Further, the newly announced partnership with Oracle was already in place. And Zoom's recently announced plan to make Oracle its prime cloud infrastructure partner hinted at pivoting on existing deals with AWS and Microsoft, which may not be the case. There’s more: Zoom claimed last month that it has over 300 million active daily users, then shortly afterward retracted that statement, saying it meant “active daily meeting participants” - acknowledging that one person who could attend more than one meeting in a day and be counted each time. The central concern, alluded to in a class-action lawsuit filed by a shareholder in California in April, has to do with why Zoom originally claimed end-to-end encryption for its platform when standards-supporters disagree.Ī report last month from The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto added to a chorus of experts worldwide who agree that Zoom’s still not up to par on encryption and that its use of keys generated from Chinese servers is disturbing. Sometimes it’s been difficult to wrest fact from rumor and innuendo. Zoom has stirred questions about its credibility and policies more than once since becoming the de facto videoconferencing platform during the COVID-19 pandemic. It isn’t clear how the situation has affected Keybase’s partnership with the blockchain. Unfortunately, a planned “airdrop” promotion with SDF did not work out as hoped. In an interview late in 2019, Krohn said: “While I won’t say exactly how much revenue that partnership generates, I will say that it’s several years’ worth of our operating expenses and we expect it to carry us to the point of executing a long-term, sustainable revenue model.” But by 2018, it reached a deal with the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF), a blockchain for the lumen cryptocurrency. Keybase, founded in 2014 by Max Krohn and Chris Coyne, who also helped create OkCupid, took its first round of $10.8 million in funding in 2015. Ultimately Keybase's future is in Zoom's hands, and we'll see where that takes us. There are no specific plans for the Keybase app yet. A Keybase blog states: Initially, our single top priority is helping to make Zoom even more secure. We believe there are potential workarounds that will be developed, but the question is how long it will take.”įor its part, Keybase isn’t offering more clarity. Morgan analyst Sterling Auty cites the difficulty of getting Zoom and Keybase platforms together: “One of the big challenges in utilizing end-to-end encryption is how do you support systems that are in conference rooms…. But some wonder whether Zoom can integrate Keybase quickly and effectively. It's not hard to imagine all kinds of interesting permutations from adding Keybase technologies to Zoom. ![]() Keybase also features a downloadable virtual wallet for the Stellar Development Foundation’s cryptocurrency blockchain. ![]() Team-based file sharing, chat, and open-source version control. ![]() Thousands of participants are supported for Besides featuring a PGP-based public key directory, Keybase has its own platform capable of interacting with multiple collaborative apps across a range of devices. On the surface, Zoom and Keybase seem a great match. The deal also could make Zoom a stronger player in some other areas.īut Zoom's recent woes and embarrassing public stumbles call into question its ability to integrate Keybase to best advantage and fast enough to keep pace with competition from Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO), Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), Google (Nasdaq: GOOGL), Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), and others. On the face of it, the deal seems a great solution to Zoom’s well-publicized security and privacy issues, since Keybase specializes in the end-to-end encryption Zoom lacks. In the latest news, Zoom last week announced its acquisition of encryption startup Keybase for an undisclosed sum. Efforts by Zoom Video Communications (Nasdaq: ZM) to improve its platform are producing some interesting possibilities - and challenging the vendor to get its act together.
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![]() The core–shell impact modifiers consist a soft crosslinked rubber core and a hard shell grafted onto the rubber. In the core–shell morphology, the second-stage polymer forms a shell around the seed polymer. Many parameters such as the type and amount of surfactant, reaction temperature, crosslinking of the seed polymer and hydrophobicity of the monomers and polymers control the particle morphology (Sundberg et al., 1990 Stubbs and Sundberg, 2004, 2008 Jonsson et al., 1991 Durant and Sundberg, 1996 Chen et al., 1991). Composite latex particles, containing two or more different polymers, generally made by emulsion polymerization, can be used as impact modifier. One of the most successful methods developed for modifying plastics is the blending of specially designed and preformed impact modifiers into the matrix (Gui et al., 2010 Lee and Chang, 2004 Cho et al., 2005 Abreu et al., 2005). Crosslinking dimethacrylate monomers which commonly used as the matrix of dental composites suffer from some drawbacks such as brittleness and poor resistance to crack initiation and propagation due to their densely crosslinked molecular structure (Manhart et al., 2000 Singh et al., 2002 Du and Zheng, 2007). Usually the organic matrix of dental composites is based on methacrylate monomers. Recently composite materials for tooth restoration are finding widespread application. This study shows that incorporation of proper amount of hybrid core-shell particles in dental composites can improve their fracture toughness and thus may extend their service life. The results of mechanical tests showed that fracture toughness of Bis-GMA/TEGDMA dental resins improved about 35% by the inclusion of 5 wt% silica-loaded core-shell hybrid particles with little effect on flexural strength. Formation of glassy shell on PBA core in core-shell particles, grafting of ɣ -MPS onto the silica particles and encapsulation of modified silica by polymeric shell in core-shell hybrid particles were confirmed using various analytical techniques. Mechanical properties (fracture toughness, flexural strength and flexural modulus) of the photo-cured Bis-GMA/TEGDMA dental resins/composites filled with different mass fractions of synthesized nanoparticles were tested, and analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used for the statistical analysis of the acquired data. The morphology of core-shell particles was examined by SEM/TEM. Afterwards, polymeric shell was coated on silica nanoparticles through emulsion polymerization. Then the surface of silica particles was treated with ɣ-MPS. ![]() For preparing the core-shell hybrid particles, first silica particles with diameters of about 68 nm were synthesized based on the Stöber process. Core-shell particles consisting of polybutyl acrylate (PBA) rubbery core and polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)/polystyrene (PS) shell were synthesized by seeded emulsion polymerization. Also this work examined the influence of synthesized nanoparticles loading in a Bis-GMA/TEGDMA resin matrix on some mechanical properties of the dental composite resins. The aim of this study was to synthesize acrylic core-shell particles and silica-loaded core-shell hybrid particles through emulsion polymerization. ![]() That's right, an accessory for an alternate head! How about that! Madcap wears a harlequin suit he stole from a costume shop, and it's topped with a truly. Is lighter here than on Wade's X-Men suit, making it clear that Madcap is his own character, not just part of that costume, and he even gets his own accessory. Well, technically it's a yellow mask, but in that case, how can we see his teeth? Eh, doesn't matter, he looks creepy and that's what matters. The Madcap head is a noseless, grinning skull. Until the body got ripped in half and each personality regenerated its own side. It seemed like only Deadpool regenerated, but the comingled cremains meant that Madcap lived on as a voice inside Wade's head. Realizing that they were both "healing factor guys," a passing Thor zapped them into ashes. Madcap ran into Deadpool, and the two started fighting. But because comics are comics, someone eventually decided there needed to be a story explaining it. It was a whole gimmick for a while - several years, in fact - and eventually it just stopped. ![]() Remember when Deadpool used to think in differently colored boxes? He'd have back-and-forth conversations inside his own head between yellow text box narration and white text box narration, and they'd disagree and argue about things. Eventually the two characters began to mix it up. He wore a crazy costume, was somewhat mentally unbalanced, and had a healing factor that made him unkillable - basically, he was Deadpool a decade before Deadpool was Deadpool, except he could make people around him act crazy via eye contact. In 1985, Marvel introduced a character called Madcap. He's armed with two swords (of course) and a reused rifle, but the really interesting piece is the alternate head. To complete the look, there are straps around the wrists and shins to suggest gloves and boots, and he's wearing his usual utility belt and scabbards. The costume is slightly too small, so we still see Wade's usual red suit where the shirt is riding up. There's a red "X-Men" comic logo on the chest, but we are missing the "Deadpool" name across the back. In truth, it is blue, but it's so dark as to nearly be black, especially under normal lighting conditions. The costume looks a bit like the first X-Men uniforms, just with black instead of blue. ![]() ![]() The photo on the back of the box shows it using the Classic Deadpool head, too, but that's been swapped for something else. This figure is built on the same super-articulated body as Series 1's Classic Deadpool, which really should be their go-toįor all their Deadpools. at least until he got bored with it or distracted by a shiny object or something. But that didn't stop him from trying to live the dream!. Remember the time that Wolverine and Beast pranked Deadpool by putting him in a spare X-Men uniform? Little did they know they were awakening a latent desire within him! When Cyclops created a mutant haven in San Francisco, Deadpool showed up at the door in a homemade costume, ready to join the team! Cyclops turned him down. So I didn't make the cut for the school super-mutant team - so what? I'm my own yellow-clad, spandex-wearing, most-popular-girl-in-school cheerleader. Well, Captain Marvel Week was a lot of fun, but surely there's no way we can stretch it out to 11 days, right? B u y t h e t o y s, n o t t h e h y p e. The third stage is another crystal level, but here, the crystals bend and refract your laser shots, which looks really, really cool. ![]() The statues in the Moai stage fire huge lasers, which continue to radiate even after being destroyed. (The Moais even taunt you with voice clips, yelling “You think you can beat me with that? Loser!” when you first fight them.) The level boss is a square room with four huge Moai heads on the wall that spin around, which brings to mind that famous level in Super Castlevania IV, where the entire screen rotates. The biological and plant stages are cool, but the real standout is the “Event Horizon” stage. ![]() It’s a replica of the first level from the original Gradius, except it’s being torn apart by a black hole, requiring that you dodge bits of scenery that are being tossed at you. The game climaxes with the usual boss rush – one of the toughest parts of the game, of course – as well as a speed up zone, a bipedal robot with rocket powered skates, and a final boss that puts on an impressive light show while cycling through images of bosses from Gradius’ past. The music, again like Symphony of the Night, consists of a wide selection of genres, ranging from peppy new age to upbeat rock to cool atmospheric tunes. The boss theme has an unnaturally catchy rhythm, and is far more memorable than the repetitive tunes in most of the other games. The Moai stage has an exotic instrument that sounds a bit like a bagpipe, while the final fight has an epic, faux-orchestral quality to it. It’s definitely classic Konami, top caliber stuff that feels considerably more evolved than previous entries. There’s even the option to switch between male and female voiceovers. This also affects the intro, which is done in English with a Star Wars-style text scroll. Unfortunately, the weapon selection isn’t quite as vast as in Gradius III, although it’s still fairly expansive. This time, you can select from four ships. The good old Vic Viper features the standard Gradius payload with the usual Missile, Double, and Laser weapons. The Lord British – making a triumphant return from Salamander – has a Two-Way Missile, a Ripple Laser, and a new laser beam called the Disruptor, which emanates a thick, solid pulse across the whole screen.Ī new ship called the Jade Knight has the Spread Bomb, the Round Laser – which fires a circular laser that surrounds your ship – and the Pulse Laser, which is basically the same as the Twin Laser. The other new ship, the Falchion Beta, is based off the spacecraft from the Famicom Disk System game Falsion. It has the Rolling Missile – a bomb that fires straight down and then explodes horizontally – and Auto Aiming, a multidirectional shot that will automatically target foes, and a Gravity Bullet, which is a very powerful shot that explodes like a Spread Bomb. The weapons are not interchangeable between ships, but you can switch between ships when you continue. You can also configure the order of the power-ups on the weapons bar. I highly recommend reading through that achievement solution and keeping its requirements in mind as you progress, ensuring you get it at your earliest opportunity so you don't have to worry about missing it. There are only six known Vaults where it is possible to get this achievement. It is for killing 10 enemies with traps in Vaults of Tartaros. The most important thing to mention up front is that there is one very missable achievement in the game - Look, No Hands! (15G). You thankfully don't need to clear the entire map in this game, but there is still quite a bit to do. The achievements will largely come from completing the game and then fully upgrading everything, as well as some miscellaneous combat achievements. Like many Ubisoft games, there is a main story to follow and much to do on the open world map, but like Zelda games, much of the open world activities involve puzzles rather than purely combat. I would largely agree, as there is the climbing, combat, and focus on Greek mythology similar to Odyssey, with the open world puzzles, exploration, and platforming/puzzle-focused dungeons of Zelda games, which, in my opinion, makes for an awesome game. This game has been described as a hybrid of Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Welcome to Immortals Fenyx Rising, an open world action game with a heavy focus on puzzles. Unobtainable/glitched achievements: None ![]() ![]() ![]() Does difficulty affect achievements: No, can play on Story difficulty Missable achievements: Look, No Hands! (15G) is highly missable Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 Approximate amount of time to 1000 : 40-60 hours Estimated achievement difficulty: 3/10 The app comes with 13 free preset filters but additional free filters can be found under the “Shop” section along with many additional paid filter packages.Īn annual membership called VSCO X is available for $19.99 for those who want access to all the latest preset filters and tools that are released but the filter packs can also be purchased individually without signing up for a membership. Slide your finger to the right to see all the preset previews and choose the filter that best fits your image. ![]() As soon as you click on the sliding bars, the app will automatically place you in the filter section. VSCO filters are designed to enhance your photos without distorting them or making them look too filtered. One of the best things about this app is the filters that it comes with. It’s easy to get lost in all of the features in VSCO, so here’s our guide to the best features in the app. It has many of the standard features that come in any editing app, like tools to fix exposure, contrast, and straighten and crop pictures, and they’re all available for free without buying VSCO X. If you love the simplicity of editing photos without much work, VSCO is the way to go.īut VSCO has many more features than just filters. One thing was clear: VSCO is by far the best app for filters, providing much nicer and modern filters than the filters that come in Instagram. We also put VSCO to the test in our showdown of the 3 best editing apps for phones. We recently talked about our 40 favorite apps to use with Instagram and VSCO ranked as one of the best editing apps because it’s very easy to use and comes packed with amazing features. If you would like to learn new things about taking awesome photos with the camera, don’t forget to subscribe to our Photo Friday segment on YouTube.VSCO is one of the best free photo editing apps for phones, especially for social media users that love Instagram. These were three fully free camera app you can try to get real-time filters on photos while shooting them. Here’s the video of all the three apps covered in our video. There are a lot of settings available in the camera and you must try it as one of the default camera replacement. In video mode, you can record with effects but the frames and overlays are only available only in photo mode. There are plenty of options you can try in Camera MX. You can also add overlays and frames along with the effects. Tap on the FX button and you can select the filters you would like. Apart from that, the app also allows you to apply and see effects while taking photos. You also get the Live Photo option that takes 3 seconds of video with every photo. Camera MXĬamera MX is a third party app you must try and it’s also a full-fledged camera just like Camera360. You can buy the pro version of the app to remove the ads, or share a photo using the app on FB to get it for free. So that means, you can shoot one video with different effects in them all in real-time and there is no post-processing required. There are around 16 amazing effects you can apply using this app.Īnother interesting thing about the app is that you can also record videos with the filter and changing the filter while taking a video will apply it in real-time. Take a snap using FunCam and the filter is saved forever and you cannot change it later. Once you install FunCam app, you will get all the filters at the top. This one is for cool and funky filters and effects that you cannot find in the Camera360 Ultimate. Most of these effects are free to download and use and, therefore, you have so much to try. ![]() The effects are applicable for selfies also and you can also download additional filters online. However, if you are not satisfied with the filter, you will get the option to reconsider the effect and apply another effect before saving the photo to the gallery. The real-time effect helps us to choose the best filter for the shot. All the filters you apply here will be applied in the viewfinder in real-time. While taking photos using the app, tap on the rainbow color icon on the top-right edge and you will get the option to choose various filters. Camera360 gives a lot of amazing features to the users and one of them is the option to apply real-time filters and effects. ![]() Camera360 Ultimate is an amazing camera app and is one of the best known default camera replacement app for Android. ![]() The antenna tuner uses a LC switching network that has a large capacity 100 channel memory. Measuring 8.8"(W) x 3" (H) x 9.9" (L) at just 9.7 pounds this robust full featured mobile/portable radio is ready to go when and where you are! Internal Automatic Antenna Tuner Internal High Speed Automatic Antenna Tuner included in the package. Compact, Lightweight & Portable The FT-991 Comes in a compact, lightweight package suitable for portable, mobile and base installations. 100 Watts of Solid Performance The RF Amplifier in the FT-991 provides a clean and solid 100 Watts of Operating Power (50 Watts VHF/UHF) and is combined with a large heat-sink and forced air automatic cooling fan to increase operating time and prevent overheating. USB Capable The FT-991 can be connected to a computer using a USB cable for CAT control and firmware updates, or the use of an integrated SCU-17 Interface Unit to support USB Audio In/Out, TX Control (PTT, Key, Shift). 3.5 Inch Full Color TFT The FT-991 could not provide functions easier than at your fingertips with a 3.5" Full Color TFT Display for Superior Operability and Visibility. 3kHz Roofing Filter for enhanced performance The FT-991A now includes a 3Khz roofing filter for the triple conversion receiver that effective attenuates interfering signals and enables outstanding performance while still producing high quality audio. ![]() The high-speed floating point TMS320C6746 DSP chip (3000 MIPS / 2250 MFLOPS) from Texas Instruments used in the receiver design guarantees excellent interference rejection with actual signals under real-world conditions, not only on HF but also in the VHF and UHF bands. State of the art 32-bit Digital Signal Processing System Recognizing an all-important Golden Rule Amateur Radio - “You cannot work them if you cannot hear them”– the FT 991 features a rugged state-of-the-art highly balanced receiver circuit configuration. Multi-color waterfall display The FT-991A now includes a Real-time Multi-colored waterfall display that enables you to quickly and easily identify and pick out signals without the need to mute the receive audio. Chronological order color differentiation allows operators to easily recognize weak signals at a glance signals that might otherwise be missed on the spectrum scope.Īdvanced Spectrum Scope with ASC (Automatic Spectrum-Scope Control) located just below the LCD display gives the operator all the information for comfortable QSO on the DXing scene. The strength of signals on the band can readily be seen on the Multi-color waterfall display. Real-time Spectrum Scope with Automatic Scope Control (ASC) The new dynamic real-time spectrum scope gives radio operators the ability to graphically view the location of signals on the band while they listen to the received audio allowing them to quickly move to the desired signal. Whether you primarily operate at home, mobile or in the field, the FT-991 will provide outstanding fundamental performance plus give you easy access to the full range of exciting modes available on the ham bands today. The FT-991A is designed for the most competitive operating situations, with a suite of new features to enhance the experience. ![]() The New FT-991A now includes a high-resolution full color 3.5" TFT Touch panel for superior operability and visibility, incorporating a High Speed Spectrum and High Resolution real-time scope with ASC (Automatic Spectrum-scope control) built right in. The FT-991A includes multi-mode operation on CW, AM, FM, SSB, and Digital Modes (Packet, PSK31, RTTY and C4FM), with 100 Watts of HF/50mhz Capability (50 Watts VHF/UHF). The FT-991A is the next generation in all mode, all band MF/HF/VHF/UHF transceiver with C4FM (System Fusion) Digital capability. FT-991A ALL-BAND, MULTIMODE PORTABLE TRANSCEIVER ![]() A1 Jamaican Radio allows you to stream the top Jamaican Radio Stations. If SRTM3 has voids where you need to plan a link, try the ASTER data. A1 Jamaican Radio 1.0.1 APK download for Android. We have seen significantly fewer voids in the ASTER GDEM data. Wavelength-agile and radio-agile FiWi access network using dynamic scheduling to improve upstream delay and resource utilization. networking and related topics, check out the links on the following. ![]() Using SRTM3, RadioMobile will tell you a line of sight through a void will work, when in the real world it might not. WiFi radios that work with the 802.11b and 802.11g standards transmit at 2.4 GHz. We recommend ASTER GDEM in addition to SRTM3 (previously the highest global terrain model available) as some of our partners in Nepal have had significant difficulties with “voids” or blank spots in the SRTM3 data right in the middle of their project sites. Obtaining ASTER GDEM Data and Converting to SRTM1 for Use With RadioMobile Our specialties are mobile radio, microwave radio links and WLAN WiFi solutions.If you want to try it out for youself, see our detailed technical guide on how to download and convert this data to a format compatible with RadioMobile, the widely used free software for modeling radio propagation. In June of 2009, the ASTER GDEM was released to the public.įor us as builders of long distance wireless networks, this is mostly of interest because it allows us to do more accurate computer modeling of radio lines of sight to answer the basic question “If I build antennas at point A and point B…can they talk to each other?” ![]() The ASTER global digital elevation model (GDEM) covers the planet from 83 degrees north to 83 degrees south at 1 arcsecond resolution and is the “ most detailed 3d map of the Earth ever made.” Marc Biagi | Connor Bringas | Corey Bringas | Deem Bristow | Steve Broadie | Bill Corkery | Emily Corkery | William Corkery | Elara Distler | Jennifer Douillard | Scott Dreier | Ryan Drummond | Shelly Fox | David Humphrey | Michael McGaharn | Lani Minella | Jon St.
![]() ![]() Thus, all we are left with are some suspect choices in character design and a lot of implications. ![]() No one has interviewed them about the controversy, so we haven't been able to get their own thoughts on the matter. In other words, were they accidental or purposeful racists? We can't look to their previous work for any hints because this is the first manga both have produced. One important point to consider is whether these choices in design were intentional or unintentional on the part of either writer Yu Sasuga or artist Ken-Ichi Tachibana. You don't have to do a lot of research to find parallels in those sentences to the 'Sambo' caricatures of yore, and if so that revelation either re-frames the story as a sort of colonial battle between the native 'savages' and the technologically-advanced, land-seizing representatives of 'civilization' or it's making some terrible implications about black people being somehow 'alien'. They're shown at first to be simple savages wielding clubs and tearing people apart for the sheer joy of it, although later chapters imply that they are capable of simple speech and terrible deception. The bug-men are tall and dark-skinned, with tightly curled short hair, with a large gap between their nose and their large-lipped mouths. The accusation is that the character designs for the bug-men took a lot of cues from old, racist portrayals of black men, and I can see how people can get such an idea. If anything, Terra Formars has a lot of noxious ideas and prejudices that go beyond mere racism and each are disturbing and questionable in their own right.īefore we go much further, let's talk about the racism. Based on my own experiences, though, that's selling the series short. Even before it hit the shelves, people were accusing it of being massively racist, and a lot of argument has been spent debating that point. Terra Formars has certainly been one of the more controversial manga releases of the year. Now they possess the powers of various insect species, and they intend to take Mars back for the humans. They have assembled another international team, each member having submitted themselves to painful gene modification for the promises of a big payday and a chance to right the wrongs of their poor, traumatized lives. The team is slaughtered, but the political and scientific forces behind the project have a back-up plan. The cockroaches have turned into giant, hulking humanoid beings with incredible strength and ferocity. Hundreds of years pass before humanity sends a team to check on the progress, only to discover that things have gone all wrong. They set their sights on Mars with plans to terraform it through a clever scheme involving genetically modified moss and ordinary cockroaches. In the not-too-distant future, humanity wishes to expand its reach beyond planet Earth. |
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