![]() ![]() This is distinguished from second-language acquisition, which deals with the acquisition (in both children and adults) of additional languages. Language acquisition usually refers to first-language acquisition, which studies infants' acquisition of their native language, whether that be spoken language or signed language, though it can also refer to bilingual first language acquisition (BFLA), which refers to an infant's simultaneous acquisition of two native languages. state "The question of how these structures are acquired, then, is more properly understood as the question of how a learner takes the surface forms in the input and converts them into abstract linguistic rules and representations." ![]() Linguists who are interested in child language acquisition have for many years questioned how language is acquired. There are two main guiding principles in first-language acquisition: speech perception always precedes speech production, and the gradually evolving system by which a child learns a language is built up one step at a time, beginning with the distinction between individual phonemes. These three mechanisms are: relativization, complementation and coordination. Evidence suggests that every individual has three recursive mechanisms that allow sentences to go indeterminately. Even though human language capacity is finite, one can say and understand an infinite number of sentences, which is based on a syntactic principle called recursion. Human language capacity is represented in the brain. Language can be vocalized as in speech, or manual as in sign. ![]() The capacity to use language successfully requires one to acquire a range of tools including phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and an extensive vocabulary. Language acquisition involves structures, rules, and representation. Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language (in other words, gain the ability to be aware of language and to understand it), as well as to produce and use words and sentences to communicate. ![]()
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![]() ![]() It supports Drag and Drop actions and is intended to make mouse resizing pictures as easy as ABC. However, format compatibility is limited to only BMP, PNG and JPG, while drag and drop actions are not supported. FastStone Photo Resizer is an image converter / resizer intended to enable users to convert, rename, resize, crop, rotate, change color depth, add text and watermarks to images in a quick and easy batch mode. To sum it up, Free Batch Photo Resizer can provide you with basic resize functions, while allowing you to handle several files at once. ![]() Furthermore, Paint even supports a wider variety of file types, too. Basic batch resizerĪside from providing batch file resizing support, in terms of innovation, Free Batch Photo Resizer features no extra features, compared to other basic image editing tools, for example Windows' native Paint. Fotophire is an image editing toolkit designed with the ability to process images in bulk. This last process opens a new window where you can view a progress bar of the operation. Just a right click on the photo(s) and select Resize Pictures, you are good to go. It is possible to keep the original aspect ratio by toggling the corresponding option.Īfter configuring the desired values, you can select an output destination folder and the application can begin modifying your picture size accordingly. XnConvert is a fast, powerful and free cross-platform batch image converter. FastStone Photo Resizer is an image converter and renaming tool that intends to enable users to convert, rename, resize, crop, rotate, change color depth. You can enter the new desired size parameters in the designated box and choose if the values are expressed in pixels or percent. Few supported file typesĪlthough this utility can handle multiple photos at once, there is a lack of compatible formats, as Free Batch Photo Resizer only provides resizing support for BMP, PNG and JPG file types. On the downside, Free Batch Photo Resizer integrates no support for dragging and dropping files, therefore the only way to access your content is through the interface functions. You can access this useful program's functions without effort directly from the main window, as it comes with a simple, straightforward interface, with no hidden menus or options.Īfter you add your images to the application, you can view details related to file names and locations. There is another way to achieve the same result faster and easier: using specialized batch photo resizing software, such as Free Batch Photo Resizer. ![]() Manually modifying the size of several pictures can be a time-consuming and tiresome activity. ![]() ![]() This command changes the color of smart bulb called bulb_name’s to color_name as requested. Smart Bulb Color control command: (LB130 only) This command adjusts the color temperature of the smart bulb called bulb_name to warm/cool white. “Alexa, set the bulb_name to warm/cool white” This command adjusts the brightness of the smart bulb called bulb_name by amount percent as requested.ģ. “Alexa, turn/set the bulb_name to amount percent.” This command dim/brighten the brightness of the smart bulb called bulb_name in increments of 25%.Ģ. This command adjusts the brightness of the smart bulb called Dimmer_name by amount percent as requested. “Alexa, turn/set the Dimmer_name to amount percent.” This command dims/brightens the brightness of the smart Dimmer called Dimmer_name in increments of 25%.Ģ. How to use creating scene function in KASA APP?ġ. Note: Before doing that, you should make sure the scene has been identified by Alexa App first.įor more information about how to create Kasa scene please refer to: This command has the Echo turn on the scene called “Kasa_scene”. Now Alexa has added support to control the scene you created on Kasa! You can just use the simple command below: This command has the Echo turn on/off the smart devices called “ device_name”. ![]() If you have linked your Kasa account to Echo, smart devices bound to this Kasa account should be found. ![]() ![]() Hearing this command the circle light on the top of Echo turns blue. This command awakes Alexa to receive further orders. First of all, please link your TP-Link Kasa devices to Amazon Echo: Connect your TP-Link Kasa Device to Amazon Alexa ![]() ![]() It is sad to see that Soundflower has not continued development past MacOS Catalina, as the program was loved by many and became the staple for audio recording on MacOS. So if your project has a short time requirement, you could potentially get by with the free trial. ![]() ![]() The price is a bit lower, at $59, and offers the same unlimited free trial as Loopback. Made by the same company as Loopback, Rogue Amoeba has another piece of software called Audio Hijack that can be used to capture the desktop audio on your M1 Mac. After 10 minutes, Loopback will add static noise to your audio, but if you reset the program it will reset the 10 minute timer. While the full app will cost you ~$99, there is a free unlimited trial that will allow you to use the program for 10 minutes at a time. If you find that BlackHole is not working properly for you, it is recommended you check out Loopback. Loopback is a very stable and capable program for helping capture the system audio on an M1 mac, however it comes at a cost. Related: How to use BlackHole on M1 Macs Loopback It is kept up to date by Devin Roth at Existential Audio and contributors on Github. It has been updated to work with Big Sur and is compatible with M1 Macs. Alternatives to Soundflower for M1 Macs BlackHole Audio DriverīlackHole is a great free, open source alternative to use instead of Soundflower. ![]() There are currently alternatives out there that can also help capture the system audio on M1 Macs. Some have had success using it on Big Sur with Intel Macs, but it will not work at all on an M1 Mac. Unfortunately, the Soundflower project has not been development further after the release of MacOS Catalina. However, M1 Macs have a completely different type of processor than Intel Macs and all audio drivers have to be converted to be compatible with the new processors. If you are looking to capture the system audio on your Mac, you may be looking for the popular free and open source audio driver Soundflower to get the job done. ![]() ![]() And so, you just need to figure out how to parse that up. And so I think that for me, i think of just spring cleaning in this sense as coming up with that plan and say, okay what needs to be on now to sort of triage the priorities, when you can do things, if you have something where you say, “Oh, I want to start tagging all of my files inside my folders.” You got a long time of boring work ahead of you. I kind of want to do it all the time.ĭennis Kennedy: Well, I know a lot of this stuff is kind of overwhelming when you sit down. So that’s kind of– that’s kind of my answer to finding the time because I don’t want to have to just wait until the spring. I will spend very long on it, but it is like pruning and it feels like I get more done and I don’t waste three weekends cleaning stuff up. So instead what do I do is, I do it a little chunk at a time and I have it on my to-do list and every weekend, I go and attack something that I want to keep clean and I spend maybe 15 minutes on it. But the other piece is, is that there are other things we’re going to discuss cleaning more on the inside of your computer that I feel like you don’t need to wait for spring to do some of that and I know that if I wait for spring, i mean, I could easily spend three weekends in a row doing it and I wouldn’t get done with it. We’ll talk more about that in a minute, but please don’t just wait until right now to do that. And I think that what I see happen more often, if you’re not keeping things tidy or neat around the area, it becomes more obvious to you that it’s dirty and those are things that I would argue, please don’t wait just once a year to clean your keyboard or your monitor or other things. And there are some things that are easier to avoid than others. ![]() Tom Mighell: Well I’m going to start out sort of by just blowing up the whole concept of spring cleaning in one respect and that is you can choose to avoid it. It’s like finding the time I think and the energy in some cases is the real trick. ![]() So spring is here and I think that for all of us, like every listener, if you take a look at, you know, your text setup, the need for cleaning it and maintaining it is going to be apparent. So I take that it’s sort of one of those things at this time like resolutions, you know, like whether they make sense ultimately at the beginning or not, there’s at least something that prompts you to this. Actually, I was just looking at the other spring cleaning projects that I was thinking about around our apartment and then I looked at my own desk and I was like, you know, spring cleaning begins at home. I mean, it’s so much easier to talk about this than to actually do it. Dennis, i guess other than the fact that it’s spring, what got you interested in this topic?ĭennis Kennedy: Well, i think it comes out to this one word that we’re probably all very familiar with and that’s avoidance. So we thought we’d use this episode to talk about some tried and true methods for cleaning our own technology, both inside and outside. Just like everything you own, the technology you use won’t look or work quite as well if you don’t keep it clean. But first up, we wanted to roll up our sleeves and dig into the topic of cleaning up your tech. And as usual, we’ll finish up with our parting shots at one tip website or observation that you can start to use a second that this podcast is over it. In our second segment, we’ll discuss the cool AI or AI-like tools either now at Microsoft Office or coming to Microsoft Office, how useful they might already be, and what we can expect. Tom Mighell: Well, Dennis in this edition of the Kennedy-Mighell Report, we will indeed be sharing our best tips for doing a thorough spring cleaning of your tech and I’ll be talking about whether spring cleaning is really just for spring. Tom, what’s all on our agenda for this episode? So we want to share some of our best tips for doing a major cleanup effort on your technology. In this episode, we noticed it is getting to feel like spring out there and for many, that means spring cleaning time. Tom and I actually did not reach agreement on this one. Tom Mighell: And I’m Tom Mighell in Dallas.ĭennis Kennedy: In our last episode, we discussed whether my growing concerns that the information we expect to find on the internet is vanishing or warranted or whether we are seeing just one more step in the evolution of the internet. ![]() Welcome to the Kennedy-Mighell Report here on the Legal Talk Network.ĭennis Kennedy: And welcome to Episode 339 of the Kennedy-Mighell Report. Got the world turning as fast as it can, hear how technology can help legally speaking, with two of the top legal technology experts, authors and lawyers, Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell. ![]() ![]() ![]() Mann is reawakened by the crew of the Endurance approximately 30 years later due to the time dilation on Miller. Desperate for rescue, Mann had KIPP produce a hypothetical data set for a good life-sustaining planet before decommissioning him and using his power cell to provide power for his hypersleep chamber. It is clear in the short comic Absolute Zero that Mann realized that his planet would not be best suited to receive humanity after observing the results from his probes, which revealed that his planet has no real surface as the planet had seemingly endless layers of ice cloud. They decided to use probes to drill deep into the ice clouds in the hopes of finding the planet's rocky surface. While on Mann, he and KIPP explored the icy surface only to discover that it was inhospitable for human life. He was considered "remarkable" and "the best of us" by his colleagues. He convinced eleven scientists to join him on a one-way mission to survey twelve potentially habitable worlds on the other side of the wormhole. Mann was Professor Brand's protege and leader of the Lazarus missions. However, when the prospects of humanity survival on his icy planet became bleak, he was forced to face his own survival instincts.ĭriven by his selfishness and cowardice, Mann becomes the secondary antagonist of Interstellar. Hugh Mann was a noted scientist and leader of the Lazarus missions. With resources like these and cryogenic hibernation reducing metabolic function to near zero for extended periods of time, it would have not been so difficult for one person to survive.Dr. Romilly's waste would have been recycled, fed to the bacteria, so to speak. All of these components can be recycled and reused. Using bacteria and photosynthetic processes will be the future of generating caloric supply, using basic building blocks like carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, light and other radiant forms of energy and specialized bacteria and cellular cultures. The Endurance was likely stocked with nutrient precursors, components that could have been fed to bacteria in specialized reactors in order to produce proteins, carbohydrates, sugars, much like how industrial processes make vitamins such as B12 today. While higher gravity slows everything down, even pure energy such as light, thus disputably, aging is slowed. Metabolic processes, in theory, accelerate to full potential when gravity is not slowing things down, thus aging. The Endurance was likely hanging out at a Lagrange point in order to conserve fuel by sitting in a place with equal pull from the black hole and the planet. Simultaneously, the gravitational pull of the black hole in space would have to be enough to effectively cancel out the mass of the planet for Romilly so that the gravitational force was so negligible in comparison (relative) to the folks on the planet. The mass of the planet his colleagues visited would have to be massive enough to slow time for them while at the same time not crush their bodies. It is debated how realistic the gravitational time dilation was in the movie. The question of survival is linked to the relative time Romilly spent awake on Endurance while waiting for the return of his colleagues. He was a scientist by heart so after taking a couple of stretches as he said, he started doing research on the black hole (Gargantua) and that's how he spent 23 years.Ībout the food supplies and all, it is not clearly mentioned anywhere in the movie, but he might be able to stretch the supplies with those couple of stretches he took while Cooper and Amelia were away. Romilly didn't sleep for the whole period, that's why he looked aged compared to Cooper and Amelia when they come back. And something seemed wrong about dreaming my life away. But I stopped believing you were coming back. Romilly: Oh, I had a couple of stretches. Reality's different.īrand: There's nothing here for us. Here is the conversation after Cooper and Amelia return to Endurance.ĬASE: Twenty-three years, four months, eight days.īrand: I thought I was prepared. ![]() ![]() ![]() You don’t get that sense with any of SNK’s 23 primary games, with one exception: Crystalis. The issue is more that at least some of the Capcom games feel like they were taking existing concepts and trying to evolve them. And there they somehow made a shitty game even worse with some of the most crappy, unresponsive controls I’ve seen in a game like it. Pirate Ship Higemaru is basically their version of Sega’s 1982 arcade anti-classic Pengo. ![]() Not that Capcom are saints in this category. I played both sets muted for the most part and no siren call is going to convince me that game of all games isn’t just fucking boring. ![]() remember it more for its music than it’s gameplay. But, I didn’t enjoy either game so that’s damning praise. To be honest, even with Psycho Soldier putting in a bigger effort, I liked SonSon more. I hope it would be better after that long. Of course, that came out three years after the game it was, ahem, inspired by. Only Psycho Solider, which borrows heavily from Capcom’s SonSon, feels like lots of effort was made to ramp-up the formula. But the truly amazing thing is how rare it is that the later SNK versions improve upon the stuff they were aping. Ghosts N’ Goblins was a smash, and then Athena was shat out by SNK (which I pronounced as SINK for the longest time). Street Fighter (not included in this set) came out two years before Street Smart. Commando came out about seven months before Ikari Warriors. But it’s sort of amazing how many games in SNK’s collection are eerily similar to stuff Capcom already made. It’s been that way literally from Pong onward. I know the game industry is a gigantic match of “monkey see, monkey do” done with a series of 1s and 0s. This will actually come into play for more upcoming IGC Retro Bowl games like Rare Replay (which features backwards compatible Xbox 360 ports of N64 games) and Midway Origins (another backwards compatible collection). But I didn’t know that until after a fan had already attempted to purchase Capcom Arcade Cabinet for me while it was on sale. I understand it has to do with the agreements made with third-parties for how Microsoft would handle the transition from one console to the next. Xbox 360 games require you to have a credit card on record. To purchase backwards-compatible Xbox 360 games on your Xbox One, you can’t actually use your account’s existing balance. $4.99 for Starter Pack (required), $24.99 for “All-in-One” pack (all remaining games) $3.99 for each individual game, or $9.99 for packs of multiple games sorted by year for Xbox One via Xbox 360 backwards compatibility.īefore getting started, I want to point out how stupidly convoluted getting some of these games for IGC Retro Bowl has been. $39.99 for Nintendo Switch (coming to PS4 in March)Ģ3 Arcade Games and 9 NES games released between 19 Playing these two sets next to each-other was like watching someone actively peaking at a fellow student’s test answers, and you’re the only one who sees it and wonders if they should say something. But the real reason I should have led with this match-up is because just how damn similar so many of these games are. Just the NES port of Ghosts ‘N Goblins, which isn’t included. Also, I’d never played any of these games before I got these sets. And both these sets are sort of unique among retro compilations because they specifically cover each company’s early efforts before they found real success and notoriety. The two companies are already linked through some fighting game crossovers. I really should have started off the IGC Retro Bowl concept with SNK 40th Anniversary Collection v Capcom Arcade Cabinet. ![]() ![]() To resolve this issue, try VLC media player. MP4 is a container that contains various kinds of data, so when there is a problem opening the file, it usually means that data in the container (an audio or video codec) is not compatible with the device’s OS. On some devices, particularly mobile, opening this file type can be problematic. On Windows, it opens in Windows Media Player. How to convert MP4 to M4A Step 1 Upload mp4-file (s) Select files from Computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, URL or by dragging it on the page. 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If you get a skin for a gun you don’t have you will have to unlock that gun before using the skin. Also if or when you get enough gold to buy a crate and you open it, it’s not a guarantee that you’ll get a skin for the gun u already have. So if you really want skins you have to go through the pain of watching a lot of videos if you don’t want to pay money, or just do without. (2) the only way to get skins for your gun or suit is to have gold and you can only buy it or watch videos to get 5 gold. If your not then you won’t have much luck getting any new weapons any time soon. (1) you have to get really good at the game to get a good amount of money each round. The game is awesome, but there are a few cons. Thanks, Please post all idea's and suggestions on our Discord at You just have to know how and when to use them. This game is amazing to anyone with enough skill to be decently good with the starter guns and the guns available soon after are almost as good as the guns most people say are OP. Other than the things I already said the main reason I gave the game 5 stars was because of the auto block which block almost every bad word out there and there are very few ways to get around it unless someone wanted to really go out of their way to swear. There is one bug that they have not fixed yet and that is the bug where a player can get out of the boundary fence in the outpost map and be able to see and shoot through the fence all while being invulnerable to people trying to shoot him through the other side. Another thing great about the game is the constant updates that are released with fixed some very annoying bugs I saw and added some very cool features. The guns in the game are lots of fun to use and the only problem I have with the new guns is the sniper rifle that can shoot virtually across the map without any kind of drop of the projectile, like what happens with the cheapest rifle, or drop in damage given. The game has great graphics and if your device can handle the extra load I suggest turning on the ultra high def. And it’s not only because I’m really good at the gun game feature. I think this game is a great game to play. These aren't the only social media outlets.Best FPS game I have seen in a long time. There is also a subreddit for the game (/r/bulletforce) where players may post their feedback. The main social media outlet for the game is Twitter Players may tweet their feedback there. “The community will be involved in several ways, mostly consisting of social media. How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process? “The price might increase after the game is officially released.” Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access? There are also two different singleplayer modes: Campaign (kill all enemies in the level) and Skirmish (TDM with bots).” In multiplayer there are four different game modes: Free-for-all, Team deathmatch, Conquest, and Elimination. ![]() There are also many different weapon camos that can be unlocked through in-game money, and there are multiple gun attachments such as four different optics, a suppressor, and laser sights. The game also features four "throwables," including an M67 Frag grenade, an M18 Smoke grenade, throwing knives, and an M84 Flashbang. “The Early Access version has nine different weapons, consisting of multiple assault rifles, a sniper rifle, a pistol, an RPG-7, and a shotgun. What is the current state of the Early Access version? There will also be minor tweaks in gameplay and possibly adding more gamemodes to multiplayer.” “The full version will include more polished gameplay, more content such as more guns, more attachments, and possibly more maps or big changes to existing maps. ![]() How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version? “This game will be in early access for approximately two months.” The only way to receive that kind of feedback is to have many people playing the game.”Īpproximately how long will this game be in Early Access? ![]() “I want to release this game to Steam Early Access because I want to receive valuable feedback on the game and how it can be improved for the official release. ![]() ![]() ![]() Let’s welcome back an old family friend to the neighborhood. Pica Pica also has ceviches and sweet plantains, full-on plates of the arepas fillings (the Caribe, carne asada, a vegetarian and vegan combo, etc.) that come with rice and beans, as well as salads and desserts - yuca buñuelos! The other sauces were different versions of spicy/sweet. This was more than enough food, with plenty of leftovers. Guasacaca, an avocado sauce, came with everything, and went on everything. ![]() Perhaps it’s something that must be eaten just out of the fryer, as a friend counseled me. These unfortunately did not change my mind. For the life of me, I don’t get tostones, as I’ve only had ones that are tough and flavorless. The garlic was a tad bitter I’d get it without, next time. To gild the lily, we also ordered garlic fried yuca. Instead, we got the crispy chicken, which was pieces of fried chicken breast, and rather difficult to eat. ![]() The dough was crispy, light and sweet, but I wish I’d tried this with a simpler filling. We also ordered a regular-sized cachapa, which is basically an arepa but made with fresh corn instead of corn flour. All tasty as well, bite-sized, so you can easily share a few. The BF wanted to try the empanadas, so we got a sampler of those, too: beef, chicken, and cheese. Website: Phone: (415) 400-5453 Closed Now Tue 11:00 AM 8:00 PM Pickup 401 Valencia St San Francisco, CA 94103 666.67 mi Amenities Wifi Accessible Family friendly Find Nearby: ATMs.
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