![]() ![]() So I would really like to hear your thought on the topic, keeping in mind this is going to be used just for a $200 audio interface budget home "studio" AKA my computer desk in my front room. ![]() As my main usage is going to recording guitar tracks via a cheap USB interface and plan to use the DI box mainly so I can get a clean DI signal into my DAW while playing with my amp and then post-production on the clean DI track and would love to use my pedal in my DAW (I have too many guitar pedals), so thinking about reamping more as a way to play with the pedal setting, could I (or rather should I?) be better off making a couple of passive DI boxes set up in a signal chain like DI track from:ĭAW -> Output of audio interface -> Reamp box -> Pedal chain -> DI box-> audio interface -> DAW?Īs if I use a passive DI can I just flip it 180 and use it as a reamp box? The internet seems not to agree on if this can/should be done. Slight tangent here but you seem to know what you're talking about. And having an active volume foot pedal can be useful for a variety of reasons (great for a keyboard rig if that happens to be what you need the DI for).Ĭlick to expand.Thank you will give that a try! I have an Ernie Ball MVP active volume foot pedal which seems to be as simple as it needs to be very quiet. The op-amp is a dual and there's an LED but it lasts for literally months on two batteries as long as I don't forget to switch it off.Īnother possibility depending on your circumstances is to just get some little booster pedal and make a TS to TRS or XLR cable or whatever cable you need. Unfortunately because that's so trivial, nobody seems to make such a thing.Ĭurrently I have one DI which is cheapo off-the-shelf unit that I hacked with 1) dual 9V battery bipolar supply and 2) a switch to make it impedance balanced out so that it can drive unbalanced loads. IMO the ideal modern DI would be a dual 9V single op-amp impedance balanced output in a smallish steel box. Phantom power noise on USB audio interfaces can be even worse because they have to use DC converters which are difficult to implement properly without polluting the noise floor with whistling noises. The small format mixers are quite common but usually they only allow switching phantom power on all channels together which can easily add noise to a mix. I don't have statistics of course but your average recording environment probably does NOT have phantom power available that would be useful for a DI. But these days the big analog desks aren't used as much. Phantom power is standard on large format mixing desks which long ago every studio used daily. Dive into the creative possibilities of re-amping with the ProRMP.Click to expand.The obvious answer is that it's not powered. ![]() Re-amping has been the 'secret weapon' for countless recordings by the biggest names in the business and the process is often used on guitars, bass, keyboards, percussion and even voice to create new textures! The ProRMP is a 100% passive re-amplifier that lets you to take a pre-recorded track and re-amplify it through a guitar amp or effects pedals to create new and exciting tones. The Radial ProRMP is a passive box that allows for re-amping of the signal. Radial Engineering ProRMP Passive Reamper For Reamping/Re-recording Guitar or Bass Amps (Pro RMP) ![]()
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![]() ![]() What To Do When Correct Bra Size Doesn’t Fit? Know Sisterhood of CupsĮven after finding your correct bra size, there are times you might need help from ‘Sister Cup Sizes’. You can tighten or loosen them as per your comfort level. ![]() However, for women with bigger bust sizes, double hook & eye enclosures are a better option. Most bras have double hook & eye enclosures for a comfortable fit. They shouldn’t have any hard clasps or plastic bits either. The bra straps shouldn’t glide off your shoulder or dig into your skin. These wires are enclosed in fabric to keep you poke-free all day long. Not all bras are underwired, but the ones that do are usually made of coated metal and situated at the bottom of your bra’s cups to offer a gentle lift to the breasts. The cups should properly fit your breasts without any gaping lines or quadra-boobs. There should not be any top and side spillage from the cups. Wires and seams shouldn’t dig into your breast or underarms. You know you’ve found the right bra size when you don’t feel like you are wearing a bra at all. The higher the gore, the better fit it offers. Make sure that the centre of your bra between the cup sets lies flat against the chest. For a plus-size bra, the sideband should be broad enough to provide the utmost support & avoid spillage. The broader the sideband, the better the support. You should be able fit two fingers comfortably underneath the band. Your underband should have a snug fit and lie parallel to the ground. India Bra Size Chart (in inches) Bra Size Checklists for the Perfect Fit Alternatively, you can find your perfect fit with our 2 minutes bra fit test. Record your overbust and underbust measurements and refer to the bra size chart below to know your correct size amongst the list of bra sizes. Make sure it’s neither tight nor loose & without any falls or twists.Wrap the tape around the fullest part of your bust.The tape should be snug and parallel to the ground.Place the measuring tape around the bottom band, right under your bust.Now, follow these simple steps to find your bra size. In order to get an estimate, you need to get a measuring tape and ensure wearing a well-fitted non-padded bra. The first thing to understand about measurements in the bra size chart is that there are two sizes to consider: the band size and the cup size. We have an easy Step-by-Step guide to measure bra size using the bra size chart. So, it’s time that you wear your bra according to your size as per the bra size chart. It is not only important to enhance appearance but also to define correct posture and lend the needed support. Every woman is different and so are her breasts, which is why finding the right bra size becomes imperative. Did you know that around 80% of women wear the wrong bra size? So, if your straps dig in and give you rashes on the shoulders or your bra’s underwires stab you at the underbust, you’re probably one of those 80 % women. ![]() ![]() ![]() SMG1 doesn't always reset tilt after coming off a sloped surface, allowing for higher jumps off of flat ground in some places. Tilt is mostly determined by the slope of the surface you are standing on, but other environmental elements can have an effect. Video A backwards tilt can increase the height of jumps, while a forward tilt can do the opposite. Tilt: The tilt of Mario and Luigi's body can affect the height of their single, double, and triple jumps.Super Short Long Jump This trick's cause is unknown.This method can be used to get consecutive wall-jumps off of perpendicular walls. The longer you hold the analog stick parallel during the spin, the more parallel the wall-jump will be. ![]()
![]() ![]() I would be defending the framework and the beliefs of a nation. Will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. ![]() As I replayed the words in my head again, I remembered. I'm not sure why, but I was young, I really felt a sense of belonging to something bigger than myself.Īfter the feelings of patriotism and invincibility passed, a sense of nervousness came over me. Was I prepared to follow through on this oath?Īs soon as he had administered the Oath of Enlistment, I immediately felt a strong sense of patriotism. I thought to myself this is not a joke - this is real. It seemed as if time stood still, because I mentally paused and reflected on the words I was repeating. We raised our right hands, as he asked us to, and began to recite after him. At this point, I had never heard the words so I had no idea as to what we were going to say. An officer entered and said he was going to administer the Oath of Enlistment to all of us. I stood in a room with at least 40 or 50 other people, all standing at what we called "attention," facing the front of the room. I was at Fort Jackson, South Carolina going through my preparations to enlist in the U.S. I distinctly remember being administered the oath 28 years ago, almost as if it was just yesterday. While it is part of the ceremony it is far more than a simple gesture or a formality to get through before the document signing if reenlisting or the refreshments after the ceremony. I think some view it as a ceremonial gesture. This is a joyous occasion, either we are continuing our service or maybe receiving our next promotion. We often reaffirm the oath during reenlistments for enlisted members and during promotions for enlisted and officers. But I wonder if some of us who say those words that form the oath fully embrace what they mean and do we let them guide our military service. It forms the bedrock of what we stand for and are willing to fight for. Immediately I thought to myself, the oath is a major part of who we are in the military. The other day I was reviewing Air Force Instruction 1-1, Air Force Standards, when I came across the Oath of Enlistment. ![]() ![]() ![]() Muons were discovered in 1936 by Carl Anderson and Seth Neddermeyer, who were performing experiments with cosmic rays from deep space (Anderson had already discovered the electron's anti-particle, the positron, four years earlier). (Image credit: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) He is photographed here in the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, UK. Many chemical processes are related to the presence of these electrons in atoms.īritish physicist Joseph John Thomson discovered the electron in 1897. Positive charges on the protons and the negative charges on the electrons cancel out to create an electrically neutral atom. An atom will have the same number of electrons as it does protons, ensuring that the Electrons are important components of atoms, orbiting the nucleus of an atom composed of protons and neutrons. An electron has a rest mass energy of 0.511 MeV (Mega electron-Volt) (which equates to 9.1 x 10^–31 kilograms). The electron was the first lepton to be discovered, in 1897 by the British physicist Joseph John Thomson. It turned out that they weren't vanishing, but oscillating into muon and tau neutrinos on their way here. Neutrino oscillations are the solution to the mystery of the solar neutrino problem, where it seemed that only a third of the expected number of electron neutrinos from the sun were reaching Earth. This is referred to as neutrino oscillation and is described by physicists in Stanford University's Neutrino Group. However, once an anti-electron neutrino is produced from the decay of a neutron, the neutrino itself can change flavor into a muon or tau neutrino. So, a neutron could never decay and produce an electron and an anti-muon neutrino, because they belong to different families of leptons. The Lepton Number of an electron is 1, and the Lepton Number of an anti-neutrino is –1, hence they cancel and conserve the overall Lepton Number of the reaction.Ĭomplicating things are the three families of leptons (electron and electron neutrinos, muons and muon neutrinos, and tau particles and tau neutrinos) and the rules of Lepton Numbers say they can't be mixed and matched. Therefore its decay products must also add up to a Lepton Number of 0. A neutron is a baryon, not a lepton, so its Lepton Number is 0. First of all, it conserves a property known as the Lepton Number, which is defined by physicists at Georgia State University as the number of leptons minus the number of anti-leptons. This decay reaction demonstrates a couple of the fundamental properties of leptons. ![]() Tachyons: Facts about these faster-than-light particles ![]() Leptons and their corresponding neutrinos have a lepton number of 1, while antileptons and lepton antineutrinos have a lepton number of -1.- Higgs boson: The 'God Particle' explained A quantum number can only take integer values.Īll quarks have a baryon number of \dfrac\right). This means that in a particle interaction, both sides of the equation must have the same baryon number. The baryon number is a quantum number and is conserved for all particle interactions. Baryons have a baryon number of B = 1, antibaryons have a baryon number of B = -1, with all other particles having a baryon number of B = 0. There are other types of baryons, including sigmas \left(\Sigma\right) and lambdas \left(\Lambda\right), but these have very short half-lives and you don’t need to know them.Īll particles have a baryon number \left(B\right). The quarks are all the same type of quark either 3 normal quarks (baryon) or 3 antiquarks (antibaryon). ![]() ![]() ![]() When you want to move the image, tap Pan + Zoom or just use the pinch motion with your fingers. Once you load an image, it will be grayed out and you can start coloring in by tapping on Color at the bottom and then moving your finger across the image. Using your finger is actually the perfect way to add color back to the photo and pinching and zooming with your hands makes it super easy to edit only the parts you want.Īs you can see, it’s really easy using the app to color in complex objects with lots of curves using just your fingers. I find the app on the phone or iPad to be a lot better to use than the online tool I mentioned above. My favorite app on the iPhone for the color splash effect is Color Splash by Pocket Pixels. You can now save the file to your computer for free and it doesn’t add any kind of watermark or anything like that. Once you have added the effect to your image, click on the Save icon at the top next to the Open button. Now you adjust the brush size and start coloring in the part or parts of the photo you want to add color back to. I chose the top one with the flower and it worked just fine for me. You can choose from a couple of free effects, which don’t have the small diamond icon at the top right. ![]() Once the picture is loaded, click on Color Splash in the left-hand side of effects. Now click on the Open button and choose the location where you want to import your picture from. Click Get Started and wait for the editing interface to load. The first online tool I recommend is Fotor. They are free, easy to use and don’t require you to install anything on your hard drive. On the desktop, the best way to color splash a photo is to use an online tool. ![]() He is wearing bright colors, so that helps a bit. As you can see from above, the boy in the above picture doesn’t take up a lot of the photo and therefore the effect is not as dramatic. If the part you choose is too small, the effect won’t look good either. If you have a photo with one object that is very bright and the rest is darker or neutral colors, color splashing the bright part won’t make much of a difference. Think of softness as a feathering effect and the lower this setting, the stronger the edge of the brush stroke will be.When choosing a photo to color splash, here are my guidelines for getting the best results: choose a photo that has a lot of bright colors across the entire photo and make sure the part of the photo you color splash takes up a large percentage of the photo. Should you see a lot of bleeding over into areas you don't want to be affected, remember to not only reduce the brush size but also the softness. The brush is responsive and accurate, but it does take a little practice to get the hang of things. The interface is simple and easy to use and I do like the filter options. I would have liked to have seen a cropping tool available with Color Splash Studio, but I don't think it is a deal breaker. ![]() While Fotor Color Splash Studio isn't a feature-rich photo editor, the Windows PC app makes it easy to bring your photos to life by selectively adding color to key elements of the image. You may see the image file size shrink, but that is because the color coding is reduced. A save button is located in the lower right corner of the editor and images are saved at their original resolution. When your edits are to your liking, tap or click on the down arrow to apply your edits. ![]() ![]() ![]() With the power to upscale non-8K entertainment to near-native 8K resolution, our 8K OLED TV allows you to see your favorite television shows, movies, documentaries and more as never before. Created with the latest OLED technology, this 8K television also delivers deep, rich blacks, vibrant colors, stunning contrast, and an incredibly wide viewing angle-for images so real you can virtually reach out and touch them. ![]() ![]() And because there’s virtually no opportunity for images, or parts of images, to be lost "between pixels," and no image "noise," the picture quality is simply breathtaking. In fact, the pixels are so tightly structured that it’s impossible to see an individual pixel-which means that our 8K TVs create images that are crisper, clearer and smoother than ever. Available exclusively on this OLED TV and LG NanoCell TV, 8K resolution features four times that of even the most cutting-edge 4K television (7680 x 4320), delivering color and clarity as never before. And with its polished rear sides, ultra-slim black bezel, and stylish silver cabinet floor stand, it appears as if it’s floating delicately in your space. 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Featuring an expansive 88-inch OLED display with stunning 8K resolution, discover more about this groundbreaking television. “Immersive” and “innovative” can’t begin to describe the LG OLED TV 8K. ![]() ![]() ![]() AdvantagesĪpart from answering questions, Alexa will help you set room temperatures, discover new smart devices, set reminders, turn off smart lighting fixtures, turn entertainment systems on or off, lock your doors, and access security cameras.Īlexa is compatible with thousands of devices, including those operating on Android, iOS, and lesser-known Fire OS. Though its users did not previously enjoy any mobile experience, we are currently seeing several Alexa-enabled smartphones making their way into the market. Launched in 2014, Forbes named Alexa the fastest-learning assistant. Additionally, if you speak fast or have a strong accent, it may not understand and fail to execute the correct commands. Siri was primarily engineered for Apple users, and even after it was later integrated into third-party applications, it doesn’t support applications outside its ecosystem including Netflix and Spotify.Įven with its extensive language library, Siri only translates maps into American English which can be challenging for non-natives. It’s a technology that streamlines the residential automation experience for the Apple die-hard. Siri works exceptionally well with Homekit, helping create a wide array of scenes and automation with one simple command. While Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa can take commands in 4 and 3 languages, Siri recognizes commands in a whooping 21 languages! This makes her the best home voice assistant for people who speak other languages besides English, Japanese, German, and French. Apple Siriīeing the pioneer of speech control for home automation, Siri comes with numerous advantages including Advantages While its capabilities are expanding, it still does not integrate with as many intelligent devices as Alexa. You can spice things up and pick one of the 10 other voices available, or even choose to sound like celebrities John Legend or Issa Rae. One amazing thing about Google Assistant is you do not have to listen to one boring voice for the entirety. Over the years, it has incorporated more customization features and added to its list of compatible devices, even expanding its capabilities to KaiOS users – among other things. Google has been on an unending quest to improve Assistant’s powerful capabilities. Since its emergence, it has outranked its competitors in correctly answering questions. If you are wondering who is the best virtual assistant in terms of accuracy, Google Assistant takes the crown. It is not only available on mobile but also on home automation devices, carrying out various tasks based on the command given. This is an AI-powered virtual assistant from Google that supports two-way conversational interactions. ![]() While rapid tech advancements have led to the emergence of a myriad of speech-based technologies, Google Assistant, Siri, and Alexa sit among the most popular.īelow we look at their pros and cons, which help fuel your decision-making process as to which is the best voice assistant for the home. The most popular voice assistants: their pros and cons So, if you like the idea of in-house climate automation, controlled lighting, and motorized window shades, then speech-powered technologies are definitely for you. You can expect to find them on smartphones, smart speakers, smartwatches, and other appliances. The technology works seamlessly with a variety of devices but you may find some that only work with single devices. The software will listen to your voice and follow commands. This is a technology that leverages speech recognition, AI, and NLP to facilitate the hands-free operation of digital devices. We also share in-depth information on each, helping you understand who is the best assistant for you. This article focuses on three of the most popular speech recognition technologies, sharing their pros and cons. However, there are a few predominant ones that ensure seamless automated smart home control. That’s why it’s not surprising that their demand is rising, and an estimated 8 billion more voice assistants will be operational in 2023. They move beyond being smartphone helpers, evolving into technologies that integrate into almost all aspects of our homes. Voice assistants are no longer limited to setting timers and reminders, facilitating internet searches, and helping you receive and decline phone calls. ![]() ![]() ‘The problem with the word poverty is that it embodies so many negatives,’ said journalist Stephen Armstrong, author of The New Poverty, speaking at Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s (JRF) ‘Talking about Poverty’ conference in London on 30 January. May 8-9: (sundown to sundown) Lag BaOmer, a Jewish holiday marking the day of hillula of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.Talking about poverty – is being careful about language enoughĮvent reports Related Tags: Rethinking Poverty This day celebrates Mexican culture and heritage with a variety of festivities, including parades and mariachi music performances. May 5: Cinco de Mayo, a Mexican holiday commemorating the Mexican Army’s 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War (1861–1867). May 3: Feasts of Saints Philip and James, a Roman Rite feast day held on the anniversary of the dedication of the Church to Saints Phillip and James in Rome. The day is often used to celebrate love and romance. May 1: Beltane, an ancient Celtic, Pagan, and Wiccan holiday commemorated about halfway between the spring equinox and summer solstice. Thank you to the APIDA Heritage Month Planning Community for their hard work in organizing and hosting these events! Upcoming Holidays & Observances: Campus celebrated this past April, which featured a full month of fantastic programs to celebrate and bring awareness to the APIDA community at UW–Madison. Nationally, APIDA Heritage Month takes place in May. Using specific terms helps emphasize the vast diversity existing within the overarching umbrella term and is a sign of respect to people within the community. For example, someone who identifies as Vietnamese or Taiwanese. When referring to individuals, or specific ethnic communities, you should avoid using the acronym and instead opt to use their specific ethnic identifier. If you are referring to a large group of people of varying ethnicities within the APIDA umbrella, using the acronym is appropriate. When referring to folks in the APIDA community, you should use the most specific language available. To fully understand these acronyms it’s important to remember that they reference a diverse population of more than 20 ethnic groups living in the United States. Particularly in regards to spotlighting Asian American advocacy work in the United States. They were both in graduate school and wanted to use a term that they felt represented their community. To create a more culturally inclusive term, Yuji Ichioka and Emma Gee started using the term Asian American in 1968. Former President Obama even had the term Oriental eliminated from being referenced in federal law in 2016 due to the term being culturally insensitive. However, the term was used as a way to differentiate and discriminate against people of the Asian diaspora living in the United States. Due to the benign origin of the term, it isn’t as derogatory as racial slurs. ![]() The term was used to refer to anyone that originated from the eastern side of the globe. Prior to the 1970s, people of Asian descent in America were commonly referred to as Orientals, a term that is more vague and outdated in comparison to other terms that are now in existence. ![]() APIDA stands for Asian Pacific Islander Desi American, with the Desi term representing South Asian identifying people. Since 2010 a newer term, “APIDA” has been used in order to be more inclusive of South Asians. ![]() AAPI stands for Asian American Pacific Islander and started formally being used in the 1990s as a category in the U.S. A great example of how language, acronyms, and terminology change over time is in regards to the acronyms “AAPI” and “APIDA”. ![]() ![]() ![]() If these ways help you reduce high CPU usage of the Bird process, go to share them with others. You can use a professional and secure malware scanner to do check and remove the malware from your Mac. If the Bird process still returns to high CPU usage after reenabling iCloud, you should consider if there is malware on your Mac that cause this trouble. The Bird process will back to take normal CPU usage. Then, click Remove from Mac.Īfter a moment, tick in the iCloud Drive option again to turn on iCloud. If alerts you this operation will remove all files in iCloud from your Mac, make a backup first. ![]() Then, uncheck the box beside iCloud Drive. Open Apple ID > iCloud in System Preferences. If the above ways can't lower the CPU usage of the Bird process, you can disable iCloud first. If the Bird process runs too much CPU, you can reset NVRAM to exclude the culprits that are related to system errors. ![]() NVRAM (non-volatile random-access memory) is a small amount of memory that stores system settings to keep your Mac running normally. Next, copy files in the Accounts folder for a backup and then delete them from the folder.Īfter that, reopen Activity Monitor to see if the CPU usage of the Bird process reduces. Copy and paste ~/Library/Application Support/iCloud/Accounts/ to the search box and hit Return to open the folder. Simply open Finder and move to the top Finder menu bar. You can try to reset iCloud settings to fix the Bird process's high CPU usage problem. There is also a possibility that there are errors in iCloud making the Bird process uses much CPU. Then, go to check if the CPU usage of the Bird process is decreased. If no error hints what the suspicious file is, you can delete back up the whole folder in iCloud Drive and then delete it to refresh the iCloud syncing process. If you find the files, save them at another destination on your Mac and then delete them. You can open Terminal and enter the following command line to check what files are waiting to be synced or make the iCloud get stuck.įor macOS Catalina and later, run: brctl log -w –shortenįor macOS before Catalina, run: brctl log –wait –shorten Thus, the Bird process consumes so much CPU. Or, certain pending uploads are stuck in the process. Perhaps, some large files are on the uploading list to iCloud Drive. Check and delete the pending uploads of iCloud Simply close the opened apps and click the Apple menu > Restart. And it will also reduce the CPU usage of the processes to the default, including the Bird process. Restarting your Mac will refresh macOS and all the installed programs.
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