10/3/2023 0 Comments Houdini vfx softwareInstead I would suggest focusing on getting accustomed to render- and game-engines, and real-time tool sets first. Useful in very specific situations, but not required. Instead in games, Houdini becomes just a semi-powerful data generation tool. I think there’s this assumption that just because the Houdini is useful for film VFX, that it would be easily transferable to games. Lot’s of teams rely on procedural tool sets to build their environment assets. Generalist TA : Especially if you are planning on working on AAA games it can be very useful. I would instead focus on learning and building for the software your team is already using. You’ll just end up giving your team tools they cannot use without you constantly helping. There’s also no point studying it either since it’s pretty straightforward anyway.įX TA : Unless your entire team knows Houdini, it’s pretty useless. This might be an unpopular opinion, but from the point of view of games :įX Artist : There’s some nice tools in the package (mostly VAT), and if you have access to the software either way you might as well use it, but I don’t think it’s worth the cost. And, obviously, if you guys have links to discussions about the topic, it’s super welcome! ![]() There is not A LOT of content focused on gaming on the internet as I imagined that would have been. Thanks a lot! Is not easy to get an answer to this question as it seems. So my question is: as a technical artist, is it worth putting effort into learning Houdini? And, if yes, it’s something worth looking out at this point or it’s better to put this effort after, I don’t know, 1 or 2 years of experience with shaders, for example? With my experience using Unity during these 5 years I had some idea of how everything worked but these last months I really focused on it.įrom what I have already researched, Houdini is an amazing VFX tool worth it to learn for artists, but I see a lot of people talking about movies VFX, not so much about gaming. I started focusing my energy on recapping some math, then shaders (writing them on ShaderLab), then ShaderGraph, then Unity Particle System, and, finally, VFX Graph. I’ve been studying to focus on technical art for around 6 months now. I’m a game developer with almost 5 years of experience who uses Unity and C# and had some experience with Unreal and C++.
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10/3/2023 0 Comments Angle grinder dust collector![]() There are two main reasons our Pro Hose Adapter is different from standard Hose adapters on the market.įirstly, is the material, most of the adapters that are currently available are made from a rigid ABS plastic, which means they have no real flexibility and can be difficult or near impossible to connect to some extraction ports and hoses. The tool has a 32mm - 35mm hose connector, this is a standard size, however, not all vacuums are standard, which is why we include a custom Hose adapter made by ourselves. Please remember that the amount of suction produced by the tool will always be dependant upon the power of the vacuum it is attached to. The soft playable seal on the base of the tool is manufactured from a soft flexible TPE polymer, this allows the tool to stick efficiently to many surfaces with the vacuum suction, leaving your hands free to control the drill. The internal section of the extraction port is greater than 2 square cm’s which is why it removes larger materials like Wood and Composite board waste with ease. The extraction port at the mouth of the tool is nearly 70mm wide, allowing various drill bits and hole saws of up to 60mm to be used effectively. The XtraHand is manufactured from a durable ABS plastic that contains approximately 15% recycled plastic. Plus, unlike other lesser versions, the XtraHand will also work with Multi Tools and 5" (125mm) angle grinders too. ![]() In fact it’s the only tool that works with them all.! 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The Pro Hose Adapters allow the XtraHand to be fitted to a multitude of vacuum hoses, they can also be used to connect vacuums with other tools too.Ģ x additional adapters will be supplied with the 3 Pro Hose adapter option.Ĭlick on the " Size" Tab below to choose your option:Ī revolutionary new extraction tool for Hands Free & Mess Free Drilling, cutting & grinding: You will receive one XtraHand vacuum extraction tool with a standard 32mm – 35mm connection port, you will also receive one of our Professional flexible Tapered Hose Adapters, all packed in our custom box. (Please ensure you fill out your address correctly, we cannot replace lost orders if addresses are incorrect.) Standard UK Tracked Delivery is £3.00 for any size order. £20.00 + Delivery for the XtraHand and 3 x Pro Hose Adapters £17.00 + Delivery for the XtraHand and 1 x Pro Hose Adapter Save £8.00 on the recommended retail price of our products on this page. To celebrate our successful pitch on Dragons’ Den, with offers from 2 Dragons, we are offering a Limited Time Discount for Dragons’ Den viewers. What’s in the Box? Unrivalled Hands Free Extraction! 10/3/2023 0 Comments Companion planting garden layouts![]() *I always plant columnar basil near some of my tomatoes (I included it in my grocery list plan). I’m very careful about planting shorter varieties now. Well the answer is three to four feet tall! Which means they cast a bit of shade on the veggies behind them at certain points throughout the day. For some reason I didn’t read how tall they would get. A packet of Pastel Dreams zinnias seemed like the perfect flowers to plant them along the front of my one raised bed. I learned this lesson the hard (funny?) way years ago. *Assess which direction the sun comes from and make sure that you don’t plant tall crops in front of shorter ones. It’s a helpful way for beginners to get organized. So that might mean one tomato or several carrots. Then you follow his plan for how many plants or seeds should be added to each square. In your raised bed, you divide the space into a grid of 1- x 1-foot squares. Many gardeners find Mel Bartholomew’s square foot gardening method helpful. Intensive planting means you can fit more plants and more plants = more food (and less weeds)! You do want to keep an eye on your garden and thin plants as they grow to maintain air circulation, which helps prevent diseases. This also helps keep the weeds down and can reduce the need to water as often. Keep in mind one of the benefits of raised garden beds is you can plant veggies more closely together (this is called intensive planting or gardening), rather than in rows, like a traditional in-ground garden. They should provide the height and width of mature plants, as well as spacing recommendations. Read your seed packets (or plant tags) carefully. What to do with any extra seedlings you have? Don’t let them go to waste! Tuck them into a perennial garden or a pot. That’s why my raised bed collection and assortment of pots has increased over the years. I always seem to end up with more seedlings and seeds than I have space for. While it’s easy to get carried away and want to grow all the things, you only have room for so much. It’s fun to watch it grow and then give it a taste test at the end of the season. I also recommend planting at least one new-to-you veggie. And I often grow way more than I need-any extras get frozen for winter meals. So tomatoes are always on my list to plant. They just can’t compare to the ones you grow yourself (or get at the farmers’ market in the summer). ![]() But that’s not because I don’t like them. One thing that doesn’t show up often on my grocery list are tomatoes. ![]() What items show up week after week? For me, that means lettuce and other greens, like spinach, Swiss chard, kale, and baby bok choy, cucumbers, onions, a variety of herbs, peppers (I usually plant at least one hot pepper to make habanero jelly, and a variety of other sweet peppers), the odd root veggie, like beets and carrots. I like to recommend starting with your grocery list. I ended up creating a couple because I had fun planting all those virtual veggies!ĭeciding what to plant in a small vegetable garden layout How do you figure out how much to grow? I thought I would put together a 4×8 raised bed vegetable garden layout to show how much can be planted in a raised bed. You’ve built your raised bed in a space that gets at least six to eight hours of sunlight a day, and filled it with soil. You’re excited to grow a vegetable garden. 10/3/2023 0 Comments Queue management system for retail![]() Queues of people form in various situations and locations in a queue area.
10/3/2023 0 Comments Strike hard strike first![]() ‘A Crisis In Trust Around Microsoft Technologies’ĬrowdStrike has become one of Microsoft’s most vocal security critics, with Kurtz blasting “systemic weaknesses in the Windows authentication architecture” for exacerbating the impact of the SolarWinds hack during written and oral testimony before the U.S. And as of press time, CrowdStrike is worth $59.43 billion, making it the most highly valued pure-play vendor in all of cybersecurity. That trails only Trend Micro, according to research firm IDC. Seventy-five percent of its sales come through the channel.ĬrowdStrike substantially increased its market share in 2020 to become the world’s second-largest corporate endpoint security vendor, capturing 9.2 percent of the $8.2 billion market. ![]() And the customer wins keep on rolling in this year, with revenue expected to jump 56 percent to $1.36 billion. It was the fastest-growing public company in all of cybersecurity in 2020, with sales surging 82 percent to $874.4 million. BlackBerry and VMware Carbon Black did not respond to a request for comment.ĬrowdStrike went public in June 2019 at a then-industry record $6.6 billion valuation. And let’s have investors that understand this is a long play.’ We saw the big play of being the Salesforce of security.”Įlastic told CRN that Endgame’s product combined anti-virus with endpoint detection and response. “But for me, it was all about, ‘Let’s build the platform the right way. They were one-trick ponies that built a slightly better AV product than the legacy players that were out there,” Kurtz told CRN in an exclusive interview in July. But most of those challengers cashed in their chips in 2019, with Carbon Black, Cylance and Endgame getting bought by VMware, BlackBerry and Elastic, respectively, for a combined $3.7 billion. A slew of startups, including CrowdStrike, emerged in the 2000s and early 2010s to take on weaknesses in Symantec’s and McAfee’s anti-virus products with a modern approach that’s predictive, signature-less and goes beyond prevention. Kurtz’s confidence also comes in part from CrowdStrike’s ability to outlast many of its early foes. And in Gartner’s 2021 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms, CrowdStrike, along with Microsoft, earned the highest ratings by a significant margin. ![]() The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company’s Falcon platform beat out 11 competitors to take the crown as Forrester’s top endpoint security SaaS product this year. “When you look at our success, we’ve got the financial success and the performance, but that starts with having the best technology and the best platform, not just the best AV product,” said Kurtz, who’s ranked as the ninth most influential leader on CRN’s 2021 Top 100 Executives list.ĬrowdStrike’s technology earns kudos from industry analysts as well. ![]() With wins like that under his belt, it’s no wonder CrowdStrike co-founder, President and CEO George Kurtz is confident in the company’s technology, pulling no punches whether he’s fighting off hackers with his company’s elite endpoint protection platform or taking on rivals like Microsoft and SentinelOne by calling out where he says they fall short. “Microsoft will come in and give you a price that makes you go, ‘Wow, is CrowdStrike really that much better?’ Well, yeah, it actually is,” Jones told CRN. BlackLake Security was about to initiate a three-year CrowdStrike subscription renewal for an oil-and-gas customer when it received shocking news: The customer had been wooed by lower pricing and was switching to Microsoft.īut BlackLake founder and CEO Mark Jones knew the customer didn’t fully understand how much functionality and performance it would be giving up if it made the change, so he convinced the customer, which Jones declined to name, to take a call with BlackLake and CrowdStrike to let them lay out all the ways CrowdStrike’s technology beats Microsoft’s.ĬrowdStrike’s engineer didn’t even make it halfway through the presentation before the customer changed its mind and decided to renew, Jones said. 10/2/2023 0 Comments Superliminal system requirementsEXPERIMENTAL WORKSHOP SUPPORT Superliminal features Steam Workshop integration. His artificial intelligence assistant, however, is having trouble understanding exactly how you’re here at all, and has other plans for you.ĭEVELOPER COMMENTARYWe’ve added an extensive developer commentary throughout the game, so you can learn the secrets and history behind the game’s development.ĬHALLENGE MODEThe overwhelming response from the speedrunning community to Superliminal inspired us to add a new Challenge Mode, which will score you per-level on metrics such as time to finish, grabs, and jumps. MAN VS MACHINEIn this fully-voiced adventure, Dr Glenn Pierce is doing his questionable best to guide you home and out of the dreamscape. What you see isn’t always precisely what you get. Tread carefully as the world slowly unravels around you and subverts your expectations. PERCEPTION IS REALITYExplore a dream world where everything is exactly as it seems. By the time you open your eyes, you’re already dreaming - beginning the first stages of this experimental program. Pierce’s Somnasculpt dream therapy program. WAKE UPAs you fall asleep with the TV on at 3AM, you remember catching a glimpse of the commercial for Dr. Players need to change their perspective and think outside the box to wake up from the dream. Puzzles in this game give you a sense of the unexpected. You can visit our FAQs page for more help and solutions if you have a problem.Superliminal is a first-person puzzle game based on forced perspective and optical illusions. You can support the developers by, if you like it BUY IT!.Wait until client finishes downloading to 100% and then locate the file/s folder.Click the DRM Free Superliminal v1.4 link below to download.Players must change their perspective and think outside the box to wake up from their dreams. The puzzles in this game give you a sense of surprise. ![]() ![]() Superliminal is a first-person puzzle game based on forced perspective and optical illusions. By the time you open your eyes, you are already dreaming – you begin the first stages of this experimental program. Pierce Somnasculpt’s dream therapy program. When you fall asleep with the TV on at 3 a.m., you remember catching a glimpse of a commercial from Dr. In this stunning first-person puzzle game, you explore a surreal world of dreams and solve impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective. Superliminal (c) Pillow Castle / Pillow Castle Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system ![]() The overwhelming response from the speedrunning community to Superliminal inspired us to add a new Challenge Mode, which will score you per-level on metrics such as time to finish, grabs, and jumps. We’ve added an extensive developer commentary throughout the game, so you can learn the secrets and history behind the game’s development. His artificial intelligence assistant, however, is having trouble understanding exactly how you’re here at all, and has other plans for you. ![]() What you see isn’t always precisely what you get.- MAN VS MACHINEIn this fully-voiced adventure, Dr Glenn Pierce is doing his questionable best to guide you home and out of the dreamscape. By the time you open your eyes, you’re already dreaming – beginning the first stages of this experimental program.Įxplore a dream world where everything is exactly as it seems. Players need to change their perspective and think outside the box to wake up from the dream.Īs you fall asleep with the TV on at 3AM, you remember catching a glimpse of the commercial for Dr. 10/2/2023 0 Comments Lollipop chainsaw cheatsIts combo string is A, X, X, X if I recall, maybe one less X. For me this was one of the cheaper ones you can purchase (Maelstrom Spin). Use the "bread and butter" combo of your choice. It's usually best to save it for when you get the huge groups of zombies you need to kill, when zombies are swarming around a classmate you're trying to save, or when you're fighting the purple life bar 'power zombies' (especially those damned shopping cart ladies, ugh).ĥ. Just because your power meter fills up doesn't mean you need to hit Rt and go nuts right away. You can worry about points and zombie medals when going for the 'beat dad's score' achievements in Ranking mode.Ĥ. While this won't net you as many points as a combo, or extra zombie medals from killing 3+ zombies at once in sparkle-hunter mode or using a combo, it will make Hard mode more manageable. Tapping jump (B) then light attack/pompom (X) while hitting the Left thumbstick in the direction of a nearby zombie will cause you to do a jumpkick toward the zombie, knocking them into the nearest obstacle/wall and dazing them. ![]() This is ESPECIALLY true of any of the projectile zombies (firemen, cops).ģ. If you're standing still when there are 10+ zombies around you, they'll surround you pretty quickly and have an annoying habit of getting a few shots on you even if you jump out of the swarm. As long as you're jumping all over the place, the zombies have a difficult time getting you pinned. ![]() If a video is more your speed though, a video walkthrough of ALL lollipop wrappers is found at the top of the story mode page.Ģ. ![]() I have included a text-based list of all lollipops at the beginning of each stage in the story walkthrough. 10/2/2023 0 Comments Sentence transitions![]() “ Notably, only two species of this fish survive.”“ One example of this phenomenon is X.”Ĭonsidering (this) Concerning (this) Regarding (this)Īs for (this) The fact that With regards to (this) On the subject of (this) Looking at (this information) With reference to (something) Particularly Notably Especially Significantlyįor example/instance To illustrate In particular One example (of this is) “ Furthermore, the data shows that X is a significant factor.”“ In addition to the above-mentioned study, Rogers also presents…” In addition to As well as In fact Not only…but also As a matter of fact ![]() PurposeĪlso Additionally Furthermore Moreover These terms signal that new information is being added (between both sentences and paragraphs), introduce or highlight information, refer to something that was just mentioned, add a similar situation, or identify certain information as important. Sequential transitions clarify the order and sequence of information and the overall structure of the paper.Causal transitions point to consequences and show cause-and-effect relationships.Adversative transitions indicate conflict or disagreement between pieces of information.Additive transitions signal to the reader that you are adding or referencing information.We can divide all transitions into four basic categories: Transitions accomplish many different objectives. Transitions are used to enhance cohesion in your paper and make its logical development clearer to readers. These transitions are usually placed at the beginning of sentences, independent clauses, and paragraphs and thus establish a specific relationship between ideas or groups of ideas. One very useful way to create a transition sentence is to identify a key word or phrase in the previous sentence and repeat it in your transition sentence.What are transition words in academic writing?Ī transition is a change from one idea to another idea in writing or speaking and can be achieved using transition terms or phrases. You usually put a transition at the beginning of the paragraph to connect with the previous one. Transition words (ex: however, therefore, additionally, thus, and also) or phrases (ex: for example, on the other hand, and in conclusion) that show a link between a paragraph and the one that precedes it. Paragraph 1: Introduction–thesis and three points to support the thesisĪrgument essays tend to include informative background data on the topic, a bibliography (citing sources used), and refutation of possible objections to the argument.Īnother way to make an essay flow is to connect the different section of you paper with transitions. The outline (plan) for a basic academic essay or a common five paragraph essay, is as follows: ![]() An outline gives you a visual plan on how to write your essay. How does this happen? First, it helps if you create an outline for the thesis. Once the thesis statement is established, the rest of the essay must “flow” in a certain way. Notice that in these examples, the first half of the sentence refers to the previous paragraph, the second half of these points to the paragraph that is beginning. Because of these results, the researchers decided to try a new experiment.Even though Eva followed all of these useful suggestions, she still ran into unforeseen problems.“Usually the transition between paragraphs comes in the first sentence of the new paragraph.” Use Transitional Sentences Between Paragraphs Plants need rich dirt in order to thrive.” “When you re-pot plants, use a high-grade potting soil. They should not procrastinate their research and study.” “College students can experience stressful deadlines and exams. “I can never forget the year of the big flood. Repeat the word or variations of the word. Then, add some transitions to help the reader move from one point to the next.Īdding a Point: furthermore, besides, in addition toĬause & Effect: consequently, as a result, thereforeĬonclusions: to sum up, in brief, for these reasons Make a list of your main points and juggle the order so that one paragraph leads logically to the next. Having trouble with transitions? Your text maybe out of order. These bridges link ideas and can help you avoid choppy writing. Transitions are bridges that can take you reader from one thought to the next. 10/2/2023 0 Comments Landscape architect louisville kyThe mission for the front yard was to remove overgrown shrubbery and to create a more open landscape for a large annual and perennial bed. Large urns give us a pop of seasonal color, and planting spaces, anchored by boxwood and climbing hydrangeas, allow us to attract butterflies and hummingbirds with perennials and annuals. The addition of two large structural trellises, as well as a screen of evergreens, gave us the privacy we needed, as well as giving us the space to grow ornamental vines that could be changed from season to season. The mission for the back yard was to remove a tired paver patio and to create a lush private space for entertaining and relaxation. It is expected to take roughly five months to complete.“We hired Bevins & Company to do a complete yard redesign and installation. The Master Planning process is planned to begin later this year. The design process includes design analysis of the existing conditions of the site, community and stakeholder input, developing several design concept alternatives, and development of the final design to create the Master Plan. Nic Lehoux Photography / Courtesy: Perkins+Will “Planning for the Waterfront Botanical Garden is an opportunity to make a profound difference in Louisville, and it’s a responsibility that neither I, nor my team, take lightly.” VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre design by Perkins+Will. “It has been a long time dream of mine to come home and give back to the community that raised me,” said Zan Stewart, Project Manager and Landscape Architect for Perkins+Will. The team will also include two Louisville natives, Alexander Stewart and Matthew Kuhl, as key members. Landscape designer Leonardo Alvarez and architect Ralph Johnson will lead the Perkins+Will design team for the project. Botanica’s board voted unanimously to select Perkins+Will for the project. ![]() ![]() ![]() Four finalists were invited to submit proposals. Prospective firms were evaluated based on their experience with botanical gardens, projects of comparable complexity, and design aesthetic. “It’s a great story of environmental stewardship and transformative design – the rare type of project to which we as designers aspire.” Shanghai Natural History Museum design by Ralph johnson, Perkins+Willīotanica’s Board of Directors made the selection of Perkins+Will as the result of a multi-step selection process. “This project is not only about creating a unique attraction for visitors of all ages, but also about transforming a degraded site into a beautiful public space,” said Leo Alvarez, Principal at Perkins+Will and Landscape Architect for the project. Some of the P+W projects that inspired our decision include the VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre in Vancouver, their work at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, and the Shanghai Natural History Museum. Their designs have an inspiring, contemporary feel – the kind of environments you’d expect to see in many of the top cities throughout the world. If you look at their past work, you can get a clear sense of where Louisville’s garden is headed. Atlanta Botanical Garden design by Leonardo Alvarez, Perkins+Will ![]() Their work will create the visual design of the landscape, gardens, architecture and other aspects of the future Waterfront Botanical Gardens’ design. Botanica has selected design firm Perkins+Will to lead the master planning process for the future botanical gardens. 10/2/2023 0 Comments Just shapes and beats undertaleWe don't even see it joining the Dance Party Ending. It's unclear whether it's a dragon to The Boss, affected by the corruption and turned evil like the two subsequent bosses, just trying to protect its territory, or some other thing. Because of the game's lack of dialogue, we never do find out what its role and motives are.
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