El Bruno

#Humor – You know that the #Javascript ecosystem is a mess when you find this …

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Jul 7, 2019
#Podcast – Talking about #Azure Notebooks with Rodrigo (@rdiazconcha) in Interfaz (spanish podcast)

Hi! As it turns out that I have been fortunate to participate, once again, in Interface: the podcast that my friend Rodrigo Diaz Concha manages and coordinates (link). This time, I’ve talked about one of the coolest preview products we have in Azure: Azure Notebooks. This product sounds weird for a .Net Developers, however, the — read more

Jul 4, 2019
#Podcast – Hablando de #Azure Notebooks con Rodrigo (@rdiazconcha) en Interfaz (podcast en Español)

Buenas! Pues resulta que he tenido la suerte de participar, una vez más, en Interfaz: el podcast que dirige y coordina mi amigo Rodrigo Diaz Concha (link). En esta oportunidad, he hablado de uno de los productos en Preview que tenemos en Azure: Azure Notebooks. Este producto suena raro para un .Net Developers, sin embargo, — read more

Jul 4, 2019
#Personal – Amazing surprises managing the internet traffic at home #RaspberryPi #PiHole #Windows10

Hi ! A couple of days ago, my friend Luca (@lucavgobbi) told me about PiHole: A Network-wide Ad Blocking. Even better, let me copy the official description from their GitHub repo: The Pi-hole® is a DNS sinkhole that protects your devices from unwanted content, without installing any client-side software. Easy-to-install: our versatile installer walks you — read more

Jul 3, 2019
#VSCode – Let’s do some #FaceRecognition with 20 lines in #Python (6/N)

Hi! In my last post I share some lines of code which allowed me to run some of the face recognition demos 6 times faster. I added a Frames per Second (FPS) feature in my samples. Later, thinking about performance, I realize that I don’t need to work with a full HD picture (1920 x — read more

Jun 28, 2019
#RaspberryPi – The amazing single command to install UI mods in #Raspbian Lite (yes, my memory need this …)

Hi ! Quick post today. And a memory backup one. I just spend 30 minutes trying to install a desktop UI in a clean lite RaspberryPi install. And I missed and missed again the command. The right command is sudo apt install raspberrypi-ui-mods And that’s it. Now is here, so I can search me and — read more

Jun 26, 2019
#RaspberryPi – Wow, the new #RaspberryPi4 is amazing !

Hi ! After an amazing weekend, where I split my time supporting 2 different hackathons, today big news is the announcement of the new Raspberry Pi 4. Did you check the news? 64-bit Quad-Core ARM Cortex-A72 processor, with a core clock speed of 1.5GHz 1GB, 2GB or 4GB of RAM 2 4K HDMI displays USB — read more

Jun 25, 2019
#Training – @_NetUniversity, excelentes cursos online de Azure, .Net, y más. Y en las próximas semanas terminaré uno de #MachineLearning para programadores .Net!

Buenas! Hoy toca volver a escribir en Español, y es para presentar una plataforma excelente de aprendizaje: Net-University Programación, bases de datos, .Net, JavaScript, Azure, Windows, Linux y más. En Net University te brindamos entrenamiento de alta calidad con profesionales experimentados, al mejor costo / beneficio que puedas encontrar. Net University Actualmente hay 3 cursos — read more

Jun 21, 2019
#AI – MineRL, play #Minecraft to benefit science!

Hi ! I’ve write a couple of time about project Malmo and Minecraft, so if you like Minecraft and Artificial Intelligence, MineRL will make your day. Let’s start with some basis: MineRL is a large-scale dataset on Minecraft of seven different tasks, which highlight a variety of research challenges including open-world multi-agent interactions, long-term planning, — read more

Jun 17, 2019
[Xamarin.Forms] Mejorar el rendimiento en el tiempo de arranque

Originally posted on Javier Suárez | Blog: Introducción Además de cuidar detalles como la funcionalidad o la apariencia visual de nuestra aplicación, nuestra aplicación debe funcionar correctamente bajo todas las condiciones en todos los dispositivos para la que sea lanzada. Un punto importante a revisar siempre suele ser, el tiempo de arranque de la aplicación.… — read more

Jun 12, 2019
#Event – Toronto #InsiderDevTour on June 19

Hi ! The Insider Dev Tour is for developers interested in building Microsoft 365 experiences (Windows, Graph, Office, Teams) today, using the latest dev technologies, as well as for those who want a peek into the future. If you can read code, this is for you, regardless if you are a beginner, an expert, a — read more

Jun 12, 2019
[Xamarin.Forms] Mejorar el rendimiento al trabajar con imágenes

Originally posted on Javier Suárez | Blog: Introducción El uso de imágenes en aplicaciones móviles es habitual. Es un elemento clave a la hora de conseguir buenos resultados visuales. Sin embargo, también suelen ser uno de los puntos clave que impactan en el rendimiento de la aplicación. Problemas como: Alto consumo de memoria. Bloqueo de… — read more

Jun 10, 2019
#Twitter – #Accessibility in images in Twitter, 5 extra seconds will help a lot of people! @kastwey

Hi! So, the trip to Italy is done, and I have the best memories ever. I’ve spend some time with the Global Avanade Innovation Network, and it was amazing to see again my friends from all around the globe. I was supposed to continue my series of posts on Face Recognition and Python. Remember, I — read more

Jun 10, 2019
#VSCode – Let’s do some #FaceRecognition with 20 lines in #Python (5/N)

Hi! And after yesterday’s post I realize that the code is working, but there is room for performance improvement. So, I went back to my 1st sample, the one for face detection and I added some code to get some times for Frames per Second (FPS). In my initial code, the app was working processing — read more

May 31, 2019
#VSCode – Let’s do some #FaceRecognition with 20 lines in #Python (4/N)

Hi! Quick post today. I’ll pickup yesterday demo, showing the facial features and adding Face Recognition on top of that. In other words, we’ll move from this To this With a couple of extra lines for face recognition There is some room for performance improvement, so I’ll focus on this in next posts. The complete — read more

May 30, 2019
#VSCode – Let’s do some #FaceRecognition with 20 lines in #Python (3/N)

Hi! In my previous posts I explained how to detect faces and perform face recognition in python. Today I’ll explore another feature in the face_recognition package: Find Facial Features. The live camera output will be something like this: Note: Special thanks to my daughter who is always OK to help me with this. The main — read more

May 29, 2019
#RPi – Some #RaspberryPi screen options and how to quickly find your device IP with #RaspberryPi Finder from @Adafruit

Hi ! Today’s post is about my experience doing presentations and demos with a Raspberry Pi. Doing demos with a Raspberry Pi is amazing. I really enjoy share some of the amazing stuff we can do with the device, and usually there is one or two people in the audience who can share other even — read more

May 28, 2019
#Event – Resources used on the Visual Studio 2019 Launch Party event on [Machine Learning.Net] #VS2019 #MLNET

Hi! Another post-event post, this time with a big thanks to the Mississauga .Net User Group who organized the Visual Studio 2019 Launch Party. I was part of the team sharing some demos, and I mostly speak about Machine Learning.Net. As usual, now it’s time to share slides, code and more. Source Code in GitHub — read more

May 27, 2019
From GitHub to Azure App Service through Jenkins pipelines

Originally posted on Juanlu, ElGuerre: Desde mi punto de vista Azure DevOps es quizas una de las mejores herramientas como orquestadora de Pipelines para DevOps, al menos con la que me siento más cómodo trabajando y para mi, la mas fácil. Si bien, hoy vamos a ver como trabajar con Jenkins para conseguir el mismo… — read more

May 25, 2019
#MacOS – Not so good with Screen Resolutions and “even better” at projection mode

Hi ! The first time I was doing a demo and connecting my MacBook Pro to a projector, I found out that the screen settings and configuration in a MacOS are completely different to the usual Windows experience. And, IMHO, not in a good way. In Windows, when you are working with 2 or more — read more

May 24, 2019