2/7/2024 0 Comments Strava vs ride with gpsNo Racism/Hate Speech - There will be zero tolerance for racism, homophobia/transphobia, or sexism/misogyny, engaging in any sort of hate speech will result in the post or comment being removed and the poster being banned. If someone insults you then move on or report them: Do not respond in kind. It isn't your job to "fix" random people on the internet. If you can't say it nicely then perhaps don't say it at all. Surveys from new accounts will be removed.ĭon't be a jerk. Surveys – No surveys unless you're an active community member of /r/cycling. Memes – These will be actively removed, but consider posting in /r/fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu, /r/AdviceAnimals, or /r/memes. They will be actively removed, unless there is some kind of necessary discussion involved. Pictures of your stuff – These can be somewhat controversial. We suggest being an active member of reddit before submitting links to your own site. Self Promotion - The community has spoken: If you only submit links to your own content, your links will be removed as spam. Message the moderators, and we will free it for you (assuming it is not actually spam.) If your submission does not appear in the new tab, and you don't think that it counts as spam - then it may have been caught by the spam filter. No computer-generated responses.ĥ - Don't be a jerk. We use the reddit FAQ guidelines for spam when removing spam posts.Ġ - No bots of any sort. An achievement you’ll claim, all of your own accord.READ FIRST For LIVE CHAT regarding cycling please visit #bicycling on Snoonet A collection of moments which transcend the data of Strava. You’ll be flawlessly off the brakes on that descent. You’ll feel a surge of inspiration, blitzing a seated climb on a section where you’d always had to stand on the pedals. The best ride you’ll ever have will be a combination of ethereal light conditions, on an empty road, somewhere rural. The horizon or silhouette of that next hill should be your segment. It should purge your mind and free your imagination. Although Strava was not found liable by the courts, Flint’s death showcased the dark side of data- and segment-obsessed cycling.Ĭycling then, for the most part, should drain your energy levels but enliven your sense of being. His death was a watershed moment for Strava, as Flint’s family blamed the application for incentivising thoughtless conduct. A talented amateur rider, Flint became obsessed with Strava and was desperate to recapture a descending segment he had lost to a rival by only four seconds.įlint died when he ran wide in a corner and collided with a vehicle in the oncoming lane. The worst example of this relates to the death of talented Californian engineer, Kim Flint, way back in 2010. If you allow your cycling life to be taken captive by Strava and an anonymous audience, there is a possible destiny where you won’t turn the pedals, if a ride cannot be logged or tracked.Īt its worst, Strava can encourage reckless behaviour as riders battle rivals to claim segments. Experiences which once had intrinsic value, are now graded of worth, only if they can be shared and liked by an audience. Social media can be beneficial or destructive. Cheapest Zwift setup: turbo trainer deals to help you get Zwift on a budget.His most famous quote is perhaps the greatest argument against Strava and GPS ride data obsession: "Ride as much or as little, or as long or as short as you feel. There is no question that the greatest cyclist of all time is Belgium’s Eddy Merckx. Superior wheel and tyre technology have given us greater independence for long rides (due to puncture resistance), yet it is ridiculous that Strava dictates our riding instead of vision and inspiration. Why should you be digitally herded to follow routes made popular by virtue of Strava’s competitive zeal and the sheer scale of social media? A beautiful aspect of cycling is that you can ride as long or short as you like, and where you wish to go. Riding is freedom, not dataįreedom of exploration is one of cycling’s greatest values. As a dedicated training tool, it has benefits, but like any smartphone application, it must be strictly managed to prevent addiction and affliction. Strava mitigates against all the childlike curiosity and sense of adventure that makes cycling such a healthy depressurisation for adults. Exploring routes which have not been plotted. Stopping when you wish, for no reason other than impulse. Strava has removed the beautiful mystery of riding.
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2/7/2024 0 Comments Online diaSimilarly, different analysis approaches and software tools have been developed for peptide and protein identification from MS data, including de novo peptide sequencing, protein database search, and spectral library search 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. This is in contrast to data-dependent acquisition (DDA) strategy which only selects a few most intense precursor ions for fragmentation. For instance, data-independent acquisition (DIA) strategy allows the fragmentation of all precursor ions within a certain range of m/z and retention time, thus producing a complete record of all peptides in a sample 3, 4. Numerous efforts have been made to increase the detection power in different stages of MS experiments, including sample preparation, instrumentation, data acquisition strategy, and data analysis. Throughout the three decades-long history of mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics, improving the sensitivity of peptide and protein identification has always been one of the most important research objectives 1, 2. The platform supports data formats from all major instruments and is implemented with the distributed high-performance computing technology, allowing analysis of tera-scale datasets of thousands of samples for clinical applications. We also discover six T-cell epitopes from SARS-CoV-2 immunopeptidome that might represent potential targets for COVID-19 vaccine development. When evaluated on immunopeptidomics datasets, we identify 1.7-4.1 and 1.4-2.2 times more peptides from DDA and DIA data, respectively, than previously reported results. Our platform identifies 5-30% more peptide precursors than other state-of-the-art systems on multiple benchmark datasets. The platform integrates deep learning-based solutions of spectral library search, database search, and de novo sequencing under a unified framework, which not only boosts the sensitivity but also accurately controls the specificity of peptide identification. Here we report a streamlined platform for both DDA and DIA data analysis. Kiwis will see this work as nothing more than online Hate Speech Laws, and will resist this overreach also.Integrating data-dependent acquisition (DDA) and data-independent acquisition (DIA) approaches can enable highly sensitive mass spectrometry, especially for imunnopeptidomics applications. "Silencing Kiwis online is not the way to promote social cohesion or build trust. Free speech is the solution to this, as we use our voices to speak up for tolerance, inclusion, and diversity. Undoubtedly, content online can cause hate and harm. On the contrary, they breed suspicion and division. "Frameworks of this kind do nothing to increase mature discourse or community interconnectedness. The proposed structure of a Regulator, with a Code drafted away from Parliament and political accountability, is a censor's greatest dream and will be weaponised to suppress unpopular or disliked perspectives and opinions. This is an inelegant solution to the 'lawful but awful' category of speech, which is best addressed through counter speech. "While the intention to address 'safety' and online 'harm' is arguably laudable, the cure is worse than the disease. This legislation would result in the Classifications Act being repealed and replaced. "The Broadcasting Standards Authority, Film and Video Labelling Body, and the Aotearoa New Zealand Code of Practice for Online Safety and Harms would all shift to new codes approved by the Regulator. Despite promising signs from DIA that due regard would be provided to free speech, yet again this fundamental liberty is treated to platitudes while being actively undermined. "The review of New Zealand's regulatory system for media and online platforms is the culmination of two years work on the 'Content Regulation Review'. This overreach must be opposed, says Jonathan Ayling, Chief Executive of the Union. A leaked consultation document from the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) shows plans to draft and introduce legislation that would entirely restructure the New Zealand censorship regime, bringing online speech, such as material on social media platforms, under the oversight of a 'Regulator' and 'Codes of Practice'. 2/7/2024 0 Comments White open toe heelsIf you’re really looking to stunt with your sneakers, look no further than Gucci’s stacked, monogrammed kicks. Save on the best white sneakers for women with these Nordstrom promo codes. Anna Moeslein, deputy editor at Glamour It’s because they’re so versatile-they sit perfectly just below the ankle, which makes them work with just about any pants style, cropped or otherwise, as well as skirts, dresses, and shorts. Comfortable with a retro feel, these have carried me through fall, winter, spring, and now summer because they really are that good.
2/7/2024 0 Comments Gotham knights ps4“We’ve been fortunate to live in a time when comic book characters and concepts have really found their way into every corner of the mass market. “You could think of us as one other self-contained standalone story in that universe of stories,” says Marty. It’s part of the grammar of graphic novels. Photograph: WB Gamesĭifferent creators apply their own treatments to iconic characters all the time, be it in print, or on PlayStation. That series tells the story of Gotham’s secret society and crime organisation, with themes of lineage and family which are also explored in this game’s narrative, with its found family of four heroes.Ī particular highlight … Harley Quinn. The team cite the Court of Owls Batman comic run from 2012 as a specific inspiration for this plot. It would be just as at home in a Suicide Squad movie. It’s suitably madcap, with a final, bonkers jailyard fight set to a pop punk cover of Ricky Martin’s Livin’ La Vida Loca. I follow her mission through prison, fighting criminals, stealthily eliminating guards and searching for clues. That’s especially true of its bad guys: a particular highlight is Harley Quinn, who, while not totally reformed, is revealed to have been working with Batman pre-demise. Without Bruce Wayne taking on bad guys, it’s other DC heroes, the villains, and Gotham itself – a dynamic, interactive city full of citizens – that keep Gotham Knights situated in the Batman universe you would recognise. Imagine the Red Wedding where they just had a lovely dinner and went to bed.” There’s an old editorial edict at Marvel that we shouldn’t kill characters because everyone is someone’s favourite. “Game of Thrones is the perfect example of this. Killing off ones you don’t care about is the death of drama,” he says. “Killing off much-loved characters is wonderful. No Batman to keep it in check … Gotham City. In his opinion, eliminating the world’s most beloved heroes isn’t just permissible but, well, great. His books were the main inspiration for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from The Avengers to Logan. He is now a senior studio executive at Netflix, having sold his company Millarworld (which published Kick-Ass and Wanted, among many others) to the giant in 2017. One of the most prolific comic book writers, Mark Millar, is someone who has tackled it countless times before – and has learned exactly how to breathe life into characters entering their ninth decade, as the man who revamped Marvel’s franchises 20 years ago. Of course, finding a new way to interpret classic characters is nothing new, particularly in the comic-book world. “Nobody wants you to kill Batman,” says Fleur Marty, executive producer on the game, “but they were surprisingly open to the idea.” Surprisingly, they met with little resistance from DC Comics. Then what happens? Who fills that vacuum? As soon as you start asking that question, it opens doors.” “Gotham City continues to be Gotham City, but now there’s no Batman keeping it in check. “Sometimes you tackle a problem, realise that the solution is to take one important piece out and it flips the script on the whole thing,” says Redding, of the team’s Joker-like decision to bump off the Dark Knight. You can still play the whole thing solo, switching between the characters, but you can also play with friends online. It’s natural to compare the two – particularly as those games were partially developed by the same studio – but Gotham Knights feels significantly different. The most recent Batman video games – the Arkham series, in which players took control of the caped crusader – enjoyed enormous global success, selling more than 30m copies and earning mass critical acclaim. By night, you fight crime and collect clues, by day, you level up and customise characters in your belfry HQ. You can control and switch between the four as you wish, venturing into the five boroughs of the open-world on your Batcycle or swinging around the city by grappling hook to take on missions. In his place, instead of one Dark Knight, we have a team of four: Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood and Robin, who must step forward as the new guard of Gotham to protect the city from petty crime, organised mobs and supervillains. In this new cooperative game, Batman’s cause of death is a mystery to be unravelled. “Yes, he’s dead,” says creative director, Patrick Redding, breaking the news to me at the scene of the crime. For the team behind the new video game Gotham Knights, their murder was the answer to a big question: how do you do something new with a character who has been throwing the Joker in jail for 83 years? If you’re thinking that Batman has been done to death, you’d be right. 2/6/2024 0 Comments Sword coast legends modsUsually you’re just matching runes to open doors, though there are a couple of tricky segments. If you’re really lucky, said puzzle will make you think for fifteen seconds. If you’re lucky, you might have to solve a puzzle. Most dungeons go on like this: your rogue searches ahead for traps and secret doors, you eventually encounter enemies, and you kill them with monotonous MMO-style combat. For now, upcoming DLC will be free, but I wouldn’t be surprised if we see future races and classes for sale. Tieflings are confirmed to be coming soon, but this piecemeal distribution feels seedy. Likewise, only 6 out of 12 character classes are available. This feels even seedier when one of the first NPCs you meet in the single-player campaign is a Tiefling, one of the races that you can’t choose. There are only 5 available races at launch, as opposed to the 9 that are in the Player’s Handbook (12 if we count the races added in the Elemental Evil Player’s Guide). Even as you start creating a character, it feels like half of the game is missing. Instead, there’s an uncomfortable content divide. It would be difficult to achieve, but if traditional D&D and Sword Coast Legends offered even a semblance of parity, people would be willing to forgo the magic of an evening’s revelry with real friends in exchange for the convenience of playing online. This leaves an opportunity for n-Space to both attract new fans and provide old fans with the oft-dreamed of digital stomping ground. Dungeons & Dragons‘ 5th edition came out last year and has remained hugely popular since then. Let’s skip past the initiative roll and go straight to the most baffling decision n-Space made. 2/6/2024 0 Comments Abbey lee elizabeth harvestGeorge Miller gave Lee her screen debut with Mad Max: Fury Road, in which she played the Dag, the most eccentric member of the Many Wives collective. Her almost-supernatural beauty means filmmakers have sought her out for years to play otherworldly and alluring characters. The tragedy of it is that with just a little more work it might have worked in all these ways and been something truly special.Watching Australian actress Abbey Lee makes you wonder if the Men in Black isn’t a real agency welcoming visitors from other worlds to work and live on Earth. If thematic development, performance and style mean more to you, you may well find it intriguing. If a consistent and coherent narrative is essential to your enjoyment, you would be well advised to steer clear. reactions to this film are likely to be very varied. Here the chaos of biology is pitted against the patriarchal dependence on a disciplined world to striking effect. The setting - Gothic this tale may be but the architecture is modern - is brilliantly used and all those clean lines heighten the horror by contrast at the same time as emphasising Henry's obsession with order and control. The film is visually stunning, and not just because of the way that Lee captivates the viewer's gaze. The result is very much a case of style over substance. The core idea certainly has potential - at least if one is willing to set aside awareness of how actual biology works and accept that the driving force here is what people believe about how biology works - but as a writer, Sebastian Gutierrez is clearly out of his depth. It's unduly heavy on exposition, especially during a sequence in which we are read lengthy extracts from a journal. Its non-chronological approach means twists that should intrigue are too likely to confuse instead, leaving viewers frustrated. There are some big structural problems with this film. Though at first glance she might seem a helpless victim, she's geared for survival and her single-mindedness makes her compelling to watch. At a significant physical disadvantage and deprived of the intellectual tools that might otherwise have helped her, Elizabeth moves like a prey animal, those wide eyes full of fear, her whole body intensely alert. But it's Lee who dominates the film in a performance that feels animal, instinctual. His blind son Oliver (Matthew Beard) lurks in his shadow, clearly besotted with Elizabeth, afraid like so many young men out there that he will end up imitating his father's aggressive behaviour no matter what he does. Hinds is on fine form as the troubled doctor, telling his assistant Claire (the always reliable Carla Gugino) that he wants to be a better man yet somehow never quite putting in the effort required to take responsibility for his failings. What follows takes us firmly into the realms of science fiction but this is at heart a character-driven story, one styled around patterns and a lingering fear of predestination or of being cursed to repeat the mistakes of the past. To say much more about the plot would be to diminish the film. Elizabeth has a curious nature - and we all know what happened to the proverbial cat. Although other versions of the tale have spun this out, building tension as the heroine's curiosity grows, this one wastes no time. This room is his private space, somewhere she must never enter. Henry is a modern Bluebeard, spiriting her away to his remote home and telling her that everything there is hers now - the clothes, the jewels, the money in the safe - but for the contents of one room. The answer to this question goes far beyond anything this shy, sweet creature could imagine - and, indeed, she will have only a short time in which to try to figure it out, this time around. She adores Henry (Ciarán Hinds) in large part because of his intellectual brilliance, and she wonders aloud "Why would he want to marry a girl like me?" But Elizabeth, poorly educated though she is, understands that the appeal of physical beauty only goes so far. In character as Elizabeth, she retains her delicate, gazelle-like beauty: long legs, pert breasts, high cheekbones, big blue eyes. In real life, Abbey Lee is one of the world's most celebrated models. 2/6/2024 0 Comments Free lut similar to protune( Stu will no doubt be separately discussing the grading of GoPro 3 footage at Thanks also to GoPro’s Senior Director of Software Engineering (p.k.a. Click to enlargeīelow is a summary of the key points – for more watch this week’s fxphd BKD class 02- which shows GoPro Hero3 clips and grading – thanks to our good friend Director, Stu Maschwitz, who filmed with the Hero3 the morning after the launch on San Francisco Bay. While much of the popular press may focus on the jump to 4K, we wanted to flag the incredible shift from being a ‘straight to YouTube’ camera to a camera that now also offers a very real alternative for those wanting to intercut GoPro footage – a pipeline that assumes there will be grading, that there will be post, and outputs from the camera in a format that lets you maximize both. And now with the Hero3 these specifications have jumped again. 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This time around, that square calls for a complete performance of the band’s 1977 masterpiece Hotel California along with a long set of classics from their other albums and a scattering of solo hits. There’s no better way to think of an Eagles show circa 2020 than a box of chocolates (albeit a very pricey one) with a square insert noting exactly what’s inside. Something familiar in uncertain times because life is like a box of chocolates, except with some boxes of chocolates you get a little map that shows you exactly what you’re going to get with one of those squares inside. “We want to provide you with about a three-hour break from the hideous 24/7 news cycle. “The first thing I want to do is thank you for your support all these years,” he said. Midway through the Eagles marathon show at Madison Square Garden on Friday night, Don Henley stepped up to the microphone and addressed the crowd for one of the few times that evening. 2/6/2024 0 Comments Gacha life game onDevelopers could remove some characters or character poses in future releases. While the burden of this responsibility lies on the player, it’s important to supervise the childrens' usage of the application. In addition to this, Gacha Life lets everyone share content on video platforms like YouTube. For this reason, there’s always the possibility of some players creating mature, dark, or adult content and situations. Therefore, parental supervision is highly recommended.Īlthough the game dresses up characters and creates a unique scene with an engaging storyline, the RPG gives players the flexibility to do anything with the avatar. In certain instances, it promotes mature content. 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Gacha is a popular term originating from Japan often used to depict video games and toy machines. 2/6/2024 0 Comments Prison architect dlcIn Introversion's alpha 30 video, they confirmed Prison Architect was coming to iOS and Android in October 2015 with the game's official release. Introversion Software announced that a mobile version of the game was in development and the PC version of the game officially launched on October 6, 2015. As of December 2013, the developers have raised over US$9 million. Developer's co-founder Mark Morris explains that independent crowd-funding has allowed them to have no time limit on the Alpha version, as well as no fees associated with crowd-funding platforms. The game was then crowdfunded with pre-orders, making over US$270,000 in two weeks with close to 8,000 sales. The game was first made available on Septemas an Alpha version. The game was announced in October 2011, shortly after Introversion postponed the development of their bank heist simulator game Subversion. Prison Architect was developed by British video game studio Introversion Software. Additionally, regular prisoners may become criminally insane when they experience excessive punishment or when their needs are not regularly met (such as lack of access to food or sanitation). With the addition of the Psych Ward DLC, players are given the option to house criminally insane prisoners, and build relevant facilities to meet their needs (such as padded cells), and hire additional personnel needed to keep them in check, such as orderlies and psychiatrists. The first "official" (non-beta) release introduced an expanded story mode as a tutorial as well as an escape mode which casts the player as a prisoner with the goal of escaping, while causing as much trouble as possible. Players can be 'fired' by the CEO by reaching a failure conditions, and the player is then prevented from further managing that prison. There is also a Protective Custody class that players can assign prisoners as. Should the Death Row prisoner pass an appeal, he may be released from the prison or transferred into the general prison population. This percentage can be lowered with successive failed Death Row Appeal sessions below a certain percentage, the prisoner can be executed without legal backlash to the facility regardless of the innocence of the prisoner. Death Row prisoners arrive with a ' clemency' gauge, expressed as a percentage. Prisoners may be motivated to behave well to be given a lower security rating and prisoners with poor behaviour may be given a higher security rating as punishment. Prisoners are also ranked according to five different classes, which correspond to a different temperament and length of sentence. A player's prison is graded by an in-game report according to various factors including recidivism rate of prisoners that have left the prison, overall happiness and violence levels within the prison. Players may also opt to build a female prison, which necessitates the construction of nursing and childcare facilities for female inmates that are accompanying an infant. The player can also allow additional conditions to be applied to their game (such as simulated temperature, gang activities and more extreme weather conditions) to increase the difficulty of the game and to simulate a prison in conditions nearer to reality. The game takes inspiration from Theme Hospital, Dungeon Keeper, and Dwarf Fortress. The player tells the prisoners what to do indirectly by setting their schedule. The player is also able to implement various reform and labour programmes that reduce the specific prisoner's recidivism rate. The player is also responsible for the finances of their prison, and for meeting the needs of their prisoners (e.g., sanitation). The player needs to recruit specific staff to unlock some aspects of the game (e.g., information about the prison's finances is unavailable without an accountant). The player's role is of both architect and governor with sandbox micromanagement themes, responsible for managing various aspects of the prison, including building facilities, connecting utilities, and managing staff. The game is a top-down 2D (with a partially 3D mode) construction and management simulation where the player has been hired by the CEO of a for-profit prison company to take control of building and running a prison. In 2019, Paradox Interactive acquired the rights to Prison Architect for an undisclosed sum. The game was available on Steam's Early Access program, and was officially released on October 6, 2015. Prison Architect was an entrant in the 2012 Independent Games Festival. With over 2,000,000 copies sold, Prison Architect made over US$10.7 million in pre-order sales for the alpha version. It was made available as a crowdfunded paid alpha pre-order on Septemwith updates scheduled every three to four weeks. Prison Architect is a private prison construction and management simulation video game developed and published by Introversion Software. |
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