![]() ![]() READ MORE: As the video game industry evolves, making ‘indie’ video games gets trickier Many of these changes have roots in the “indie” gaming space, where smaller teams of developers had the breathing room to experiment, said Adam Brennecke, a game director at Obsidian Entertainment and Frey’s colleague. “There’s plenty of people out there willing to play your game and give you feedback,” Frey said. In the last few years, however, companies have made an effort to include greater diversity in testing. “Blind people want to be in programming and want to play games and want to be included.” Why would they? That’s a visual thing.’ But that’s not true always,” Zigmont said. “People have these expectations: ‘Blind folks don’t want video games. People often overlook such communities or assume they don’t want to participate in certain entertainment genres, said Kat Zigmont, senior director of operations and deputy director at the World Institute on Disability. When testing these games, he explained, older projects didn’t have the budget or inclination to invite people outside of the target demographic – teenage boys who do not have disabilities. How we got hereįrey credits disability advocates who have pushed for these options for years – and whose voices are starting to be heard in the broader industry – with helping make this change happen. “If there are barriers to play because a game’s not accessible or inclusive, people won’t play it,” Mortaloni said. That makes integration much easier compared to previous decades, when features and accommodations were often slapped on at the end of a game’s creation, she added. She said it’s Xbox policy that creators consider accessibility from the very start of the development cycle. ![]() “And so by adding accessibility options in, it means that I can play how I need to in that moment.” If I broke my wrist snowboarding, the standard controller mapping doesn’t work for me anymore,” Mortaloni said. If I’ve been staring at the computer all day, maybe I need night mode. “How you play changes over the course of your life or during the day. All of this happens before reaching the main menu where you actually start the game.Īnita Mortaloni, accessibility director at Xbox, said such features not only help players who have disabilities, but allow most people to enjoy the game no matter the circumstance. Lastly, you are directed to a menu where you can turn on presets for vision, hearing and motor accessibility. After that, you are asked to adjust the brightness and contrast of the screen, before you get several options to change the size and color of subtitles. The first thing you see is a question about what language you want to use, and whether you need a screen reader to read the menu text. Let’s say you open the recently remade Sony game “The Last of Us Part I” (now adapted into a popular HBO show). READ MORE: 8 things you didn’t know about Super Mario Bros. “That gets executives to just look at this as more of an option because there’s a much bigger pool of people,” he said. The $184 billion game industry’s massive growth over the last couple decades includes an expanding number of people with disabilities interested in playing, according to Alec Frey, a senior producer at Obsidian Entertainment. But now mainstream developers are leveling up – increasingly considering accessibility when designing their games, whether to accommodate a visual impairment, a motor control issue or an anxiety disorder. Options for subtitles, the ability to completely remap the controller or change the game’s brightness were scarce. It used to be rare to have settings to adjust anything beyond volume control. Yet while more people pick up and play, limitations of the games still leave some behind. With more than 3 billion estimated players around the world today, the video game industry has grown far beyond its kid-focused, arcade origins. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The majority of the conflict took place withing the general vicinity of the SDF-1. Sending two ships to investigate, the SDF-1's automated defense system triggered and destroyed the Zentraedi vessels and the First Robotech War began against the Human race. In addition, the Zentraedi began to face increasing encounters with the ravenous Invid who were encroaching on the domain of the Robotech Masters as they now sought revenge as well as their stolen Flower of Life.įor many years, Breetai's forces explored space for Zor's vessel and eventually encountered it on a remote world known as Earth. Following this incident, the Supreme Commander of the Zentraedi Dolza dispatched Breetai and his forces to relocate Zor's Battle Fortress for the Robotech Masters. During this time, their expedition came under attack from the now war-like Invid who killed Zor but not before he sent the SDF-1 on a course for a distant unknown world to hide the Protoculture Matrix. Their mission was seeding a mutated strain of the Flower of Life on the worlds of the Local Group. Zor eventually rebelled against the Robotech Masters and took the only Protoculture Matrix aboard his ship, the SDF-1, that was crewed by a mixture of Tirolians and Zentraedi. The Harvesters brutally took the great fields of the Flower but after a telepathic assault on Zor by the Regess, the operation was called off with only a few samples of the Flower of Life remaining now on the ruined planet. This was to fuel the Robotech Masters growing empire that was annexing the worlds of the Local Group but also to prevent Protoculture from falling into the hands of other races. The next major initiative by the Zentraedi was being dispatched with Zor to Optera where they were ordered to defoliate it and take every last sample of the Flower of Life. Their effectiveness as soldiers led to the creation of the Imperial Zentraedi Forces that served the Robotech Masters. With the giant warriors as their disposal, the Zentraedi took their first steps in becoming into a warrior race. This led to Nimuul bringing the Zentraedi to Tirol where they were used to brutally enforce order on the planet. Initially, the clone guard handled the issue but required larger reinforcements. Among the first to be bred was Exedore who was considered a failure due to his smaller stature and fragile physique.ĭue to the new decadent and tyrannical rule of the Masters, Tirolian citizens went into a full scale revolt with an underground movement having formed. Thus, the Zentraedi were born as slaves and called Zarkopolis their home where they mined the minerals for their creators. After that, they created massive Tirolian based clones called the Zentraedi who they developed as miners to tap into the Monopole Ore trapped on Fantoma. ![]() They decided to use Zor's discovery to create new forms of life starting with clones that would serve the Tirolian population. When Zor began developing Pollinators to cultivate the Flower of Life, the new Robotech Masters led by Nimuul became intrigued by the fact that it was able to genetically alter lifeforms. Despite making it for peaceful aims, members of the Tirolian Senate intended to use it to fuel their own ambitions. After taking samples with him back to Tirol, he developed a powerful source of energy known as Protoculture. This race of artificially created beings were traced to the origins of Robotechnology when the science was pioneered by Zor following his discovery of the Flower of Life on Optera. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Peers that communicate internally –or externally via VPN or VPC peering– will see the internal address. Instances running in GCP/AWS and others environments with similar setups will communicate with peers using two or more different IP addresses. There’s an additional complication, the impact of which I’m a little unsure of. 1720 is saying the persistent_peers should override the address book. If I read it correctly, 873 is suggesting that a node should maintain it’s address book using the real IP addresses of peer connections rather than the IP a peer reports.ġ720 takes the opposite approach, and suggests that if an is set in persistent_peers I should keep on dialling that up, even if the peer reports back a different listen address. 758 was superseded by 873, which develops that idea into a node remembering the IP a peer is coming from, regardless of what IP the peer reports. I think there are currently two open tendermint issues that represent different approaches to resolving this issue, but neither of them made it into the the release for the gaia-7000 testnet.ħ58 suggested letting a node configure the IP that it self reports to it’s peers. Gaiad nodes running on GCP/AWS instances never get dialed, and are unable to maintain consistent outbound connections. This is the case with Google Cloud and AWS, where instances always have an RFC1918 IP address which is mapped to a public IP address. There is an ongoing issue that impacts any node that runs in an environment where the local IP address of an instance does not match it’s public IP address. RCE-style) compromise in one, it hopefully wouldn’t be present in both. I think this might be a fun thing to write in Rust for a few reasons: we’ll soon have a Rust implementation of SecretConnection available, and I think having the sentry written in something different from the validator would help ensure that if there is a severe (e.g. I’ve been wondering if it would be possible to have something a bit more lightweight… sort of a like a caching proxy for talking to a validator. We can periodically snapshot these instances so we can spawn new sentries quickly, but that’s still a lot of data to hang onto. Running a full node also means we have to keep the full state. While we have nice beefy servers in our datacenter dedicated to our validator nodes, on GCP the monthly cost of a full node is pretty expensive ($50/mo). We’re running our sentries on GCP, and there are a lot of downsides to doing that. For more information, please visit: Official Trusted Traveler Program Website | Department of Homeland Security (dhs.gov).įollow the Director of CBP’s San Diego Field Office on Twitter at for breaking news, current events, human interest stories and photos.I’ve been thinking it’d be nice to have something a bit more lightweight than a full node to act as a sentry. ![]() ![]() If you are a frequent international traveler and have not already become a member of a trusted traveler program, sign up now. “Know Before You Go” brochures are also available at border ports. Travelers should familiarize themselves with the “Know Before You Go” section of the CBP website at to avoid fines and penalties associated with the importation of prohibited items. Wait times are updated on an hourly basis. Members of the traveling public can monitor Border Wait Times via Border Wait Times (cbp.gov) or obtain the BWT app on their smartphone via Apple App Store and Google Play so that they can make an informed decision of their travels. “We will continue to effectively manage wait times to enhance the border crossing experience for travelers that enter through the Calexico Ports of Entry.” “In an effort to provide more flexibility and service to our Trusted Traveler Program members, we will continue the expanded SENTRI vehicular traffic hours of operation,” said Roque Caza, Calexico Area Port Director. CBP will continue to operate its SENTRI Trusted Traveler Program vehicle lanes during that same timeframe to better serve the surrounding communities. 19, CBP will resume its normal hours of operation from 6:00 a.m. CALEXICO, Calif., - U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials announced today that they are amending the hours of operation at the Calexico East Port of Entry (POE), will resume to normal operating hours. ![]() ![]() ![]() With 20 pulsation patterns and eight speeds, the Mini Halo is a versatile device that can readily be customized to suit one’s preferences. Based on the feedback provided by our testers - the majority of whom said they prefer vibrators that offer clitoral stimulation over the insertable variety - below you’ll find the best vibrators at three different price points. We can, however, confidently say that our recommendations are the top of tops. Because of this, more than perhaps any product we’ve ever tested at BuzzFeed Reviews, we can’t guarantee that each one of our picks will be the best for everyone. And then there’s the choice between external (or clitoral) and internal (aka insertable) vibrators, as well as those that are both. It can also be hard to gauge any given toy’s ability to satisfy your preferences without using it first. Body types are unique, sexual wants and needs shift constantly, and what works for one may not work for another. For the purpose of this review, we tested only toys targeted toward people with a vulva and a clitoris, taking into consideration factors like intensity range, comfort and material, battery life, noise level, aesthetics, ease of cleaning, and, most importantly, the ability to consistently make our testers pleased as punch.īut before you read on, an asterisk: Like with all things sex, nothing is universal. ![]() To help guide you, we recruited nine testers, providing them each with an assortment of vibes to test for months on end. That said, finding an adult toy that works for you can feel like searching for a bullet vibrator in a mattress stack, especially if you’ve never stopped to think of spending time with yourself in such ways. ![]() ![]() ![]() Microsoft Edge’s revamp appears to be a strong success, as the browser is officially more popular than Firefox among worldwide users. The downside is that you’ll have to spend time learning it all if you’re new, and its add-ons aren’t quite as easy to navigate as something like Chrome’s extensions. Even native features like picture-in-picture support or Pocket app integration make Firefox incredibly useful. If you want to build the web browser out as a workplace hub, you can download whatever add-ons you need to support work apps, content checking, analysis, and much more. If you’re worried about privacy, you can use the Enhanced Tracking Protection to block or review whatever you want. Where Firefox really shines is its personalization options. While Firefox is in excellent shape these days and makes an efficient alternative if you want to switch, it did perform notably worse on our Jetstream 2 tests with a score of 74, so it’s not the best option if speed is your primary concern. This can also introduce some security concerns, but in recent years Mozilla has proven adept at frequent updates, fixes, and optimization (including privacy restrictions that keep providers from selling your data). Firefoxįirefox is one of the few mainstream browsers with an open-source origin, giving it a broad portfolio of add-ons for users to play with and customize as they see fit. It’s also very friendly with Chromecast devices and, of course, Chromebooks if you use Google’s system elsewhere. It’s not entirely perfect - sometimes bugs can creep in, and it can be greedy for RAM - but it is frequently updated and offers strong customization options. While not quite as speedy as Safari, our Jetstream 2 tests gave it a score of 130, which still is very respectable.Ĭhrome also excels at multitasking, and it’s one of the friendliest browsers for managing multiple windows and long strings of tabs in intuitive ways, so it remains a strong choice for those who need a lot of organization. ![]() The web browser also can aid you in translating webpages, double-check your security, and has robust settings that allow you to toggle nearly everything on or off as you desire. Google’s Chrome has made a name for itself with its minimalistic interface and rich collection of extensions for adding tools or apps directly to the web browser - nearly 190,000 of them in total. All in all, Safari offers excellent performance, is available on your Mac right out of the box, and has a growing number of extensions that allow you to expand its capabilities. Integration with iCloud also allows you to use Safari’s password-management services if you prefer to avoid third-party apps. At a moment’s notice, you can search for a title on the App Store or hand off your web browser session to another device like your iPad or MacBook. It’s also speedy, with the 2021 Jetstream 2 browser benchmark giving it a score of 136, higher than other popular browsers like Chrome and Firefox.įor Apple fans, Safari also offers amazing integration. Add Apple’s famously locked-down system, and you have a browser that’s secure and reliable (HTTPS certificates for sites on Safari must be renewed every year, for example). It has cross-site tracking and some built-in ad targeting prevention for privacy. The result is a web browser that’s usually the best option for getting things done on MacOS. ![]() Apple has done an incredible job of optimizing Safari for today’s internet needs and Mac machines. ![]() ![]() ![]() “Seagate’s DockStar product extends the concept of Plug Computing by delivering simple plug-and-play networked storage, which allows for easy sharing, access and control of digital content with anyone, anywhere, anytime whether they are in another room or across the country.” “The SheevaPlug is an integral piece of the new Seagate FreeAgent DockStar network adapter, enabling simple installation of a shared device within a home network,” said Seagate’s Andy Horwitz, senior director of product line management for Seagate’s Branded Solutions. Unlike other embedded devices in the home, it contains a gigahertz class processor to offer PC class performance. A Plug Computer is small enough to plug directly into a wall socket and is designed to draw so little power that it can be left on all of the time. ![]() ![]() Marvell introduced the Plug Computing initiative to make high-performance, always on, always connected, and environmentally friendly computing readily available for developers and end users. “We are delighted to see a major OEM partner, such as Seagate, adopt and roll-out a Plug Computer-based product into retail channels.” Simon Milner, Vice President and General Manager of the Enterprise Business Unit, Consumer and Communications Business Group at Marvell Semiconductor. “The Marvell SheevaPlug™ is designed to make it easy for companies and developers to create applications, services, and devices with a quick turnaround time to market,” said Dr. ![]() ![]() Yin JB, He L, Gao ZW, Gao LX, Wang B (2009) Facile method for fabricating titania spheres for chromatographic packing. ![]() Wang JW, Wang ZD, Sun NR, Deng CH (2019) Immobilization of titanium dioxide/ions on magnetic microspheres for enhanced recognition and extraction of mono- and multi-phosphopeptides. A series of basic and acidic analytes were also separated on the column.īeeram SR, Rodriguez E, Doddavenkatanna S, Li Z, Pekarek A, Peev D, Goerl K, Trovato G, Hofmann T, Hage DS (2017) Nanomaterials as stationary phases and supports in liquid chromatography. The efficiency of the column after the alkali solution treatment still reaches 98,430 plates m −1, which is only about 1.6% lower than that before the alkali solution treatment. The chemical stability of SiO dSiO 2 spheres under alkaline was tested by flushing of a mobile phase at pH 13 for 7 days. SiO dSiO 2 spheres functionalized with C18 were packed into a stainless steel column. The crystal phase of TiO 2 was measured by XRD. The morphology of the particles was characterized by scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. By regulating the rate of hydrolysis of TBOT, almost all of the TiO 2 nanoclusters are modified into the pores and the structure of the original SiO 2 core-shell sphere is hardly affected. The results of the DFT calculations demonstrate that the TiO 2 nanoclusters are always first formed in bulk solution and then enter the pores. The pore size distribution of SiO 2 core-shell spheres modified with TiO 2 (SiO dSiO 2) was analyzed by Barrett-Joyner-Halenda (BJH) method and density functional theory (DFT) method, respectively. Based on a detailed study of the hydrolysis process of tetrabutyl orthotitanate (TBOT), TiO 2 nanoclusters were modified inside the pores of SiO 2 core-shell particles instead of the outside. ![]() ![]() ![]() SetPassword(passwordBox, passwordBox. PasswordBox.SetValue(SettingPasswordProperty, true) Private static void HandlePasswordChanged(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) PasswordBox.Password = e.NewValue as string PasswordBox.PasswordChanged += HandlePasswordChanged PasswordBox.SetValue(PasswordInitializedProperty, true) If (!(bool)passwordBox.GetValue(PasswordInitializedProperty)) If this is the initial set (see the comment on PasswordProperty), set ourselves up If ((bool)passwordBox.GetValue(SettingPasswordProperty)) I therefore believe that if its that important to you, the only answer is you will have to build your own. As Im sure you found in your searches, you can SET the position by setting the selected range, but AFAIK there is no way to GET the position. HandlePasswordChanged, then do nothing - we already have the latest value). This is just not a property that you can get at in the standard PasswordBox. If we're being called because we set the value of the property we're bound to (from inside Private static void HandleBoundPasswordChanged(DependencyObject dp, DependencyPropert圜hangedEventArgs e) ![]() New FrameworkPropertyMetadata(Guid.NewGuid().ToString(), HandleBoundPasswordChanged)ĭefaultUpdateSourceTrigger = UpdateSourceTrigger.LostFocus // Match the default on Binding Public static readonly DependencyProperty PasswordProperty =ĭependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("Password", typeof(string), typeof(Secure), If the binding sets us to a value which we already are, then this doesn't happen. ![]() and HandleBoundPasswordChanged will be called, which allows us to set up our event subscription. If we set the initial value to something, it'll be set to something else when the binding kicks in, Public static void SetPassword(DependencyObject obj, string value) Return (string)obj.GetValue(PasswordProperty) Public static string GetPassword(DependencyObject obj) Private static readonly DependencyProperty SettingPasswordProperty =ĭependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("SettingPassword", typeof(bool), typeof(Secure), new PropertyMetadata(false)) Private static readonly DependencyProperty PasswordInitializedProperty =ĭependencyProperty.RegisterAttached("PasswordInitialized", typeof(bool), typeof(Secure), new PropertyMetadata(false)) There are a number of ways that people have worked around the issue, either by dropping back to the codebehind or writing magic involving attached properties.īelow is my offering: it allows two-way binding (so that you can update the property that you’ve bound the Password property to, and those updates will be reflected in the UI), and is reasonably succinct. What if an attacker snopping around the RAM of your machine isn’t a viable risk, and you’re only obscuring the password to stop people looking over the user’s shoulder? If this property were bindable, then the password that the user entered would be stored in memory in a number of different places, which constitutes a security risk. This is because the Password property of a PasswordBox is a normal property instead of a DependencyProperty. A ‘Binding’ can only be set on a DependencyProperty of a DependencyObject. While it would make sense to provide the SecurePassword directly from the binding, it always seems to provide an empty value.If you’ve ever tried to write XAML which looks like this: Ī ‘Binding’ cannot be set on the ‘Password’ property of type ‘PasswordBox’. Var credential = new (UserName, password) LoginCancel = new DelegateCommand(o => OnLoginCancel(), (o) => IsLoginVisible) LoginAccept = new DelegateCommand(o => OnLogin(o), (o) => IsLoginVisible) Public static readonly DependencyProperty PasswordProperty = DependencyProperty.Register("Password", typeof(string), typeof(BindablePasswordBox), new PropertyMetadata(string.Empty, OnDependencyPropert圜hanged)) public class BindablePasswordBox : Decorator It registers a Propert圜hangedCallback and updates the PasswordBox's Password when it is called. Below is a modified version of it that works in both directions. It only works in one direction, PasswordBox to PasswordProperty. There is an issue with the BindablePasswordBox. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lia doesn’t want to hurt Pauline and decides to tell her that Mikael is dead. Walther also tells her that Pauline’s sweetheart is a no good, two-timer. Lia, out of pure spite, stole some documents and an ancient book from the Scholar’s private office. Walther also warns her that the Scholar and the Chancellor are very angry. Walther is married to Gretta and they are expecting their first child. He is not angry with her for fleeing but comes only to make sure she is OK. Lia’s brother Walther finds her and arranges a secret meeting. She soon finds that she is pregnant with his baby. She believes that he will eventually come find her. Pauline has a sweetheart, Mikael, who is in the army. Is Rafe the assassin or is Kaden the assassin? Lia seems to be falling for Rafe but which one is he? Both are starting to fall for her but the reader doesn’t know who is who. Weeks go by as Lia falls into her new role and both the prince and the assassin find her intriguing and unexpected. Both know who Lia really is, though neither of them knows that the other one recognizes her. They both meet Lia and give unrecognizable names, Rafe and Kaden. The two men arrive in Terravin around the same time and end up sitting together at a table at Berdi’s Inn. The citizens of both Morrighan and Dalbreck believe the Vendans to be savages. He is embarrassed but also finds her a curiosity and begrudgingly admires her for being brave enough to do what he was not.Īt that same time a young assassin from Venda is sent to track her and killed her so that Morrighan and Dalbreck will not be able to complete their alliance through marriage. Meanwhile, the prince of Dalbreck, who turns out to be handsome and young, not old as Lia had feared, begins tracking Lia. You should go check it out and follow us! However, she is starting to realize that part of her wedding kavah is not fading as it should, but rather it stands out more than ever on the back of her shoulder.ĭid you know that there is great artwork out there for the Remnant Chronicles? We created a Pinterest page to store some of it. Lia thinks she is going to love this new found freedom and nobody-status. ![]() ![]() They spend a few days traveling and eventually settle down with Pauline’s aunt Berdi, who gives them work at her Inn located in Terravin. When she is completely ready and the opportunity arises, both Lia and her maid Pauline flee the castle just before the wedding. As this happens she thinks about how her “gift” has not manifested, and how her mother insisted on including the name Jezelia when she was born though it was not a family or royal name, and most of all, how she does not want to marry an old man from the kingdom of Dalbreck. Her mother and others are there as artisans are etching a wedding kavah (a sort of temporary tattoo) onto her back. Lia, a 17 year old princess also formally known as Princess Arabella Celestine Idris Jezelia, is preparing for her wedding. ***** Everything below is a SPOILER ***** What happened in The Kiss of Deception? Setting – Morrighan, Lia’s home country and Venda, where the assassin is from. The Assassin – Assassin sent from Venda to kill Lia The Prince – Prince of Dalbreck and Lia’s fiance that she has never met Pauline – Lia’s lady in waiting and friend Lia – First Daughter (and princess) of Morrighan ![]() ![]() ![]() If you’re not familiar with Perfect365, the app offers with more than 400 one-tap makeup looks, over 40 customizable makeup, and adjustment tools Style it! clothing and accessory recommendations hairstyles and step-by-step tutorials for recreating looks in real life. ![]() Themes – Use photo stickers and backgrounds for different themes and holidays.Creative filters – customize and get creative with a number of flattering filters.Text – thought balloons, overlays, greetings and more.Dodge and Burn – Add shadowing and highlighting to specific areas of photos.Color Adjustments – customize hue, saturation, and shade of any color in a photo.Perfect365 Studio users can get their digital creativity flowing with a solid mix of features: The Studio offering is the latest beauty and creativity tool from Perfect365, the Webby Award-Winning go-to photo app and video platform for celebrities and fashion enthusiasts around the world. 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