![]() Wonder Woman: Dead Earth, by Daniel Warren Johnson (graphic novel, 2020) – Answers the question what would happen if Greek gods were blasted with nuclear missiles? The artwork is pretty awesome. As a bonus, there are a lot of interesting glimpses into antiquity, which I found fascinating. But if you’re a fan of Arthurian legends like I am then you will probably enjoy this book. The excessive modern profanities are tedious in the same way that listening to Limp Bizkit is. One complaint I have is the book tries a little too hard to be edgy. The rise of Christianity threatens to extinguish eldritch magic. Lancelot is a Judean assassin, Guinevere leads a team of sexy warrior thieves, and Arthur is an shameless powermonger. The chivalrous knights and maidens are now scummy connivers. This was a very disturbing book.īy Force Alone, by Lavie Tidhar (novel, 2020) – King Arthur: The Gritty Reboot. The Remembrance of Earth’s Past Trilogy is one of the best things I have read in the last 10 years, but so far I haven’t really been impressed with any of Cixin Liu’s other works.Įarthlings, by Sayaka Murata (novel, 2018) – Young Japanese cousins resort to incest and extraterrestrial fantasies to escape the horrors child abuse, neglect, and undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenia. ![]() But the country exchange program at the end was a little dumb, and the epilogue was even dumber. It was interesting to see the progression of the kids’ attitude towards governance. Stoic child prodigies take control after a cosmic event kills everyone over 13. The Supernova Era, by Cixin Liu (novel, 2003) – AKA the gritty reboot of the 90s McDonalds ad campaign McWorld (“hey it could happen!” Look it up if you’re not a 90s kid). Also present: a 500 year-old whore, an electrified latrine, a warty, hairy aunt, incest, many characters with grotesquely enlarged features (mostly noses or knees), Indira Gandhi bashing, lots of spitting, and chutney. Premise: a self-loathing telepath who barely uses his super power in the whole long book has many gross adventures and family drama as he witnesses India’s rise to independence and its wars with Pakistan. The premise made me think it would be some kind of literary proto-superhero novel, The Indian X-Men, for example, but it was mostly magical realism weirdness and sociopolitical allusions that went over my head. Midnight’s Children, by Salman Rushdie (novel, 1981) – This was a strange and difficult read, and I don’t think I really understood it. Lots of thought and attention was put into extrapolating the horrifying directions corporate greed will take society. Jennifer Government, by Max Barry (novel, 2002) – a twisty cyberpunk thriller set in a peak-“Capitalizt” nightmare. ![]() Like Ted Chiang, but from a dimension that sucks. Weak humor and boring hypotheses to unoriginal scenarios (what if ? What if ?). ![]() Sorry Please Thank You, by Charles Yu (short stories, 2012) – Bad speculative fiction. So caveat emptor, this review is only over the first half of the book. The narrator reads all of Ampersand’s (the alien boyfriend) lines in an annoying robot voice that by the halfway point I couldn’t handle anymore. But Cora, the protagonist, is useless and clueless in a fairly unrelatable or unsympathetic way, and all the other human characters are really obnoxious. I rapidly lost interest in everyone involved.Īlso, this may not be the author’s fault, but the audiobook is excruciating. Through a series of governmental mishaps, a young woman ends up on the run with an alien. The author reminds you of this by frequently shoehorning in references to Fergalicious and My Chemical Romance. It went on for either five minutes or five hours, in the same way it’s hard to keep track of time when you’re being tortured. One passage stands out in my mind as particularly irritating and overwrought: where the alien boyfriend makes the protagonist swallow a can of creamed corn. I guess pointing out the sexism and faux-progressiveness of Disney reboots and writing stories are nonexclusive skills. ![]() Unfortunately, it is overwritten, self-indulgent, and tedious. I’m a writer on Hogwarts Legacy during the week, but today I thought I would share some quick thoughts I had on some sci-fi/fantasy books I read recently:Īxiom’s End, by Lindsay Ellis (novel, 2020) – I used to enjoy Lindsay Ellis’ Youtube videos, so I was excited when her book finally came out last June. ![]()
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![]() To ensure you don't introduce errors into the path that you type, you may want to click the accompanying Browse button, navigate to the Android SDK's location, and then click OK. If Quantum Visualizer did not auto-detect the Android SDK, in the Android Home text box, enter the path to the Android SDK packages. If it hasn't done so already, at this point Quantum Visualizer auto-detects the Android SDK and asks if you would like to use the path that it has discovered as the Android Home.In the left pane, double-click Quantum Visualizer, and then click Build.In Quantum Visualizer, click the Window menu, and then click Preferences.To configure Quantum Visualizer to build for the Android platform, do the following: Now that you have installed the Android SDK, you need to configure Quantum Visualizer to recognize the Android platform. Delete the corrupted SDK component and then proceed with the build.Ĭonfigure Quantum Visualizer to build for the Android platform When an SDK component is partially downloaded or corrupted, the build fails.You may have to restart visualizer to build again. This is a known technical issue with Gradle. When a download dependency is in progress, and the network disconnects in the middle, Android build may hang indefinitely.Select the defaults through the Component Installer and wait until Finish is enabled.Ĭlick the Install Build Tools 26.2 and sync project link in the message window. You can also download the missing artifacts using Android Studio.Ĭlick Install missing platform(s) and sync project link in the message that appears. Quantum Visualizer Android project will download all required SDKs, support packages, and any project specific build library dependencies using the Gradle Auto Download mechanism during the Android native project build.Īll required SDK, support packages, and dependent libraries are auto downloaded by Gradle build.The default installation path contains at least one space, which may result in the emulator not being accessible in Eclipse and, therefore, Quantum Visualizer. IMPORTANT: For Windows users, install the Android SDK to a folder with a path that has no spaces, for example: Place the contents in a folder in your system. Once the zip file downloads, navigate to the downloaded zip file location and unzip it.After reviewing the terms and conditions of the Android SDK license agreement, if you agree to them, check the option indicating that you have read and agree to them, and then click the download button. Depending on the operating system of your computer, click the appropriate SDK tools package.Using a web browser, navigate to the Command Line Tools download section on the Android studio and SDK tools download site.To download and install the Android Command line tools and necessary support packages, do the following: If you have not downloaded the required SDKs during the Android Studio installation, you can download and install the Android Command line tools (stand-alone SDK tools) by doing the following: Required SDKs and support packages can be optionally downloaded during the Android Studio installation process. Download and unzip the Android SDK and support packages To download and install Android Studio, click Google Android Studio. You must install Android Studio for building and testing Android applications using Quantum Visualizer. ![]() Be Aware of Common Issues with Gradle Migration. ![]()
![]() ![]() Running Processes Viewed with Process Explorer Some of these tools, like Process Explorer, are occasionally targeted by malware because of it's ability to view running processes at a very granular level of detail. The service offers a lot of technical resources, among the most popular being the Sysinternals Suite.Ī lot of the Sysinternals tools are very useful for malware analysis. Microsoft acquired Windows Sysinternals (formerly known as Winternals Sotware) in 2006. Process Explorer-part of the Microsoft's Sysinternals suite of applications-recently received an upgrade allowing users to query VirusTotal for files running on their PCs. He is a top speaker at Microsoft conferences, and created many of the tools commonly used by organizations implementing high-security environments, including LUA Buglight, Policy Analyzer, IE Zone Analyzer, LGPO.exe (Local Group Policy Object utility), and MakeMeAdmin, which can be downloaded through his blog (. Aaron specializes in Windows security, least-privilege, application compatibility, and the configuration of locked-down environments. He is a featured speaker at major industry conferences, including Microsoft Ignite, Microsoft //build, RSA Conference, and more.Īaron Margosis is a Principal Consultant with Microsoft’s Global Cybersecurity Practice, where he has worked with security-conscious customers since 1999. Russinovich joined Microsoft in 2006 when Microsoft acquired Winternals Software, the company he cofounded in 1996, as well as Sysinternals, where he authors and publishes dozens of popular Windows administration and diagnostic utilities. He is the author of the Jeff Aiken cyberthriller novels, Zero Day, Trojan Horse, and Rogue Code, and co-author of the Microsoft Press Windows Internals books. ![]() He is a widely recognized expert in distributed systems, operating system internals, and cybersecurity. Mark Russinovich is Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft Azure, where he oversees the technical strategy and architecture of Microsoft’s cloud computing platform.
![]() The game's cutting system allows players to engage in melee combat, as well as to precisely slash enemies and objects at will along a geometrical plane using the "free slicing" Blade Mode. Otherwise, secondary weapons can only be obtained after defeating the game's bosses. Raiden can wield sub-weapons such as two kinds of rocket launchers, four kinds of grenades, the iconic cardboard box, an oil drum, and a 3D photo frame. Although Raiden's main weapon is his high-frequency blade, he is not restricted to just that as he can use other replacement blades, sub-weapons or secondary weapons. Unlike previous titles in the Metal Gear series, where players try not to be noticed by enemies, Rising is action-oriented, focusing on sword fighting and a sophisticated cutting system to fight and defeat enemies. The player can alter Raiden's appearance through alternative skins. He is initially playable in his "Standard Body" form, which resembles the body used by Raiden in Metal Gear Solid 4, but with a more natural-looking face. Players assume control of Raiden, a katana-wielding cyborg. ![]() The mid-right counter tallies the player's number of hits. The top-left bars indicate Raiden's health and remaining time in Blade Mode. Gameplay Raiden attacking an enemy in Blade Mode. ![]() While those involved in the game's production have expressed desire to develop a sequel, such prospects have yet to come to fruition due to the ensuing conflicts between Konami and Kojima Productions. The game also enjoyed positive sales, with the PS3 and Steam versions selling an estimated total of more than 1.2 million copies. Upon its worldwide release in February 2013, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance was well received by critics, being praised for its sophisticated cutting system, its use of Metal Gear elements to complement the story despite the game's focus on action, its soundtrack, and its boss fights some criticism was directed at its camera mechanics and the short length of the story mode. The game underwent significant changes in its play mechanics and storyline under PlatinumGames' involvement, although Kojima Productions retained responsibility for the game's overall plot and Raiden's design. The project resurfaced in late 2011 under its finalized title, with PlatinumGames as the new developer. However, the team met with difficulties in developing a game based on swordplay, so supervising director Hideo Kojima postponed its development until a solution could be found. The game was originally being developed internally by Kojima Productions, who announced the game in 2009 under the title of Metal Gear Solid: Rising. The series' usual stealth elements are also optional to reduce combat. Through the use of Blade Mode, Raiden can cut cyborgs in slow motion and steal parts stored in their bodies. The gameplay focuses on fighting enemies using a sword and other weapons to perform combos and counterattacks. In the game, the player controls returning Metal Gear character Raiden as he confronts a private military company that wants to destabilize peaceful nations for profit. ![]() Revengeance is a spin-off in the Metal Gear series, set four years after the events of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. It was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in February 2013, Windows and OS X in January and September 2014, and Nvidia Shield TV in January 2016. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Konami. ![]() ![]() Street Fighter Duel Expired Codes (May 2023)Īfter a while, some Street Fighter Duel codes can expire.
![]() Up on deck we emerge somewhat bamboozled by the flames and explosions, only to oblige with a spot of plane shooting with the standard issue mounted cannons. Much like the beginning of Rising Sun, we then get an extended opportunity to dodge lead and admire the exceptionally pretty scences of carnage on the trademark on-rails shooting section, before boarding a sinking boat to rescue numerous sailors from burning to death. Filling the boots of Marine Trooper Tommy Conlin, you and your invincible platoon follow a typically brutal against-the-odds campaign against the Japanese, taking in the initial assault against Pearl Harbour in December 1941, and progressing to Makin Atoll, then onto the tropical island of Guadalcanal, before climaxing with the beach assault of Tawara.Īfter the flash forward false start in Tawara we get an annoyingly unskippable Boot Camp training exercise before an innocuous jeep ride around Pearl Harbour HQ comes to an abrupt halt with the relentless arrival of dozens of Japanese bombers intent on razing the whole place to the ground. Set - surprise surprise - in the Pacific Theatre of World War II 1941 to 1944, the premise is ostensibly similar to Rising Sun. While we're happy for you to draw an audible gasp at such a bold statement, allow us to prepare you for this shocking revelation by filling you in on some of the basic background. Pacific Assault, without doubt, is among the best FPSs you'll play this year. ![]() Clearly 2015's departure a few years back can't have helped a great deal, and no doubt added at least an extra year to its prolonged development cycle, but next to Men Of Valor we know which we'd rather play. Pacific Assault, while not breaking ranks from anything that made the series such a commercial draw for gamers fond of its bombastic, cinematic style, has so much going for it that it's a genuine puzzle how EA managed to instil so much fear among the very people rooting for it. We awaited the results of EA LA's four-year long toils with the bated breath of underachievement. We'd probably go so far as to say that we were fully expecting Pacific Assault to be - at best - generic, scripted, corridor-based fare, and at worst a disgrace to the brand in the same way that Rising Sun completely insulted the intelligence of any right-thinking gamer. ![]() After such a resoundingly disappointing demo release a few months back it's fair to say that the long-awaited second PC Medal Of Honor had somewhat fallen off our radar. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() While in this form, in addition to being able to eat ghosts, Pac-Man can destroy stage objects, and temporary platforms appear to help Mega Pac-Man cross large gaps. Eating a Power Pellet transforms Pac-Man into Mega Pac-Man, which depicts him in a giant version of his spherical wedge form (similar to his design in Pac-Mania).Pac-Man gains a Hover Jump ability (which previously appeared in the Nintendo 3DS version of Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures) that lets him hover in the air for 2 seconds (20 seconds in Easy Mode), making it easier to jump over lengthy gaps.The player will be reminded to play on Easy Mode if they lose a certain amount of lives in a single level. The Easy Mode can be toggled through the Pause menu. An Easy Mode is introduced, which adds more platforms known as "Easy Blocks" to specific areas, making it easier to progress as well as Pac-Man's hover jump ability being extended to 20 seconds in length.With the change, approaching a gate now shows the player's progress on each level: the high score, keys collected, mazes completed, family members rescued and PACMAN letters collected.Episodes on Ghost Island are now accessed by approaching it's stage entry gate and confirming, as opposed to simply touching it.Fruits are automatically kept after entering the fruit door that represents each fruit.Additionally, Pac-Man can now move slowly when the left Control Stick is tilted slightly. Pac-Man can now walk in all directions, as opposed to the original's 8 directions with the left Control Stick.Re-Pac features completely redone visuals as well as quality-of-life alterations.Ĭhanges from the original Pac-Man World Gameplay differences Pac-Man World Re-Pac is a full recreation of the original Pac-Man World. 1.1 Changes from the original Pac-Man World. ![]() ![]() Wait, what have we got left? Seen it come up easy, blood and baking soda scrubbing at the rug on my living room floor. And the bottle of merlot fell over when he got up to go and he finally slammed the door. ![]() You can see the first in my eyes as he fired off to no surprise, he didn’t come to give a damn. I keep a portrait in my pocket of myself the year I got stung by that silly man. I look to my left, seen him wake up laughing on a blanket on some bullshit, all alone on the living room floor. Tommy had a buddy had turned twenty-one at midnight just a couple hours before. Staying at Tommy’s place doing nothing but playing for no pay and anybody who wanted to listen. Verse// Woke up nearly 6 ‘o clock, it was our last day in Vermont, one of us was still missing. I can hear my people when I check out the show. Cause everybody I came up with says that I'm moving too slow, but it's cool tho. I get nervous and then I will get out of sight. My inner-child and my ego got caught up in a knife fight. Little time, little water and light, little seed every bud blooms (x2) There are days I need to tell myself I'm doing alright. Chorus// //Bridge// Striking matches to watch them burn in my childhood bedroom. Don't you think that you're hot stuff?" It's real tough when your daddy don't call you enough. He's walking round in a tank top getting caught in a bluff. She has come of an age when a line should be drawn. She has come to a place where she feels like her loves gone. ![]() I need to know if I am flesh and bone? And am I still growing? Or full grown? And am I still growing? Or full grown? //Verse// She's coming up for the rising like the dark before dawn. I gotta see it for myself, I gotta learn it on my own. Oh mother, there are lamps but there are sparks. Even Jesus kept his feelings like a lamp in the dark, until he flipped the tables over up in the market. We do not love ourselves the way the prophets teach. I'm on the sofa trying to get over a hate speech. Verse// Today would have been the perfect day to go to the beach. Being hurt by loving isn't worth it honey being hurt by love if I can't get with the two of us what about the three of us? When it's me myself and I! //Chorus// //Intro// And there ain't no way around it when you're feeling you're feeling, you're feeling, what you're feeling, isn't worth it. Chorus// //Bridge// So you think you finally found what you believe in, believe in, believe in, but you're leaving. We keep working up to nothing, I could feel the closure coming up from deep in my soul. I wanna get lost in the night gotta give into the feeling I wanna get lost in the feeling gotta give into the night. When I wanna say my part and then you take it all to heart and then we get on a roll. Intro// //Verse// Listen I don't wanna argue cause I know that when we get there we get out of control. Chorus// And it ain't worth it being hurt by loving isn't worth it honey being hurt by love isn't worth it being hurt till your la la la lost in the feeling now. And I stole an ibuprofen from the bathroom cause I needed it. ![]() ![]() I wanna get lost in the feeling wanna give into the night. I gotta get lost in the night, gotta give into the feeling. He said mama you're the ground I'm walking I don't get a straight line if we aren't going steady. Verse// Ya gotta lay it on the line and hope it don't get too heavy. When somebody turn around and gave you something to believe in you get something to prove. You wanna give into the feeling? Gotta give into the night. You wanna get lost in the night? Gotta give into the feeling. On a Monday get together and by Friday you've already fallen out of the groove. Intro// La La La (x10) //Verse// There ain't nothing to write home about there's no one in particular who's making you move. ![]() ![]() Let me know what details you need and I'll get them to you asap.Įdit: Forgot to mention I'm using v2.23. I can't make heads or tails of the issue. Thanks in advance for any assistance you can offer. I've tried installing dyndolod/texgen to both of my drives since it's now standalone according to the Wrye manual, just to be sure, but still get that error. The game runs fine on it's own, and so does 圎dit and the CK64, and SSELodGen worked fine the last time I used it as well. I'm not sure if this is relevant, but in the past I used the Steam interface to move SE to a different drive when I installed the game. I use Wrye, and follow the linked guide from the manual to get things set up, and as far as I can tell everything is installed correctly. Step 3: Proceed to give the Enderal launcher one more go. Step 2: Toggle the switch below Controlled folder access to disabled. It currently supports Oblivion, Skyrim, Skyrim Special Edition, Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, and Fallout 4. Step 1: Open Windows Defender, select Virus and threat protection then choose Manage ransomware protection. I'll give you a bit of information and if you need more please just let me know. BethINI (pronounced 'Bethany') is an attempt to restore decency to the INI configuration files for games created by Bethesda, while optimizing your game settings for optimal graphical fidelity and performance. Start the Enderal Launcher.exe in the main game folder 'Enderal Special Edition' with admin right and make sure that no other program like antivirus software is blocking it. the old launcher wont update past 1.2.5 at all as old enderal is finished. the newer versions are only available via steam now. After doing some searching all I can find is that this often happens when someone doesn't use the launcher after an update or file verification, so I've tried that and am still getting the same error. dont try to use your old savegames either. Net - EnderalUpdate_DE.I'm running into an error for the SE beta, "Could not open registry key" when attempting to run either dyndolod or texgen. Net - 416 Error need to restart Download Just released a modified version of EAM - Enderal Apothekarii Monastery for Enderal SE Check out the mod HERE. If I try through the Enderal Launcher option the launcher opens and the mods are in the datafiles section, but trying to start the game leads. When I try to start through the Enderal (SKSE) option there is the cmd window then no start. Trying to install some light weight mods through Mod Organizer 2. Cp - Try to compare server with local file Tips launcher debugging: -if an update fails, delete everything (one or more zip file (s)) in the folder Skyrim\EnderalLauncher\update -if the launcher falsely displays that the update is correctly installed but Enderal is not startable -> go into Skyrim\Enderal Launcher\conf.sur (it's a textfile) und replace the 'sCurrentVersion' value by an. Game will not start through Mod Organizer 2. Ive searched through Reddit, and all the alternative links end up at 'Plesk' with the. When I searched for the Launcher, so I could continue my playthrough, I always ended up at a dead end. Conf - GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, Memory: 2147483648 So, Ive had it downloaded and installed on my pc for a while, but I ended up building a new pc but did not transfer any data. Cp - No connection to server established yet, try again in 5 seconds. Net - Try to establish server connection thread Last external executable: Enderal Launcher (3).exeīackup path Skyrim: E:\\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\Skyrim\EnderalLauncher\backup\skyrim\ Last external startup path: C:\Users\Dominic\Desktop\ If that does not help we recommend to visit our support forum to inform us about your problem. ![]() ![]() Please use our Bugtracker at to report this problem.Īpp start location: E:\SteamLibrary\SteamApps\common\Skyrim\ If there are problems during the patch, we suggest to visit this page. finally, if nothing helps, completely reinstall enderal from scratch. make sure your anti virus program isnt blocking enderal ( happens to alot of people ). give tesv5.exe, enderallauncher.exe and skselauncher.exe admin rights. If you encounter any issues with the Enderal Launcher this file might be helpful for fixing it. if your game/ steam isi nstalled in programx86 folder, then you need admin rights. Doch neulich wurde ich mit einem neuen Problem Konfrontiert: Beim Herunterladen des Updates 1.0.1.7 ensteht ein Fehler 416 und der Download wird neugestartet. ![]() ![]() ![]() No guarantee you will find a job in your chosen field, or any job for that But we feel compelled to be very frank and upfront: You must work We really want you to succeed in the program you choose. Is getting a degree really going to open up doors for me? World-class, multi-discipline institutions like the University of SouthernĤ. 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The following is the syntax: import matplotlib.pyplot as plt ![]() In matplotlib, you can create a scatter plot using the pyplot’s scatter() function. It offers a range of different plots and customizations. Matplotlib is a library in python used for visualizing data. How to make a scatter plot with Matplotlib? In this tutorial, we’ll look at how to create a scatter plot in python using matplotlib. They’re particularly useful for showing correlations and groupings in data. Scatter plots are great for visualizing data points in two dimensions. ![]() |
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