9/26/2023 0 Comments React native or flutterIt is trivial to build to the web, and in fact, I really liked being able to develop my app using Chrome instead of a phone emulator.Building to web with Flutter is never going to be viable for most use cases.With React, you have a small number of base components and you sort of 'hack' them to make them look and behave how you want, while in Flutter, it seems like you need to be familiar with tons of specialty-use widgets to compose your layouts. The downside is that there are hundreds of highly specialized widgets, so the learning curve seems quite high. In some ways, it gives you a lot of confidence that what you're building is going to work as expected because each Widget accepts really specifically typed widgets so you sort of know you're doing things "correctly". The Widget-based architecture is.weird.I would prefer using Dart to Typescript because its type system is built into the language and you don't have to worry if any 3rd party libs you use come with typedefs. Dart is a nice language and is not hard to pick up.Some of these things can be done with Flipper, but the visual inspection tools pale in comparison and Flipper is a 3rd party tool with bugs and quirks. The built in dev tools are great for inspecting layouts, network requests, performance profiling, etc. ![]() Flutter's tooling and overall developer experience is much nicer than RN I think.Here are my thoughts in no particular order. My company just hired a new CTO, and one of the first things he did was ask me to think about rewriting our React Native app into Flutter, so I spent about a week researching and building sample projects with Flutter.
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![]() This means that even instruments not built by NI can be fully integrated in the KOMPLETE KONTROL and MASCHINE browsers, with instrument parameters intelligently mapped straight out of the box. It allows VST and KONTAKT instrument developers to integrate their plug-ins with KOMPLETE KONTROL and MASCHINE at the same deep level as KOMPLETE Instruments. NKS is Native Instruments’ extended plug-in format that opens up the KOMPLETE KONTROL system. KOMPLETE KONTROL continues its evolution with Native Kontrol Standard® (NKS). VST support opens the gates to your entire software instrument library. It introduces Native Kontrol Standard® (NKS) – a new plug-in format which unlocks KOMPLETE KONTROL so that third-party instruments can access the Light Guide, Smart Play features, and more – with all instrument parameters intelligently mapped. The KOMPLETE KONTROL software is constantly evolving, and the latest software update is the biggest yet. The KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series combines smart, elegantly designed keyboards with advanced control software to form a fully integrated centerpiece for studio and stage – matchless control over all your software instruments from one award-winning keyboard. In the event that the above steps fail in any way, please consult this article.88-key MIDI controller with NKS technology for superior plug-in integration. The firmware of your Native Instruments device has now been successfully updated.At the end of the procedure, the panel will confirm the successful installation.The soundcard will flash during the update installation. Quit all applications which might output audio and confirm again by clicking Update. A dialog box will ask you to stop any audio playback.Click on the Update button to start the firmware update process.This will open up an Update panel where you will see the name and current firmware number of your device, as well as the firmware number to be installed.Open your download folder, unzip the downloaded zip file and run the file " DeviceUpdater".Close your web browser and all other running applications.Download the latest Device Updater for your Native Instruments device from the Drivers & other Files section on our website.Make sure that your Native Instruments device is currently connected to the computer. ![]() The firmware of your Native Instruments device can be updated with the Native Instruments Device Updater as explained below: This chapter explains how to update the firmware of your Native Instruments audio interface or controller (e.g. How to Update the Firmware of your NI Audio Interface or Controller Now you can restart the Updater to finish the firmware update. The former firmware will be recovered in the background. The firmware of your keyboard is now being updated.ģ. The updater shows the Installed Firmware version and the Newest Firmware version. ![]() Unzip the downloaded file and run the extracted ' Updater' application.ĥ. Download the Firmware Updater to your computer.Ĥ. Note: if using a KOMPLETE KONTROL S-Series Mk1 keyboard, follow the steps in the next chapter.Ģ. How to Update the Firmware of your KOMPLETE KONTROL KeyboardĮvery time you start the KOMPLETE KONTROL software with a KOMPLETE KONTROL M32, A-Series, or S-Series MK2 keyboard connected, the software checks for available firmware updates and informs you if a new version is available. After the process, the screens on your controller will display the MASCHINE logo again. Connect the USB cable or the power supply.ģ. If you accidentally powered the controller off or unplugged the USB cable or power supply during the update process, the firmware update will fail. After the firmware has been updated, click FINISH to close the application. ![]() If you're using a power supply, do not unplug it.ĭon't panic if the screens turn black - this is part of the process.Ħ. Do not turn off the controller or disconnect the USB cable. IMPORTANT: This process can take up to 2 minutes. The firmware of your MASCHINE MK3 is now being updated. Unzip the downloaded file and run the extracted ' Updater' application.Ĥ. Download the file MK3_FWUpdater_XXX.zip to your computer.ģ. If you receive the following message, follow the steps below:Ģ. Every time you start the MASCHINE software with a MASCHINE MK3 controller connected, the software checks for available firmware updates and informs you if a new version is available. 9/26/2023 0 Comments Chrome remote desktop chromebook![]() A PC on Wi Fi controlling a Chromebook on an LTE connection Of course, the access code will be different for each session. And if a new session is required, the same steps apply. Chromebook viewĮither user can terminate remote control access at any time. That will generate a request to the Chromebook once the access request is accepted on the Chromebook, you’ll have remote control access to it. Once the code is entered on the computer, click the Connect button. The Chromebook user should provide that code to the PC user, who then enters the code on the computer: PC view The code generated on the Chromebook is the key to the kingdom here. And the Chromebook user wants to click the “Share this screen” option, which generates a one-time access code on their Chromebook, as shown in the below image. That’s what you want on your non-Chromebook. See the “Connect to another computer” section? Note that the remote Chromebook should also take this step. Instead, choose Remote Support to see this screen. You’re greeted with two menu options and you’d think you want Remote Access. The person with a Chromebook wants to replicate your steps here and view the same URL. Just head to using the Chrome browser from a computer and you’ll see a web version of the extension. Technically, I believe the extension is a Progressive Web App using this URL. But so too is a special URL if you don’t have or want to install the extension. But a common question I get, mainly for troubleshooting reasons is: How can I remotely control a Chromebook from another computer?Ĭhrome Remote Desktop is still part of the equation here. You just install the Chrome Remote Desktop extension, follow the directions and you’re off. Just install the two pieces, log in, and away you go.Chromebooks have long supported remote desktop access to other computers. Chrome Remote Desktop is a genuinely superb piece of free software that's incredibly user friendly and accessible to all without needing any amount of technical know-how. There really is no reason in my mind that I'd ever want to bother with Microsoft's built-in tools again, especially as long as it's behind Windows 10 Pro. You get a warning the first time you set the extension up that you should really install Chrome, but you just ignore that and go about your merry way. Presumably the same applies to other Chromium-based browsers such as Opera and Brave, too.įor the most stream crossing I could manage in one go I tried it out in Microsoft Edge for Linux running on Chrome OS and the experience was identical to running inside Google Chrome. Now that the new Edge is based on Chromium you can simply go to the Chrome Web Store and install the extension to Edge instead. Built-in IT support modeĭon't like the idea of using Google Chrome? That's fine, use Microsoft Edge instead. That's not really an early 2021 friendly feature, but when the world returns to normal and working from coffee shops again is allowed, it's a really compelling feature to have on my LTE Surface Go 2. The icing on the cake is that you can access your remote machines without being on the same network, too. I wouldn't fancy gaming this way, there are certainly better options for that, but I've been able to work for hours from my Surface Go 2 in the kitchen as if I were sat in front of my desktop rig in the office. Scrolling is fast and smooth and there's no real sign of latency. ![]() Keyboard shortcuts can work just fine, you can upload and download files with ease and performance is excellent. It's also really simple to interact with the other machine as if it were just the one in front of you. ![]() This is particularly useful if you have a high-resolution display attached at the other end and can make everything easier to look at on a smaller display.Ĭhrome Remote Desktop is ridiculously easy to use. To make it easy to live with on different machines, you have control over not only whether you operate full screen or not, but you're also able to adjust the remote PCs screen resolution to match what's available in the window you're working with. But for my needs, this covers every base I could possibly want. ![]() Especially considering the extension, at least, hasn't been updated in quite a while. I tried Chrome Remote Desktop many years ago and forgot about it, but coming back with actual purpose I'm surprised at how feature-packed it is. Source: Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Windows Central) 9/26/2023 0 Comments Black rectangle pro tools![]() Veto Pro Pac is solely focused and dedicated to designing and manufacturing a premium range of tool bags and tool storage solutions unlike its competitors who are tool companies that also offer tool bags as a secondary product line. Veto Pro Pac makes tool backpacks, tool bags, tool pouches, meter pouches, tool aprons, tool totes, and wall/van organizers. Veto Pro Pac offers tool bags and tool storage solutions for all trades, including HVAC/R technicians, electricians, plumbers, A/V and security technicians, MRI technicians, carpenters, marine technicians, mechanics, and every technician and contractor. Veto Pro Pac tool bags are designed for technicians and tradesmen who consider themselves professionals, take pride in their work and appreciate high quality tools and tools bags that can stand up to the rigors of their daily work. ![]() Efficiency pays for itself over time.” – Will S. Makes us efficient, and gets the job done with way less frustration….Do the math. ” Your bags are game changers for those of us that are lugging around hundreds of pounds of tools every day. It just makes me feel super efficient and organized and very happy.“ – Andy W. “GAME CHANGER for me!! Being an organized person the Veto Pro Pac bags just fit into my way of thinking and working and how my mind works tidy mind, tidy work and now a tidy tool bag!! I get great satisfaction when I go to work knowing that I will be using a Veto Pro Pac bag to help me carry out my job on a daily basis. Thank you for your commitment to quality.” – Mountry Z. (HVAC) Now I only wonder how you guys sell these wonderful bags for so cheap. Best of all even though the Veto outweighs my old bag by around 5lb empty it doesn’t hurt my back like the old one did. I remember first hearing about Veto and thinking there is no way a tool bag could be worth that much money but now several years later I am fed up with my cheap tool bags only lasting a year so I finally bought a Veto and it is amazing! All my tools fit with room to spare and the bag practically organized itself. ![]() “I just finished my first 13 hour day of HVAC service with my new Veto Tech Pac and I am blown away by the quality. I’m almost 60 years old and I’ve been in the HVAC trade since 1979, have used every box, bag, pouch, backpack imaginable. “VETO HAS THE BEST tool organizers in the industry.
![]() In the case of a use of a recording by a student for accommodation purposes, instructors are notified via an Accommodation Letter, and consent must not be unreasonably withheld. Counselling and Accessibility Services is responsible for establishing a student’s accommodation needs, which can include the recording of educational activities.Students may not record any portion of a lecture, class discussion or other learning activity without the prior knowledge and consent of the instructor.Instructors may choose to record lectures and other educational activities for academic purposes and/or professional development.Recording of lectures and other educational activities is prohibited unless conducted in accordance with this policy.If permission to record is denied, a student may discuss the matter with their faculty and program co-ordinator or chair to see if a mutually satisfactory solution can be reached. Any student may request permission from an instructor to record all or part of a learning activity, whether conducted inside or outside of a classroom this may include requesting that the instructor enable the recording function of an online lecture or webinar. ![]() Recordings for other reasons may be considered but may be subject to further review by instructors and Chairs (as required) and in order to take into consideration specific program or course requirements.to meet student accommodation requirements.to provide access to lecture recordings for remote students (located in other time zones) or due to a missed class (as permitted by the instructor and that do not contradict course attendance requirements).to provide lecture materials to learners as a study aid.to develop learning materials for synchronous, hybrid and/or fully online courses.There are a number of reasons a lecture or other educational activity might be recorded and the request may be initiated by the instructor, or by a student:. ![]()
9/26/2023 0 Comments Logitech g502 Prodeus Spectrum![]() Logitech's software for the G502 offers myriad options for tweaking and customizing the mouse to your liking. I dropped in two and was satisfied, but there's enough room for as many as five if you prefer a heavier mouse for less twitchy movement. The vaguely boomerang-shaped weights can be placed inside the mouse's belly to help balance the mouse's weight to your liking. Using "free spin" does make it less accurate when scrolling, so it's not great for gaming, but it works perfectly for browsing the web, and it's easy to switch between the two modes.įlipping the G502 over reveals an access panel that lets you add a few 3.6 gram weights. It's really fun to see how quickly you can scroll through your weapons in CS:GO while you wait for the warm-up period to end. Even when the button is depressed to set the wheel to operate normally, a finger flick sets it spinning like the Showcase Showdown on The Price Is Right. Enabling it turns off the clicky nature of the scroll wheel, allowing it to be spun as fast or slow as you like without any stops or clicks. In the center of the G502 are two more buttons one for switching game profiles and one that activates "hyper-fast scrolling," which is a very cool feature. These buttons are out of the way so it's tough to touch them accidentally, and there's a helpful light-up indicator to show you which setting is active. The G502 allows you to adjust mouse sensitivity on the fly, and the levels can be tweaked with Logitech's software (more on that later). I'd recommend programming it to perform a non-gaming function, or just ignoring it entirely.Īdjacent to the left-click button are the up-and-down-DPI buttons. The forward button is easy to reach, but I found the back button just a smidge too far back to reach comfortably. There are two buttons for back and forward just above the thumb rest. There's a sniping button just ahead of where your thumb rests that you hold down to change the DPI to its lowest setting, which is great for firing off a quick shot in Battlefield 1 (or Battlefield 1942). The G502 has 11 programmable buttons and they're all easy to access. It feels like it's a little on the smaller side, which made me wish there was a little more of an arc to the mid-section of the mouse where my palm rests. The rest of the mouse is smooth plastic without anything particularly noteworthy. The way it is curved made my grip feel tighter on the mouse, but without having to exert any extra effort. On the opposite side, the mouse is contoured for your thumb, which is actually quite nice. There's a textured section there to keep the mouse from slipping, but my initial reaction was that felt too coarse. It fit into my hand well enough, but the far-right side, where my pinky rests, is textured for grip and it felt strange and distracting to me. When I first laid my paw on the G502 my initial reaction was that it wasn't immediately comfortable. It's expensive at around $60 but considering its dizzying list of features the price matches its performance. It also features the company's most accurate sensor, 11 programmable buttons, and you can customize its weight as well. It's a replacement for the G502 Proteus Core, with the word Core being ditched in favor of the word Spectrum since this version has RGB lighting (naturally). It can be a bit bewildering trying to decipher Logitech's mouse lineup since it's so vast, but one thing is clear: the G502 Proteus Spectrum ($59 on Amazon) (£55.96 on Amazon UK)is its top-of-the-line wired gaming mouse for right handers, and it's got more features than most home appliances. 9/26/2023 0 Comments Cowboys fireside bbq1/4 cup minced hot red chile peppers (or 1 teaspoon cayenne)Ĭombine all ingredients in saucepan and simmer 25 minutes.After you learn the taste, you can find more applications for it. I like it on vegetables that have been cooked in a pot roast style. It has a unique flavor that works with many things, and it is not confined to the grilled food. We just use it for preserving railroad ties and telephone poles.įor me, however, the blackjack does not work on beef. I had to tell him that is not true the blackjack eats up fence posts. My BBQ Buddy Smoky Hale says the blackjack sauce is for preserving fence posts. My sauce of choice is what I call Texas Blackjack Sauce. Occasionally I want something different in the sauce line getting away from the Texas-style catsup base. The longer the sauce sets the thicker it will get. Refrigerate in an airtight container for several weeks. 1 cup hot sauce (I use Louisiana pepper sauce)Ĭombine all ingredients and bring to a boil.It is near North Carolina-style but with sweet added. Here is a sauce Floyd has been playing around with. ![]() I use the spicy variety I think Floyd uses the regular. Right now we use Meyer's Sauce out of Elgin, Texas. One fateful day, for some reason, we put some summer sausage on the grill. And the flavors of the bottled ingredients have also changed over the years. But alas, the recipe has been lost over the generations. This was about the best sweet, sour, hot Texas-style sauce I've ever tasted. We came up with a recipe that started with the Kraft Hot and had catsup and onion added, among other things. We started trying to enhance the dipping sauce. Kraft 's original recipe with something hot added, probably cayenne. Our first choice in bottled sauce was Kraft's Hot. The dipping sauce can make or break a grilled meal. The first experimental step for the grilling was the selection of a sauce. Most everything can be salvaged.īetween the two of us, Floyd and I have a little over a hundred years of grilling experience. There were some grievous errors, but I don't remember having to throw anything away. It worked just fine except for killing the grass in a neat circle where the pit had been placed. I had the grill out of an old icebox and two automobile wheels for a pit. The summer sausage with a glaze of Kraft Hot BBQ sauce was a real treat.īack at the ranch on non-Hutto Sundays, I started experimenting in my back yard. Not much science there - just salt and pepper and turn them occasionally. From the chicken we graduated to spare ribs. The soda pop gave a good taste and kept the skin from turning to leather. ![]() The first big breakthrough was using Sprite to baste the chicken during the cooking cycle. Hey, we were just learning the grill, and there was no Justin Wilson on TV to give lessons. Most of the time the chicken was done by then. Salt and pepper half a chicken, put it on the grill and turn it occasionally until it was time to eat. The chicken ritual was the old accepted method. Sometimes there were visitors and the count could run up to a dozen. ![]() Chicken was going for twenty-nine cents a pound back then, and there were usually six to ten hungry souls to feed. My grilling experience did not commence until I started watching and assisting Floyd while he cooked the Cowboy game meal.Īs best I recall, we started with chickens. Fairly early on the Sunday morning, Floyd would fire off his grill in the backyard. My mother and I would travel down to be there. I can't remember any of Tom's boys doing rehab.Ībout once a month Floyd would come down from Dallas to his parent's home in Hutto. Coach Tom Landry did not put up with much foolishness on the part of the players. Back in their Glory Days, the Cowboys were quite entertaining. I was introduced to the grill by my cousin Floyd.Īll this came about because of the Dallas Cowboys. We have been close for about fifty years. This is about my affair with the charcoal grill. Tweet Print Article The Charcoal Grill, the Dallas Cowboys & Cousin Floydįloyd on the charcoal grill A Charcoal Grill Fireside Chat 9/26/2023 0 Comments Covid rash kids![]() ![]() So far, a variety of rashes have been noted in COVID-19 patients. Whether this will be the case for COVID-19 patients remains to be seen, the JAMA editorial said. What do the rashes look like?ĭistinct rashes can sometimes be a "telltale sign" of a particular infection. Still, one challenge to this is that some patients may have mild or no other symptoms of disease, and may never be diagnosed with COVID-19, she said. More studies are needed that follow patients over a period of time to get a better idea of the true prevalence of rashes tied to COVID-19, Shinkai said. The latter study, published March 26 in the Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, was conducted by dermatologists, who "are going to be able to detect more subtle skin changes" than doctors in other specialities, Shinkai said. However, in a more recent study of about 150 hospitalized COVID-19 patients in Italy, rashes were found in 20% of patients. ![]() 28 in the New England Journal of Medicine, rashes were noted in only 0.2% of patients. In one early study of more than 1,000 COVID-19 patients in China, published Feb. "That's why it's much more striking" to see numerous reports of rashes in adult patients with COVID-19, she said.Įxactly how common the rashes are remains unclear. But virus-related rashes are more typically seen in children, Shinkai said. It's well known that some viral illnesses, such as chickenpox, measles and hand, foot and mouth disease, can cause rashes. Work is needed to address many unanswered questions, such as how common the rashes are, and what they mean with regard to the patients' ultimate outcomes. Social media posts and online forum discussions have called attention to these rashes, but "it is now time for rigorous science," the authors wrote. It's also possible some rashes are due to complications from the disease, reactions to medications or even due to other viruses in patients with "co-infections," Shinkai and colleagues wrote in an editorial published April 30 in the journal JAMA Dermatology. 9/26/2023 0 Comments Samorost 3 sounds funny![]() ![]() The game looks so good, that when my father was walking past my desk, he stopped to ask me who was the one that painted all of that, and was surprised to hear that it was a video game.īest Plastic Bottle Cutting Sound Award 2016 Every screen I explored felt like it could be used as computer desktop wallpaper, no matter where I took the screenshot. This game is more about exploring and smelling the cosmic roses as I walk around the absolutely beautiful art gracing my computer screen, clicking on everything like one of those old Humungous games I used to play as a child. After that small learning curve, everything else should be a breeze to the point where you’ll forget that the hint book even existed, which again, I don’t consider that a bad thing at all. Though I insist on the easiness of the puzzles, there will be moments where, inevitably, you’ll get stuck, which is completely natural, considering how the game’s world and logic probably won’t click with you until after the first half hour. I know how satisfying it feels to figure out a solution to a puzzle (believe me, I’ve played The Witness to completion), but I’ve never found myself to be smart enough, or even patient enough to go through many puzzle games, so I’m glad that the developers provide an option for people that would rather explore the area freely without giving themselves a headache. Some people might consider this cheating, but I like to call it a “just get on with it” button. In this book, you spin some gears and line them up in the same formation, to which then the book opens and reveals some purposefully crude drawings that show a rather detailed solution to all of the puzzles on the screen you are in, including secret ones. It is possible for you to select a menu option that takes you to a book. Let’s just say, for the sake of argument, that you do get stuck on something. This game isn’t about that, especially when there are many of those kinds of games out there already to satisfy that need. Most of the puzzles, if not all of them, are overwhelmingly easy, which I personally think is not a bad thing at all, since it is made pretty clear from the very get-go that Samorost 3 is more about having a pleasant experience rather than giving you some sort of hardcore, brutal challenge. Judging by my previous experience with point n’ click adventure games, I was afraid that some puzzles might be impenetrable for me, but in reality, it was very much the opposite. As I looked for spaceship parts, it didn’t take long before I was met with some puzzles. After exploring the little guy’s house for a bit, I discovered that he dreams (literally) of making a spaceship and going out to explore the cosmos, which already gave me a clear objective to aim for. ![]() Immediately after receiving the instrument, I had the freedom to go wherever I wanted. Similar to the Portal Gun in Portal, the Transistor in Transistor or any other titular weapon in recent memory, the player will immediately realize that this flute will be the recurring item that will be used for the entire game, which is used to really good effect. Sounds and looks like a boy to me) picks up the flute instrument and starts to play around with it, like listening through it on certain areas or playing a small tune in order to active a clue to a puzzle and a bit of backstory. He calls to his owner, a small, white colored, elf-looking man who will be this game’s protagonist. As I booted up the game, it immediately opens up to an adorable-sounding dog noticing that a mysterious instrument just fell down from the sky. 9/26/2023 0 Comments Den nuggets schedule![]() ![]() This was the 2:30 game last year and it makes sense to go around one more time. A competitive matchup featuring a league MVP is always a winner.Ģ:30pm ET: Los Angeles Lakers Dallas Mavericks Giannis Antetokounmpo in Madison Square Garden is always a fun time and both teams are contenders in the Eastern Conference. In this universe the league pits them against the Bucks to capitalize on both national and international viewership. For a while there it was the bad game of the day but the Knicks are good again. The Knicks are the one team that always plays on Christmas Day, amassing a 23-31 record over the years as the team with the most Christmas Day games played. NBA Christmas Day Schedule Predictionsġ2pm ET: Milwaukee Bucks New York Knicks What might the NBA's Christmas Day schedule look like this year? We'll take our best guess. Putting a team like the Los Angeles Clippers on Christmas several months beforehand does not guarantee the presence of Kawhi Leonard or Paul George and it is a big priority to avoid putting on a stinker. The games always showcase the biggest stars the NBA has to offer, but the schedule-makers must choose carefully. Traditionally there are five games on Christmas Day- one at 12pm ET, one at 2:30pm ET, one at 5pm ET, one at 8pm ET, and one at 10:30pm ET. That's why even last year while battling against a slate of football games, it was one of the NBA's best individual days in terms of viewership. While the NFL has encroached on their territory in recent years Christmas is still known as a basketball day in most households. ![]() It doesn't receive anywhere near the fanfare the NFL schedule release does because there are way too many games to zero in on, but the one date on the calendar of the most interest is Christmas Day. It is almost August, and with that comes the release of the NBA schedule. |
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