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Celestia - 3D Space Simulator

Celestia is an open source project that provides a real-time 3D visualization of space.It is a free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions. It is available for Windows, Linux and macOS X. Unlike most planetarium software, Celestia doesn't confine you to the surface of the Earth. You can travel throughout the solar system, to any of over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy. All movement in Celestia is seamless. The exponential zoom feature lets you explore space across a huge range of scales, from galaxy clusters down to spacecraft only a few meters across. A 'point-and-goto' interface makes it simple to navigate through the universe to the object you want to visit. Celestia is expandable. Celestia comes with a large catalog of stars, galaxies, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and spacecraft. If that's not enough, you

Get IMDB Ratings of Movies & TV Shows in Your Terminal

A command line tool for getting information about a movie and comparing two movies. It is written entirely in JavaScript just like the virtual Apple Macintosh that can be installed on Windows, Linux and macOS. To install it run the following command Linux sudo npm i -g movie-cli Install in macOS with: npm i -g movie-cli To get information about a movie type movie Movie Name Example movie Star Wars Information provided includes : Title, year, date released, runtime, genre, director, actors, language and even IMDB rating. To compare two movies, type movie Movie Name1 :: Movie name2 Example movie Star Wars :: Wild Information provided includes: Title, year, date released, runtime, genre and IMDB rating. The project is available on GitHub along with the source code. You can check it out if you wish. It was created by Mayank Chandola .

LBRY: A Blockchain Based Decentralised YouTube Alternative

It is a free open source and community run platform for sharing digital content.  It is a new protocol with a peer to peer, decentralized file sharing and payment network secured with blockchain technology. You own your data, you control the network. Indeed you are the network. Content creators can use LBRY to share digital content like videos, music, images, e-books and even podcasts.As a user, you can use the platform to watch videos, listen to music and read e-books.  The platform doesn't have ads on its website and does not track you in order to serve you ads like YouTube does. It is ad free if you are logged into the network or using it's app. LBRY app is available for Android, iOS, Windows, Linux and macOS. The mobile apps also show you the value of your LBC in USD. You can browse their website  here . It has both light and dark modes. LBRY is governed by its own cryptocurrency called LBRY Credits or LBC for short. These can be earned in various ways incl