Art blocks calendar9/19/2023 ![]() Druid expands, “It’s important to note the Playground’s limitations: first, an artist can only launch a Playground project after a Curated project.
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Picture in picture imovie ipad9/19/2023 ![]() pain-staking □Ĭonsider purchase of Motion5 as effects-machine - this would allow, all pictures movin', zoom and rotate, perspective shift, 'glossy' light etc etc - but no beginner's task. Can you use vertical photos on imovie How to use vertical p. I did that 6 years ago with iMvers6 and QuicktimePro - and a single picture:įor a pile of pictures, that method would be too. Here’s a step-by-step guide to inserting a picture into a video using Windows Movie Maker: Step 1. In this video, I'll show you how to crop fit a vertical photos to be used in imovie on the ipad. You can NOT zoom to full-frame, that is beyond the built-in Ken Burns effect in iM, which allows only a zoom of about x5.
Ultimate sackboy9/19/2023 The player can run into pickups on the track that will give them power ups that can help increase their score. ![]() If the player fails to complete a Daily Duel, they will lose the bag until the next Daily Duel is made available. If the player successfully completes a Daily Duel, they will be rewarded with a bag of items that can be claimed the following day. Daily Duel is a similar mode, with the core difference being that there is only one opponent with a harder score to surpass. ![]() Run is the standard game mode, where the player must earn more points than all the other opponents on the track. ![]() There are two game modes in the current builds. Coins can be used to pay an entry fee to participate in races. Gems are rarer and can unlock more valuable items, while coins are a common currency awarded at the end of races. There are two types of currency in the game, coins and gems. Costume pieces can be leveled up by using crafting materials, duplicate costume pieces and coins. You can earn costume pieces by opening sacks earned in races, or by completing the daily races to earn one costume piece the next day. Similar to previous games, the game features customization for your Sackboy character. The player must get the most points before the end of the run to win. The game features races against another character or player on a finite course. Sackboy continually runs forward on his own, and the player must swipe their finger on the screen to move Sackboy between the track's three lanes, slide or jump to avoid running into obstacles. Ultimate Sackboy plays much like other similar mobile runners like Crash Bandicoot: On the Run, Sonic Dash, or Subway Surfers. Sackboy completing a race in the Run game mode. Pre-registrations for the full version of game opened in January, and the full game was eventually released for mobile worldwide on February 20th, 2023. Expect news as we approach full launch in the future." Pete Smith also confirmed that the game would later be supported by iOS devices. Sony XDEV Product Development Director Pete Smith on May 6th responded to a comment about the game, stating that it "is just early access at this stage. “Sackboy” is a trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment.Ultimate Sackboy is known to have been in early access on the Google Play Store at least as early as April 2021. □ DRESS TO IMPRESS with hundreds of clothing varieties to collect, unlock, upgrade and check out! The more you upgrade, the higher your score, so if you're taking part, you better look the part! Sprint your way through the Season Pass ranks to collect all the cool new costumes and shiny medals so you can win in style!įrom the makers of Lemmings - Puzzle Adventure out now on all devices! Downloaded over 8 million times. Join in on Marathon events and compete in crazy missions to win Coins, prizes – or even your rivals’ outfits! □ DUEL IT OUT in the Daily Duel every day for awesome rewards! Take on your rivals in head-to-head contests and tournaments. □ SWIPE TO DODGE, SLIDE, JUMP in this competitive runner challenge! Use precise timing, fast reactions, and a little smarts to think ahead and beat all challengers! Can you collect all the Bubbles to win? As you progress, you will unlock more Tiers – allowing Sackboy to explore a variety of awesome tracks, from the vibrantly stitched race tracks to the paper-crafted library halls! □ PLAY AS ICONIC HERO SACKBOY as he takes on Craftworld's new celebrated and crazy obstacle racing tournament! Can you slide, dodge and weave past classic Sackboy enemies, surpass your rivals to win cool prizes - all while lookin' stylish!? ![]() ✨ Let your imagination run wild in Ultimate Sackboy’s adventure!✨ Soma brave new world consequences9/19/2023 ![]() Pharmaceuticals, while hardly a new industry then, still had much to master in terms of sedatives, opiates, barbiturates, and amphetamines. Microdosing and Tech’s Troubling Utopian Vision of ItselfĪt the time of Brave New World’s publication, soma was intriguing, a parallel of other casual substance use and abuse. The peaceful, rigidly ordered, and emotionally stunted civilization Huxley envisioned would be impossible without it. The point of soma within Brave New World is an end to anxiety over pain, over social interactions either romantically or in the workplace, over the fear of death, or indeed over complex and troubling thought of any kind, under the exhortation “a gram is better than a damn.” One character, important in the hierarchy of the fictional world, refers to it as having “All the advantages of Christianity and alcohol, and none of their defects.” Characters confronted with morally or intellectually challenging scenarios immediately resort to varying amounts of the drug, either resuming their work or taking a “soma holiday”. It’s tempting to spend a fair bit of time on Huxley’s the philosopher’s choice of terminology. What concerns me as psychedelics move forward is Brave New World’s preferred method of social control, a drug of unspecified chemical composition referred to as soma. If nothing else, it’s sexier.Īll of this is fascinating, but only a background. The novel is frequently compared to George Orwell’s 1984, and in fact, the two authors corresponded over their competing and complementary visions of what they saw as society’s inevitable slide toward totalitarian control. ![]() His dystopian vision of a Fordist world-state, the end of history, monogamy, family, and religion, and humans being decanted rather than born to be socially conditioned from infancy has endured in popular culture. While we’ve mainly focused on the seminal experience with mescaline that led him to write The Doors of Perception, Huxley is most famous for his novel Brave New World. Potential is not a one-way street to benefit. ![]() While I share a sense of optimism and curiosity into what these substances can do for us, I also have no small amount of reservation about what they can do to us. Psychedelics are being touted for their potential, whether medical, therapeutic, or spiritual. Through all of it has come the chance to interview entrepreneurs and doctors, and to absorb a range of perspectives on substances I’d admittedly pigeonholed prior to taking this job.Īt the risk of forming another such bird-shaped aperture, I’d like to share a growing anxiety of mine, one that may be obvious from the subtitle of this piece. There’s been a lot of reading from old favourite authors of mine like Aldous Huxley, and quite a few modern psychedelic insights from the always-charming and informative Michael Pollan. ![]() Since then, I’ve learned a great deal of history, ancient and modern. My first contribution after starting that education was to realize the level of ignorance I was functioning at, and to help craft a statement promising to respect both the substances and cultures I’d end up researching. Some Dystopian Thoughts from Aldous Huxley on Psychedelic and Microdosing Cultures Moving to the MainstreamĪs the Editor of Truffle Report, I’ve spent the past six months learning about psychedelics and, by extension, microdosing. Fitbit versa 4 charger9/19/2023 ![]() While you sleep, the Fitbit Versa 4 will track a variety of health metrics, including breathing rate, HRV (heart rate variability), skin temperature variation, oxygen saturation, and resting heart rate. I found the Versa 4 GPS to be pretty decent. This is enough water resistance for swims and in the shower. ![]() The Fitbit Versa 4 is rated water-resistant for 50m of depth, as was the model before it. I experienced very few instances of it being thrown off, which is excellent for a fitness tracker at the price of $229. In terms of GPS accuracy, I have found the Fitbit Versa 4 to be quite good for its price. This means you don’t have to run with your phone if you don’t want to. Similar to Fitbit’s Sense 2 and Charge 5, the Versa 4 has its own integrated GPS. This isn’t going to be great for someone who likes to see a wider range of running metrics at once, but again, Fitbits are more for someone who wants something simple and easy to follow. Which metric you see can be adjusted with a press. The workout screen is very simple, primarily showing you one main metric at a time. This is twice as many as their lower-priced fitness trackers. Workoutsįor workout tracking, Fitbit has 41 workout options to choose from. The battery is fairly quick to charge, taking around 12 minutes to get a full day’s worth of battery life if you are not using the always-on display. Since I do and I turn up the brightness to the max while outside to make screen viewing easier, the battery has lasted around two days for me. ![]() Honestly, it will be a battery life of closer to two days if you tend to workout outside and utilize GPS tracking. The Fitbit Versa 4 battery life will generally last you five to six days, but with the always-on display enabled, that drops down to around two to three days. The AMOLED screen looks great, even outside! Battery life It’s this much smaller despite having the same sized display and battery life. This makes it 15% lighter than the Versa 3, and it’s also about 10% thinner. The Versa 4 is also much lighter now, at just 24g. ![]() With hundreds of available watch faces, pretty much anyone should be able to find something they’ll really like. ScreenĮverything the Fitbit Versa 4 does looks great on the bright AMOLED touch screen. Your primary goal can be switched via the app. Something I really appreciate here is the new heart rate tile, showing you the past few hours of your heart rate history. Users swipe up to adjust settings, swipe down to see notifications, and swipe left or right to cycle through various tiles, like weather, exercise selection, your primary goal (set up via the app), sleep score, and more. It’s a promising sign to see further improvement in an already great area. You have an easy-to-use, simple interface that anyone can understand and jump right into using. Now that’s a button! User interfaceĪlso good here is Fitbit’s further simplified user interface. Personally, I usually have had it set to the Alexa integration, but it can be set to other functions like the alarm clock, exercise selection screen, or Fitbit pay. The button can be used to turn on the screen, take you to a list of your favorite apps, or to a customized feature you assign in the settings. This time around, it’s an actual button that’s been raised, making it easier to use. Similar to the new Fitbit Sense 2, the Versa 4 features a new and improved button. Butt paste natural9/19/2023 ![]() ![]() I know this isn't what you really want to hear, but when in doubt, the easiest (and fastest) way to hide a hickey is with your favorite concealer or foundation. Just make sure you aren't using it on any open wounds or cuts-only straight-up bruises-to avoid any possible irritation. Gohara says dabbing the liquid on your bruise once or twice a day will help constrict your blood vessels and make your hickey less obvious. Yes, Visine, as in the classic eye drops. Or I personally love using the hot/cold attachments on the TheraFace because it both gently massages the bump with a bit of pressure while warming it up to help bring down inflammation. You can try a running a washcloth under warm water, then firmly pressing it over your hickey for about five minutes two to three times a day. Now, you'll want to work with heat, which helps circulate blood to the area to help the bruise heal a little bit faster. Once your hickey is already red and splotchy, cold therapy won't do too much (the blood vessels are already broken and blood's already seeped out under your skin). Try a warm compress once the bruise is noticeable. Day, adding that you’ll want to repeat this a few times throughout the day or night to keep swelling down.ģ. Why? “The cold will help minimize the blood seeping out of the vessels into the skin,” says Dr. Then, ideally while your hickey is still relatively fresh, firmly press the cold spoon on top of the affected area. Apply a cold compress or spoon to your hickey ASAP.Īlright, before you do anything, grab a clean spoon or ice roller and throw it in your freezer for about 10 minutes. But there are a few things you can do to help speed up the process a bit by reducing swelling and inflammation. A hickey is a bruise, remember, and bruises take days, sometimes even weeks, to heal. Unfortunately, no one thing will make your hickey go away ASAP. But if you combine a few of the techniques above (drinking tons of water, applying cold and hot compresses, massaging in soothing creams, for example), you might be able to cut down your healing by a few days. Your hickey might start fading the next day, or it could even get darker or change colors throughout the healing process. Gohara, but everyone's healing time is different. Generally, a hickey will go away in about 7 to 12 days, says Dr. $27 at Credo Beauty How fast does a hickey go away? "Over time, your skin goes from a red/purple color to green/yellow and finally resolves back to your normal skin color," says Dr Boakye. This results in a purplish or red mark on the skin's surface (à la a bruise). What is a hickey?Ī hickey is bruise on your skin that occurs when the pressure from someone's lips damages your blood vessels which causes them to leak, says Dr. Here's what three dermatologists-including Naana Boakye, MD, Doris Day, MD, and Mona Gohara, MD-have to say about getting rid of a hickey in just a few days. Now the good news is that there are some legit tips and tricks (in, fact dermatologists even recommend them) to help get rid of a hickey more quickly than if you just left it alone. Unfortunately, I've learned there's no magical cure or product to get rid of a bruise overnight, meaning if you have a hickey, the only way to instantly cover it up is with concealer and full-coverage foundation. (If you're my mom reading this, I've never had a hickey in my life I'm just a great friend, I promise!) Sure, hickeys are totally normal and-let's face it- hot, but not exactly the accessory you want to be showing off before, say, meeting your partner's parents or giving a presentation in front of your boss. ![]() I'm not gonna lie, I've spent *a lot* of time googling hacks to get rid of a hickey fast. Copernic desktop search replacement9/19/2023 Rebuilding the settings can take time if you have added file types and changed update times.Īlso, when your index is large it can take many hours to rebuild. If Copernic crashes there is no way of recovering its settings and after you rebuild your settings you must re index. I have owned Copernic Desktop for several years. I liked the software because it allows me to easily search for documents. If you are dependent on their software this can be a problem. There tech support is slow if they do respond and in several instances I have had to request support several times. You have to rebuild any custom setttings, and index everything again. The real problems are when the software fails. The index size is large and re indexing can take a long time. This is not very efficient for the user who has to wait longer than needed to see new files ie. The indexing could easily start with the most current "create or modfy date" but instead it it re-indexing everything that gets indexed over and over each time, even though the file has not changed. This is an easy feature fix, I hope they see the importance soon.2. one must select each keyword from the drop down, then the next one and so on. So in order to see all the keywords in a resume i.e. Rather than show all keywords highlighted in the results window document (like the rest of the world does), they chose to show only the keyword selected. Great product if they change these 2 major flaws:1. Saving and updating search results work great. Ways to search and organize results are nicely execited. Very useful for searching large quantities of resumes in our case. I read that their customer service is rated poorly, but I have NEVER waited more than a day to get something resolved. It's too bad too, since I have been using it for over 10yrs. Kommentare: Searching multiple sources is great, and we rely on tools like this, but since they upgraded from version 5 they eliminated showing all the keywords at the same time, so I am looking for alternative products. It also updates regularly and easily.ĭifficult to install and index and this was a long learning curve! A trial is not offered. I do need my entire hard drive to be searched. I could readily set up the specific USB flash drive which needed to be searched. The search findings are presented in date order, and useful search options are offered. The search results are rapid, accurate and comprehensive. I attempted to install Copernic on my second computer, but to my surprise discovered that the license was per computer. This had never happened with Google and the indexing was simple never gave problems. I finally found out that this was my fault, as I had set up the indexing process not entirely correctly. Copernic stopped working every few days and had to be re-indexed. This had been a difficult task with Google Desktop. It was difficult to set up compared to Google Desktop, but then again, perhaps my computer skills or lack thereof, was the problem! The indexing process was rapid, and I could readily identify the specific USB flash drive which needed to be searched. The cost was reasonable so that was acceptable. The company did not offer a trial, so it had to be purchased and then evaluated. It has many advantages but also challenges. After evaluating several options, I finally selected Copernic and it is now in daily use and works much better than the old Google Desktop. Google Desktop was used to perform that checking task. ![]() I run a media monitoring business and it is essential that earlier articles or sections thereof that have appeared in my prior reports are not repeated. Recently, it stopped working and I was forced to look for an alternative desktop search program. ![]() Kommentare: I had used Google Desktop successfully for many years in my business despite it being discontinued some time ago. ![]() Percentage problems usually work off of some version of the sentence "(this) is (some percentage) of (that)", which translates to "(this) = (some decimal) × (that)". How do you turn "percent of" word problems into equations to solve? This value tells you that 224 is sixteen percent of 1400. Once you've done this conversion of the percentage to decimal form, you note that "sixteen percent OF fourteen hundred" is telling you to multiply the 0.16 and the 1400. When you're doing computations with percentages, remember always to convert the percent expressions to their equivalent decimal forms. Instead, you convert the "A" to the equivalent "4.0", and use this numerical value for finding your gpa. You can get an A in a class, but the letter "A" is not a numerical grade which can be averaged. This is similar to your grade-point average ( gpa), versus your grades. Percents, being the values with a "percent" sign tacked on, are not technically numbers. Short reviews of the various science resources and curricula I have used with my own children.When you are doing actual math, you need to use actual numbers. Keeping math skills sharp in the summer.Mental math "mathemagic" with Arthur Benjamin (video).Seven reasons behind math anxiety and how to prevent it.This article explains some of those relationships. To do that, they need to see the RELATIONSHIP between the different quantities in the problem. Students often have problems setting up an equation for a word problem in algebra. ![]() How to set up algebraic equations to match word problems.The do's and don'ts of teaching problem solving in mathĪdvice on how you can teach problem solving in elementary, middle, and high school math.Hint: it has to do with a "recipe" that many math lessons follow. Why are math word problems SO difficult for children?. ![]()
![]() New ice missile firing sound for Freezer Rifle ![]() New pickup and up sounds for BFG Beam and Black Hole Generator ![]() Made Starter Pack enemies compatible with UDV New sounds for Revolver (some are changed) New sprites for Rocket Box and HE Grenade Stack New up sound for Grenade Launcher and Super Grenade Launcher New pickup sound for Rocket Launcher and Grenade Launcher Or I may add more new things on enough demand. Let me know if I didn't add any changed content here. Other Smart Scavenger extensions are also for other UAC Survival Pack addons. It also contains Saegiru's Smart Medikits from UAC Survival Pack: "PBO_Smart_Scavenger.pk3": amv2k9's Smart Scavenger edited particularly for Project Brutality. "PBO_New_Upgrade_System_UGL.pk3": Same as above, this one contains underbarrel grenade launcher additionally. Recommended for Ultimate Doom or short wads. It also makes combat backpacks contain weapon upgrades. "PBO_New_Upgrade_System.pk3": Makes backpacks contain usable items. "PBO_Underbarrel_Grenade_Launcher.pk3": Features a 5th upgrade, an underbarrel grenade launcher for DMR. "PBO_UDV_Compatibility.pk3": Makes radar and a few minor stuff work properly. "PBO_Old_HMG_Patch.pk3": Brings HMG spin feature back from older versions of Project Brutality. "PBO_Extra_Powerups.pk3": Alternative stronger versions of some powerups that spawn along with them. "PB_Overhaul_Pack 2.03.pk3": The main file, obviously. Smart Scavenger patch which is fully compatible with PB and Saegiru's UAC Survival Pack. Additional upgrade spawn patch that makes backpacks hold 1 item and combat backpacks hold 1 item and 1 weapon upgrade. Carnage Sphere (ultra-rare): Invulnerability, quad damage, fire rate, high speed and jump, 300 HP and AP. Strong health/armor charges: Gives 5 HP / AP. Black Armor: Gives 300 AP with 90% damage absorb. Extra powerup patch that makes the game spawn better and stronger powerups in the later levels. "I AM THE PAINKILLER!!!" > "I am Death Incarnate!" "12 on 10 Point Scale Of Bad" > "Hardcore" "Power Fantasy" > "I'm too young to die" Added missing name tags on monsters (For UDV enemy bar). Overhauled fatalities monsters give fatality health bonus as they are supposed to give: Changed switch sounds that depend on the type. New pickup messages for some receivable stuff. New obituaries for some weapons and enemies. Locked doors bleep when you try to open them and fail. Overhauled weapon tags, removed underlines from some of them. Ammo cap and consumption have inverted ratio. Tweaked the ammo cap 10% for Railgun, 20% for Flame Cannon (25% for flame spewing) and 50% for M2 Plasma Rifle. Compact SMG and MP40 drop thin pistol magazines instead of thick ones. Reduced one of Doomguy's offend sounds ("F**k you a**hole!") because it was too noisy and annoying. HAH-HAAA!" when they are released, anymore. ![]() Recovered startup music from old PB versions. Locked doors will bleep if you try to open it and fail. This addon is made to add lots of new things (mostly sounds), features and fixing some minor bugs. Load this up pretty much anywhere in your load order, check your controls to make sure that it has a bind (G is the default), and you will find grenades replacing armor bonus pickups at about 10-20% chance.Soaped, rinsed, dryed an polished. Load this up pretty much anywhere in your load order(after any other mods that replace armor bonuses), check your controls to make sure that it has a bind (G is the default), and you will find grenades replacing armor bonus pickups at about 10-20% chance. These should work with any mod you throw them into, and will work with Vanilla too! Enjoy some grenades no matter how you play! So I made these that allow you to throw them while holding any weapon, AND they are mod inspecific. I think grenades are an AWESOME part of Brutal Doom, especially on the harder difficulties. Still works in any mod!īasically I created these because I like to play all sorts of BD mods, but some of them don't have grenades. If you just tap the button, you will drop it close in front of you, but the longer you hold it down, it will throw further. Have tweaked these to now include a strength meter when throwing. Moved into UAC Survival Pack! For future updates, check there! Sticky password license key9/19/2023 ![]() The only major downsides to Bitwarden are a somewhat limited desktop app and the fact that the mobile apps can't auto-fill credit-card numbers or other non-login information. Other key features are an innovative secure information-sharing service called Send, a "portable" Windows version that you can install on a flash drive and extensions for eight different browsers. Privacy geeks will appreciate that Bitwarden gives you the option of setting up your own server to sync your passwords. The plan for families is also a steal at $40 per year for up to six people. Meanwhile, Bitwarden's $10-per-year paid version has most of the features you'd find with LastPass, Keeper or 1Password, though it can be a bit counter-intuitive to use. Now that LastPass has hobbled its own free service, Bitwarden is the best option for anyone who wants to sync all their logins across all their devices without paying a dime. Launched in 2016, Bitwarden has soared into ranks of the top password managers with its low prices, attractive design and full-featured free tier. Read our full Bitdefender Password Manager review. One of the more interesting features of Bitdefender's new password manager is that it provides two different ways to recover your account if you happen to forget or lose your master password. While Bitdefender Password Manager doesn't include additional cloud storage space like 1Password does, its Secure Notes feature is designed for small amounts of sensitive data that might need hiding. Bitdefender also offers browser extensions for Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari so that you can use it with your preferred browser. Passkey support is something else this password manager currently lacks but the company plans to add it at a later date. Easy to install and use, Bitdefender Password Manager works on Windows, Mac, Android and iOS but not Linux at the moment. To get its new password manager up an running quickly, Bitdefender licensed the technology from SaferPass and then integrated it into its Central online portal. Even if you forget to un-share something, it expires automatically and the recipient's access is removed.īitdefender Password Manager is a bargain for those looking for a password manager from a well-trusted company at just $20 for the first year ($30 upon renewal). This feature lets users share links that can only be used on one device and automatically expire at a time of your choosing. To make it easier to securely share confidential information with friends, family and co-workers, Keeper has added One-Time Share to its password manager. It also offers a free secure messaging service. It offers a consistent, if not flashy, user interface no matter which platform you're using, and 20 templates to fill in personal documents such as passports and driver's licenses. Keeper's free tier gives you everything except syncing across devices.įor an extra $25 per year, Keeper will also monitor the internet for unauthorized use of your personal data and give you 10GB of secure cloud storage, or you can add those services individually for $20 and $10 per year, respectively. ![]() Keeper ( $20.98 per year for Tom's Guide readers) is fast and full-featured, stores files and documents of any kind and has perhaps the best security of any password manager. By itself, the VPN costs $96 yearly, so it's a huge bargain when bundled with Dashlane. That makes Dashlane Premium's $60 price tag well worth it if you need these extra services. On the upside, the Dashlane Premium plan offers dark-web monitoring and unlimited VPN service, the latter courtesy of Hotspot Shield. Dashlane's free plan is limited to one device but it does let you store an unlimited number of passwords. Its Premium plan is $60 per year, or $78 per year if you pay monthly. A scanner also goes through your email inbox to find online accounts you may have forgotten about.ĭashlane's drawback is its high price. The password manager is well designed, easy to use and excellent at filling out your personal information in online forms. Its killer feature remains a bulk password changer that can reset hundreds of passwords at once. ![]() ![]() Dashlane matches LastPass, 1Password and Keeper in platform support and has very intuitive desktop software. AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |