![]() ![]() It's hard to imagine in the near term that it's going to be a huge business for them. So the question - you look at Meta and Facebook as they try to kind of chase this idea. So the question is, will users be able to kind of easily change over to those apps? Some people are worried that'll be too hard.įADEL: Now, only a small fraction of Twitter users have turned to the paid service so far, right? So how will these companies turn these services into solid revenue streams? Now, if you want to do text messaging authentication, you've got to pay for it, though there are still apps out there where you can do it for free. And that's troubling to some observers because this was a service that was free in the past, trying to make the system as safe as possible. To your account - now, you'll have to pay for that. It's not just the blue checkmark, but they're adding another part to their subscription service where if you want to do two-factor authentication - that's where through your cell phone, through text messaging, this is where you get a code to enter in when you're trying to log in. The change that we saw in the last few days from Twitter takes it a step further. Now, the question is, you know, how many people actually want to pay this money for this kind of blue checkmark?įADEL: But does it then make people who don't want to pay or don't have the money to pay less safe online on these platforms? And we see Facebook here kind of trying to follow that path and see if they can make money. And what Elon Musk has identified is this - there's a potential value in being verified, having that blue checkmark next to your name. The digital ad market has been suffering or struggling in the past year, and this is a way to try to squeeze more money out of the services. HIGGINS: Well, these subscription services are all about money. Good morning.įADEL: So first off, why are Meta and Twitter unveiling these paid services? Digital rights advocates say that could put some users in danger.įADEL: To talk about this, we have Wall Street Journal reporter Tim Higgins joining us. Beginning next month, only users who pay a monthly fee will have access to certain account security features on Facebook and Instagram. Where have we heard this before? The Meta verification service, of course, is similar to the one unveiled recently at Twitter, which is also changing its paid services to try to make some more money to pay off Elon Musk's debts. This ensures that no matter what happens at work, you can access your latest saved data and avoid the costly and time-consuming rebuilding of data from scratch.It used to be free, but now Facebook and Instagram will charge about $12 a month to get verified. Using blank check stock, you can also print MICR checks for payment to suppliers and creditors.įor greater peace of mind, you can choose to back up your payroll data to CheckMark’s cloud servers. ![]() Within the software, you can access the latest versions of IRS and tax tables and forms, electronically file W2s & W3s to the SSA and most states (without added cost), and print completed Forms 941, 940, 944, 943, W-2, and W-3 forms.ĬheckMark Payroll lets you create ACH-formatted files that you can use for direct deposits for all employer and employee payments. ![]() No more need to calculate based on headcount or choose a tiered plan.ĬheckMark Payroll receives regular updates to ensure compliance with the latest state and federal requirements. The one-time payment covers unlimited payroll with an unlimited number of employees. With CheckMark, you don’t need to count your number of users. Unlimited payroll and employee processing In addition, you can export reports as a spreadsheet or plain text files. You can enter employee hours in a spreadsheet-style window, import from a spreadsheet or time clock, manage vacation and sick leaves including accruals, and export and email PDF pay stubs as paper-free payslips. Payroll processing becomes much easier with automation, and CheckMark payroll software has a number of features that do so. Refer to below for more details about the benefits. The main benefits of CheckMark Payroll are hassle-free payroll operations, unlimited payroll and employee processing, updated IRS and tax tables and forms, payment and deposit convenience, and secure cloud backup system.
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![]() The front serrations are rather short, but the serrations are deep and easy to grip. The addition of front serrations is excellent. When firing, that textured grip provides an easy to hold, and the gun never tries to work its way out of your hand. This includes a bold front and backstrap. The grip texture is very aggressive and separated into panels that cover the entire grip. The good news is once you lose enough skin, you don’t feel it anymore. It made testing the gun rather slow and uncomfortable. That slide bite translated into my hand, bleeding within 50 rounds. With a high grip, I get a nasty slide bite. From a practical perspective, I do like this trigger, and it does offer something different than 99% of the striker-fired guns on the market. You cannot manually decock the weapon, and the double-action trigger only comes into play if the single action does not fire the weapon. It could be described as a DA/SA gun, but that doesn’t adequately describe it. This trigger system is a single action, with restrike capability. The Taurus G3C retains an effective trigger system that’s been around since the old 24/7. It’s a compromise in both directions, but not necessarily a bad one. It’s smaller than your traditional compact, like a CZ P10C or Glock 19, but larger than subcompacts like the Glock 26. The Taurus G3C fits into an odd category of concealed carry guns size-wise. ![]() The G3C is far from the smallest gun on the market and does feature a double-stack 12-round magazine (more with extensions). The compact pistol price points appeal to those on a budget. The Compact design points the gun towards concealed carry. This opens up an existing aftermarket to make upgrades easier. To me, the most notable improvement for the Taurus G3 handgun seems to be the G3C’s ability to utilize Glock pattern sights and SIG Sauer P226 magazines. The trigger is the third generation Taurus trigger and is a flat-faced trigger with a much larger trigger safety. These improvements include front and rear slide serrations, as well as the front and rear sight are steel sights. The G3C features several upgrades over the G2C. The G3C is not a compact handgun variant of the G3 but the successor to the very popular G2C handgun. Their automatic pistols seem to be much more reliable than their revolvers. Many people like to claim Taurus makes good revolvers but bad automatics. ![]() T8ᵛ, The picture of a Gentlewoman, whose eies were contriued‥, that they moued vp and down of themselues,‥done by a vice which the Grecians call αὐτόματον. Compare automa n., automate n., autom n.Ĭompare the following slightly earlier attestation of ancient Greek αὐτόματον in an English context: form¹ + ‑ματος < the same Indo‐European base as Sanskrit mata thought, considered, classical Latin ‑mentus (in commentus feigned), Lithuanian mintas trodden, stamped, representing a participial formation < the Indo‐European base of ancient Greek μέμονα (see i‑mind n. The notes under the etymology are particulary copious:Įtymology: < classical Latin automatum automatic contrivance and its etymon ancient Greek αὐτόματον marionette, use as noun of neuter of αὐτόματος (adjective) acting of itself, spontaneous, (of plants) growing by themselves, (of events) happening by themselves < αὐτό‑ auto‑ comb. Looks like there’s plenty to choose from there! ☺ My own is /ɔːˈtɒməˌtɑn/ in the singular, and of course /-ə/ in the plural. It includes all forms and types of mechanical toys of the 18 th - 20 th centuries.The OED’s entry gives the pronunciation of automaton as:īrit. The experts esteem it as one of the best collections in the world. The Museum collection of mechanical dolls and automata is unique. When the vessel was filled up to the top, the bird stopped singing and the water started to flow automatically from the vessel through the siphon, and then it all repeated again. It forced air into the tube that was built-in the bird's neck. The automaton designed by Heron was quite simple. Greek engineer, Heron from Alexandria, invented a similar bird one century B.C. Everyone remembers "The Nightingale", a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Later on mechanical birds became a popular home accessory. Originally, those birds were used for training pet canaries to sing. Jaquet Droz sons created two more distinguished automata - "The Musician" and "The Draughtsman".Īnother type of automata was quite popular in Europe in the 18 th - 19 th centuries - mechanical singing birds in cages with winded mechanisms. It consisted of 600 details and was able to write a text of 40 letters or symbols long on the paper. The automaton was recognized as unique for that time. In 1775, the father Droz created "The Writer". Swiss watchmakers, father and son Droz (Jaquet Droz) from La Chaux-de-Fonds inscribed another important page in the history of creating automata. The Flute Man by Vaucanson is considered the first successful attempt of creating a human being imitation. At the same time, it imitated human being movements - its fingers move along the flute blowholes, its mouth breathed out air, its lips and roof of the mouth moved realistically. The automaton was a person-size doll, which was able to perform 12 tunes. ![]() However, the first automaton created by the famous master, Jacques de Vaucanson (1709-1782), "The Flute Player" was created and demonstrated in Paris in 1738. Some history records evidence that it was Ivan the Terrible in Russia who could have owned the first automaton, since the foreign ambassadors wrote in their letters home, "mechanical automat-servant (an iron man)" served him while he was dinning. In the Kolomensky Palace, Tsar Aleksey Mikhailovich had a pair of mechanical lions, standing at the throne both sides they were able of copying some movements of live animals. Automatons emerged quite long ago in Russia, as well. Legends say about walking statues of Daedalus in Athens and a flying wooden pigeon owned by Archytas from Tarentum. It is considered that first automatons appeared in the ancient times. Automaton is a winded mechanism encased in a doll representing a person, an animal or a bird that moves to the music and does actions that are typical for its line of conduct. ![]() Among visual options that you can toggle you'll find there are a wide array of possibilities: reset resolution, rendering systems, shaders, texture filters, and much more. ![]() Best of all is that you can actually attain a gaming experience that is visually far more compelling than its original thanks to the tweaks you can make on graphics to display them to your own liking provided that your PC set up can handle it - that is. That said, there are a few games with the occasional hiccup, but all in all PCSX2 has proven a very successful PlayStation 2 rendition for PCs. With over 1500 games available - all of which run seamlessly - you'll find this catalog is ripe with compatible titles. Set up game controllers, video and audio parameters, plus easily opt to save your games on an external SIM card. Otherwise, you can also opt into loading images directly from your hard drive which speeds things along slightly. After just a few quick steps you get to play any and all original PlayStation 2 games from your DVD drive. In order to set up, simply install the appropriate BIOS file for any regional PlayStation 2 - that said, they're NOT loaded within this program albeit a quick Google search should put all the files you need in your hands fairly easily. It puts any PlayStation 2 game on your PC with the added appeal of getting to set up your graphics configurations as you see fit - often far surpassing original visuals. PCSX2 is a full-throttle desktop emulator for Sony PlayStation 2.
![]() He is not reaching around where he could accidentally (or on purpose, as is the case with some men) encounter a handful of side boob.Īmidst a society teeming with Brock Turners and Larry Nassars, kudos to Keanu for wearing the “Respect King” crown with class. “He is touching their back with his arm (a respectful hug). While naysayers were quick to call Keanu out for merely being “scared” of getting a lawsuit slapped on him in today’s sensitive #MeToo climate, Stephanie Rewis “laid it out” for those doubting the actor’s intentions. “Possibility: he’s reacting to the Me too movement by realizing that hey, wait, maybe women want more space, and changing his actions? That would be wholesome,” suggested Mothra Bi. Others theorized that Keanu’s no-touching trend is a response to the #MeToo movement that has made waves over the last year. In Bigelow’s hands, a potentially conventional story becomes a subversive, anti-establishment film about being seduced, blackmailed and radicalised by your crush.“Keanu has the amazing power to make you feel hugged without ever having touched you,” added Polly Karr. But so rarely has the action genre anchored displays of masculine competition in such mutual respect and affection, daring to be outlandish and deadly serious all at once. When Point Break was released, critics were quick to dismiss it as shallow, blathering machismo. Watch our Video and Share your Thoughts in the Comments. The film’s third act is propulsive and high-energy, concluding with an epilogue that, while bittersweet, stresses the genuine bond underlying the pair’s treacherous flirtation. 'Discover the Best Keanu Reeves Quotes Inspirational and Motivational Lines from the Hollywood Icon. However, once Bodhi realises the FBI is after him, the raised stakes elicit something monstrous in him, dragging Johnny into his downward spiral. It’s an incredibly centred performance enhanced by Swayze’s controlled physicality, around which Johnny suddenly makes more sense: he’s itching for something, and his rival possesses exactly what he needs to be set free. Unfortunately, we are in the United States, 2019 A.D., an age of chaotic hypermediation, so Keanu cannot. In a saner time and culture, this fact might be seen as beneath discussion. ![]() Swayze fortunately balances out Reeves with a tremendously grounding presence, levelling his co-star’s more theatrical impulses. When Keanu Reeves, arguably the most beloved man in Hollywood, takes a photo with a woman, he puts an arm around her back but he doesn’t place his hand on her. What do we expect from a game of cat-and-mouse where the cat is yet to realise he too is a mouse? There’s something captivatingly uncomfortable about the way the character sits in his own skin. This first look at the film teases the return of Keanu Reeves s. Granted, Reeves is sometimes stilted in his performance, but even this somehow works – Johnny is straining to follow FBI protocol as an agent of the state, while everything in his body craves a higher pleasure. The first image from Lionsgates highly anticipated John Wick 4 has arrived. Photograph: c 20thC.Fox/Everett/Rex Features ![]() ‘I wanted to play it like a love story between two men,’ Patrick Swayze (right) has said of the dynamic between Johnny and Bodhi. To paraphrase Emily Brontë: whatever their souls are made of, Johnny and Bodhi’s are the same. They’re motivated by similar things, chasing the same feelings, it’s just that one channels his desires through legally sanctioned avenues while the other seeks it elsewhere. While not groping someone is just about the bare minimum for decent behavior, Twitter users have been circulating pictures this week of the John Wick: Chapter 3 Parabellum star in respectful poses with fans and costars. Matrix Film, Platonic Love, Living Legends, Back Off, Poster, Actors. Fans are applauding Keanu Reeves for his hands-off approach with women in many photos. The 1999 smash hit was one of the biggest paydays of his career. Sure, Johnny is an appendage of authority chasing the epitome of lawlessness, but the traditional hero/villain dynamic is also transgressed by their natural kinship.Īs Tyler observes early on, the pair share a certain “kamikaze look”. Hand with Fingers Splayed Keanu Reeves Life, Keanu Charles Reeves, Keano Reeves. Reeves made 15 million upfront for 1999s The Matrix, which kicked off the franchise, plus a percentage of the box office grosses. There’s something electric in how the boundaries between “right” and “wrong” are so sensationalised as to be operatic. Use them in commercial designs under lifetime, perpetual & worldwide rights. Not to mention the film’s hair-raising skydiving sequences, or the five-minute foot chase shot with a “pogo-cam” to replicate the urgency of bodies in pursuit. Bigelow recognises and embraces this thrill, rendering it stylistically in the way arched bodies glide across water, sunlight glistens through sea spray, and how the camera alternates between fluid and frenetic. ![]() Game did NOT crash in Temple of Horus, so this run is good for science. Game crashed in Temple of Horus after killing some bats. Got a secret in Chambers of Tulun twice so secrets count is 71/70. Game crashed in Temple of Horus after solving second water puzzle. Game crashed in Underneath the Sphinx before doing the underwater maze. (Click column headers to sort table by name, platform, etc.) Player's Name Hall of Fame Hall of Fame: Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation (1999) Tutorials NLNMAS – Tomb Raider 4 – Tutorial Videos Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation Auto Splitter Tomb Raider IV on PS1 (Emulator) - coming soon We will soon be adding the following support sections: Level 34: Inside the Great Pyramid = 1 secret Level 33: Khufu's Queen's Pyramid = 1 secret Level 30: Inside Menkaure's Pyramid = 1 secret Level 28: Underneath the Sphinx = 1 secret Level 21: City of the Dead = 2 secrets (one picked up after boosting the bike)Īt this stage, you should have 62 secrets Level 14: Coastal Ruins = 1 secret (picked up after coming back from Hall of Demetrius)Īt this stage, you should have 54 secrets Level 11: Guardian of Semerkhet = 3 secretsĪt this stage, you should have 40 secretsĪt this stage, you should have 43 secrets If the game doesn't crash at all, reloading is not allowed.Īt this stage, you should have 25 secrets This is the ONLY EXCEPTION to the No-Loads rule. Should the game crash in this level (should be only once), you may reload. We recommend saving before starting this level just in case. The game may also crash at the beginning of Temple of Horus, the very last level. We recommend saving the game regularly after completing the Citadel and reloading if the game crashes. WARNING! The PC version is prone to crashes in particular areas, which can be a big problem for NLNMAS. It is highly recommended to do a checklist of secrets to know exactly what you've collected. It is easy to miss a secret without noticing, since the game doesn't display the number of secrets for each level. The game has 70 secrets, which are tracked on the statistics screen throughout the game. While it's not considered healing, it's highly recommended not to abuse this feature when doing the challenge. When switching between areas (loading screen), Lara’s health is automatically healed. The game has a lot of large, open areas, with some backtracking to do. But with it being built with Unreal Engine 5 in mind, fans can count on it likely only being available for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X instead of older consoles.Tomb Raider IV: The Last Revelation NLNMAS is another tough challenge. ![]() Epic brought in people from various game development studios to hype Unreal Engine 5, with the biggest reveal coming from Crystal Dynamics' Dallas Dickinson, who is the Franchise General Manager at the studio.ĭuring the State of Unreal 2022 event, Dickinson confirmed that Crystal Dynamics has just started development on a new Tomb Raider game, and that it will be powered by Unreal Engine 5 to provide "next-level storytelling and gameplay experiences." Dickinson explained that Crystal Dynamics' goal is to "push the envelope of fidelity and to deliver the high-quality cinematic action-adventure experience that fans deserve from both Crystal Dynamics and the Tomb Raider franchise." Unfortunately, further details on what this new Tomb Raider game will entail weren't shared during the event. Epic Games just wrapped up its State of Unreal 2022 showcase, wherein it touted how easy it will be for developers to utilize the new Unreal Engine 5 to create next-generation gaming experiences. ![]() If you don't already have an extra external hard drive lying around, waiting to be used for system images, we're partial to Seagate's Backup Plus Slim. To create images, third-party software such as Macrium Reflect or Acronis True Image (opens in new tab) can be used, or you can take advantage of the imaging system built right into Windows 10. In the event of a failure, an image can be restored using a recovery environment, whether it's one built into Windows or one you create on a separate USB drive. How to create an image backup using Windows 10 Differential images keep track of all changes made since the last full image was created, so you only need the full image and the latest differential image to restore a PC. Incremental images keep track of all changes made since the last incremental image, but to restore your PC you need the full image plus all incremental images. Unlike cloning, which takes up an entire drive and can't be easily updated with changes you make to your primary drive, imaging lets you save multiple full images on a drive (as long as space is available) and also allows for incremental and differential backups. Imaging a hard drive involves creating a compressed version of everything saved on the drive - OS, settings, and files - that can be used to restore your PC in the event of a failure. If you're looking for a great new internal 2.5-inch SATA solid-state drive (SSD), we recommend grabbing Samsung's 860 EVO. The only downsides are that cloning takes longer than imaging, and you can only hold one clone on a drive, so any changes you make on your primary drive after cloning will not be reflected in the event of a failure. How to clone your hard drive with Macrium ReflectĬloned drives, especially when cloning directly to another internal drive, are great when performing a hard drive upgrade, but they also make suitable backups. For example, if you clone your internal hard drive to a USB external drive, you can plug it in, choose to boot from USB through BIOS, and run Windows from the external drive. A cloned drive is an exact replica - no compression - of the original drive that can be used to boot a PC. Create a clone of your hard driveĬreating a clone of your hard drive is similar to imaging your drive, but there are some significant differences. If you're worried about outside circumstances ruining your PC's backups, it might be a good idea to have a look at an online backup service. Many online backup companies will actually mail you a hard drive with your encrypted data on it in the event of a hard drive failure, but you can also access and sync files when online - some even feature File Explorer integration. ![]() ![]() You can usually also create images of your system for safekeeping in the event of a complete failure. These services usually have an app that is installed on your PC it scans for files that should be protected (such as system files and important documents), encrypts them, and then sends them off to the cloud for safekeeping. Using an online backup service, such as IDrive (opens in new tab) or Backblaze, will usually cost you more in the long run than, say, an external hard drive, but these services also give you peace of mind when it comes to fires, floods or other circumstances where your backups could be completely destroyed. Source: Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Windows Central) ![]() Unfortunately, the game also has a few technical issues, at least on PS4 Pro. The upshot of having randomised levels and enemy placements is that there is more replay value in restarting to a node and finding different types of enemies coming from different locations. There are still plenty of maps in the game and not being able to choose which ones you are playing on should ensure you don’t grow too tired of any single one too quickly.Įvery node is self-contained, once you complete it and start another, you start from scratch and gather new hacks, which feels a bit restrained. You’ll also unlock an endless mode where you can choose a new hack after every few waves, which really lets you take down an army of enemies, where the main levels end after you’ve killed a certain amount of them. You forego the bespoke levels and puzzles of the original game, with the reuse of levels in Mind Control Delete starting to feel repetitive. It’s the best Superhot experience to date. When you deflect a bullet back at an attacker, throw your sword through two others, grab one of their shotguns out of the air and blow three other enemies away, only to pick up a pencil and throw it through the skull of the one remaining you can’t help but feel like the protagonist in an action movie, especially whilst watching the replay at the end. These encourage different approaches to take care of them, helping to keep the minute to minute gameplay as varied as possible.Īll of these additions combine into what is basically a playground for slow motion combat. Others have just a single highlighted weak spot in red, which could be preferable the the enemies that explode into a rain of bullets when they die. Those holding melee weapons can block thrown objects, whilst those with swords can even block bullets. A railgun, throwable knives and pencils, wooden boards with nails through it there’s a lot of new variety to what you’ll be hitting enemies with, though the railgun is the only new firearm. The katana also now deflects bullets back at the shooter, which is as cool as it is ludicrous, especially when combined with the hack that reflects all bullets back to their respective shooters when you hit just one of them.Īs empowered as you now are, enemies also have a few new tricks. There is a wealth of new items and weapons with which to murder and maim. Combine the katana recall core with a hack that makes the blade bounce between enemies on its way back to you, and you’ll feel almost unstoppable! Cores are powerful and whichever one you choose can be further complemented by hacks. The ability to charge towards an enemy and punch them is an early one, but my favourite is beginning with a katana that you can recall after you’ve thrown it. You begin with a core that gives you three hearts instead of two, but you’ll soon find different cores that grant abilities in place of that extra heart. ![]() If hacks are where you tailor the game to suit a playstyle, cores are where you choose one. You’ll begin with a few and unlock more as you find them on the level select grid. With the relevant hacks, you can throw knives and katanas right through enemies, jump on enemies to kill them, or increase the power of your punches. Hacks can be as simple as replenishing your hearts, but can also be significant modifiers to the game, ranging from reducing the cooldown between your shots to causing thrown objects to explode on impact. The main benefit comes between the levels, where you will occasionally get to pick a hack. ![]() ![]() He then used this story as an analogy to how he felt the English press was, at that time, spreading false news about the defeat of Napoleon as “a political red herring,” designed to distract people from more important matters at home. In a February 14, 1807, edition of his weekly publication, Political Register, Cobbett told an apparently made-up story about how, when he was boy, they used to drag red herrings on strings to distract dogs sent on hares in their property. What gives? English journalist William Cobbett.Ĭobbett was a vocal critic of England’s government and press. And a 1697 work on horsemanship noted how a red herring could be used to train horses to follow hounds amid the chaos of a hunt.īut these early instances talk about how red herring was used to coach-not confuse-animals. In 1599, English writer Thomas Nashe wrote about how the skin of a red herring was used to train hounds to follow a scent. There is definitely record that red herring were used in hunting. The hounds were supposed to follow the scent of the badger and not be distracted by the red herring, apparently as a way of teaching the dogs to stay focused on their trail-or as a way for escaped criminals to throw off hounds chasing them down. Then, the hunters would introduce the hounds to the scent of another animal, such as a badger. Now, it’s often said that the figurative red herring-referring to a distraction from a matter at hand or a misleading clue-comes from historic uses of the fish to make hounds lose their scent while hunting.Īs one account goes, hunters would drag red herring along the ground to train hounds to follow a scent. This literal sense of the term is old, dating back to the late 1300s. When dried and smoked, they turn a reddish color, hence the name red herring. Herring swim in vast schools and are an important source of food in many cultures. So how did a red herring become an expression for something that throws a detective off their track? |
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