Re: Windows 8.1 Super Lite 2019
Numbers Ventors
This seems to be a "super" hidden folder for some reason. And having used Windows since the 3.1 days, I've NEVER seen anything like this before. So, do any bigger Windows experts have any explanation for the strange behavior of this folder?
I've seen that I can remap keys in System>Preferences>Keyboard>Layout>Options>Alt/Super key behavior, but I have no idea what the choices meta, super, hyper mean. The help button in this dialog doesn't give any specifics about them.
If you want to use it like in windows, to trigger the menu, go to System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts. Scroll down to and click on 'Show the panel's main menu'. Click on the right hand cell, which should change to 'New shortcut...' and press the Windows key.
Turned out that ctrl+f1 was mapped to the windows key, so having my activity panel ( i wanted the full screen launcher, not the regular launcher ) mapped to ctrl+f1 made the solo press of the windows key work.
Have you ever wished you could watch your favorite videos in high definition, even if they were originally recorded in lower quality? Well, now you can, thanks to a new feature we are experimenting with in Edge Canary: video super resolution (VSR).
Video super resolution uses machine learning to enhance the quality of video viewed in Microsoft Edge by using graphics card agnostic algorithms to remove blocky compression artifacts and upscale the video resolution, so you can enjoy crisp and clear videos on YouTube and other video streaming platforms without sacrificing bandwidth.
Video super resolution is automatically enabled by Edge and indicated by an HD icon on the address. The feature can be computationally intensive, so this icon allows a user to be in full control of enabling or disabling the feature.
Turning off video super resolution persists for all sites in Edge preferences. This will also restore any video super resolution features supported by the graphics card driver on your system. To change your preferences for the feature or provide feedback, you can find the toggle and the feedback buttons by navigating to edge://settings/system in your Edge browser.
This lighter model shines at on screen text and improves sharpness and readability. The model is 10 times smaller than our heavier model and should allow us to improve a larger set of video resolutions and give us an opportunity to enable video super resolution on lower end devices in the future. The policy to switch between models and picking the right model for the device, video resolution, framerate is something that we are actively iterating on.
Existing video super-resolution models aim to learn a mapping function that predicts high-quality (HQ) frames from their low-quality (LQ) or low-resolution counterparts. However, to generate low-quality/low-resolution frames for the training data set, most of these methods use predefined operators (e.g., bicubic down-sampling) to simulate the LQ input. This limits their general application on real-world video data, especially for streaming video data with high compression rates. In our approach, we take video compression into consideration and train our models with LQ-HQ video pairs that we synthesize by running several popular video codecs with different compression strategies.
Inspired by the recent success in large language models, MSRA pre-trained a base video enhancement model on one million video clips from diverse categories by a self-supervised LQ-HQ restoration paradigm. By further considering multiple types of video compression artifacts from different codecs, the ML model can significantly recover different video content with a large range of video degradation levels (e.g., CRF (Constant Rate Factor) values from 15 to 35 in H. 264). To improve the visual quality of the model, we take a two-stage training strategy in which the first stage aims to recover structure information (e.g., the edge and boundary of objects) while the second stage is optimized with perceptual and generative adversarial objectives for high-frequency textures (e.g., tree leaves and human hairs).
Video super resolution is an exciting feature that will make your video streaming experience more immersive and enjoyable. It will enhance the details and the beauty of your favorite content. We are working to improve the models and hardware coverage to provide better experience for even more users. Keep an eye out for updates from the team as we increase the availability to all Canary channel users over the coming weeks.
I use super-left and super-right a lot on my widescreen monitor. Super-left to tile a window to left half of screen works fine. Super-right does not do anything. I've not changed any shortcuts, this is on a fresh install of 22.04.
Today, R-5 windows are aspirational for many, but not really that special in the windows market. But instead of pushing past that, we are seeing more emphasis on proper design by orientation, shading, and window-to-wall ratios, and on buying the best windows for each application according to the budget.
Chinese windows to the rescue?
Currently North America has 37 active float glass plants, with the newest float plant (Cardinal's Winlock Washington facility) opening about 6 years ago. China currently has over 110 floats either operating or under construction.
Chinese windows are readily available in North America for people who are looking for a bargain. Sam's Club, for example, does a thriving business in them, and they are becoming much more common on the west coast - particulary in the southern Califormia. It is curious how a window made in China and shipped to North America can be less expensive than a window manufactured locally, but that is a fact for people looking to save a few bucks.
One thing I have learned over the years is that while every North American (and German, but in their case they just assumed that their product was superior already) company that I have personally dealt with truly wanted to manufacture the best possible window or door that they could within the scope of their product line or business (without exception the folks that I dealt with really believed in what they were doing). The Chinese folks that I dealt with had a slightly different philosophy.
Can I point out that I see considerable movement to windows with high solar heat gain to take advantage off all that "free solar energy" in Passivhaus or ZEB projects. As we are learning (and as Martin had commented on earlier), it wouldn't be too hard to set up a "summer overheating" scenario, or other mis-applications. This new breed of "super window" really needs to be designed into the application while overhangs and operable exterior shading is taken into account.
I'm in the process of setting up my small company as the Regional dealer for the German window Optiwin for the Pacific Northwest. I just got back from visiting the plant in Germany. We are all working hard to bring both the current and planned new innovative windows and doors to our the area.
I'd like to suggest a that there should be a distinction between how "easy" we expect it to be when choosing a "super window" Vs. a "frame with a glazing unit in it... would you like low e with that?".
If anything I am asking for more complication in some ways. Part of the point I tried to make here is that "superwindows" with ever-greater U-factor are not the future. The future is climate- and building-specific applications that have carefully selected but not necessarily off-the-charts performance numbers. That may be harder to do than simply training everyone to look for better and better NFRC numbers.
width of krypton
Greg, I was aware that windows with krypton fill are thinner but understood the reason was that the molecules are more "slippery" and so convection gets going faster. While this might also be true, I hadn't thought about the basic geometry and cost, and the fact that a thinner profile means less space to fill with a pricey gas!
I wish! I have yet to meet an American window rep who was capable of providing good window advice for a builder in a northern climate interested in high-solar-gain windows on the south orientation and windows with different specs on the other orientations. Such reps don't exist. [Later edit: As I noted in a subsequent comment, "I owe conscientious window dealers an apology for painting them with such a broad brush; I am guilty of hyperbole."]
Martin:
"I have yet to meet
Martin:
"I have yet to meet an American window rep who was capable of providing good window advice for a builder in a northern climate interested in high-solar-gain windows on the south orientation and windows with different specs on the other orientations. Such reps don't exist."
as an example, roof types and styles are just as complicated as windows. yet homeowners can easily comparison shop, even if they do it poorly. there is no need to sit down with a shingle rep and try to get a quote. of course you still can if you choose.
TR: "Part of the point I tried to make here is that "superwindows" with ever-greater U-factor are not the future. The future is climate- and building-specific applications that have carefully selected but not necessarily off-the-charts performance numbers. That may be harder to do than simply training everyone to look for better and better NFRC numbers."
My point that I was trying to make is along the same lines: We don't have the "magic bullets" of ever increasing U factors in Euro or domestic windows. What we've got is getting better. The addition of "boutique German-imported windows" on top of the Canadian offerings will drive the middle market up. That's always the case: When the top end stratus of the market capabilities raise, the middle market is subsequently forced to raise and fill a "void near the top". Failure to do so invites new competition into the market, that un-checked, will displace the existing middle players.
One significant component of that goal is how the window is placed into the "whole envelop", not just a wall. Good and improving products won't reach their potential without intelligent use. The intelligence has to come from good building designers first, and good windows suppliers second. We can't rely on the consumer for this level of knowledge.
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