Mike Kozey

Mike Kozey

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Flokk: A Fresh and Modern Google Contacts Manager That integrates

Flokk

A fresh and modern Google Contacts manager that integrates with GitHub and Twitter.

Contributing

You are invited to improve Flokk Contacts! Submitting pull requests, answering and asking questions in the Issues page, and updating documentation are all ways you can contribute to the app.

Please note that although we are monitoring GitHub issues, we aren't actively maintaining the codebase, so community involvement and contributions are really appreciated going forward. We're aiming to review pull requests on a weekly basis.

Getting Set Up

Demo Builds

To preview the app you can download from the app store on your device by visiting: https://flutter.gskinner.com/folio/#g-download

Installation

If you're new to Flutter the first thing you'll need is to follow the setup instructions.

Once Flutter is setup, you can use the latest stable channel:

  • Run flutter channel stable
  • Run flutter upgrade

Once you're on dev and desktop is enabled, you're ready to run the app:

  • flutter run -d windows
  • flutter run -d macos
  • flutter run -d linux
  • flutter run -d android
  • flutter run -d ios
  • flutter run -d web

If you re-start your IDE, you should also see a new launch option for your current desktop platform.

Client Keys

Google Sign In is required in order to run the app (unless running with cached data). The app uses the Google People API, and you will need to provide your own Google OAuth 2 client credentials in the /lib/api_keys.dart file.

Follow the instructions here to enable the People API and create credentials:

To optionally fetch social data for your contacts, add your own API keys for those as well:

Although the Twitter and GitHub keys are optional, they are recommended. Otherwise the app will not be able to fetch tweets and GitHub calls will be subject to a rate limit (https://developer.github.com/v3/#rate-limiting).

Web Builds

If you're building for web:

  • Edit /web/index.html to include your web credentials (web client Id) <meta name="google-signin-client_id" content="YOUR_GOOGLE_SIGN_IN_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID.apps.googleusercontent.com">.
  • This is needed for Google Sign In to work on web builds. For more details, see https://pub.dev/packages/google_sign_in_web

CORS Proxy

For Twitter support to work on web builds, it is necessary to use a CORS proxy. You can set up a proxy on your own domain, or else run a localhost instance with proxy/app.js.

If setting up on your domain, ensure you have enabled https (https://letsencrypt.org/). Once you have the security certificate, edit proxy/app.js and insert your cert and key. This is not necessary if running a localhost instance.

After the proxy is set up, edit services/twitter_rest_service.dart to point to your running proxy instance (e.g. "https://my-proxy.com", "http://localhost", etc.)

For more information, see https://github.com/Rob--W/cors-anywhere

Running With Cached Data

If you simply want to see the app running, it is possible to run the app using cached data:

  • Run the app at least once, to create your data folders
  • Extract the contents of /sample_data.zip to the newly created data folder on your machine:
    • Windows: \Users\[USER]\AppData\Roaming\flokk
    • Linux: $HOME/.local/share/flokk-contacts
    • macOS: /Users/[USER]/Library/Containers/app.flokk/Data/Library/Application Support/app.flokk
  • Overwrite any files that are there
  • Launch the app again, it should now sign in, and load with existing data.
  • If you sign out, your saved data will be wiped and you will need to repeat the process.

Note: This is meant as a 'read-only' mode so you can quickly explore all the widgets and features of the app. Updates, deletes, etc are not expected to work.

Test & Build

Debug Builds

  • Use flutter run -d DEVICE_ID to deploy a test build
  • To get a list of available DEVICE_ID, use flutter run
  • Typical values are: windows, linux, macos, chrome
  • Add --release to deploy an optimized build

Release Builds

  • Use flutter build PACKAGE_TYPE to build a release package
  • To get a list of available PACKAGE_TYPE, use flutter build
  • Typical values are windows, linux, apk, ios
  • In order to build the snap package one must first run lxd init on your system if you haven't already. ** Then execute snapcraft --use-lxd to create the snap from the flutter build

Force Log In

  • The app uses a kForceWebLogin flag to force release builds to skip the oauth screen.
  • Add --dart-define=flokk.forceWebLogin=true to your build command to enable
  • E.g. flutter build web --dart-define=flokk.forceWebLogin=true

Desktop Runners

The /linux and /windows folders contain modifications and should not be upgraded to upstream without first verifying that each plugin works correctly with the new upstream code and any modifications are made.

Since the desktop runners for this project may contain modifications, upgrades should not be made without first verifying that every plugin and embedder can be upgraded and that they remain compatible after an upgrade. Hopefully this will not be as much of an issue once Flutter's desktop support becomes more mature.

--

Happy Flokking!

Demo Builds

Author: GskinnerTeam
Source Code: https://github.com/gskinnerTeam/flokk 
License: BSD-2-Clause License

#flutter #dart #google 

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Google's TPU's being primed for the Quantum Jump

The liquid-cooled Tensor Processing Units, built to slot into server racks, can deliver up to 100 petaflops of compute.

The liquid-cooled Tensor Processing Units, built to slot into server racks, can deliver up to 100 petaflops of compute.

As the world is gearing towards more automation and AI, the need for quantum computing has also grown exponentially. Quantum computing lies at the intersection of quantum physics and high-end computer technology, and in more than one way, hold the key to our AI-driven future.

Quantum computing requires state-of-the-art tools to perform high-end computing. This is where TPUs come in handy. TPUs or Tensor Processing Units are custom-built ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits) to execute machine learning tasks efficiently. TPUs are specific hardware developed by Google for neural network machine learning, specially customised to Google’s Machine Learning software, Tensorflow.

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Mike Kozey

Mike Kozey

1649052480

Flokk: A Fresh and Modern Google Contacts Manager That integrates

Flokk

A fresh and modern Google Contacts manager that integrates with GitHub and Twitter.

Contributing

You are invited to improve Flokk Contacts! Submitting pull requests, answering and asking questions in the Issues page, and updating documentation are all ways you can contribute to the app.

Please note that although we are monitoring GitHub issues, we aren't actively maintaining the codebase, so community involvement and contributions are really appreciated going forward. We're aiming to review pull requests on a weekly basis.

Getting Set Up

Demo Builds

To preview the app you can download from the app store on your device by visiting: https://flutter.gskinner.com/folio/#g-download

Installation

If you're new to Flutter the first thing you'll need is to follow the setup instructions.

Once Flutter is setup, you can use the latest stable channel:

  • Run flutter channel stable
  • Run flutter upgrade

Once you're on dev and desktop is enabled, you're ready to run the app:

  • flutter run -d windows
  • flutter run -d macos
  • flutter run -d linux
  • flutter run -d android
  • flutter run -d ios
  • flutter run -d web

If you re-start your IDE, you should also see a new launch option for your current desktop platform.

Client Keys

Google Sign In is required in order to run the app (unless running with cached data). The app uses the Google People API, and you will need to provide your own Google OAuth 2 client credentials in the /lib/api_keys.dart file.

Follow the instructions here to enable the People API and create credentials:

To optionally fetch social data for your contacts, add your own API keys for those as well:

Although the Twitter and GitHub keys are optional, they are recommended. Otherwise the app will not be able to fetch tweets and GitHub calls will be subject to a rate limit (https://developer.github.com/v3/#rate-limiting).

Web Builds

If you're building for web:

  • Edit /web/index.html to include your web credentials (web client Id) <meta name="google-signin-client_id" content="YOUR_GOOGLE_SIGN_IN_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID.apps.googleusercontent.com">.
  • This is needed for Google Sign In to work on web builds. For more details, see https://pub.dev/packages/google_sign_in_web

CORS Proxy

For Twitter support to work on web builds, it is necessary to use a CORS proxy. You can set up a proxy on your own domain, or else run a localhost instance with proxy/app.js.

If setting up on your domain, ensure you have enabled https (https://letsencrypt.org/). Once you have the security certificate, edit proxy/app.js and insert your cert and key. This is not necessary if running a localhost instance.

After the proxy is set up, edit services/twitter_rest_service.dart to point to your running proxy instance (e.g. "https://my-proxy.com", "http://localhost", etc.)

For more information, see https://github.com/Rob--W/cors-anywhere

Running With Cached Data

If you simply want to see the app running, it is possible to run the app using cached data:

  • Run the app at least once, to create your data folders
  • Extract the contents of /sample_data.zip to the newly created data folder on your machine:
    • Windows: \Users\[USER]\AppData\Roaming\flokk
    • Linux: $HOME/.local/share/flokk-contacts
    • macOS: /Users/[USER]/Library/Containers/app.flokk/Data/Library/Application Support/app.flokk
  • Overwrite any files that are there
  • Launch the app again, it should now sign in, and load with existing data.
  • If you sign out, your saved data will be wiped and you will need to repeat the process.

Note: This is meant as a 'read-only' mode so you can quickly explore all the widgets and features of the app. Updates, deletes, etc are not expected to work.

Test & Build

Debug Builds

  • Use flutter run -d DEVICE_ID to deploy a test build
  • To get a list of available DEVICE_ID, use flutter run
  • Typical values are: windows, linux, macos, chrome
  • Add --release to deploy an optimized build

Release Builds

  • Use flutter build PACKAGE_TYPE to build a release package
  • To get a list of available PACKAGE_TYPE, use flutter build
  • Typical values are windows, linux, apk, ios
  • In order to build the snap package one must first run lxd init on your system if you haven't already. ** Then execute snapcraft --use-lxd to create the snap from the flutter build

Force Log In

  • The app uses a kForceWebLogin flag to force release builds to skip the oauth screen.
  • Add --dart-define=flokk.forceWebLogin=true to your build command to enable
  • E.g. flutter build web --dart-define=flokk.forceWebLogin=true

Desktop Runners

The /linux and /windows folders contain modifications and should not be upgraded to upstream without first verifying that each plugin works correctly with the new upstream code and any modifications are made.

Since the desktop runners for this project may contain modifications, upgrades should not be made without first verifying that every plugin and embedder can be upgraded and that they remain compatible after an upgrade. Hopefully this will not be as much of an issue once Flutter's desktop support becomes more mature.

--

Happy Flokking!

Demo Builds

Author: GskinnerTeam
Source Code: https://github.com/gskinnerTeam/flokk 
License: BSD-2-Clause License

#flutter #dart #google 

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Contact Tracing App: The Technology, Approach to fight COVID-19/Corona

As COVID-19 staggeringly lands blows to nations across the world, governments are considering ways to see their citizens through this pandemic. At the moment, a WHO situation report clocks the number of confirmed cases above two million along with more than one hundred thousand deaths. With vaccines dubbed as the best possible chance to tackle COVID-19 having no precise time frame of being ready, the talk is quickly shifting away to Contact Tracing Applications.

Contact tracing apps are digital solutions that use mobile technology to power the process of manual contact tracing. The apps follow a user’s movement, either by the use of Bluetooth technology, QR codes, or geo-location data while also tracking and keeping data from other user phones nearby. If one user gets diagnosed, the apps alert other users that they may have been exposed to the virus. As such, Contact Tracing Applications are being welcomed and perceived as an important approach to stem the spread of COVID-19 by providing a more accurate platform with data and information about affected individuals.

How Contact Tracing App Works

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As mentioned above, contact tracing apps leverage mobile technology to trace cases of possible infection more accurately. But how exactly? Once installed and operative, the phone runs the app simultaneously with Bluetooth or location data to transmit signals with unique keys or IDs to phones in the designated range of connection. Similarly, the other phones with the app installed to detect and send back the signals.

For instance, if ‘Individual A’ has the app installed and goes outdoors to run some errands, they will interact with other individuals. In such a case, supposing all the other individuals had functional Contact Tracing Apps, each phone would exchange and store the contact data anonymously. It is important to note that the data collected only covers the app range distance to disregard irrelevant contacts and that their keys repeatedly change as individuals move. In any event that ‘Individual A’ tests positive for COVID-19 through confirmed tests, users who were previously within the proximity of ‘Individual A’ are alerted. Consequently, they are notified to check for symptoms, self-isolate, or get tested. Each time a person tests positive, the app notifies and advises the affected individuals.

In a nutshell, Contact Tracing Apps automate and supplement the traditional concept of tracing contacts to achieve extensive and realistic results in the least time possible.

What are the Benefits of Contact Tracing Apps?

Contract Tracing Apps are assets that offer indispensable solutions to health institutions and the public against COVID-19. There are several reasons why many governments are urging their citizens to use digital contact tracing apps to combat the spread of COVID-19. They include:

  1. The apps are more effective than manual tracing. While not perfect, their predictive algorithms frequently observe individuals detect new cases and analyze the probability one was infected. If one has contact with an asymptomatic individual, they are immediately notified and advised accordingly. Therefore, this saves time, energy, and resources that would have otherwise been overused.
  2. Contact tracing apps facilitate the relaxation of imposed restrictions or lockdowns. With a large number of infected people identified by the apps and put under surveillance, healthy citizens can be allowed to go about their duties. This may be a significant turning point to try and revive economies.
  3. Users’ private data is encrypted and secured. Even if you test positive, other users will only get notifications of possible infections. Your information is protected from both other users and developers of the app.
  4. They will increase the capacity to test and detect COVID-19 cases. With infected users alert, users who come in contact with affected persons come forward to be tested and treated with a higher recovery chance.

Future of Contact Tracing Apps?

Currently, the role of contact tracing apps is limited to accurately identifying infected individuals and their contacts as well as facilitating a quicker response to the Covid-19 threat.

Beyond that, the use of contact tracing apps is projected to take a different turn. One key area bound to change is how people’s privacy is handled. Tech institutions are under growing pressure to devise ways to develop privacy-preserving Contact Tracing Apps.

This will earn the users-trust, which is a pillar for these apps to help contain the disease. Technically, the technology will also have to improve drastically. The apps will have to seamlessly integrate with the user’s phone lifestyle causing minimal or no interference. With most applications having an open-source code, Artificial Intelligence, Beacon Technology, and Big Data solutions will be increasingly harnessed to power and improve them. The apps may also cut across various types of industries apart from health institutions.

How Can It Help to Trace COVID-19 and Reduce the Spread of the Virus?

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Contact Tracing Apps will effectively help stem lowering the cases of COVID-19. By using the apps, officials are able to monitor high-risk individuals easily. Also, should any new case arise, both users and health officials get notified they will swiftly act to trace, test, or isolate infected individuals.

Unlike traditional contact tracing, which may not get all contacts, these apps ensure that once Covid-19 cases are detected, they are all treated early, and those other individuals are not exposed to the infection. They also ward off users from high-risk areas. In the long run, they help break the COVID-19 chain by preventing further spread. Illustratively, an online publication by  CNBC states that more than 500,000 using a Singapore-registered mobile number downloaded the TraceTogether app within the first 24 hours of its launch. Subsequently, together with other government efforts, Singapore has since lowered the infection rate and eased restrictions.

If Contact Tracing Apps are implemented and used alongside other policies, we may as well be a few steps way to curbing this virus.

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What Are Google Compute Engine ? - Explained

What Are Google Compute Engine ? - Explained

The Google computer engine exchanges a large number of scalable virtual machines to serve as clusters used for that purpose. GCE can be managed through a RESTful API, command line interface, or web console. The computing engine is serviced for a minimum of 10-minutes per use. There is no up or front fee or time commitment. GCE competes with Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Microsoft Azure.

https://www.mrdeluofficial.com/2020/08/what-are-google-compute-engine-explained.html

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