Month: April 2019

More chances to playtest Minion Masters now available!

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We’ve opened up more spots to playtest Minion Masters in the Xbox Insider Hub! If you previously tried to join and there were no more spots available, just launch the Xbox Insider Hub, return to Insider content > Minion Masters and select Try again. If you’re new to the Minion Masters playtest, please see HOW TO PARTICIPATE below to join in! In Minion Masters there are many different Masters with unique hero abilities and you collect awesome minions ranging from: Fierce demons, cute creatures, devastating spells and much more. Utilize your minions to destroy the enemy Master! When a minion… Continue reading More chances to playtest Minion Masters now available!→

DevOps For ASP.NET Developers Pt.2 – Source Control | On .NET

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When using Azure Repos you have the option of choosing from centralized version control with TFVC or distributed version control with Git.In part 2 of our DevOps For ASP.NET Developers series, Abel and Jeremy explain the difference between these two op… Continue reading DevOps For ASP.NET Developers Pt.2 – Source Control | On .NET→

Shop the Xbox Sale at Major Retailers Worldwide

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Are you ready for great Xbox One deals?! As of April 14, Xbox One consoles, controllers, Xbox Live Gold membership, and Xbox Game Pass subscriptions are on sale at major retailers near you and online. Similar offers also exist in other markets, so check with your local retailer for more details on availability and pricing as deals will vary between region and retailer. Xbox One Consoles and Bundles on Sale Now’s the best time to jump in with Xbox One. Save $50 on any Xbox One S or Xbox One X bundle through April 27 and get an Apex Legends… Continue reading Shop the Xbox Sale at Major Retailers Worldwide→

Less pain, more gain: A simple method for VAE training with less of that KL-vanishing agony

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There is growing interest in exploring the use of variational auto-encoders (VAE), a deep latent variable model, for text generation. Compared to the standard RNN-based language model that generates sentences one word at a time without the explicit guidance of a global sentence representation, VAE is designed to learn a probabilistic representation of global language […]

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