fabiochiu/medium-articles huggingface dataset:
The Amal totkays are very informative.
By: Ifrah Nisar
Tags: Amal Totkay, Growth Mindset, Business Strategy

The Amal totkays are very informative. If you analyze them personally, you will get to know where are you standing.

Growth do not only come from studying, but, it come from whatever we preach. It may be a action to any reaction. That how we reacted toward certain things that occur in our daily lives.

And from that point we start analyzing ourselves more.

Amal totkays:

Self Talk

Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone

Create A New Habits

Ask People Help

Fake It Till You Make It

1. These five tips are informative. Thats tell how can we improve ourselves in term of our personal and professional growth. We just cant sit and change ourselves, our perception of thinking, our lifestyles, our profession and etc. We need to work on those areas as where we do lack in those aspects.

2. My takeaway is Self talk. I feel before doing anything, I question myself alot. And thats where I myself make sure that I am capable and can do anything. The feeling I gets whenever I boosts up my own moral is beyond amazing.

3. My favourite tips were:

Create A New Habits:

If you are willing to do anything in your live, you set some objectives for it. Thats how I do. Before reading this Amal Totkay, I realize this is that totka which I implement already.

For instance:

Its a story of Three months back, I usually dont get up early. But made one habit that three or four days in a week, I will wake up early and will do walk in my garden also will make myself smoothie.

So I practise this thing after two three days. I dont do daily because I made a plan to change my habit in order to reduce some weight and obtain healthy lifestyle. So I did that.

My second fav tip is:

Fake it untill you make it:

This is also brilliant. I love to make scenerios in my mind. I dont know how many scenerios do I make in one day. I dont immediately take action on things which I think to conquer. But I make scenerios in my mind and then I build strategies to obtain that certain thing.

On very lighter note, When I fake my scenerios and dream, I literally love them, Just then I always think If i will made it in real, I would beyond the seventh sky.

4. I have started implementing the second last totka that is,

Get out of your comfort zone.

I feel when you want to something in your life, you urge to get on things which you never thought or scared of doing it.

Business and jobs are not made until you get out of your comfort zone and made it. Every plan requires a basic building block, so it cant broke down when that plan reach to its middle strategies.

I believe, I never get out of my comfort zone. But, Amal have taught me now to do whatever you want to. Just you need to take one step beyond your thinking.
Growth Mindset & Amal Totkay
By: Syed Bacha Hussain Bukhari
Tags: Amal Fellowship, Amal Totkay, Amal Academy

Among the many qualities that an entrepreneur must have one is a “Growth Mindset”. It is as important as water to a fish or air to a living being. Before getting into the growth mindset let’s first see what is a mindset.

“The deeply held beliefs, attitudes, and assumptions we create about who we are, how the world works, what we are capable of and deserve, and what is possible is known as a mindset”

Our mindset defines our perception around the world, how it works and how we act in certain situations and problems. Having a growth mindset, we approach the problem and failure as an opportunity to learn and not a full stop in our progress.

We are not born with a pre-installed mindset rather we learned it from people, culture, and the environment around us which means that it can be changed if we want to adopt a certain mindset.

For growth mindset, here are five tips by Amal Academy, which are also known as Amal Totkay given below

1. Self-Talk

2. Get Out of Your Comfort Zone

3. Create New Habits

4. Ask People Help

5. Fake it till you Make it.

These five tips are extremely helpful and are essential for self-growth and development. All of the above tips are equally important.

Positive self-talk leads to what you find impossible. Leaving your comfort zone lets you discover your real potential. Creating new and good habits are also important for self-growth and adopting habits that help in applying the growth mindset like learning new things. One person cannot do and learn everything by himself, therefore asking for help from relevant people and asking for comments on your recent change in interaction with them after developing and practicing a growth mindset will help in self-assessment about growth mindset. The last one is to fake it until you make it, like working on your growth mindset which cannot be developed in a day or two so until you achieve it try acting like if you already have a growth mindset.

My favorite part of Amal Totkay is self-talk. Instead of telling yourself negative and demotivating things if you start telling positive that I can do it, or I am learning it will have a huge impact on your overall mindset, productivity, and efficiency.

I have started implementing the habit of avoiding negative self-talk and telling yourself positive things and getting out of your comfort zone and run an extra mile.

In developing a growth mindset from today, the first step is commitment and consistency. If you have these two and start practicing Amal Totaky, you can rewire your mind from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset.
Amal Totkay
By: Abdul Rehman
Tags: Amaltotkay, Amal Fellowship, Amalacademy

Totka is a word of urdu language which means idea of dealing with a complicated situation. So today’s blog is on Amal Totkay which are consist on set of five totkas.

Importance of Amal Totkay:

These Totkay are used to build a motivated person or these also can modify the personality of a person and also can convert or grow the mindset of a person.

Five Totkay of Amal:

1:Self Talk

2:Get out of your comfort zone

3:Create new habits

4:Ask people to Help

5:Fake it till you make it

Self Talk:

Self talk is actually our internal dialogue which we do by ourselves. It divulge your ideas, beliefs, point of view and thoughts. It’s necessary to give time yourself and ask the answers of your questions from yourself then you’ll find you where you are standing on.

“Be mindful of your self talk. Its a conversation with the universe”

Get out of your comfort zone:

If you want to achieve your goals then it’s important to get out from your comfort zone. The initial step for achieving any goal is that go out. Actually it develops your inner strength. It also builds your confidence and dealing with errors. Its not easy but tell yourself “I’m fearless, my goals are big my plans are long, my achievement is important” then you’ll see a hope to achieve your goal.

“Do one thing everyday that scares you”

Create new habits:

It is crucial to give yourself a gift in the shape of New habit. Actually it shows the personality and nature of a person. You just have to start with an incredible small steps because when most people struggle to build a new habits they say “i just need some more confidence and motivation. And the habit should be like that from which you get a mentally satisfaction.

“We are what we repeatedly do”

Ask people to help:

If you are asking someone for help it doesn’t mean that you are helpless, it actually means you need a company of ideas because “aik or aik gyara”. It is natural that everyone needs someone to complete the task.

Fake it till you make it:

Actually this is an English aphorism which suggests that by initiating confidence, competence and an optimistic mindset or attitude. Action seems to follow feeling, but really action and feeling go together; and by regulating the action, which is under the more direct control of the will, we can indirectly regulate the feeling, which is not.

“Fake it till you become it”
AMAL MINDSET GROWTHING TOTKAY
By: Sidra Younas
Tags: Amal Totkay

AMAL MINDSET GROWTHING TOTKAY

A.O.A Amal fellows!

1_SELF TALK:

Talking with other is common but taking with their mind or with own self is less .Any person that motivate you and able to change is only yourself . So it is a time to done something good by own feet.

2_Getting out your comfort zone:

Anything which you want to do is only possible when you kick out your comfortzone its a time to perform Time is in a speed and time not come back.

3_Creat New Habits:

After getting up every morning we play a task like tooth brushing .is a habit .Like this we should set our habits change their mind it help to improve quality .of our vision and become possible every what we want.

4_Ask people for help:

Anything no matters is in food type or rupees type when we use it it come down and at least stop and off. But The amount of things that we serve on other people by help is it remain for us by Allah.

5_Fake Till you Make it:

Fake word is bad thats first coming image in our mind about it But in Amal totkay fake is helpful word .Say and put yourself on other front as a good example no means actually you have .@Qasim Ali shah says set your personality as what you want to become it will push you to drive a near path both .
To develop a growth mentality, nothing will appear unattainable or tough to achieve to make better…
By: Kinza Gill
Tags: Amal Totkay, Amal Academy, Growth Mindset

To develop a growth mentality, nothing will appear unattainable or tough to achieve to make better usage of your capabilities. This also increases your self-assurance and improves your perception of things.

The thinking of a person affects his/her life greatly. If we believe that it will ultimately happen in our life and it is a source of significant worry. This will damage us and diminish our talents and may influence our job if we become excessively upset over anything.

A guy is recognised by his habits. You are a nice person and vice-versa if you have excellent habits. It takes a tremendous effort to be a nice person to include positive habits in your everyday lives. Good habits are good for our thoughts and for our health.

How are you going to see your behaviour changing when new habits are added in your life? You have to be able to trust in the support of your buddy. Ask your friend, observe the negative stuff (if it is), and strive to conquer it.

It can be very hard for us to deal with the circumstance if we challenge ourselves for severe competition, but we will extend our thoughts and talents later on. Push you into a challenging circumstance from your comfort zone, allowing you to deal with various scenarios and assist you to settle in diverse settings.

Trust is extremely essential in the life of someone but it's hard to add trust suddenly so you may add trust that you have to do it in the wrong way and then forget that you're behaving.

The first one is my favourite tip by AMAL TOTKAY i.e. self talk

We may easily add a speech to our everyday existence. It must be constructive criticism and never negative thinking, whenever you talk to yourself. Remember always the good side of it all. Find a good side to deal with every issue. You can therefore become a person of optimism.
AMAL TOTKAY | A guide to growth mindset
By: Ilsa Qadri
Tags: Reflection On Amal Totkay, Amal Totkay, Amal Academy, Growth Mindset

“Did I win? Did I lose? Those are the wrong questions. The correct question is: Did I make my best effort?” If so, he says, “You may be outscored but you will never lose.” Carol S. Dweck

Amal Journey is full of valuable advices, tips, and experiences to lead a purpose driven , meaningful, and healthy life. To live such a life, it’s necessary to have the right mindset. In the words of Kemi Sogunle, certified life coach and relationship expert, “what you feed your mind, will lead your life”. Therefore, it is important to develop a growth mindset.

Growth mindset makes you realize and recognize your efforts and work. It helps you believe that your abilities, talents, intellectual skills can be nurtured by simply working, improving and never losing hope. Amal gifted us “Amal Totky” to develop growth mindset.

Amal Totky comprises of 5 essential tips to build a growth mindset. I find them really helpful and easy to apply in our day to day life, and eventually having a growth mindset.

Self talk

self talk is the most sincere and honest talk one can do. It’s when you are letting out your subconscious mind, thoughts, beliefs, ideas. The good and the bad, positive, negative, happiness and worries. By doing positive and healthy affirmations, and shaping the thoughts and ideas right ways can help you achieve a growth mindset. Yes, you can do it! , you are good enough, no worries, you got this. Get out of your comfort zone

“Growth and comfort cannot co-exist.” -Erick Wahl

It’s about pushing yourself to do better, to look for the opportunities to grow and embrace the challenges life throws at you. Strive, work harder, and choose the difficult road. Create new habits

Everyday learn something new to keep moving forward. keeping track of your progress and learning is a good way to boost yourself. Ask people help

Surrounding yourself with people wo adds value to your life. learn from them, interact and ask for valuable feedbacks. Fake it till you make it

You cannot master everything but having high self esteem and being confident can make you good at it, and motivate you to do better.

For sure, these totkay shifted some of my beliefs, like Asking people for help, it also relates to getting out of your comfort zone as I don’t see asking help an easy task for me.

I’ve applied the fake till you make it principle to some extent in my communication skills, and it works wonder.

My favourite tip is “Creating new habits”. I’m motivated to start journaling daily. It’s a good practice to put down your thoughts and learning over a piece of paper. It will help me develop a sense of achievement and fulfillment, to see myself progressing, no matter how small the steps I take. Moreover, I’m also looking forward to meditate daily, to improve mindfulness and productivity and shut off the toxic thoughts.
My thoughts on Growth mindset toolkit
By: Qumber Ali Tariq
Tags: Amal Totkay

I really like the way things are short listed in all of the Amal's courses. This way they are easy to understand and easy to remember.

One of the first steps to achieve something is to believe in one's self. Belief that I am capable to do and I will do it. If you can't believe in yourself then why do others? There was one thing which I learned from one of the TED talks in the previous courses that people will buy your product only if they believe what you believe. It all starts from believing that I can do it. It's also very important to kick start the work. If I am not sure whether I can do it or not I won't be able to even start it.

Two of my favourite tips are

1. Getting out of my comfort zone.

2. Fake it till you make it.

Tip 1 is the thing which I really lack in my life. I can really relate to it. Amal has emphasized enough on this and I am really gonna take serious action on that one.

Tip 2 is the one I have already exercised in my life even before I knew that was a good thing. Self belief and confidence can get you really far if you add in a little bit of commitment and consistency.

Thinking of an idea for the megaproject is really a mentally tiring process. I am trying from the past 3 days and still not able to get a solid idea which follows the said instructions.

Maybe it's due to fact that I am too skeptical about the success of my idea. Now I am gonna apply self belief here and put my thoughts into words to discuss it in our learning group circle and then see what happens. Atleast there will be things to learn during this whole process.

I have also thought of creating new productive habits from now on. For that purpose I have downloaded an app " Habitica " from the playstore. This app helps you develop new habits and get rid of the old unproductive ones. I will be setting my goal to learn at least one new tip every day in this way I will be one tip smarter by the each passing day.

I will become more observant of my surroundings and my self. I will observe and learn from my surroundings. Everyone can teach you a thing or two if you are observant enough and it's good for a growth mindset.
How To Activate Windows 10 Using Command Prompt?
Tags: Windows 10, Lifehacks, Computers, Software Development, Information Technology

How To Activate Windows 10 Using Command Prompt AnthonyB. Follow May 11 · 3 min read

Three Easy Steps, which only take one minute.

Status: Still working as of September 2021.

Why Would People Need To Activate Windows?

Well there are many reasons. It could be because a school or a business is setting up an organization of computers and wants them registered under one key for uniformity. Another reason might be that you upgraded from Windows 7 or 8, and your key was due to expire due to changing Microsoft terms. Many people built their PCs on their own and lost their keys. If you are like others, you bought a PC from a builder or a dealer and they didn’t hand you your license key at all. You could have received your PC via your organization or company which came with Windows pre-installed without any key.

Other reasons include:

You simply lost your license key.

Your computer was damaged and had to be reformatted due to software instability, virus or hardware failure, but the liability of which was not your fault.

How To Activate Windows 10 Using Command Prompt?

FIRST! Open Command Prompt as administrator. Do this by clicking on the start button, then search for “cmd” then run it with administrator rights.

NEXT STEP: Install KMS client key

Carefully follow the steps below. READ before doing.

Use the command “slmgr /ipk yourlicensekey” to install a license key. Replace “yourlicensekey” with any of the factory license keys below. Make sure to choose the right one for your Windows version. Home: TX9XD-98N7V-6WMQ6-BX7FG-H8Q99

Home N: 3KHY7-WNT83-DGQKR-F7HPR-844BM

Home Single Language: 7HNRX-D7KGG-3K4RQ-4WPJ4-YTDFH

Home Country Specific: PVMJN-6DFY6–9CCP6–7BKTT-D3WVR

Professional: W269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX

Professional N: MH37W-N47XK-V7XM9-C7227-GCQG9

Education: NW6C2-QMPVW-D7KKK-3GKT6-VCFB2

Education N: 2WH4N-8QGBV-H22JP-CT43Q-MDWWJ

Enterprise: NPPR9-FWDCX-D2C8J-H872K-2YT43

Enterprise N: DPH2V-TTNVB-4X9Q3-TJR4H-KHJW4

3. Hit [Enter] key to execute the command. Wait for a few seconds, and a prompt should appear.

4. Set KMS machine address. Very Important Step!!!

5. Use the command “slmgr /skms kms8.msguides.com” to connect to the msguides independent free KMS server.

6. Activate your Windows by using the command “slmgr /ato”.

LAST — Check the activation status again.

Extra advice

Want to stop Windows 10 from updating automatically? Click to view my article about it here.
This Dual-Screen Laptop Proves That Sometimes Ambition Overwhelms Practicality
By: Cameron Coward
Tags: Technology, Gaming, Computers, Hacking, Makers

As makers, it’s usually a good idea to be ambitious in your projects. If a device is purely practical, then there is likely already a commercial product on the market filling that need. The more imaginative you get, the likelier it is that you’ll make something unique and noteworthy. But, there is such a thing as project that’s too ambitious, as proven by Anitomicals C’s dual-screen laptop.

In most dual-screen setups, the monitors are placed side-by-side — a practical way to gain valuable screen real estate. In this case, however, the screens are vertically stacked in the clam shell of the “laptop,” with one screen taking the place of the usual keyboard. Anitomicals was inspired to take this approach after seeing the small touchscreens placed near the top of the keyboard on newer Apple MacBooks.

Inside the laptop, which Anitomicals describes as a “DIY dual-screen portable desktop,” are the kinds of components you’d expect to see on a gaming rig. Those include an 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 1700X processor, 32GB of RAM, two SSDs, and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 mini graphics card. That is, of course, in addition to the two 14" LCD monitors.

This build is impressive in its scope, but Anitomicals himself admits that it’s completely impractical. The entire computer weighs a whopping 22 pounds, and measures 20 x 14 x 3.5 inches — and still needs an external keyboard and mouse. So, Anitomicals went back to using a regular old mini desktop, which is actually smaller.
How to earn money on TikTok with computer technology?
Tags: China Startup, Computers, Earn Money Online, Money, Tiktok App

Do you know about the cashing method of developing derivative services based on TikTok platform?

When you log on to TikTok, you will find that many crooked nuts also encounter the same problems as ours. For example, after registering an account, you will find that your account is playing 0, or the playback volume is continuously low. However, today, I don’t want to talk about answering questions with you any more. I believe you should also see more Q & A sharing. Today, let’s look at something different. How about it?

As for the realization of TikTok, we often say that there are goods sold and people can also set up, but these are all content-oriented, or content and products based on TikTok’s platform.

So, what else can be done?

After I deleted my TikTok account, I found interesting applications in Google app store. Let’s take a look.

I have found that this is very similar to the article analysis plug-in tool in the background of WeChat public account in China.

In addition to this type of tag analysis tool:

In fact, we have thought of making this kind of derivative products before, but this kind of products need to have corresponding technical development capabilities.

It is still fast to move first, so that a wave of traffic can be quickly circled. The scores of these apps are very high, and the keyword optimization in Google and Apple app store is also good.

Search tiktok directly ranks first. As long as the products are polished well, users in the App store will naturally grow considerably. Not to mention the detailed use, you can go and experience it.

Speaking of this, you will find that this kind of products actually have a general name, which is called derivative service products based on TikTok platform. This kind of small cash-out project is very suitable for technical team group. A demo version is iterated to solve users’ main user needs points through the small step run. After traffic is circled, there must be many ways to play it, and you can explore it slowly.
My first Real-Time Clock chip mod
By: Ask Notes
Tags: Real Time Clock, Computers, Electronics, Mod

This is a repost of my story here.

Recently I got GA-586HX Rev 1.53 motherboard. Wanted to test it with Pentium 166 CPU I had. Noticed that in Bios I can set whatever I want but only the clock/date is saved and nothing else, also the clock was not ticking.

It had Benchmark bq3287mt Real Time Clock module. Luckily, on this motherboard it was in a socket, so that solves a lot of trouble.

GA-586HX Rev 1.53 with Benchmark bq3287mt Real Time Clock module

Benchmark bq3287mt Real Time Clock module taken out of the socket

So I had an option to order a new one or try to make an RTC module mod and add an external cell battery. I have never done such a mod so of course, I decided to try :)

MOstly everyone on the internet suggests to Dremel out the side of the module to access power pins and solder their wires from the coin battery holder.

I decided to go slightly another way.

I took an electric drill with a small disk with sandpaper attached to it. Then I fastened the RTC module in a vice and started sanding off from the top hoping to get to the battery and remove it.

Soon I started to see the battery.

Sanding off the top of the Benchmark bq3287mt Real Time Clock module

After some more time…

Sanding off top of the Benchmark bq3287mt Real Time Clock module

The battery was not going out, so I have decided to sand more and it was a bit too much — I have damaged crystal on pins 2 and 3. Oh well, all was left it to try to sand out all the epoxy until IC will be accessible and see if I can fix it.

After some time, when there was little epoxy left, it started to crack and I could easily remove it with a sharp knife.

Benchmark bq3287mt Real Time Clock module with epoxy removed

Then I cleaned everything out and in my used electronic components box found one crystal ( I have no idea where it was from and what model it was, but it just looked similar so I have decided to try ), and a coin battery holder.

Soldered crystal to IC pins 2 and 3 and then glued and soldered battery holder to IC pins 16 and 20. And what do you know, it worked!!! The clock started ticking and all settings I hame made were stored in CMOS.

Benchmark bq3287mt Real Time Clock with new crystal and battery.

Benchmark bq3287mt Real-Time Clock with new crystal and battery.

Benchmark bq3287mt Real-Time Clock with new crystal and battery.

The clock is ticking with modified bq3287mt Real-Time Clock
Not One, Not Two, But Three Turntables ¹
By: Where Angels Fear
Tags: Technology, Music, Music Production, Computers, Computer Technology

Not One, Not Two, But Three Turntables ¹

‎

Okay, well, being as how Dubstep seems to be the theme of the day for a variety of reasons …

‎

Phuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh Q, Rollins!

SKisM — Rave Review

‎

‎

Whilst we’re on the topic of lonely hearts … (you can blame herself for that particular thematic detour)

Ylvis — Someone Like Me

‎

‎

But … as I do so like my sonata form synthesis ² (and not just in music)

DJ Buckaroo: Who is Ylvis (’93 old skool raver mix) — I defy even Dennett not to grin to this (Jeez … even Erik’s gotta smile at *this* one) 😉

‎

‎

Actually, however, the title and the pre-amble are misleading: this isn’t about three, four (or even eight ³) turntables at all … or about Dubstep … nor even love, death and/or robots … it’s about the fact that

I CAN HAZ THREE MONITORS!!!

‎

You see the Trigger Finger and Kaoss Pad here … well, they’re not any more.

I was getting frustrated with only two monitors: the second you open even only a handful of VSTi and/or VSTfx, you can’t see the timeline or the mixer and that’s no good — so, a third monitor on which to leave open a spectral analyser, master EQ and the main synth(s) I’m working with, without cluttering my view of everything else, or losing them behind whatever other synth/fs I open up to tweak … that’d be fine, you get me?

The problem is though that my laptop wasn’t chosen for how many monitors it can support but for the specs and, above all, CPU (it’s an i5, not an i7 ⁵).

I’ve been threatening to get a (rather expensive) dock and increase the number to four (or, potentially, even five) but was persuaded by the same friend who gifted me the WiFi AP that it would be an expensive mistake to spend the money only to discover the graphics driver wouldn’t support more than two and, instead, to try a spare USB-to-VGA/HDMI/DVI converter they’d send me first — then, if it didn’t, no harm done and, if it did, I could always spend the extra money, if I wanted to.

Which (cutely impetuous though I may by nature be) I could see the sense of and, so … grumbling as I did so … I graciously agreed to take them up on their kind offer.

Well, it arrived today and

I CAN HAZ THREE MONITORS!!!

WOO! YEAH!

‎

‎

But this post would’ve been rather dull, if it had only been about how I now have three monitors, wouldn’t it?

So, you got some music too … and an education in musical form and how it relates to the principle of thesis/antithesis/synthesis in other dimensions as well as well — you’re welcome, you ingrates.

‎

There look … music and technology and Philosophy — a post even Jacky can enjoy 😀

Right … all I’ve got to do now is say nothing to my benefactor about it and wait for them to enquire — at which point I can offhandedly remark “What? Oh … yeah … that. Yeah, it arrived <a long time ago>. What? Oh. Yeah. Yeah, it works. Whatever” … because ‘Gracious’ and ‘Humble’ are my middle names 😉

Nah … I’ll send them a message in a moment, thanking them and expressing my delight — it’s the least I can do (definitely cheaper than paying them for it 😉)
Changing the wallpaper
By: Akash Nair M S
Tags: Daily Blog, Computers, Memories, Experience, Childhood Memories

Photo by Vadim Sherbakov on Unsplash

I got my first desktop computer in 9th grade and I vividly remember spending an enormous amount of time trying to understand the nuances for the first few months. More than just playing games, I was trying to understand the functionalities the PC offered. Prior to getting my own PC, I have only played games or watched movies on my friends’ or cousin’s PC.

I never really got the chance to be left alone with a computer to explore it completely.

One of the first few things I got myself acquainted with was changing the wallpaper. At school, I had definitely learned more than just changing wallpapers in the lab sessions, but again, the freedom to change the wallpaper and even experiment with it only came when my PC arrived.

Right-click anywhere on the desktop; Click on properties; Select the Desktop tab; Browse through the preloaded images or customize it using your own picture.

This was the exciting part: Own pictures!

My parents have always been big on taking pictures and recording memories. We had a ton of pictures and there was no scarcity for exercising the customize option.

You could choose to fit or stretch the picture based on your liking. The tile option was rarely chosen as I didn’t like the repetitiveness. Wallpaper didn’t offer customization beyond these options, but then, there was the screensaver settings. There were different animations that could be chosen, especially if the text option was selected. You could write something, and that would get displayed as the screen saver in different styles.

I recollect how I once made fun of my sister by typing something about her.

Obviously, it was reciprocated.

Fast forward 15 years, I’m almost suffocated by the photo editing options that are available on different social media platforms. Since I am writing this by reminiscing, I certainly miss the good old days that came with lesser options!

If you liked the above piece, hit the CLAP button below.
Apple without Steve, bug,bug,bug…
By: John Bobbit
Tags: MacBook Pro, Bugs, Apple, Computers, MacBook

black screen of dead

Since Steve Jobs is no more Apple has tried many times to continue according to the model inherited by its creator.

No more inventiveness over the last 10 years, just recycling, that’s why today we find ourselves with the iPhone 12, until what number will they go?

Let’s not be enlightened, Apple is for suckers or people who are willing to pay insane amounts of money for problems that in reality only cost a few dozen euros.

Today I describe in this article my anger towards several problems I had with my PC.

Setting the scene

I am since 2018 owner of a MacBookPro 2016. A few weeks after reception the keyboard was already out of order. Being in computer science prep school and having to work I couldn’t send the PC back immediately because of exams. So I did 3 years with this one and a keyboard that I carried with me.

First problem, the keyboard

Apple launched a repair program admitting that these keyboards were all buggy. Since my PC had been manufactured 5 years before, they refused to repair it, I had to prove the date of purchase for the replacement. After several trips to the Apple Store and call centers I was finally able to replace it for free.

I would like to say that at no time did Apple offer me a repair or a commercial advantage. Knowing that I exceeded the date of 5 years of just 1 month.

For a company that is part of GAFA it’s quite sad to see how they are attached to their wallet, especially for a manufacturing bug coming from them.

Second problem, the screen

Finally 2nd bug, recognized by apple for the series macbookpro 13", the screen when it is opened to more than 70degrees puts in dark luminosity, making work on it impossible.

Bug once again recognized by apple but not for my PC series. Once again, Apple asks me for 600euros (invoiced in Ireland to avoid paying taxes in France) for a product that they have badly designed. The problem is starting to mount more and more because all the PCs are now out of warranty and are all starting to have this problem that reappears 3/4 years after the purchase.

It is of course good to add that even once repaired, it is possible that the screen does not work again a few years later because of the same defect…

Conclusion

Apple are professional scammer, they are able to put 20 notifications for an update, but unable to put a notification if your PC is part of a repair program.

For me anyway, this is the one and only time I will buy an Apple product.

If you also had problems feel free to comment and I will try to make a collective complaint against them.
Computer Graphics Tutorial
By: Amansingh Javatpoint
Tags: Computer, Graphics

Computer graphics is commonly seen as a computer science branch that deals with the computerized image fusion theory and technology. As simple as a triangle outline, a computer-generated image may represent a scene. The computer has become a powerful tool for producing images quickly and economically.

When a computer is used to create images, the same process is followed as creating images manually. The process’s primary computational steps give a boost to several important computer graphics areas.

Also on computers, the term computer graphics covers almost everything. Here in the computer graphics program’s classroom, we think of computer graphics as drawing images on machines, often known as rendering. The images can be photos, sketches, animations, or pictures of items imagined. Or they may be pictures, we cannot see directly, like internal body parts.

We have put a great deal of our time to develop how computer images can replicate real-world scenes. We want objects on computers not only to look more real, but also their colors to be more realistic and how different materials appear. We can call it “real synthesis of the image.”

The term computer graphics has been used to define “almost everything on the computer, including text or sound.” Generally, the term computer graphics refer to the following things:

Computer representation and manipulation of image data.

Various technologies for creating and manipulating images.

Computer graphics study is a sub-field of computer science that studies methods for digitally incorporating and manipulating visual content.

The next area of computer graphics that deals with the placement of a triangle is called transformation. Here we can use matrices to get the mapping of a triangle in image space. We can also set up the transformation matrix to control the location and orientation of the displayed image. We can also resize the triangle.

Definition of Computer Graphics-Computer graphics can be a series of images which is most often called a video or single image. Computer graphics is the technology that concerns with designs and pictures on computers. That’s why, computer graphics are visual representations of data shown on a monitor made on a computer.

“Computer graphics is the use of a computer to define, store, manipulate, interrogate, and represent the pictorial output.” An image in computer graphics is made up of a number of pixels.
Blue light isn’t main source of eye fatigue
Tags: Computers, Health, Blue Light

Blue light has become a bad rap and is to blame for sleep deprivation and damage to the eyes. Personal electronics emit blue light more than any other color. Blue light has a shorter wavelength, which means it is high energy and can damage the eye’s delicate tissues. It travels through the eye to the retina, a collection of neurons that convert light into synapses, which are the basis of vision.

Laboratory studies have revealed that exposure to high-intensity blue light can damage cells in the rat’s retina. But epidemiological studies of real people tell a different story.

As an assistant professor of optics at Ohio State University, I teach optical research, including working with the retina. I also see patients in college teaching clinics. Often, my patients want to know how to keep their eyes healthy even when they are staring at a computer screen all day. They often hear about “blue-blocked” lenses that are advertised on the Internet.

But to protect your vision and keep your eyes healthy, blue light is not your biggest concern.

Built-in protection

One way to visualize blue light and damage the retina is to consider the sun. Sunlight is mostly blue light. On a sunny day, it is 100,000 times brighter than your computer screen. However, several human studies have shown that exposure to sunlight and age-related eye degeneration is a disease of the retina that causes central vision loss.

Staying outside on a sunny afternoon won’t damage the human retina, and so does your dark-skinned tablet. A theoretical study has recently reached that conclusion.

Why, then, is the disconnect between the effects of blue light on rats and human eyes?

The human eyes are different than the rats. We have protective elements such as eye pigment and natural blue-blocking capability of the stellar lens. These structures absorb blue light before reaching the retina.

That means you have to throw away sunglasses. They are more beneficial than protecting your eyes from the blue light of the sun. For example, wearing sunglasses slows down cataracts.

READ MORE

Related posts
How does the Internet work?
By: Min Suk Kim
Tags: Web, Network, Internet, Computers, Web Development

Let’s imagine for a second to the times before Internet existed. How would two computers communicate with each other? Similar to how people communicated in person before telephones or even mail existed, two computers would ideally be in the same room physically “talking” to each other. Since computers can’t talk out loud like humans, they can send messages back and forth if they’re connected with each other with an ethernet cable.

This could take up a lot of space if multiple computers want to communicate with each other and isn’t the most ideal if the computers are in different locations.

For example, if there are 10 computers that we need to connect, then that would require 9 cables per machine and result in 45 cables (9+8+7+6…+1).

This requires way too many wires and what if you want to connect with a neighbor’s computer or a computer at your company? Instead of having miles and miles of ethernet cables being laid out, we can utilize a device called a router.

What is a Router?

A router is a network device used to connect your local home network — like computers and laptops — and the Internet.

Like a multi-tab power strip connecting multiple devices through one outlet, a router can connect multiple computers together through one device.

Now computers can locally communicate with each other by being connected to the router. This cleans up a lot of space as only 9 cables are needed compared to the previous 45. Furthermore, with the invention of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices, the cables aren’t needed at all as computers can now connect wirelessly to the router. A router then is connected to a device called the modem.

What is a Modem?

A modem is a network device that connects your home network to the Internet. Connecting all your computers at home to the router still doesn’t allow your computer to communicate with machines outside of your home since it’s still within your local network. It is most likely that your home already has infrastructure setup to connect your telephone to a provider, and the modem can utilize this setup and connect your computers to an Internet Service Provider (ISP).

What is an Internet Service Provider (ISP)?

An Internet Service Provider or ISP is a company that provides you access to the Internet. Some common ones are Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon. Now the modem connected to your ISP can connect to the Internet and other ISPs and provide a connection to multiple devices in different locations.

Recap & Resources

In summary, whenever your computer connects to a Wi-Fi network, it is really connecting to a router device. Multiple computers can connect to the same Wi-Fi network or the same router. That router device is then connected to a modem which provides access to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider. Of course this is all only possible if you have paid for an online service through an ISP!

In the next article, I’ll go in more depth about how the messages are sent from different networks.

Resources
How does memory work?
By: Muhammad Rashid
Tags: Computer Science, Computers, Knowledge, Computer Vision, Information

We know that the main memory of the computer is connected to the CPU through data bus. A control bus and an address bus collectively called a system bus.

When the CPU wants to read data from the memory it first places the read request on the control bus, and also places the address of the byte or word needed on the address bus.The memory unit reads the commend and the address and puts the required data on the data bus.The CPU then reads this data from the data bus.Similarly for writing data, CPU first places the write request on the control bus and also places the address of the word where wants to write on the address bus.When memory unit gets ready to do the operation the CPU puts the data on the data bus and memory unit reads this data and places it in the required word.

As the main memory consists of electronic circuits so a word or byte address is accessible without using any mechanical components.Because of this property the access speed of memory is very fast.Also the data stored in a computer’s main memory can be processed in any order.Because of this property the main memory is often referred to as Random Access Memory (RAM).As the RAM is constructed from integrated circuits so it needs to have continuous electrical power supply in the order to maintain.When power is switched off all the data stored into it is lost so we say that RAM is volatile.

Memory Measuring Units

In digital computers the data is represented as a collection of bits. A bit is the smallest unit of data that can be used by computer. We also know that this data is grouped into bytes and a byte is a the number of bits needed to store is character. A byte is comprised of eight bits. The size of the computer’s main memory is often measured as the number of bytes in it. List of different memory measuring units:

1 Nibble =4 bits

1 Byte =8 bits

1 KB (Kilo Byte) =1024 bytes

1 MB (Mega Byte) =1024 KB

1 GB (Gigs Byte) =1024 MB

1 Terabyte =1024 GB
How the Internet changed the Classic meaning of Software
By: Jesam Matt
Tags: Internet, Cloud, Computers, Software, Cloud Computing

How the Internet changed the Classic meaning of Software

The Internet, a gigantic network of computers changed the classic meaning of software which we all formerly knew as a program installed in a stand-alone desktop computer at home or in an office. It has changed our understanding of software.

Formerly we bought software packages from computer vendors at a store on a disk, when we got home, we pulled out the disk inserted it into our computers’ disk drive and followed the various instructions given by the wizard to install the software package. Once installed we can start using it whether they are Word Processors, Games, Database Management Programs, Spread Sheets, Compilers Etc.

Today, everything has changed, courtesy of this super information highway called the Internet. Today you don’t have to go a computer vendor to get a software on a disk except you really want to. Everything is accessible on the Internet. From your Web Browser you can access a broad range of software packages on the Cloud like Word Processors, Games, Database Management Programs, videos players, utility program and lots more. All you need is an efficient and fast internet connection to access all these services on the Cloud. The term “Cloud” is no longer an unfamiliar word. Yes everything is in the Cloud. What do we mean when we say cloud? It’s simply a kind of resource we can access on the internet that is not available on our local machine or computer. This is made possible by cloud computing which is on-demand availability of computer system resources, especially data storage and computing power, without direct management by the user.

They are numerous Cloud service providers today which provide Games, Word processors, Music Streaming services, Database Management tools, Compilers, File Management tools and lots more. All this software packages can be accessed on the Cloud via a web browser without necessarily installing it on your local machine or computer.

Cloud Computing has changed the way we use and view software.

Today, scarcely will big companies have to install Application Software on all their individual work stations or desktop computers. Everything can be accessed on the Cloud.

Cloud Computing is the wave of the future. Some popular Cloud services include Office 360, Gmail, Dropbox, GoogleDocs, Amazon drive, Soundcloud, Micosoft Azure and lots more.
The Chinese have crushed the myth of Google’s quantum superiority. It took only 60 NVIDIA graphics cards to do this.
By: Vitali Brel
Tags: Google, Quantum Computing, Computers, Computer Science

The Chinese have crushed the myth of Google’s quantum superiority. It took only 60 NVIDIA graphics cards to do this. Vitali Brel May 20·2 min read

Google’s Sycamore quantum system. Image Source: Google

A group of researchers from the Beijing Institute of Theoretical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences repeated Google’s experiment to demonstrate quantum superiority. The Google Sycamore quantum system took 3 minutes and 20 seconds to solve a specific problem. The new algorithm of Chinese scientists solved the same problem without any fuss in 5 days on only 60 NVIDIA video cards. Google’s quantum superiority didn’t happen. We are waiting for a new attempt.

Google announced the achievement of quantum superiority — the ability to quickly solve tasks that take classical computers literally forever — in October 2019. According to the company, its Sycamore quantum system solved in 200 seconds a task that the fastest IBM Summit supercomputer at that time would have taken 10 thousand years to solve. IBM disputed this claim. The company said the improved algorithm could solve Google’s quantum task in 2.5 days. However, the company did not confirm these words with a practical experiment.

Instead of IBM, Google’s claim of quantum superiority was refuted by scientists from China. They developed an algorithm that, on 60 NVIDIA graphics cards running on V100 and A100 GPUs, solved Google’s problem in about five days. Thus, by the way, Chinese researchers have shown that supercomputers are also not always the best tools, and it is not the computing power itself that is important, but the ability to use it.

At the same time, it should be noted that the search for evidence of the quantum superiority of a particular quantum platform is more of a sporting nature than an applied one (the Chinese also play this game). But this allows us to feel the boundary between classical and quantum computing, because there is still no complete clarity in the application capabilities of the latter. The Chinese, by the way, in the new five-year plan plan to transfer the search for quantum algorithms from the theoretical level to the practical one. Let’s see what happens.