That left, by Rauchwerk's estimate, $10 for the computer inside. ![]() That meant, in order to build the OTTO at $100, the bill of parts and assembly should have been around $33. The cost of building a product should be around a third of its retail price. "You had to build the web server and the infrastructure before you could even think about building your product." Modern-day developers have access to a vast library of tools that make building out a web service far easier. "It was sort of akin to building a web service in 1996," Rauchwerk said. Any hardware startup will face the same struggle: How do you build a computer with storage, battery power, charging, WiFi, an operating system and web services without spending a fortune? In 2014, there was no clear answer. They did call, but when it became clear that OTTO was being sold for cost, interest quickly dried up. "We always had this dream that distributors and retailers would call us and want it in stores," he continued. About 400." People wanted it, it seemed, but not for $250. "That turns out to be a really impressive number of articles and a really unimpressive number of units. "We had as many articles written about it as we did products sold," said Rauchwerk. Keen mathematicians may have noted the discrepancy in the intended and actual price - $250 is many more dollars than $100 - and the public did, too. It was the first product to integrate Raspberry Pi's Compute Module, and generated a lot of interest. ![]() launched OTTO, a $250 " hackable GIF camera" in 2014. Their aim? To create a camera that can capture GIFs for $100.Īfter a long stay in China with the HAX Accelerator, Next Thing Co. It was popular and led to Rauchwerk joining with two friends to start a hardware company called Next Thing Co. In 2013, Dave Rauchwerk worked on a San Francisco art installation that allowed people to record and project a GIF of themselves onto a building. Not many computers can thank GIFs for their existence.
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![]() He took 2 years gap to reconsider the points which failed the films he made before Keka. Although they are not very catchy, the songs are not cacophonous either.įor those who watched 'Chitram' and 'Nuvvu Nenu' the earlier films of Teja, will wonder if 'Keka' is made by the same director himself. His work in featuring the songs is excellent.įor the first time Chakri has composed music for Teja's film. The photography of PC Sriram is the special attraction to the film. Dharmavarapu Subrahmaniyam & Rallapalli who appear regularly in Teja's films, are seen in a cameo and tried their best to deliver whatever they got within the allotted roles.Īnup as Kiran, Basha, Talaivaasal Vijay, Duvvasi Mohan, Moil Swamy, Vaiyyapuri, Bengali actor Nimmu Bhoumik have presented an average performance. If she improves her acting skill, there are chances for her to get better offers. Her portrayal of Sujatha is not so plausible. Ishana from Ajmer is introduced as a heroine. But his body language, costumes and hairstyle does not impress the viewers, in fact it's very bad. His acting is a mere ok and not filled with flaws. Raja son of popular lyrics writer Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry, is debuted as a hero with Keka. What is the reason for it? Did Kiran marry Sujatha? Was it a happy ending for their love story? To find answers to all these questions one has to go and watch Keka. There in Kolkatha a group tries to attack and kill Arjun. Learning about the marriage fixing, Arjun leaves for Kolkata just to keep away from Sujatha. Sujatha's parents are against their love and arrange her marriage with Kiran (Anup) who happens to be a close friend of Arjun. ![]() He meets Sujatha (Ishana) there, and their introduction blossoms into love. The protagonist Arjun (Raja) goes for fishing with his friends. ![]() Produced on Chitram Movies banner, the film is released on 23rd backed by lot of expectations cause of extensive publicity. He returned back now with his latest 'Keka' introducing Raja (son or lyricist Sirivennella Seetharama Sasty) and Ishana as lead pair. 'Lakshmi Kalyanam', 'Oka Vichitram' the films which followed 'Jayam' failed badly. Later, he made the love stories 'Nuvvu Nenu' & 'Jayam', with which he raised the craze for his film amongst youth and carved a niche for himself as a director in the industry. Teja started his journey in filmdom with 'Chitram' made on the line of immature teenage love. ![]() That said, using a built-in browser password manager is better than nothing, but: Browser password managers are still very limited in their benefits and may be less secure than a dedicated password manager. Using a dedicated password manager is the safest and most convenient option. Yes, most paid password managers work on multiple devices by syncing your passwords to various devices through the cloud. Can password managers work on multiple devices? 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Artists Yep Roc calls itself "the artist-driven label that refuses to be labeled." Glenn Dicker said, "It’s a little challenging when we do a singer-songwriter, some blues guy, some garage-rock guy, some indie thing. In 2016, Dicker was elected to the American Association of Independent Music Board of Directors. Scott McCaughey ( The Minus 5, Young Fresh Fellows, The Baseball Project, The No Ones) joined the label because of Nick Lowe's presence, and has remained for almost a decade. The success of Los Straitjackets and the experience of working with Dicker on the Rounder-distributed Upstart convinced Nick Lowe to join Yep Roc. The first releases were local compilations, followed in subsequent years by records by Hüsker Dü's Bob Mould, Marah, Dolorean, The Legendary Shack Shakers, Cities, Dave Alvin, and Los Straitjackets. They made the decision to also start a distribution wing, Redeye. He recruited his friend and former bandmate Glenn Dicker, with whom he had worked at Rounder Records. Tor Hansen started the label in 1997, two years after moving to North Carolina to help manage a chain of record stores in the South. Since 1997, the label has released albums from North Carolina and international artists, including Fountains of Wayne, Nick Lowe, Paul Weller, Mandolin Orange, Steep Canyon Rangers, Jim Lauderdale, Dave Alvin, Tift Merritt, Chuck Prophet, Robyn Hitchcock, Alejandro Escovedo, Aoife O'Donovan, Chatham County Line, Los Straitjackets, Amy Helm, Gang of Four, The Apples in Stereo, and Ian McLagan. Yep Roc Records is an American independent record label based in Hillsborough, North Carolina, and owned by Redeye Distribution. ![]() American independent record label Yep Roc Records ![]() Permutations differ from combinations, which are selections of some members of a set regardless of order. The word "permutation" also refers to the act or process of changing the linear order of an ordered set. In mathematics, a permutation of a set is, loosely speaking, an arrangement of its members into a sequence or linear order, or if the set is already ordered, a rearrangement of its elements. and so the fourth term is 27.Each of the six rows is a different permutation of three distinct balls and so the fourth term is 5.When d = 2a, r = 3 and a = 1, so the geometric progression is 1, 3, 9, 27. In this case, the geometric progression is 5, 5, 5, 5. So the first term of the arithmetic progression (which is equal to the first term of the geometric progression) is either 5 or 1. Therefore, when d = 0, a = 5 and when d = 2a, a = 1. We are told that the third term of the arithmetic progression is 5. So the common ratio of the geometric progression is either 1 or 3. The common ratio of the geometric progression, r, is equal to (a + d)/a So the ratio of the second term to the first term is equal to the ratio of the third term to the second term. In a geometric progression, there is a common ratio. We are interested in innite sequences, so our lists do not end. So the first three terms of the geometric progression are a, a + d and a + 4d. We have described a sequence in at least two different ways: a list of real numbers where there is a rst number, a second number, and so on. The first term of the arithmetic progression is: a Find the 2 possible values for the fourth term of the geometric progression. The third term of the arithmetic progression is 5. The first, second and fifth terms of an arithmetic progression are the first three terms of a geometric progression. So every time you add another term to the above sequence, the result gets closer and closer to 1. Therefore, the sum to infinity is 0.5/0.5 = 1. This value is equal to:įind the sum to infinity of the following sequence: 1 In other words, if you keep adding together the terms of the sequence forever, you will get a finite value. In geometric progressions where |r| < 1 (in other words where r is less than 1 and greater than –1), the sum of the sequence as n tends to infinity approaches a value. The sum to infinity of a geometric progression What is the sum of the first 5 terms of the following geometric progression: 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 ? S n(1 – r) = a – ar n (since all the other terms cancel)Īnd so we get the formula above if we divide through by 1 – r. The sum of the first n terms of a geometric progression is: The nth term of a geometric progression, where a is the first term and r is the common ratio, is:įor example, in the following geometric progression, the first term is 1, and the common ratio is 2: r is known as the common ratio of the sequence. the first 20 odd numbers).Ī geometric progression is a sequence where each term is r times larger than the previous term. Sum the first 20 terms of the sequence: 1, 3, 5, 7, 9. The recurrence gives the sequence of positive integers 0 0 0 1 3 8 20 47 107 2 2391 : : : : Hence there area7 47 bit strings of length seven that containthree consecutive 0s. S n = a + (a + d) + (a + 2d) + … + (a + (n – 1)d) (1) Hence the recurrence relation is anan1+an2+an3+ 2n3forn 3: The initial conditions area0a1a2 0. You may need to be able to prove this formula. ![]() The sum to n terms of an arithmetic progression U n = 3 + 2(n - 1) = 2n + 1, which we already knew. In general, the nth term of an arithmetic progression, with first term a and common difference d, is: a + (n - 1)d. The terms in the sequence are said to increase by a common difference, d.įor example: 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, is an arithmetic progression where d = 2. In the above example, U r = 3r + 2 and n = 3.Īn arithmetic progression is a sequence where each term is a certain number larger than the previous term. up to and including n in turn for r in U r. For the sequence U r, this means the sum of the terms obtained by substituting in 1, 2, 3. Now add up all of the term that you have written down. Keep doing this until you get to 4, since this is the number above the S. Example 1 Which list of numbers makes a sequence 6, 3, 10, 14, 15, 4,7, 10, 13, Solution The first list of numbers does not make a sequence because the numbers lack proper order or pattern. Then replace r by 2 and write down what you get. We discuss whether a sequence converges or diverges, is increasing or decreasing, or if the sequence is. This means replace the r in the expression by 1 and write down what you get. In this chapter we introduce sequences and series. ![]() The Greek capital sigma, written S, is usually used to represent the sum of a sequence. , the sum to 3 terms = S 3 = 2 + 4 + 6 = 12. The series of a sequence is the sum of the sequence to a certain number of terms. Proxies: What's the Difference? What Are the Limitations of VPNs? To learn more, read our explainer, VPNs vs. Note: VPNs are not the same thing as proxies, with which they are sometimes confused. You can use this to your advantage and connect to distant VPN servers to spoof your location, too. Hiding your IP address has another benefit: it makes it harder for snoops to figure out your location. Even dedicated observers have a hard time telling whose internet traffic is whose, because your data is mixed in with that of everyone else using the server. This makes it harder to track you across. A VPN prevents even your ISP from keeping tabs on you.Īnother VPN benefit is that your true IP address is hidden behind the address of the VPN server. Considering you are already paying for the service, selling your data seems egregious. To make matters worse, Congress has decided your ISP is allowed to sell your anonymized browsing history. In the US, your ISP has enormous insight into your online activities. How do you know, for example, "starbucks_wifi-real" is actually the Wi-Fi network for said coffee shop? In fact, a popular security-researcher prank is to create a network with the same name as a free, popular service and see how many devices automatically connect.Įven if you're inclined to trust your fellow humans, you might not want to trust your internet service provider (ISP). Public Wi-Fi networks, which are ubiquitous and convenient, are unfortunately also convenient for attackers. This is true even if the snooper controls the network. With a VPN, no one snooping around your network can see what you're up to. No one who was following you can know where you went. With a VPN, it's like driving from your house into an underground tunnel, exiting into a closed parking garage, switching to a different car, and driving out. They might even peek into your car to learn more about you. Think of it like this: when your car pulls out of your driveway, someone can follow you and see where you're going, how long you're at your destination, and when you return. It sounds simple, but VPN usage can improve your privacy online. If you only connect to websites secured with HTTPS, your data will continue to be encrypted, even after leaving the VPN. From there, your traffic exits onto the web as normal. ![]() When you use a VPN, it routes your internet traffic through an encrypted connection to a server controlled by the VPN company. We've tested plenty, and these are the top choices among the services we've reviewed so far, followed by what to look for when choosing the best VPN provider.Įditors’ Note: While they may not appear in this story, IPVanish and StrongVPN are owned by Ziff Davis, PCMag's parent company. There's no easy fix to the systemic problem of surveillance capitalism, but a VPN service can help you regain a modicum of privacy.
![]() ![]() Your favorite cosplayers will be there to take photos with the “pink surprise”, and of course, with their fans. All Barbie fans are invited! The unboxing event is free and open to the public. is unveiling “something pink” across various malls in Metro Manila - SM North EDSA, Trinoma, Robinsons Magnolia, SM Megamall, Uptown Mall, and SM Mall of Asia. ![]() ![]() In celebration with National Pink Day, Warner Bros. has an exciting surprise for us today, June 23. If you’re like me who is super thrilled for the Philippine cinema premier of Barbie (and whose favorite color is pink!), Warner Bros. If you’re looking for movies to watch and shows to binge-watch, catch up through Now Playing, a list of recommendations from the GadgetMatch team (also a peek of our current obsessions). Now you can have movie nights and watch parties with your friends even if you’re miles away from each other! Enjoy watching! Make sure to click the NP button to automatically join the party. To join a Netflix Party, click on the URL sent to you, which will redirect you to Netflix’s website. There’s a link icon so you can share the party URL with your friends. When you get the party started, a group chat will appear on the side where you can customize your name and icon and discuss it with your friends. You can toggle the NP button next to the address bar to start a Netflix Party. Once installed, head over to on your browser and watch any video. Once you’re on Netflix Party’s extension page, click on the “Add to Chrome” button to install the extension to your browser. Just click the settings icon (which looks like three dots stacked together) and hover to More Tools, and voila! From there, you can access Chrome’s list of Extensions and search for Netflix Party. If you want to do it the hard way and you’re the type of person who loves tinkering around, you can access Chrome’s Extensions via Settings. Once you’re using the browser, head over to, so you can get the access to Chrome Extension. If you’re not using Google Chrome, make sure to download it first. In case you’re wondering, here’s how you can host long-distance movie nights and watch parties with your friends. This bridges the distance and allows you to feel like you’re having a real-life conversation about a show or a movie you’re all watching. Playbacks are synchronized, and you can pause altogether to discuss something on a group chat. This Chrome extension offers a new way to watch Netflix with your friends online, wherever you are. For our sanity and the sake of our great nations, ‘Netflix Party’ is here to save the day. You’ll then get a 6-character room code and URL to share with your guests.At a time when we need to stay at home, we also need a way to keep ourselves entertained. From the details page, select the Watch Together button and the “I want to host” button. To start a Watch Together viewing, search for the title you’d like to watch in Movies Anywhere. Netflix hasn’t had official support since its features disappeared from Xbox 360. Overall, official support for shared viewing is still extremely rare. Twitch also requires its watch party viewers subscribe to Amazon Prime. While it’s not exactly free, if you combine it with Screen Pass, only one person has to pay for the movie, so it’s one of the more affordable options. Watch Together is available on mobile, web and many smart TVs. Hulu, for instance, only lets viewers join its watch parties from the web app, and everyone has to be a No Ads subscriber. Watch Together offers a few advantages over other watch party options. Screen Pass, which is still in open beta, lets users share select movies they’ve purchased with friends and family for limited-time viewing. The Movies Anywhere app is free, but all Watch Together viewers must either purchase the movie or receive a Screen Pass for that title. Up to nine viewers (with profile ratings set to PG-13 or higher) can join a shared room and chat via text in real-time while they watch a film. Watch Together offers synced co-viewing across the Movies Anywhere mobile, web and smart TV apps. But there’s still room for improvement, so today, Movies Anywhere is unveiling its new “Watch Together” feature. Since the pandemic began, we’ve seen attempts by Twitch and Hulu to fix that with more official watch party options. It was easy to fall out of sync and any conversation could create unwanted audio feedback. Pre-pandemic setting up an online movie viewing party was a bit tedious. ![]() I could go on but there is plenty of documentation around the internet and it isn't worth my time to write an essay here, the long and short is that anyone who thinks 343 is a competent studio hasn't been around in the Halo community for very long, if at all.Įdit - to specify - I exclusively did Halo 2.Įdit x2 - added H3 support. It took around a year just for the game to become playable, and this isn't in the "haha the game is unplayable right guys upvotes to the left" way, the game was literally a fucking brick for almost 12 months.ĭon't even get me started on the region lock, remember when nobody outside of North America could find matchmaking games for 9 months? Nobody here does but that's what Console players had to deal with before this duct taped mess hit PC. I knew someone was going to reply thinking the PC launch is what I'm talking about, I don't blame you, nobody owned an Xbox One when this game first came out which is why nobody remembers just what a giant sonic-06 tier disaster it was. I'll give you a hint, I'm not talking about the PC launch. Most are also smart and aren't paying $25, $50 or even $100 per game on eBay either. Most are aware and just collect because they enjoy it. It is these guys collecting thousands and thousands of games for multiple systems, investing most of their income into their collection, that need to worry about the long-term optics. What happens when everyone who wants those games has them, and the demand shrinks? Likewise, what happens when 2000s and 2010s kids enter their 30s and demand shifts to newer games? If there is any liquidity (people deciding to sell off collections due to mid-life crises, death, or whatever else), then prices will fall.įor hobbyists it isn't something to really worry about because you own like 30-100 games. ![]() Yet most games are not truly that rare.they were mass-produced toys to the tune of hundreds of thousands or millions. There's a boom because people want to buy their childhood games now before they're unaffordable. The sharp increase in the market has probably been caused by two main factors: first, late 80s and 90s kids entering their 30s where they have more disposable income and nostalgia, and second, they have greater access to games (and game catalogue/price tracking) services on the Internet. This of course contributes to rising prices yet there is a limit to how much old games will ever be worth. It isn't like investing in antique furniture. Many of the formats are unstable anyway for CDs there is disc rot, and for even older games on floppy, there is a race by retro game enthusiasts to back up those games before they're lost forever. They rival or exceed new game prices in many cases. Maybe he means what percentage are left working of what was produced? Most NES that survived, work, but how many got recycled, thrown away, etc?Īgreed on vintage game prices, though. /r/GamePhysics - Clips of game physics shining and glitchingĭesign based on /r/FlatBlue created by /u/creesch./r/gaming4gamers - middle ground between purely-for-fun and more serious subreddits./r/GamingLeaksAndRumours - Leaks and Rumors.Posting unmarked spoilers will result in removal and warning, and posting spoilers with malicious intent will result in a ban. Please report posts containing spoilers unless they are hidden using the following method or are inside a thread clearly labeled as containing spoilers. 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A similarly named but different-tasting product, with a recipe more similar to the original American product has been sold in the U.K. Production was extended to the United Kingdom in 1996, but was phased out in 1998. ![]() Expansions of the product line have continued to this day, including specialty offerings, limited time productions, region-specific and retailer-specific flavors of Mountain Dew. In 2001, a cherry-flavored variant called Code Red debuted. Diet Mountain Dew was introduced in 1988, followed by Mountain Dew Red, which was introduced and discontinued in 1988. īetween the 1940s and 1980s there was only one variety of Mountain Dew, which was citrus-flavored and caffeinated in most markets. In August 1964, the Mountain Dew brand and production rights were acquired from Tip by the Pepsi-Cola company, and the distribution expanded across the United States and Canada. "Bill" Jones of the Tip Corporation further refined the formula, launching that version of Mountain Dew in 1961. The rights to this formula were obtained by the Tip Corporation of Marion, Virginia. A revised formula was created by Bill Bridgforth in 1958. The original formula was invented in 1940 by Tennessee beverage bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman. Mountain Dew, stylized as Mtn Dew in some countries, is a carbonated soft drink brand produced and owned by PepsiCo. Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Personnel See links to more resources on African-American Research.īirths, deaths, and marriages of American citizens overseas These records are an invaluable source for African-American family history. This article describes the marriage records available for freed slaves and other records about slave families. Marriage Registers of Freedman, an article from Prologue Certain census years (1850, 1860, 18) also had mortality schedules (1890-1900 were unfortunately destroyed), so you may find someone's death reported if it occurred in the year leading up to the census. For instance, if you find your ancestor's state of birth and approximate year of birth are reported in the census, you can then contact that local jurisdiction regarding their birth records. Information collected in Census Records may help you to find which jurisdiction you will want to look for vital records in. The CDC's National Center for Health Statistics web site tells how to obtain birth, death, marriage, and divorce records from state and territorial agencies. They are not considered Federal records therefore they are not held by NARA. ![]() These records are created by local authorities, and with possible exceptions for events overseas, in the military, or in the District of Columbia. 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