtitles:
  • Effects
  • Dynamic text
then drag on top of the video track. To add only to part of the video, cut it up first.
Preview has no sound on Ubuntu 20.10. Fixed as of Ubuntu 22.04.
Sound worked on Ubuntu 21.04 though, but it then soon crashed with:
 = = SET EFFECT PARAM:  "rect"  =  0=1188 0 732 242
MUTEX LOCK!!!!!!!!!!!! slotactivateeffect:  1
// // // RESULTING REQUIRED SCENE:  1
Object 0x557293592da0 destroyed while one of its QML signal handlers is in progress.
Most likely the object was deleted synchronously (use QObject::deleteLater() instead), or the application is running a nested event loop.
This behavior is NOT supported!
qrc:/qml/EffectToolBar.qml:80: function() { [native code] }
Killed
amazing.
On Ubuntu 22.04 haven't crashed yet.

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Welcome to the OurBigBook Project! Our goal is to create the perfect publishing platform for STEM subjects, and get university-level students to write the best free STEM tutorials ever.
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    Figure 1.
    Screenshot of the "Derivative" topic page
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    Video 3.
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    . Source. This shows editing OurBigBook Markup and publishing it using the Visual Studio Code extension.
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