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Rob http://www.blogger.com/profile/04686595865803592621noreply@blogger.comBlogger191125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467595293229718156.post-43477701810248793792022-02-26T16:34:00.005-08:002022-02-26T16:47:20.435-08:00Russian FaceApp Version of Vladimir Putin <p><span style="font-size: large;"><span>In Feb of 2021, Best Camera posted a review of FaceApp from Russia. While Russia continues to invade Ukraine and has threatened to invade Finland, this FaceApp should be blocked from the Apple App Store. We call upon Apple to block all Russian Apps for now.</span> </span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEeOH3I3nfZX2Qe-QZSTbEjl9ql1UL8NeEpKi93GHU2tn7j0BfWVxqzeBTm4CdgCN6Ls-FHBUNKMH5Aa8m0iZfjhw7XYXw71efNy8EhBAJKWZkcJtvOEk9Hs0KUpDDYvRAQRkzagz4RIV-ude6tvlrjH6ux2SFJACNxK1Q2Bw5KQiqq7OnjkyIVJvl=s263" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="192" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEeOH3I3nfZX2Qe-QZSTbEjl9ql1UL8NeEpKi93GHU2tn7j0BfWVxqzeBTm4CdgCN6Ls-FHBUNKMH5Aa8m0iZfjhw7XYXw71efNy8EhBAJKWZkcJtvOEk9Hs0KUpDDYvRAQRkzagz4RIV-ude6tvlrjH6ux2SFJACNxK1Q2Bw5KQiqq7OnjkyIVJvl=w292-h400" width="292" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">FaceApp Version of Vladimir Putin</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Rob http://www.blogger.com/profile/04686595865803592621noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467595293229718156.post-43320480987789868422021-02-22T18:50:00.000-08:002021-02-22T18:50:06.188-08:00The Entanglement of Artificial Intelligence <p style="text-align: left;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">AI is improving mobile Apps in dramatic ways. There are Camera Apps like </span><strong style="color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">FaceApp</em></strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> and the new </span><strong style="color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><em style="margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Not From Earth</em></strong><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> App (close to launch), that rely heavily on Artificial Intelligence. But is it possible for AI to help solve the problem of human aging? You might be surprised to learn of the extensive research in this field. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://medium.com/predict/the-entanglement-of-artificial-intelligence-8c8b90c77a37?sk=7cbbdd27807ce8c9773484fb28888af1">Here is a fascinating article published on Medium by Predict</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://medium.com/predict/the-entanglement-of-artificial-intelligence-8c8b90c77a37?sk=7cbbdd27807ce8c9773484fb28888af1" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="1200" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjehWE-SSmUIZMlFzvSaI7OpXl8ZGlmtgWEDjxebbIGbAXMSbKnvLFqNfbiKCOXk3T8XMYXo7t0YIgNsSxRF9wt2ck7J6QvjzHsu9uikO8dBXjEQpBETRAG3nxMrpEzKKdtKNVTm-Jxi34/w400-h209/shutterstock_651441421.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Rob http://www.blogger.com/profile/04686595865803592621noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467595293229718156.post-82482415122602388292021-02-20T20:50:00.013-08:002022-02-26T16:23:32.323-08:00FaceApp - Is This Love From Russia Safe?<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">*IMPORTANT* This Russian App should be banned from the App Store while Russia invades Ukraine. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With over 100 million downloads, FaceApp is a viral App sensation from Russia that works on both IOS and Android. There is</span> an <span face="Montserrat, sans-serif" style="color: #2e3b41;">assortment of filters and effects found in most photo editing apps, but this App has gone ballistic because of its remarkable face transformation features. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqP1Gl_oKYyWHtUaCCI58Fm38Alr7uVKIaVpx6GzrIf-stJh2iTYb5QRxthcN88MUaCzvvd5FVKeO1qDnpNQ21Y5oPbV-Qb9zPUs2IkdmF4otfpQq85VrZPTXiWbRSBgAQu39oJ662uUA/s2608/faceapp6.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2608" data-original-width="1205" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqP1Gl_oKYyWHtUaCCI58Fm38Alr7uVKIaVpx6GzrIf-stJh2iTYb5QRxthcN88MUaCzvvd5FVKeO1qDnpNQ21Y5oPbV-Qb9zPUs2IkdmF4otfpQq85VrZPTXiWbRSBgAQu39oJ662uUA/w298-h640/faceapp6.jpg" width="298" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">FaceApp</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Montserrat, sans-serif" style="color: #2e3b41;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span face="Montserrat, sans-serif" style="color: #2e3b41;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(46, 59, 65); font-family: inherit;">Here's a list of alterations available: Impressions, Smiles, Beards, Gender (weird), Face Swap, Age, Hair Styles, Hair Colors, Face Sizes, Glasses, Makeup, Retouch, and then filters. </span></span></p><p><span face="Montserrat, sans-serif" style="color: #2e3b41;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(46, 59, 65); font-family: inherit;">It also provides a way to isolate the person and change the background. This comes from their DeepAI segmentation model. </span></span></p><p><span face="Montserrat, sans-serif" style="color: #2e3b41;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(46, 59, 65);"> </span></span></p><p><span face="Montserrat, sans-serif" style="color: #2e3b41;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Montserrat, sans-serif" style="color: #2e3b41;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJWdTboTrRkm1gjsO_7wswv2Vifw6SaJP2IUhwwDmbcFEEb3L3YR832s2eYYqr54Lp9CtBg8VRvaicA65zK9mqSbKrE6GuLZtfABKolgCsNIJBbEGWUAO1NVa7_OM_mi1Cy6-dG-5gvM/s767/faceapp3.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="767" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxJWdTboTrRkm1gjsO_7wswv2Vifw6SaJP2IUhwwDmbcFEEb3L3YR832s2eYYqr54Lp9CtBg8VRvaicA65zK9mqSbKrE6GuLZtfABKolgCsNIJBbEGWUAO1NVa7_OM_mi1Cy6-dG-5gvM/w200-h179/faceapp3.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1JORPxy9kxLlK0pbJ5RHTVV3VSHAKNb68ixGZAHr2t_LHd5gZQPGf94tbLq-QS0imbUeX0Autpm_Q4pHkHHyP5Jv6oQxQ1iwmkytwLyW4mveEy83mLeoS9Wups_R1egIW3ld31ONtYAs/s767/faceapp2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="767" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1JORPxy9kxLlK0pbJ5RHTVV3VSHAKNb68ixGZAHr2t_LHd5gZQPGf94tbLq-QS0imbUeX0Autpm_Q4pHkHHyP5Jv6oQxQ1iwmkytwLyW4mveEy83mLeoS9Wups_R1egIW3ld31ONtYAs/w200-h179/faceapp2.jpg" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyY0VF3uIQc1D6-EHxk6km3k_J10ZuSvKqgyMaNDqWph58qQ8bxXBQbCDfiV2-Q6d_2BzgV8cwZ2VlvXZ_NJWkP3p4eDm0kCvj1fYgK_b-7E_Q23gN7qTi8XDXcAMBTUOPWnAow-nXls/s767/faceapp1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="767" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyY0VF3uIQc1D6-EHxk6km3k_J10ZuSvKqgyMaNDqWph58qQ8bxXBQbCDfiV2-Q6d_2BzgV8cwZ2VlvXZ_NJWkP3p4eDm0kCvj1fYgK_b-7E_Q23gN7qTi8XDXcAMBTUOPWnAow-nXls/w200-h179/faceapp1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Montserrat, sans-serif" style="color: #2e3b41;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Montserrat, sans-serif" style="color: #2e3b41;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Montserrat, sans-serif" style="color: #2e3b41;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqg0qsHs0loXLVHQ9ttu75BF9L0yLUP4ThWzvu3LkPUd83_y1X7lZxW6Rmjizgdryb9McZ3uOf3KI17K7lYha4k8DG89Vu1GX0weY_eC6nMquugsK_NadjVvnGY0nKt9zgImc3mY4PFs/s767/faceapp4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="767" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqg0qsHs0loXLVHQ9ttu75BF9L0yLUP4ThWzvu3LkPUd83_y1X7lZxW6Rmjizgdryb9McZ3uOf3KI17K7lYha4k8DG89Vu1GX0weY_eC6nMquugsK_NadjVvnGY0nKt9zgImc3mY4PFs/s320/faceapp4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2e3b41; font-family: georgia;"><b>Impressive right?</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Montserrat, sans-serif" style="color: #2e3b41;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Montserrat, sans-serif" style="color: #2e3b41;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Montserrat, sans-serif" style="color: #2e3b41;">So what is the big concern about security with this App? Well, there is a general distrust of Facial Recognition and sharing of altered face images. This kind of face editing requires advanced AI recognition and alteration. Skeptics also say that </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(46, 59, 65); color: #2e3b41;">facial recognition is one of the tools that our government might use to bypass human rights and individual privacy and that it has the potential for identity theft.</span><span style="color: #2e3b41;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">To be honest, I love this App. And there are hundreds of Apps now, include those from Apple, that alter faces for entertainment. I don't believe this is an issue with most Apps. And so what if this App comes from Russia? Well, there is one problem that I'm concerned about. How does this App work its magic? What is the technology behind this remarkable App?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The magic is in the use of AI models like segmentation, face recognition, and the application of effects and styles. I have no problem with any of that cool technology, but I didn't see how these models were installed. So I decided to disconnect my phone from the internet. Whoops! Here is the message I got. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESbIjvE-z44z1Dt4Q5V5Rj6O2eeC6ePMyOgo0Wr5maJaXrSCmBhQGv80_ErRG3Nr9yEZ9vrMMnZmH8Ed7HfvRiR-aa35sr_KrraArNYtpSZ1-CLlzXBPlpCAHx1cyXkBGaAhlQKVXRS0/s1389/faceapp5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1389" data-original-width="642" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjESbIjvE-z44z1Dt4Q5V5Rj6O2eeC6ePMyOgo0Wr5maJaXrSCmBhQGv80_ErRG3Nr9yEZ9vrMMnZmH8Ed7HfvRiR-aa35sr_KrraArNYtpSZ1-CLlzXBPlpCAHx1cyXkBGaAhlQKVXRS0/w296-h640/faceapp5.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">So to process your face images, those images need to be sent off to Russia With Love where they are processed, not on your phone, but on a distant server. For me, that is a bit of a problem. There is some security risk when your personal image data is uploaded to an unknown server. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">But I guess I'm willing to take that risk for now because the App is so much fun to use. But if you are at work or using someone </span>else's<span style="font-family: inherit;"> images, you should probably find an App that does its magic on your own device. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">I should mention that this App is free but they charge for what they call their Pro features like more effects; and most of their features are Pro features. You will also need their Pro version to get rid of the FaceApp watermark. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8UBzx9P_4_-7rz6fwNF9GeDEDlSqcn6W_R3b0LNzp-yB9hvfKc1XfEfneZvblBtN8YMZmCE5VNpXxoQbsjmYM48JqyaUma2Gym05Te6pcj6uk5BuHbQGKlKMT2kHts2bXBcRTt1KgxmI/s496/Screen+Shot+2021-02-21+at+7.59.06+AM.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="494" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8UBzx9P_4_-7rz6fwNF9GeDEDlSqcn6W_R3b0LNzp-yB9hvfKc1XfEfneZvblBtN8YMZmCE5VNpXxoQbsjmYM48JqyaUma2Gym05Te6pcj6uk5BuHbQGKlKMT2kHts2bXBcRTt1KgxmI/w199-h200/Screen+Shot+2021-02-21+at+7.59.06+AM.png" width="199" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://apps.apple.com/gh/app/faceapp-ai-face-editor/id1180884341#?platform=iphone" target="_blank">FaceApp in the Apple App Store</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.faceapp&hl=en_US&gl=US" target="_blank">FaceApp in Google Play</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><ul style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(46, 59, 65); color: #2e3b41; font-family: Montserrat, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 30px 0px 24px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-size-adjust: auto; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></li></ul><p></p>Rob http://www.blogger.com/profile/04686595865803592621noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467595293229718156.post-33213208128275141852021-02-20T00:26:00.003-08:002021-02-20T06:19:01.233-08:00The Mystery Continues<p> I wrote this pandemic article on Medium and I think it's worth sharing everywhere.</p><p><a href="https://link.medium.com/Js5UNwoD1db">The Simple Real Protection from Covid-19 that You Can’t Have</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://link.medium.com/L6gRTcxE1db" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="1100" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7qn0hc9Fu4QCOXu7xmPFjhS-acdH2Ue_Q6e1hfS1GYSFI00AfVyc79NMNcQ7IfpeWnm8Z62O0N7Vc_1Pxi_ii2rexHnjjSdiUbQhEYnOVEGINYLVjDc2jy9mzLkPenazAMMDzUa6D9Hk/w400-h225/D32FF026-CB16-4B28-A06C-BDD726C965D7.webp" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><i> FYI My next article on Best Camera is about the new iPhone 12 camera technology. This should surprise and delight you.</i><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Rob http://www.blogger.com/profile/04686595865803592621noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467595293229718156.post-70243753967581310402021-02-17T00:50:00.007-08:002021-02-18T13:24:20.750-08:00Perseverance<p><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Poppins; font-size: medium;">Perseverance is scheduled to land on Mars February 18, 2021 at 3:43 PM EST</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7WKEyQlwmrQ94RR5gsKsT72lY4d9Jl_jIVVTOslwKucWDPxKL_fuqJiARsDOqnw0Vd47HO2QiBfpKuP_jTAGClji4OGNkJBIIUt_WWm9gMObwc382r7cLqwntR9soARXGyU2aaXcxt8/s590/perserverancecameras.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="333" data-original-width="590" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7WKEyQlwmrQ94RR5gsKsT72lY4d9Jl_jIVVTOslwKucWDPxKL_fuqJiARsDOqnw0Vd47HO2QiBfpKuP_jTAGClji4OGNkJBIIUt_WWm9gMObwc382r7cLqwntR9soARXGyU2aaXcxt8/w400-h226/perserverancecameras.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perseverance Rover</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Perseverance carries 19 cameras, that's more than any interplanetary mission in history.</b></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">If Martians exist, </span></span><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Perseverance</span></span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> will find them.</span></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding-left: 30px;"><strong>19 cameras total on the rover</strong>: 9 for engineering (color); 3 for entry, descent and landing (1 black-and-white dedicated to Terrain-Relative Navigation and 2 color for public engagement and engineering reconstruction of entry, descent and landing); 2 for Mastcam-Z (color with zoom); 1 for SuperCam (color); 2 for SHERLOC (color); 1 for PIXL (black-and-white with some color capabilities); and 1 for MEDA (black-and-white)</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding-left: 30px;"><strong>3 cameras on the back shell</strong>: all color, all looking up to capture parachute inflation</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding-left: 30px;"><strong>1 camera on the descent stage</strong>: color, looking down to view the rover from above</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding-left: 30px;"><a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/landing/watch-online/" target="_blank">Watch Live</a></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding-left: 30px;"><a href="https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/?fbclid=IwAR2CS8We5SY32s1holH7vgOJdEgZZu8JX-uTYYtuErmqoK31j6FSLBk5aMU" target="_blank">and Here</a></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding-left: 30px;">Perseverance even has cameras to capture the landing. This is one crazy Camera App.</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding-left: 30px;">........</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding-left: 30px;">Perseverance has landed. <a href="https://twitter.com/NASA/status/1362507074807205909?s=20">News of Landing</a></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPCkbmFEg-JUvlioVv7z5M9agEu225GDE3KSZP4s0qsBG2jcNicK9SyjEpqRgn_eXcpOhllEzFETiVP19cViCkOEcLvGsCrydvMAmOZdn4cn_mmSU5f8KOTw7zNryo03lVaO3JqZ4tCA/s1600/firstperseveranceimage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1153" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPCkbmFEg-JUvlioVv7z5M9agEu225GDE3KSZP4s0qsBG2jcNicK9SyjEpqRgn_eXcpOhllEzFETiVP19cViCkOEcLvGsCrydvMAmOZdn4cn_mmSU5f8KOTw7zNryo03lVaO3JqZ4tCA/s320/firstperseveranceimage.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; padding-left: 30px;"><br /></p>Rob http://www.blogger.com/profile/04686595865803592621noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467595293229718156.post-15212010571463333182021-02-16T02:00:00.006-08:002021-02-16T02:03:58.270-08:00HPPS SSL Security for Best Camera<p><span style="font-family: Poppins;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLeMerxXAYDXA-_-yfct7hunwGHlfheMm59e5ymZHeBhyT090PnvTOw9y7LoDOCMK7ltKkySfrruN9tO7ZcxYyPj46jizGcnXFlHLuQ8k9q9oj7NfssBy6ol0ulx4BjADUV7JQyl4vHmY/s244/sslsecurity.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="207" data-original-width="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLeMerxXAYDXA-_-yfct7hunwGHlfheMm59e5ymZHeBhyT090PnvTOw9y7LoDOCMK7ltKkySfrruN9tO7ZcxYyPj46jizGcnXFlHLuQ8k9q9oj7NfssBy6ol0ulx4BjADUV7JQyl4vHmY/s0/sslsecurity.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">We just updated Best Camera to use HTTPS SSL security</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;">for your browsing safety</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 81, 118); color: #005176; font-size: 14px; text-align: start;">Proudly No pop-up Ads to interrupt your reading</span></span></p>Rob http://www.blogger.com/profile/04686595865803592621noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467595293229718156.post-4586734224017376562021-02-14T17:41:00.022-08:002021-02-15T22:42:53.357-08:00Fix That Obnoxious Blinking Cursor<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bestcameraapps.com" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="310" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOdJM9Qwr_G7QuFnNdRRXWuPI9rl8lvHnr7v6UMkh9We038k7KhK69EteMwqC9Ak0f92q-F1VtU3mHwmApoNquU0fLrcU9BP8XOyS5-o6WKQ-eXziXYJ89dsoFyUkLuOFzbg3jcDcBFc/w200-h172/fixcursor2.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><p>Years ago I wrote a utility called <span style="font-family: Roboto Condensed;"><b>NoBlink Accelerator</b></span> for Windows. If you are like me, you will want to stop the constant blinking cursor so you can concentrate on the subject. 👀 </p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><u>Here's the fix for any Mac including one running Big Sur:</u></span></b></p><p>Open Terminal and enter these commands:</p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriod -float -1</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriodOn -float 4000</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">defaults write -g NSTextInsertionPointBlinkPeriodOff -float 100</span></p><div><br /></div><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This should work on most Mac OS Applications.</span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">......</p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: Poppins;"><u>Here's the fix in Windows</u></span></b></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b><br /></b></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">In keyboard properties, adjust the slider of </span><span style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 600;">Text Cursor blink rate</span><span style="background-color: white;"> as per your choice.</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; 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line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Pacifico;">Please post comments if you have any other cursor ideas </span></p>Rob http://www.blogger.com/profile/04686595865803592621noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467595293229718156.post-48308216640851214942019-12-10T20:28:00.000-08:002019-12-10T20:28:20.113-08:00Not From Earth AppThe Not From Earth Alien Detection App is within weeks of launching. 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This App is a lot of fun. It uses image recognition, segmentation, style transfer effects and more.<br />
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<b>Much more to come about this App because of the technology it uses. </b>Rob http://www.blogger.com/profile/04686595865803592621noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467595293229718156.post-35521896059485158872019-12-10T20:16:00.000-08:002019-12-10T20:16:54.998-08:00MacBook Pro 16 InchThe new Macbook Pro 16 inch is the best laptop ever built by Apple. I just purchased one and I love it. Finally a computer for on the go programmers, designers and writers with nothing left behind.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Here's why:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1. At full use, the battery lasts 11 hours. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">2. <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); letter-spacing: 0.2160000056028366px;">Comes with an </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); letter-spacing: 0.2160000056028366px;">Immersive 16-Inch Retina Display that is 80 Percent Faster</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); letter-spacing: 0.2160000056028366px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">3. They finally fixed the keyboard. I'm not kidding. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); letter-spacing: 0.2160000056028366px;">4. The display has a</span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; letter-spacing: -0.37400001287460327px;"> resolution of 3072x1920 and a higher pixel density of 226 ppi. The 16-inch Retina display delivers 6 million pixels.</span></span><br />
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There are a lot of fun photos being posted here: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/notfrom.earth/">https://www.instagram.com/notfrom.earth/</a><br />
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The Not From Earth App has both a depth matte camera as well as DeepAI photo segmentation. This lets the App place discovered aliens on their home planet.<br />
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<br />Rob http://www.blogger.com/profile/04686595865803592621noreply@blogger.com147tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467595293229718156.post-14917445595097555302019-06-26T09:08:00.000-07:002019-06-26T10:01:21.632-07:00The Art of Self PublishingI wrote an article on Medium for <a href="https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/adventures-in-self-publishing-ae0ab5dfb097?postPublishedType=repub">Self-Publishing</a>.<br />
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<br />Rob http://www.blogger.com/profile/04686595865803592621noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467595293229718156.post-4866519663771190492019-05-26T04:17:00.000-07:002019-05-26T15:47:45.584-07:00Magic 3D Cameras. How do they work?<span style="font-family: inherit;">A dual lens camera, like that on the back of an iPhone X, uses the lens separation to detect a parallax shift to measure 3D depth? Objects closer to the camera, shift by a greater distance between the two lenses. This parallax shift, based on distance, is called disparity. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Then how does the single lens front-facing camera measure depth? This technology is called TrueDepth. You might be surprised to know that the TrueDepth camera projects an infrared light pattern in front of the camera. By observing how the pattern is distorted by objects in front of the camera lens, the snapshot software calculates the distance from the camera to each point in the image. From this, it creates its own disparity. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The Speech Recognition technology is almost like having your own private tutor. This is their best feature in my opinion. </span><br />
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<span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There is a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEAXQi1NM73KyCNNozI6jEA">YouTube Mondly Chanel here</a>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">Best Camera </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">Recommends Mondly mostly because of the Speech Recognition technology. The Augmented Reality needs improving, but AR in general is getting better for all Apps. </span></span><br />
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<span face=", , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><br /></span> <span face=", , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><br /></span> <span face=", , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">Star KIC 8462852 was thought to be a star encased in a Dyson Sphere because of its periodic dimming. But then NASA scientists said the dimming is just an orbiting cloud of dust because the light spectrum did not dim equally. That is a strange conclusion. Aliens smart enough to encase a star but not smart enough to filter the light they want to capture?</span><br /><br />
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<span face=", , "blinkmacsystemfont" , ".sfnstext-regular" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">"It's Important to see the Aliens on their own planets," said the product manage</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">r </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Nikola Tesla III</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span> "We are wrapping up a galaxy browser for connecting aliens with their home planets."</span><br />
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Rob http://www.blogger.com/profile/04686595865803592621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467595293229718156.post-60049364386079539652019-01-15T23:43:00.001-08:002019-01-16T13:01:26.430-08:00Oldest Photos Ever<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">The history of photography is fascinating. The artists taking these photos would be amazed at our modern mobile cameras and Apps.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><br /></span></span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">In 1822, </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nic%C3%A9phore_Ni%C3%A9pce" style="background-image: none; text-decoration: none;" title="Nicéphore Niépce">Nicéphore Niépce</a>, <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> created the first fixed, permanent </span>photograph<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">, a copy of an engraving of </span>Pope Pius VII. He accomplished this<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> by </span>contact printing<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> in direct sunlight without a camera or lens. This first photo was destroyed later. </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span> <span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Then in 1824, </span> Niépce created the<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> first durable, light-fast camera photograph, on the surface of </span>lithographic stone<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">. This photo </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">was also destroyed in the course of his experiments.</span></span><br />
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1. <b>Settings-> Privacy->Advertising</b> (Off to Limit Ad Tracking and stop Apple from tracking you)<br />
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<br />Rob http://www.blogger.com/profile/04686595865803592621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467595293229718156.post-21500523301682426582019-01-08T13:05:00.000-08:002019-01-08T19:26:14.768-08:00The Coding SecretFinding the cause of a problem is often harder than coding the fix. And <a href="https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/app-design-matters-749e119b34fc">App Design Matters</a>.<br />
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Rob http://www.blogger.com/profile/04686595865803592621noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2467595293229718156.post-56336537744867923652019-01-08T12:20:00.000-08:002019-01-08T12:27:49.539-08:00Best Female Photographers for 2019<br />
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Congratulations to our own <a href="https://www.nataliegildersleeve.com/">Natalie Gildersleeve</a> for making the list!</div>
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