![]() The venture capital spigot can turn off just as quickly as it turned on, and the views of elite analysts like Gartner’s can play a role.Īs you can see from the graphics below, from 2012 to 2013, big data scaled the “Peak of Inflated Expectations” in Gartner’s Hype Cycle, and in 2014 it went over the edge into the trough. Gartner‘s predictions are tremendously influential in the IT world, of course, and can help make or break a given sector of the technology industry. Just the same, it’s useful to take a step back from one’s own work and take a look at the broader macro-level view from time to time. The practice of peering into a crystal ball is as much art and science, and you should be careful not to read too much into it, or let it dissuade you from reaching your goals. Making money can come later-today the race is all about achieving scale and dominance in markets that are expected to balloon in value over the next few years. Venture firms have poured billions of dollars into the big data space, but few Hadoop or NoSQL companies have turned a profit yet. Much of this hoopla surrounded Hadoop, NoSQL, and in-memory database vendors and the novel ways they enable organizations to store, process, and analyze vast amounts of data. Big data’s drop into the “Trough of Disillusionment” and the IoT’s rise to the “Peak of Inflated Expectations” indicate continued evolution of these related concepts, but are reminders that these are early days for both, and the claims of salesmen may not match reality.įor the past two years, the hype surrounding big data has been thick enough to cut with a knife. ![]() ![]() The Internet of Things (IoT) has displaced big data as the most hyped emerging technology according to the latest release of Gartner’s Hype Cycle. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Skype, which was recently acquired by Microsoft, and Apple might point out that hosting free, multi-party, multi-device video chats isn't likely to generate profits. Monthly rates range from $4.49 to $8.99, depending on subscription length.) (The daily rate for Skype Premium is $4.99. Skype supports group video calls but charges for the feature. Oovoo operates on the freemium model, offering a free, ad-supported service as well as more feature-rich, ad-free services that range from $9.95 to $29.95 a month. The other important factor for teens like De Luca is that they can use ooVoo without paying anything. De Luca says her mother "approves of" ooVoo.) "Oovoo feels more secure." (The setup helps win parental permission, too. Among her friends, Skype gets likened to the no-longer-cool social networking site MySpace.ĭe Luca also sees ooVoo as a safer environment than Skype since people need to be on an approved "contact list" to communicate with each other. "On Facebook, everyone says, 'What's your oovoo ?'” De Luca reports. Skype, she says, seems to cater to an older audience and business users. Oovoo is "newer and fresher," she contends. Similarly, though Skype is the world's biggest video chat provider, De Luca favors oovoo. Oovoo works on Macs, PCs, iPhones and Android phones. As a Mac and iPad user, De Luca occasionally uses Apple's FaceTime software for video calls but says she doesn't like how FaceTime limits chats to one other participant and to Apple devices. This feature is key for De Luca, who typically chats with two or three other friends at once. The company routes video calls through the cloud using a server, which it says allows it to conserve bandwidth and adjust the video to fit different devices, whether over Wi-Fi, 3G or 4G. Oovoo calls can support up to 12 participants on a paid subscription and up to 6 participants for free. New design for Friends screen! Quickly make a call from your Friends list by tapping the video call icon by your friend's name.The ooVoo logo was designed to look like two sets of eyes peering at each other.Added an onboarding screen to show the new layout - Messages to the left, Friends in the middle, and Profile to the right.We moved some stuff around - you now land on the Friends screen, so you can see your contacts and make video calls in one tap!.Patrick's Day! Use the new Shamrock filter to avoid getting pinched! Missed a call? No problem! Check your Messages screen to get a history of your missed calls.Need to check yourself out during a 1:1 video call? Just tap on your video in the corner, and you'll switch to take over the full screen!.Fixed bugs related to inviting Facebook friends.Made it easier to add friends: Verify your phone number and quickly find friends using your address book! 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This simple greenhouse is adaptable to small spaces and only requires pallets. If you own a patio or a rooftop garden, you can try this. This mini greenhouse is economical and simple to make and the best way to recycle plastic bottles. Plastic Bottle Greenhouse apieceofrainbow Instead of spending the winter gazing through glass panes at frozen flower beds, transform your window into a mini-greenhouse! Here are all the details. Just follow the simple tutorial to protect your plants from the exploitation of weather and save them from pests and diseases. CD Case Greenhouse megacraftyĭo you love to recycle? Learn how to make this versatile and good-looking greenhouse from old CD cases. ![]() Check out our article on DIY garden cloche ideas here !Įasy Mini Greenhouse Ideas 1. These ideas are more useful for those who are city dwellers and have a limited space garden. With these Mini Greenhouse ideas, nothing will stop you from growing everything you wish during unfavorable conditions. If you are passionate about gardening and have a small space but want to have a greenhouse, this post is for you. Here are some easy-to-make Mini Greenhouse projects and ideas that you can try in your garden! These are also helpful for apartment dwellers! ![]() ![]() ![]() Unreal Engine 4 has been a free development tool since 2015. Additionally, “animations created for one MetaHuman will run on other MetaHumans, enabling users to easily reuse a single performance across multiple Unreal Engine characters or projects.”Įpic says MetaHuman Creator will become available to developers in an early access trial over the next few months, with a fuller launch coming later. MetaHuman Creator builds a character model that is “fully rigged and ready for animation and motion capture in Unreal Engine,” Epic Games says. ![]() MetaHuman Creator is a tool for developers, not players, but it’s possible we’ll see this tool’s capabilities filter down to a user’s character-creation stage later on. Role-playing game fans and sports video game career-mode enthusiasts know how difficult it is to construct a believable avatar, even if they’re using their own face from cloud-based applications, like EA Sports’ GameFace or NBA 2K’s face scanning feature. “Users can choose a starting point by selecting a number of preset faces to contribute to their human from the range of samples available in the database.” ![]() “As adjustments are made, MetaHuman Creator blends between actual examples in the library in a plausible, data-constrained way,” Epic Games says in its announcement. The video above shows the process at work. Epic says the character-creation process, which seasoned animators and illustrators spend days or weeks getting right, can be reduced “to less than an hour” using MetaHuman Creator’s browser-based application. “One of the most arduous tasks in 3D content creation has been constructing truly convincing digital humans,” Vladimir Mastlovic, Epic’s vice president for Digital Humans Technology, said in a statement. Ping u/ambient_tofu - otherwise there will be no notification on this.Īs for weight painting - it's called "Proxy Fitting" I guess it does the same.Epic Games, makers of the Unreal Engine that has powered two decades’ worth of triple-A video games, on Wednesday announced another leading-edge development tool: MetaHuman Creator, an application that can create distinctive and lifelike human characters for video games in a fraction of the time it currently takes. ![]() assets (and each meaningful asset bundle) can have different license from the project, but still have to be handled according to that license). In such cases, the license on the artwork/audio would dictate the terms under which video/streaming may occur." (i.e. Keep in mind that some programs, particularly video games, can have artwork/audio that is licensed separately from the underlying GPLed game. See also and a bit more vague but more official: " If the art/music is under the GPL, then the GPL applies when you copy it no matter how you copy it. It shouldn't affect me, I'm writing Free and Open Source games.īut indeed may impose limitations on a commercial game (no, it won't shouldn't affect the whole project, but may affect the asset database). The AGPL can be an obstacle in case someone wants to create a closed source game or closed source 3D models using 3D characters made with MB-Lab because the AGPL will propagate from the base models and from the database to the output models. ![]() ![]() ![]() Though "nutritional yeast" usually refers to commercial products, inadequately fed prisoners of war have used "home-grown" yeast to prevent vitamin deficiency. In New Zealand, it has long been known as Brufax. In Australia, it is sometimes sold as "savoury yeast flakes". It is often used by vegans in place of cheese in, for example, mashed and fried potatoes or scrambled tofu, or as a topping for popcorn. Nutritional yeast has a strong flavor that is described as nutty or cheesy, which makes it popular as an ingredient in cheese substitutes. Sometimes nutritional yeast is fortified with vitamin B 12, another reason it is popular with vegans. It is a significant source of some B-complex vitamins and contains trace amounts of several other vitamins and minerals. It is popular with vegans and vegetarians and may be used as an ingredient in recipes or as a condiment. It is sold in the form of yellow flakes, granules, or powder and can be found in the bulk aisle of most natural food stores. Nutritional yeast (also known as nooch ) is a deactivated yeast, often a strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, that is sold commercially as a food product. †Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults. This entry was posted in Beer Brewing Tips by AIH. Have you ever tried making hard cider before? How did it turn out? Do you have any information you’d like to share on how to make hard cider?ĭavid Ackley is a beer writer, brewer, and self-described “craft beer crusader.” He holds a General Certificate in Brewing from the Institute of Brewing and Distilling and is founder and editor of the Local Beer Blog. Regular wine bottles will not hold the pressure. If desired, add priming sugar at bottling time for a sparkling cider, however if you do this make sure you bottle in beer bottles or Champagne bottles. Pitch your yeast as directed and proceed as above. This will ensure that there aren’t any wild yeasts or bacteria interfering with your fermentation. If using fresh cider from the farmer’s market, use a crushed Campden tablet to stabilize the must. Proceed as you would normally for a regular batch of homebrew, being sure to do a secondary fermentation. Let it cool, then pitch your yeast as directed on the package. Hold the juice at 180☏ for 10-20 minutes. If using filtered apple juice from the store, you will first heat the juice to stabilize it. Unless you want to take chances with a spontaneous fermentation of your hard cider, it’s important to stabilize your juice before pitching yeast. Wyeast 4766: Cider and Red Star Pasteur Blanc are both suitable for higher gravity ciders. For a sweeter, fruitier cider, use an ale yeast, such as Nottingham. Wine and champagne yeast have a higher alcohol tolerance and tend to finish dry. Many of the yeasts used in brewing beer or making wine will work for making hard cider at home, too. If you can’t find either of the above options, pure, 100% apple juice will work, too. Choose a cider that has no added flavorings or preservatives. Get yourself a fruit press or find some fresh, unpasteurized apple cider at your local farmers market.Įven if you don’t live near an apple orchard, chances are that your local grocery store carries soft (non-alcoholic) cider this time of year. Cider makers often use blends of different varieties to produce a cider. Ask your local apple farmer what varieties will work best for making hard cider. For now, let’s go over the basics of making apple cider.įall means apple season! If you’re lucky enough to live near some apple orchards, you have a fresh local ingredient in abundance right now. There are a limitless number of variations on cider, plus some additional items that might come in handy for achieving certain characteristics. The most basic hard cider recipe requires just two main ingredients: apple juice, and yeast. You’ve probably seen, and maybe even tried, ciders from Woodchuck and Crispin. Craft cideries are popping up all over the country. Today, craft cider is riding on the heels of the craft beer movement, taking up more and more shelf space every year. Remember Johnny Appleseed? All those apples weren’t just for apple pie! Up until prohibitionists and temperance unions started demonizing the consumption of alcohol, hard cider was about as popular as beer, if not more so. Hard cider used to be quite a popular beverage in the US. Plus, you’ll be able to use the equipment you have on hand already, so why not give making hard cider a try? Read more to learn how to make hard cider at home with this 5-gallon recipe. Since there’s no mash and no boil, it can be less labor intensive as well. Compared to homebrewing beer, making hard cider at home is a much easier process. ![]() ![]() ![]() The tires are new and have full tread left and are sized 235/60/15 and the aftermarket Cragar wheels are in excellent condition and really make this El Camino pop and stand out in the crowd. There may be some minor imperfections that are not noticeable in the photos, but noting was intentionally excluded from the photos. Both bumpers are in great condition with no dents or pitting and they both have a good shine. The underside is very solid with no patch panels or rust issues and the body is very solid and strait with no bubbling or cracked paint. The paint is in great overall condition and has an excellent shine, great gloss, and is smooth to the touch. This El Camino shows well in its Factory colors and is a striking color combination. ![]() The Factory exterior is in beautiful overall condition. This El Camino comes with numerous service records, the original owners manual, several dealer brochures, letter from GM, and title history. The miles show as Actual on the current clean Ohio title and are documented on several service records and other docs. This El Camino is finished in the beautiful and desirable color combinations of Black over Burgundy cloth interior. This El Camino is very solid with great lines and gaps and shows no visible rust anywhere on the body and no rust on the underside and no patch panels. This El Camino features super nice paint in factory colors, a very nice stock Burgundy bucket seat cloth interior, and the original numbers matching 305 engine. Its been meticulously maintained over its lifetime and always garaged and shows as such. ![]() The second owner purchased the truck in 1989 with 14K miles and his widow sold the truck this year due to his passing with 84K miles on the truck. This El Camino stayed in with the same owner for over 33 years. CALL DAN AT 51 WITH ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS VEHICLEĬincy Classic Cars is proud to offer this stunning 1987 El Camino which is in beautiful overall condition and has only had two owners since new. ![]() ![]() ![]() Decorated Your Resolution: suicide squad, harley quinn.
![]() ![]() My parents ordered two pairs of glasses through the Spectacle Supply Scheme for seniors which was funded by the government. The fact they don't document is not my problem, it is an issue though. I DID return to the store and the receptionist looked at them, told me those lenses weren't available by original supplier, and need to be sent elsewhere and would cost hundreds. And I do look after my glasses! Very frustrated and disappointed! Time to head elsewhere!Please note in reference to reply below which I can't seem to respond to. Rubbish quality, previous pair from there lasted over 6 years, dropped numerous times, and no issue. Bought a pair of $300+ prescription sunglasses with " protective coating and Polaroid lens" fell of face in Rundle mall, dropped once, dented in multiple places and have been told have to replace lenses, that will cost hundreds. Have been there multiple times before, new optometrist very friendly unlike the previous one, who was rude, disinterested and hesitant to give my prescription. ![]() What a terrible experience in the Inala Store! When they took a deposit for glasses they didn't give me a receipt when I paid by cash, they told me it was done and directed us to home. ![]() However when you have an appointment they will call you to remind you, even an hour before the appointment. After 1 month of making glasses for my son, they don't even care to call to tell us that the glasses are available for pick up. When you are in a health related business, at least show some compassion and caring, don't just concentrate on making money alone. All they wanted was to get you in and kick you out as quickly as possible and all they wanted was to sell you expensive glasses. I expected when I visit a doctor, at least the Dr must tell me the reason for my sickness and how to care for it, or explain about the sickness but you won't get this from Inala store. I took my child to this store for an eye check, the staff was unhelpful, I described the optometrist as unfriendly, after the check he said my son has such a condition in the shortest possible way and directed us to go outside to choose a pair of glasses. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 2005, a survey was published based on the electronic medical records of general practitioners, which compared 9,329 victims with a control sample size of 7,329 units ranging from 16 months before to 2.5 years after the disaster. It was later demolished and closed a replacement opened nearby in Boekelo in 2004. ![]() The fire spread to the nearby Grolsch Beer brewery which had an asbestos roof. The Dutch Government warned that potentially harmful asbestos was released into the air by the explosion. Ten thousand residents were evacuated, and damages eventually neared 1 billion guilders (€454 million). This caused around 400 houses to be destroyed, 15 streets incinerated and a total of 1,500 homes damaged, leaving 1,250 people homeless, essentially obliterating the neighbourhood of Roombeek. Fireworks factory was the only one in the Netherlands to be located in a residential area. Damage Ī 40-hectare (100-acre 0.4 km 2) area around the warehouse was destroyed by the blast. They acted "completely incomprehensibly" by allowing the company to expand, for fear that the city would have to pay the cost of moving S.E. Later in the court case, the judge said that city officials failed to take steps even when they knew laws had been broken. Residents and town councillors stated they did not even know that there was a fireworks warehouse in their area. When it was built in 1977, the warehouse was outside the town, but as new residential areas were built it became surrounded by low-income housing. However, after the explosion, residents from the affected district of Roombeek-a poor, working-class neighbourhood-complained of government inaction and lack of interest, saying the whole disaster was just waiting to happen. The company was judged to have met all official safety regulations while the legally imported fireworks had been inspected by Dutch authorities and deemed safe. ![]() One week prior to the explosion, SE had been audited. However, the illegal use of shipping containers reduced safety, particularly as they had been arranged closely together at ground level and had not been separated either by earthworks or other partitioning. Theoretically, an explosion was considered highly unlikely because the fireworks were stored in sealed bunkers specifically designed to minimize such risk. One theory to explain the large scale of the disaster was that internal fire doors in the central complex-which might otherwise have contained the fire-had been left open. When 177 tonnes (174 long tons 195 short tons) of fireworks exploded, it destroyed the surrounding residential area. It then spread outside the building to two full shipping containers that were being used to illegally store more display incendiaries. Fireworks depot, in a work area where some 900 kg (2,000 lb) of fireworks were stored. The fire which triggered the explosion is believed to have started inside the central building of the S.E. ![]() ![]() If you are not using FogBugz Ocelot, including FogBugz For Your Server, you will need to enable the FNN plugin for similar functionality. You can also enable the FogBugz News Network feature ( Gear menu > Extra Features) for extended reporting, including a report of the case on which each FogBugz user is currently working ( Tools Menu > FNN – Work in Progress). If you are using FogBugz Ocelot, when you view a case, FogBugz will display the person who is currently working on the case. The EBS algorithm does not depend on getting precise to-the-second data about everything you are doing. If your schedule varies slightly from day to day, don’t worry too much about entering precise times. Use this feature to adjust times that were captured incorrectly, add new times, or remove prior times. ManuallyĪt any time, you can see and edit your current timesheet, or any previous day’s timesheet, by choosing Edit Timesheet from the Working On menu. That way you only need to change the “working on” case when you switch from one case to another. When you start tracking a new task in Asana it will be automatically added along with its project to your TrackingTime account. Click on the tracking button displayed next to the task’s due date to start / stop the timer. It also stops the clock during lunch breaks, when you are on vacation, etc., as long as you tell it when these things are going to happen. Click on the extension’s icon and sign up for a free TrackingTime account. To make it easy to track your time, FogBugz uses the developer’s working schedule your avatar -> Working Schedule to stop the clock, automatically, whenever you go home, and start it again, automatically, when you come back in the morning. ![]() The more meticulous developers are at entering estimates and keeping accurate timesheets, the better the results will be from EBS. Keeping accurate timesheets provides important input to the Evidence-Based Scheduling algorithm (EBS). The Working On menu is used to allow any FogBugz Admin or Normal user to inform FogBugz which cases they are working on at any given time, and to track time.įogBugz collects this data in timesheets, which you can edit at any time: ![]() |
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