![]() Polar Bowler Strike! (Facebook game) (Lost) You Know What Sports (Partially found, full version is inaccessible) You Know What Science (Partially found, full version is inaccessible) You Know What Potpourri (Partially found, full version is inaccessible) You Know What History (Partially found, full version is inaccessible) You Know What Arts (Partially found, full version is inaccessible) Wildcards (Partially found, full version is inaccessible) Speedway (download version) (Partially found, lost online version for more tracks) Shooting Stars Pool (Found, full version for previous WildTangent installer of that game is inaccessible, but the full version for latest WildTangent installer of that game is accessible) Kublox (Partially found, full version is inaccessible) Groove-o-Matic (Partially found, full version is inaccessible, the multiplayer of that game requires AIM program which the multiplayer server was discontinued) Glow Glow Firefly (Found, full version for WildTangent installer of that game is inaccessible, but the full version for installer of that game is accessible) ![]() Five Card Frenzy (WildTangent version) (Partially found, full version is inaccessible) Final Drive: Fury (Partially found, Chaos vehicle is missing from that game, the game can't connect online because WildTangent discontinued that game, it is unknown whether the game is free or not) Fill Up (Partially found, full version is inaccessible) ![]() Cannonballs (Found, the Guest Login mode of that game is unavailable because it requires multiplayer server which was discontinued, but Single Player mode is still playable) Blasterball Wild (also known as Blasterball) (Found) Betty Bad (Found, there was the sequel of Betty Bad game from WildTangent Web Driver video on YouTube, but no information have been confirmed, it is unknown whether WildTangent made the sequel of that game or not)
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![]() You pulled your dress up your thighs, opened your legs wide and showed him that you were wearing lingerie the same color as the wine that stained his lips. Jeno, ever the gentleman, bent over to pick it up. You smiled and knocked your own silverware to the floor. You and Jeno had been dating for a few weeks, had been intimate recently, and the sparks flying between you made the view of every other table at the restaurant disappear. “I enjoy being here with you.” You loved to hear the sound of his voice and how it raised just a little bit whenever you paid attention to him. Jeno observed you, a smile never leaving his handsome face. Jeno’s smile was sure to make you feel all gooey inside, his face beaming whenever you opened your mouth to speak. Maybe it was the laughter, the wine, or the good company across the table making you feel so drowsy and warm. Jeno: The hot lights made your face burn up. “Get two more questions right and I’m all yours.” you said. “Do you want to fuck me?” Renjun laughed and said, “I think you know the answer to that already.” You let the skirt swim down your thighs, allowing Renjun to see the tiny patch of lace covering your pussy. The only thing left was your skirt, the already flimsy fabric clinging to your thighs. Your shoes, your socks, your pantyhose and everything else lay on the floor between you. He smiled and said, “Ask another.” You asked and he answered, getting every single mundane question correct. Renjun drank you in, his eyes roaming across the smooth skin of your chest. “I should have worn more clothing.” you said. Take your shirt off.” Instead of letting out a huff, which is what you wanted to do, you whipped your shirt off to reveal a thin, white, lace bralette that showed your nipples. “What’s my favorite color?” Without missing a beat, Renjun answered, “Blue. “is a piece of clothing you must remove, right? Ask it.” You were losing your nerve, because you knew that underneath your clothing, the lingerie you’d chosen was so thin and revealing, that Renjun would see you nearly naked. The game you were playing was meant to rattle him, but Renjun’s sudden confidence made yours waver. ![]() He sat back and crossed his arms over his chest. Renjun: “Go ahead, ask me the question.” Renjun said. Although a mere 91 minutes, “Fist Fight” seems twice as long. Things basically happen until they don’t. “Three O’Clock High,” there’s no real sense of time in “Fist Fight.” Unlike its obvious inspiration, the semi-cult favorite The faculty re-interviewing for their jobs during a school day and why are actual classes conducted on the last day of school? If every teacher is under review, why do they seem to come and go from their jobs whenever they please and why do they curse loudly in front of the students?Ībsolutely nothing makes sense in this movie and first-time feature filmmaker Richie Keen exacerbates things with his meandering, improvisatory pacing. Granted, “Fist Fight” is a comedy, but shouldn’t some part of it be grounded in reality? Why is In what weird cynical universe is a person’s 911 call met with mocking laughter? Where a teacher is allowed to stay on school grounds after making terroristic threats and is caught attacking a student with an axe, “Fist Fight” seems to view Day’s reluctance to fight an unstable switchblade wielding man who thinks coffee machines work when you shout at them as the cowardly acts of a craven pussy. None of it works but along the way Day learns to stand up for himself and blah, de, blah, de, fart, fart. ![]() Day, in turn, tries everything he can to get out of it, including, bribing the student who was attacked by Cube with a Macbook Pro in order to get him to retract his complaint, framing Cube for possessing drugs and tricking Cube into fighting a white supremacist instead. Refocuses all of his anger on Day by challenging him to a fist fight after school. The other hand, plays an intense, possibly psychotic history teacher who isn’t above attacking students with a fire axe.ĭuring the last day of the school year - which inexplicably not only coincides with “Senior Prank Day” but with the faculty forced to re-interview for their jobs after extreme, department-wide budget cuts – Day rats out Cube after he severely disciplines a student.Ĭube, who, at least initially, was planning on “going postal” on the school administration, instead In “Fist Fight” Charlie Day plays a spineless English teacher who allows the students and faculty of a decaying Georgia high school to walk all over him. At times “Fist Fight” feels like it was written by that neighbor who yells at you from their bedroom window because you were standing too close to their nephew’s car. Sass mouth would be reduced significantly if teachers were just allowed to let their fire axes do the talkin’. Support for separate skin tones for each individual in all variations of the couple kissing emoji and couple with heart emoji.Lost Mode notifies you when your AirTag is found, and you can enter a phone number where you can be contacted.The Find My network with hundreds of millions of devices can help you find your AirTag, even when it isn't nearby.AirTag can be located by playing a sound via the built-in speaker.Precision Finding uses visual, audible, and haptic feedback to guide you directly to your nearby AirTag using Ultra Wideband provided by the U1 chip on iPhone 11 and iPhone 12 models. ![]()
![]() Want the best marathon plan for you? My marathon training plans are here.įor every distance between 800 meters and the marathon, these scientifically-based training plans include your McMillan Calculator training paces integrated, coach’s notes, and access to our prehab routines. Next: Is it time to rethink your marathon program?Ĭheck out Greg McMillan’s Surviving the Marathon Freak Out: A Guide to Running Your Best Marathon This article was originally featured in the July/August 2010 issue of Running Times Magazine. Two Weeks to Race Day: 8-10 x 400m with 200m jog in sets of four at half marathon, 10K, 5K and 3K race pace Six Weeks to Race Day: 12-16 x 400m with 200m jog in sets of four at half marathon, 10K, 5K and 3K race paceįour Weeks to Race Day: 20-24 x 200m with 200m jog at 5K to 10K pace For her, this exposure to running slightly faster than marathon pace works much better than running 200m and 400m repeats at 5K to 10K pace.Įight Weeks to Race Day: 20-24 x 200m with 200m jog at 5K to 10K pace Her pace stayed closer to 10K to half marathon pace. With Paige, we did fartlek sessions (like 20-25 times 1 minute on with 1 minute off recovery jog between), but these were more like a tempo run with surges than a track workout. For example, I didn’t include these 200m and 400m workouts with another athlete I coach, Paige Higgins, who ran 2:33 in the same race where Brett ran 2:10. ![]() These “endurance monsters” can run all day but find that speed work leaves their legs feeling flat for several days post-workout. These short, fast repeats should not be used, however, for runners who struggle with speed work. Read about these seven speed and stamina workouts to prepare for a marathon. The goal was to augment the marathon workouts with some faster running to keep his form perfect and his legs fresh. Could he have run them faster? Of course! But that wasn’t the goal. All the short, fast workouts Brett did were very controlled. But you can adjust the intensity of the repeats for marathon training, making them less anaerobic or tiring than these workouts are for 5K-10K runners. Many runners think about 200m and 400m repeats only as preparation for a 5K or 10K. The goal was to run them in sets of four at the following intensities–half marathon, 10K, 5K, 3K. Again, these were fast but controlled efforts and we ran the repeats in a progressive manner. In other words, he should not be doing the slow, sprinter recovery stumble but should jog slowly but steadily between each repeat.įor the 400m workout, we performed the early workout (six weeks out from the marathon) as 12-16 times 400m with a 200m jog and the later session (two weeks prior to race day) as 8-10 times 400m with a 200m recovery jog. For Brett, the goal was to run 32-33 seconds per 200m (4:16-4:24 pace) and for the recovery jogs to be moderate as well. The pace was 5K to 10K which isn’t too taxing to run for 200m but gives the body/mind 2.5 to 3 miles of running at a pace quite a bit faster than marathon pace. The basic plan was to perform some short, fast running every other week during the last two months before race day.įor both 200m repeat workouts, I had Brett run 20-24 times 200m with a 200m jog between. We also performed two 400m repeat sessions–six weeks and two weeks prior to race day. The first was eight weeks before the marathon and the second was four weeks out from race day. In the last eight weeks leading into his marathon (Chevron Houston), we performed two 200m repeat sessions. While you may have to modify the exact placement of the workouts based on your individual training and racing schedule, here is how Brett and I inserted speed work into his successful marathon plan. For example, Brett’s goal marathon pace was 4:55 per mile so we were doing workouts at 4:15-4:40 per mile, which allowed 4:55 to feel easier. Short, fast repeats allow you to insert some volume of running at a pace that is significantly faster than marathon race pace.Fast repeats challenge you to turn your legs over and help avoid the “marathoner shuffle.” Often, marathon training starts to put runners in a pace rut. Short, fast repeats break the monotony of training.Think of it as getting better gas mileage–you can go longer before running out of gas. Short, fast repeats improve your running economy (the amount of oxygen consumed at a given pace), and improved running economy is very important in the marathon.The reason for including short, moderately fast workouts in marathon training is threefold: Join the McMillan Run Team and let’s work together toward your goal. Having a plan and a coach to help you is key to avoiding injury and performing your best. Want the best marathon plan for you? My marathon training plans are here. 1 consumer complaint that we receive," says Patty Hsue, an attorney who leads the FTC's effort against robocalls. The FTC is trying to combat the rising number of illegal automated phone calls. "When the call center agent asks him a particular question, the way he answers, the pauses that he takes, all of that is a work of art as compared to someone going after the smaller-sized accounts."īalasubramaniyan says while Pindrop has shared this information with its clients, he does not know if they are pursuing criminal investigations. "The fraudster who's attacking the $100,000-and-more account has so much information at his disposal, he's done so much research on the account, that he's flawless on his call," Balasubramaniyan says. If a bank account has a larger credit line, it goes to one particular fraudster who's particularly adept at manipulating call center operators. The ring, nicknamed "West Africa One," has a dozen members according to Pindrop. The startup has gathered millions of samples from call centers and, based on analysis of unique callers and devices, Balasubramaniyan believes his team has identified a specific criminal group in Nigeria. ![]() Pindrop declined to name its clients, because of nondisclosure agreements, but it says three of the four biggest banks use its services. Balasubramaniyan says your best bet is to make sure the number you're calling matches the number on the back of your credit or debit card, or the bank's website. There's no similar tool available for the average person. So an operator can tell, Balasubramaniyan says, "this call is supposed to come from a landline in Atlanta, but the audio is telling us it's a Skype call from West Africa." Pindrop has a tool that puts about 147 clues together and rates how trustworthy the caller is in real time. The specific device you use (Samsung Galaxy, MacBook Air, for example) and the voice itself give additional clues. The size of the break varies, by country and by network conditions. ![]() If a packet gets lost, you get a break in the audio. Internet-based phone services divide your voice into little packets, wrap them up and ship them across the network. There are long breaks in his voice when he says, "I'd like to know the available credit in my account." Now, there are clues that the guy calling isn't legit. The caller says, "OK, can you help me update my address today?" and he proceeds to take over the account. "Got it," the operator says, eager to provide good customer service. The caller, who is pretending to be the account holder, wants to know his available credit - to make sure the account is worth pursuing. In a real-life example, provided by one call center, the operator has a hard time hearing the caller and apologizes. Banks and credit card companies hire Pindrop to help them detect fraud. Once the criminal ring scrapes enough information on you, it has humans call your financial institution. ![]() If you call back from somewhere else, you get "this number has been deactivated." So a regulator or police officer that's trying to crack down will think, incorrectly, it's out of commission. If you call back from your phone - which the criminals dialed - you get the prompt to enter personal data. ![]() And they've observed an interesting detail about the fraudulent 1-877 numbers. Workers enter the numbers into sweepstakes and online databases, to see what kind of fraud hits.Ĭompany researchers estimate 1 in every 2,200 calls is a fraud attempt. Pindrop keeps a "honeypot" - about a quarter-million phone numbers that aren't being used by real people, which the company uses for research. Balasubramaniyan recalls, "They're like 'OK, if you want a moment to process this, we're going to send the law enforcement in front of your doorstep.' 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pkg has completed, just update Microsoft AutoUpdate and then also update your Microsoft softwares (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, etc.) to the latest version which was 1101 in my case for all these softwares. The Microsoft representative I just contacted provided me with an URL for Microsoft_Office_1301_Installer.pkg which allowed to install Office 2021 Home & Student on Catalina v10.15.7. Open a Microsoft support ticket and kindly ask the representative for an URL download link to a previous version of Office 2021 which was working on Catalina. Apple Silicone signals that the future is a souped-up iPad with which to access 90% of one's documents and apps remotely, with all the cost, Internet-dependency and privacy issues that can conceivably entail. Their SoC architecture (Apple Silicone/M1/M2) will begin to put third-party repair shops and peripheral manufacturers out of business, those who enjoyed upgrading their Macs will see their options dry up (It was nice while it lasted, OWC!) and in the same way many home users in 2023 no longer expect/want to print physical paper documents, the desktop computer, as a form factor, is on borrowed time (EOL). The bootable USB stick with MacOS installer is to the optical drive, as the optical drive became to the floppy disk drive back in the Classic days.Ĭall me a jerk… But I don't think Apple is going to make many happy campers over the next 5-10 years. Consequently, I can predict with confidence that the days of the external storage device (and the physical ports to connect them to on a Mac) are numbered. This is, sadly, unpleasantly familiar because this Apple "early adopter" has been there, done that before. Why? Because it's not possible to disable the T2 Security Chip and boot from an external source on the fly in the event macOS Utilities are unreachable and Internet Recovery no longer works! Ending up with a bricked device has never been easier. ![]() To this, there is Apple's asinine decision to require a "host" Mac running the same macOS for the sake of physically cabling two Macs together for "Restore & Recovery" in the event Internet Recovery fails. Consumers don't expect this kind of treatment - nor does the law allow for it - in other product categories.)Īll of which is to say, some of us in 2023 are still coming up to speed on the 32-bit cutoff under Catalina, Apple-signed certificate requirements for installers to run, the fact that everything is moving toward a subscription model (not just pro tools such as Adobe CC), changes to the App Store in which prior versions of software are hidden even to those who are viewing the App Store on an older device and that download links on the Apple website to earlier versions of macOS are now virtually impossible to find. one wouldn't buy a vacuum cleaner from a manufacturer, only to be told three years later that because it was discontinued a year or two prior, one should not expect to buy "consumables" such as vacuum bags. Microsoft's "three macOS updates" seems rather arbitrary, and not in keeping with best practices in other parts of the retail market (i.e. (Many seasoned Mac users disable "automatic updates" for this very reason!) But there is also a case to be made for holding off until one gets a sense of how much else can be expected to "break" with an OS update. Yes it is possible to immediately upgrade a NOS Mac to macOS to Ventura. (What's "normal" to Apple and to a subset of affluent power users who have been conditioned to upgrade every 2-3 years strikes the rest of the world as nuts.) (I know because I am one of them, having just purchased a new 2020 27" iMac with Catalina pre-installed on Prime Day.) When a customer unboxes a new piece of hardware only to find upon that first hour of use that the App Store refuses, even, to permit a download of the original pre-installed OS for recovery purposes, the impression is that Apple is grossly overstepping the bounds. This discussion is still relevant because *new* 2020 Macs can still be found for purchase in 2023 from Best Buy, Amazon and elsewhere. (Doubtful, however, that anybody at Apple loses sleep over breaking stuff that their customers rely on and can't replace for one reason or another.) But at some point every OS leaves behind a certain percentage of hardware/software - and that short lifecycle seems to be what many take issue with. ![]() ![]() Indeed, there are newer macOS since Catalina, most of which are compatible with Macs built after ~2017. ![]() Of course, there’s no reason you can’t mix and match this winning pair. This is a microphone that will do justice to a singer belting out a tune as well as the spoken word – even in an untreated room. We talk a lot about how great the MV7 is for podcasting and voiceover work, but it’s also an impressive mic for vocal tracks! With its similar frequency response emphasizing vocal clarity, the MV7X is a superb choice for music making content creators already using an XLR setup. Say goodbye to annoying street traffic, A/C hum and room echo! Get perfect recordings in imperfect conditions. They also employ the same capsule that emphasizes vocal clarity and provides great rear rejection of background noise. Both flavors of this dynamic microphone have innovative Voice Isolation Technology built in to eliminate as much room sound out as possible.Ī fully passive system of carefully engineered airflow and robust shock mount provides acoustic benefits regardless of the kind of audio output you’re using. The MV7 and MV7X are designed to keep the focus on your voice while blocking out any distractions. You’ll need either an XLR-compatible digital recorder or an audio interface to connect to your computer. Do you have a podcast with several guests? You might want to consider the MV7X. This makes it a more affordable choice for someone looking to upgrade their recording rig or use multiple mics at the same time. The MV7X, on the other hand, is XLR only. This makes it ideal for streamers, gamers and podcasters recording solo without an audio interface. The biggest difference between these two great mics is connectivity: The MV7 has both a standard XLR audio output and a USB port to plug straight into a laptop or desktop. So we’ve broken down all the reasons someone might choose one model over another. You’ll find a handy comparison of the SM7B and MV7 here.īut at first glance, things don’t seem quite so clear cut when it comes to the MV7 and MV7X. Nothing will replace that legendary sound. Of course, if you’ve been looking to move your audio game up to the big leagues with the SM7B for a while, you should still do just that. So you might ask yourself, why has Shure decided to drop the brand new MV7X into the mix? And more importantly, is the MV7X right for me? And what about the big daddy of them all – the legendary SM7B? The MV7 Podcast Microphone has taken the content creator community by storm since its introduction last year and for good reason: It combines a jam-packed feature set with superb sound quality and ease of use. Dimensions: 219 mm (L), 38.26 mm (W), 31.Looking for a powerful podcasting microphone, but not sure if you should get the MV7 or its new, more affordable incarnation, the MV7X? We’ve got the answers to your questions.Power Requirements: +48V DC Phantom Power.Works great with home studio audio interfaces.Compact side-address design fits anywhere and looks great on camera.Cardioid polar pattern with excellent off-axis noise rejection.Premium, high-output electronics for maximum clarity and headroom.Hand-tuned condenser capsule delivers open, detailed sound.And Ember’s sleek form factor keeps a low profile on camera, making it ideal for streamers and video creators. Sleek, Low-Profile Design Ember’s compact, side-address design makes it easy to position in tight spaces-since it picks up sound from the front of the mic instead of the end, you can easily sneak it in anywhere. Clean, high-output gain ensures impressive headroom for up-front instruments and commanding vocals. Inside the Sound Ember's precise cardioid polar pattern and custom-designed phantom power circuitry ensure remarkably consistent frequency response with ultra-low noise for a rich, smooth vocal sound. It’s also your secret weapon for broadcasting, podcasting and live-streaming. Bring Blue’s legendary studio sound to your creative space.īehind the Mic Featuring our custom hand-tuned condenser capsule, Ember captures stunning detail and is ideal for recording music for online distribution through SoundCloud and capturing professional sound for YouTube videos. Ember's compact, side-address design fits anywhere and keeps a low profile on camera. A custom hand-tuned condenser capsule captures maximum detail, while the tight cardioid pickup pattern helps reduce room and background noise. Pristine electronics deliver a strong, clean signal with ample headroom. Ember microphone makes stunning detail accessible to everyone. It’s still Saturday in America, which I think means I have to post a screenshot. It’s quite tech-heavy, so there’ll be plenty to say about how we’ve been approaching various challenges in the game’s development. We’ve been chipping away at bits of it for a good while now, but not full time and not consistently, so it’s still early days – I suppose I would say it’s part way between a fairly well-fleshed-out tech demo and a pre-alpha game. For now, I’ll just say that we’re hoping it will appeal to people who enjoyed games such as Factorio, Terraria, and World of Goo (yes, I realise they are three very different games). Soon (tomorrow), I’ll put up a big, proper post. It’s called Sun Shy, and it’s getting to the point now where I should probably start talking about it in public. Long story short, we’ve settled on something. I don’t know how this goes for most developers, but for me, this process usually involves building a few demos or other bits and pieces, seeing what seems good and/or interesting, and eventually settling on something to focus on. It’s been a while since I was working on Sprite Lamp full time, and we’ve been kicking around/playing with a few ideas for Snake Hill Games’ next project in the meantime. Each of these things will be getting a Proper Post in the near future. ![]() So this is me trying to get back into the swing of things. However, some things are happening! And some of those things involve being a bit more talkative on the internet. One of the things I mentioned is how bad I am at interfacing with the world through social media, and I think my lengthy silence bears that out. I find that it is easier to do it using a uniform array so I use that.So it’s been quiet out here since my last post, almost two years ago, about finalising Sprite Lamp. There are two strategies to pass the palette to the shader: by using a texture or a uniform array. Now, that we have preprocessed our images, we are ready to write the shader to finally swap the palettes. Nothing fancy, all the hard work is done by Pillow. Then, it reinterprets it as a grayscale image. fromarray ( palette_colors, mode = 'RGBA' ) return grayscale_image, palette_imageįirstly, the function converts the image to the palette mode. astype ( 'uint8' ) palette_image = Image. asarray ( + ] \įor i in range ( palette_size )]]). getpalette () transparency = list ( indexed_image. asarray ( indexed_image ), 'L' ) # Create the palette open ( f ) # Reinterpret the indexed image as a grayscale image save ( f, 'png' ) indexed_image = Image. # Save and load the image to update the info (transparency field in particular)į = io. convert ( mode = 'P', dither = 'NONE', colors = palette_size ) # Be careful it can remove colors ![]() Import io import numpy as np from PIL import Image def convert_to_indexed_image ( image, palette_size ): # Convert to an indexed image To do that, I use a little Python function that uses the Pillow library: The image is in grayscale mode and the gray level of each pixel corresponds to the index of its color in the palette. it replaces indices by the corresponding color in the palette.Ĭonsequently, to avoid this problem, I store separately the image and the palette. It uses stb_image under the hood which automatically “depalettizes” images i.e. It is the case of SFML, the library I used. ![]() Unfortunately, many libraries that load images will provide an array of colors even if the image was stored in indexed mode. For instance, the PNG image format has an indexed color option. In fact, several image formats support this way of storing images. This way, we decouple the structure of the image (the areas with the same color) with the real colors. What we would like instead is that each pixel contains the index of its color in a palette. In a raster image, each pixel contains a color. The first step is to prepare your images for palette swapping. Now, it is used in procedural generation to produce new assets, I will show many examples in later devlogs. It was a useful technique in the old days to add variety in the assets without using too much memory. ![]() Here, we will do that at runtime using shaders. Palette swapping is simply changing the palette of a texture. In this devlog, I will show you a technique that I love and that I will abuse in Vagabond: palette swapping. |
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