How L-Acoustics brings the sweet sound of spatial audio to the masses

Jul06
by on July 6, 2022 at 6:58 pm
Posted In: Insider, Plugged


For most of our lives, stereo has been the primary way of rendering the music we consume. Immersive audio systems like surround sound have been around for decades, but immersive audio content has been rare outside of TV and film. But perhaps that shouldn’t be surprising: reproducing and, especially, creating immersive audio content is awfully inconvenient. Luckily, things are starting to change. Immersive audio is finally becoming accessible to the mainstream thanks to big-name manufacturers like Apple building spatial audio right into their headphones. Even setting up spatial audio speaker systems has become a cinch thanks to wireless speaker manufacturers…

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How tech can help prevent shark bites and keep beaches open this summer

Jul05
by on July 5, 2022 at 4:13 pm
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I watched everyone’s favorite summer movie, Jaws, again on the weekend. Fortunately, our relationship with sharks has come a long way from what we saw in the film. We’re getting the facts straight and shifting away from outdated protection methods. And the most valuable tool in preventing shark bites is tech.  Shark bites are incredibly rare Incidents of sharks biting humans are infrequent. According to the International Shark Attack File, 137 alleged shark bites occurred last year.  Most attacks are related to surfing (51%). Just 11 resulted in death – that’s less than a third of US beach drownings so…

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7 earth-shattering tips your team can use to ace Slack

Jul04
by on July 4, 2022 at 3:42 pm
Posted In: Plugged


Slack has replaced ol’ boring emails in the workplace for good. It offers synchronous, quick communication (much like a personal chat app), allowing you to easily collaborate with your colleagues — both remotely and on-site. But as with any workspace platform, things don’t always go smoothly. It can be messy, overwhelming, distracting, and, well, you name it. So here are seven tips to help your team make the most out of it: 1. Set clear communication goals and expectations What are you using Slack for? Does it serve daily updates, in-flow queries, or lunch appointments? This will help you clarify…

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The guide to find variance using Python

Jul03
by on July 3, 2022 at 2:40 pm
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This article was originally published on Built In by Eric Kleppen. Variance is a powerful statistic used in data analysis and machine learning. It is one of the four main measures of variability along with range, interquartile range (IQR) and standard deviation. Understanding variance is important because it gives you insight into the spread of your data and can be used to compare differences in sample groups or identify important modeling features. Variance is also used in machine learning to understand changes in model performance due to using different samples of training data. Calculating variance is easy using Python. Before…

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