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''An Unfeigned Aura of Morning Magnificence''

 

The moment you perceive the bright morning sun, arisen after a flash of the darker night, saying: "I am here again to kiss your life with zest anew", Believe me, you will revive....💕


These snapshots are the most original ones, taken by me while I was in the quest of discovering the ever-new and distant places across the country, as I am a photography and travel enthusiast. I love to capture life, in its most authentic essence. Out of many, here are a few clicks of the pearly dawns, that i personally believe you would love...!


beautiful good morning, good morning images
"The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don't go back to sleep."


"Angels in the early morning may be seen the dews among. 
Stooping, plucking, smiling, flying.
Do the buds to them belong?"


"Serenity in its finest form"


"And even the sun
in dawn chorus sings,
a celestial melody to the earth
below."


"When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breath, to think, to enjoy, to love."
"At dawn, we awake to new dreams, new times, a new life. Each day is a time to start again, a blank slate to fill with daily wishes, daily dreams. Each day is a new life with new opportunity to be whoever we want to be."

Facebook could soon follow in the footsteps of Instagram by hiding public-facing “like” counts.

 
 As you know Instagram  began testing the prototype of  'hiding the like button' in May, before rolling it to more countries around the globe by July this year.

 After uncovering Instagram's prototype to hide the public like counts of photos and their subsequent public experiments in several regions around the world, Facebook has followed a similar suit and started working on, to hide the public like counts.

 And yes it is observed that Facebook has recently began prototyping this hidden like or reaction count feature in their android app .

 But Currently, with this unreleased feature of Facebook, the like or reaction count is hidden from everyone except the admin (creator) of that particular post. It is very much similar to, how it works on Instagram. The list of people who liked or reacted will still be accessible, but the amount will be hidden.
There's one more interesting news to be revealed here and that is, likes or reaction counts on comments are not yet hidden for time being. It is to be implemented in the near future and will take some time. And this delay could be due to the fact that this idea is in its early stage of development and subject to experiment. As always, things take time to be shaped properly and come up in more refined way, eventually.

 In May, Facebook-owned Instagram, launched a test of its "like" ban in Canada before rolling it out to Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Italy, Brazil and Japan in July. And now Facebook is working on it too, it indicates Facebook and Instagram have confidence in the pros of hiding like counts outweigh the cons.

 Experts have noted that the removal of public-facing likes could have wide ranging impacts on influencer marketing, which thrives on Instagram. It could lead to higher quality influencer content, as well as push users to consume more videos on the social media platforms.

 Many intellectuals and  professors around the world  believes that by hiding the like or reaction counts from Facebook and Instagram from anyone except the post's admin or creator , user (that admin or creator) might feel less anxious about the perceived popularity of their content. Studies have shown that social media use may influence mental health,  leading to depression and anxiety.

How Does The Internet Work?

 

 Here's a simple explanation

 You're on vacation in Italy, sitting at a nice cafe  ( with free Wi-Fi ) . It's a few days into your trip now and you've taken some beautiful photos that you want to share with your parents  back home.

 Mom and Dad aren't too familiar with Dropbox or Google Drive, so instead, you attach the photos to an email.
Your mouse hovers over the send button and click....almost instantaneously it shows up in your Mom and Dad's  inboxes halfway across the world.

 What just happened ?

First , Some Network Basics


Before we even get into how the email got to your Mom, halfway across the world, we need to understand the physical components of a network.
Networks are groups of interconnected devices. Any devices that is connected to a network is known as a node. Most modern network contain the following nodes:
1- Network Interface Cards / Network Adapters
2-Switches
3-Router
4-Wireless Access Point

 1-Network Interface Cards
Also known as Network Adapters, Network Interface Cards are hardware that's installed in computers, such as your laptop or PC. Though not a node themselves, they allow computers and electronic devices to join a network as a node.

 2-Switches
Switches are central nodes that forward messages between nodes in the same network by rapidly creating and deleting connection points. You can think of them as the managers of the network, maintaining the flow of information between the devices in a network, whether wireless or wired.

 3-Router
A router is a device that connects two or more separate networks. Routers forward data to other routers of different networks until the data has reached its destination.

 4-Wireless Access Points
WAPs allow nearby computers and nodes to interact with a network wirelessly , usually via Wi-Fi. They're nodes that provide wireless capability to a wired network.

 Multiple WAPs can be connected to extend the wireless capability range of a network, such as in  large building. However, WAPs aren't a required component of a network, as networks can remain completely hardwired.

Quick Note: Wi-Fi Connection vs. Internet Connection


Contrary to popular belief, Wi-Fi does not have anything to do with your internet connection and the two terms should not be used interchangeably, although they often are.
Wi-Fi only applies to the strength of your connection to a Wireless Access Point Located in your Local Area Network. Internet connection measures the strength of your router's connection to the internet. You can have a strong  connection to your Wi-Fi , but no connection to the internet or vice versa.

The Birth Of The Internet


The origin of the internet began in the late 1960's and early 1970's from a new network technology created by the U.S. Department of Defense. It was known as the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network ( ARPANET ) .
Its purpose was to connect various Department of Defense scientists and researchers across the United States working on defense projects. Researchers incorporated ARPANET into the networks they were working at including universities. As more and more networks joined the system, the internet began to take shape.

So, What Is The Internet ?


In basic terms, the internet is a global interconnected collection of networks that communicate using internet protocols . You can think of it like a network of networks where every network is a node.
However, new devices and technologies have created new ways to connect to network through the internet. A combination of them is often used to make these connections.

 1-Wired Internet
This is the most common form of connection to the internet. Hundreds of thousands of  miles of wires are laid throughout the world. They range from phone lines(DSL) to fiber optic cables.

 Data can travel up to 70% the speed of light through ideal wire mediums such as fiber optics cables, which allow extremely fast transfer of data.

 Many of these wires are laid underground or underwater to prevent degrading. On land, along with being underground, they're also placed with utility lines that travel along roads.

 Single lines can span thousands of miles, such as the underwater transatlantic communication cables that connect various parts of the U.S and Canada to Europe. This is the ideal and fastest way to access the internet.

 2-Satellite Internet
People who have satellite dishes on their roofs are connecting to the internet via satellite. This is usually required when there are no wired connections available in the local area to connect to the internet, such as third world countries and areas with low populations.

 Though satellite is relatively fast, it's still slightly slower than wired connections due to longer transmission distances (up and back down instead of across ). Also, if the final address for the data isn't within range of the satellite( like sending that email to your parents ), the data needs to passed from satellite to satellite until it arrives at one that is within range.

 3-Cellular Internet 
A relatively recent addition, cell phones have joined the internet. Cell phones connect using cell towers, which then connect to physical wires and to the rest of the internet.

 In a sense, cell towers are sort of like extremely wide Wireless Access Points, except they're only for cell phones or data enabled devices. Cell phones may also act as wireless routers using mobile hotspots, in which a laptop or similar device could connect using Wi-Fi to access the internet.

 Ok now about that email....

How Does The Internet Work ?


As you close your laptop and continue your journey across Italy, your email is on a  journey of its own, albeit a much faster journey.

 When you clicked send, your laptop's Network Interface Card sent the data in the email to the Wireless Access Point using Wi-Fi . The WAP then sent the data through a wire to the local router.

  The local router took that data and sent it to another router, which then sent to another router, and another router, all the way through a chain of routers until the data was transferred over one of the transatlantic communication cables to the United States.

 There, it ended up at a Google data center (because your parents use Gmail) and Google then sent a notification to your parent's laptops stating that they'd received a new email.

 Mom sees it first, goes to her email account, and clicks on the email. The data is transferred from the Google data center through multiple lines and reaches the router of your mom's home, which then goes through the Ethernet cable she has connected to her computer, through her laptop's network interface card , and is finally displayed on her screen.

 All in the blink of an eye. Cool huh?

Amazing Facts You Might Not Know About Chatbots

 
What is a chatbot? They come in two flavors:

💨 Virtual assistants, which help you find information, remember stuff, or buy things. Think Apples's Siri, Amazon's Alexa, Microsoft's Cortana, and Google's Assistant. These are powered by machine learning, meaning they rely on artificial intelligence to learn and figure out what you want.

💨 Messaging apps, which essentially allow businesses and brands to be online 24/7 providing customer support(e.g., instant responses, quick answers, complaint resolution). Think Facebook Messenger, Kik, WeChat, and Slack.These types of chatbots are only capable of interacting with users by following pre-programmed rules.

What you see and experienced so far is just the beginning of what is forecast to be a billion-dollar industry in less than 10 years. Many top brands, including Uber, Sephora, and CNN, have already adopted chatbots.

Here are some amazing facts you might not know about chatbots.

 📌 1.4 Billion People Use Messaging Apps

 The top four messaging apps are bigger than top four social networks, according to BI Intelligence . More than 1.4 billion people used messaging apps in 2016 , according to e eMarketer. By 2019, more than 25% of the world's poplation(roughly 1.75 billion people) will be using mobile messaging apps.

 📌 People Are Ready To Talk To Chatbots

 According to a report (Humanity in the machine) from media and marketing services company  Mindshare, 63% of people would consider messaging an online chatbot to communicate with a business or brand. A survey conducted by myclever Agency found that they would use chatbots to obtain "quick emergency answers."

 📌 People Want To Contact Retailers via chat

 Online chat and messaging apps are the preferred way for 29% of people to contact retailers when making a purchase decision, according to survey. That means people are equally likely to contact a retailer by phone or use a chatbot and more likely to use a chatbot than to contact a retailer via email(27%).

 📌 There Are More Than 30,000 Facebook Chatbots

 As of September, there were 30,000 chatbots on Facebook. Those chatbots have been used by millions of people in 200 countries.

 📌 Consumers Are Ready To Buy Things via Chatbots

 Thirty-seven percent of Americans say they are willing to make a purchase through a chatbot, according to DigitasLBi. On average, consumers would spend more than $55 per purchase. If a chatbot were available, 33% of UK residents would buy basic items like clothes and food , according to myclever Agency.

 📌 Consumers Won't Put Up With Bad chatbots

 One bad chatbot experience could be costly. According to the DigitasLBi report, 73% of Americans said they wouldn't use a company's chatbot after a bad experience. According to Mindshare's report, 61% of people would find it more frustrating if a chatbot couldn't solve a problem vs a  human.

 📌 Don't Blur Lines Between Bots, Humans

 An overwhelming majority of consumers (75%) said they want to know whether they are chatting with a chatbot or a human(48% consider chatbot pretending to be human"creepy"), according to Mindshare. The robotic and artificial nature of responses clued in 60% consumers that they were interacting with a chatbot, according to DigitasLBi.

📌 Chatbots Will Be Indistinguishable From Humans By 2029

 Ray Kurzweil, an inventor, futurist, and engineer at Google (who has a pretty good knack for making accurate predictions) predicts that chatbots will have human- level language ability by the year 2029. "If you think you can have a meaningful conversation with a human, you will be able to have a meaningful conversation with an AI in 2029. But you will be able to have interesting conversations before that," according to Kurzweil, as quoted in The Verge.

Cool Facts About The Universe

 
 Hey Guys....!!!  I believe that this post is going to be one of the most  amazing and fabulous posts you guys have ever gone through. At least for those who have an immense curiosity about the cool facts of our Universe.
So be ready to introduce yourself to the coolest facts of the universe ever.....

☀  Sun is the 2nd most perfect sphere ever observed in the universe. It was most spherical till 17th Nov. 2016. Now the title goes to Kepler 11145123.

☀  Light is created inside sun’s core, but it takes 30,000 years for it to reach sun’s surface i.e. time lag between production of light and emission from surface is tens of thousands of years.    

☀  Sun appears white from space, not yellow.

☀ Helix nebula and Andromeda galaxy would be clearly visible in the sky given- no light pollution, no decrease in brightness over distance. Andromeda would be six times the size of moon and helix nebula about the size of moon. Google the pictures of Andromeda and helix and imagine how beautiful it would look. :-) (The brightness of Andromeda in this image is highly exaggerated)

☀  Mercury is the only planet smaller than a natural satellite of any planet. (Ganymede>Mercury)

☀  Venus is the hottest planet in solar system not mercury.

☀  Earth is the densest planet in solar system.

☀  Earth is the most massive solid body in solar system. List of Solar System objects by size. (Sun, Jupiter, Saturn- Gaseous || Uranus, Neptune- Icey).

☀  Though outer planets are way bigger than the Earth, gravity is almost the same, except for Jupiter.

☀  Distance between Sun and Jupiter is almost equal to distance between Jupiter and Saturn.

☀  Mass of Jupiter=2.5 times ‘Mass of all planets combined’

☀  Neptune was mathematically predicted before it’s discovery.

☀  Average temperature of the universe or temperature of empty space is 2.73 Kelvin. But lowest temperature recorded in universe is on earth. Scientist have achieved up to 10^(-10) Kelvin. This is pretty cool.

☀  Not only there are super huge structures but universe has supervoids too. Largest void in space is >1 billion ly in diameter. It is void of not only matter but also dark matter- It is a cold spot.

☀  Fastest Pulsar star spins with 716 rotations per second. Hence it’s equator speed is very close to the speed of light.

☀  Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are considered as the most violent type of explosions in the universe.

☀  Supernovae can briefly outshine the parent galaxy and emit more energy that the star has emitted over it’s entire lifetime.

Effective Tips For Fixing Windows Slow-Down Issues

 
 we can have a look on some effective Windows speeding up tips in order to optimize laptop performance to avoid slow-down issues you face.

1) Diagnose Then Troubleshoot - Diagnosing your Laptop/PC

 Just like all other problems you face in computers or laptops, you need to check the reasons for slowing-down issues of computers. In most cases, the reasons are as follows. After knowing these problems, we can jump to the tips.




  • Malware Attacks
  • High-data consumption
  • Low-performance hardware
  • Exceeded Memory (RAM) usage
  • Bugs in Video Driver
  • Insufficient RAM
  • Aging of Hardware

    •  2) Run Services Only If You Want Them

     When you install Microsoft Windows on your fresh PC, you are actually adding something non-essential to the systems. There are findings that many services are there in Windows, which are not essential for PC functioning. Reoking of these services could effectively fix slow-down issues in your PC and increase computer speed. Top list of services you can disable (you may disable) is as follows.







  • IP Helper: You can revoke this if you don’t use IPv6 Technology
  • Network Access Protection Agent: Revoke this if you don’t use network based works
  • Smart Cards: Leave this if you don’t use smart cards (Applicable for organizations)
  • Windows Media Center Receiver Service: Revoke this service if you don’t use Windows Media Center
  • Tablet PC Input Service: If you don’t use Tablet PC pen features
  • Fax: If you don’t use Fax services

    • If it seems that you are already using any tune-up facilities and found these services stopped, you can get a noticeable increase PC performance. Please be cautioned when revoking services because a bad action may harm your PC.

    3) Startup Applications - A Reason For Computer Startup  Slow Process

     If your computer’s booting process is taking that much time, unnecessary startup programs may be the reason for issue. The main reason for computer startup slow down issues is that these programs will start working once Windows is loaded, which means that more time will be taken to make your Desktop ready to go. You can control these startup applications in an in-built editor of Microsoft Windows. For doing that type ‘msconfig’ in start menu (Or Run -> Type cmd ->in bash window type msconfig and hit Enter key), select the Startup section in the appearing window. You will see one window like in following image.



    Have a detailed glimpse on that list. If you find any unnecessary startup applications in your PC, you can disable them (we cannot predict applications because it varies according to use) in order to attain less booting time and speed for PC. For example, if you use VMware Workstation in your PC, it will start from the booting time by default, which consumes memory of your device.

    4) Malware Attacks - Increase Computer Speed By Removing Malware

     We advise you to use reliable and powerful Antivirus software because slowing down issues can be caused by malware attacks as well. One of our friends had told us that he is facing an utter slow down in his PC especially after connecting to Internet. There were no use of several boosting tips but we found a serious malware + keylogger in the PC in a detailed analysis. That malware was consuming memory and speed of PC once the system is connected to internet as well as sending sensitive data such as passwords via internet. Such malwares can be also in your PC, causing a slow-down. So it is advised to use a reliable Antivirus for frequent scanning purposes.

    5) Insufficient Memory (RAM) Issues

     If you are using your PC for virtualization purposes by means of VMware or VirtualBox or video editing, it is sure that your PC requires more memory than usual. As usual, you will face a major slow down when you use a silly 2 GB RAM for this kind of stuff and still ask how to improve computer speed, which will majorly effect all other programs running in your PC. It is advised to upgrade your RAM after checking your usage via Windows’s own Resource Monitor. You can search for Resource Monitor in Taskbar and know how memory is used up. You can use ReadyBoost in Windows 7 if you are not able to upgrade to a higher RAM.

    6) An Eye On Storage Drive

     If you are using a traditional Hard Drive for storing data in PC, it will not help you in attaining speed. In case, if current hard drive is old, more problems will gradually arise. You can use an SSD (Solid State Drive) for getting more speed than when you use a normal HDD. Solid State Drives are less affected by shakes and physical damages as well. Though SSDs are expensive than HDDs, you can use them when performance and speed matters. 

    7) Favorable Power Settings

     In most notebooks, for saving battery usage, it is set by default to bear an economy power level, where performance is also in economy. You will face a minor or major (according to mode) change in PC-performance when using such modes. It is good to use the High Performance for getting the maximum juice of your PC if you want that much of speed and never cares about the power bills. You can also set keep your associated devices from powering off when you are with time-consuming projects.

    8) Disk Defragmentation

     Disk Defragmentation is the process of merging the fragmented files in your traditional Hard Drive. Windows has an in-built tool for defragmentation. You can use disk defragmentation in Windows 7 running on traditional HDDs in order to get more speed and performance. No major effect will be there if you are using SSDs.

    9) Uninstall Apps If You Do Not Use Them

    Suppose that you are using your PC for usual purposes like Web Browsing and document making. What is the use of Photoshop there then? Instead, you can use Easy To Use and Free Image Editors, which consume less memory of device. You can use same method in other purposes as well.

    10) Windows Updates

    It is good to be up-to-date with Windows. As you know, Microsoft releases timely updates for your Windows powered computer. You can keep your PC updated because you will get essential boosts in speed and performance. You should have a genuine version of Windows and a powerful internet connection for updates.



     Thanks for taking the time to read my post! I hope you liked it. If you think someone you know might benefit from this post be sure to share it around.If you're having anymore methods or questions about this topic, feel free to share them with me in the comment section below!

    Good YouTube Channels That Teach Programming

     
    There are excellent YouTube channels focused on programming languages and other development tools. Here are 8 of the most popular ones:



    MIT has a great YouTube channel with tons of lectures on a wide variety of programming languages and technologies.



    A popular channel that offers screencast tutorials on Java, C, JavaScript, and other languages. If you like long video tutorials, this is a good place to start.



    One of my favorite channels, Computerphile covers a wide range of technology concepts, such as databases and information security.

    💨   DevTips


    Travis Neilson’s channel focuses mainly on front end development and has some excellent CSS tutorials. Also, he recently got a job at Google and documents their interview process in detail.



    This channel has a lot of video tutorials on JavaScript technologies, such as React and Redux.

    💨   Codecourse


    This channel covers PHP and MySQL, with practical examples like how to build an e-commerce site.

    💨  LevelUpTuts


    This is a great resource for tutorials on PHP and WordPress.



    This channel has screencast walkthroughs of how to complete coding challenges on sites like Free Code Camp and Code Combat.


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