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The quiet one7/30/2023 ![]() I developed a renewed and chastised relationship with the city after reading the novel. Happy to find someone who can get me to see a different perspective. ![]() Many thought processes and emotions were explained rather than showed. However, I found that the novel needed a better editor. ![]() If the intention was to communicate the feelings of a Filipino amidst the phenomenon of the business process outsourcing industry, this story succeeds - I felt both frenzy from the many cultural references, and existential dread wondering where this entire business would take me. Do you know how it is when a friend tells you a personal story chock-full of details which you can't get yourself interested about? I'm not sure where the author wanted to take this story. Set in modern day Manila, the novel is an observationally dense story of Alvin's direction in life - and the lives of his colleagues, mother, sisters, boyfriend, and others. The Quiet Ones is about call center agent Alvin who finds himself involved in scamming his employer of tens of thousands of dollars. Here’s to supporting more Filipino authors and reading more Filipiniana this year.✊□✊□✊□ And to read the details of a place I myself have seen and experienced, a place I can call my own, its grime and slime, and the people that make up my beautiful city, was cathartic. I’ve mostly read books describing foreign places I’m not sentimental with. Written so simply but poetically, you wouldn’t care about the plotlessness of the book anymore.īut what I really loved about this the book was the author’s lovely description of Metro Manila. It was genius how the author subtly talked about these topics through mundane stories.īut I think the book was most brilliant when it told stories of silent placelessness and loneliness: being rich but alone, unarticulated and articulated goodbyes, the possibilities and impossibilities between lovers, ex lovers, not-really-lovers. The book also tackled big topics like capitalism and post-colonialism condensed and simplified through the lives and experiences of the characters. And he had told them beautifully, I can’t help but gush over his prose. Of PH history, and its effects in the present. Glenn Diaz just wanted to tell stories: Of people, and their relationships. But really, fuck the plot when you have these lyrical, well-constructed sentences in front of you. I started this book with zero idea what it was all about, and the blurb and plotline were deceiving, so I initially thought it was a suspense/thriller novel. The book is 384 pages, so it's best to start reading as soon as you can. ![]() Ten pages that prove how much of a talented hoe Glenn Diaz is. Note the ending of the chapter entitled SHOOTING, which appears towards the middle of the book, and manages to humanize a peripheral character, explore the falling-out of a college romance, and deal with the national history of armed struggle in ten pages. The meandering nature of its narrative could easily be mistaken for messiness or a lack of direction - if it weren't for Diaz's sparkling writing, which packs humor and tenderness, and centuries of colonial/personal baggage in a single scene, sometimes a single line. It excels both as a piece of fiction and as a remarkable text for the social sciences, by rendering visible the cages rendered invisible by the totalizing processes of global capital. ![]() But Diaz unleashes even better literary pyrotechnics to make you stay: scintillating prose that, with Drag Queen-like versatility, shifts from time periods to settings to characters to expose the beating heart at the center of each one of its scrappy characters. THE QUIET ONES lures you in with a pitch and an opening scene straight from a crime-thriller, or from a really good game of Clue - a man with a black bag at the airport, trying to escape from the police. ![]()
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Dead cells crowned key7/30/2023 ![]() ![]() The cap has been removed, but it’s less effective as you get closer to max health. It scales with the max health of the mobs you kill, which means you can get more recovery by killing a stronger enemy.
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12 minutes listen ending7/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Once you've done it, you'll have to start the whole game over. Unfortunately, there's no going back with this ending. TWELVE MINUTES True Ending - MindfulnessEnjoy If you liked the video please remember to leave a Like & Comment, I appreciate it a lotTwelve Minutes is an a. This will all play out on its own, leading to the credits. But not only does it fail to put them all together - it. The unemployment rate rose to 3.7 per cent in April, up from 3.5 per cent. ![]() These 12 Minutes ending achievements are: Choose to forget everything. These endings are connected to different achievements in the game. Rest, all endings, pull you back into the loop. Just let him talk to you during this scene and don’t hit anything else. Heavy Rain has a decent story at its core - it involves a doomed marriage in the wake of a child's death, another child’s kidnapping, a private detective and hot shot cop both on the trail, a rich businessman on the hook, drugs, love, deceit, and betrayal. Twelve Minutes has 5 different endings, but the cannon ending is just one. He’ll be shocked you’ve read the book, but will tell you that he knows of a way to help you forget about everything. When the interaction between you and the father unfolds, you can click on the book (which is on the shelf behind you) to repeat the passage to him rather than hitting the other dialogue options. In order for this ending to play out, though, you’ll have to have interacted with the meditation book your wife reads a couple of times, up until you get a specific quote from her. This will lead to another cutscene between you and the father. Grab the watch from the vent there and drag the big hand back up to two minutes before 12, then just stare at it. Do the same if you’re back in the loop post-cutscene. Use the phone to dial Bumblebee’s number and tell her that your wife is innocent. Your Bible translation may end The Lords Prayer where Stephen Davey left off. At the start of your next loop, head to the closet and check the clothes to find your wife’s phone. The story made a really big deal out of the Dad being murdered, and then the photo of Her on New Years being the rock-solid alibi that clears Her. (1 John 5:12-13) Often, our problem as Christians isnt that we dont have. There are a lot of ways it can go wrong, though. Make your way to the locked apartment and use the key from your inventory to unlock it. You have to be so careful not to over-emphasize certain characters or plot points, or the viewer/player feels cheated. Twelve Minutes gives you about 10 minutes (if you’re lucky) per loop to learn something new and progress toward solving the mystery. You can access this ending once you’re back on your feet after the first cutscene with the father or by hitting continue from the main menu after the credits roll.īy hitting ‘Continue’ from the main menu, you’ll be led into a hallway with no other doors but your own up ahead. ![]()
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Putt putt scummvm7/30/2023 ![]() ![]() The term "minigolf" was formerly a registered trademark of a Swedish company that built its own patented type of minigolf courses. The term "putt-putt" is sometimes used colloquially to refer to the game itself. The name Putt-Putt is the trademark of an American company that builds and franchises miniature golf courses in addition to other family-oriented entertainment. ![]() While the World Minigolf Sport Federation (WMF) prefers to use the name "minigolf", the game has several other names which vary between countries, including: minigolf, mini-golf, midget golf, goofy golf, shorties, extreme golf, crazy golf, adventure golf, mini-putt, and putter golf. When miniature golf retains many of these characteristics but without the use of any props or obstacles, it is purely a mini version of its parent game.Ī miniature golf course in Cape May, New Jersey Nomenclature The game uses artificial putting surfaces (such as carpet, artificial turf, or concrete), a geometric layout often requiring non-traditional putting lines such as bank shots, and artificial obstacles such as tunnels, tubes, ramps, moving obstacles like windmills, and walls made of concrete, metal, or fiberglass. It is played on courses consisting of a series of holes (usually a multiple of 9) similar to those of its parent, but the courses are characterized by their short length (usually within 10 yards from tee to cup). The aim of the game is to score the lowest number of points. Miniature golf (also known as minigolf, putt-putt, crazy golf, and by several other names) is an offshoot of the sport of golf focusing solely on the putting aspect of its parent game. For video game series, see Putt-Putt (series). For video game, see Mini-Putt (video game). ![]()
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Visual studio 2022 mac preview7/30/2023 ![]() ![]() However now whenever I try to access the properties of a MAUI application I get this erro System.ArgumentException: Expected 8 values for property AndroidRule::AndroidPackageFormat, but got 2.Īt .Update(ImmutableArray`1 values)Īt .ctor(PropertyMetadata metadata, ImmutableArray`1 values, Propert圜ontext context, ImmutableHashSet`1 varyByDimensions)Īt .圜ontextFactoryBase.ToProperty(IUIPropertySnapshot property, Page page, Category category, Int32 order, Propert圜ontext propert圜ontext, IPropertyEditorRegistry propertyEditorRegistry)Īt .Observer.g_CreateProperties|14_5(c_Displa圜lass14_0& )Īt .Observer.g_ProcessInitialData|14_1(c_Displa圜lass14_0& ) I know preview versions are way more unstable, however, is there a workaround to this? I had to upgrade because I need some fixes that are only available on. Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Mac Reference Assemblies and MSBuild support. Xamarin.Android Reference Assemblies and MSBuild support. Templates for building iOS, Android, and Windows apps with Xamarin and Xamarin.Forms. Xamarin Designer 17.6.6.0 Studio extension to enable Xamarin Designer tools in Visual Studio. Xamarin 17.6.0.251 Studio extension to enable development for Xamarin.iOS and Xamarin.Android. VSPackage Visual Studio Extension Detailed Info Depending on your project type and settings, a different version of the compiler may be used. UnoPlatformPackage Visual Studio Extension Detailed Info TypeScript Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio SyncfusionMenu Visual Studio Extension Detailed InfoĪn extension for visualizing Roslyn SyntaxTrees. Syncfusion EJ2 Web Conversion and Migration 21.1.35Ĭonverts and migrates a web project into a Syncfusion web project. Provides project templates for creating an Blazor Application using Syncfusion Blazor components. Syncfusion Blazor Template Studio 21.1.35 Insert Syncfusion components code snippet in the existing razor file of Blazor application Provides project templates for creating an ASP.NET Core Web Application using Syncfusion ASP.NET Core components. Syncfusion ASP.NET Core Project Templates 21.1.35 NET MAUI Application using Syncfusion Maui components. Provides project templates for creating an. StylerPackage Visual Stuido Extension Detailed Info SQLite & SQL Server Compact Toolbox adds scripting, import, export, rename, query execution and much more to SQL Server Compact & SQLite Data Connections. SonarLint is an extension to your favorite IDE that provides on-the-fly feedback to developers on new bugs and quality issues injected into their code. Provides languages services for ASP.NET Core Razor. Node.js Tools 1.1 Commit Hash:0a76e2b03608f2fdee0e7d2e38e83d7721149b5fĪdds support for developing and debugging Node.js apps in Visual Studio Support for debugging Mono processes with Visual Studio. Mono Debugging for Visual Studio 17.6.41 (790a401) Provides support for connecting the Visual Studio debugger to JDWP compatible Java Virtual Machines Support for Azure Cloud Services projects Microsoft Azure Tools for Visual Studio 2.9 Language service for Azure Stream Analytics ![]() Microsoft Azure Stream Analytics Language Service. Microsoft Azure Hive Query Language Service. Provides common services for use by Azure Mobile Services and Microsoft Azure Tools.Įxtensibility Message Bus 1.4.21 common messaging-based MEF services for loosely coupled Visual Studio extension components communication and integration. ![]() Microsoft Azure Data Lake Tools for Visual StudioĪzure Functions and Web Jobs Tools 17.6.323.41838Īzure Stream Analytics Tools for Visual Studio. This package contains services used by Data Lake toolsĪzure App Service Tools v3.0.0 17.6.323.41838Īzure Data Lake Tools for Visual Studio. This is my Visual Studio information: Microsoft Visual Studio Community 2022 ![]()
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Transtype 4 interpolation7/30/2023 ![]() ![]() The path from most general to most specific (or the other way around) is a common case in pretty much all in life. I wouldn't necessarily agree that this is always the case.Īlso, I don't think it's really data duplication we're talking about. Almost all of this can be summarized as "data duplication is a nightmare." What do you think about that? Of course tools would need to me made aware of that. If the build process is so that at some point the font is output as a set of TTX tables, and there is an older version of the tables already present, and the user has declared that the "name" table TTX file is "locked", then the outputting tool would honor that and produce newer versions of all the other table files, but keep "name" as it was before. could be "locked" by the user, and then if the user runs an autokerning/autospacing algorithm, that algorithm will do its thing only on the unlocked pairs or sidebearings, but it will not touch the locked entries. For example, certain kerning pairs or sidebearings etc. The same applies really to every aspect of the font production chain. But if it is unlocked and I change the UFO kerning, then the "kern" feature gets regenerated. For example, I could declare that my "kern" feature definition in ist is "locked" and then it would not be overwritten if I change the UFO kerning. Is this type of marking certain data as "locked" part of UFO? What I'm talking about is mostly when a more complex process has to transform one type of data into another. Certain version control systems also have this functionality, but that usually applies to older and newer versions of the same data. Very basic conflict resolution can be done using timestamps. The user should be able to set the preference whether to: present this question every time, overwrite every time or skip every time, and whether to log the overwrites and skips.Īll that should happen on font-wide, glyph group, glyph and, where applicable, sub-glyph scope. For certain types of data, "Keep both" could also be an option.ĥ. Whenever a tool deems it recommended that lower-level data is overwritten, but that lower-level data is locked, it should ask the user: "Unlock NNN and overwrite?" (Yes, Yes for All, No, No for All). ![]() Allow the user to overwrite the unlocked portions of lower-level code with code generated from updated higher-level code.Ĥ. Allow the user to lock portions of lower-level code i.e. Detect when a lower-level code becomes out-of-sync ("outdated") due to changes in higher-level code.Ģ. Generally speaking, I think a good tool and format should have the ability to:ġ. with hinting info added), and then there could be the Superpolator masters in Level 4. In case of Superpolator, there could be instances on levels 2 and 3 (e.g. Kalliculator's own "glyph generation" data, the shape of the skeleton and some pen definitions UFO code in GLIF format, potentially with Adobe-compatible PS hinting and FontLab-compatible TT visual hinting TTX code for "glyf" or "CFF " representation in case of "glyf", potentially with bytecode hinting. Taking Kalliculator as an example, a glyph would typically have three levels (let's forget about the 1.x levels now): Victoria dynamic group definitions or formula-based kerning values "code generator code": High-level information, e.g. "source code": Native UFO information about kerning groups and kerning values, and potentially some information as to which pairs should also go into the "kern" table "intermediate code": FEA syntax information for GPOS "kern" feature and, potentially, separate contents of the "kern" table, or VOLT syntax for GPOS "kern" feature "assembly code": Lowest level: XML representation of the "GPOS" table and the "kern" table Kerning is a good example where there are even more levels: Superpolator masters with interpolation info, Kalliculator skeletons and pen strokes, Victoria parametric info etc. "code generator code": "above UFO" information, e.g. "source code" Middle level: native UFO XML information "assembly code": source representation of SFNT data (let's assume for simplicity that it's TTX XML). "machine code": "master" binary SFNT data "deliverable code": binary SFNT data in the final container (TTF/OTF, WOFF, TTC etc.), signed, customized etc. There are largely several levels of any information about some font data: This is something I asked about back in April on the RoboFab list: what happens when for example kerning is being added by MetricsMachine and the data is not compatible anymore with the "private" data folder? ![]()
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Free tts software7/30/2023 ![]() Voices are professional grade voices that sound human-like and realistic. Genny lets you choose from over 500 AI voices in 20+ emotions and 150+ languages. It can produce human-like voices with stunning quality and content creators can simultaneously edit their video. LOVO has recently launched Genny, a next-gen AI voice generator equipped with text-to-speech and video editing capabilities. Because of this, Lovo.ai has garnered a lot of interest from esteemed organizations on a global scale, making them stand out as innovators in the voice synthesis sector. Lovo.ai has provided a wide range of voices, servicing several industries, including entertainment, banking, education, gaming, documentary, news, etc., by continuously refining its voice synthesis models. It is one of the most robust and easiest platform to use that produces voices that resemble the real human voice. Lovo.ai is an award-winning AI-based voice generator and text-to-speech platform. Here are the 10 best text to speech generators on the market: 1. There are many great text to speech generators on the market, with each one offering its own unique set of capabilities and applications. And with rapid advancements in the field, the technology no longer requires large volumes of voice samples or even professional equipment to function properly. These generators are also widely used in gaming, branding, animation, voice assistant development, audiobooks, and much more. TTS generators are used in a variety of ways, including as an assistive technology for people with learning difficulties, and by businesses and creators as a voiceover. Text to speech is a speech synthesis application that processes text and reads it out loud like a human. You can consider it the best text to speech software if it can read text aloud from a specified website, email account, text document, the Windows clipboard, the user's keyboard typing, etc.The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to a wide range of incredible text to speech (TTS) generators and tools. A software utility that has speech recognition system helps people with visual impairment. The back-end is responsible for actually producing sound. The front-end is responsible for analyzing raw text and providing a phonemic transcription of it. The TTS systems of today have two parts, the front-end and the back-end. At present, scientists are focusing more on developing text to speech software, not hardware, for TTS systems. ![]() It was made of bellows that simulate the movement of the lungs and had machine models of the tongue and lips. ![]() However, the first machine to actually produce words and short sentences was the “acoustic-mechanical speech machine” invented by Wolfgang von Kempelen. ![]() Kratzenstein’s background in physiology greatly helped with his understanding of how the movement of air through the vocal folds produce sound which made him successful in producing a speech synthesis. DID YOU KNOW?ĭid you know that the first machine to produce a human sound was created in 1779? Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein made a model of the human vocal tract named “vowel organ." He used resonance tubes connected to organ pipes with free reeds to produce five long vowel sounds. Conversely, a speech-to-text system does the opposite, with speech recognition as its main function. It is part of natural language generation in natural language processing, wherein a machine is programmed to synthesize speech that is similar to the natural voices of humans in pitch, tone, and duration. Text-to-Speech systems, often abbreviated as TTS, is a system that converts phonetic and orthographic transcriptions into artificial speech. ![]()
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Thief simulator cheats ps47/30/2023 ![]() ![]() Choose from lots of possible approaches to prepare the best plan. What's inside? Who lives there? What's your target day schedule? Find out when the house is empty and does it have nosy neighbours. Do anything that a real thief does! A good thief always observes his target. Buy some hi-tech burglar equipment and learn new thief tricks. Take the challenge and rob the best secured houses. Observe your target and gather information that will help you with the burglary. Steal in free roam sandbox neighborhoods. Sell stolen goods to the Become the real thief. May have spawned the Bolthorn 86 Classic, but did not work in tested areas ( Garage, Hideout, and parking lot in Greenview St.). May have spawned the Bolthorn Family MkV, but did not work in tested areas ( Garage, Hideout, and parking lot in Greenview St.). May have spawned the Aisan Cougar, but did not work in tested areas ( Garage, Hideout, and parking lot in Greenview St.). Returns tenants of a building to not hostile, meaning they will call the police when requirements hit the bare minimum. As with all command codes, use them at your own risk. In addition to the commands above that have been tested, additional commands have been discovered that (as of patch 1.2) do not seem to function as they may have in the past. The spawned tools cannot be used if their corresponding skills haven't been learned. The Cloaking Device, which is normally only available in NG+ Mode, will also be added to the thief's inventory in story mode. Quest-related items will also disappear when their objective is skipped.Īdds a full set of tools to the thief's inventory. Skipping too fast can cause issues with answering Vinny's cellphone. Leave the lot (not the neighborhood) and when the upper right UI refreshes, it will update the routine information. If you are on a lot when you type this, it may look like the routines haven't updated. ![]() Learn all of the tenant routines from every lot in each neighborhood. The thief can also still be seen when interacting with a car (disabling the alarm, using a Car Lock Pick Gun, hot-wiring, or driving).Īfter using the ghost command, this is the command that will make the thief visible again. None (Note that there are three E's in this command.)įootsteps and other actions can still be heard, such as opening/closing drawers and doors. Unlocks all of the skills on the skill tree.Ĭan cause a tenant's routine to stall or delay. (Other keyboard keys will be added as that information is provided.) A command line will appear in the upper left corner of the screen: Enter in the code you would like to use, then use the Enter key to execute the command.Ĭhanges the Police star alert to level 1.Ĭhanges the Police star alert to level 2. The default for QWERTY keyboards is ` or ~. Thief Simulator's autosave triggers during area, inventory, and vehicle transitions, and it is highly possible to unintentionally save these issues to your existing game file.ĭepending on your keyboard, the button that brings up the console can be different. ![]() Be aware that several commands can cause different issues during gameplay, and only the ones that have been observed are listed below. The command console is typically used for debugging purposes by developers however, one can always use the commands to enhance their gameplay or cheat the system in the PC version. ![]() |