![]() ![]() Hidden in the wilderness on the border between Temeria and Aedirn, he attacks the rich and slits the throats of the poor. ![]() He treats both humans and elves suspected of collaboration with equal cruelty. ![]() He created a commando unit, which became a legend. After his unit was broken up, once more he gathered veterans disadvantaged by injustice, rebellious elven youth, dwarven mercenaries hunted by law. During the war against Nilfgaard, he was the leader of scoia`tael commando unit which was heatedly racking Northern Kingdoms, and later - for many months - escaping Temerian special forces. Ultimately, you simply want to survive while remaining true to your profession.įor some he`s the most wanted bandit in the Pontar valley, for others - an indomitable fighter for the rights of nonhumans. You`re no saint, and not out to save the world. However, you are unrelenting and without remorse when you must fight. As long as even a small possibility remains of resolving a conflict by other means, you sheathe your sword rather than tempt fate. Neither do you revert to force when it isn`t necessary. Still, your prowess has not led to arrogance. It`s therefore unsurprising that your ability to wield them is renowned, or that very few are keen or even willing to risk their lives by engaging you in combat. And second, you possess a couple of rather forceful deterrents, a solid sword and a simple set of life rules. Therefore, one is far more likely to encounter an elf than a monster-slayer such as yourself. How is it then that witchers, while equally non-human and different, do not share the fate of these poor devils? The answer is twofold.įirst, relatively few of you walk this earth. That they exist and are different triggers resentment, animosity and hatred among common folk, who will use any pretext to show them their proper place. This puts you in the same precarious position as non-humans who find themselves impaled or hanging from nearby trees. People will seek you out for your skills, but you must know to disappear when your presence is no longer desired. ![]()
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5/20/2023 0 Comments Handy meaning![]() ![]() He wins no matter how the fight comes out, because if he licks the big fellow, every one says how game he is, and if he gets the worst of it every one turns on the big fellow for not taking some one his own size.Īlthough "handy with fists" doesn't appear in Christine Ammer's American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, it is a widely used and recognized set phrase in the United States and perhaps in Great Britain as well (where it probably originated). ![]() There are trouble makers in the bunkhouse Curley, the boss's son, a little fellow handy with his fists, likes to take on big clumsy fellows, pick fights with them. Marsh, " John Steinbeck's Tale of Drifting Men," in the New York Times Saturday Review of Books and Art (February 28, 1937), reprinted in Michael Meyer, ed., The Essential Criticism of John Steinbeck's of Mice and Men (2009): " This is certainly the conclusion that a reviewer of Of Mice and Men, writing in 1937, draws in his brief description of Curley. Steinbeck seems to be using handy in the conversation as a truncated form of the idiomatic phrase "handy with his fists," meaning in a narrow sense "a good pugilist " and in a broader sense "a good fighter. ![]() What would have been the the standard American English equivalent of handy, meaning a person inclined to physical violence, in the 1930s? Is it an example of American dialectal usage? Is it an example of Candy's idiolect? I'm guessing this is an example of semantic shifting but I have never come across this secondary meaning before.Īm I mistaken? Do the three instances of "handy" in the excerpt above refer to Curley as being skilled with his hands. For example, a mother who slaps her children is una mamma manesca, and a husband who beats his wife is un marito manesco. In Italian the term manesco, which is derived from the noun mano (hand), refers to someone who is quick to use their hands in a violent manner. However, none of the dictionaries I checked The American Heritage Dictionary ( AHD), Oxford Dictionaries ( EOD), Collins ( CED), and Cambridge Dictionary ( CD) tell me that handy refers to a an aggressive person who uses their fists or hands. Online some sites suggest that handy denotes physical strength, and some suggest that Curley is skilful in picking fights. We learn that Curley is a bit of a boxer “He done quite a bit in the ring”, so he knows how to throw a punch and defend himself in a fight. The adjective “handy" usually refers to something conveniently near, a useful object or someone skilful with their hands but in this instance it seems that handy refers to someone who is prone to using physical violence. "That's the boss's son," he said quietly. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Link to the past![]() ![]() Just don't get anxious by trying to get as many hits in as you can in one go - be patient. Once he does that, move back in and repeat the process. What you want to do is move in to him when he's moving, slash him once or twice, and then quickly move away before he swings that ball and chain around. He moves around slowly and swings it around him every now and then. Small in size (barely bigger than you), this elite soldier is equipped with a large ball and chain weapon that he uses with great skill. You'll meet the first boss in the game guarding Zelda's jail cell.īall and Chain Trooper is a rather elementary boss enemy to defeat. Once down there, head south, and then swing east towards the jail cells. You're going to be following a linear sequence of stairs all the way down to the final floor in the dungeon's basement. This part is easy - go north, down the stairs, and through the door there. With the door now open, go through it and into the next area of the dungeon. This time, go north, up the stairs, and unlock the door there with the Key you just found. Equip the Boomerang, then go back left into the previous room. Kill the Blue Knight within, grab the Key he drops, and then open the treasure chest there to get the Boomerang. In this small room, kill the Green Knight and the sealed door to your right will swing open. Just go left, and once all the way left, go north and through the door. Work your way left, ignoring the various staircases leading to and fro. Then, swing left, and go into the next area. Keep working your way south, avoiding the chasms and killing the various enemies. ![]() If you fall in, you'll live but lose a heart! Remember that you can knock enemies into these pits as well, so do so by slashing them towards the pits, or throwing pots and jars at them to give them a boost towards the bottomless pits. Be careful though, as the areas you're walking on are surrounded by super-deep chasms. ![]() In this area, the idea is to keep working your way south, screen by screen. With those in hand, use the new-found Key on the door to the south of the room, and go through it into the next area. Kill him to get a Key, and open the treasure chest within that same room to get the Dungeon Map. Finally, on this horizontal corridor, head right and then go down the stairs to your left, into the basement. In this corridor, kill the Green Knights, and head north, then right through the next door. Once through that door, swing right and go north through another door. Take the door on the main floor of the room to your left. Once in the castle, you have lots of options as to where to go. Kill and avoid the enemies here, and enter through the door and within the castle. To your right is the pathway leading to the primary door into the castle. You'll now be outside of the castle again, but within the castle walls this time. Other than that, head south up the stairs in this area, and through the door. You can head right to get some Rupees out of the treasure chest there and Green Jars out from under the pots. You'll meet your first enemies in this region. With those equipped, we're ready to rescue the Princess ourselves! Head left from here, then south through the door. Talk to your Uncle there, and he'll hand over his Fighter's Sword and Fighter's Shield to you. ![]() ![]() ![]() Work CyclesĪnd if you're running sleeper berth, you can run 70 hours in eight days in the United States. You have to take 10 hours off-duty consecutive. So for example, if you are off duty at eight o'clock at night you cannot drive again until 6am the next morning. So for example, if you start driving at eight o'clock in the morning you have to take a 30-minute break at or before four o'clock in the afternoon.And as well, you have to have 10 consecutive hours off-duty. You're allowed a maximum of eleven hours of driving time in the United States of America and at the eight hour mark, from your last off-duty time you have to take a 30-minute break. So you're 14-hour window has to be your 11 hours of driving time. You can work after that, but you can't drive. ![]() You cannot drive after ten o'clock at night. So if you start at eight o'clock in the morning, you have to finish by ten o'clock at night. You have to have your workday within a 14-hour window.Ī 14-hour window - from the time that you start in the morning until the time that you take your 10 consecutive hours off-duty has to be 14 hours. You need to know the American rules because the hours that you can drive are less than what they are in Canada and the off-duty time - the consecutive off-duty time is more so than in the United States. Hi there smart drivers, Rick with Smart Drive Test talking to you today about the basic rules of keeping a log book in the United States this is for CDL drivers - commercial drivers who are operating a truck or bus in the United States of America.Īs an American driver or a Canadian driver operating into the United States running across the border. Stick around, we'll be right back with that information. So we're gonna give you more details about CDL logbooks. So for example, if you come on duty eight o'clock in the morning, you have to have a break at or before four o'clock in the afternoon. You're allowed to drive a maximum of eleven hours, and you have to have a 10 consecutive hour break off in the United States of America.Īs well, during your workday from the last off-duty sleeper berth period of your 10 consecutive hours, you have to have a half-hour break at the eight hour mark. You have to drive and work within a 14-hour window. So without further ado, the basic information for keeping a log book in the United States of America. I would like to thank Eugene Ryazanov and I would like to thank Hobble Hill for pointing out the erroneous information in the original video and allowing me to bring you the best information possible. Hi there smart drivers, Rick with Smart Drive Test talking to you today about basic rules for keeping a log book in the United States of America. Updated Jan 2021 Closed Caption IntroductionĪmerican rules for log books are: 11 hours driving 30 minute break at or before the 8 hrs after your last 10 consecutive hour off-duty period workday occurs within 14 hour window. ![]() Learn the basic rules for maitaining a logbook in the United States. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Pes 2022 unreal engine 5![]() ![]() They are gonna go properly free-to-play and really change it up this year," Robinson said. "Konami are flickering to life and there's also gonna be new stuff with PES this year I hear. Check out the trailer below: This next-gen title is being developed with an updated engine (Unreal Engine) that will bring staggering improvements to all areas of the game. This comes from VGC's Andy Robinson, who mentioned some interesting details about the game in the Off The Record podcast. If eFootball PES 2022 should surprise us and make the direct jump to Unreal Engine 5, having in any case passed most of the development phase on the previous version, we can imagine that the news shown by Epic Games with the tech demo Lumen in the land of Nanite will be missing. While they put extra time into making the next game on the Unreal Engine. ![]() You've probably heard about it by now - Konami have officially switched to Unreal Engine after many years of Fox Engine - which gives players hope that PES 2022 could bring some much-needed improvements and changes and return the franchise to its glory days.Īnyway, as we wait for Konami to officially reveal the game, some rumours have surfaced online, suggesting that the Japanese publisher and developer have made a pretty significant decision for this year's game.Īpparently, eFootball PES 2022 could be a free to play game when it launches later this year. Comments ) If theyre going to go over to Switch, itll be the 2022 seasons. Series have been eagerly awaiting news about this year's instalment, which is bringing a huge change to the game. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments 3d coat vs maya![]() ![]() This is a very annoying thing during retopologising. ![]() Please find the solution and make Quad Draw fast and precise like Topogun is, otherwise this tool is definitely unreliable and Maya can not be considered being a professional tool for retopologising in the video game industry.Ģ- Quad Draw can not select and reproject points placed at a relatively small distance beneath the surface of the mesh. Topogun has the same constant speed at all time, even with more that 15 thousands triangles. The whole tool behaves slower and slower. ![]() Extend border and edge are getting slower as well. You will notice the more geometry you add to the retopo mesh the longer the time Quad Draw take to compute and create the new topology. In Maya 2018, please retopologise on a 1 mil poly mesh in Viewport 2 for more than 20 min, getting over 4-5 thousands of triangles. Therefor, comparing the Quad Draw with a more than 6 years old Topogun, which was built as far as i heard based on Maya technology, I think there are several big issues with this tool in production: The tool might be " good enough" for beginner users and low end users though. Right now this tool is far from that for some several obvious reasons (if you use Maya on a daily basis in heavy AAA production environment). I was writing some feedback on the Quad Draw before and i will keep doing it until we will get a fast, reliable, precise tool we can use in the video game industry for AAA production. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Pecunia cattle![]() ![]() Without sentences, language doesn’t really work. Learning English Faster Through Complete Sentences with "pecunia" (40) What is the origin and root of " pecunia". (39) The Word " pecunia" in Example Sentences. 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(8) " pecunia" - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage note. (7) The Best Definition of " pecunia" I’ve Heard So Far. (6) Maybe it seems like a simple question, but the meaning of the word " pecunia" can get slippery. (5) If you had to explain to someone who was learning English what " pecunia" is, what would you say? (4) How to Use " pecunia" with Example Sentences. (3) What is the modern definition of " pecunia"? (2) This, as well as the word pecunia for money (pecus, cattle), indicates the fact of cattle having been the earliest Italian medium of exchange. as "money payment or charge exacted for a licence, etc.(1) pecunia non olet (money does not smell) as "a sum paid for a privilege" (originally admission to a guild) early 15c. in Anglo-French late 13c.), for example forester of fe "a forester by heritable right." As these often were offices of profit, the word came to be used for "remuneration for service in office" (late 14c.), hence, "payment for (any kind of) work or services" (late 14c.). ![]() The feudal sense was extended from landholdings to inheritable offices of service to a feudal lord (late 14c. Hence fee-simple (late 14c.) "absolute ownership," as opposed to fee-tail (early 15c.) "entailed ownership," inheritance limited to some particular class of heirs (second element from Old French taillir "to cut, to limit"). Via Anglo-French come the legal senses "estate in land or tenements held on condition of feudal homage land, property, possession" (c. The other word is Anglo-French fee, from Old French fieu, a variant of fief "possession, holding, domain feudal duties, payment" (see fief), which apparently is a Germanic compound in which the first element is cognate with Old English feoh. This is from PIE *peku- "cattle" (source also of Sanskrit pasu, Lithuanian pekus "cattle " Latin pecu "cattle," pecunia "money, property"). The Old English word is feoh "livestock, cattle movable property possessions in livestock, goods, or money riches, treasure, wealth money as a medium of exchange or payment," from Proto-Germanic *fehu (source also of Old Saxon fehu, Old High German fihu, German Vieh "cattle," Gothic faihu "money, fortune"). Middle English, representing the merger or mutual influence of two words, one from Old English, one from an Old French form of the same Germanic word, and both ultimately from a PIE root meaning "cattle." ![]() ![]() ![]()
5/20/2023 0 Comments Sparkle pro 2.2![]() ![]() Sparkle Pro will change your mind if you thought building websites wasn’t for you. Sparkle Pro 2.2.1 – Visual website creator. Get a discount on the Sparkle App when you sign up for their newsletter. Sparkle combined with Sparkle Themes is perfect for people who want to build websites fast. Sparkle is a premium visual website builder for Mac Os. Sparkle is similar to Adobe Muse, allowing users to visually design websites u. See our Code of Conduct.This video is an introduction to Sparkle, a visual web design program for Mac. We pledge to have an open and welcoming environment. bz2) will be created in a temporary directory and revealed in Finder after the build has completed.Īlternatively, build the Distribution scheme in the Xcode UI. To build a Sparkle distribution, cd to the root of the Sparkle source tree and run make release. You do not usually need to build a Sparkle distribution unless you're making changes to Sparkle itself. If you are adding a symbol to the public API you must decorate the declaration with the SU_EXPORT macro (grep the source code for examples). Sparkle is built with -fvisibility=hidden -fvisibility-inlines-hidden which means no symbols are exported by default. Make sure the URL specified in SUFeedURL is valid (typos/404s are a common error!), and that it uses modern TLS ( test it). Use the generate_appcast tool which creates appcast files, correct signatures, and delta updates automatically. It often also suggests solutions to the problems, so please read Sparkle's log messages carefully. Sparkle prints detailed information there about all problems it encounters. Please check Console.app for logs under your application. No code is necessary, but a bit of configuration is required. HTTPS server for serving updates (see App Transport Security).Build: Latest major Xcode (stable or beta, whichever is latest) and one major version less.Runtime: macOS 10.13 or greater for 2.3, macOS 10.11 or greater for 2.2.x.Progress and status notifications for the host app.Ability to use channels for beta updates (in Sparkle 2), add phased rollouts to users, and mark updates as critical or major.Truly self-updating - the user can choose to automatically download and install all updates in the background.Stays hidden until second launch for better first impressions.Appcasts are a de-facto standard supported by 3rd party update-tracking programs and websites. Uses RSS-based appcasts for release information.Handles permissions, quarantine, and automatically asks for authentication if needed. ![]() Sparkle 2 supports updating external bundles. Supports applications, package installers, preference panes, and other plug-ins. Sparkle 2 supports plugging in a custom UI for updates. Sparkle requires no code in your app, and only needs static files on a web server. Supports delta updates which only patch files that have changed and atomic-safe installs. Supports Sandboxed applications in Sparkle 2. Updates are verified using EdDSA signatures and Apple Code Signing. There's no mention of Sparkle your icons and app name are used. More internal design documents to the project can be found in the repository under Documentation. Refer to Changelog for a more detailed list of changes. Please visit Sparkle's website for up to date documentation on using and migrating over to Sparkle 2. The current status for future versions of Sparkle is tracked by its roadmap. More nightly builds can be downloaded by selecting a recent workflow run and downloading the corresponding Sparkle-distribution artifact. ![]() Pre-releases when available can be found on the Sparkle's Releases or on your favorite package manager. Sparkle 2 adds support for application sandboxing, custom user interfaces, updating external bundles, and a more modern architecture which includes faster and more reliable installs. Secure and reliable software update framework for macOS. ![]() 5/20/2023 0 Comments Best smart switch for alexa![]() ![]() ![]() It’s compatible with Alexa and Google Assistant, so you can use voice commands for basic functions if you prefer. You also have the option to automate by weather conditions and device status or to set up a one-tap system that has your plug switch on at the same time as other smart products (so you can, for example, turn on all your lights at once). You can also see at a glance the amount of power used by the device you have plugged in, broken down by day. Once the plug is connected, the well-designed app makes it easy to switch your plug on and off or schedule days and times to do so. Set-up is quick and straightforward (although you’ll need to make sure you have a decent Wi-Fi signal during the process). It’s the same hardware as the Humax, but the Hey! app is different. The Hey! smart plug is affordable, practical and easy to use, with no hub required. These can also be countdown timers and – most usefully for lights – schedules based on sunset and sunrise which you can customise to your heart’s content.Īt this price, it’s excellent value and easy to recommend. ![]() It also allows you to set up schedules for turning power on and off. You can use this to find out how much power any electrical device uses and check, for example, if your washing machine’s eco mode really saves you money or not. The app has one killer feature: it tells you how much power is being consumed in real time, as well the total amount of energy used ‘today’ and overall. Setting up the plug in Humax’s new Smart Living app is simple: press the button on the plug for five seconds, tell the app the blue light is flashing and it pairs over Bluetooth, asks for your Wi-Fi password and a minute later it’s ready to go.Īs you might expect, there’s integration with Alexa and Google Assistant so you can control power to the connected device using your voice instead of opening up the app each time. It has one button on the left-hand side to manually turn on and off the connected device, which is useful if you have it on a strip. Where some are enormous, Humax’s is surprisingly compact, and won’t obscure adjacent sockets. Humax is better known for its Freeview set-top boxes, but has branched out into smart home devices, starting with this smart plug. ![]() |