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Allan watts7/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Watts argues that one of the ills of modern society is that we believe sleep to be a waste of time, that life is short. Thus the “brainy” economy designed to produce this happiness is a fantastic vicious circle which must either manufacture more and more pleasures or collapse-providing a constant titillation of the ears, eyes, and nerve ends with incessant streams of almost inescapable noise and visual distractions. Happiness, then, will consist, not of solid and substantial realities, but of such abstract and superficial things as promises, hopes, and assurances. This is why all affairs of civilization are rushed, why hardly anyone enjoys what he has, and is forever seeking more and more. ![]() To pursue (the future) is to pursue a constantly retreating phantom, and the faster you chase it, the faster it runs ahead. Yet the future is never, as we move forward it becomes the present. The root of this frustration is that we live for the future. This is why modern civilization is in almost every respect a vicious circle. Yet the brain also knows that it does not have an indefinitely long future, so that, to be happy, it must try to crowd all of the pleasures of paradise and eternity into the span of a few years. The brain is in pursuit of happiness, and because the brain is much more concerned about the future than the present it conceives happiness as the guarantee of an indefinitely long future of pleasures. In self-defence the body gets ill from the strain, but the body wants to go on and on. We stimulate our sense organs until they become insensitive, so that if pleasure is to continue they must have stronger and stronger stimulants. We are so anxious for pleasure that we can never get enough of it. Therefore the immediate pleasure of eating must be exploited to the full, even though it does violence to the digestion. It is due, also, to the knowledge that, in an insecure world pleasure is uncertain. Therefore eat as much as you can while you can. This is largely due to anxiety, to the knowledge that a constant supply of food is uncertain. When he has eaten as much as his belly can take, he still feels empty, he still feels an urge for further gratification. When the animal’s stomach is full, he stops eating, but the man is never sure when to stop. The animal tends to eat with its stomach, and the man with his brain. ![]() “When we compare human with animal desire,” writes philosopher Alan Watts in The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety, “we find many extraordinary differences.” Watts offers an interesting perspective on an age-old argument - that our society has its priorities messed up, that we need to live in the moment. ![]()
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Dead by daylight brighter screen7/31/2023 ![]() ![]() This action is referred to as a Flashlight Rescue.Ī blinded Killer is unable to initiate a Lunge Attack, all attacks will instead be Quick Attacks.īeing blinded with a Flashlight does not affect the Killer's hearing, allowing skilled Killers to still track the Survivor blinding them by their environmental sounds, footsteps and breathing. If the Killer is carrying a Survivor at the moment of becoming blinded, they are briefly stunned and will drop the Survivor, allowing them to run away. This allows the Survivor to sneak off or go into hiding during the brief moment the Killer is blinded. When a Killer is blinded, a sound effect is played and their Field of View is completely filled with a unique texture that overlays anything else. The second way is to set vsync on, which will force the video card to match its output frame rate with your monitor’s refresh rate.The main use of Flashlights is to temporarily blind the Killer. The first way is to set the maximum pre-rendered frames to 1, which will allow your monitor’s refresh rate to sync up with your game’s framerate. There are two ways you can use the Nvidia Control Panel to fix it. Screen tearing is a big problem in Dead by Daylight and can be solved with Nvidia Control Panel. You can also adjust various other settings for brightness, quality of textures, resolution, and anti-aliasing levels. One way to do this is to change the Graphics Level setting in the game’s settings menu.īy lowering the graphics level, you can reduce the load on your computer’s resources, which will improve performance. The key to a better frame-rate in Dead by Daylight is to lower your graphics settings.
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Games for one solitaire plus7/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Any rating is very subjective, so don't give my rating too much weight. the number and quality of games included 2. It is based on an overall impression of factors that include: 1. My personal rating is mainly based by judging each game relative to the others in the same category. For each app I've included my own rating and the App Store rating. Ratings Within each category I've ranked the apps according to my personal ratings. These are typically the bare-bones "staples" like Klondike, Spider, FreeCell, Pyramid, and Golf, which are found on nearly every site that offers solitaire. Basic Collections are for the occasional dabbler, and each app offers only about half a dozen or so different games.Each of these collections typically contains only the most popular solitaire games, so this category is for you if you just want to stick with the proven classics. Classic Collections are for the casual enthusiast, and each app offers around 10-20 different games.These are for folks who have more than just a passing interest in solitaire, and like to try a range of different games beyond the usual classics. Popular Collections are for the keen amateur, and each app offers around 30-50 different games.These are for folks who have more than just a passing interest in solitaire, and like to try a range of different games beyond the usual popular choices. Superior Collections are for the dedicated fan, and each app offers around 60-100 different games.In most cases it's a massive collection of hundreds of games, so if you're the person who wants to see everything that there is, you should head here. Ultimate Collections are for the serious expert, and each app offers a minimum of 150 different solitaire games.I've grouped these into five main categories according to the number of games contained in each app's collection: ![]() Instead, I want to showcase only those apps which offer a collection of different solitaire games that the enthusiast can explore and enjoy. There are literally hundreds of apps that already offer the classic Klondike solitaire game, for example. So if there's an app here that sounds appealing to you, you only have to click the link provided to the developer's page, to check out whether there's also an equivalent Android app, or version for Windows or Mac.Ĭategories My focus in this comparative review is not on apps that offer only one or two solitaire games, like Spider or FreeCell. But don't stop reading if you only have an Android device, because the majority of these apps also have a corresponding app for Android. But of the many apps that are out there for playing digital solitaire, which ones are the best, particularly if you have an iPad or iPhone? That's what I'll be focusing on in this article. In a previous article I covered some of the benefits of playing a digital versions of solitaire. ![]()
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Stylizer 6 eyedropper7/31/2023 ![]() ![]() I guess it could also work with text layers, where this mode would pick up both the typography style of the layer and the color. In case multiple styles are assigned to the “source” (fill + stroke + effects) I guess the easiest would be to copy all of them over to the target object. See attached schema for a visual explanation. ![]() This way I could assign styles to objects on the canvas much quicker. My improvement idea is that with an additional modifier key that you can press after entering the eyedropper selection mode, you could enable a “pick up style” mode instead. Often times, another element with the needed styling is already somewhere on the canvas, and I would like to be able to copy that style from this element however the eyedropper tool only picks up hardcoded color values. The only way to do this now is to move with the mouse to the right panel and search/select the style from the menus. One small issue I have while working in Figma is that I sometimes want to assign a certain style to my current selection. Illustrator works this way - “global” colors (equivalent to color styles) are applied when an object styled with one is clicked with the eyedropper tool. The proposed workflow would be: click the object you want to style, press Ctrl-C, click the already-styled object. With the current functionality, if you want to apply the same color style to another object, you first have to click the already-styled object to see what style is applied (assuming you may have multiple similar shades and can’t eyeball it), then click the object you want to style, and then find that color style in the list and apply it. PhotoAiD has developed an AI enhanced Eyedropper tool online. Say goodbye to the reload button In Stylizer, your changes are immediately displayed in all browsers, in real-timeliterally as you type or move the mouse. If you do want to be able to pick the pixel color instead of the style, there could be an additional modifier key to hold while clicking. Stylizer Features Real-time CSS Bullseye DOM NEW Workflow Toolbelt Extras Real-time CSS Immediate feedback saves countless hours. (You could click the stroke to apply the stroke’s color style, or the fill to apply the fill’s color style.) Instead, the color picker should apply the color style of the clicked object if it has one. This can lead to messy colors not adhering to your style guide. In some artists, such as Picasso for example, these divisions may be marked and easy to see, in others they are more subtle.When using the color picker, if the object you’re picking from has a color style applied, the color picker doesn’t apply that style to the selected object - it just applies the hex value (or whatever color model you have set) of the pixel you click. Divisions within both types of styles are often made, such as between "early", "middle" or "late". Style is often divided into the general style of a period, country or cultural group, group of artists or art movement, and the individual style of the artist within that group style. By style he selects and shapes the history of art". Style (visual arts) In the visual arts, style is a ".distinctive manner which permits the grouping of works into related categories." or ".any distinctive, and therefore recognizable, way in which an act is performed or an artifact made or ought to be performed and made." It refers to the visual appearance of a work of art that relates it to other works by the same artist or one from the same period, training, location, "school", art movement or archaeological culture: "The notion of style has long been the art historian's principal mode of classifying works of art. ![]()
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Sejda pdf desktop reviews7/31/2023 ![]() ![]() It's packed with a full suite of PDF toolkits that cater to both power and novice users. In addition, if you are working remotely and need tools that empower collaboration to keep projects moving, Adobe Reader mobile app can make it possible as it lets you work with PDF documents right from your tablet or mobile phone.īut the drawback is that Adobe Acrobat Pro DC is a subscription-only program, which comes in two tiers: US$12.99/mo for Standard and US$19.99/mo for Pro.įoxit PDF Editor is a leading alternative to Adobe Acrobat. As a specialist in PDF, Adobe has a range of customization tools, all neatly arranged in the tool center, to help users quickly navigate to the features you desire to use.
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Send anywhere apk safe7/31/2023 ![]() ![]() There’s also an Outlook Mail Add-in, if that’s your preferred email client. With the Chrome Extension, you won’t need to adhere to the 25 MB attachment limit that Gmail sets in email attachments Send Anywhere can directly send files up to 10 GB in size to the recipient.ģ. Send Anywhere has apps for almost every platform out there… heck, it’s also available for Windows Mobile!Ģ. First, the app can be used to transfer files between devices running on different platforms, without the usual restriction of email attachment sizes, or the poor speed of WiFi. Since the app supports so many platforms, it is already in a good place as far as my opinion goes, and an app like this obviously has a lot of use cases, and a lot of ways in which it can be used.ġ. Send Anywhere supports “WiFi Direct” on Android, which basically allows you to leverage the full speed of WiFi networks, without using a single byte of your data, it’s awesome, and can really come in handy for large file transfers. The Android app is a lot similar in design, and chooses to separate different file types in separate tabs, while keeping the “Send”, “Receive”, and “Activity” functions in a bottom navigation menu. On the iOS app, Send Anywhere chooses to separate file types into separate tabs, with the functions for sending/receiving files, viewing the activity, and “more” options in their own tabs. The desktop app comes with a clean interface with well arranged regions for sending/receiving buttons, nearby devices, and the transferred files, if any. ![]() Launching the app for the first time, I was pretty happy to see the well-designed, minimal interface, along with a naming scheme that makes the functions of every option very clear. Since the app supports macOS, and iOS, I decided to try it out on my MacBook Air, running macOS Sierra 10.2.3, and my iPhone running iOS 10.3.2 Public Beta. The application solves this by supporting a large number of platforms, and extending file size limits to an extent where it becomes basically unlimited for most use-cases you may encounter. Send Anywhere is an application born out of the need to solve the very common problem of transferring large files between devices. ![]()
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Freaky moods post7/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Want to put the kids to bed early tonight?.Make up a sexy nickname and always refer to him as that when you text him.Send the song clip of Boys 2 Men, “I’ll Make Love to You.”.You know those days where you want to be a little more flirty with your husband while you are apart, well here are some of the best flirty texts to send him! RELATED ARTICLE: 10 Simple Ways to Appreciate Your Spouse More Flirty/Fun Texts to Send Your Husband ![]()
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Panda antivirus pro 2016 free7/31/2023 ![]() ![]() Panda Anti-Virus Pro 2016 is compatible with Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1 (32-bits and 64-bits), Windows 7 (32-bits and 64-bits), Windows Vista (32-bits and 64-bits) and Windows XP (32-bits) SP2 or faster. Note: If have already used any trial version of Panda Antivirus Pro 2016, you may not be able to active this special 180 days trial edition. No activation code or license serial key required. ![]() Panda Antivirus Pro’s bidirectional firewall will protect your wireless networks from intruders and hackers, ensuring you a completely safe network to chat, share photos and videos. Install the program and you’re good to go with free 6 months security protection. Panda Antivirus Pro can remove all kinds of usual and unusual threads or malware from your PC. Application Control to configure the programs that can run on the computerĪs part of promotion offer, Panda Security is provide free 6 months (180 days) of Panda Antivirus Pro 2016 to all users at no cost which normally cost $39.99 per 1-year single license for 1 PC.įor users who want to grab free 6-month (180 days) subscription of Panda Antivirus Pro 2016 can directly download the free special OEM setup installer of Panda Antivirus Pro 2016: PANDAAP16.exe.PC Disinfection kit Clean all types of malware from your computer if you cannot start Windows Panda Cloud Antivirus is an antivirus software developed by Panda Security, a free and a paid version are available.Vaccinate USB flash drives against infections.Personal Firewall with WiFi security that blocks intruders and hackers, even in your wireless network.Protection against all types of known and unknown threats.Panda Antivirus Pro 2016 also provide multiplatform protection including Windows, Android, iPhone, and iPad. In addition, its new XMT Smart Engineering engine allows different technologies interact with each other to achieve new levels of efficiency and greater detection and disinfection power. The new security software improving its real-time detection algorithm, collect experience from millions of Panda user community through Panda’s unique cloud-based Collective Intelligence technology, firewall with Wi-Fi security to block intruders, Panda USB Vaccine, and other features. Panda Antivirus Pro 2016 improves its overall features to be more effective solution and reliable security protection for PC computer against known and unknown malicious viruses, spyware, rootkits, online frauds, identity theft, and hackers. Panda Dome Antivirus Review (2021 panda antivirus Panda Security, compatible with Windows panda antivirus PANDA 2016 Free Antivirus - Install and Panda. Most people won’t notice that they have AV software running on the system, except when a scan is being run, so the results from our test should be read alongside those from AV-Test, which looks at the difference between AV software sitting idle on a PC and it not being installed.Panda Security has upgrade its anti-virus offering, Panda Antivirus Pro to version 2016. This is a clear indication that not much fingerprinting is being done and the software is still retesting a lot of files.Ĭopying a 1GB file with and without a background scan running took 51s and 41s, respectively, a 24 percent increase and very close to that fromīitdefender’s free antivirus. Although it can adequately protect your Mac from a wide variety of virus, its firewall options are very limited and not so. Panda Internet Security 2016 is two-folded: it has great antivirus features but lags behind most of its competitors on many other fronts. What was more surprising was that our secondary scan, of the same set of files, still took 1 hour 17 minutes to examine 426,178 files. Unfortunately, Panda Antivirus Pro 2016 has a parental control but not-so advanced. This is not an undue worry for a first scan, as it’s during this task that most AV programs create a fingerprint of the files and know which ones not to retest unless they’ve undergone change between scans. Panda Free Antivirus 2016 review: performanceĪ 50GB scan took 1 hour 57 minutes for a scan of 455,748, the second longest of all the free antivirus programs we’ve tested recently. This is something more and more of its competitors are now copying, but we didn’t notice any evidence of a low impact in our tests. Panda makes considerable claim for running most of its scanning in the cloud and having a very light touch on the PC platform its run on. ![]()
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Hp photosmart 7510 ink7/30/2023 ![]() ![]() But not everyone needs that feature, and the Photosmart 7510 is easy to use and good at just about everything else a home or home office user might want. HP’s Photosmart 7510 does not follow this season’s trend of tacking on CD/DVD printing-available in models from simple, sub-$100 inkjets to $400 flagships. The photo black cartridge costs $10 for 130 photos (7.7 cents per photo), or $18 for 290 photos (6.2 cents per photo). The XL black represents less of a savings at $23 for 550 pages or 4.2 cpp. You can reduce color ink costs significantly with the XL cartridges, which are $18 for 750 pages, or 2.4 cpp. That’s just shy of 15 cents for a four-color page. The three standard color cartridges (cyan, magenta, and yellow) cost $10 each and last for 300 pages (3.33 cents per page), while the standard black costs $12 and lasts for 250 pages, or 4.8 cents per page (cpp). The Photosmart 7510’s ink costs are reasonable. Photos printed on plain paper look nice, other than orange-ish flesh tones on HP’s Advanced Photo Paper, the quality is smooth and realistic, though in a somewhat solemn color palette, with darker areas gradating to black somewhat quickly. Text is sharp and dark at default settings, and monochrome graphics are rich, though slightly green. Output from the Photosmart 7510 is generally very good–with HP’s penchant for cooler color temperatures. Scanning and copying speeds are a tad faster than average compared with other inkjet MFPs we’ve tested. Switching to HP Advanced Photo Paper and finer-quality settings, the same photo took 33 seconds (1.8 ppm), and a full-page, high-resolution photo print on the Mac took about 2.5 minutes (a middling rate of 0.4 ppm). On letter-size plain paper (Hammermill Laserprint) at default settings, text pages emerged at a speedy rate of 9.6 pages per minute (ppm) on the PC and 9 ppm on the Mac a 4-by-6-inch photo took 15 seconds (or 4 ppm). The Photosmart 7510 can print and scan in duplex (both sides of the page).įor an inkjet, the Photosmart 7510 was fast in most of our tests. This feeder makes up for the fact that the lid for the A4 flatbed scanner doesn’t telescope to accommodate thicker materials. The real bonus is the 25-sheet automatic document feeder (ADF)-still too rare among home-oriented units. The main paper tray holds 125 sheets, while a second tray integrated into the top of the main tray holds 20 sheets of photo paper up to 5-by-7-inch size. While the Photosmart 7510 is aimed at users who print lots of photos, its paper-handling features are more than adequate for a small or home office as well. The printer is also fully endowed with cloud-printing capabilities, specifically HP’s own Web-based apps, and HP ePrint and Apple AirPrint for printing from mobile devices. The 4.3-inch color touchscreen LCD panel has a clear, icon-based menu structure. HP’s instructions were unclear as to whether you could print, download, or read the guide we downloaded the file without a problem and notified HP about the confusing directions. A printed setup booklet is in the box, but you’ll have to go online to find the full user guide in PDF format. The Photosmart 7510 is easy to set up, and the software is first-rate. But the Photosmart 7510 is a well-rounded unit (print/copy/scan/fax), with good speed and print quality, and sufficient features to address both home and home-office needs. Believe us, it’s the first thing we tried. Also, with the exceptional 33 ppm print speed included on the HP PhotoSmart 7515, you can rapidly produce spreadsheets, drafts, and memos.Though HP’s $199 Photosmart 7510 multifunction inkjet (MFP) looks strikingly similar to the company’s Photosmart eStation, you cannot, as you can with the eStation, remove the LCD control panel and use it like a tablet. This thermal printer is an exceptional all-in-one printer, which means you are able to balance scanning, printing, and copying with ease. ![]() This HP printer allows you to generate documents, letters, and legal agreements thanks to its striking color generation capability. The HP PhotoSmart 7515 includes handy controls, so you can easily adjust the resolution, layout, and pagination to your preferred levels. The advanced thermal technology featured on this thermal printer helps you to make drafts, letters, and legal agreements with clean crisp definition. With a practical shape, this HP printer utilizes the minimum desk space necessary to complete your printing tasks. The HP PhotoSmart 7515 helps you to quickly connect it and print out drafts, legal agreements, and memos with its handy set of USB 1.0/1.1 and wireless computer connections. Responsive and useful, this HP printer is well-suited to printing a variety of outputs quickly. ![]()
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Cloudberry backup google drive7/30/2023 ![]() ![]() OpenDrive Enterprise offers customized solutions for companies that need high-touch service. Customized pricing is provided for resellers offering packages that backup NAS/SAN devices and mass media libraries. Ideal for business users who want to white label and resell OpenDrive’s service as their own, and offer, backup/sync files on their Linux/Mac/Windows personal computers or servers and /or share personal files. Reseller Plan (unlimited) – $59.95/month or $599/year Ideal for business users who want to backup/sync files on their Windows/Mac/Linux personal computers or servers and/or share personal files. Ideal for business users who want to backup/sync files on their Windows/Mac/Linux personal computers or servers including media libraries and SAN and NAS devices, and /or share personal files.īusiness Plan (unlimited) – $29.95/month or $299/year Ideal for home users who want to backup/sync files on their Windows/Mac/Linux personal computers, including media libraries and SAN and NAS devices, and / or share personal files. Ideal for home users who want to backup/sync only a few files/folders on their Windows/Mac/Linux personal computers and/or share personal files with up to 4 users. Ideal for home users who want to backup/sync only a few files/folders on their Windows/Mac/Linux personal computers and/or share personal files with just a single user. Does anyone have any experience with the program they can share? Does Cloudberry Backup keep track of individual files uploaded to Amazon Glacier? My goal is to have an experience as similar as possible to CrashPlan with lower cost and easier access to files if I end my subscription.OpenDrive offers personal plans, business plans, and enterprise plans: Customer Support was not terribly helpful. Sometimes I can see individual files, sometimes I can't. However CBB's behavior is inconsistent and confusing. ![]() In particular I've read one cannot easily retrieve a few files unlike with CrashPlan. My understanding is Amazon Glacier puts data in a deep freeze and limits how it can be accessed. Everything disappeared from the file explorer, but reappeared this morning. Than I ran a consistency check last night and found the error "File was not found in local repository". A third plan created using "regular" mode ran without incident after which the problem above seemed to correct itself. According to the AWS web interface the data was in Glacier. When it did, I could not browse to individual files using the "Backup Storage" tab's file explorer view. However the backup took several days to complete. After connecting my account, I created a backup plan to use "archive mode" (to save costs by uploading fewer files at a time) and copy a number of files and folders to Glacier then monitor them in real time for changes. I use an IAM user which only has access to Glacier instead of the admin account. It did not have trouble connecting with my AWS Account. Such was not the case with Amazon Glacier. CBB copied the files and I can browse them just fine. The first backup set, with my external hard drive as a destination, worked without incident. Their Explorer product is very good and I am looking to save a few bucks by using Amazon Glacier as my offsite backup at home instead of CrashPlan. About 10 days ago, I began a trial of Cloudberry Backup (CBB). ![]() |