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![]() If you are familiar with Armory Crate I have one more question. GPU power saver: default/advanced/extreme Armoury Crate’s pre-set performance modes are all most people will need to get the job done Silent mode lowers power consumption for quiet operation, Performance mode strikes a balance between power and acoustics, and Turbo mode cranks everything to the max for high-octane gaming. Im simply looking for settings with zero overclock of GPU and CPU This mode is recommended when using the Notebook on battery power during meetings or conferences. Balanced Mode(Blue color): Stops charging when power is above 80 and resumes charging when power is below 78. There are settings I dont understand and I cannot find the silent mode settings anywhere. Full Capacity Mode(Yellow color): Battery is charged to its full capacity for longer use on battery power. I would like to create mode similar to Silend and boost those fans a little bit so the temperature will be lower with a little bit of noise. But every time I switch to turbo for 2 min it goes till 8000rpm and then drops back to 6500. I investigate and I realized that at 95 degrees the fan was only at 6500 rpm where it is capable of 8000 rpm. suddenly after 1 month the frames starting to drop. Temperatures are quite good and fan noise is very low. 11-25-2020 08:43 AM I have a Zephyrus M15 (GU502LW), 2 months old. I dont need to OC my GPU and CPU so I use Silent mode instead. Turbo and Performance are overclocking GPU and CPU which results in overheating but it is solved by boosting Fans. For some reason balanced replaced performance when I uninstalled some of the asus bloatware. Right-click on the taskbar ①, and then select ②.In armory crate are default profiles: Silent - Performance - Turbo Thanks, I ended up uninstalling and reinstalling software from asus driver site.If you would like to decrease the battery power consumption, you can drag the slider to Best battery life. This lets you determine what’s important to you to get the best battery life, best performance, or a balance between the two.Ĭlick on the taskbar ①, and then drag the slider to the left or right to change the different power mode ②. You can customize the following component or function separately ⑥, and after changing the settings, please select ⑦ and then select ⑧.Ĭhoose the power mode that works for you and what you want to do on your Windows 10 computer.If you would like to customize the selected plan, please click on the selected plan ④. Performance mode has been replaced by balanced mode in armoury crate.i don't think it was from an update cus i wasn't even connected to the internet when all of the sudden performance mode was replaced by balanced mode and now it definitely doesn't perform like it did before when i still had the performance option, in fact, it runs exactly the.Select a suitable power plan for you ③.You can also create custom plans according to specific performance needs. ![]() here it is asking for values for cpu- 'spl' and 'sppt' from 0W to 80W for both. ![]() The power plan is a collection of hardware settings and system settings that manages how your computer uses power. In Armoury Crate there is a manual mode after turbo. If you would like to decrease the battery power consumption, you can choose Best power efficiency.
![]() ![]() You were probably imagining the emotions in his eye sockets. He was shy, touch-averse, and made of bones, but ultimately a good companion for a quiet person like yourself. You, a dog person with a passion for rehabilitating the rough ones, had been asked to take in an unintelligent 'dog' monster by the name of Tib. They'd been deemed violent and unstable, and there had been a brief public outcry at their treatment, but after that. You'd heard about what happened to the monsters- how they'd been captured and taken into custody. Spectascopes Fandoms: Undertale (Video Game) Language: English Words: 3,636 Chapters: 3/? Comments: 5 Kudos: 45 Bookmarks: 7 Hits: 437 Not sure how to add certain tags, but reader will be female, platonic Papyrus/Reader and the siren sans is underfell not undertale. _įirst fic, but super excited to be posting! I have a beta reader now, but I still mostly post from mobile. Letting go of the past is hard, but with help the future looks bright. 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All of which takes time causing them to be Which has to be loaded, and initialised every time it is run.Įvery IM command also has to re-initialise its configuration files, parse theĬommand line arguments, re-read whatever images you are working with, and " convert" commands, though shells have some 'built-ins'), each of ![]() So why use an API over Command line?Ī shell constantally 'forks' off many different commands (not just IM Very little difference in terms of overall 'speed' of processing. So if you are doing a complex task suchĪs image distortion, using an API over a the shell " convert" makes (which is itself represents a type of shell-API). Here I look at ways of improving your IM scripting and programming,ĭifferences between Windows and Unix scripting, and look at basics of using IMįrom other API's and programming languages.ĪPI's (Application Programming Interface) for actual image processing are inįact no faster than using the CLI commands (such as " convert" Interfaces (API's) which you can use more directly from many programming There are lots of other Application Programming Is only one method by which you can use, modify and control images with theĬore library of ImageMagick functions (MagickCore). The Command Line Interface (CLI) of ImageMgaick which this examples deals with Creating a Personal ImageMagick Installtion.Filename Meta-Characters Hints for Better ImageMagick Shell/PHP Scripts Why do you use multiple "convert" commands Making IM faster (in general) Compiling ImageMagick form Sources.Related: convert PNGs to ICO in context menu.Index ImageMagick Examples Preface and Index API and other IM usage methods PNG-Minify.reg Windows Registry Editor Version to minified to\\convert.exe\" -background none -strip -set filename:n \"%%t\" \"%1\" \"%%.png\"" (using ImageMagick, changes data overwriting original file)Ĭonvert -background none -strip -set filename:n "%t" image.png "%.png" JPG-RemoveExif.reg Windows Registry Editor Version to\\exiftool.exe\" -all= \"%1\""įor PNG files: command " Convert to minified PNG" (using ExifTool, preserves original file as backup) Hint for convenience: If you are on Windows, you can apply a REG file to the registry, to install an entry in the context menu, so you can easily remove metadata by right-clicking the file and selecting the command.įor example (remember to edit the paths to point to where the executables are installed on your computer):įor JPEG,JPG,JPE,JFIF files: command " Remove metadata" Call me old fashioned, but when I remove something from a file, I want a file size the be smaller if not the same size. This leads me to believe that Imagemagick is encoding the data you want stripped away, and is storing it somewhere else in the file. If your image file uses little endian, some adjustments need to be made.ģ) When trying to use ImageMagick to strip exif data, I noticed that I ended up with a larger file than what I started with. Nikon has information after this which my program truncates.Ģ) Because this is for Nikon format, it assumes big endian byte order. Normally image programs read up to the first EOI marker found. They encode this data on to the end of the image file by creating a second EOI marker. Nikon's JPEG format adds somthing to the very end of each file it creates. The code below does the following:ġ) Gets the current orientation of the image.Ģ) Removes all data contained in APP1 (Exif data) and APP2 (Flashpix data) by blanking.ģ) Recreates the APP1 orientation marker and sets it to the original value.Ĥ) Finds the first EOI marker (End of Image) and truncates the file if nessasary.ġ) This program is used for my Nikon camera. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It's ready to use for your future development projects. We have successfully installed Ubuntu in VirtualBox. In "Installation type", check "Erase disk and install Ubuntu".Īfter logging in, you'll see the Ubuntu desktop. In the "Updates and other software" section, check "Normal installation" and continue. This guide helps you to install Ubuntu in VirtualBox only. NOTE: Ubuntu VirtualBox installation and actual OS installation steps may vary. Your Ubuntu OS is ready to install in VirtualBox. Select the Ubuntu disk image file and open it.In attributes, click the disk image and "Choose Virtual Optical Disk File".To set up the Ubuntu disk image file, go to settings and follow these steps: The Ubuntu disk image file can be downloaded here: Ubuntu OS download Now, we have to set up the Ubuntu disk image file (.iso). The recommended size is 10 GB, but you can increase the size if you wish.Īfter creating a virtual hard disk, you'll see Ubuntu in your dashboard. Next, we'll dynamically allocate storage on our physical hard disk. Now, we want to select "VHD (Virtual Hard Disk)". NOTE: Select any amount of memory you wish, but don't add more than 50 percent of your total RAM.Ĭheck the "Create a virtual hard disk now" option so we can later define our Ubuntu OS virtual hard disk size. According to FOSSBYTES, Ubuntu is the second best Linux distro for programming and developers įirst, open VirtualBox, then click "New" to create a virtual machine.Įnter "Ubuntu" as the name, select "Linux" as the type, and select Ubuntu (64-bit) as the version.Easy customization: The GNOME desktop environment helps you customize easily.VirtualBox can be downloaded here: VirtualBox Downloads Why Ubuntu? It's good for testing and disaster recovery as it can be easily copied, backed-up, and transported between hosts.It can run everywhere from small embedded systems to laptops.If you’re a developer, VirtualBox can be used as a tool for safely testing your own development projects in multiple OS environments.You can run and experience any operating system safely.Oracle’s VirtualBox is easy to install and use.It allows users to install operating systems on virtual hard disks such as Windows, macOS, Solaris and Linux.Īs an example, you can run Windows and Linux on your Mac, run Windows server on your Linux server, or run Linux on your Windows PC while running your other existing applications.ĭisk space and memory are the only problems that you'll face when installing multiple virtual machines. If you would like to help with these images whether it's add additional features or default software / settings then you can do so on GitHub.Oracle VM VirtualBox is a cross-platform virtualization application developed by the Oracle Corporation. SSH (change the password ssh://localhost:2023) Remember to edit/remove them if you change (and you should) the VM network configuration. If you are using the VirtualBox image then to access your newly imported VM, these ports are forwarded from your machine to the VM: 8080 for WebUI and 2023 for SSH. Please do note that if you download an older release with a view to running that specific version, you will need to disable updates lnms config:set update false. When a new LibreNMS release is available we will push new images out running that version. These images are built using packer.io.Īt present we provide the following builds:Īny issues and or help with these images should be reported via Community Forum or our Discord serverĪll images can be downloaded from GitHub. We have available for download a pre-built image based on Ubuntu 22.04. NOTE: These images ship with a vagrant user, please remove this user account when you deploy it!! NOTE: We highly advise that you change all passwords on this image when you deploy it!! Support for a new OS Support for a new OS.Contributing + Developing Contributing + Developing.3rd Party Integration 3rd Party Integration.Virtual machines Virtual machines Table of contents. ![]() ![]() ![]() Document-based so you can edit later, duplicate, and share.Start with preset filters and then customize the color, light, and tone curve.Export, modify, and import a still image.Crop, rotate, and straighten to frame the image just right.Overlay layer for adding images and text on top of your cinemagraph.Set the loop to bounce or repeat with a crossfade.Magical Live Masking using our patented method that reveals motion as you paint over the still image.Capture in-app or import any video shot on a tripod (up to 4K on supported devices). ![]() Case studies and more to learn the best ways to use cinemagraphs to get noticed.Download the tutorial documents to follow along and practice.Start with the beginner tutorial and work your way to advanced.Video tutorials to walk you through the steps of how to create a great cinemagraph.Upload your cinemagraphs to be featured. ![]() Browse the latest and many curated collections.Be inspired by the amazingly creative work posted to Flixel.What used to take hours or days to create is now possible in seconds. Without being an expert in photo or video editing tools, you, too, can create professional high quality cinemagraphs that stand out and get noticed. The only professional editing tool on-the-go with all the features of Apple Design Award winner Cinemagraph Pro for macOS, available on your iPhone and iPad.Ĭinemagraph Pro is the app that defined a new medium for visual storytelling - the hybrid of natural motion and still imagery. Processor: Pentium III 800 MHz or higher (PIV 1.Cinemagraph Pro, the most powerful tool to create visual imagery that gets noticed - in a class of its own.Ĭinemagraphs made easy.Fixed the problem that the watermark thumbnail could not be displayed in the editing interface.Fixed the problem of file conversion failure when there is no audio output device.Fixed the problem of inaccurate video encoding frame rate.Fixed the problem that some MOV files could not be merged.Fixed the problem of not being able to customize the cutting resolution.What’s new in Joyoshare Media Cutter 3.2.1.44? ![]() Hence, Joyoshare Media Cutter has become one of the best video cutters and editors for Windows. You can trim the video into smaller segments, adjust the aspect ratio, brightness, contrast, saturation and hue, customize the video with special effects and frames, insert watermarks and subtitles into the video, and add audio and sound files to it. With various powerful editing functions, it provides everything you need to edit and control video. Although media editors are only a dime, what most people disagree with is that their field of expertise is too narrow, which means that they cannot really rely on a single software solution to accomplish multiple tasks.However, Joyoshare Media Cutter macOsx is not the case, because the program can process your audio and video files at the same time, cut irrelevant segments, add segments you are interested in and change the file format of the media.First, let’s take a look at the user interface of the program, which has dark skin and is generally easy to navigate. You can freely transfer your home videos and audios to a variety of popular mobile devices, such as Apple devices, Samsung Galaxy series, Xbox, PS4, smart TV, etc. By using the control keys or setting the time interval, more options are provided to help you improve efficiency and precision when cutting video or audio files. It allows you to instantly cut and convert your favorite movies, video clips, or music files, while preserving 100% of the original video and audio quality. ![]() ![]() ![]() Keyboard and mouse cables and ports are almost invariably serial-such as PS/2 port, Apple Desktop Bus and USB. The cables that carry this data (other than "the" serial cable) and the computer ports they plug into are usually referred to with a more specific name, to reduce confusion. Practically all long-distance communication transmits data one bit at a time, rather than in parallel, because it reduces the cost of the cable. Many serial communication systems were originally designed to transfer data over relatively large distances through some sort of data cable. The migration from PCI to PCI Express is an example. Serial computer buses are becoming more common even at shorter distances, as improved signal integrity and transmission speeds in newer serial technologies have begun to outweigh the parallel bus's advantage of simplicity (no need for serializer and deserializer, or SerDes) and to outstrip its disadvantages ( clock skew, interconnect density). Serial communication is used for all long-haul communication and most computer networks, where the cost of cable and synchronization difficulties make parallel communication impractical. Standard character structure for asynchronous data communication consisting of 10 elements for a 7-bit ASCII character This is in contrast to parallel communication, where several bits are sent as a whole, on a link with several parallel channels. In telecommunication and data transmission, serial communication is the process of sending data one bit at a time, sequentially, over a communication channel or computer bus. All bits are received simultaneously via parallel transmission. ![]() D 0 is received first via serial transmission. ![]() Standard bit sequence is least-significant-bit-first (D 0 to D 7 in acending order). Serial and parallel data transmission of 01001011 2.
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Instructors provide some brief training and then suit you up for flight. This indoor skydiving experience gives fliers a chance to experience the thrill and adrenaline rush of skydiving in a fun and safe indoor environment. IFLY – If you’ve ever dreamed of flying or thought skydiving would be fun, you must check out iFLY in Overland Park. We hope this will help you plan the perfect family trip to Overland Park and Kansas City this season. We’ve put together a great list of local attractions, holiday events, outdoor activities, kid-friendly eateries, shops and accommodations. There’s so much to do in Overland Park and the Kansas City area for the entire family – from professional sporting events (Royals and Chiefs!) to unique children’s museums. Louis area, making it the perfect little weekend getaway. Kansas City is about a 1-hour flight, a 4-hour drive or a 5-hour train ride from the St. Overland Park is 29 miles from the KCI Airport, and within a 15- to 20-minute drive of beloved Kansas City destinations, including downtown and the Plaza. Overland Park is a suburb of Kansas City and chock-full of fun attractions, amazing food and kid-friendly experiences. It’s the second largest city in Kansas, located in the midst of the bi-state Kansas City metro. ![]() Last weekend we had the pleasure of spending some time in and around the Overland Park, Kansas area with the kids. All opinions expressed and photos contained in this post belong to the author. ![]() Some accommodations, events, and activities were comped for review purposes. We cannot wait to welcome you at our pet-friendly hotel in Overland Park, KS.This post was sponsored by Visit Overland Park. Our Overland Park hotel’s convenient, central location provides easy access to shopping, great dining, the Overland Park Convention Center and many top attractions and sports complexes. Start your day with coffee and a pastry at our full-service Starbucks or have a swim in the indoor and seasonal outdoor pool. Plan your next meeting or social event with us in one of our beautiful, newly renovated event spaces. Unwind in our redesigned lobby, enjoy a meal at Zephyr Kitchen & Bourbon Bar, and break a sweat in our expanded fitness center featuring Peloton bikes and new cardio and weight-training equipment. All renovated guest rooms feature either one or two king beds - the only hotel in the area offering all king beds. Marriott Kansas City Overland Park is prepared to exceed your expectations! Whether you are traveling for work or play, our newly renovated hotel in Overland Park is one of the premier hotels in the Kansas City area. Exceeding expectations at our newly renovated Marriott ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Klimov, “ Wavefunction engineering in core-shell semiconductor nanocrystals: From fine tuned exciton dynamics and suppressed Auger recombination to dual-color electroluminescence,” Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering 8459 (2012).Īnton V. Sergio Brovelli, Florencio García-Santamaría, Ranjani Viswanatha, Bhola N. Hollingsworth, and Han Htoon, “ Strong photon bunching in individual nanocrystal quantum dots coupled to rough silver film,” 2012 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics CLEO 2012 (2012). Mack, Hsing-Ling Wang, Victor L Klimov, Jennifer A. Young-Shin Park, Yongfen Chen, Yagnaseni Ghosh, Andrei Pirytinski, Ping Xu, Nathan H. Klimov, “ Lifetime blinking in nonblinking nanocrystal quantum dots,” Nature Communications 3 (2012). 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Klimov, “ Dynamic hole blockade yields two-color quantum and classical light from dot-in-bulk nanocrystals,” Nano Letters 13(1), 321–328 (2013). Padilha, Francesco Meinardi, and Victor I. Klimov, “ Engineered CuInSexS2- x quantum dots for sensitized solar cells,” Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 4(3), 355–361 (2013).Ĭhristophe Galland, Sergio Brovelli, Wan Ki Bae, Lazaro A. Hunter McDaniel, Nobuhiro Fuke, Jeffrey M. ![]() ![]() ![]() Such style is said to have been created by a German pastry chef at the city's first European patisserie, Kaisiling, and over time it has become a Shanghainese staple under the name "li zi dan gao" or chestnut cake. Shanghainese chestnut Mont Blanc also feature a heavy unwhipped cream topping and may be served in cups. Traditional patisseries in Shanghai often have chestnut vermicelli cut into short pieces, and laid atop a base of sponge cake, the thickness of which may vary. Ī simplified version mixes crème de marrons with crème fraîche and serves it in a bowl, with no "mountain". Variations include using chestnuts in the meringue or biscuit base, with no purée.Įscoffier also describes a Mont-Blanc aux fraises (Mont Blanc with strawberries), essentially whipped cream studded with wild strawberries, with no chestnuts at all, the name referring to its shape. It may be flavored or garnished with chocolate, rose syrup, berries, and so on. In France, it is sometimes presented on a meringue or biscuit bottom. The original version served multiple diners, but the pâtisserie version today is often an individual serving. The chestnut purée may be formed in a mold rather than into vermicelli shapes, though this tends to make the dish heavier. The chestnut purée is generally formed into a ring or cone, with big dollops of whipped cream dropped irregularly into or onto the middle, to resemble snow. It may also be made with ready-made canned crème de marrons, a purée of the broken chestnuts left over from the manufacture of marrons glacés. Mont Blanc may be made from chestnuts cooked in a light syrup or in milk, or they may be cooked in plain water, and the sugar added afterwards. It is also claimed that it arrived in France from Italy in 1620, but no evidence is given for this. It has been claimed that the dessert was described in Platina's De Honesta Voluptate in 1475, and that a recipe is found in Scappi's Opera in 1570, but no such recipe appears in these writings. That shop used chestnuts preserved in syrup, which were yellow. Īccording to the Mont-Blanc ( Monburan) pastry shop in Tokyo, Mont Blanc was introduced to Japan in 1933, inspired by the Mont Blanc of Angelina in Paris. The dish with whipped cream and the name Mont-Blanc aux marrons appears in 1888, 1889, and 1893, and then in Escoffier's Guide Culinaire in 1903, with the advice to pile the whipped cream up irregularly to imitate a rugged mountain. The same dish is also called marrons chantilly in 1889. This recipe does not specify that the chestnuts are formed into vermicelli, but an 1892 article does, and clearly says that torche is the Alsatian name for what is called Mont Blanc in southern France. Īn unambiguous reference to the Mont Blanc as a dish of puréed chestnuts topped with whipped cream is documented in 1885, called torche aux marrons, and considered an Alsatian dish. Sources do not specify exactly how it was prepared, but it was said to be "a true monument which will make his name immortal, that is, a dish that all mouths will praise". ![]() Ī dish called entremets du Mont-Blanc or simply montblanc, described as a sweet combination of chestnuts and cream, is said to have been invented by the Dessat(s) pastry-shop by 1847. The Mont Blanc has three distinctive characteristics: it is sweet, it is made of chestnut purée in the form of vermicelli served as a mount or a ring, and it is heaped with whipped cream.Ī sweet dessert of puréed chestnuts passed through a sieve to make vermicelli shapes-but without the characteristic whipped cream of the Mont Blanc-is referred to as (compote de) marrons en vermicelle in various French cookbooks starting in 1842. Even a Swiss or German recipe of whole chestnuts cooked with cream and butter and seasoned with cinnamon is treated as a savory dish in 1844. However, these dishes are not desserts, and are not served with whipped cream. Mont Blanc is popular in France, Italy, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Japan, Slovakia, Switzerland, Hungary, and northwestern Romania.Ĭhestnut purées have a long history as a soup, porridge, or side dish for meats, especially in regions where chestnuts are a staple food. For a long time considered old-fashioned and heavy, it has become newly popular in the 2010s in a lighter form at trendy shops like Pierre Hermé, with many variations. Mont Blanc has been an autumn and winter favorite at many Parisian pâtisseries, notably the Parisian tea shop Angelina, where it has been a specialty since it opened in 1903. The name comes from Mont Blanc, as the dish resembles a snow-capped mountain. It was created in nineteenth-century Paris. A Mont Blanc (or Mont-Blanc aux marrons) is a dessert of sweetened chestnut purée in the form of vermicelli, topped with whipped cream. ![]() |
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