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Bar Talk: PARC Aspen off to tasty start – The Aspen Times

Post author By Dr Hoster
Post date December 17, 2022

Just over a year after beloved local gathering spot LHosteria closed in Aspen, another restaurant that wants to be the hub of the local dining scene has opened in its place.

PARC Aspen officially opened Dec. 16 but enjoyed a soft opening on Dec. 13.

The below-street level eatery has been fully-renovated in a farmhouse style, the walls whitewashed, and the space heavily brightened. Gone are the days of dark corners and the dim lighting of PARCs predecessor.

According to the PARC Aspen website, the new restaurant is focused on revitalizing the local dining scene in Aspen with a menu of locally-sourced, seasonally-curated dishes.

The idea of locally-sourced and seasonal or as our server put it, Aspen seasonal also extends to the cocktail menu, which highlights a few Roaring Fork Valley and Colorado-based distilleries, plus a section dedicated to winter flavors.

The selection of cocktails is broken down into five sections, starting with PARC Aspen specialties. Just about every mainstream spirit option is represented in the specialties section, and the liquor is paired with some more unique ingredients, such as a tequila drink called the Spiral Incline that has tomatillo in it, and the Newbury Park, which is the drink that caught my eye first because of its flavors.

The Newbury Park is made with Roaring Fork Vodka, raspberry, beet, Domaine De Canton Ginger Liqueur and topped with Fever Tree. The result is a beautiful and bright raspberry-colored drink that you might be able to trick your mind into thinking is just a healthy juice, thanks to the beets. The taste is slightly beet-forward on the first sip, but the finish is all tart raspberry. The warming and spicy presence of the ginger is there but not overwhelming, and I believe the presence of the bubbles from the Fever Tree helps dilute the ginger flavor a contribution to keeping the drink light. Vodka, although not my preferred liquor by any means, was definitely the correct spirit choice for the cocktail because its easily hidden and doesnt take away from the fresh, fun flavor of the drink. I would honestly rate this a 10 out of 10 and can see this being an easy go-to drink.

Next up on the PARC Aspen cocktail list is a short section of zero-proof cocktails, two options to be exact, followed by two hot alcoholic drinks (620 Toddy and Mulled Wine), and then a nice selection of classic cocktails, including an Old Fashioned, Jimmys style, and the spirit-forward Vesper.

My next, and final, cocktail of the evening came from the seasonal Winter Specialties section.

Two of the drinks in this section sound like good, creamy, dessert cocktails, while the other two seem more appropriate for sipping with your meal.

I chose the A White Winter cocktail, made again with Roaring Fork Vodka, St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur, white cranberry and egg white.

This drink appeared and was totally different than my expectations but not in a bad way.

Its served in a martini glass and is indeed the color of a white winter with a nice amount of foam from the egg whites and garnished with a dash of bright-blue sugar crystals. It tastes like youre drinking a cloud, both in texture and flavor. Somehow all the ingredients, when mixed together, seem to cancel each other out. There are floral notes of the St-Germain on the nose, but the first flavor on the tongue is somehow cotton candy-esque. Although the drink starts off white, like a wintery day in Aspen, by the end, it turns an icy blue, thanks to the sugar crystals on top.

I wont go into discussing the food because this is a drink column, after all, but, safe to say, it did not disappoint, and it was full of flavor.

I already have my eyes on some other cocktails I want to try from the menu such as the Blueberry Glacier found on the Winter Specialties section and look forward to seeing how the restaurant changes with the seasons, as it finds its foothold in Aspen.

Cheers, PARC Aspen, youre off to a great start!

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After server shutdown, Kakao pledges to triple investment over next 5 years – The Korea Herald

Post author By Dr Hoster
Post date December 9, 2022

Kakaos former and current officials speak about the cause of the Kakao service outage and future preventive measures during the online conference on Wednesday. (Kakao)

South Korean IT giant Kakao vowed Wednesday to triple its investment in efforts to set up more stable service operations after the company faced heat when its major services, such as KakaoTalk, were shut down due to a data center fire.

Kakao will invest more than three times the amount it invested in the past five years to secure human resources and develop technologies for service stabilization while implementing disaster recovery with a triple structure or higher over the next five years, said Ko Woo-chan, a subcommittee co-chair under Kakaos emergency countermeasure committee, in an online conference.

Kakao did not disclose the amount of investment it had used for service stabilization in the past five years. A Kakao official told The Korea Herald that the future investment will include various spending areas including expanding infrastructures such as more servers and upgrading information security.The conference, named "if(kakao)dev 2022," is the IT companys annual developers event. But this years edition has been dedicated to looking back at what went wrong during the service blackout in October and what the company could do better in the future to prevent such a mishap.

Kakaos first data center in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, began construction in January. With a total of 460 billion won ($350 million) allocated for the project, the data center is expected to begin operation in 2024. Kakao said it is strengthening the data centers infrastructures on electricity, cooling and communication system so that it can stay operational under all circumstances.

Ko added that Kakaos envisioned disaster recovery architecture, which is expected to have three or more data centers, can serve as a backup even if one of the three data centers becomes paralyzed.

According to Kakao, the company plans to set up a new committee on disaster recovery in preparation for large-scale service errors.

Ko pointed out that the company will work with outside experts and partners to diagnose the vulnerability of Kakaos business continuity plan -- an action plan designed to minimize the stoppage of business despite natural disasters or unforeseen incidents.

Namkoong Whon, former co-CEO of Kakao, said the incident made the company realize what was at the core of its environment, social and governance efforts.

Kakaos top ESG priority was providing our services stably. Our (server) duplication measures were like an incomplete bridge. We will do our utmost to ensure such an incident never takes place in the future, he said. Namkoong has been part of Kakaos emergency countermeasure committee after he stepped down from the top position shortly after the service blackout.

Kakao still did not unveil a possible compensation plan for those who claimed to have suffered from the IT companys service meltdown.

According to the Ministry of Science and ICT, there have been about 100,000 damage reports over Kakaos service outage. Of them, 15.1 percent said they used Kakaos free services such as KakaoTalk, the popular messaging app used by over 90 percent of the population, and took a financial hit.

Kakaos consultative body, which was established to discuss damage compensation, carried out two meetings but has not come up with a blueprint for a compensation plan. The members of the consultative body include Kakao officials and representatives of small merchants and a consumer association.

By Kan Hyeong-woo (hwkan@heraldcorp.com)

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Ampere Cloud Native Processors Can Help Achieve Sustainability Goals – Forbes

Post author By Dr Hoster
Post date December 9, 2022

Environmental sustainability is no longer just a corporate social responsibility but a business imperative. That was evident at the recent Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit, where sustainability was the theme in almost every booth.

We are all aware of the rising energy consumption of hyperscale data centers the comparisons to towns and even small countries. Of course, the solution is straightforward - more compute with less power. This opportunity has created a new wave of innovative startup chipset companies. I recently wrote an article about Groq, which focuses on discrete chips for specialized workloads such as artificial intelligence (AI).

Ampere is another rising star with the same goal but a different strategy. Ampere is designing purpose-built, multi-core processors optimized for multi-tenant cloud workloads.

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Time for a new type of CPU

I am an avid chip guy who has been in the industry for many years. This story reminded me of the transition from mainframes to a client-server model a couple of decades ago. First, the usage model changed, followed by the adaptation of the software to become higher performance more and more efficient, and then finally, the hardware changed. We are going through a similar transition right now. Cloud-native has happened from an architectural perspective and also from a software perspective. It is time for a cloud-native processor to drive higher performance and improved sustainability.

Enterprise-class processors the wrong tool for the cloud

CSPs must have profitable cloud infrastructure while delivering the performance customers expect. Enterprise-class processors are not the right tool for cloud-native workloads and can negatively impact customer SLAs and add unpredictability.

Enterprise-class processors support applications written as monolithic blocks of code executed in a dedicated environment. Enterprise-class processors have evolved with increasing power and large amounts of memory with innovations such as high-capacity cores, higher CPU frequencies, and larger caches.

Simultaneous multithreading (SMT) and Turbo Boost are enhancements that can be effective for the correct use case but not for latency-sensitive, scalable cloud-native workloads.

SMT enables each physical core to split into two logical threads simultaneously executing separate instruction sequences. Turbo Boost automatically runs cores faster than the rated operating frequencies.

SMT can cause problems in a multi-tenant cloud environment. Multiple applications must share execution resources when a CPU core has two SMT threads. A resource-intensive workload, known as a noisy neighbor, will cause workloads on the other SMT thread will slow from lack of execution resources. Similarly, Turbo Boost can cause unpredictable performance depending on the type of workload.

In summary, enterprise-class cores perform well with computationally intensive applications but not in a shared cloud infrastructure.

Ampere taking a clean-slate approach to CPU design

Cloud-native applications have distributed components, such as micro-services, that perform specific tasks and collaborate to achieve an objective. A benefit is that lightweight applications are faster to develop, test, and integrate, leading to practices like continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD).

Ampere took a clean-slate approach to CPU design that caters to this new software paradigm in multi-tenant environments. CSPs want to host more end users per server with dedicated physical cores. Ampere responded with a processor design that offers near-linear scaling across a 128-core Altra processor.

Ampere's processors are immune to the "noisy neighbor" issues that plague enterprise-class processors with SMT. Ampere's processor cores are single-threaded, resulting in no resource contention and more predictable performance. With Ampere, each thread runs solo on a single core.

Changing the game in terms of sustainability

Ampere starts with single-threaded cores - one thread, one process - different from the enterprise-class processors with multiple threads competing for processor resources. Multiple threads create an unpredictable environment, whereas a single-threaded core provides the same performance with every core resulting in a high degree of predictability.

Ampere uses a constant operating frequency delivering predictability as opposed to x86 processors that employ frequency scaling. Ampere uses power-efficient cores, which allow the stacking of many cores into a processor. The highest core counts in the industry.

Ampere pipelines cores with a large private L2 cache located right next to the core. Loading data and instruction sets into the L2 cache results in a predictable performance profile for each core.

The high number of cores makes it cost-effective for CSPs to rent each core to a single customer. Customers get scalability and predictable performance. CSPs can run at the lowest possible power with fully populated racks with no stranded capacity. Running at the lowest power reduces the thermal load. The net result is a quantum leap in efficiency and maximum performance per rack.

A strong endorsement from Microsoft Azure

Microsoft now offers Azure Virtual Machines with Ampere Altra Arm-based processors that can run Linux workloads such as web servers, open-source databases, in-memory applications, big data analytics, gaming, and media.

An Ampere Altra VM is a high-performance compute alternative that scales up linearly, delivers predictable performance at full utilization, and is power efficient, directly reducing users overall carbon footprint.

Wrapping up

Ampere has addressed the simple question posed at the beginning - more compute with less power. A cloud native processor with single-threaded cores, consistent operating frequencies, and the most power-efficient cores in the industry, topped by a large L2 cache close to the processor resulting in a cloud-native processor built for the sustainable cloud.

Microsoft has proven this isn't a fantasy - the solution exists today. Instead of building out data centers with compute using enterprise-class processors switching to Ampere's cloud-native processors could reduce power consumption by 20 percent and still meet the compute needs.

Other major players have also embraced the Ampere technology. Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced in it will offer a cloud-native server in later in 2022 using Ampere chips. Google Cloud has launched virtual machines using Ampere Altra Arm-based processors. Oracle, in addition to being a major investor, offers a comprehensive line of Ampere platforms on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

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One of the World’s Most Picturesque Meals Is in the Dubai Desert – Yahoo Life

Post author By Dr Hoster
Post date December 9, 2022

The stunning sand dune setting is just the beginning.

A top dining destination with 11 Michelin-starred restaurants, Dubai boasts exceptional culinary experiences from underwater to sky-high. There's one decadent meal, however, that stands out for its extreme setting: the middle of the desert.

While there are many desert dining options near Morocco and Abu Dhabi, Sonara Camp is one of the most exceptional in Dubai. Located in the middle of the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve aka the heart of the Arabian Desert the restaurant is more than just a pop-up in a stunning sand dune setting. Its an entire evening of activity for all ages set against one of the most picturesque backdrops in the world.

The experience begins with a winding Jeep ride through the sand dunes, which takes guests to the upper camp, where tents are decked out with oversized couches and loungers oriented to watch the sunset. During the two hours before sunset, a server brings out drinks and appetizers like escabeche tuna mini tacos, smoked salmon blinis, and wood-fired burrata pizzettas.

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On a recent trip to Sonara Camp with my family, the evening continued with activities like sand boarding, soft archery (its a suction cup instead of an arrow), volleyball, and camel rides. Of course, my four-year-old loved playing in the sand with the other kids who viewed the camp as a giant sandbox. The team also sets up a sunset photo session for every group.

When night fell, we ventured down the dune to a private table under a tent of twinkling lights, where a family-style feast awaited us, featuring grilled marinated chicken with peri-peri spices, chargrilled aged beef striploin in a tangy red chimichurri sauce, and the signature madfoon (a seven-hour slow-cooked lamb with Yemeni spices).

Cirque Du Soleil-esque performers would pop up on stage set up in the middle as we chowed down. There was a fire breather, a man who defied gravity with his balancing skills, a fire dancer, and more. Children can partake in the adult entertainment or opt to hang in the dedicated kids' area, complete with a buffet serving mini wagyu beef sliders, toys, and an outdoor movie theater.

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Desserts like yuzu and raspberry sorbet with almond tuile and make-your-own smores topped off the evening. Once the entertainment and dining ended, we took that winding Jeep ride back to the entrance marking the end of one of the most unique family dinners weve ever had.

If dinner theater isn't your thing, visitors can opt just for the upper camp sunset option, or even an overnight option called The Nest, where you sleep in a luxe tent among the dunes.

Of course, if youd rather stay in the city, Dubai is filled with rare and exceptional dining options. The city is home to Ossiano, a Michelin-starred underwater restaurant at the Atlantis Palm hotel. You can also dine at the highest restaurant in the world At.mosphere located 1,450 feet above the ground in the Burj Khalifa. And Ain Dubai restaurant (currently closed for renovation) lets you enjoy dinner in the worlds highest observation wheel.

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Lawmakers question whether statewide school internet network will function in rural areas – Source New Mexico

Post author By Dr Hoster
Post date December 9, 2022

State lawmakers expressed familiar skepticism during recent updates on New Mexicos broadband internet investments.

Public education and state broadband officials set a goal to give hundreds of schools serving a total of nearly 400,000 students in New Mexico the option to jump onto an internet server that reaches all across the state by 2027.

But some lawmakers representing areas where internet access and reliability have historically been uneven across New Mexico voiced concerns about whether the state can keep up with the demand.

For years, weve had the hit and miss of connectivity around the state, Rep. Jane Powdell-Culbert (R-Corrales) said. Powdrell-Culbert, who lost her seat to Democrat Kathleen Cates in November, continued on to say that this kind of work to get stable internet access throughout the state is important and needs to be done hand-in-hand with local providers.

The pandemic exacerbated the need for internet access in New Mexicos public schools. Local school districts and state officials spent millions in federal pandemic aid to build technology systems to give hardware like tablets or laptops to every student, and invested in installing networks to connect those students to the internet.

To boost the states internet infrastructure further, the governor signed a bill into law last year that required the setup of this statewide education network.

Ovidiu Viorica is the broadband and technology manager with the N.M. Public Schools Facilities Authority. He talked to multiple interim state legislative committees in the past month about the network. Planning started in April 2021, and definitive work got going in November this year.

We all know that whenever internet is not available, the educational process just cannot occur, Viorica said.

Points of connection, called nodes, will initially be set up in Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Gallup, Farmington, Santa Fe and Las Vegas, and broadband will travel across major routes between those points, connecting to schools along the way. Additional nodes will be set up in more cities later on, most of which will be at higher education facilities like the University of New Mexico or New Mexico State University.

About $10 million of state and federal funding will be dedicated to this project annually for the next five years, adding up to $50 million to get it all set up by 2027.

While the main goal is to provide good internet for all New Mexico schools, Viorica said there will also be other benefits, like sharing educational resources and boosting cyber security.

He said itll be easier to fend off digital attacks on schools by protecting one big internet stream as opposed to all the smaller, individual internet networks though work will still need to be done on a local level, and schools probably need more funding to do that.

Viorica said getting all this going is not an easy task. Not many specific details were given at either legislative meeting, and few lawmakers asked challenging or specific questions about the work.

It is quite a tedious effort to go through the steps to establish this, he said.

Viorica talked to the Science, Technology and Telecommunications Committee on Nov. 17 about the internet improvement projects. But not all the lawmakers were convinced itll be foolproof.

One lawmaker, Rep. Randall Pettigrew (R-Lovington), said he doesnt see how the broadband collaboration for all the schools will work overall. He said hes worried that technical details about rural capacity and connectivity based on the existing servers arent really being worked out.

All summer long, Ive been looking at maps from yourself that dont coincide with the rural network that exists, he said.

Viorica reassured the legislator that the maps have been conceptual and dont represent an exact path of circuits.

Rep. Susan Herrera (D-Embudo) wasnt surprised schools in Rio Arriba County werent on the states list to be considered for the new network. Viorica said school districts with internet service provider contracts cannot join the statewide network until those agreements are ended.

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He said most schools in Herreras district are already on a regional network called the North Central Consortium, something put in place as a precursor to the full statewide server. Once contracts like that are up, he said, those other schools can apply to get on this statewide network.

But even just applying could be difficult for some smaller counties. Herrera said theres a lot of turnover in education, making it hard to get those kinds of applications actually done.

Its very difficult from the rural perspective, she said.

Viorica admitted that though the state is trying to help with technical assistance in applying for the broadband process, its a work in progress and is particularly difficult for smaller, local entities.

The Office of Broadband is really working hard to put in place some technical assistance resources that will (help), he said. It doesnt help today, but its probably going to help in the coming years.

The states broadband office was established in 2021 with funding to staff six full-time employees. Dianne Lindstrom, deputy director of the states broadband office, said this statewide network could get set up even faster if the Legislature increases staffing resources when the session starts next year.

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Pettigrew also voiced concerns that this large network would leave local internet providers out of the mix as they try to compete with state and federal funding.

Our co-ops are built and put the time and effort over decades to get this done, he said. And if we turn around and build a network that the co-ops are taken out of the picture on, thats not going to look good on national news. And Ill make sure it makes it there.

But Viorica said the plan is to build on existing services, working with local providers to do so. He said thatll be the most cost-effective way to set up this internet connection and those providers are best positioned to provide services.

We want to work with them because theyre local. Theyre there, he said. Theyre going to make sure that the network operates properly.

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8 of the Best Discord Music Bots That Work In 2022 – Appuals

Post author By Dr Hoster
Post date December 9, 2022

If you frequently use Discord, you know how boring the channel can get sometimes. With everyone exhausted and nothing exciting coming up, you might need some music to break that awkward silence. But with hundreds of Discord music bots available online, picking out the right one can seem confusing.

Luckily, we delved deep into the depths of the internet to find the very best Discord music bots. Not only do these bots play exactly the right tunes for the mood, some of them go one step further in helping you moderate your server/channel.

Jockie Music is a one-of-a-kind music bot. Thats because instead of one bot, it provides you with 4 separate proxies that can be added independently (as seen in the buttons below). What does this mean? You can have 4 different bots working on your server with just a single Discord bot!

A great addition for larger channels, Jockie Music tries to make listening fun for everyone. No more waiting for someone else to stop using the bot, simply use another bot. Up to 4 bots can be used at one time meaning four different parties going on. Get this bot if you and your friends are constantly squabbling over who gets to pick the song, or maybe if your music tastes are just different.

If you are looking for some chill, laid back music, Lofi Radio bot should be your first choice. Lofi Radio bot does exactly what its name suggests, brings an element of peace to your server with Lo-Fi music. You can simply activate the bot to play some calming noises in the background while you catch up with some old friends or just hangout on the server.

Not only does it help maintain a soothing environment, Lofi Radio bot is lag-free and plays 24/7 unless given a command to do so. On top of that, it has an aesthetic and unique user interface ready for you without configuration.

This list is all about Discord music bots but what if one went further than that? Well, Vexera doesnt just help set the tunes, it does so much more. Some would argue that it is one of the best multi-purpose Discord bots out there, serving over 1.5 million servers at the moment.

Vexera has two unique functions, moderating the server and welcoming new members. You can easily choose what to do with members who become a hassle with Vexeras own Discord Moderation system. It can also show greetings or farewell messages when members enter or leave a server. All this on top of getting some great music in, so it definitely deserves some thought.

Another amazing music bot you HAVE to try is Fredboat. Fredboat is one of the most popular Discord music bots out there as its used by an astonishing 6 million servers. This is an ode to how great its features are on top of a user-friendly interface.

Fredboat can do all the things any other Discord music bot does, just better. Using this bot, you can listen to tracks from Soundcloud, Bandcamp, deezer, or even Twitch. Moreover, it also supports livestreams and entire playlists too!

Put your playlist on shuffle, sit back, and enjoy some games in Fredboats music room for a nice change of pace.

MEE6 is another all-in-one Discord bot as it excels in multi-tasking. Racking over an enormous 19+ million servers, it is one of the most popular Discord bots. Now MEE6 boasts a plethora of different features like quick stream and social media alert setup, welcome messages, bot personalization, and much more.

All that aside, it is of course an amazing Discord music bot as well. By finding any song title or lyric you might be thinking of within seconds, it makes for a great organized yet smooth flowing server. Evidence of this can be seen by the fact it is used by huge Discord channels such as MrBeast Gaming, Roblox, and MINECRAFT. That being said, tt should be noted that the music plugin for MEE6 is restricted to premium members only.

Chipbot is an amazing Discord music bot for newer channels and the reasons simple. All its commands are available to everyone, regardless of whether you are using it for free or have a premium package. With its 24/7 runtime plus an all-in-one control over the music, Chipbot is definitely a strong contender for top Discord music bot.

This bot has tons of commands you can use to regulate the flow of music on your server. Since it hands over total control to the user, you can even set the pitch or playback speed with /pitch and /speed (percentage) respectively. Other unique commands include commands to change the 8D, demon, nightcore, or tremolo settings.

This should be a first pick for users who like changing up music settings and playing the DJ. Get this amazing Discord music bot for all out control and endless nights of fun.

BMO Discord music bot might not be topping the charts when it comes to servers maintained, but it definitely ranks as one of the cutest. Unlike some other heavy-hitters on this list, if you just want a simple music bot that doesnt come with any add-ons, BMO is your best bet since it is exactly that.

Although it can be used for some side functions such as gambling, image manipulation, and memes, the main purpose people fulfill with this bot is music. It includes all of the standard features youd expect. That, and the fact this character BMO (based on Adventure Time) is absolutely adorable.

Another heavy-hitter in Discord music bots is the Hydra bot. Hydra allows you to let your creative juices flowing. It features a web dashboard that lets you edit the functionality of the bot to your liking right inside a browser without having to play around with complex syntaxes.

Hyrdra has a DJ section dedicated to music commands and it does the job well. From the basic play/pause and next/skip, it has commands to loop, shuffle and even jump to specific time stamp in a track. With a massive array of commands and suited for over 20+ languages, Hydra goes unparalleled in many aspects.

To top it all of, this Discord music bot provides users with a separate, unique song request channel so requests dont get jumbled up with normal conversation. It doesnt get better than this.

If youve set your sights on a Discord music bot, you now need to set it up for your server. You can click on any of the Invite to Server buttons on this page to add the respective bot to your server. However, if you want to add any other bot or simply invite one manually, its quite simple.

Make sure youre logged in to Discord. Type the name of the bot on Google and go to their website (usually the top search-result). Youll find a large Add or Invite button clearly visible there. Simply click on it and wait for an authorization page to open up. From there, just follow the on-screen instructions to invite and add the bot to your server, and youre done!

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Atmosphere to Deliver PGA TOUR Content to Businesses via Streaming Platform – Business Wire

Post author By Dr Hoster
Post date December 9, 2022

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Atmosphere (www.atmosphere.tv), the worldwide leader in streaming TV entertainment for businesses, today announced a content agreement with the PGA TOUR to bring both highlights and dedicated golf programming to the Atmosphere platform and its audience of 60 million monthly viewers.

Atmosphere has built an innovative platform with significant reach and an active, engaged audience, said Norb Gambuzza, PGA TOUR Senior Vice President of Media and Gaming. Were excited to work with Atmosphere to deliver a dedicated PGA TOUR channel onto its platform with a goal of engaging more fans.

Launching today, the channel features a mix of tournament coverage highlights, tournament recaps and footage from the PGA TOURs most iconic moments. Additionally, the PGA TOURs highlights will be played on Atmosphere Sports, the platforms popular sports news channel. The partnership is the latest in Atmospheres continued growth into sports throughout 2022, starting with the launch of Atmosphere Sports in March and continuing in September with RealMadrid TV, a channel dedicated to one of Europes most popular football teams and which features live matches.

With golf being one of the most watched sports in the world, were immensely proud to be partnering with the PGA TOUR to provide businesses with a viewing experience tailored to their spaces, says Blake Sabatinelli, Chief Operating Officer at Atmosphere. The addition of golf to our platform has been one of the biggest requests of our fans, but also one of the hardest to obtain, so to have the worlds most competitive golf tour on Atmosphere shows just how far weve come in 2022, and how much further we can grow in 2023.

Atmosphere is available in over 45,000 venues worldwide across restaurants & bars, gyms and health clubs, medical waiting rooms and more. Optimized for viewing in public spaces, Atmospheres engaging content encompasses viral video compilations, news and sports coverage, lifestyle, extreme sports, art, and ambient nature, designed to complement every business environment. Atmospheres self-service ad portal also provides streaming customers with the ability to run promotions to its captive customers within the content for free.

For more information, visit the Atmosphere website.

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About Atmosphere

Atmosphere is the leading streaming TV platform for businesses, offering more than 60 original and partner TV channels. The platform, which was named on Fast Companys 2022 Most Innovative Companies and Forbes Next Billion Dollar Startups lists, has been built from the ground up with proprietary content, technology and data to deliver unparalleled experiences for businesses and advertisers. For more information, visit http://www.atmosphere.tv.

About PGA TOUR

By showcasing golf's greatest players, the PGA TOUR engages, inspires and positively impacts our fans, partners and communities worldwide.

The PGA TOUR, headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, co-sanctions tournaments on the PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, Korn Ferry Tour, PGA TOUR Latinoamrica and PGA TOUR Canada. Members on the PGA TOUR represent the world's best players, hailing from 28 countries and territories outside the United States (90 international members). The PGA TOUR has long-term domestic distribution partnerships for broadcast coverage on CBS, NBC and Golf Channel and video streaming service on ESPN+. Internationally, PGA TOUR coverage is available across 200+ countries and territories in 27 languages via 43 local broadcast partners. Virtually all tournaments are organized as non-profit organizations to maximize charitable giving, and to date, tournaments across all Tours have generated more than $3.37 billion.

Fans can follow the PGA TOUR onPGATOUR.COM, the No. 1 site in golf, on thePGA TOUR appand on social media channels, includingFacebook, Instagram (inEnglish,SpanishandKorean),LinkedIn,TikTok,Twitter,WeChat,Weibo,Toutiao,DouyinandLINE.

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Announcing Exclusive Events And Updates On The Chess.com Discord – Chess.com

Post author By Dr Hoster
Post date December 9, 2022

Are you a member of the Chess.com Discord server? If not, nows the time to join! Weve just revamped our server, giving you lots of brand-new benefits and ways to be part of a community full of 35,000+ chess lovers.

Whats new?

The Chess.com Discord server received a big facelift and tech upgrade recently in the form of a new Discord bot. This bot can connect your Discord and Chess.com accounts together for even more features:

Part of the server upgrades also includes providing our moderators with additional tools to help keep the Chess.com Discord a nice place for everyone. Being part of our online community has never been safer and more fun!

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How to Block Websites on Android – How-To Geek

Post author By Dr Hoster
Post date December 9, 2022

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To block websites on Android, install a third-party app like BlockSite, or use Mozilla Firefox as your browser and get a website-blocking add-on. Switching to a custom DNS server will also block a wide swath of time-wasting and inappropriate websites at once for all Android browsers.

Do you want to block a specific site so it wont distract you when youre working? Or maybe you want to restrict access to inappropriate sites? You can block websites on Android either with or without a dedicated app, and well show you how to do both.

RELATED: How to Stop Annoying Website Notifications in Chrome on Android

An easy way to block a website on your Android phone is by using a free site-blocking app. One such app is BlockSite (free but ad-supported), which lets you restrict access to your specified websites at the specified schedule in your web browsers.

Once youve blocked a site with this app, that site isnt accessible in any of your web browsers. Later, you can unblock a site if you want.

To use this method, download and install the free BlockSite app on your phone. Then, launch the app, go through the welcome screens, and give the app all the permissions it needs.

When you reach the apps main screen, select Blocklist followed by the + (plus) button.

On the Add Sites/Apps screen, at the top, tap the text field and type the URL (web link) to the site you want to block. For example, to block wikipedia.org , type wikipedia.org in the text field and then choose the site on the list. You can add multiple sites here to block them on your phone.

Once youve specified the sites, in the apps top-right corner, tap Done.

Select Done in the prompt.

Youve successfully specified the sites you want to block, but your sites arent blocked yet. This is because you need to set up a schedule for when the block comes into effect.

To do that, on the apps main screen, tap Schedule.

Select the days and times when youd like your specified sites to remain blocked. To block them indefinitely, choose Full Week and All Day Long options.

Then, next to Select All, toggle on the option.

And thats all there is to it. Your specified sites are now inaccessible in your phones web browsers. If you try to access one of those sites, youll see a message from BlockSite instead of the actual site content.

If you dont wish to use a third-party app to block sites on your Android phone, you can either restrict website access inside Mozilla Firefox or put a blanket ban on adult sites using custom DNS servers.

If you use Firefox as your primary web browser, a free add-on will restrict access to specific sites in your browser. Note that using this method only blocks your sites in Firefox; your other web browsers will continue to have access to your blocked sites.

To use this method, launch Firefox on your phone. Then, tap the three dots in the top-right corner and choose Add-Ons.

On the Add-Ons page, next to the LeechBlock NG add-on, tap the + (plus) option.

In the open prompts bottom-right corner, tap Add.

When the add-on is installed, select Okay, Got It.

Access Firefoxs Add-Ons page by tapping the three dots in the browsers top-right corner and choosing Add-Ons.

Then, tap LeechBlock NG.

Select Settings.

Tap the large text field and enter the site URLs you want to block. Specify the schedule for when these sites should remain blocked.

Then, scroll down the page and tap Save Options & Close.

And thats it.

From now on, when you try to access a restricted site, Firefox wont load the site for you.

RELATED: How to Block Facebook (or Any Distracting Website)

If youre looking to put a blanket ban on websites containing adult content, pirated media, and malware on your Android phone, use OpenDNS free FamilyShield DNS servers. These servers ensure your phone doesnt load those kinds of websites on your local network.

To begin, launch the Settings app on your Android phone. The exact steps to perform the following process vary by phone model.

In Settings, navigate to Connections > Wi-Fi.

Next to the Wi-Fi network youre connected to, tap the gear icon.

On the screen that opens, tap View More. Then, select the IP Settings option and choose Static.

In the DNS 1 field, enter the following:

Tap the DNS 2 field and enter the following.

At the bottom, tap Save to save your changes.

Your custom DNS servers will now block access to adult websites and other unsafe content on your Android phone.

While youre at it, you may want to learn how to block or limit apps and calls on your Android device to increase your productivity. Its easy to do both of these on your phone.

RELATED: How to Set App Time Limits and Block Apps on Android

Reelgood vs. JustWatch vs. Plex: Battle of the streaming guides – TechHive

Post author By Dr Hoster
Post date December 9, 2022

In a perfect world, you wouldnt need apps like Reelgood, JustWatch, or Plex to keep track of your streaming TV options.

But while streaming platforms such as Roku and Apple TV have their own search and guide features built in, none of them fully achieve the kind of universal streaming guide that cord-cutters deserve. They dont fully integrate with Netflix, for instance, and theyre often more interested in upselling you or promoting their own content than connecting you with relevant recommendations.

Thats where the aforementioned streaming guide apps come in. Each of them can suggest things to watch from the streaming services you actually use, and they offer watchlists to help you remember everything youve been meaning to check out. They also offer their own apps on streaming TV devices, so you can use them as a kind of alternative menu during moments of indecision.

Even so, Reelgood, JustWatch, and Plex each have their own flaws, so before you start using them for all your TV needs, take a moment to consider which one might be best for you.

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Reelgood has always been the slickest of the universal guide apps. It does a great job suggesting new movies and shows to watch, with recommendations based on your viewing habits along with menus for different genres. Each movie or show is clearly labeled with the streaming service its currently available on, along with ratings from both IMDb and Reelgood itself. The website also has a handy leaving menu so you can catch movies or shows before they become unavailable on your streaming services.

Tracking your shows is easy with Reelgood as well. Whenever you add a show to its watchlist, you can choose the most recent episode youve seen, and you can quickly mark additional episodes as watched as you go. The more you add to your list, the better Reelgoods recommendations get.

Unfortunately, Reelgood has decided to stop development on its TV apps. While the Android TV/Google TV version still works, the Fire TV app is now riddled with error messages, and the Apple TV version can no longer launch playback in other apps.

Reelgood does offer a Play to TV function in its mobile apps, letting you launch content on your TV through a phone or tablet. Still, Ive only gotten this to work on Roku devices, and having to use your phone for navigation isnt always ideal. (Apparently this is a known issue thats being worked on.) Without TV app support, Reelgood isnt as useful as it once was.

Available on: Web, Android, iOS, Android TV/Google TV (for now)

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Compared to Reelgood, JustWatch is a step down on the design front. Its apps offer no easy way to browse by genre, and your watchlist is tucked away behind a secondary menu tab when it really ought to be the first thing you see. Individual show pages are also much sparser, with no supplemental info on actors, directors, or related programming.

That said, JustWatch is the most reliable service Ive tested when it comes to selecting a show on your TV and having it launch in the appropriate streaming service. This deep-linking functionality worked without issue across Fire TV, Android TV/Google TV, and Apple TV.

JustWatchs mobile app is another matter. While it claims to offer a Play on TV function, attempting to use it caused repeated crashing on my iPhone 13 Pro Max. And for mobile viewing, JustWatch wont link to other streaming apps on an iPhone unless Safari is set as your default web browser.

Available on: Web, iOS, Android, Android TV/Google TV, Fire TV, Apple TV, Samsung TVs, LG TVs, Xbox.

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While Plex is better known for its media server features and free content catalog, it also entered the universal guide fray earlier this year. Through the apps Discover section, you can find new movies and shows to watch and add them to a watchlist, which also has its own dedicated tab on the Plex home screen.

Plexs relative inexperience in this arena shows. The app makes no attempt to recommend content based on your viewing habits, and it doesnt have any way to browse by genre. You also cant view IMDb ratings or the source of a particular program without clicking through to its info page.

Linking from Plex to other apps is also inconsistent across platforms. It doesnt work at all on Fire TV (even though it did at launch), and I had trouble linking out from Peacock and Paramount+ on a Chromecast with Google TV. Plexs Apple TV app fared better overall, but linking to Paramount+ content still didnt work.

The upside is that Plexs guide also works with any content on your media server, so if youre using Plexs over-the-air DVR features or pulling in videos from other sources, that content will appear in your watchlist alongside everything else.

Available on:Web, iOS, Android, Android TV/Google TV, Apple TV. (Plex is also available on other platforms, but without deep linking capabilities.)

Reelgood, JustWatch, and Plex arent the only universal guide services, but I focused on them because they all offer ways to browse for content on your TV (and, in some cases, to jump into that content in the corresponding app). If the above options leave you wanting, you can also check out Trakt, TV Time, or Simkl.

Or, you can join in me in hoping that the likes of Roku, Apple, and Amazon improve their own universal guide systems and make these third-party tools unnecessary. Its bound to happen eventually, right?

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