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Driving vocabulary あ-List

23 Dec
Useful vocabulary for driving license in Japan
Kanji Furigana Reading Meaning
合図 あいず aizu signal
アイドリング あいどりんぐ aidoringu Idling, when the car’s engine working and the car not moving
安全運転 あんぜんうんてん anzenunten Safe driving
安全確認 あんぜんかくにん anzenkakunin Safety check
安全地帯 あんぜんちたい anzenchitai Safety zone
圧縮 あっしゅく asshuku Pressure
アクセルペダル あくせるぺだる akuserupedaru Accelerator pedal
案内 あんない annai Information
案内標識 あんないひょうしき annaihyoushiki Information sign
安定性 あんていせい anteisei Stability
 

Color interpolation in OpenCV

23 Dec

I could not find in Internet a function which can return a RGB color value between two colors So I had to do it myself. I hope it will be useful for someone.

CvScalar interpolate(CvScalar c1, CvScalar c2, double value){
if( value <= 0.0 ){ return c1; }
if( value >= 1.0 ){ return c2; }
int red = cvRound((1.0 - value) * c1.val[2] + value * c2.val[2]);
int green = cvRound((1.0 - value) * c1.val[1] + value * c2.val[1]);
int blue = cvRound((1.0 - value) * c1.val[0] + value * c2.val[0]);
return CV_RGB(red, green, blue);
}

 
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Find alternative to your softwares

22 Dec

Tired of crappy software?
AlternativeTo is a new approach to finding good software. Tell it what application you want to replace and we give you great alternatives, based on user recommendations. It is a new website which I believe that it will help to help open source software to find its users because nowadays you can find an alternative to any payed and proprietary software.

In the website I found a citation which I liked a lot:

“Whether you’re looking for an alternative to expensive commercial software or just trying to get a feel for what’s out there, AlternativeTo is a handy service for finding software alternatives.”

 

English Vocabulary related to Web 2.0

22 Dec

It is a video on IT and computer vocabulary related to the “next generation” of internet technologies, commonly referred to as Web 2.0.

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-jFymQEqds
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffJuTjBLHf4

 
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English: bank for the buck

22 Dec

bank for the buck means value for the money spent.

Example:

  • If we choose the hotel’s meeting package, we will get more bank for our buck.
  • I don’t think we get much bank for our buck when we buy a cheaper printer cartridges, the quality is not that good.
 
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