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#Podcast – We are also in Spotify ! (still main source in iVoox! )

Hi ! Just a great Friday news: No Tiene Nombre (NTN) is also hosted in Spotify ! You can find the Spotify source here And, of course, we are still in iVoox: https://www.ivoox.com/podcast-bruno-no-tiene-nombre_sq_f1277993_1.html Awesome Friday news ! — read more

Sep 25, 2020
#MSIgnite – Book of news is available ! Also translated to Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish #MSIgnite2020

Hi ! Awesome news from Microsoft Ignite 2020. We have access to the book of news, and it also have translations to support languages other than English. The Book of news is a guide to the key news items that we are announcing at Ignite, and instead of the usual PDF, now we have an… — read more

Sep 23, 2020
#Personal – We have a “Learn to pronounce” feature in Google !

Hi ! Some days ago, while I was searching for the meaning of a word, I found an amazing feature in Google: Learn to pronounce And it’s very basic and amazing at the same time. You search for a definition of a word In the result area, you get the speaker button, who reproduces the… — read more

Sep 22, 2020
#VS2019 – ML.NET Model Builder training using GPU, CPU and … Azure !

Hi ! I my previous posts on Model Builder, I show the differences between using the CPU and GPU to train a model. There is a 3rd option, which involves an Azure ML Experiment, and performs the training on the cloud. It took me some time, to setup this environment, mostly because I tried to… — read more

Sep 21, 2020
#MSIgnite – FREE Microsoft Certification Voucher as part of the Cloud Skills Challenge

Hi ! Next week we will have the 1st virtual Ignite. I’m lucky enough to participate in a great AI session and while I’m building my agenda, I also realize that we have a Free Certification Voucher program, similar to the one that we had at Build 2020. Once you are registered to the event,… — read more

Sep 18, 2020
#YoloV3 – Rapid Object detection with 5 lines of code ( @code and #Python for the win! )

Hi ! Sometime ago, I wrote a simple Python class a wrapper for YoloV3. This allows me to write 5 lines of code to analyze an image. Once I use this class, I only press F5 in Visual Studio Code and it’s magic: A sample usage will be similar to this one. The only required… — read more

Sep 16, 2020
#Event – Getting Started with Machine Learning .NET

Hi ! I’m back to share some amazing ML.Net Experiences. This time with my friends from [Central Ohio .NET Developer’s Group (CONDG)] with a virtual event on [Thursday, September 24, 2020]. It’s been a while since my Machine Learning.Net sessions, so I’m creating one from scratch to cover all the amazing new features that we… — read more

Sep 14, 2020
#VS2019 – ML.NET Model Builder GPU vs CPU test: 4 times faster !

Hi ! Yesterday I wrote about the new options that we have to train models in ML.Net Model Builder. The main new is that we have the option to use our GPU to train models. Quick recap, Model Builder supports 3 specific training environments Local (CPU) Local (GPU) Azure Yesterday I tested train a small… — read more

Sep 9, 2020
#VS2019 – ML.NET Model Builder GPU Support, awesome !

Hi ! Machine Learning.Net (ML.Net) includes a visual / step-by-step option for Auto ML: Model Builder. Even if ML.Net is based on .Net Core, and we can use it on Windows, Linux or Mac; Model Builder is only available for Visual Studio 2019. And, in the latest preview version, Model Builder supports 3 specific training… — read more

Sep 8, 2020
#Windows10 – Can’t remove a device ? Let’s try with “Show hidden devices”

Hi ! Saturday off-topic post. I’ve been a Windows user for a long time, and I consider myself smart enough to solve the most common issues. However, while I was installing a new Bluetooth 5.0 dongle in my brand new Windows 10 installation, I face an error: I could not uninstall some devices. These devices… — read more

Sep 5, 2020
#Coding4Fun – Sorting Arrays in #JavaScript, #Python and #CSharp … choose your own adventure

Hi ! Not my usual set of posts, however this keep me thinking a lot. It all started with this tweet; an usual joke about JavaScript, and how it works with types. I noticed that some responses focused on the “you need to know how the language works” before posting this. And it is correct,… — read more

Sep 3, 2020
#MLNet – AutoML for ranking scenarios

Hi ! This is a cool one, Machine Learning .Net (ML.Net) now support ranking scenario in AutoML. As an Machine Learning aficionado, this is amazing. I can now process my problems with AutoML, and then learn the specifics of the best produced models. Note: a couple of weeks ago, someone asked a question around ranking… — read more

Sep 1, 2020
#Humor – Tabs vs Spaces

Source: Somewhere in the internet — read more

Aug 23, 2020
#Anaconda – How to List and Remove Virtual Environments (get back some disk space!)

Hi ! I already shared how to create Virtual Environments using Anaconda, and also how to create shortcuts to use them directly in Windows Terminal (see references). This task is easy an amazing, however, at some point you may want to clean your environment. That’s an easy task. I’m currently using Anaconda version 4.8.3. You… — read more

Aug 21, 2020
#Python – Context Meny and Key Press with #PySimpleGUI

Hi ! After my base sample code for a GUI app, now it’s time to add some interaction features: Context Menu Capture Key Press In the following example, I’m adding a context menu with the following elements: This can be done as part of the window definition, in example The menu definition and how to… — read more

Aug 19, 2020
#Python – Creating GUIs with #PySimpleGUI. 2 webcams view with 50 lines of code

Hi ! Working with Computer Vision is super fun. And there are some scenarios where display the step by step of the processing of an image is the best way to present this. In most of my scenarios I use OpenCV, however for a more detailed presentation I needed to search and learn a GUI… — read more

Aug 18, 2020
#Personal – USB Hub with On/Off switch, one of the best ideas ever !

Hi ! Every single day I have connected to my main PC at least 5 or more different USB devices. In example: Logitech Brio WebCam SENNHEISER SP 30 Speakerphone USB BT and Wifi Dongle and more… And, depending on my current work, I also connect and disconnect extra devices. These days, I’m playing with Thermal… — read more

Aug 14, 2020
#Event – Resources used with @ivanatilca during the “Lessons Learned creating a multiplatform AI project for Azure Kinect and Hololens 2” for the Global XR Talks

Hi ! We had an amazing time last week with Ivana at the Global XR Talks, sharing some of our lessons learned creating an Mixed Reality app to work in Hololens 2 and Azure Kinect. As usual, now it’s time for slides and code Slides Code The main scripts for Camera and Cognitive Services interaction… — read more

Aug 10, 2020
#Unity3D – Making a CustomVision.ai HTTP Post call to have a better #MRTK experience with #CognitiveServices @ivanatilca

Hi ! Quick post today, with mostly sample code. And, it’s all about a scenario that we faced with Ivana a couple of days ago while we were using MRTK and we were trying to use some Cognitive Services. As of today, not all the services in Cognitive Services are supported and have official Unity3D… — read more

Aug 7, 2020
#Hololens2 – Project sizes using #MRTK

Hi ! Quick post today. When I started with Hololens 1, Unity and the Hololens Toolkit a couple of years ago, I did this exercise to have a sense of the required disk space for my projects and tests. I realize that I didn’t blogged this, so here is an updated version using the latest… — read more

Aug 5, 2020