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#Camtasia – Remind to add [Noise Removal] effect to your audio tracks! #TechSmith

Hi! I’ll leave this tip / reminder here, because it seems weird for that I forgot this after all this time. So, I was finishing the edit process in some Machine Learning videos with Camtasia, and @JuanKRuiz told me to improve the audio quality. And of course, it’s as simple as add the [Noise Removal] — read more

Jul 16, 2019
#Humor – The real #10xEngineer

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Jul 14, 2019
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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
#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
#VSCode – Let’s do some #FaceRecognition with 20 lines in #Python (2/N)

Hi! Yesterday I explained how to write a couple of lines in Python to perform live face detection in a webcam feed [Post]. Check the resources section to find more about the tools I’m using. Today, I’ll add some more code to perform face recognition. And as usual, I’ll work with my kids to test — read more

May 23, 2019
#VSCode – Let’s do some #FaceRecognition with 20 lines in #Python

Hi ! I’ve write a lot about how to use AI models in C# to perform tasks like Face recognition, speech analysis, and more. During the Chicago CodeCamp, someone ask me about how to perform Face Recognition in Python. I didn’t have any working sample to showcase this, and I failed in try to write — read more

May 22, 2019
#AI – #Translatotron is not dot a dorky name, it’s maybe the best translator ever #GoogleResearch

Hi ! A couple of days ago, Google presented Translatotron. The name is not the best name, however the idea is amazing: Google researchers trained a neural network to map audio “voiceprints” from one language to another. After the tool translates an original audio, Translatotron retains the voice and tone of the original speaker. It — read more

May 21, 2019
#Humor – It’s not a bug it’s a …

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May 19, 2019