Gateway Solutions- Networking, Hardware & Security : 03/03/22

Thursday 3 March 2022

How to preserve your eyesight while working at a computer

Smartphone and computer displays really hurt and fatigue your eyes. Exercise for the eyes when working in front of a computer monitor is as important as warming up the back after a day in a half-bent position at the desk. Just 2-3 minutes of visual exercises will tone up the eye muscles.

Blimb.su is a service that brings together the best exercises for the eyes and allows you to do gymnastics in a pleasant form of play. You don't have to do the exercises by looking at your computer. After learning the program, you can do gymnastics on your own. For example, by looking out the window.

Go to the site. Click "Start" and simply follow the recommendations of the service. After charging, you can set reminders from the service for regular exercise. In the settings you can choose the language, sound and volume of the notifications. And the exercise itself lasts only 3 minutes and 25 seconds.

https://blimb.su/

How to increase the speed of downloads in your browser

Despite the fact that download managers gained their popularity at the dawn of the Internet, now they do not lose their relevance, but rather expand the functionality of the browser and increase the speed of downloading files with multi-threaded download.

Multithreaded Download Manager is one of the extensions for Mozilla Firefox that allows you to download files with multiple connections to a server, thereby increasing the download speed. Before downloading, you can select the name of the file, the number of attempts and specify the minimum block.

The add-on intercepts all possible downloads on its own, but if this does not happen, you can always add a new task via the "Create download task" button or the context menu.

How to remove unnecessary objects from a photo in a couple of clicks

It's a fact of life: you take a photo and it shows a random passerby, a trash can, or anything else questionable. You can remove them from a photo even without Photoshop in a couple of seconds: you need to know a good service for that.

For example, Nvidia's InPainting tool uses a neural network to silently remove things from your photo. Upload a photo, "smart" brush over the unnecessary details and press "Apply Model". Wait a couple of seconds and the service will show you both original and finalized images - they are available for download. Magic!

There are no limits on the size and volume of unwanted objects. The neural network can also remove facial wrinkles and retouch pictures. This is a very useful tool, especially when traveling - when there is no time to take a lot of pictures or Photoshop is not at hand.

https://www.nvidia.com/research/inpainting/index.html

Useful tricks with YouTube URLs

Insert ss at the beginning of the URL and press ENTER. You will be redirected to the SaveFrom website and the video URL will be automatically inserted in the field for video download.

Add gif to the beginning of the URL and press ENTER. This will automatically send your video to the gifs.com editor server which you can use to easily create a GIF of the video you want.

Age restrictions on YouTube are commonly encountered when watching videos without logging in to your account. Add nsfw to the beginning of the URL to view restricted videos without logging in.

Video calls in your browser without registration

Sometimes you need to make a quick call and you don't have time to download Skype, Zoom, Discord and other similar things. You don't want to waste time on installation and registration, especially if you're sitting in an Internet cafe.

A new service called Zipcall can help. It lets you make video calls right in your browser. You don't need to download or install anything. You don't even have to enter any data.

Just open the service, agree with the offered nickname (you can also use your own), and send the link to the interlocutor in any convenient way, for example by mail or in a message. As soon as he clicks on the link, you can talk.