![]() This forced dialogue between the two players is one of the more exciting and defining aspects of Operation: Tango.Įach mission is set in a different city around the world, and the stakes increase as you progress. Certain challenges are timed or require specific pacing, demanding communication to be quick and accurate. Each mission feels worthy of a replay, but since the experience relies so heavily on players having a lack of information, a replay would ruin the communication element and make for a less engaging experience.įrom guiding your partner through rooms filled with security drones to completing mazes that are being viewed at entirely different angles for each player, the game presents numerous challenges and keeps you on your toes. For a roughly three hour co-op game, I hoped that there was more to do. While this helps to capture the intensity of a real-life spy mission, it also results in a lack of replay value. Operation: Tango emphasizes that players should not be able to see one another’s screens, as the goal of the game is to communicate with your partner to help one another solve the puzzles and move forward in the mission. That being said, the way your hacking is portrayed on-screen is very creative, displaying various designs and patterns to represent your actions. There were times where I felt left out of the mission as The Hacker, since The Agent was on the scene and got to experience everything firsthand. You can change your character after each mission, and I recommend that you do so it’s the best way to get the full experience. You and your partner have to pick from two characters: The Agent, who conducts tasks and solves puzzles at the scene, and The Hacker, who focuses on breaking down mainframes and helping The Agent progress within the mission. You and a friend could knock it out in an afternoon. It also doesn’t demand much of your time its six missions will roughly take you three to four hours. ![]() Operation: Tango has a few kinks, but the creativity and challenge makes it worth playing and will hopefully inspire similar games in the future. Operation: Tango really wants to be played, and I recommend that you try to do so. For PlayStation Plus subscribers, it’s currently one of the games of the month, meaning you can grab it basically for free. Fortunately your friends can join your game and play for free without buying their own copy, and with cross-play it can be played on a broad cross-section of systems, including the PlayStation 4 and 5, the Xbox One and Series X|S, and the PC. You will be working closely: this co-op only spy game requires you and a friend to solve puzzles and communicate under intense pressure and limited time. Operation: Tango launched earlier this year as part of PlayStation Plus, but is also available on other platforms, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC.If you are looking to play Operation: Tango, make sure you team up with someone you get along with. For those unaware, only one person needs to buy Operation: Tango, as they can then invite a friend to play with them for free via a Friend Pass, much like recent co-op adventure It Takes Two. Looks like our prayers have been answered the Operation: Tango DLC is available now. The upside is, this makes the game a perfect candidate for some DLC.” A longer campaign may have let the gameplay expand and deepen, but with only 6 short missions and little replay value, it ends up feeling a little shallow. But it’s held back by its hit-and-miss gameplay, which can range from super cool to frustrating. ![]() In our review of Operation Tango earlier this year, we said “Operation: Tango gets the look and feel of being a secret agent team absolutely right, with a cool soundtrack to boot. If you’re not looking to compete, you can also just walk through each challenge at your own pace and enjoy the new content, a benefit for the more casual player among us. “Master your craft and work quickly if you want to collect every medal! Bronze, Silver, and Gold are all up for grabs… and for the most elite agents looking to prove themselves, there will be leaderboards on the Clever Plays Discord server!” states the release. In the new mode, you’ll need to hone your communication skills, compete for medals, and even take control of new robot friends. You can access the content after you’ve completed the main Operation: Tango missions. Stylish and cool symmetrical co-op espionage adventure Operation: Tango has launched a free update featuring an all-new Challenge Mode.Ĭhallenge Mode features a whole new area to explore, ten trials to complete, and up to two hours of unique gameplay.
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![]() That's right, Saw X – the next entry in the gruesome horror film franchise – arrives in theaters later this year. Jigsaw is back to make us feel nauseous once more with his variety of mutilating gadgets and traps. However, it's out now in theaters elsewhere. Originally due out on August 11, Gran Turismo's potential victory lap was delayed by two weeks in the US. And, with its plot based on a true story about a Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills helped him to become a professional race car driver, you can expect this movie's classic underdog plot to win hearts and minds. The film adaptation, which has been helmed by District 9's Neill Blomkamp, is certainly packed with star power – Harbour, Lord of the Rings' Orlando Bloom, and Shazam! Fury of the Gods' Djimon Hounsou count among its sizable cast. The next major gaming franchise to receive the big screen treatment will be Gran Turismo, which sees Stranger Things' David Harbour shift gears in this high-octane flick that's inspired by true events. Movie and Sonic the Hedgehog as proof of that – you can expect an explosion of gaming flicks in the coming years. With film studios finally nailing the video game movie formula – look at The Super Mario Bros. Release date: August 25 (out now in the UK and Australia) Color us surprisingly excited for one of DC's big new movies. Its official trailer, which you can view above, showcases the seemingly infinite amount of weapons and abilities at Reyes' disposal, too. ![]() The movie's first trailer arrived in early April, and it seems that the Tokusatsu-inspired Blue Beetle could be the best DC movie in years. He gets his powers (most notably an impervious suit of armor) from a magical scarab, and this big-screen debut will focus on Jaime Reyes (played here by Cobra Kai’s Xolo Maridueña), the third man to bear the Blue Beetle mantle in the comics. That said, Blue Beetle is of the same vintage of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, having made his first appearance back in 1939. It’s easy to see why, too, seeing as the movie – which was originally set for a Max debut rather than a theatrical release – centers on a lesser known hero from the DC pantheon. With all the hype about James Gunn’s new slate of DC movies, and Shazam! Fury of the Gods, The Flash, and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom all landing in theaters this year, Blue Beetle has slipped under the radar. ![]() Recent updates also allow for a light or dark theme and include an option for dragging cards on top of other desktop windows. 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This clever little app forces websites to use a dark color scheme if you have Dark Mode enabled. ![]() It’s a terrific tool, complete with predefined keyboard shortcuts if you want to copy content from one app to another.Įver switch on Dark Mode to browse your Mac late at night, only to get your eyes blasted by a bright white website that doesn’t have its own dark version? We’ve all been there, but there’s no need to suffer bleeding retinas in silence. With Magnet, you can drag and snap windows to the edges and corners of your screen, which will then lock into place. The app is made for the multitasking Mac user inside all of us and presents a quick way to arrange your desktop. It’s not always easy to view multiple windows side by side, but Magnet gives you tons of options. You can choose a four-week free trial before purchasing. The latest version added support for macOS Monterey and M1 devices, a quick reveal to show/hide apps, and the ability to adjust the icon sizes. You can also search for specific items or move them into the optional Bartender Bar if you’re in dire need of additional space. It’s a subtle tool that’s specifically designed with organization in mind, and as such, it lets you better systematize various aspects of your interface. Put simply, it lets you choose which apps appear in the menu bar and rearrange their position to your liking. Note that Amphetamine no longer works with versions of macOS before Yosemite.īartender 4 is an app made for when you’re utilizing too many apps. ![]() It’s ideal for Mac users who want to watch streams, videos, or any other activity in which they don’t touch the keyboard or mouse for an extended period. Version 4 improves the workflow creator, introduces rich text snippets, and more.Īlways a favorite, Amphetamine keeps your computer from going into sleep mode, starting the screensaver, or performing the auto-dim function. 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When a path is split, the style of the original path (such as stroke weight, fill color, and shadows) applies to the newly created ones. If you divide a closed path in one place only, you'll open the path instead of splitting it. Note: To split a closed path into two open paths, make sure you select two points on the path. Click to select an anchor point (or points) where you want the path to split.Ĭontrol ⌃ – click the selected point and choose Divide.Divide lets you open closed paths (if you'd like to continue drawing, for instance) or split them into separate paths. ![]() If we try to add these tasks to a priority queue, it will not work. Return str((self.priority, scription, self.customer))įor our customers, the list of tasks might look something like this: Task((2022, 'Delivery delay', ('', 'Jennifer Taylor'))) Self.priority = customer.get_signup_year() class Task():ĭef _init_(self, customer, description): Let's now create the Task class which will hold a customer and the description of why they are in the queue. Running this, we get the following output: ('', 'Jennifer Taylor') Let's start by defining the Customer class and generating some instances: import randomįirst_names = For prioritization, we'll simply use the year of signup. It will contain a reference to a customer and some details about their request. To make things more realistic, each item we push to the queue be an instance of the Task class. To make it more fair, we also want the queue to be stable with respect to the insertion order - if two or more customers with the same priority are in the queue, we must serve them in the order of arrival. We'll use it to reveal two important problems with our tuple-based solution from the previous section.Īssume we have a customer support center, and we want to implement a queueing policy that prioritizes requests from older customers (those who signed up for our service earlier). Resolving equal priorities and order stability We'll use priority queue this way in our next example. ![]() If we want to reverse this, we can simply use the negative of the priority value when adding elements to the queue.Īs a more robust solution, we can wrap our queue items in a custom class with overloaded comparison operators implemented to give us the desired ordering. That means the smallest priority value always comes out first. Technically, PriorityQueue is implemented using a min-heap data structure. That is priority 0 is higher than priority 1. Note that by default, the lower the value of the priority number, the higher the priority of the entry. Print('Getting items from the priority queue') # They will be printed in the order of their priority # Let's get items from the priority queue one by one # We add items to priority queue in the order they're listed Items = įor item, priority in zip(items, priorities): Here's a dummy example of how to use it: import random In the simplest case, an entry in the priority queue will be a tuple (priority_number, data). Python comes with a built-in PriorityQueue class, contained in the queue module. Priority queue in Python? Short answer: use queue.PriorityQueue ![]() A queue is a first in, first out (FIFO) data structure, whereas in a priority queue the element with the highest priority is served before lower priority elements. Priority queue is a data structure similar to a queue, but where each element has an associated priority. ![]() Education during those times wasn't easily accessible, as many people had to learn Latin to access higher realms of learning. It can also help you talk to others who share the same passion for learning! Why is Latin a famous language around the world?Įven after falling out of use in these modern times, Latin was still the common language of science and academia for many countries well into the 18th century. Learning some common phrases in different languages can really enhance any topic of conversation, and it can impress everyone that you're so knowledgeable about a wide variety of things. If you consider yourself an intellectual, you have nothing to lose in learning other languages. Is it impressive to know quotes, sayings, or expressions in another language? ![]() So, while Classical Latin is indeed dead, the use of Latin itself has simply made its way into other languages. Now, many languages contain Latin words that have been repurposed, and the grammar rules for these languages differ from Classical Latin. However, when we speak about Classical Latin, it fell out of use due to the passage of time. ![]() To be completely accurate, Latin isn't dead: it has simply transformed over the years, making its way into many modern languages. You must have some more questions about Latin itself, and thankfully, I've got some answers for you. Still, Latin is an incredibly complex language. I've covered plenty of phrases in this list by now, and it's probably enough to keep you going for quite a while. ![]() Final Cut Pro X starts all of these clips at 00:00:00:00, while Premiere Pro and Resolve read something that is interpreted as timecode, which ascends sequentially on successive clips. There is a signal interpreted as timecode by some tools, but not by others. mp4 files from within the clutter of media card folders and take these files straight into an NLE, you will get varying results. In some cases, there is no proper timebase within the files, so time itself is “rubbery” – meaning, a frame of time varies slightly in true duration from one frame to the next. The reason is that these systems record long-GOP media without valid timecode. It is not fine when coming from a Canon 5D, DJI, iPhone, Sony A7S, etc. Native media is fine when you are talking about ARRI ALEXA, Canon C300 or even RED files. As an editor you are most likely to receive a drive with organized copies of the camera media cards, but still with the media in its native form. Granted a DIT could do all of this, but in my experience, the person being called a DIT is generally just someone who copies/backs-up the camera cards onto hard drives to bring back from the shoot. The norm these days is for the production team to use a whole potpourri of professional and prosumer cameras, so it’s really up to the editor to straighten this out before the edit begins. Head over to Divergent Media website for more information.Although most editing application manufacturers like to tout how you can just go from camera to edit with native media, most editors know that’s a pretty frustrating way to work. If you already have the previous iteration of the software installed on your Mac, you can upgrade to EditReady 2 for $19.99 or you can get the latest version for $49. I’m sure that many of you would prefer to work with the 10-bit GH5 natively in Premiere Pro CC as you’d normally do with an 8-bit material, but for now, transcoding seems to be the only viable option. Plus, you can run multiple batches within the EditReady interface, allowing you to simultaneously generate proxy media and online material, or convert footage from different cameras. The software supports a wide variety of formats available on cameras like the Canon C300, Sony F5, FS7 (XAVC), Panasonic HDC-TM900 or Sony NX5U (AVCHD), GoPro HERO5, DJI Phantom 4, Panasonic GH5, or Canon 5d Mark IV (MP4) and more. You can output QuickTime movies for Adobe Premiere Pro and Apple Final Cut Pro, FCPX or write DNxHD/HR OPAtom or OP1a MXFs for Avid Media Composer. The app also comes with a neat built-in player that can be utilized to preview your camera original media files before you transcode them. In addition, EditReady 2 allows users to re-size, rotate, re-time, and apply LUTs to their media as well as burn-in timecode, metadata, custom text and even images. The transcoding/rewrapping software is a fantastic tool that can not only handle GH5’s 10-bit files with ease but also can speed up transcoding of your media immensely over time. Until Adobe releases the imminent update of Premiere Pro CC that should permanently fix this incompatibility issue, you can use the latest version of EditReady app as an alternative solution. If you are predominantly using Premiere Pro CC as your main video editor and you still haven’t found an effective solution to transcode the tedious GH5 10-bit files to be able to edit them natively in your favorite Adobe NLE, seasoned professional Erik Naso has a simple and effective workaround in mind. ![]() The US Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD) is offering $662M for port authorities, state and local governments, and tribes to purchase and install L2 and DC fast chargers at ports through its Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP).FTA will provide reimbursement of up to 80-90% of eligible project costs depending on project type. 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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering $400M for school districts, charter schools, tribes, private school bus contractors, and eligible third parties to deploy clean and zero-emission school buses and to purchase and install L2 and DC fast chargers through its Clean School Bus (CSB) Grant Program.FTA will provide reimbursement of up to 100% of total eligible project costs. The US Department of Transportation (DOT), Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is offering $8.9M for tribes to deploy clean and zero-emission transit buses and to purchase and install L2 and DC fast chargers through its Tribal Transit Program.FHWA will provide reimbursement of up to 80% of total eligible project costs. 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![]() The ITLF issued a statement on Wednesday, writing: “A video which went viral today shows a large Meitei mob parading two Kuki-Zo tribal women naked toward a paddy field to be gang-raped.” ![]() Why has a state in India's northeast exploded in ethnic unrest? People are evacuated by the Indian army to a temporary shelter as they flee ethnic violence that has hit the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, near Imphal on May 7, 2023. Singh, a BJP member has come under fire for his failure to defuse ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur. “Even though it is for the court to decide the kind of punishment, the government and its agencies along with the people of Manipur will make efforts so that they are given the highest punishment of today: capital punishment,” he said. Speaking to reporters in the state capital Imphal, Singh said the Manipur state government, which is headed by Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, would not tolerate crimes against “women and our sisters,” adding that the culprits would receive the highest punishment. ![]() Biren Singh condemned the incident Thursday, calling it a “crime against humanity.” “Using women as instruments for perpetrating violence is simply unacceptable in a constitutional democracy,” the court said. Biju Boro/AFP via Getty ImagesĪs outrage built over the attack, India’s Supreme Court on Thursday directed the federal and Manipur state governments to take “immediate steps… to hold perpetrators accountable” and “ensure such incidents are not repeated.” ![]() CNN has blurred a portion of this photograph that showed graphic imagery. Protesters hold placards during a demonstration over sexual violence against women in Manipur, in Guwahati on Thursday. The footage sparked condemnation from every corner of Indian society, with women from a rights group in Manipur setting fire to the house of the main suspect on Thursday. “What happened with the daughters of Manipur can never be forgiven,” Modi continued, adding the “law will take its course with all its might.” The incident in Manipur is shameful for any civil society.” Modi addressed the situation in the state for the first time on Thursday, saying: “My heart is filled with grief and anger. The horrific footage emerged more than two months after the incident took place ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur triggered state-wide internet restrictions on May 3. The women appear to be being groped and sexually assaulted while surrounded by a mob of men, many brandishing long canes or sticks as weapons. The video, which has been seen by CNN, shows two terrified women being forced to walk naked through a crowd of clothed men. Authorities are interrogating more than three dozen men in relation to the apparent sexual assault, Reuters reported. Officials said Thursday that four people have been arrested and that police raids are ongoing. Manipur Police described the incident on Twitter as “a case of abduction, gang rape and murder” on Wednesday. The viral video depicts an incident from May 4, according to the Indigenous Tribal Leaders’ Forum (ITLF) but police only made arrests once the footage went online this week. A graphic video showing two women forced by a mob to walk naked in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur has sparked outrage after it emerged on social media and prompted the country’s leader Narendra Modi to break his silence on the months-long inter-ethnic conflict tearing the state apart. If you refuse to answer or do the dare, you’ll go down in history as the ultimate chicken. If you choose dare, you must complete the action shown on the screen. If you choose truth, you must answer the question (remember, it has to be truthfully!) on the screen. When it’s your turn, pick the phone up and choose between a truth or dare card. Looking for unique date activities Have a riveting one-on-one questions game with your boo. ![]() Just in case – by some miracle – you don’t know how to play, here’s a quick guide. 31 Spicy Truth or Drink Questions for Couples. Make sure your pre-prepared drinks are nearby to avoid losing pace while playing. Print Your Own Cards Here How to Play Truth Or Drink Questions Game: Sit opposite each other and get comfy. ![]() Okay, so Truth or Dare is really easy to play. Truth or drink is ideal for fun-loving couples or those who feel like they are in bit of a rut and want to spice things up during a date night.
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