![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() With a simple recording method, two microphones are placed 18 cm (7") apart facing away from each other. Problems playing this file? See media help. Notably, any full 360° multi-channel soundtrack is automatically converted to simulated binaural audio when listened to with headphones. Users can ostensibly watch 360° films and music with the immersive surround sound experience remaining intact despite using just the two headset speakers. This is with the purpose of fully adapting the 360° soundtrack for headphones and earphones. The rise of Dolby Atmos and other 360° audio film technology in relation to commercial entertainment has seen a rise in popularity of the use of binaural simulation. The online ASMR community is another movement that has widely employed binaural recordings. The modern era has seen a resurgence of interest in binaural, partially due to the widespread availability of headphones, cheaper methods of recording and the general increased commercial interest in 360° audio technology. Recordings that are of interest are live orchestral performances, and ambient "environmental" recordings of city sounds, nature, and other such subject matters. Studio recordings would have little to benefit from using a binaural set up, beyond natural cross-feed, as the spatial quality of the studio would not be very dynamic and interesting. Lastly, the types of things that can be recorded do not have a typically high market value. Particularly in pre- Walkman days, most consumers considered headphones an inconvenience, and were only interested in recordings that could be listened to on a home stereo system or in automobiles. īinaural stayed in the background due to the expensive, specialized equipment required for quality recordings, and the requirement of headphones for proper reproduction. In 1978, Lou Reed released the first commercially produced binaural pop record, Street Hassle, a combination of live and studio recordings. The signal was sent to subscribers through the telephone system, and required that they wear a special headset, which had a tiny speaker for each ear. It consisted of an array of carbon telephone microphones installed along the front edge of the Opera Garnier. The first binaural unit, the théâtrophone, was invented by Clément Ader. The history of binaural recording goes back to 1881. As a general rule, for true binaural results, an audio recording and reproduction system chain, from the microphone to the listener's brain, should contain one and only one set of pinnae (preferably the listener's own), and one head-shadow. For listening using conventional speaker-stereo, or MP3 players, a pinna-less dummy head may be preferable for quasi-binaural recordings such as the sphere microphone or Ambiophone. Because loudspeaker-crosstalk with conventional stereo interferes with binaural reproduction (i.e., because the sound from each channel's speaker is heard by both ears rather than only by the ear on the corresponding side, as would be the case with headphones), either headphones are required, or crosstalk cancellation of signals intended for loudspeakers such as Ambiophonics is required. Conventional stereo recordings do not factor in natural ear spacing or " head shadow" of the head and ears, since these things happen naturally as a person listens, generating interaural time differences (ITDs) and interaural level differences (ILDs) specific to their listening position. The term "binaural" has frequently been confused as a synonym for the word " stereo", due in part to systematic misuse in the mid-1950s by the recording industry, as a marketing buzzword. This idea of a three-dimensional or "internal" form of sound has also translated into useful advancement of technology in many things such as stethoscopes creating "in-head" acoustics and IMAX movies being able to create a three-dimensional acoustic experience. Binaural recording is intended for replay using headphones and will not translate properly over stereo speakers. This effect is often created using a technique known as dummy head recording, wherein a mannequin head is fitted with a microphone in each ear. Binaural recording is a method of recording sound that uses two microphones, arranged with the intent to create a 3-D stereo sound sensation for the listener of actually being in the room with the performers or instruments.
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How to Find a Sit SpotĪ sit spot can be anywhere that connects you to nature. It is always shady there and gives me a perfect view of both the palm trees and bright blue sky. I often spend time on the balcony of my house overlooking my backyard and the plush tropical trees behind our fence. ![]() By choosing one place outside that we visit repeatedly, we can develop an enhanced sensitivity to nature and the ability to be more mindful overall. In the world of nature meditation, it is recommended that we choose a sit spot to both savor the silence and absorb all that nature has to offer.Ī sit spot is a favorite place in nature that we visit regularly to cultivate awareness of our surroundings as we expand our senses and observe local plants, birds, trees, animals, and other natural elements. However, if they are able to sit quietly outside surrounded by nature, this practice can be incredibly beneficial to them. Benefits of a Nature Sit Spotīeing silent may sound like an odd concept, but more research comes out every day highlighting the importance of quiet time for both us and our children.īeing able to sit in silence may be challenging for some children. So, what can we do? Look to nature for the answer. These constant, loud distractions can shift their mood from happy and calm to stressed and irritated in an instant. So many kids these days are connected to their electronics and affected by the noise around them. Our kids especially need silence more than ever. For example, we may notice how lovely the birds are singing as we wake up in the morning. We may hear sounds that we never did before and view our surroundings with a fresh perspective. ![]() Essentially, all our senses are heightened when we are quiet. Silence also helps us more effectively connect to the world around us. As our mental and emotional lives calm down in this quiet space, our bodies can finally relax. It also helps us think more clearly and truly be in touch with our own thoughts and feelings. It is a wonderful way for us to take a step back, find peace, and recharge. ![]() We need silence to bring us back to the present moment, helping us relax and not worry about what happened in the past or what may happen in the future. As our mental and emotional lives calm down in a quiet space, our bodies can relax as well. It settles the many emotions we experience that are activated by talking and listening. We all need silence once in a while to unwind and sort through all that mental chatter. ![]() ![]() Every time when he phones the family, they ask if my sister is pregnant yet and that is not going to happen, not on my watch.”Īlthough du Preez received homeschooling through Grade 9, he dropped out and rented a room outside of Jones and du Toit’s Cape Town mansion before allegedly becoming the driver for their other children. “Why does Ninja want to see my sister naked? She is so small.”ĭu Preez added, “It is pretty weird, it feels like a pervy vibe to me that Ninja wants to have with my sister. ![]() “Last December, Ninja and them apparently took my sister into a sauna and everyone was naked in the sauna and wanted my sister to get naked too,” he said. On a similar note, du Preez claimed his sister recently told him that she no longer wants to visit Jones and du Toit in Cape Town because they asked her to get naked. He continued, “The worst part was seeing my supposed-to-be mother or adopted mother being naked in a room, drunk… experiencing my mother being drunk, naked and wanting me to spend time with her in the room while she was naked… that I found very disturbing.” She called me into the room to call Ninja in the lounge.” “She was laying with her legs open like the (sex) doll I had in my room. “Yolandi called me into the room, she was naked and vomiting all over,” he said. They were punished if they were refused.Įven more shocking, du Preez alleged du Toit once exposed herself to him when he was 13 years old. He also accused Jones and du Toit of forcing him and his sister to undress in front of them whenever the siblings were bought new clothes. “They told me that I could bring darkness upon the world.” “They made me swear more and made me believe that I could burn people in hell and that I am the king of hell,” he said. According to du Preez, who suffers from a rare skin disease called hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, they made him feel like he was the devil. He told News24 that the abuse and exploitation began when he was allegedly forced to record videos degrading his biological family for being poor. “They made me feel like I wasn’t really being loved.” Now 20, he is back in his childhood home, while his 14-year-old sister no longer lives with du Toit and Jones as well. “They adopted me to be a slave,” he recalled about the experience. They would go on to appear in music videos like “I Fink U Freeky” and “Ugly Boy” while being raised with du Toit and Jones’ biological daughter and a boy from another poor family in Johannesburg. The allegations surfaced through a 44-minute interview with the South African group’s former filmmaker Ben Jay Crossman and a subsequent sitdown with News24.ĭu Preez and his younger sister were adopted by Die Antwoord in 2010 - when he was just nine years old - under foster parenting agreements with their biological mother. Gabriel “Tokkie” du Preez, the adopted son of Die Antwoord’s Yolandi Visser (aka Anri du Toit) and Ninja (aka Watkin Jones), has accused the couple of physical and sexual abuse and exploitation. The next year, she overturned the Lolita archetype with her cyberpunk schoolgirl look in “Enter the Ninja” music video, which went viral and brought the group to the forefront.The post Die Antwoord’s Adopted Son Alleges Years of Abuse and Exploitation appeared first on Consequence. She did this to establish herself proudly as an outsider. ![]() In 2009, in an attempt to reflect her inner feelings on to her outer image, she asked Ninja to cut off the sides of her hair and then bleached her hair and eyebrows white. In 2008, they formed the group 'Die Antwoord', along with producer DJ Hi-Tek (Justin de Nobrega). Along with Ninja, she popularized the genre Zef rap-rave, an Afrikaans style hip-hop music drawing strongly from the UK rave and grime culture. Indeed, she broke almost all the accepted conventions in the industry in her way to success. According to him, she had the attitude to bring in a change into the rap industry. After she met Ninja, he not only encouraged her, but also trained her to rap. Her rebellious nature later reflected into her music, and made her an unlikely pop-culture icon. Yo-Landi Visser used to hate to be told what she should do, even by her parents, and never adhered to the accepted social norms. As an example, this pattern could be useful if we wanted to raise an exception in the event that we run git ls-files in a directory that wasn’t actually a git repository. Programs that exit with a zero code are considered successful, but programs that exit with a non-zero code are considered to have encountered an error. Sometimes it’s useful to raise an exception if a program we run exits with a bad exit code. This is because by default Python writes the Traceback of the unhandled exception to stderr. When we inspect the final result, we see nothing in stdout and a Traceback of our ValueError in stderr. This code runs a Python subprocess that immediately raises a ValueError. Stderr: Traceback (most recent call last): If we run this code, we receive output like the following: run (, capture_output = True, text = True ) print ( "stdout:", result. Let’s try an example that produces a non-empty value for stderr: import subprocess In the output section, stdout is ocean (plus the trailing newline that print adds implicitly), and we have no stderr. By default, result.stdout and result.stderr are bound as bytes, but the text=True keyword argument instructs Python to instead decode the bytes into strings. capture_output=True ensures that result.stdout and result.stderr are filled in with the corresponding output from the external program. The subprocess.CompletedProcess object includes details about the external program’s exit code and its output. n returns a subprocess.CompletedProcess object that is bound to result. Importantly, however, we pass the capture_output=True and text=True keyword arguments to n. This example is largely the same as the one introduced in the first section: we are still running a subprocess to print ocean. ![]() Note that subprocess automatically quotes the components of the command before trying to run them on the underlying operating system so that, for example, you can pass a filename that has spaces in it. ![]() For example, translates roughly to /usr/local/bin/python -c "print('ocean')". You can think of each entry in the list that we pass to n as being separated by a space. In our case, we pass a program that prints the string ocean.
![]() On the other hand, touch-based devices like the trackpad work on drag pattern. So, if you move the mouse away from you then the page scrolls up. ![]() As you might already know that mouse standard scrolling direction is where you rotate the wheel. The way mouse and trackpad work are different. Change Scroll Direction On Mac Trackpad And Mouse Individually Isn’t it? More on this later! So, if you also are facing the same issue then we have a solution here which can help you set different scroll direction for mouse and trackpad on Mac. However, that’s not the natural scroll direction of the mouse. Actually, it follows the scroll direction of Mac’s trackpad. It was then when I realized that it was scrolling in the reverse direction. I never used an external mouse on my MacBook until a few days back I finally gave it a shot to increase my working speed and boost productivity. I've sent feedback to Apple at with a link to this post.MacOS comes with a bunch of advantages but nothing is perfect. Nothing against Scroll Reverser, but I think this is basic functionality that the OS should provide. I like to run a stable rig, and I've learnt that to do this, it's key to stick to the out-of-the-box OS as much as possible, and avoid installing "tweaky" 3rd-party utilities that change the core OS behaviour, unless you really have to. The fact is I've had a few strange issues in the past that have mysteriously gone away when I did a clean install of OS X. Will the utility work with future versions of the OS? Will the developer still be around to fix issues? Will it conflict with other software? If you need to uninstall, is there an uninstaller and has it been tested with the (future) OS version you're on? However, I've now got to the stage where I'm reluctant to install 3rd-party utilities that change the core behaviour of OS X, even if they appear to work fine now. I used this utility with my old machine, it's a great utility, and it Just Works. I am aware that there is a utility called "Scroll Reverser", which allows you to set the scroll direction independently for each device: All I want is for a scroll-wheel to behave like a scroll-wheel, and a touch-based surface to behave like a touch-based surface. I don't think I'm asking for anything weird here. If I could set them independently, then I would set it to "non-natural" for mouse, and "natural" for Trackpad, and then everything would be correct as far as I'm concerned! The problem would be solved if OS X allowed the "Scroll direction: natural" setting to be made independently for mouse and trackpad. If you set it to non-"natural", the trackpad is wrong and the mouse is right. If you set it to "natural", the mouse is wrong and the trackpad is right. So the problem is that whichever way you set it, something is always broken. ![]() drag the page up makes it move up = scroll DOWN)
![]() Understand your emotional intelligence.Įmotional self-control, or impulse control, starts with understanding emotional intelligence. They can be helpful when meeting a work deadline, ensuring that you never miss a workout, and keeping track of your meals and spending. There are many ways to outsource self-control support, including apps that you can download to your phone. Get digital self-control support.Īccountability is key. Take note of how you feel after exercise, and you may find you have more energy throughout the day. No matter how busy you are, plan to include a short burst of exercise in your daily routine. Short bouts of moderately intense exercise can help boost your self-control. Exercise to increase self-control.ĭo you find yourself with no time to exercise? There's good news for you. Someone who lacks self-regulation can have difficulty dealing with stress, anger, or anxiety.Īccording to a Verywell Mind article, self-regulation helps you better connect to your values and communicate what you need. Self-regulation is a great way to increase self-control because it helps you take control of your feelings and actions. Popular views of self-control are that we should try to control impulses, fight temptations, and actively exercise willpower. Take note of when employees are overworked, and encourage them to openly communicate about it so you can support them accordingly. As a result, they may end up cutting corners and engaging in unethical behavior.ĭo you encourage your team to prioritize sleep? Do you set a good example? Tired workers are not good for business. Get a good night's sleep.Īccording to an article by Medical News Today, sleep deprivation impacts our brain function, specifically the prefrontal cortex, which handles reasoning, and the amygdala, which regulates emotions.Įxecutives and managers should keep this in mind: the more you push employees to work extra hours and answer messages and calls all the time, the more likely employees will be stressed and unhappy. ![]() Instead, periodically reminding yourself and others on the team of the end goal can help promote motivation. Otherwise, what is all this work for? When you look at the bigger picture instead of every detail needed to cross the finish line, you'll find yourself more motivated to get things done.įor example, when working on a long-term project, it's easy to get frustrated by the many small steps, meetings, and approvals required to finish it. Figuring out what motivates you the most is key to accomplishing your goals. Motivation is important in honing self-control skills. Here are eight tips to increase self-control: 1. The ability to keep disruptive emotions and impulses in check is the mark of a seasoned leader. Luckily, there's a lot we can do to enhance these abilities. Scientists continue to study the importance of self-control as a force we can tap into for a more successful, satisfying life. For example, we need self-control when it comes to staying off social media while at work, sticking to a budget, and regulating our sugar intake. Open the selfcontrol.xcworkspace file ( NOT selfcontrol.Self-control is the ability to control our feelings, emotions, and reactions.Install the SelfControl dependencies using CocoaPods: pod install.Install CocoaPods: sudo gem install cocoapods.Make sure you have a recent version of Xcode and the Xcode command-line tools installed.Clone the SelfControl repo from GitHub.This can only be done on a Mac running a modern version of macOS. If you want to contribute to SelfControl, you'll need to learn to build it for development. Users should always download the latest version of SelfControl from our website. SelfControl is free software under the GPL. SelfControl is now available in 12 languages thanks to the fine translators credited here. ![]() Creditsĭeveloped by Charlie Stigler, Steve Lambert, and others. Until that timer expires, you will be unable to access those sites-even if you restart your computer or delete the application. Just set a period of time to block for, add sites to your blocklist, and click "Start Block". SelfControl is a free and open-source application for macOS that lets you block your own access to distracting websites, your mail servers, or anything else on the Internet. Scrivener offers a lot of options for managing writing projects. Scrivener is a paid tool, but the good thing is that it offers one month of free trial, which is perfect for trying out and see whether it works for you or not. ![]() Using this setup along with Trello makes me super productive while I am away from my home office.īut as I am constantly looking for ways to improve my workflow and I came to know about Scrivener from multiple sources, many big names have been making the best use of it for writing books, manuscripts, and even blog posts, this article on alpha efficiently made me think about trying it. Plus it is available for every platform, I use it on Desktop PC, my MacBook, my Android Phone, and my iPad Mini. There are apps like Writebox that give you a distraction free environment to write and also let you work on multiple files by giving you the ability to sync the with Google Drive or Dropbox. It was months ago that I moved away from traditional desktop apps and started using cloud-based services so that I could work from any Computer and still get the same kind of environment.Ĭoming back to the point of choosing the best tools for working from anywhere, there are plenty of options that work fairly well, like the Google Drive, which offers Google docs for writing articles and you can also save files in it. I keep my workflow in a way that I can access all my files from anywhere. Sometimes, I am writing posts just inside the WordPress Post Editor, Sometimes I use Windows Live Writer when I am working from my Desktop and sometimes I use Blogo to publish my posts when I am working on my Macbook Air. ![]() Even though I mostly write from my home office, I do go out to work from cafes once in a while.Īnd I use a different combination of tools to get my work done. ![]() I do blogging for a living, I am fortunate to choose my own working hours, the place where I want to work from and the tools I want to use to get my work done. ![]() Now you can compile your project with your new icon embedded. The IDE prompts you " icon1.ico - This file has been modified outside of Visual Studio. Save your icon, select File/Save or press Ctrl+S. Note that the first image 256x256 RGB/A is PNG compressed because the small image is displayed in the upper-right corner.ġ2. Click on the various formats ( ) and see the resulting icon at scale 1:1 in the preview window ( ). When you have finished, the icon document window should look like this:ġ1. Right-click on them and choose " Remove Image Format" (the only format in the icon should be "256x256 - RGB/A").ġ0. Before going further, we must remove the 2 formats 32x32-16 and 16x16-16 originally created by Visual Studio. The image is visible in the preview window ( ):Ĩ. Add it to the project as we did in step 12 using drag & drop ( & ). What about a nice RSS icon? Ok, in the folder " Objects/Pack 4 - Web 2.0 Icons" ( ), locate the file " RSS.png" ( ). In order to make things easier here, we'll start from an existing icon. For example, if you want to create document icons, we recommend you, in the Librarian, the folders " Objects/Samples/Large" and "Objects/Samples/File Types". Now you can do any icon by assembling available 256x256 image objects. Be sure to leave the option " Creation based on the following image" unchecked. As we want to make a Windows Vista icon, we'll compress the format in PNG: Select " PNG Compress 256x256 format". In Colors select " RGB / Alpha Channel", in Size select " 256x256 (Vista)".Ħ. In this procedure, we'll make an icon fully compliant with Windows Vista but you can make icons using different specifications ( read more about icons). Once the file is opened in IconWorkshop, select " Draw/New Image Format" or press Ins. If you use Visual Studio 2005, you must save the file (the associated RC file) and reload the icon file from the Solution Explorer before clicking on the plug-in button.ĥ. Open it in IconWorkshop by choosing " Tools/Edit in IconWorkshop" or by clicking the associated button in the toolbar. It contains only 2 newly created formats 16x16 and 32x32 in 16 colors. A new icon (say its name is " IDI_ICON1" and the icon filename is " icon1.ico") is added to the solution and automatically opened in a document window. In the resource tree, right click on the Icon folder and choose " Insert Icon".Ĥ. In the solution explorer, double-click on the resource file (extension. Then, navigate to the Tools -> Themes dropdown. Prior versions of Visual Studio do not support the add-in.Ģ. To view your theme after installation, you will need to restart your instance of Visual Studio. This feature is available for Visual Studio 2005, 2008, 2010 & 2012 only. This topic explains how to create a new icon in a solution and how to work on it in IconWorkshop using the Visual Studio plug-in ( read the plug-in introduction). Axialis Fluent System 2023 Vector Icons. ![]() F1/ 2, Flakpanzer 1, Jagdtiger, Jagdpanzer IV, Jagdpanther. G, Panther II, Tiger I H1, Tiger II P/ H/ 10,5cm, Pz.Kpfw. On some ground vehicles the armouring scheme has been completely re-worked with a more accurate one. Many errors in the armouring scheme of ground vehicles has been fixed.Many errors and inaccuracies with module positions on different ground vehicles have been fixed.1944, IS-3, IS-4M, KV-1 (all modifications with 76 mm cannon) Correlation between amount of shells loaded and module size in x-ray has been set up for the following vehicles (more vehicles will be added with server micro-updates): Jagdtiger, IS-2, IS-2 mod. Mechanic of not taking full ammo load works in the same way. Now when you use up your ammunition, the modules will turn off and cannot be damaged. ![]() Damage model for ammunition has been improved.Missing " Artillery strike" modification has been added to the Kugelblitz.BR-367 AP shell has been added to T-44 ammunition.BR-365P APCR shell has been added to IS-1 ammunition.Current vehicles that have it enabled at the moment (more will be added later with server updates) are: Ability to fire machine guns has been added to some ground vehicles.USA First stage of test ( more information) 2.3 Technical characteristics of vehicles (ground forces). Seduce the troll if your Charm stat is higher. Step 4a: If you chose to spike the punch, pretend to be a punch chef if your Creativity stat is higher than your Charm stat. Step 3: Buy A Bag of Regular Cocaine ($10) ![]() Note: some people claim that the coach route did not count as a secret ending for them, but it did for me, so //shrug// Give Coach a demonstration if your Charm stat is higher. Step 2: When Scott gets kicked off the team, spike the punch if your Fun stat is higher than your Charm stat. Use the fidget spinner if your Fun stat is higher. Step 1: When Scott snorts cocaine and flips out, use aromatherapy if your Creativity stat is higher than your Fun stat. Blackmail him if your Charm stat is higher. Step 4: When Liam comes to you, throw your money at him if your Money stat is higher than your Charm stat. Ask the Coven if your Charm stat is higher. Step 3: When trying to find out info about the Reverse Romanian Wilkinson, keep searching the internet if your Creativity stat is higher than your Charm stat. Step 2: Get enough money to buy A Penguin Mask ($10) ![]() Use a smoke bomb if your Creativity stat is higher. Step 1: When Polly tells you about her “unfinished business,” tell Polly you’ve done the Reverse Romanian Wilkinson if your Charm stat is higher than your Creativity stat. Choose the bouncy castle if your Creativity stat is higher. Step 3: When you are going to crash the funeral, choose to have Polly possess the body if your Fun stat is higher than your Creativity stat. Choose chemistry if your Smarts stat is higher. Step 2: When Polly asks how to improve the bar mitzvah, choose the electric slide if your Fun stat is higher than your Smarts stat. Choose to be a sexy tax evader if your Creativity stat is higher. Step 1: When Polly invites you to a party alone and asks if you have any ideas to spice things up, choose to spike the drinks with mandrake root if your Smarts stat is higher than your Creativity stat. Optimal stats: Smarts, Fun, Creativity (Pick two) Choose the blood and dagger if your Bold stat is higher. Step 3: When Damien expresses his concerns about his dads, choose the stealth makeover if your Creativity stat is higher than your Bold stat. Choose the frenemy option if your Charm stat is higher. Step 2: When Damien wants to improve his skills, suggest killing a loved one if your Bold stat is higher than your Charm stat. ![]() Make it rain if your Money stat is higher. Step 1: When Damien tells you about his secret dream job, turn Damien’s phone into a bird if your Smarts stat is higher than your Money stat. Side note: For some reason, the chance of this event coming up seems to depend on spending time with Liam on top of spending time with Damien. If you want to know the correct answer to events two and three, eating the banana is Bold and bribing Vera requires Money while Scott’s option requires Charm. Your ending is only romantic if you get some of the events right, but it seems the secret ending counts no matter what. I believe you can choose anything when going to prom and this event will activate anyway, but pick Damien if you want a chance at romance. The second event involves Damien and a banana, and the final event involves Vera and Scott talking about the big fight. You do not actually have to succeed in the events on this route! You enter this route when Damien gets angry (as always) and you either claim to be a pragmatist (Smarts) or you start dancing (Fun). The patterns people are observing are just RNG screwing with them. Some people spread rumors about locations triggering these events, but that is 100% untrue. I recommend prioritizing these endings if the event happens to pop up, as it can be very frustrating to replay the game over and over in an attempt to activate the event you need. The endings in this section are activated via random chance while pursuing the character associated with the ending. |
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