f.lux just received a big update after years in development. Tons of new features and bug fixes.

f.lux has been updated to a new version

It’s been a few years since f.lux got an update, but this new version is finally out of beta. We have a ton of new features and bugfixes to tell you about, and we hope you enjoy trying them out in the new version.

Big new cool stuff

1. f.lux can go warmer than 3400K now, down to 2700K. Or even 1200K if you really want it to.
2. Support for color profiles from a hardware calibrator
3. Movie mode. This setting warms up your display, but it preserves shadow detail, skintones, and sky colors better than f.lux’s typical colors. It lasts 2½ hours, which lets you watch most feature films
4. Disable until morning, for late-night crunch mode
5. A new “darkroom” mode, which inverts colors and gets very red
6. A map to help you find your location
7. Hotkeys to dim your display (Alt-PgDn, Alt-PgUp) late at night, so desktop users can dim too
8. A hotkey to disable/enable f.lux quickly: Alt-End
9. If you have a laptop, f.lux gets warmer when your backlight dims, like an incandescent lamp
10. A simple schedule for Philips Hue, so you can f.lux your house

f.lux has been updated to a new version

Comprehensive Guide to Hearthstone (Everything you need to know)

Hello everyone and Welcome to my Guide to Hearthstone!

Within this post you'll find an overview of all Heroes and strategy guide as well as an Arena guide discussing things such as key cards to pick.

My name is Quickstero and I'm an avid MTG player and have lots of experience in games such as Yu-Gi-Oh and Cardfight Vanguard so I know a little bit about CCG games in general.

But anyways lets move onto the Hero Overviews:

Druid

Power: 2 Mana, 1 Atk Dmg, 1 Armor

The Druid is a spell heavy hero that focuses on gaining more mana in the begin in order to outpace their opponent. Druids use a combination of creatures and spells in order to overcome their opponent.

Key Cards: (cards to look for in Arena)

Hero Specific Cards:

• Innervate
• Wild Growth
• Druid of the Claw

Neutral Cards:

• General Standard Neutral Cards that are good in any deck

Hunter

Power: 2 Mana, 2 Dmg to opponent

The Hunter is a more minion focused deck that revolves around the Beast subclass. The goal of most Hunter decks is to rush down the opponent with low cost minions as well as remove opponent minions with spells. Secrets are also a main theme among Hunter decks.

Key Cards:

Hero Specific Cards:

• Explosive Trap
• Scavenging Hyena
• Explosive Shot
• Starving Buzzard

Neutral Cards:

• Dire Wolf Alpha
• Bloodfen Raptor
• Any Neutral Beast minions

Mage

Power: 2 Mana, 1 Dmg to anything

The Mage is by far the most spell reliant hero among the entire group. Most Mages use spells to kill their opponent rather than using minions. Minions with Spell Damage are extremely powerful in Mage decks. There is also a mage deck that revolves more on the mechanic of Secrets. If anyone is interested, I can discuss this deck more in-depth in the future.

Key Cards:

Hero Specific Cards:

• Fireball
• Polymorph
• Sorcerer's Apprentice
• Flamestrike

Neutral Cards:

• Ogre Magi
• Kobold Geomancer
• Dalaran Mage

Paladin

Power: 2 Mana, Summon a 1/1 minion

Paladin decks are a mainly minion focused deck that uses spells to buff up their minions. A main theme among Paladin decks is the skill Divine Shield. Paladins can also manipulate the opponent's minion's health or attack with their spells or minions. Paladins have a higher survivability rate compared to other heroes due to the use of theses spells/ minions.

Key Cards:

Hero Specific Cards:

• Truesilver Champion (Weapon)
• Hand of Protection
• Consecration
• Argent Protector
• Aldor Peacekeeper

Neutral Cards:

• Sunwalker
• Argent Commander

Priest

Power: 2 Mana, Heal 2 Dmg on Hero or Minion

Priest rely on their power to heal in order to survive longer than their opponent. They also have spells to spot remove minions from the board. The priest also have the ability to change their healing capabilities into the ability of damaging the opponent's minion and hero.

Key Cards:

Hero Specific Cards:

• Lightwell
• Auchenai Soulpriest
• Lightspawn
• Northshire Cleric
• Shadow Word: Pain

Neutral Cards:

• Lightwarden
• Eathen Ring Farseer

Rogue

Power: 2 Mana, Give hero a 1/2 weapon

Rogues are another spell heavy deck that are used to take out the opponent's minions. Rogues also focus on theStealth mechanic when involving their creatures. Rogues usually wait for their opponent to make a move before they decide what strategy they should use. They also have a hero specific skilled called, Combo which requires a card to be played beforehand in order to gain the affect of the Combo.

Key Cards:

Hero Specific Cards:

• Defias Ringleader
• Backstab
• Assassinate

Neutral Cards:

• Jungle Panther
• Stranglethorn Tiger
• Ravenholdt Assassin

Shaman

Power: 2 Mana, Summon a random Totem

Shaman decks uses a combo of spells and minions to overpower their opponent. Although the power of these spells and minions are very strong they have the negative ability of Overload. Shamans also specialize in the ability ofWindfury.

Key Cards:

Hero Specific Cards:

• Forked Lightning
• Stormforged Axe
• Lightning Storm
• Unbounded Elemental
• Flametongue Totem

Neutral Cards:

• Raging Worgen
• Windfury Harpy

Warlock

Power: 2 Mana, Lose 2 Life, Draw 1 Card

Warlocks are one of my favorite deck types. The hero uses his own life to gain the benefits of his creatures and spells. Minions also have a negative cost but are very powerful for their mana cost. Warlocks have to pay attention to their life at all times or the power becomes useless. the minions' positive abilities usually outweigh the negative ability of the minion so use that to your advantage. Healing is important to keep in mind when drafting as a Warlock. Most important rule of Warlocks in arena is alway pick the Blood Imp.

Key Cards:

Hero Specific Cards:

• Blood Imp
• Flame Imp
• Demonfire
• Summoning Portal
• Voidwalker
• Sense Demon

Neutral Cards:

• Voodoo Doctor
• Darkscale Healer
• Flesheating Ghoul

Warrior

Power: 2 Mana, Gain 2 Armor

Warriors are by far my favorite hero, they have great synergy with the subclass Pirates. Warriors are a minion reliant deck that gain power by damaging their own minions. Warriors also benefit from weapons more than any other hero. Always pick the Fiery War Axe in Arena.

Key Cards:

Hero Specific Cards:

• Fiery War Axe
• Cruel Taskmaster
• Frothing Berserker
• Battle Rage

Neutral Cards:

• Raging Worgen
• Bloodsail Raider (if your deck has weapons. which it should)
• Dread Corsair (same as the raider)
• Gurubashi Berserker

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Game Mechanics

Here I will discuss some key aspects of the game. (The order of this will be pretty random because my thoughts are fairly scattered right now)

The Coin

The Coin is used to give the second turn player a less of a disadvantage. If you get the coin, don't just waste it. Use it to your best ability. Favorite combos include The Coin + Defias Ringleader and Questing Adventurer+The Coin+Another spell/ minion. Proper coin placement can turn the early game in your favor.

Weapons

Weapons give the player an extra bit of control to the board. Your is important but you have to use it to your best advantage. Think of health as another source of mana. Make smart decisions when deciding to kill a minion with a weapon. Unless you are going for the win, don't waste your weapon on the opponent's life total.

Silence

Silence is an ability that doesn't appear often among minions/ spells. I would suggest to have two minions/ spells with the ability Silence in my deck. Use your Silence to the best advantage. Don't waste such a powerful ability.

Card Advantage

Card Advantage is key to maintaining stability throughout the game. This is very important during late game situations. Once you run out of steam, you are relying on whatever you draw each turn to go against your opponent. Therefore cards that can draw more cards are extremely useful in any deck.

If anyone wishes for me to discuss other aspects of the game, just let me know in the comments

Know the Lingo!

• Card Value - this is talking about how useful the card is for the amount of mana you spend on it. For example if your opponent has a weapon and you play an Acidic Swamp Ooze, that two mana cost Ooze is worth way more than what you just spent it on since you go a creature and destroyed a weapon.
• Top Decking - Top Decking is a term used when you are out of cards and are relying on the top card of your deck. You never want to be in this type of situation.
• Luck Sacking - Players say this whenever he or the opponent gets a lucky draw and wins the game. No amount of skill could prepare anyone for something like this to happen.

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Drafting in Arena

Here is a list of Neutral cards that are always solid picks in arena

Common Card Choices

• Faerie Dragon
• Dire Wolf Alpha
• Ironbeak Owl
• Mad Bomber
• Youthful Brewmaster
• Acolyte of Pain
• Flesheating Ghoul
• Harvest Golem
• Raging Worgen
• Dark Iron Dwarf
• Spellbreaker
• Fen Creeper
• Sen'jin Shieldmasta
• Bolderfist Ogre
• Frost Elemental

Rare Card Choices:

• Knife Juggler
• Demolisher
• Emperor Cobra
• Questing Adventurer
• Defender of Argus
• Twilight Drake

Druids

• Keeper of the Grove
• Nourish
• Starfall

Hunter

• Explosive Shot
• Savannah Highmane

Mage

• Blizzard
• Vaporize

Paladin

• Equality
• Aldor Peacekeeper

Priest

• Lightwell
• Auchenai Soulpriest

Rogue

• SI:7 Agent
• Master of Disguise

Shaman

• Feral Spirit
• Lava Burst
• Mana Tide Totem

Warlock

• Shadowflame
• Siphon Soul

Warrior

• Frothing Berserker
• Armorsmith

Once it gets to Epic and Legendary card level than it is really up to you to decide what to pick.

Alright that is it for my introductory guide to Hearthstone, I will update with whatever you guys want in the future. Maybe throw in some pictures when I get a chance.

Thanks for reading!

By: Quickstero

Eating popcorn in the cinema makes people immune to advertising

Study by Cologne University concludes that chewing makes advertising ineffective.

Eating popcorn in the cinema may be irritating not just for fellow movie goers, but for advertisers: a group of researchers from Cologne University has concluded that chewing makes us immune to film advertising.

The reason why adverts manage to imprint brand names on our brains is that our lips and the tongue automatically simulate the pronunciation of a new name when we first hear it. Every time we re-encounter the name, our mouth subconsciously practices its pronunciation.

However, according to the study published in the Journal of Consumer Psychology, this "inner speech" can be disturbed by chewing, rendering the repetition effect redundant.

Eating popcorn in the cinema makes people immune to advertising

A number of early episodes of Doctor Who, which were believed to have been permanently lost, have been returned to the BBC.

BBC Worldwide is expected to confirm the find at a press screening in London later this week.

It follows weeks of speculation that some lost episodes had been located.

A total of 106 episodes featuring the first two actors to play the Doctor, William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton, are currently missing.

The BBC destroyed many of the sci-fi drama's original transmission tapes in the 1960s and 1970s.

However, the majority of the episodes had been transferred on to film for foreign broadcasters. It is often these prints found in other countries that are the source of retrieved episodes.

BBC to reveal a number of missing Doctor Who episodes

Harrison Ford in talks for Blade Runner 2!?

Prometheus director Ridley Scott has been playing around with the idea ofBlade Runner 2 for a while now, but the question on all of our minds is still: Will original star Harrison Ford possibly return as Rick Deckard?

Watch this interview with man himself and find out:

Horror and the Oculus Rift Are No Joke

 

Being scared can be fun, but one night of experiments proves this new frontier is going to be too much for some people.

It takes quite a bit to scare me. Granted, there’s a good reason for that: I’ve seen it all. The reason Shocktober’s lineup doesn’t include so many obvious films, movies that will be showing on AMC all month long, is because the moment something good comes along, I’ve consumed it. Horror is an addiction, and I’m always looking for the next high. Since my tolerance is so high, not much can grab my attention.

Enter the Oculus Rift.

There are a handful of times I’ve experienced genuine terror while experiencing a piece of horror. The basement scene in The Blair Witch Project. Going into a lake for the first time after watching Jaws. Surviving the water sequence in Amnesia: The Dark Descent. Experiencing Paranormal Activity in a tiny San Francisco theater years before its release, only knowing it was “a ghost story.” There are probably less than 10 moments in my life I’d describe as pure, whitehot fright.

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Terraria 2 Announced

Once upon a time, Andrew “Redigit” Spinks quit Terraria. He’d decided to move on to bigger and better things, mystery projects that beckoned to him from worlds far beyond Terraria’s treacherous loam. Fans were not happy. They scratched angry words into many an Internet, but their cries fell on deaf ears. For a little while. And then, kind of like Gandalf in that one movie (X-Men?), Redigit returned – with gifts, even! Update 1.2 is positively massive, and it’s finally out. But now Spinks is back where he started. Should he stay or should he go? He’s not entirely sure yet, but he was able to offer RPS one piece of enticing news. That mystery project? It’s Terraria 2.



Terraria 2′s actually been in various phases of planning for quite some time, but Spinks decided that his fans were right: he still had unfinished business with Terraria 1. It’s the double-edged sword of having a community whose passion borders on fanatical. Sometimes, you have to let them steer the ship.

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