![]() ![]() Instead, she writes, “the crowd rose, thunderous, in unison, when the Beatles took the stage. Determined to go, and saving up enough money to score a seat near the front row, she remembers fearing the atmosphere she would encounter:Īt the time, I didn’t know anything about the group’s press conference announcement refusing to perform for an audience where Black patrons would be forcibly segregated from Whites, probably relegated to the worse seats farthest away from the stage and maybe subjected to a threatening atmosphere if they showed up. Kitty Oliver, who appears in the clip at the top from Ron Howard’s Beatles documentary Eight Days a Week, was a young Beatles fan who hadn’t heard the news about the show desegregating. One of the concert’s attendees, historian Dr. The Gator Bowl had to relent and desegregate for the evening’s show. I’d sooner lose our appearance money.” Despite storm damage and evacuations, the 32,000-seat stadium had sold out. When concert promoters pushed back, John Lennon flatly stated in a press conference, “We never play to segregated audiences, and we aren’t going to start now. The rider for the September 11 concert “explicitly cited the band’s refusal to perform in a segregated facility,” writes Kenneth Womack at Salon. ![]()
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Serato vs traktor vs virtual dj11/9/2023 ![]() If you aren’t as precise as you’d want to be, you’d be pleased to know that there’s also a quantise function as well to make sure you trigger those cue points on time, every time “But Traktor has more cue points than Serato!” – Controllerists, rejoice! Serato DJ now comes with eight cue points, probably enough to satiate your hunger for beat juggling. ![]()
120 days before today11/9/2023 ![]() I know that today it is but I'd like to see it in Excel. These functions can be used to perform various date and day calculations in Excel.
Melody assistant full11/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Input quantizing is set by default, which is critical for recording legible notation. Melody Assistant also accepts MIDI input from a keyboard or other controller. (It’s under the Staff Menu, by the way.) With the right settings and the right reduction, the output is legible, although I’d like the ability to adjust spacing on the page in order to avoid collisions between notes and accidentals. The program also defaults with measure numbers off, and finding the place to activate them isn’t easy either. In the print options dialog box, for example, the option marked “Don’t cut staff blocks” is not selected, resulting in staff systems splitting in the middle across pages. ![]() Partly, it’s just a matter of a poor choice of defaults. Ultimately, a score editor is only as good as its printed output, and Melody Assistant needs a little work in this area. The basic sound database provided can be upgraded to the “extended” version over the Internet the sounds themselves are nothing spectacular, but the free extended sound database is a slight improvement over the basic set. Melody Assistant comes with its own set of patches, which the program compiles in real time. This option is preferable as only a few measures are visible on screen, and I would prefer it to be a default in Melody Assistant, as it’s common to most sequencers. To specify scrolling playback, go under the Score menu. ![]() Followed by the Music That You Hearīasic playback functions are provided on a toolbar. If you intend to work with a particular combination that’s not provided, such as a mixed chamber group, or an otherwise unusual combination, you can create and save your own models. Next, select notes, rests, and other markings from the tool palettes and place them on the piece by clicking where needed. Basic templates, such as solo instruments, orchestra, choir, string quartet etc., are provided along with some synth combos that look rather strange on paper-Space Model, for example, consists of Fantasia, Goblin, and Strange Voice. To set up a new piece, choose either a default document (a basic pop chart of piano, bass, guitar, strings and drums), a single staff labeled “melody”, or one of the preset templates (called “models”). Those shown on the screen above are only about half the total number available the complete list can be found under the Windows menu. The interface is straightforward, and the only drawback is the sheer number of toolbars needed to accommodate the wide variety of markings. Note values (or their equivalent rests) are selected from tool palettes and placed on a staff key and time signatures, dynamics, and expression markings are added in the same way. The on-screen note entry method is very similar toįinale’s Simple Note Entry function. Melody Assistant is a score-based music editor with MIDI playback. Myriad software had this user in mind when they released Melody Assistant, a $15 shareware program that combines basic aspects of all three. Such applications are expensive, perhaps too much so for the hobbyist who only wants to make music for fun. Requirements: Mac OS 7.5 or greater, with at least 8 MB of RAMįor a professional musician with a computer, three software applications are considered vital: a sequencer, a digital hard disk recorder and a notation program. ![]() Alternative to nvidia broadcast11/9/2023 ![]() The software offers an easy configuration that enables users to start their events in seconds with a single URL and zero download requirements. Users can grow their community by integrating interviews, Q&As, webinars, conferences, and more. show more NVIDIA ShadowPlay vs Streamlabs OBS | Streamlabs OBS AlternativesĬrowdcast is a leading live streaming platform that enables creators to enhance their audience reach and engagement levels in virtual events. Further, a wide range of unique shapes and symbols available within the particular can be used to design unique logos as per convenience. It can also be used to create custom video intros for YouTube and Twitch channels using a variety of pre-made templates already available. Streamlabs OBS’s simple and user-friendly interface allows users to view recent events and chats within a single screen. They can easily save replays of their clips or live streams, enabling viewers to watch them later. Moreover, users can record their live stream videos or choose the sources appearing in the live stream. An inbuilt layout editor and drag & drop functionality within the particular allows users to personalize their live streaming platform as per convenience and create a unique UI as well. Streamlabs OBS is an active live streaming software for content creators to help them stream videos on YouTube, Twitch, Facebook and other platforms of their choice. ![]() What is Streamlabs OBS and how does it work? ![]() Streamlabs OBS pricing: Streamlabs OBS Offers Custom plan. ![]() Translucent polymer clay tutorial11/9/2023 ![]() ![]() Add - Add Sculpey Clay Softener, mineral/baby oil, liquid polymer clay, or Fimo MixQuick to your polymer clay, if you didn’t already, or maybe again if it needs it, and mix.Chop - Chop up the clay in tiny bit using a blade or dedicated food processor.Method 3: If it’s really hard, crumbly, and unresponsive Sculpey Mold Maker – Sculpey Mold Maker can also help soften hard polymer clay.Fimo MixQuick - Fimo MixQuick helps soften hard polymer clay.Translucent clays – Translucent clays have more softening agent and many clayers soften their crumbly clay by adding some translucent clay.Start with smaller amounts! you can always add more but it’s difficult to leech it back out. Use Clay Softener (Diluent) or Translucent Clay – Work some softener or translucent clay into it.This can be a boon to those with arthritis. It allows you to condition it without hurting your hands. NeverKnead (Tool)– NeverKnead is a modified arbor press that smashes polymer clay.Whack It - Whack the clay with a rubber mallet to “get things moving.” A few good whacks can “jumpstart” conditioning - the more you whack it, the better it behaves, generally.additives are your best options for your techniques. I’ll let you be the judge as to whether physical efforts vs. Soften it with physical manipulation, additives, or a combination of physical conditioning methods and adding new materials to make it supple and workable. Method 2: It’s not too stiff and crumbly but still needs a little more help? in your pocket or otherwise against your skin for a bit to warm it up. Method 1: Put it in a zip lock baggie then. Goal: The Goal of Methods 1, 2, and 3 are to make it possible to clump your clay together and run through the pasta machine repeatedly and/or work it with your hands in order to condition your polymer clay. If it hurts your hands to work the clay into submission, you might want to consider using a mallet or NeverKnead (a machine). ![]() Often, it doesn’t take nearly that much effort. I’ve worked really old clay (10 to 15 years old) for 30 to 40 minutes, conditioned it, and used it with satisfactory to excellent results. Personally, with the price of larger “bricks” of different doll clays, which is mostly what I have, I’m going to choose “work it” more often than not. Work it or Buy Fresh Clay? That’s a decision that you’ll make based on a variety of criteria. Possible Con: Adding products changes the way clay feels and behaves so some techniques will require new, fresh clay instead. Pro: Not all methods of softening difficult-to-condition polymer clay require adding products. The question is, can it be successfully, softened, conditioned and then used?īottom Line or Pro - Unless the clay had been cured, most hard, crumbly clay can be softened. Some clays tend to be more crumbly by nature if older than a year or so old, e.g., Cernit Doll clay. Hard and crumbly polymer clay could be older, partially cured, or the plasticizer has evaporated or leached out. ![]() Ef 6 commands11/8/2023 ![]() Prime your flux capacitor: SQL Server temporal tables in EF Core 6 EF Core recently added first class support to create, query, and even restore entries from temporal tables. This is an audit mechanism that tracks every change to a database table and exposes it in a queryable format. Improved Performance on TechEmpower Fortunes Performance Tuning an EF Core Application NET 5 according to the industry standard TechEmpower benchmark. The team’s aggressive focus on performance resulted in a 92% improvement for the full stack of EF Core 6 on. Introducing DevOps-friendly EF Core Migration Bundles These are self-contained, standalone executables that apply the migrations as part of your CI/CD pipeline. To simplify this step as a part of continuous deployment, the EF Core team built migration bundles. They would require you to deploy the app along with the. Traditionally, migrations are embedded in your target application. Resource TypeĪ popular feature of EF Core is the ability to track schema changes by version for your database. ![]() This can potentially save hundreds of lines of code and allows you to make changes in a single place. Pre-configuration conventions allow you to specify a rule as a convention that becomes the default unless you opt-out. If you have hundreds of entities, this would require either applying data annotations or performing fluent configuration for every table. Imagine you want to impose a string column length limit of 200 characters on every table in your database. Compiled models addresses this by building the model at development time, significantly improve the time to first query result. Customers with apps in distributed environments or using platforms like Azure Functions require fast startup times. The time it takes to compile the memory increases as the number of entities, properties, and relationships grows. NET: Working with EF Core and Azure Cosmos DBĮF Core parses configuration information to build a working model of how the domain maps to the underlying database. Resource TypeĬosmos Live TV: What’s New with EF Core 6 for Cosmos DB From simplifying configuration to supporting raw SQL and delivering diagnostics, we believe this is a full featured option for working with the popular NoSQL database. The EF Core team invested heavily to ensure that working with Azure Cosmos DB is a first class experience. ![]() The following major areas were added or improved in EF Core 6.0, and each has several resources to help you get started. Be sure to check out community member Julie Lerman’s comprehensive article EF Core 6: Fulfilling the Bucket List.įor excellent advice regarding updating your existing apps, read Updating your ASP.NET Core and/or EF Core Application to. ![]() We also presented What’s New with EF Core 6.0 at. Note: various samples ready to build and run are available on GitHub at: What’s New in EF Core 6 Samples.Ĭheck out our EF Core Community Standup EF Core 6.0 retrospective to hear from the team and several community members about the release. If you find anything missing, let us know via GitHub issues and/or There you will findĮverything from a step-by-step guide to build your first EF Core app to a comprehensive list of what’s new in EF Core 6. The first step in your journey should always be the comprehensive documentation available online at. This blog post lists a few ways to learn about new features and get up and running with Entity Framework Core as quickly as possible. The EF Core team and global OSS community have built and published many resources to help you get started. NET 6, EF Core 6.0 delivers major performance improvements and even scored 92% better on the industry standard Tech Empower Fortunes benchmark compared to EF Core 5.0 running on. EF Core is a cross-platform solution that runs on mobile devices, works with data-binding in client WinForms and WPF apps “out of the box”, and can even run inside your browser!ĭid you know it is possible to embed a SQLite database in a web app and use Blazor WebAssembly to access it using EF Core? Check out Steven Sanderson’s excellent video to see how this is possible. Get up and running with a document-based Azure Cosmos DB container using only a few lines of code, or use your LINQ query skills to extract the data you need from relational databases like SQL Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. At the end of this blog post you will find a packages section that lists all of theĪvailable packages and describes what they are used for.ĮF Core 6.0 is a modern, cloud-native-friendly data access API that supports multiple backends. ![]() NET 6.ĮF Core 6 is available as a set of NuGet Packages. The Entity Framework Core team has released the generally available version of EF Core 6.0 in parallel with. ![]() Roboform11/8/2023 ![]() ![]() With the help of emergency access, you can grant other users to see private information. You can easily grant other users access, even if you are using the free version of the password manager. Currently, the feature is only available for MAC and Windows OS. And if it is, you can change it to protect your private information and online profile. The password manager also checks if any of your used passwords were compromised and leaked onto the dark web. They make use of special characters to build a strong password that is hard to crack. Moreover, the password manager also has a built-in password generator that suggests strong passwords you can use. This helps you determine potential risks and enables you to switch to a stronger password. RoboForm’s password assessment is one of the tools that track and rate the passwords you’re currently using. So without further ado, let’s get into it. In this review, we will focus on two key aspects of the manager its features and pricing plans. ![]() Many users go for this option since it is a cheaper option compared to others. However, it lacks depth and analytical features offered by others in the industry. The password manager covers all the basic aspects typically expected from a password manager. RoboForm ensures that your passwords and other sensitive information are secure and safe. Its first variant focused on auto-filling forms on websites and secure logins across multiple devices and websites. If you would like more information, or any help getting something like this set up, Umbrella is only a phone call away.RoboForm was first launched in 2000, which makes it one of the oldest reliable password managers out there. ![]() If you’re struggling with passwords, I suggest you give RoboForm a try. The price? It’s only $25 per YEAR and that works across all your devices. RoboForm offers a free personal version, but the real power comes from paying for RoboForm Everywhere. (It’s crucial to pick a long, strong master password and keep it private.) Your master password is used to unlock the encryption on the fly, allowing the software to put in your account name and password with the click of a button. RoboForm stores passwords locally first, and they get encrypted and transferred to the RoboForm servers using AES256-based encryption. One of my biggest concerns for clients is how their passwords are stored and encrypted. Once you’ve logged into RoboForm, you have access to all your other passwords. This is really convenient because you only need to remember one “Master Password” to your RoboForm account. They all sync with your passwords in the cloud, so you can use any device to log into a website. RoboForm is a cloud based service, so you can install RoboForm on PCs, Macs, iPhones, Android Phones and tablets. And the most time saving part is that RoboForm will fill in login screens for you automatically. ![]() It will also generate secure passwords for you for new accounts. RoboForm is a software program to manage your passwords and logins. But keeping track of all those passwords is impossible without some help.The good news is that there are some great solutions to this problem. The other option is to have a unique password for every site you log into. This is a disaster waiting to happen when it comes to security and accounts being hacked. Sadly, we see lots of people resort to using the same password for all their accounts. Trying to remember your passwords can be very frustrating. Have you ever found yourself stuck on a website, continuously trying various passwords you might have used when you set up your account? It’s painful to keep seeing the message, “incorrect email or password, please try again.” By Curtis Bagnall, Solution Engineer at Umbrella Managed Systems ![]() Apple multitouch code 19 windows 1011/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Zoom set with the shortcut "cmd+move mouse", which makes OpenOffice do a real zoom (vector That means that in any app i can "ctrl+move mouse" to zoom, letting OS X enlarge all the pixels, Iĭon't use it but it don't bother be. In system preferences, mouse, screen zoom the shortcut on my machine is "Ctrl". No special reason that I am aware of, I don't think I have changed it. If the issue is on the wrong place they will never see this issue.Īnd Priority 2 are mainly Crashs and freeze so I change back. More then 200 developers works on OOo, they are very Normal users can't know that is a porting issue. AĮnhacement and a feature request will be better tested as a defect. ![]() Writing new code is allways more riskfull as only change same existing code. Has 8 Mio lines of code, you can expect, that is not a easy work.Īs defect we classify issues who describe a error in a allways existingįonctionality. To write new code, and implement it to the right place. No other Laptop has similar functionality. I try toĮxplane why this is a enhacement and not a defect.Īpple's Multituch is new. 14:31:25 From users view you are right, that looks like a defect. The current implementation of multi-touch gestures makes selecting text It is rather difficult to select text while keeping one finger absolutely, completely stationary and moving Oo.o does not interpret this action in this way. Trackpad means that you CANNOT gesture to pinch zoom, because otherwise, a slight movement of theįinger that is pressing down would be a pinch zoom. In every other application I have used, the act of pressing down on the Text, you must physically press down on the trackpad with one finger and use the other to move theĬursor to select the text. On the MBP models without a dedicated button, the trackpad serves as the click mechanism. (unintentionally triggered by the user, but the correct interpretation of a gesture), I believe there mightĪlso be a coding error (unintentional trigger by user AND incorrect interpretation of a gesture). ButĪlthough there are many circumstances where the zoom might be unintentionally triggered It doesn't work well with VMware workstation Bluetooth controller passthrough, and I don't think there's much I can do with VMware.I also agree with "OO.o is nearly unusable on a MacBook Pro due to this issue." Incredibly annoying.A toast prompting "restart system" might show up, which is a false-positive message, and you can safely ignore that. On certain systems such as Surface Pro X, first time Bluetooth connectivity might take a long time to finish (5-10 seconds.) Please wait patiently.Then just go to Bluetooth settings and pair your trackpad.Feel free to open a bug and provide crash dump securely so I can figure out what else needs to be resolved.īattery status indicator and plug-and-pair (from USB to Bluetooth) are still work-in-progress, please wait patiently and I believe these will come to you soon. I've selfhosted it for several days and ironed a bunch of bugs out, but the issue list might not be exhaustive. Work is still in-progress so you might experience certain issues such as input lag or system crash. ![]() Introduce initial Bluetooth connectivity support for Magic Trackpad 2. Introduce Bluetooth Support for Magic Trackpad 2 ![]() Windows ephemeral ports11/8/2023 ![]() netsh int ipv4 set dynamicport tcp start=10000 num=1000.The start port is number, and the total number of ports is range. This command sets the dynamic port range for TCP. You adjust this range by using the netsh command, as follows: netsh int set dynamic start= number num= range. Or, the port range that is used by the servers can be modified on each server. This range is in addition to well-known ports that are used by services and applications. ![]() In these situations, we recommend that you reconfigure the firewalls to allow traffic between servers in the dynamic port range of 49152 through 65535. Microsoft customers who deploy servers that are running Windows Server 2008 may have problems that affect RPC communication between servers if firewalls are used on the internal network. The port range is now truly a range that has a starting point and an ending point. The range is set separately for each transport (TCP or UDP). You can view the dynamic port range on a computer that is running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 by using the following netsh commands: This is a change from the configuration of earlier versions of Windows that used a default port range of 1025 through 5000. ![]() The new default start port is 49152, and the new default end port is 65535. To comply with Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) recommendations, Microsoft has increased the dynamic client port range for outgoing connections in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. For more information, go to the following Microsoft website: Support is ending for some versions of WindowsĪpplies to: Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 10 - all editions Original KB number: 929851 Introduction To continue receiving security updates for Windows, make sure that you are running Windows Vista with Service Pack 2 (SP2). Support for Windows Vista without any service packs installed ended on April 13, 2010. ![]() AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |