![]() ![]() At CES 2018, he broke the news about Kodak's "KashMiner" Bitcoin mining scheme with a viral tweet. Starting in 2015, Chris attended the Computer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas for five years running. His work has even appeared on the front page of Reddit.Īrticles he's written have been used as a source for everything from books like Team Human by Douglas Rushkoff, media theory professor at the City University of New York's Queens College and CNN contributor, to university textbooks and even late-night TV shows like Comedy Central's with Chris Hardwick. His roundups of new features in Windows 10 updates have been called "the most detailed, useful Windows version previews of anyone on the web" and covered by prominent Windows journalists like Paul Thurrott and Mary Jo Foley on TWiT's Windows Weekly. Instructional tutorials he's written have been linked to by organizations like The New York Times, Wirecutter, Lifehacker, the BBC, CNET, Ars Technica, and John Gruber's Daring Fireball. The news he's broken has been covered by outlets like the BBC, The Verge, Slate, Gizmodo, Engadget, TechCrunch, Digital Trends, ZDNet, The Next Web, and Techmeme. Beyond the column, he wrote about everything from Windows to tech travel tips. He founded PCWorld's "World Beyond Windows" column, which covered the latest developments in open-source operating systems like Linux and Chrome OS. He also wrote the USA's most-saved article of 2021, according to Pocket.Ĭhris was a PCWorld columnist for two years. Beyond the web, his work has appeared in the print edition of The New York Times (September 9, 2019) and in PCWorld's print magazines, specifically in the August 2013 and July 2013 editions, where his story was on the cover. With over a decade of writing experience in the field of technology, Chris has written for a variety of publications including The New York Times, Reader's Digest, IDG's PCWorld, Digital Trends, and MakeUseOf. ![]() Chris has personally written over 2,000 articles that have been read more than one billion times-and that's just here at How-To Geek. ![]() Chris Hoffman is the former Editor-in-Chief of How-To Geek. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Slower save operation in Illustrator 2020 When you update the document while the background save is. Smooth points create curves and have round indicators. Go to the apple logo on the top left corner of y. Select your path with the Direct Selection tool to work with the anchor points and curve handles. Tap and drag on an end point to continue drawing a pathĭraw then pause briefly to create a corner point and change directionĬorner Points and Smooth Points in Illustrator on the iPad In my tutorial I set the smoothing to 6 for a combination of smoothness and accuracy. A smoothing level of 10 will create very rounded curves. On a scale from 1 to 10, 1 is the least smoothing, and will more accurately follow your hand movements on the iPad. Change the smoothing level before you start drawing. I have checked the file on my Mac and it perfectly opens on Illustrator. ![]() ai file I airdropped from my Mac to my iPad, Illustrator (on iPad) gives me an error: 'Cant open xx.ai file'. You’ll also experience completely new ways of creative expression never seen before. You will soon be able to design on the iPad with the tools you know and love. In a nutshell: The Illustrator Pencil tool lays down anchor points as you draw freehand. Hello, users I have just subscribed for Adobe Illustrator on iPad Pro, needing it for work, but I have a tedious problem. Last but not least, we announced that Illustrator is coming to the iPad in 2020. The Apple Pencil stylus and touch screen features make it easy to draw free-hand from your mobile device. The iPad version, Adobe Illustrator Draw, incorporates vector editing tools, brush, pen, shape-building, and type tools. After the path closes, release the Alt or Option key. As of October 2020, there is a version of Adobe Illustrator available for use on the iPad. When the path is the size and shape you want, release the mouse button (but not the Alt or Option key). The Pencil tool displays a small circle () to indicate that you’re creating a closed path. Watch the video above, or keep reading for everything you need to know about drawing freehand in Adobe Illustrator on the iPad! After you’ve begun dragging, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (macOS). ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() ![]() Next, select Shockwave Flash from the drop-down menu select Ask to Activate or Always activate to enable Shockwave Flash on Firefox. Now, from the left-hand menu, make sure to select Plugins. It seems harmless so far, but I haven't actually determined whether that actually interferes with something (e.g. Open Mozilla Firefox then presses Ctrl + Shift + A to open Add-ons window. dcr file should run with no problems, but you will also most likely get an error prompt talking about error related establishing write permissions for temporary files or some such. How do I enable Flash Player on a Chrome browser You will first type chrome:plugins. dcr file for the first time, Windows will show you a "Do you really want to run this program?" prompt pointing to adobeshockwaveextrabundle.exe executable in some temporary folder inside C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Temp.Īlso, when you click OK on that prompt, the. Click on either link to be redirected to the appropriate Softonic page. Please visit the main page of Adobe Shockwave Player on Software Informer. Mac Adobe Shockwave Player Adobe Flash Player Free View Flash. navigate to, follow prompts to install Shockwave plugin (and don't worry if the installer's in French),Īnd voila - you now have a Shockwave player. Download popular programs, drivers and latest updates easily. Windows Adobe Shockwave Player Adobe Shockwave Player Free Browser plugin to view rich multimedia web content.As of 2017, I have had success with an obscure web browser Pale Moon, 32-bit version (that's the important part - even on 64-bit OS's). ![]() ![]() this year, and that's before the home market). Normally one movie losing money isn't a big issue because the studio can rely on one or two monster hits to pay for their misses, ( Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix made enough money to pay for the entire budgets of half-a-dozen misses for Warner Bros. It opens in Italy later this month and Japan in the spring of '08, but there's almost no chance the film will show a profit at this point. Lions for Lambs climbed a spot to sixth place with $4.34 million on 2453 screens in 53 markets for a total of $25.97 million, while only managing $1 million or more in one market this past weekend, ($1.40 million on 390 screens during its sixth place debut in France). ![]() International Details - Lions are more like Lambs ![]() In fact, with no real juggernaut to deal with, the competition is more up in the air that most years. The Oscar nominations were announced today and there is no shortage of contenders. Today we look at Best Animated Feature Film and Best Feature Length Documentary.Īwards Season - No Shortage of Love for Country or Blood With our annual Oscar Prediction contest underway, now is the best time to look at the nominees and try and figure out who the favorites are and which films should just feel honored to be nominated. Oscar Contest - Category Highlight - Best Animated Feature / Best Documentary Mockumentary, Miscellaneous Sports, Talking Animals, Animal Lead PG for mild language and some rude humor. October 9th, 2007 by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records. All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 1,501-1,600)Īll Time International Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)Īll Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 1,201-1,300)Īll Time Domestic Box Office for Digital Animation Movies (Rank 101-200)Īll Time International Box Office for Digital Animation Movies (Rank 101-200)Īll Time Worldwide Box Office for Digital Animation Movies (Rank 101-200) ![]() ![]() ![]() Also the frog releases special proteins called Protein Ice Nucleases (or “PIN’s”) into their blood stream. These sugars are absorbed by the cells of the body causing the cytoplasm to become thick and syrupy and increasingly hypertonic to the surrouding interstitial fluids. Their livers start synthesizing and releasing large quantities of glucose (“sugar”) into their blood streams. ![]() “killed”) by either excessive dehydration or by the inevitable freezing of its cytoplasm.īut, let’s get back to our frogs: before the frogs are exposed to freezing temperatures they undergo many physiological changes in addition to the cell membrane changes I listed above. For a while this dehydration event may actually hold off cytoplasmic freezing, but eventually the cell will be irreversibly damaged (i.e. Usually the interstitial fluid around the cells freezes first and these ice crystals actually start pulling water out of the inside of the cells. Also, and maybe of a more immediate concern, the lack of warm blood entering the tissue means that the fluids in the tissue and in its cells may start to freeze. The lack of blood flow into the tissue means that oxygen is no longer being delivered and cell death from lack of oxygen may occur. Why do the cells die? First, the blood flow into the cold body part is curtailed in order to prevent excessive body heat loss (humans are endothermic organisms who use the heat from their metabolic activities to generate their body heat and there is only so much heat energy to go around!). When skin is exposed too long to freezing temperatures cells are destroyed and “frostbite” occurs. ![]() Let’s take a second and think about people. These changes help to keep our frog active at temperatures that are lower than optimal, but eventually temperatures start to approach the freezing point of water, and the frog is at risk of cell and tissue damage from the freezing of the water in its blood and cytoplasm.įrostbite on human toes (Photo by Dr. Also, amphibians add cholesterol to their cell membranes, and these steroids further keep the fatty acids from clumping together even at decreasing temperatures. This reduces the freezing point (which usually referred to as the “melting point” for some reason) of the cellular membrane and keeps the membrane “fluid” and functional at lower and lower temperatures. This “desaturase” enzyme makes the altered fatty acids more crooked and thus less able to stick together. An enzyme is stimulated that begins to add double bonds to the fatty acids of the cell membrane phospholipids. In my Cell Biology class I talk about changes that can be seen in cell membranes in both amphibians (like the green frog) and reptiles (like turtles and snakes) as seasonal temperatures begin to fall. How could they survive this extreme thermal trauma? Frogs are ectothermic (they rely on the heat of their environment for their body heat) and would seem quite vulnerable to freezing solid in the very cold winters of Western Pennsylvania even if they were underground or underwater. But where these frogs sit out the winter was just the beginning of this story. As we talked about her frogs’ appearance, behavior, and songs I decided that they must be Northern green frogs ( Lithobates clamitans melanota), and since her pond is quite shallow and expected to freeze solid over the winter, and also because it is surrounded by a very dense growth of myrtle, I speculated that the green frogs (which can either hibernate underwater or underground) would leave the soon-to-be-solid pond and dig a hibernaculum in the soil under the protective cover of the myrtle. Wikimedia Commons)Ī few weeks ago Jane Viti, one of my teaching colleagues, asked me what was going to happen to the two frogs that had been living in her small, backyard pond all summer. Northern green frog (photo by Contrbaroness. ![]() ![]() ![]() To counteract potential interference, Wi-Fi 6E uses the 6 GHz spectrum. Over time, these ranges have become more crowded, especially in urban areas. Up to this point, Wi-Fi routers have connected in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz spectrum. Meanwhile, Wi-Fi 6E, an as yet unconfirmed feature for this next Google/Nest Wifi, adds a third band of signal to the mix. As you update individual devices to ones that support Wi-Fi 6, you’ll gradually notice improvements across the network. Beyond these raw speed improvements - which internet providers now need to catch up with - Wi-Fi 6 is also optimized for the smart home reality of having many devices in close proximity and on the same network. In the best-case scenario, a Wi-Fi 6–powered Google Wifi router could be capable of providing 9.6 Gbps of data across your connected devices, a huge improvement over the 3.5 Gbps maximum of Wi-Fi 5. The source has confirmed that the new hardware will gain the benefits of Wi-Fi 6 and, potentially, also Wi-Fi 6E. The Pixel series adopted Wi-Fi 6 with the Pixel 6 generation, but the standard began its broader public adoption with the iPhone 11 in 2019. Shortly after Nest Wifi first launched, it was outmoded in the eyes of networking enthusiasts due to the formal launch of Wi-Fi 6. Left: Nest Wifi router and add-on point | Right: Google Wifi (2020) So far, we are unable to confirm whether the new router will feature a Google Assistant smart speaker like its predecessor. Like before, you’ll be able to buy the next Nest Wifi in packs of one, two, or three, depending on the needs of your home. These were the base Nest Wifi router and the Nest Wifi point, which cleverly doubled as ( an excellent) Google Assistant speaker.Īccording to a source, the company’s next router will see a return to the unified design of the original Google Wifi. In 2019, the line was expanded to include the Nest Wifi system, which ever so slightly complicated things by having two distinct pieces of hardware. Part of this simplicity was in the hardware itself, as the original Google Wifi (and its 2020 rerelease) use the same hardware for both the base router that connects to your modem and the mesh points that extend your network’s signal. Under the hood, this experience is powered by mesh networking, but Google generally does a great job of making things as simple as possible to set up. Update 9/18: According to a leak, this Wi-Fi 6E router will be sold as the “Google Nest Wifi Pro.” It notably has a higher starting price and no point unit.įirst unveiled in 2016, the Google Wifi series is designed to make a fast and stable internet connection available throughout your home. A source has shared new details about the next mesh router in the Google/Nest Wifi series, including the introduction of Wi-Fi 6 and a return to the simplicity of the original Google Wifi. ![]() ![]() The Great Sword is a heavy hitting weapon and even though slow to wield, it is preferred by hunters that want to show their dominion over monsters. It can then use that attack to propel the wielder forward a short distance using the full weight of the Great Sword to deal twice as much damage than the first two Charged slashes in the chain. True Charged SlashĪs the final Charged attack chains the True Charged Slash, it will hit with the first swing dealing a small amount of damage. Strong Charged SlashĪfter releasing your first Charged Slash you can chain this Strong Charged attack to deal another heavy attack towards your enemies. The Charged Slash is a special attack of the Great Sword that increases the damage of your strike significantly. This attack can either be a regular mounting attack but will change to a heavy Charged Attack if you hold down your attack as you fall and hit the monster instead, ignoring a mounting opportunity. The Tackle attack is more of a defensive maneuver instead of an offensive one that allows the user to endure heavy attacks or counter attacking them and making monsters stumble instead. This can be done before unsheathing or moving forward as you attack which is also your initial drawn attack before you can use your charged attacks. Research Commission Ticket x1, Lunastra Tail x2, Xeno’jiiva Horn x3, Xeno’jiiva Gem x1 Research Commission Ticket x1, Lunastra Wing x3, Nergigante Horn+ x3 Nergigante Gem x1 ![]() Research Commission Ticket x1, Lunastra Horn x2, Teostra Horn+ x3, Bazelgeuse Gem x1 Master Craftsman’s Blueprint x3, Elder Dragon Blood x2, Firecell Stone x5, Wyvern Gem x1 Xeno’jiiva Claw x4, Xeno’jiiva Shell 圆, Xeno’jiiva Tail x2, Xeno’jiiva Gem x1Īce Hunter Coin x5, Brute Coin x4, Flying Coin x4, Wyvern Gem x2Įlder Dragon Blood x5, Deviljho Scalp x2, Deviljho Tallfang x5, Deviljho Gem x1 Xeno’Jiiva Wing x2, Daora Horn+ x5, Daora Claw+ x4, Daora Gem x1 ![]() Xeno’Jiiva Shell x4, Zorah Magdaros Ridge x2, Zorah Magdaros Pleura x2, Firecell Stone x3įirecell Stone x1, Fucium Ore x5, Carbalite Ore x10, Wyvern Gem x1 Xeno’Jiiva Shell x4, Kirin Azure Horn 圆, Kirin Thundertail x3, Novacrystal x2 Monster Bone+ x3, Wyvern Bonemass x3, Radobaan Oilshell x2, Radobaan Marrow x1Įlder Dragon Bone x5, Radobaan Carapace 圆, Coma Sac x4, Wyvern Gem x1Įlder Dragon Bone x10, Brutal Bone x4, Dragonbone Relic x2, Wyvern Gem x1 Nergigante Horn+ x1, Barroth Claw+ x5, Barroth Ridge+ x5, Wyvern Gem x1 Monster Bone+ x2, Jyuratodus Fang x4, Jyuratodus Shell x3, Gaju Whisker x3Įlder Dragon Blood x3, Jyuratodus Fin+ 圆, Jyuratodus Fang+ x5 Wyvern Gem x1ĭiablos Shell x3, Barroth Claw x4, Barroth Scalp x2, Monster Bone+ x3 Xeno’Jiiva Veil x3, Vaal Hazak Talon 圆, Vaal Hazak Tail x2, Vaal Hazak Gem x1Īnjanath Pelt+ x4, Vaal Hazak Fang+ x5, Anjanath Nosebone+ x2, Anjanath Gem x1 Monster Keenbone x2, Monster Bone+ x2, Quality Bone x2Įlder Dragon Bone x4, Monster Hardbone 圆, Quality Bone x20, Dragonbone Relic x1 Rathalos Scale 圆, Rathalos Tail x2, Rathalos Plate x1, Inferno Sac x3Īzure Rathalos Scale+ x8, Azure Rathalos Tail x3, Teostra Horn+ x2, Rathalos Ruby x1 Vaal Hazak Wing x2, Pukei-Pukei Sac+ x4, Pukei-Pukei Wing 圆, Bird Wyvern Gem x1 ![]() Monster Bone+ x2, Pukei-Pukei Quill x4, Pukei-Pukei Sac x2, Poison Sac x2 Teostra Mane x2, Lavasioth Fin+ x3, Lavasioth Fang+ x3, Wyvern Gem x1 Vaal Hazak Fang+ x2, Great Girros Fang+ x5, Great Girros Hood+ x3, Bird Wyvern Gem x1 Vaal Hazak Talon x2, Great Jagras Claw+ x8, Great Jagras Hide+ 圆, Nova Crystal x1ĭiablos Fang x2, Great Girros Fang x3, Great Girros Hood x2, Paralysis Sac x2 Monster Bone+ x3, Great Jagras Scale x5, Great Jagras Claw x3, Great Jagras Mane x3 Monster Bone+ x2, Tobi-Kadachi Electrode x2, Tobi-Kadachi Membrane x2, Warped Bone x2Įlder Dragon x3, Tobi-Kadachi Electrode+ x4 Tobi-Kadachi Claw+ 圆, Wyvern Gem x1Ĭarbalite Ore x5, Legiana Tail Webbing x2, Legiana Webbing x3, Shamos Scale+ x5Įlder Dragon Blood x3, Legiana Claw+ x5, Legiana Hide+ x3, Wyvern Gem x1 Xeno’jiiva Horn x2, Nergigante Horn+ x5, Nergigante Talon x5, Nergigante Gem x1 Great Sword Trees DefenderĮarth Crystal x2, Machalite Ore x2, Iron Ore x 5Ĭarbalite Ore x8, Dragonite Ore x5, Dragonvein Crystal x2Įlder Dragon Blood x2, Fucium Ore x13, Carbalite Ore x20, Firecell Stone x1 This guide will discuss the Great Sword’s of Monster Hunter World and the various attack styles you can perform along with their pros and cons. The Great Sword is designed to cut and slash with a wider arching reach that fluidly incorporates these attacks with some footwork and stance changes.Įvery strike that hits your enemy charges up your spirit gauge, increasing the power of your attacks and allowing you to chain your combos as well as unleash the helm splitter attack which slashes once with multiple instances of damage. ![]() ![]() ![]() But of course this only works if the final hostname/resource is served via some CDN and if the upstream resolver and authoritative DNS server support ECS. This can be used by DNS servers to resolve names to CDN IPs which are geographically near the client to speed up it’s (final) requests. However, the first checkbox is about EDNS Client Subnet (ECS), which adds parts of the client’s subnet to the DNS request. Would it be my router’s IP Address? Or some other text/string?Įnable Reverse Resolving of Clients’ IP AddressesĪlthough I am not sure what PTR requests are, I do recall reading something that suggested this won’t work since I am using Unbound, but I am interested in hearing opinions.Īs always, I appreciate anyone’s assistance and/or insight!ĮDNS is an extension of the 512 bytes DNS UDP packets to allow adding additional information. When I was using Pi-Hole, I was able to use the Conditional Forwarding setting to see the Client’s Hostname, but as I said, I never really figured out how to accomplish this with AdGuard Home. The reason that I have not set this up is due to the fact that there are many topics/forum posts/articles/blogs out there that have different opinions of what should be entered into the text box. I believe I read somewhere that this isn’t something that is required for a locally server DNS Server, but I am interested in hearing opinions (and what exactly that it does).Ĭorrect me if I am wrong, but shouldn’t this be enabled since I am using Unbound, which is a DNSSEC Resolver?Īs of writing this post, I only see my LAN Clients’ IP Address rather than their Hostname - however, I do not mind NOT seeing their Hostname. Enable Reverse Resolving of Clients’ IP Addresses (Second Image).Use Private Reverse DNS Resolvers (Second Image).Enable EDNS Client Subnet (First Image).I am currently running AdGuard Home and Unbound on a Raspberry Pi 4B and was wondering about a few DNS settings within the AdGuard Home web GUI. ![]() ![]() ![]() Once done, users now have a wire tap connection they can quickly and easily connect and disconnect to. This connector allows us to have accessible wire taps to quickly and effortlessly install electrical lines.Īll we need is to locate a suitable cable for tapping into, and that’s it! Anyone can install this with one click. I used this pack to connect wires a year ago, and I’ve seen no problems so far.įor tapping into wires without cutting, stripping, and soldering cables, buyers can use the TICONN T Tap Wire Connectors. Plus, the connector can resist corrosion and aging, ensuring its long lifespan in operation. That means one can use this for almost any kind of wiring application. We can use solid core electrical wires and fine-stranded cables, as long as they’re 12 to 24 AWG. You could also see if the connector properly connects with your wire because of its transparent cover.īut best of all, this connector accepts almost any kind of wire. The high-quality spring clips and copper conductor connectors provide a firm grip, ensuring a reliable electrical connection. It’s also highly reusable, perfect for making temporary wire connections. ![]() It allows you to connect two or more wires with a push. It’s easy to use and install and doesn’t require any tools. The HTCELLE Lever Wire Connectors is a great choice to use for anyone new to DIY projects. Do All Types of Wire Work With Every Connectorīest Wire Connector Reviews 1.Are Push-in Wire Connectors Better than Wire Nuts.How Do You Connect Three Wires Together.What to Look for When Buying Wire Connectors.You should also check out the buying guide after the reviews. Now, to help you look for the right connectors, here are the twelve best brands and models I’ve used in my projects. There are also several toolless wire connectors that can be installed without any tools at all. Most wire connectors require heat guns, while some crimp on wire connectors needs a crimper. Needed Tools: Each connector brand requires a different toolset.And if you’re wiring a lighting system, you can find connectors that can attach more than three wires. You can also find T-tap connectors for connecting three wires. There are tube-type connectors for connecting two wires only. Types of Connectors: There are different types of connectors available in the marketplace.So to ensure the safety of your project, the connector brand you choose should have complied with and is certified by multiple product safety organizations. ![]() These items are designed to work with high voltages-as such, they should withstand the power and heat coursing through them. Compliance With Product Safety Standards: One of the first things you should look for in a wire connector is its compliance with product safety standards.There also are adjustable ones that provide more flexibility. ![]() Terminators in electronic transmission lines prevent reflections that would occur at unterminated transmission lines, which can lead to distortions like video ghosting in analogue signal systems.Crimp closed-end connectors come in a wide range of fixed sizes for wires of different diameters. A crimping tool is then used to crimp both ends to ensure a tight connection between the wires.What are Crimp Closed-End Connectors used for?Crimp closed-end connectors are used to terminate wires as well as seal them from oxygen and moisture, which would otherwise cause corrosion. Crimp butt splice terminals can be used to either change, lengthen or repair conductors in an electrical circuit.How Do Crimp Butt Splice Terminals Work ?Crimp butt splice terminals are attached by inserting the stripped ends of two stranded wires into both ends of the terminal. They typically consist of a metal tube that's usually encased in an insulated covering. These splices are normally crimped or soldered so that the power conducted from the source cable to the next cable is transferred at inacceptable conductivity and pull-out resistance performance level.Types of splice connectors:Crimp Butt Splice TerminalCrimp Closed End TerminalCrimp Barrel Foil TerminalPush Wire Terminal Frequently asked QuestionsWhat are Crimp Butt Splice TerminalsCrimp butt splice terminals are tube-shaped connectors with two crimps for joining wires in-line. Splice Connectors are used to make quick splices or connections with two or more pieces of wire. Splice Connectors A splice connector consists of a plastic clip that has a sharp metal insert that will safely cut through the plastic insulating jackets of two wires and crimps them together. ![]() |
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