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Romance / Re: Can I Propose To A Girl Through Whatsapp? by dlux: 1:46pm On Jan 18, 2016
Guy, am sure you're like a brother to her...hehehehehehe! dude respect yourself and meet her up on a date. He reaction towards you will give you a bright idea whether or not to pop the question.
Phones / Re: My Experience With Android Phones So Far (photos) by dlux: 1:31pm On Jan 18, 2016
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Politics / Re: Okorocha Embarks On Economic Mission To Vietnam And Other Asian Countries - PICS by dlux: 12:58pm On Jan 18, 2016
My People! My People! The man himself!
Celebrities / Re: Celebrities You Never Knew Were From Imo State by dlux: 9:46pm On Jan 16, 2016
Kelly Hansome, Emmanuel Amuneke, Chidiebere Nwakali
Phones / Re: Comparing Google Nexus 6P And Iphone 6 by dlux: 11:57am On Jan 14, 2016
Google has an edge for me.
Nairaland / General / How To Use Android Remix OS 2.0 On PC by dlux: 11:27am On Jan 14, 2016
Much is talked about making Android OS a perfect Desktop Operating System with thousands of apps already available and regular updates from the up-stream and down-stream developers. Open source is again showing class and grit on how rapid a project can evolve when Google and thousands of developers globally join forces for a common goal.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMO9v4jmcsI

Android apps running on a PC? That's what the team at Jide, founded by three ex-Google members, wants to offer with the first release of Remix OS It's is based on the open source Android-x86 project and is supposed to allow Android-based apps to run on a conventional x86 PC.

Jide says:

What you can do on your device is invariably the most important part of any computing experience. By revitalizing your seasoned hardware with Remix OS for PC, breathe new life into it with over 1.6 million Android apps. Whether it's for work at school or in the office, watching a TV show or playing your favorite games, Android's rich app ecosystem always has something for exactly what you need and want to do.

This first public release, which is available as a 692MB download, has been labeled as an "alpha" version that's primarily for developers and early adopters to try out and give their feedback to Jide for improvements. In other words, Remix OS is not recommended for the casual Android or PC owner — it's expected to be buggy and unstable. If you do download it, please note that it will also require a USB 3.0 flash drive with at least 8GB of storage; it's required to help boot Remix OS to a PC for the first time.

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Phones / Comparing Google Nexus 6P And Iphone 6 by dlux: 10:58am On Jan 14, 2016
Watching Google and Apple compete for our attention is interesting for a number of reasons, but the biggest one has to be how vastly different their approaches are to certain things. Smartphones have been a fascinating example of this over the past few years, especially to watch as Apple and Google slowly move toward one another from these opposing perspectives. This year Google and Apple both released a pair of smartphones, one smaller and one larger.

If you take a look at the larger of these two offerings, the Huawei-made Nexus 6P and Apple's iPhone 6s Plus, you'll find a pair of phones built with different goals in mind that come together to be remarkably similar. As we appreciate those similarities, it's not hard to see which company is going to be making significant changes in the next generation and why.

Comparing this year's iPhone and this year's Nexus isn't usually all that interesting, because Google's partnerships with hardware partners are usually derived from an existing popular phone and so we've usually already seen what the compare will look like. This year is fun not only because that isn't true, but also because few users in the US have been given a reason to care about Huawei as a manufacturer until now. We've got a genuinely new hardware profile from a locally lesser-known manufacturer that is following Google's lead to build something interesting, and the result is the Nexus 6P.


Sitting this phone down next to the iPhone 6s Plus, the first thing you'll notice is how remarkably similar these phones are in profile. The Nexus 6P is just about exactly as thin and wide as the iPhone 6s Plus, but slightly taller and featuring a more prominent camera bulge at the top. Apple's design hasn't changed from last year, as expected in an "s" release, which means you have a tall, flat piece of machined aluminum that curves nicely along the sides with antennae bands along the top and bottom. Huawei's design offers a little more style, with a slightly curved back and what they call diamond-cut edges to give it a little bit of extra shine.

The front of these phones is where you'll see the most significant differences. Apple's design puts the fingerprint sensor on the front of the phone and the speaker on the bottom, where Huawei opts for a fingerprint sensor on the back and a pair of speakers on the front. The front facing cameras are positioned roughly the same, and while both phones have some healthy top and bottom bezel as a result of their hardware placement choices it's clear Huawei's design allows for a slightly better screen to bezel ratio, which means more screen to play on the Nexus 6P.
Category Nexus 6P iPhone 6s Plus
OS Android 6.0 iOS 9
Screen size 5.7 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 2560x1440 1920x1080
Screen type AMOLED IPS LCD
Processor Snapdragon 810 Apple A9
Storage 32/64/128GB 16/64/128GB
RAM 3GB 2GB
Rear camera 12.3MP 12MP
Aperture f/2.0 f/2.2
Front camera 8MP 5MP
Fingerprint Nexus Imprint Front button
Battery 3450 mAh 2750 mAh
Fast charging Yes No

Under that glass, Google and Apple start to do things a little differently. Huawei's 2560x1440 resolution AMOLED display isn't appreciably better than Apple's 1920x1080 resolution IPS LCD display when watching a video or playing a game, but makes all the difference when looking closely at photos or reading text on the screen. Powering the 6P's display is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, which on top of having plenty of its own performance problems in phones prior to Huawei's Nexus isn't nearly as capable as Apple's custom A9 processor. With this processor and only 2GB of RAM, the iPhone 6s Plus can launch its camera half a second faster than the Nexus 6P just about every time, and when launching big games like Vainglory side-by-side the iPhone repeatedly beat the Nexus 6P by almost two seconds. This performance difference isn't noticeable when performing day to day tasks like checking email or social apps, but with the bigger apps the difference couldn't be more clear.n6p-6splus-9

There's not much point to all that power if you can't make it through a full day, and that's actually something both the Nexus 6P and iPhone 6s Plus do well enough that there's no real concern. On paper you'd think Huawei's 3450 mAh battery would last a little longer than Apple's 2750 mAh battery, but in practice both phones wind up getting through a 15-hour day with around 18% remaining. Google's use of USB-C in this generation of Nexus phones means that not only do these phones have a reversible cable similar to Apple's Lightning cable, but the new USB tech means the Nexus 6P can be fully charged in half the time it takes the iPhone 6s Plus.

Few companies have made as big a deal about the capabilities of their cameras as Apple has in the iPhone line over the last couple years, but this year Android manufacturers hit back hard in several significant ways. Google's partnership with Sony resulted in an amazing new sensor being put in the Nexus 6P that relies on 1.55 µm pixels and a f/2.0 aperture to capture a lot of light and turn that into very nice pictures. Apple's jump from 8MP to 12MP was mostly spent making sure the new sensor maintained the same high quality and impressive color reproduction as the photo size increased, and to say the company succeeded is an understatement. Where most smartphone sensors struggled to maintain quality with the increase in image size, the iPhone 6s Plus handled it well and included optical image stabilization for better photos and video. If you compare the Nexus 6P and the iPhone 6s Plus photo capabilities side by side, you'll find that Google's software crushes Apple's low light capabilities and does an amazing job with HDR photography in extreme lighting conditions, but it's still a little easier to just pull the iPhone out and take a quick photo of something in ideal conditions.


As you can see, comparing these two phones is weirdly fascinating this year. Google has released an entertainment powerhouse with a better display, audio, and photography capabilities than we've ever seen before in a Nexus, which are all things previously considered Apple's strong suits. At the same time, Apple's big phone this year is rocking a noticeably more capable processor that also means the phone gets better battery even with a slightly smaller batter than before, while the more powerful processor has traditionally been something Android fans have held over Apple users when debating who makes the better phone.

Google's Nexus line grew up quite a bit this year with the Nexus 6P, which makes the final point in comparing these two phones even more fun. When you see the $749 16gb iPhone 6s Plus next to the $499 32gb Nexus 6P, the natural question to ask is whether this year's iPhone is $250 better than this year's Nexus, and the answer is absolutely not.

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lalasticlala, mynd44

Celebrities / Re: Yvonne Nelson Shows Off Bikini Body (photos) by dlux: 4:41pm On Jan 13, 2016
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Politics / Re: The Bad Shape Of Police Barracks, Obalende, Lagos. (Exclusive Pictures) by dlux: 10:13am On Jan 11, 2016
Am sure the NPF has a development & maintenance fund or sub-agency. The truth is, the NPF has very poor culture in this regard. Even their vehicles & uniforms look rough & dirty. Why cant we say the same for Army, Navy or Airforce barracks? If you visit Warders Barracks at Awolowo Ikoyi you will shed tears. The NPF has a popular slogan: 'Its not my fathers property' i lived in Ikoyi. Ask a lot of Barrack boys they'd laff it off.
Romance / Re: Benin Prostitute Disgraces Man For Failure To Pay After Romance (Photos) by dlux: 7:13pm On Jan 09, 2016
But what is it with 9ja babes and being stingy with sex? eh? even ashi dey save her pussi make the manchi no login. Why be a hooker? smh
Family / Re: How My Husband Pushed Me Into Having Sex With Other Men by dlux: 7:09pm On Jan 09, 2016
Madam well done!
Politics / Re: Nigerian Military Now Sells The Igirigi Armoured Vehicle Abroad by dlux: 6:26pm On Jan 07, 2016
Is it bullet proof or can withstand heavy bombardment?
Family / Re: My Son Caught I And His Mother In The Most Embarassing Way by dlux: 6:18pm On Jan 07, 2016
This is part of sex education. Just let the kid be. Take him for a walk or to the park and ask him if he has a girl he likes at school when he's happy. He'd open up and ask about you and mum then u educate him if u wish or tell him its adult stuff.
Romance / Re: How to make a girl squirt in 5mins by dlux: 4:55pm On Jan 07, 2016
True talk
Celebrities / Re: Kimani Dazzles In New Photos by dlux: 4:54pm On Jan 07, 2016
Wetin this one dey sing? Choc boys is dead. All floss no reality in their game. Phuck that shit like Olamide will say. They got cheap fame off Kelly Hansome. MI cant keep it together with his crew. Not Brymo, not his brother Jesse not his damn self.

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Romance / Re: How to make a girl squirt in 5mins by dlux: 2:35am On Dec 28, 2015
We learn everyday @Diva. Class is in session
Romance / Re: How to make a girl squirt in 5mins by dlux: 11:14pm On Dec 26, 2015
Well just work on her center of gravity if she's in the mood ofcos.
Romance / How to make a girl squirt in 5mins by dlux: 5:18pm On Dec 26, 2015
First and foremost, she has to be comfortable so take it slow and easy. If she's ready for some loving then you obviously have to go down low, i suggest playing around her clit just to be sure she's clean enough. There's no way a brother can eat a stinky or dirty puss. That said, we proceed with clitoral tickling until shes wet enough. Remember, she has to want it, dont fight it. Now gently go down with your tongue against her pussy lips first before you lick that clit. Tease her vulva well enough until its swollen and then part those pussy lips exposing her mangina. Am sure by now its pointing at you waiting for your tongue to do the magic. Now tongue lash her clitoris back and forth slowly and steady with it. If possible, hold on to her clitoris with your tongue and lips while doing this routine. Gently slide your middle finger for which ever hand is dominant and rock it against the top of her pussy walls. Slowly dip in until u find a spongy tissue at the top of her pussy walls (3inches deep or so). Found it? (She's 5mins from Climax right now). Start doing a come here sign slowly but continuously and do not take your mouth of that clit. Atleast not your tongue. Keep doing this and be patient with her. I guarantee in 5mins she will pour out her juice all over.


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Nairaland / General / Cast Gist Chatroom Launched! - A Chat Community For Africans by dlux: 6:13pm On Dec 25, 2015
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Art, Graphics & Video / Linux Video Editing In Real Time With OBS Studio by dlux: 11:17am On Dec 23, 2015
It may be a relatively niche market, but not all video editing is done in post production. There are use cases for live, on-the-fly video editing and basic compositing. You've seen it done yourself, whether you realize it or not—news broadcasts, live webcasts, and live TV events usually use multiple-camera setups controlled by one central software suite.

OBS Studio (formerly Open Broadcaster Software) is an open source central control room for live, realtime video editing. It features instant encoding using x264 (an open source h.264 encoder) and AAC and streams to services like YouTube, DailyMotion, Twitch, your own streaming server, or just to a file.
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Webmasters / How To Stop Pop-ups In Chrome by dlux: 11:08am On Dec 23, 2015
Google does a pretty good job about keeping pop-up windows under control in its Chrome browser. A sea of pop-up windows invading your traditional browsing experience indicates a problem. Thankfully, we have a few tricks up our sleeve for dealing with these annoying advertisements, and they don’t take much time – or know-how – in order to set up.

Enable Chrome’s Pop-Up Blocking Feature
Visit http://gtbensmag.com/2015/12/23/how-to-stop-pop-ups-in-chrome/ to read full article
Art, Graphics & Video / 10 Tools For Visual Effects In Linux With Kdenlive by dlux: 1:00am On Dec 05, 2015
Kdenlive is one of those applications; you can use it daily for a year and wake up one morning only to realize that you still have only grazed the surface of all of its potential. That’s why it’s nice every once in a while to sit back and look over some of the lesser-used tricks and tools in Kdenlive. Even though something’s not used as often as, say, the Spacer or Razor tools, it still may end up being just the right finishing touch on your latest masterpiece.

Most of the tools I’ll discuss here are not officially part of Kdenlive; they are plugins from the Frei0r package. These are ubiquitous parts of video processing on Linux and Unix, and they usually get installed along with Kdenlive as distributed by most Linux distributions, so they often seem like part of the application. If your install of Kdenlive does not feature some of the tools mentioned here, make sure that you have Frei0r plugins installed. http://gtbensmag.com for full article and videos.
Webmasters / Teaching Teens 3D Animation With Blender by dlux: 12:54am On Dec 05, 2015
Tom Haines is the director and co-founder of 3Dami, a nonprofit educational program in the UK that focuses on teaching 3D animation to teens with ages ranging from 14 to 18 years old. It’s a seven-day program in which students produce their own animated films from concept to final viewing.

At the 2015 Blender Conference, Tom gave a presentation about the program and discussed what’s possible with the power of Blender and the open source community. To see all of the student films produced during the 3Dami course, have a look at their YouTube playlist.

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Your program is only seven days long. Bringing together a group of strangers (and 14-18 year old ones at that) to cooperate on a single animated short film project is incredibly ambitious. What about film and animation makes it the right choice of medium for your program?

You can’t teach an unmotivated student. Making a 3D animated film motivates our students, so effectively we actually have to pull them back and get them to calm down for fear they are going to work too hard! Some of this comes from the glamour of film, the success of companies such as Pixar, and the coolness of visual effects. But I actually think it’s mostly about the thirst to create.

Education in the UK puts far too much emphasis on the regurgitation of facts, and opportunities to create something from scratch are relatively rare. This is why we get them to write their own film scripts and do the storyboarding—we are not teaching scriptwriting, but in that act of creation they are dragged into the following tsunami with the desire to do anything to make it a reality, something to be proud of at the premiere.

The team aspect is also important. Peer pressure makes them work harder and adds to that desire to succeed. When you have a team of motivated students, they are willing to work at the very edge of their comfort zone, where they will learn so much more than in a normal classroom. It also gives them a safety net for when they fail, as they have the support of the team in addition to the staff—there is less fear of the unknown when you have friends at your back (which they almost immediately become!). http://gtbensmag.com for full article and videos.
Computers / How To Produce A Youtube Series With Open Source Tools by dlux: 12:46am On Dec 05, 2015
Computer Science Education Week is December 7-13. To mark the occasion, Dototot is launching a new series of Hello World videos covering the basics of computer science. The 10 episodes follow Unique ID, the highly intelligent robot host of The Hello World Program, on adventures exploring a range of topics, from binary to artificial intelligence. The new videos incorporate a wide range of media, from traditional hand-drawn animation and stop-motion to Arduino-powered robots and 3D CG. http://gtbensmag.com for full article.
Phones / Blackberry Priv Sales Off To A Slow Start, Google Play Data Suggests by dlux: 4:30am On Dec 02, 2015
Launched earlier last month, BlackBerry PRIV is the Canadian company’s big and rather risky bet when it comes to their devices business.

With new hardware, bold design and a radical shift in terms of software platform, the PRIV looks like a BlackBerry but doesn’t exactly feel like one, despite efforts to bring the OS 10 experience over to Android through several ported apps and services, including the outstanding Hub.

Even though it’s clearly designed to appeal to BlackBerry’s business-oriented core audience and the more casual Android bunch alike, the PRIV doesn’t appear to be selling too well. And while there are reports of it being out of stock at some retailers, statistics gathered from Android’s app store paint a different story.

For full article: http://gtbensmag.com/2015/11/30/blackberry-priv-sales-off-to-a-slow-start-google-play-data-suggests/
Webmasters / Drupal-based Farmos Manages Food, Farmers, And Community by dlux: 4:24am On Dec 02, 2015
FarmOS is a Drupal-based software project aimed at easing the day-to-day management of a farm. It allows different roles to be assigned to managers, workers, and viewers. Managers can monitor how things are going with access to the whole system, workers can use the record-keeping tools, and viewers have read-only access to, for example, certify the farm’s records.

I spoke with Mike Stenta, lead developer of farmOS and active developer since 2010, and he had a number of reasons for using Drupal and putting their files, code, and documentation on GitHub.

“I settled on Drupal for farmOS because I see it as a good intersection of flexibility, scalability, and community,” Stenta said. “It uses a modular architecture, so you can build applications in Drupal like building Legos. The community is huge, and the number of contributed modules and themes is mind-boggling. If you can think of it, you can probably build it in Drupal—and chances are someone already has.”
For full article: http://gtbensmag.com/2015/12/02/drupal-based-farmos-manages-food-farmers-and-community/

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