Loong craft cheat5/18/2023 ![]() Half-sheet of 8.5 x 11 cardstock (8.5 x 5.5 inches). ![]() The tote is SO easy to make! Here's the quick steps: I am a huge fan of little tote bags-just check out the 100% Free Tutorial Library for evidence of that!-so I took on this Tiny Tote & Notes assignment. Enter once per post for a max of five chances to win! The week sure went fast, didn't it? Don't forget to leave a comment on any post in this series to be entered to win a free pack of 12x12 Glimmer Paper AND a selection of the projects we featured this week! U.S. Happy Friday and the final day of the Real-Life Valentine Crafting Adventures of Penni & Lyssa! My crafty BFF and I hope you had a ton of fun learning a bunch of pretty and practical tips for your holiday projects. I give you permission to "celebrate" by adding Birthday Bright to your wish list! It's been a little neglected because the Spring 2017 Occasions Catalog is SO brim-full of really stellar stamp sets that are catching everyone's eye. I hope I've piqued your interest with my ideas for this versatile stamp set. Because believe me, I need all the placement and aligning help I can get! Perfect-or close enough to count, anyway! I really like photopolymer stamps!! They make me look good. In fact, this one turned out so well, I took the chance and tried it again to make the scalloped piece on this next card: And it goes with a punch AND a Framelit set! (Duet Banners Punch, #141483 and Bunch of Banners dies, #141488)īackground Tip: I know this card looks like it probably took forever, but it didn't! Birthday Bright is a clear photopolymer stamp set, so it was easy to line up the two parts of this phrase and make a repeating background. It's an excellent, all-ages birthday set. This set was designed to go with the Birthday Bright Project Kit (which is awesome!) but it can also be used very effectively by itself without buying the kit, or after the kit is completed. I chose to use the new stamp set "Birthday Bash" (Spring 2017 Occasions Catalog, item #142835) as my project centerpiece for the hop. Hope to see your name pop up on my subscribers list, very soon. There's an exclusive sneak peek every week, occasional coupons and subscriber-only specials, too! are you up to date on all the news? The best way to stay informed is to sign up for my weekly e-news, a digest of everything that's happened during the week and everything that's coming up, all in one tidy location. Get yours free with any $50 ordered when you Shop with Lyssa! So there you go-if you were a little intimidated by the size of this "canvas", I hope you've been encouraged to chop it up and think outside the box a bit when it comes to Inside the Lines. The little twine accent pieces are made with the Spirelli technique. They'll also be able to spell out different headlines if they choose. Each class member will be able to color more or less of the paper, depending on their personal taste. Again, we limited the amount of coloring that had to be done by choosing only select areas to color and leaving the rest of layout black and white. The other Inside the Lines project I did this weekend was this scrapbook layout for my upcoming 4x4 Scrapbooking class series.
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Moist nuggit5/18/2023 Russian Captain Sergei Ivanovich Mosin submitted a 7.62mm rifle prototype, while Belgian firearms maker Leon Nagant submitted a 9mm design. Russian commanders, seeing the obvious need to modernize their arsenal, began accepting proposals for a new rifle to be fielded for the Russian army.
Torment tides of numenera mods5/18/2023 ![]() The very first decision that you will need to make is whether you intended to use Speed Weapons (weapons that use Speed for their Effort) or Might Weapons (weapons that use Might for their Effort). If you favor combat as a resolution to quest lines above all else, this may be the class for you.Īssuming you’ve made peace with your violent tendencies there are a couple of ways you can go about making a Glaive. Glaives tend to gain abilities that help them in combat while other classes gain more of a mixture of combat and non-combat abilities. ![]() Weapon Skills increase your chance to hit with various weapon types, making them miss less often and expend less Effort in combat. Glaives are the only class in the game that allow you to place points in Weapon Skills. For this reason, it is recommended that you take either the Observant or the Strong-willed Descriptors at Character Creation, as both contain Concentration. Party Members who have both Bonded Item slots full without penalty will be significantly more capable and powerful than those who do not. Why is this so important? Bonded Items are rare and extremely powerful granting new Abilities, damage in combat and in many cases increased Training to a variety of Skills. This makes Anamnesis a valuable Skill, especially to non-Nano players and players with low Intellect.Ĭoncentration, as mentioned above, allows you to use one more Bonded Item and to use them with out penalty. The reason it’s important is because while most Skill Checks in the game can be assisted by your Party Members, those that require Anamnesis CANNOT. Anamnesis will often grant you XP and information you might not otherwise get, but that’s not why it’s so important. Why are these two so important? Good question, let me explain. Anamnesis allow you to recover knowledge from the Changing God’s memories and Concentration allows you to use Bonded Items and without penalty. Skills in Torment are a bit confusing as the visual system they use doesn’t really match the description, making it difficult to sort out so I’ll break down a few things you should know about them, as well as fill you in on some crucial Skills everyone should have.Īrguably the two most important Skills that aren’t related to combat are Anamnesis and Concentration. This makes Edge extremely valuable as it helps keep your Stat Pools full, allowing you attempt more Skill Checks and Crisis before resting. ![]() This makes you not only more effective with Checks related to that Stat, but also helps to ease the amount of that Stat Pool you burn through as you will be spending less Effort. Having Edge in a particular stat will simply give you “free” Effort for any Skill Checks or attacks using that Stat. Effort can also increase the damage of your attacks on top of the chance to hit, so it is very useful in combat situations. Using these Stat Pools is called using Effort. These are finite pools, and the more you use the less you will have later, however, these pools will grow as you level up, given you more resources to spend as the game progresses. So what are they? In Torment when you undertake a Skill Check (opportunity with a percentage chance to succeed or fail) or an Attack you can use points from your Stat Pools: Might, Speed or Intellect to increase your chance of success in succeeding the task or attack. They don’t play a significant role in Character Creation, but they will help shape your character as you progress the game. Edge and EffortĮdge and Effort are two of the most important things to understand when it comes to character building. We’ll start with a few basics and then we’ll jump into the classes and the kinds of builds you can make for each. The game doesn’t spend a lot of time explaining how everything works, so I thought I would share some knowledge about the 3 classes ( Glaive, Jack and Nano) and show you how to make effective builds for each. If you are a new player to Torment: Tides of Numenera, the game can be a bit overwhelming, especially when it comes to Character Creation and Classes, Skills and Abilities. Jubler netflix5/17/2023 ![]() A special built-in Swedish to Danish translation feature.ĪegiSub is free, cross-platform, and open-source subtitle software.Built-in Google translation tool for translating subtitles.This is a rare subtitler program that has a conversion ability. Subtitle Edit is a one of the best SRT editors and free programs for editing, converting, making subtitles for any footage. Fixes time stamps and prevents subtitles overlapping.Some basic features of Jubler are given below. With Jubler you can edit subtitles individually, split or join them, use time shift for correct syncing etc. One unique feature of Jubler is that it can let you mark subtitles with different colors. Jubler is open source and free subtitle editor for Mac and authoring software. Includes quality tools like spell check, find and replace, time sync, undo or redo in a multi-level fashion, etc.Built-in video player for previewing the subtitles thus edited or created.Have a look at its important features below. This SRT software performs three main functions which are creating, converting, and editing all kinds of subtitles files.Īs per its claims it can process about 60 subtitle formats. Save the editing project and resume later. ![]() Spell check and multi-language support.This tool uses a text file for creating subtitle timestamps and then adds it to a movie file. Easily configure text size, color, position, an even add outlines in texts for better visibility.ĭivXLand Subtitler is a mac subtitle editor for mac to edit and make subtitle files.You should have a look at its features as follows. This eliminates the manual need for loading the subtitles from a file. It takes a subtitle file and adds it internally to a movie or video. AVIAddXSubsĪVIAddXSubs is a nice SRT file editor for Mac and Windows if you don't want a separate file. Now just download this SRT editor for Mac and Windows, and then create susbtitles for your videos easily.įor mobile users, click here > 2. Customize the position, language, font size, and font color of subtitles.TV shows' subtitle search are also available, which makes it unique feature that outshines other subs programs. Search and download subtitles with its built-in search engine.Add embedded and external subtitle file (filename extension of *.ass, *.ssa, *.srt) to your video.As a powerful video editor and SRT editor, it is responsible for subtitle making as well. Also, it's an impressive subtitle editor for Mac and Windows. VideoProc Converter is a one-stop video and audio processing software that can edit, convert, compress, download, record both video and audio with super fast encoding speed. This is a list of software which can work on systems like Windows, macOS, Linux to add subtitle to video. Best Subtitle SRT Editors for Mac/Windows Our Pick: The Best Subtitle Editor for Beginners□.Tips: Instead of a video subtitle maker, if you prefer video editing software with simple subtitling features like adding texts, adjusting font style, size and color, etc, some free video editors are good options for entry-level users, like iMovie, Shotcut, HitFilm Express, etc. Here, we have compiled a list of 10 best SRT editors for Mac and Windows. No matter you are a professional subtitle translator or a video enthusiast wanting to sharpen your homemade video, you can easily add subtitles to a movie, customize them, and change their display position, text size, color, and font.Īll those changes can be made through a subtitle editing tool or SRT software. Subtitles are always compiled as a single file and may have any format (eg. That's another purpose of the subtitle - to add background info on some typical words for the audience's well-understanding. Occasionally, we see some text strings sideways. They are a text based collection of all the dialogues delivered by all presenting roles in a movie. Have you ever noticed that there are text strings at the bottom of your TV screen while watching a movie? These text strings are, precisely, known as video subtitles. If you want a SRT editor for Mac and PC to embed, search and download subtitles within the software, the top pick is VideoProc Converter. Summary: Here you can find top 10 subtitle subtitle editors for Mac and Windows intended for various scenarios, both online and desktop tools included. Xbox fable 45/17/2023 However, recently Sam Fisher's Italian voice actor Luca Ward said a new Splinter Cell game is in the works, and that it was meant to come out in 2020.īut Ward has said the title is now likely to come out in 2021, and that "I am sure that Splinter Cell will return, this is a fact". ![]() Since then fans of Sam Fisher's stealth series have had a barren run of form, with plenty of Ubisoft events taking place without any word on a new entry in the Tom Clancy series. The last time a mainline game in the Splinter Cell series was released was back in 2013, when Blacklist came out. The other wildcard is fans may have been left hoping for a Splinter Cell announcement during the Xbox games event. Team Ninja know how to make a show-stopping action game and if Ninja Gaiden 4 is an exclusive for the Xbox Series X then it'll be huge news. That's according to in-the-know journalist Jeff Grubb who has an enviable track record in terms of accuracy. While this sounds very intriguing, rumour has it The Initiative's first game will not feature during the Xbox Games Showcase. Rumour has it the new Perfect Dark game will drop the first-person gameplay seen in the N64 and Xbox 360 games made by Rare.Īnd instead it will be a third-person action game with stealth mechanics. It's believed the first game that The Initiative will be tackling is a reboot of Perfect Dark, which last made an appearance as an Xbox 360 launch title. With such an impressive list of talent excitement surrounding the 'AAAA' studio's first project is extremely high. This is a newly formed studio which has been cherry picking top talent who have worked on the likes of God of War, Red Dead Redemption, GTA 5 and Uncharted 4. In recent years Microsoft has been buying up plenty of talented studios, such as Obsidian, and we could see the fruits of this labour in the Xbox Games Showcase.īut one of the most eye-catching studios that are now under the Xbox Game Studios banner is The Initiative. ![]() XBOX GAMES SHOWCASE - PERFECT DARK AND THE INITIATIVE Android studio emulator not working5/17/2023 ![]() And of course, if you have a physical Android device, you can connect that to your PC for testing applications and games. Google's emulator is still the best option for testing specific hardware features though, such as accelerator movements, custom GPS locations, foldable interfaces, and much more. In fact, with the ability to sideload apps, you can even test your Android Studio projects in Windows 11 without worrying about the emulator. If you need a solution right now, you can either remove a line in the Android Studio Emulator's source code and compile it yourself, or replace one file with a pre-compiled version someone made.Įven though the Android Studio Emulator might be (partially) broken on Windows 11 right now, you can still run Android apps on Windows 11 through the built-in Windows Subsystem for Android. Microsoft's developers confirmed the problem is a bug related to XSAVE in the Hyper-V API on Windows 11, and Google and Microsoft are working to address the problem. Try with the command line example above to see what errors you get when starting the emulator.Thankfully, a fix is already in development. I was using the nouveau drivers and that was producing a double free which killed the emulator display. ~/Android/Sdk/emulator/emulator -avd Nexus_6P_API_23 -use-system-libsĮdit: I changed to using the nvidia priority drivers and now i can use the emulator with API 26 on any phone. Then run this command to see if will start and show you the android word. This means it is working.Īs a test with out the hello world example setup a phone like Nexus 6P and set the API version to 23. When you launch the emulator the word android will appear on the screen first. You must configure the device before launching the programme. It can work by click run button from the studio and clicking a device that is set to API 23. If I try the hello world example with API 23 which is android 6 marshmallow I get the hello world example to work. API 26 is android O which is not released yet. We were lucky enough to have been selected as a part of the limited beta and went hands-on with Google Play Games for PC. Following its promise, the company recently launched Play Games for PCs as a limited beta in select regions. I still have the issue with the hello world app not appearing on the emulator and the emulator appearing as blank. Last December, Google announced its plans to bring Android games to Windows PCs through a new Play Games app. It took me a while to find out that you have to set it to software graphics for the emulator phone to appear. I have the exact same setup as you with debian testing and installed android studio 2.3.3. I changed graphics to software, now it shows the phone but the screen remains black and the phone won't start. ![]() ![]() However, I still cannot get the app running on an ADV. So why doesn't it work on Debian Testing now? Did I forget something?ĮDIT: I am now able to use my phone to run the android application by using USB 2.0 instead of USB 3.0! Is that a normal behavior since it works with native adb? I mean, if I buy a new PC after some years which has got only USB 3.0 ports, will I not be able to use phone debugging with Android Studio or is this just an issue? It is still known since 2014 ( ). I remember that I was able to run it on LMDE2 some time ago. I really would like to get it running on Debian because I do not want to install Windows for this. I have never experienced anything close to this on other systems. ![]() I tried to do it until now and couldn't find a solution. Today I managed to have the emulator start by setting graphics to software but it just shows a black screen and doesn't power on. reinstalled everything: JDK, Android SDK and Android Studio.installed all the SDK-platforms since Android 4.3 and Android.Android Studio recognizes my phone properly. My device is a Samsung Galaxy S3 with LineageOS (Android 7.1.2) and root permissions. The same happens when I try to start it in an emulator (gets stuck on 'Waiting for target device to come online'). However, if I try to do it with Android Studio, it gets stuck on 'Installing APKs'. With adb I can install it without having any problems. I wanted to run a HelloWorld application (just a blank activity) but weren't able to run it. Yesterday I downloaded Android Studio for my Debian Testing system. Macfuse for data transfer5/17/2023 ![]() When this process is done, the disk should mount and its contents should be made available. This will by default mount the drive as read-only, but you can use the "-o force" flag to implement write support in the following manner:įuse-ext2 -o force /dev/disk2s2 /Volumes/mountpoint Mount the Ext2/Ext3 drive using the following Terminal command, and replacing the device name and mount path with that of your disk and your specified path:įuse-ext2 /dev/disk2s2 /Volumes/mountpoint.Create a new folder somewhere to use as a mount point (a folder in the hidden /Volumes directory is recommended, but it can be anywhere you desire).This can be done by enabling the viewing of all drive partitions, and then selecting the Ext2/Ext3 partition and getting information on it to get its device name, which will be something like "disk2s2." Attach your Ext2/Ext3 disk and Use Disk Utility to locate the device name of the drive.Install either MacFUSE or OSXFUSE (the latter is preferred).To use the FUSE system to mount and manage Ext2 and Ext3 filesystems, you will need to install the FUSE system along with a plug-in for Ext2/Ext3, and then mount the drives manually within your user account. These options will work to view and manage your files however, they do require setting up a full operating system installation and the use of virtual machine software.Īn alternative approach to these is to use the FUSE system (Filesystem in Userspace), which is a method of bypassing the need for full filesystem support by using a bridging system that allows users to run filesystem interpreter code within their user accounts, which will access a specified filesystem and translate it into a usable storage device.įUSE has been available for OS X in the MacFUSE project, but development for this has halted and FUSE is now available in the "FUSE for OS X" or "OSXFUSE" project, which derived from MacFUSE and shares much of its code base. If you have Parallels Desktop or VMWare Fusion installed, you can easily create a virtual machine of most Linux distributions (Ubuntu is widely supported) and use that to interface with the Ext2/Ext3 disk and then either network-transfer the files to the OS X host or likewise use an external FAT32 disk as a transfer intermediary. This will be the most compatible option for reading an Ext2 or Ext3 drive, but will also require you use a common filesystem format (ie, FAT32) as a transfer intermediary between the Linux and OS X installations.Ī second approach is to use a virtual machine package as an interface to a Linux installation. If you have a secondary drive in your system or have partitioned your primary drive, you can install Linux to this drive and dual boot your computer. Since the Linux OS will be the most compatible option for reading such a drive format, the first methods include simply installing Linux and using it as the filesystem management interface: There are several approaches that can be taken to manage Ext2 and Ext3 filesystems in OS X. In addition to those who might wish to dual boot OS X with Linux and manage files in both environments, there are those who might simply have an Ext2- or Ext3-formatted external drive that they need to read on their OS X systems. Apple discussion poster " rcb4" asks: "I was wondering since I want to dual boot Linux and OS X, putting each respective OS on their own smaller partition and creating a large /home partition for all my data" While Apple's cross-platform support is provided primarily for compatibility with Windows systems, there are instances when people may wish to use Linux disks with their Mac systems. While this support does allow a decent amount of flexibility in what disks can be handled by OS X, it does leave out support for some popular alternatives such as the ext2 and ext3 formats used in Linux. However, to increase cross-platform support Apple has included support for several other filesystem types, including FAT32, UDF, UFS, and NTFS (in read only mode), in addition to several networking filesystem protocols such as AFP, NFS, and SMB. ![]() The primary filesystem format in OS X is Apple's HFS Plus (or Mac OS X Extended), which is the default used for any newly formatted disk. Noiz2sa emulator xbox5/17/2023 One Emulator for Game Consoles Browser by Fulldive Co. Open the Dev Home on your Xbox console and. Download the latest version of the Dolphin emulator for UWP on your PC. ![]() Xbox360 Emulator Project (Unreleased) Fred B First, users must enable the developer mode on their Xbox console. XBSX2 - The Playstation 2 Emulator for Xbox Consoles Original Source Code Below is an archive of Stenzeks original PUBLIC source which has since been expanded and improved upon. 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One of the highlights of the emulator is the fact that it supports a wide range of controllers, from a multitude of vendors, which increases its versatility and enables users to connect and adjust the corresponding gameplay settings to their exact preferences.Ī multitude of settings is available, addressing aspects such as remapping, axes movement, auto-start or vibration gain, and more. The video also explains that PlayStation 1, Nintendo 64, SEGA Genesis, and other games perform accurately on the new Edge. Enhanced gaming experience, through support for a variety of controllers, as well as intricate settings available Xbox finally allows players access to emulators in the browser A recent video by a YouTuber named Modern Vintage Gamer highlights the new emulation abilities of the browser. One will be able quickly to address and define a multitude of parameters and all the commonly used features are accessible at a glance, thanks to the well-designed layout. ![]() Just as its sibling apps, World of Joysticks XInput to XInput Emulator Premium also features a highly functional approach, which is offered through its elegantly designed interface and corresponding tools and features. Accurate depiction of the preferred controller characteristics, thanks to an in-depth customization process Accounting for such aspects, World of Joysticks XInput to XInput Emulator Premium will provide users with the ability to easily emulate the behavior of the Xbox 360 controller, on a variety of XInput-compatible devices, regardless of characteristics or corresponding vendor. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic LA-003 4c410003 Front. Download Compatibility Documentation FAQs GitHub Patreon. ![]() Of course, the need for accuracy when it comes to the emulation process increases directly with one’s passion for gaming. A free and open-source application that emulates the original Microsoft Xbox game console, enabling people to play their original Xbox games on Windows, macOS, and Linux systems. The issues of compatibility and overall end experience when it comes to gaming have been addressed through the advent of emulators, which allowed users to run their favorite games just as being actually played from a given, specific controller. F95zone automaton story5/17/2023 ![]() ![]() We tend to likewise pay vital time within the styles and Sound nature of games to boot all at once so that they can rival f95zone. We decide these selections on the premise of their vice expertise whereas enjoying these games. ![]() These sorts of sites provide the foremost secure spot to play. 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After we are searching for its alternative option, we try to get a website giving the same attributes. it’s one that has the foremost easy grown-up sentiment with the best stories ever. To sign up for our daily email newsletter, CLICK HERE Follow Follow Introductionį95 zone is interactivity of its sort. Omnigraffle software architecture5/16/2023 ![]() Xnedit editor - classic NEdit modernized. Useful for margin notes in plain text files. Some of the other favourites include a bunch of old and obscure programs:īerkeley par paragraph formatter - formats tight paras. The GNUstep build has been remarkably glitch-free.įossil is self-contained and almost perfect for personal projects. I use a custom build with GNUstep as it produces a portable app bundle which can be used without installation. ![]() Perhaps it shows that in order to become an industry behemoth, it’s necessary to focus on things other than software quality.Įmacs for org-mode, eshell, eglot and the various modes. Even putting aside the downright evil aspects of surveillance and monopolistic tendencies, things like Google products, AWS products, Spotify, Twitter, Netflix are absolute rubbish – not in all ways of course, but in many important ways like UX or performance or reliability. What’s interesting is that the products from most of the industry behemoths (who should surely possess the capability to make good software) are comically bad. There are also many small mobile apps and games that are useful and just work year after year. On the PL front, I have a soft spot for Elm - it influenced both the quality of compiler error messages and the front end frameworks. DuckDuckGo is a decent enough search engine without surveillance thrown in. Bear is great for my personal cross-device knowledge base. Stripe is a good product with good UI for payment processing. AdGuard just chugs away in the background and is quite good for my sanity.įastmail is pleasant to use and doesn’t seem to cause me any issues. iTerm has been fading into the background and not bothering me for years. I’d say VSCode is surprisingly good it has problems but it’s something that seems like it can’t possibly function as well as it does so it’s notable for that at least. PostgreSQL and sqlite are remarkable pieces of software. You can have performance and still have security.Įven though I think our industry and its products are generally a wasteland, I was surprised to be able to come up with quite a few examples of great software when I started thinking about it. DD2.3 Power9 and the M1 prove that it doesn’t have to be this way. ![]() I can’t stand the performance penalties that Spectre mitigations have on there, even in the current generations. As soon as the other cloud providers catch up and provide alternatives to x86_64, I’ll be the first to migrate off. Production for my startup is split between aarch64 (Oracle Cloud) and x86_64 (Vultr/Akamai). I find syslog-ng easier to configure to push to remote log servers than journald, and that is not a positive take on syslog-ng. One thing is I just really don’t want to deal with journald when I don’t have to. It has a great community, great QA, and fantastic docs. If I had to use a glibc/systemd distro I would use Fedora. From my past experience that is not Alpine. I’ve encountered a lot of QA issues using Alpine in the past and while they are quick to fix things, I’d rather just use something that already works. I founded Adélie and still contribute to it (though no longer lead it) which is why I tend to use it. But for something long form, like a novel, where I need to maintain notes and references, I haven’t encountered anything as good as scrivener.Īll of my development takes place on ppc64 (a Talos II) or aarch64 (a Mac Studio M1 Ultra). I maintain a laptop from the late 90s that dual boots NetBSD/FreeDOS and often write in WordStar on it. To use an analogy: novelWriter is like Kate, usable and somewhat extendable, whereas Scrivener is like IntelliJ, batteries and even a UPS included.ĭon’t get me wrong, I like more minimalist setups occasionally. In Scrivener, I can drag and drop a web page or PDF into my project, and it’ll be archived there in full as something I can refer back to and annotate. ![]() It also didn’t have the same support for notes/supporting documents that scrivener does. Last time I used novelWriter, HiDPI support was lacking on macOS (Scrivener isn’t the only thing tying me to it unfortunately), and font-rendering was piss-poor (not a reflection on the authors of the novelWriter, it seemed to be related to HiDPI support and GTK+, which… yeah… there’s a reason I use KDE Plasma/QT on Linux). I’ve tried it (and manuskript, another similar tool), but there’s really no comparison at the moment. |