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D day commando game6/30/2023 ![]() ![]() With stunning graphics and non-stop action, I have thoroughly enjoyed my time spent playing Frontline Commando: D-Day. Set during WWII at the start of the the Allied invasion on Utah beach, you fight your way through German forces in Normandy in a 3rd person style shooter game covering 145 separate missions on a total of 5 different campaigns including Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches. You can find out all the latest news by visiting our E3 2023 hub, or you can catch up with our round-up posts of everything that was announced at Summer Game Fest, the Xbox Games Showcase, the PC Gaming Show, Day Of The Devs, and our top highlights from the Wholesome Direct.Glu Games Inc, creators of popular best-selling games such as Contract Killer: Zombie, Blood & Gory, and Super KO Boxing have released their next big hit in fermium mobile gaming, Frontline Commando: D-Day. NotE3 and Summer Game Fest 2023 is over for another year. Here's hoping a PC release isn't too far behind. As you can imagine, I'm very, very, very excited for this, and while a PC release isn't confirmed just yet, you can bet I'll be playing it in early 2024 when it arrives on PlayStation 5 (on two discs, no less). The trailer posits lots of tantalising questions - is Tifa dead? Where was Cloud five years ago? What's the deal with Yuffie and Red XIII? - and the answers will no doubt mess with everyone's minds as it continues its twisty timeline rugpull shenanigans. After a week of cryptic tweets, we finally got a look at Final Fantasy Rebirth, the much anticipated sequel to Final Fantasy 7 Remake. ![]() Here's hoping its big fight setpieces don't disappoint when it comes out on July 20th.įortnite Wilds trailer kicks off Chapter 4Īww yeah, now we're talking. I could use another Doom-y shooter in my life right now, and Immortals Of Aveum looks to be just the ticket. You'll be unleashing "all three colours of magic" as you fight to end the EverWar, and yep, I'm actually looking forward to this. The trailer cuts between lots of different parts of the battle, but it all looks like suitably epic scenery to unleash your magical bullet powers on. Magic shooter Immortals Of Aveum is coming out next month, and tonight's Summer Game Fest trailer showed us glimpses of an epic battle we'll be fighting across an enormous mech in the middle of the ocean. ![]() Immortals Of Aveum shows off mad mech battle in new gameplay trailer I can't say I'm hugely excited for it in all honesty (I got you, Lemnis Gate), but I'm willing to be convinced otherwise when it comes out later this year. In this isometric hack and slash, you'll be cloning yourself into your very own legion army to fight increasing number of demons and solve puzzles to presumably save the day of some kind. Pour one out for Lemnis Gate, the timelooping shooter that shut down earlier this year and whose homework Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior seems to have cribbed hook line and sinker while peering over from the next desk. We get our first proper look at Banishers: Ghosts Of New Eden You'll be able to craft your own custom dwarf from scratch when the game launches, and play alone or in co-op with up to eight friends, uncovering magical artefacts as you restore the kingdom of Khazad-dûm to its former glory. In this first look gameplay trailer, we see dwarf pals head deep into the titular mines of Moria, harvesting crafting bits from the rock and creating powerful weapons in nice toasty forges. Lord Of The Rings: Return To Moria digs up its first gameplay trailerĬoming this autumn, the co-op survival crafting 'em up Lord Of The Rings: Return To Moria will hopefully be a heck of a less tricksy hobbitses than poor old Gollum (RIP). The expansion is coming next week on June 14th. The monsters are actually the main focus on this new trailer, and includes a big cunning fox spirit, a ghosty lady, a fierce tiger lord and (big) pig king (what is a game in 2023 without a big pig boss, honestly), and many more. Korean MMO Black Desert Online has another expansion on the way in the form of Land Of The Morning Light, and yep, those sure look like some mighty big beasties to take down. ![]()
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Pac man 99 ghost patterns6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() These are the power-ups and the targeting options. But there are some additional elements that add another level of strategy, though they could be better explained and presented. These are all fun twists to the Pac-Man formula that make for a thrilling multiplayer competition. Only getting the fruit will eliminate the red Jammers from the board. And Power Pellets merely freeze the red Jammers in place temporarily. And the late-game introduces red Jammer Pac-Men, who may move slower than the others, but will eliminate Pac-Man just as the ghosts do. Later, the Jammers start chasing Pac-Man. In the earlier portion of a game, the Jammers will stay in place, and will slow Pac-Man if he moves through them. Not only do Pac-Man and the ghosts move faster as a match goes on, but the Jammer Pac-Men will behave differently in different stages of a match. Once a certain amount of the Pac-Dots on the board are eaten (I believe it’s half of them), a fruit appears at the center of the board which resets all of the Pac-Dots, Power Pellets and Sleeping Ghosts once Pac-Man eats it.Īlso of note is how the game changes as it goes. ![]() When collected, these Sleeping Ghosts then trail behind the nearest proper ghost to create a ‘Ghost Train.’ The benefit to this is that, once the ghosts become edible with a Power Pellet, each ghost in the Ghost Train creates its own Jammer, thus bombarding your opponents. But you can eliminate all of the current Jammers at once by eating a Power Pellet.Īnother addition are the groups of tiny “Sleeping Ghosts” on both sides of the board. Of course, this also means other players are constantly sending Jammer Pac-Men your way as well. The more Jammer Pac-Men you send to other players, the slower they’ll get, making them easy pickings for the ghosts, thus eliminating them from the competition. ![]() Jammer Pac-Men are basically white Pac-Man outlines that slow players down. Now, whenever Pac-Man eats a ghost, that creates a “Jammer Pac-Man” for other players. There are still the big ‘Power Pellets’ in the corners of the board, which temporarily supercharge Pac-Man and allow him to turn the tables and eat the ghosts! So the basic gameplay is as it always was, but there are some fun changes that come with the battle royale makeover. Pac-Man still moves around the board eating ‘Pac-Dots’ and avoiding the ghosts (Inky, Pinky, Blinky and Clyde). And much like Arika’s previous efforts, Pac-Man 99 is a fun and addicting spin on one of the classics of the medium.Īs its name implies, Pac-Man 99 takes a page from Tetris 99’s book, and sees ninety-nine players compete against each other in a game of Pac-Man all trying to outlast each other, with the last player standing being the winner. 35’s cancellation, Arika announced that they were teaming up with Bandai Namco to give Pac-Man the battle royale treatment with Pac-Man 99 for the Nintendo Switch. 35, the latter of which was pointlessly discontinued after only a few months. At the heart of this trend is developer Arika, who teamed up with Nintendo to create Tetris 99 and Super Mario Bros. With the battle royale genre taking the video game world by storm over the past few years, a recent trend has been remaking classic video games in the style of this genre. ![]()
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Database deadlock exception6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() With a serializable isolation level both client A and client B take a shared lock for the duration of the transaction on the record when the SELECT statement is run. and a subsequent UPDATE for the SaveChanges() call. This is due to the EF code generating two SQL statements: a SELECT for the line: var test = db.customer_table.Where(x => x.id = 38).FirstOrDefault() This is so confusing, what linq have done in behind making Transaction working inconsistent behavior? Var test = db.Database.ExecuteSqlCommand("Update customer_table set bank_holder_name = 'CLIENT XXXXX' where pu_id = 38") <= Client B is stop here and proceed after Client A is completedįinally, the transaction is working with code above (not linq function). I edited my code as below: using (myEntities db = new myEntities ()) Thus, I suspected this might caused by linq (incorrect row/ table lock) This is not what I expected where Client B should wait and not allowed to query any data about row id=38, but somehow it can proceed until SaveChanges and throws an error in the end. After CLIENT A finish commit, here will throw *Deadlock found error*" Test.bank_holder_name = "CLIENT NAME XXXX" ĭb.SaveChanges() <= CLIENT B stop here while client A still in progress. Var test = db.customer_table.Where(x => x.id = 38).FirstOrDefault() Client B needs to wait for Client A to commit his updatesīoth Client A
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3d printed digital sundial download6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() If you don’t have the means, or the time, to craft a 3D printed digital sundial yourself, you can also purchase a finished model via Mojoptix’s Etsy for US$77, however due to the high demand and slow turnover, new orders will take about 10 weeks to ship. ![]() “Basically it’s ideal for ‘High-Tech Artisans.’” “You can only craft it with hobby/prototyping tools, and only very slowly (one every 1.5 days),” he said. According to Julldozer, each digital sundial takes roughly 35 hours to 3D print due to the precisely placed holes and their tiny circumference. Speaking of time, you’ll need a lot of it if you want to 3D print one of these for yourself. The digital sundial was designed to display the time from 10 am to 4 pm in twenty-minute increments. To create his, he 3D printed the gnomon with 0.1mm layers, and the other elements with 0.15mm layers using its Ultimaker 2. He then combined these number matrixes into an open source 3D printable model, which is available to download on Thingiverse. However in this case, the shape of the gnomon stick itself has been mathematically designed with precisely-placed holes (affectionately referred to as ‘swiss cheese’) so that it can redirect sunlight into the shape of actual numbers, meaning you can read it as easily as you would a smartphone or any other digital clock.Īs he explains in a comprehensive YouTube video (included below), Julldozer built the sundial algorithmically using OpenScad to create a matrix for each number shown on the dial. What’s more, the inventor claims that due to the extremely precise nature of the design, this digital sundial can only be recreated with 3D printing technology, and cannot be mass-produced through injection molding or other traditional manufacturing techniques.Ĭreated by Julldozer of Mojoptix, the French/English tech podcast, the 3D printed digital sundial works just like a traditional sundial by matching up the shadow of a gnomon stick with the Earth’s rotational axis. The 3D printed digital sundial functions without the use of batteries, motors or electronics-all that’s needed are four 3D printed ABS parts, a jam jar, and a few screws, nuts and washers. Now, combining the ancient time-telling technology of sundials with algorithmic design, a creative and extremely patient maker has created an open source, 3D printed sundial that allows users to digitally read the time. Today, it’s so easy to check my smartphone, I’ll sometimes look at it and then realize a few seconds later that I’ve already forgotten what time I read. Millennia ago, before the advent of mechanical gears and LED displays, our ancestors had to slowly and painstakingly track the movement of the sun, carefully aligning gnomon sticks against dial plates in relation to their physical position on Earth, all just to know what time it was. ![]()
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![]() The lessons start out easy and go from there. There are beginner and intermediate tracks to suit your skill level. If you want to learn Ruby, then Ruby Warrior is the game for you. On the beginner Dungeon level, you’ll move your Hero through the programming game using some basic commands according to the tutorial alongside the game. Learn Python, JavaScript, CoffeeScript, or the Lua game scripting language. CodeCombatĬodeCombat is aimed at teachers and students, but anyone can play. This time, you’ll move gun towers into position along a path to defeat oncoming waves of enemies, using the same kinds of commands as Flexbox Froggy. Flexbox Defenseįlexbox Defense is another great way to practice your Flexbox skills with a programming game. It has a simple interface that teaches you the basics of how things align in Flexbox while you help Froggy and his friends - save Froggy and be a CSS Flexbox expert at the same time. Want to learn how CSS Flexbox works? Check out Flexbox Froggy. By the end of CSS Diner, you’ll be a CSS selectors expert. Each level of this free coding game gets progressively more complex - like a real video game - building on what you’ve learned in previous lessons. There are 32 levels that will teach you the basics of how CSS selectors work. CSS DinerĬSS Diner is a simple but fun way to learn CSS for beginner coders. One of the great things about CodinGame is that you can play with friends or colleagues, and also enter international coding competitions. ![]() CodinGameĬodinGame offers up fun free open-source programming games to help coders learn more than 25 programming languages, including JavaScript, Ruby, and PHP. There are even CodeMonkey Android and iOS apps. It’s aimed at coding for kids, but it’s definitely fun for adults, too. □ĬodeMonkey teaches coding using CoffeeScript - a real open-source programming language that compiles to JavaScript - to teach you to build your own games in HTML5. ![]() Check out 15 of the top free games for learning to code below and you’ll find your programming skills upgraded to elite programmer status in no time. I’ve tried out some of the most entertaining and useful coding games for learning to code. If you’re anything like me, you’ll suddenly realize you’ve spent the last four hours reinforcing your JavaScript, Python, and other coding skills without even realizing it. While a coding game alone probably isn’t going to teach you everything you need to know about coding, these free fun games can be a really incredible way to practice the skills you’re learning. With coding games, you’ll hone your problem-solving skills, improve your knowledge of programming concepts, and enjoy the learning process too. You can play coding games to learn coding skills – including all sorts of different programming languages. The answer is: Yes! And no computer science degree is required. These days, in addition to interactive courses and tutorials, there are lots of free coding games you can check out to improve your coding skills and take your programming skills to the next level. ![]() When I started learning to code, my options for practicing coding skills were limited - lots of books, some very basic online tutorials, some coding challenges, and a whole lot of experimentation. ![]()
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Cinnamon crumb cake donut holes6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Over mixing the batter can lead to dense donut holes. When mixing the wet ingredients and dry ingredients together, make sure to mix until everything is just combined.I mean we made it through Monday, so we deserve a little something special. Actually, I think it’s about time to make a second batch. These Baked Cinnamon Sugar Donut Holes are good straight out of the oven, but when you add the coating to these they literally melt in your mouth when you take a bite. Or you could even dip them into some homemade salted caramel sauce. Just thinking about that is making me want to make another batch. You could also make a glaze with some powdered sugar and the iced coffee and dip them into that instead. Simply mix up the batter, pipe or spoon it into a mini muffin pan, and bake! I dipped these donut holes into some melted butter, then a nice coating of cinnamon and sugar. I’ve always loved making baked donuts because they’re so easy to make. Because the only thing better than a glass of iced coffee, is a glass of iced coffee with donut holes. It’s really the easiest iced coffee you will ever buy!Īnd since you’re not having to leave your house to go pick up an iced coffee, you can mix up a batch of baked donut holes too. You can keep the iced coffee in your refrigerator and pour a glass whenever a coffee craving strikes. The best part about International Delight Iced Coffee is that it’s already prepared for you, all you have to do it pour it over some ice and enjoy. Since it’s been so hot outside, I grabbed a few containers of International Delight Iced Coffee while I was at Walmart this past weekend. Both are seriously so good and make you feel like you’re drinking something from a coffee shop, but without the hassle of actually going to a coffee shop. Or you could go ahead and buy the International Delight Iced Coffee Mocha flavor and enjoy that too. The best part about this recipe is that you only need 1/2 cup, so that means there’s leftover iced coffee for you to enjoy along with your donut holes. The iced coffee adds a little extra something to these donut holes that I absolutely love and I think you will too. The secret ingredient in these little baked donut holes? International Delight Iced Coffee Caramel Macchiato. Plus, these baked donut holes have a special ingredient in them that makes them taste even better. In fact, I actually prefer the baked version over the fried version any day. But I think baked donuts and donut holes are absolutely delicious in their own way. They’re definitely different than fried donuts, they tend to have more of a cakey texture. Ever since the first time I made baked donuts, I’ve been hooked on them. My love for baked donuts continues with these Baked Cinnamon Sugar Donut Holes. This post has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. These Baked Cinnamon Sugar Donut Holes are easy to make and perfect for breakfast! ![]()
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Slack exit huddle6/29/2023 ![]() But it might give you a few minutes back that you can use for other, more enjoyable things. I’m not going to lie and say Huddling on Slack is as fun as huddling around a water cooler at lunch or a cocktail table at happy hour. In late 2022, she learned that Slack founder and CEO Stewart Butterfield, whose company Salesforce had acquired in 2021, was planning to exitand she only found out because she was a candidate. You can even turn on captions in the Huddle, which is helpful for those who are hard of hearing. These channels can be created based on specific topics, projects, or teams, and users can join or leave them as needed. ![]() But generally Huddles is fast, easy, and somehow much less arduous than picking up the phone. And it’s a little buggy even after I declined a Huddle with my editor (oops), the notification lingered. Japan’s currency will strengthen to 122 per dollar by year-end, or about 15 from current levels, strategists including Solita Marcelli and Mark Haefele wrote in a report Friday. You can also use Command + Shift + H on Mac or CTRL + Shift + H on Windows/Linux to exit a Huddle that youre already in. It’s worth noting that this will send a ringing notification in Slack, and the Huddle space will hover over the Slack chat column until everyone accepts or rejects the Huddle. After you’ve added Geebot to your workspace, you can start customizing your first huddle meeting. For larger teams, Geekbot is 2.50 per user per month (on an annual plan) and 3.00 per user per month (on a monthly plan). Again, Geekbot is completely free for teams of 10 or fewer active users. Let my bowstring lie slack and my bow at rest. First, add Geekbot to your Slackworkspace. ( Command+Shift+H also launches a Huddle, if you’re looking for even more of a shortcut.) Let herds of deer huddle in the shade to eat grass Let fearless wild boars crush. This immediately launches a VoIP call and prompts your colleagues to join. Recreate the quick, informal discussions that you usually have in the office right in Slack. You'll see a little clock right next to where you'd exit out of the window. ![]() Here’s how to Huddle up: From your Slack channel or private chat, click the headphones icon to the right of the channel’s or colleague’s name at the bottom of the Slack window. First go the upper left corner of your Slack app or browser (note: this is using a computer not the mobile app). ![]()
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Ice wine festival 2016 ohio6/29/2023 ![]() It’s always worth reading these reviews from Materialist and getting a fridge that’s capable of these low temperatures. You need a fridge that is capable of getting as low as 10-12 C. Icewines are ideally enjoyed chilled between 10-12☌, so if you are taking out of the cellar it may need some time in the fridge. Once the bottle is opened, you should enjoy it within three to five days. Icewines will keep for several years stored in the right conditions - on a slant to keep the cork wet, away from vibrations and with a consistent temperature around 12-15☌.īut as with any table wine, not all Icewines will benefit from aging, and that all depends on the varietal selected.Ĭhardonnay, Cabernet Franc and Merlot ice wines should be enjoyed while still young while something like a Riesling will age nicely. Less common but still used for Icewine production are Gewürztraminer, Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon. The common grape varieties for Icewine are Vidal Blanc, Riesling, and Cabernet Franc. The Icewine is then bottled in their signature tall bottles and the sweet treat is ready to enjoy! Credit: Lakeview Wine Co The grapes, which now resemble little frozen marbles, are hand-picked and pressed while frozen to extract a small amount of sweet, concentrated nectar - typically yielding about 15% of what those grapes would have produced had they been picked during the earlier table wineharvest.įollowing the unique harvesting procedures, Icewines are then fermented and aged in the same process as a regular dinner wine. There they will stay until late December or January - exactly when they are picked is determined by Mother Nature when she graces the vineyard with three or four days where the temperature stays below -8☌. ![]() Making Icewine is a detailed and complex process that starts during harvest when the winemaker decides which grapes are going to be left on the vines until winter’s deep freeze hits. In this post, we cover 12 things to know about Icewine: Credit: Lakeview Wine Co How is Icewine made? It looks different than a typical bottle of wine, so questions are raised about how it should be stored, serving temperature, pouring etiquette, proper glassware and what should be enjoyed with it. Credit: Lakeview Wine Coīut to many, Icewine remains a bit of a mystery drink - they see a type of wine with deep colours in a skinny little bottle that they aren’t used to seeing on the wine shelves in the liquor store. Icewine is a world-renowned style of wine that can only be crafted under specific -8 degree to -10 degree Celsius temperatures, for which the cool Canadian climate is ideal. ![]()
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Inmr 2d processing6/29/2023 ![]() ![]() rNMR: open source software for identifying and quantifying metabolites in NMR spectra, Magn. To symmetrize, use the menu combination: Processing > Symmetrize > COSY-like. Users can actively manipulate the chemical shift ranges of ROIs while simultaneously visualizing the impact these changes will have on resonance assignments and quantification of signals. MNova: 2D Spectrum Processing page 3 For a magnitude mode COSY and related symmetrical spectra, you can symmetrize, to remove t1 noise. iNMR is a software available on Mac or Windows you can download in demo. Unlike peak tables, ROIs are dynamic representations of the underlying NMR data. It is a toolbox for processing 1D and 2D NMR spectra under MATLAB, and is free. ROIs are user-defined chemical shift ranges that can be used to visualize and analyze hundreds of NMR signals from multiple spectra simultaneously. ![]() ![]() The most powerful features of rNMR are built around the region of interest (ROI) concept. As a result, rNMR supports extensive batch manipulation of plotting parameters and has numerous tools for expediting repetitive resonance assignment and quantification tasks. If your spectrum corresponds to a folder, choose any of the files at the. In contrast to most existing 2D NMR software, rNMR is specifically designed for high-throughput assignment and quantification of small molecules. To Process a Generic 2-D Spectrum: Step 1. Now extract files: tar xvf kin_scripts.RNMR is an open source software package for visualizing and interpreting one and two dimensional NMR data.If on the 400 just copy in like: cp /opt/topspin/nmrapps/scripts/kin_scripts.tar.Copy the scripts one level up from the nmrdata folder containing the 'ser' file.Here is a copy of the AU code: 2dtxt.c Manual Processing on the NMR or Linux OS.To convert the processed 2D file into an ascii/text file please type 2dtxt - The file is saved in the current expno as "2d.txt".MNova_Processing iNMR_Processing iNMR_Download NMR Processing and AnalysisSsoftware openVNMRJ NMRPipe Mestrelab MNova iNMR for Mac OS-X Collaborative Computational Project for NMR (CCPN) software suite. rser(12) then efp (Read slice 12 from 2D for 1D processing.the data can be processed in topspin thru the T1/T2 processing routine or on software of your choosing.click the manual phase button if needed and select a row to phase.Researchers at the University of Minnesota will often run multiple NMR experiments every day. Base plane correction is actually a base line correction repeated along each row. Processing 1D NMR Data Offline Report Due: Friday, October 12 Introduction NMR spectroscopy is an extremely common tool for chemists who synthesize molecules. To remove the correction it is necessary to reload raw data (the FID) and repeat processing. xf2 (Fourier transforms in F2 dimension only) In 2d, instead, the imaginary part, if still present, is removed before baseplane correction.zg (this will start the series of 1D acquisitions) Your spectrum is likely to already have the 1D spectra automatically placed along each dimension of the 2D spectrum, but, if not, you can simply drag the 1D spectrum page (from the Pages panel) on to the appropriate axis (on top and on the left side) of the 2D spectrum and they will appear.You can divide this by the number of 1Ds to figure delays between runs too) expt (this is the total time of the kinetic run as well.(write down the number of expts, and the delays between the experiments you've defined).kinetic_water (use this instead if you are running the h1_es.bbo experiment else skip).kinetic_2d (this loads in the AU program 'kinetic_2d', be sure to answer the questions as they pop up).iNMR is a software available on Mac or Windows you can. Additionally, it works on MacOS 7.5 and 8.0), and on Windows NT. It has been tested under Solaris and MS Windows 95. It is a toolbox for processing 1D and 2D NMR spectra under MATLAB, and is free. rga (set receiver gain automatically, wait a minute until it finishes) matNMR 3 This software was developed by Jacco van Beek, and published in J.now shim Z1, Z2, Z1, Z2, Z1, Z2 and push STDBY when done.Spectra processed with iNMR can be saved in a format that can be read by. return (exit out of acqu window back into normal 1d viewer) pdf Friebolin, Horst Basic One-and Two-Dimensional NMR Spectroscopy.tune the probe using either the screen or the bars on preamp box next to magnet.lock (select the appropriate solvent for locking).rsh shims.bbo (read in the latest shim files i've created).rpar h1_es.bbo all (use this instead if water suppression is needed else skip).This works for any 1D actually (31P, 19F etc). *Setup your 1D expt as you normally would. ![]() |