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Assets used for Skylanders Trap Team's Magic Skylanders Polaroids (skylanders.com, 2013/2014) (pt1)

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Music in the EAH Universe and who listens to them Part 1.

This is just an excuse to try to make music puns and share music I think the characters would listen to. (Some of these are even canon by the books!) I don't even like a majority of these musicians but I am fully convinced of my choices here. I marked in colours the one that are canonically part of the EAH Universe.

Since Tumblr only allows 100 inline links for a post I have to make different parts.

Part 1 (Alistair, Apple, Ashlynn, Blondie, Briar, Bunny)

Part 2 (Cupid, Cedar, Cerise, Chase, Courtly, Daring)

Part 3 (Darling, Dexter, Duchess, Farrah, Faybelle, Ginger)

Part 4 (Holly, Hopper, Humphrey, Hunter, Jillian, Justine)

Part 5 (Kitty, Lizzie, Maddie, Meeshell, Melody, Nina)

Part 6 (Poppy, Ramona, Raven, Rosabella, Sparrow, Tucker)

♤♡◇♧ Alistair Wonderland Liddel ♤♡◇♧

David Longbow (Heroes, Changes, Under Pressure)

Tailor Hall (Fate of the stars, The Trap, Hymn for a Scarecrow)

The Beetles (Strawberry Fields Forever, Lucy in the sky with diamonds, Yesterday)

The Doorknobs (People Are Strange, Light My Fire, Strange Days)

The Poison (Lullaby, Three Imaginary Boys, The Caterpillar)

🍎❄🪞✨ Apple White ✨🪞❄🍎

One Reflection (You Don’t Know You’re Beautiful Charming, Story of my life, One Thing)

Taylor Quick (Love Story, Castles Crumbling, I Knew You Were Trouble)

Little Red Sheeran (The A Team, Celestial, Love In Slow Motion)

Reneé Rabbit (It‘s not my fault, poison poison, snow angel)

Chappell Throne (Good luck Babe, Kaleidoscope, California)

(the last two are secret because of comphet)

ʚ ☾⋆｡𖦹 °✩ 👠₊˚⊹♡ 𓍯 ɞ Ashlynn Ella ʚ ☾⋆｡𖦹 °✩ 👠₊˚⊹♡ 𓍯 ɞ

Taylor Quick (Wildest Dreams, Daylight, Lover)

Elvis Princely (Can't Help Falling In Love With You, Suspicious Minds, Love Me Tender)

Fleetwood Myth (Dreams, Landslide, Say You Love Me)

Florence & The Mill (Shake it out, South London Forever, No Choir)

Lana D'Aulnoy (Cinnamon Girl, Say Yes To Heaven, Margaret)

🗝🐻🧸📋🧋 Blondie Lockes 🗝🐻🧸📋🧋

ABBA-cadabra (Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen, Voulez-vous)

Goldie (Heart of Glass, Atomic, Rapture)

Fleetwood Myth (Little Lies, Second Hand News, Mystified)

Dolly Charmton (Jolene, Dumb Blonde, Powerful Women)

Maidonna (Material Girl, True Blue, Borderline)

🥀 ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁 🥀 Briar Beauty 🥀 𐰁 𝗓 ᶻ 🥀

Sugar and Spice Girls (Wannabe, Spice up your life, Stop)

Chappell Throne (Good Luck Babe, Pink Pony Club, HOT TO GO!)

Katy Fairy (I kissed a girl, Last Friday Night, California Gurls)

Royale (Green Light, Perfect Places, Ribs)

Gwen Stepfairy (Just A Girl, Misery, Cool)

ִֶָ𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ🐇་༘࿐ Bunny Blanc ִֶָ𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ🐇་༘࿐

The Beetles (Here Comes The Sun, She Loves You, All You Need Is Love)

The Doorknobs (Light My Fire, Love Me Two Times, The Spy)

Fleetwood Myth (As Long As You Follow, Monday Morning, Dreams)

Lana D'Aulnoy (Chemtrails Over the Country Club, Terrence Love You, White Dress)

Spellanie Martinez (Tunnel Vision, Tag, You're It, Notebook)

You are trapped on an eight-hour long road trip with these guys and you have to give one of them the aux chord.

[brokehorrorfan]

4K Ultra HD Review: Basket Case

Unlike most "prestigious" organizations dedicated to the arts (I'm looking at you, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences), the Museum of Modern Art doesn't ignore the existence of genre fare. Nevertheless, there's something surreal about seeing "This film is from the collections of The Museum of Modern Art" at the start of Basket Case, a sleazy exploitation picture shot on 16mm over the course of a year for under $35,000.

The 1982 film follows Duane Bradley (Kevin VanHentenryck), who carries around his formerly-conjoined twin brother, a deformed, fleshy menace named Belial, in a wicker basket. While Duane intends to get revenge on the medical professionals who performed their unwanted separation surgery, Belial indiscriminately kills anyone who opens the basket like a malevolent jack in the box.

It's clear from the start that some sort of creature is contained within the basket, but writer-director Frank Henenlotter (Frankenhooker, Brain Damage) smartly allows the tension to build before revealing Belial in all his glory at the end of the first act. There's no mistaking it for anything but inanimate rubber (save for a primitive stop-motion sequence), but its blood-curdling screams give it life. Special effects artists Kevin Haney and John Caglione Jr. both won Oscars for Best Makeup — for Driving Miss Daisy and Dick Tracy, respectively — less than a decade removed from Basket Case.

MoMA's 4K restoration of Basket Case's original 16mm AB negative reels arrives on 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible) and original uncompressed PCM mono audio via Arrow Video. Importantly, the restoration presents the film in newfound clarity while preserving the '80s NYC grime inherent to the film. The limited edition set comes with reversible artwork, a double-sided fold-out poster, and a booklet with writing on the film by horror historian Michael Gingold and a Basket Case comic strip by Martin Trafford, all housed in a slipcase featuring artwork by Sara Deck.

While no new special features were produced for the 4K, the plethora of existing materials including cover every conceivable aspect of the film. Henenlotter and VanHentenryck's breathless commentary from Arrow's 2017 Blu-ray doubles as a low-budget film school, from reusing sets to dumpster diving for decor. An archival track from Something Weird's 2001 DVD with Henenlotter, producer Edgar Ievins, actress Beverly Bonner, and Basket Case 2 production assistant Scooter McRae repeats most of the insight, but it's fun to hear their rapport.

Interviews are ported over with VanHentenryck, who discusses his cerebral approach to playing the character; Bonner, who wrote and starred in a play examining where her character might be 30 years after Basket Case; Florence and Maryellen Schultz, Henenlotter's identical twin cousins who play nurses in the film and share his unique sense of humor; and legendary film critic and The Last Drive-In host Joe Bob Briggs, whose campaign to host the film's drive-in premiere saved it from being cut by its distributor.

A joke interview with Henenlotter features the filmmaker portrayed by Albert Cadabra, a sideshow performer who edited Henenlotter's Bad Biology, in the nude. The Latvian Connection explores four crucial members of the Basket Case team of Latvian descent: Ievins, associate producer/effects artist Ugis Nigals, casting director/actress Ilze Balodis, and Belial performer Kika Nigals. What’s in the Basket? is a 78-minute documentary produced by Severin Films in 2012 covering the Basket Case franchise with cast and crew.

Three short films are featured: Basket Case 3½, an 8-minute mockumentary from 2017 in which Henenlotter interviews "Duane Bradley" (VanHentenryck) about the events of Basket Case; Slash of the Knife, Henenlotter's 1976 short film that ultimately lead him to make Basket Case, with optional commentary by Henenlotter and playwright Mike Bencivenga and outtakes; and Belial’s Dream, a 2017 stop-motion animated short by Robert Morgan (who just made his feature debut with Stopmotion), accompanied by its own brief making-of featurette.

Other extras include: the MoMA's 2017 restoration premiere introduction and Q&A with Henenlotter, VanHentenryck, Bonner, the Schultz twins, and Ugis Nigals; The Frisson of Fission, a video essay by film historian Travis Crawford exploring the history of conjoined twins and "freaks" in cinema; a 2011 filming location tour with Henenlotter and rapper R.A. The Rugged Man (who co-wrote Bad Biology) explore the filming locations; outtakes; five image galleries (promotional stills, behind the scenes, ephemera, advertisements, home video releases); three trailers; a TV spot; and two radio spots.

Henenlotter didn't set out to make a cult film — in fact, he didn't think anyone would ever see his feature debut — but that's what he accomplished with Basket Case. Shot on location in New York City, the picture doubles as a time capsule of a seedy version of Times Square that no longer exists; one littered with drug dealers, sex workers, and porno theaters. While the sequels would lean more into the comedy, the original film balanced its camp with well-placed shocks.

Basket Case will be released on 4K Ultra HD on April 30 via Arrow Video.

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Willa Yukimura-McDonald, aka Miss (later Mrs.) Weatherly Chanelle: leader of the Guardeners!

Powers: Can control/manipulate weather from drawing the electromagnetic energy from the Earth's surface, bending elements.

Willa is the youngest/adopted daughter of Old McDonald, who had a fascination with asking impossible questions about the weather and the world around her. She later became a weather reporter in Storybrook.

Her name means "will; desire, and protection."

Princess Blossom Twinkletoes, aka Flower Power: second in command of the Guardeners!

Powers: Can manipulate plant life by dancing. She can create any type of plant depending if she focuses hard enough or depends on her emotions.

Blossom is one of twelve flowering daughters of a king and queen from "The Twelve Dancing Princesses" who all came from several types of flower seeds and grew in the couple's garden. She becomes a dance teacher.

Her outfit is heavily based on hippies/disco culture. Her name means "flower-like"

She's very sensitive to very cold and hot temperatures and loud noises, among many others. She has hypersesthesia/sensory processing disorder.

Laurie Mary-Jane Dolittle, also known as Nurse Vetico: member of the Guardeners!

Powers: Can communicate with animals. Using her helmet, she can send messages even further if her team needs backup. She can also heal others, making her the healer/nurse of the team.

Laurie is the younger daughter of Dr. John Lloyd-Dolittle (and aunt of current day Dr. Dolittle. The trait of communicating animals was passed down from many generations. She later becomes a veterinarian.

Though she loves purple and pink, she wears blue in her hero form since blue is a calming color and helps ease those animals who are injured.

Her name means "symbol of victory."

Coral Reef, also known as Zena-Waste: member of the Guardeners!

Powers: Can manipulate water and bend the matter (turning it into ice, turning it into steam, etc). She can also use her Cadabra-Grabbers (her arm braces) to grab tons of trash.

She's the daughter of a Mermaid and a sea monster (current day aunt of the Little Mermaid). She's missing her left leg due to it being caught in a ship's blade (her tail is also affected). She has a hard time swimming and uses floats to support herself.

Her entire outfit is made from reused plastic, bags, papers, and metals.

Her name means "sea growth."

Here are my fan made group of Super Readers, taking place in the late 60s to the 70s! They used the powers of nature to protect the Earth and teach others how they can protect their Earth and be more eco-friendly!

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Skylanders That Haven't Been Used On This Blog Yet (Updated again!)

I'd like to get at least one quote with every Skylander, so if you have any ideas please submit them!

(*) means they were mentioned, but haven't gotten a proper quote.

SWAP Force:

Dune Bug

Rip Tide

Rubble Rouser

Scorp

Stink Bomb

Fryno

Trap Team:

Cobra Cadabra

Jawbreaker

Chopper

Krypt King

Thunderbolt

Flip Wreck*

Wallop

Fist Bump

Imaginators:

Pain-Yatta

Dr. Neo Cortex

Grave Clobber

Tri-Tip*

Minis:

Barkley

Gill Runt

Terrabite

Thumpling

Small Fry

Weeruptor

Ring of Heroes Portal Masters:

George

Bruno

Ryeo

Oscar

Adriana

[spiritmander13]

Silly Game Time: Who are some of your favorite alien (non-human *and* extra-terrestrial) characters? And what do you like about them?

They can be from sci-fi or fantasy, from other worlds or dimensions or realms. All that matters is that they're not from Earth and that they're not human in any traditional sense (and, most of all, that you find them interesting).

While I would say things like Silver Spoon, I'm gonna point to my favorite game franchise.

Scratch, Chopper, and Cobra Cadabra from Skylanders. Technically, Cobra could be seen as humanoid because of the arms, but I find the three unique simply because they're three cores from the middle two games that aren't that popular in the community.

"The Luck Of The Claw!"

Scratch is the only one from SWAP Force and as you can see, she's a feathercat. Core Skylander of the Air Element, I like her because of many reasons. One of my favorite things about Skylanders is how unique the designs will get and Scratch sortof goes back to the basic days of Spyro's Adventure, which you're not going to see more in later designs. She also breaks the traditional color coding of the Air element; instead of shades of white and light blue, we're treated to gold, magenta, and green, which is moreso a personal preference than a fun fact.

She's also UNGODLY powerful. There's a bit of a trend where the Cores from SWAP Force are either a complete miss or a direct STAB, and Scratch is a direct stab. Her Ruby Path upgrades her critical hit chance while her Sapphire Path focuses on speed and the final upgrade in that path can even slow enemies. Most importantly, her Soul Gem (found in Fantasm Forest, which is near the tail end of the game) makes her HEAL A BIT WHILE COLLECTING COINS. It's only like 7 HP on max level, but considering they're the thing you collect the most, Scratch is absolutely terrifying.

"Dyno-Mite!"

Chopper is a Core Skylander from the Tech Element from Trap Team and he's a t-rex. A crazy t-rex. A crazy t-rex with a fucking helicopter pack and MISSILES, ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I kin this guy. He's pretty decent for a Core Skylander and I love the personality. Most importantly, his first attack (THE MISSILES) are homing and will spin after firing, which makes it so you can just fly around and spam the first attack button, which makes Chopper a decent pick for certain situations like facing a Tech villain during Nightmare Mode.

Fun Fact: Chopper was originally going to be the Tech Giant, however TfB realized that T-rexes are more horizontal than vertical and it would take up most of the portal, so they created Bouncer to replace him. Another fun fact: he can fly by simply double-tapping the jump button.

"Charmed and Ready!"

Cobra Cadabra is a Core Skylander from the Magic Element from Trap Team. He is a cobra with arms (which you can interpret as humanoid but I digress) and is based around snake charmers. While there's nothing too notable about his personality (other than he is mysterious and actually doesn't have the traditional snake lisp), his attacks and his whole design is wonderful. Props to the concept artist for coming up with a snake who's a snake charmer.

His attacks may not be unique, but they're wonderful to me, and while this community won't give him some love, I will. Most notably, his first attack might just be a simple spammable bullet at first. But there is an upgrade called Keep The Beat! which added an extra challenge for extra damage. As you can tell, because Cobra Cadabra is rooted to music, the challenge was to keep with the beat of the background music. If you perfectly time your first attacks with the beat, you get an extra damage boost. Best of all, with another upgrade in the Concerto Cobra Path, the notes can bounce off walls. Trap Team was pretty much the game to try out different unique mechanics besides the Trap Masters and this was VERY unique and interesting. Also, I managed to max him out in 30 minutes after acquiring him, so there's that.

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hey! im back! i don't know enact happened to me a few asks before.. i think i found someone's secret stash of whatever. anyway..

For Cody,

Have you gotten mauled by a bear again? or was it a one time thing?

For both,

If you two were pokemon trainers, what team would you use?

For Noah,

What are the things yeast you wouldn't do for money, just curious.

best regards,

🧶anon!

Cody: yay yarns back!

Noah: with good questions you start codes

Cody: oh it was a one time thing thankfully

Noah: as for what I wouldn't do for money...kill my family sell myself kill cody,eva,izzy or Owen. Just the basics

Cody:Pokémon teams....well I work best with grass type to probably Leafeon Bulbasaur Sprigatito skitty and Greninja....do they have to be at level one or can it be the ones I like most from different games?

Noah: no idea but grininjas a good pick id also have charmander lefeon cadabra if I could id have a silvion and thats it

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Remembering my nerdy kid obsessions: skylanders.

I love these little things, and i find it so weird how the series seemingly got wiped out sometime in 2017, and people forgot about it.

Never seen a trend die harder XD

Eh, i've still held on to em, and i love every single one of em :D

The ones i have:

Series 1 Shroomboom - Life - Giants

Trap Shadow - Magic - Swap Force

Series 1 Stump Smash - Life - SSA

Blast Zone - Fire - Swap Force

Wash Buckler - Water - Swap Force

Super Shot Stealth Elf - Life - Superchargers

Food Fight - Life - Trap Team

Ninja Stealth Elf - Life - Swap Force

Star Strike - Magic - Swap Force

King Pin - Water - Imaginators

Golden Queen - Earth - Imaginators

Crash Bandicunt - Life - Imaginators

Dr Neo Cuntex - Tech - Imaginators

Big Bang Trigger Happy - Tech - Swap Force

I remembered all of these off the top of my thinking dome B)

Damn im obsessed send help lmao.

The ones i used to have but were lost/destroyed :(

Series 2 Chop Chop - Undead - Giants (2012-2014)🪦

Wind Up - Tech - Swap Force (2013-2021)🪦

Snap Shot - (2014-2016)🪦

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Take a moment to remember these sad lost plastic beans...

And then completely forget about them as you rant about-

The ones i want/am going to get:

ALL OF THEM.

But these are the ones i want the most:

Chopper - Tech - Trap Team

Knight Light - Light - Trap Team

Zook - Life - SSA

Legendary Bone Bash Roller Brawl (jfc-) - Undead - Superchargers

Cobra Cadabra - Magic - Trap Team

Jawbreaker - Tech - Trap Team

Hot Dog/Molten Hot Dog - Fire - Giants

Swarm - Air - Giants

Pit Boss - Undead - Imaginators

Chopscotch - Undead - Imaginators

Springtime Big Bang Trigger Happy - Tech - Swap Force

Night Shift - Undead - Swap Force

Theres more but i wont bore you with that XD

I LOVE this series, and if anyone wants, i am more than happy to keep talking about it lol.

Hit me up with a quessy if u wanna :D

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Listed below are the locations of the Soul Gems in Trap Team:

Bat Spin - Telescope Towers

Blackout - Know-It-All Island

Blades - Soda Springs

Blastermind - Skyhighlands

Bushwhack - Chompy Mountain

Chopper - Chef Zeppelin

Cobra Cadabra - Operation: Troll Rocket Steal

Déjà Vu - Rainfish Riviera

Echo - Secret Sewers of Supreme Stink

Enigma - Operation: Troll Rocket Steal

Fist Bump - Monster Marsh

Fling Kong - Wilikin Workshop

Flip Wreck - Mystic Mill

Food Fight - Know-It-All Island

Funny Bone - Phoenix Psanctuary

Gearshift - The Future of Skylands

Gusto - Chompy Mountain

Head Rush - Wilikin Workshop

High Five - Secret Sewers of Supreme Stink

Jawbreaker - Soda Springs

Ka-Boom - The Ultimate Weapon

Knight Light - Sunscraper Spire

Knight Mare - Midnight Museum

Krypt King - Monster Marsh

Lob-Star - Rainfish Riviera

Rocky Roll - Time Town

Short Cut - Lair of the Golden Queen

Snap Shot - Phoenix Psanctuary

Spotlight - Soda Springs

Trail Blazer - The Future of Skylands

Tread Head - Mystic Mill

Thunderbolt - Time Town

Torch - Mystic Mill

Tuff Luck - The Golden Desert

Wallop - Chompy Mountain

Wildfire - Telescope Towers

[mahddyboy]

[Review] Adore - Nintendo Switch

Developer: Cadabra Games | Publisher: QUByte Interactive | Release Date: 03/08/2023Price: $19.99/£17.99 | Review Code Provided by the Publishers | Genre: Action, Adventure, Other, RPG | Platform: Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC (Steam) Story/Description Explore, collect creatures, and build your team with real-time gameplay in Adore! Adore is a…

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Watching dead end episodes 1-4 live thought jotting down:

What DOES Courtney know about demons cause she was already summoning Temeluchus to try and go home but she doesn't know what the 10th plane is like. She does know about the DWF and about Bathmos

Pugsleys little bark of resolution and his little gallop to run and jump in front of the possession beam and im cryign

Temeluchus is already dead but also in his little backstory monologue he mentions his parents met in the Blood Wars.

Courtney hired them to be security for her bc she feels threatened

Maybe Norma had a tiny crush on Barney at first but totally gets over it by the 2nd episode and they basically become family , kind of just HC

The basement has some cobwebs and cardboard cutouts and electrical candles and they have matching coffin beds.

The first flight of steps in Dead End flattens out

When all the dead end employees died

How does Barney and Pugsley's relationship change as Pugs becomes a person

The gold passes have trackers

Josh started at the same time.

What are the names of the burger flipper boy and the diner-saur hostess/smoothie

Temeluchus is a demon warlock

"Anything but [abra-cadabra]"

Josh is like a casual asshole

Badyah also has a pink scarf and barney has pink sunglasses

Logs has a lot of empathy and is probably the second most anxious person in the park

Courtney has huge purple sunglasses and norma has yellow ones

Norma has issues with physical contact and closeness

Badyah is afraid of hamsters/crawling under her clothes

Pugsley is afraid of thing that could hurt him but he also fears losing control over his own power

Logs is afraid of social anxiety

Josh is afraid of facial deformities

Barney is afraid of being alone of no one being in his side

Courtney is sappy when they come into her fear world and say she's got them now

Patrick is turning 10 or so

Courtney applied to Hoxs Castle 500 years ago

The signs for the audience saying applesauce instead of applause

Barney and Norma and Pugsley known as one of the only teams to technically complete the castlerun, sort of HC for future

There's demon shows and demon commercials and so there must be demon news reporters and art majors?

barney still hasn't called his therapist. where is the therapist

hox is such a pouty high maintence independent he's so funny absolutely bitchless

The Demonic Royal Family has a reputation to be protected

Barney died lmao

Zagan has a phone

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Assets used for Cobra Cadabra's Character page (skylanders.com, 2014)

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Top MLOps Tools Of 2024

Take M3GAN, for example. What can a child, a toy inventor/scientist, and a killer cyborg doll teach us about technology? No spoilers, but yes, M3GAN does turn into a killer robot. Instead, let’s admire the wonders of Machine Learning, which is the backbone of M3GAN’s capabilities!

In the movie, M3GAN’s skills reflect real innovations in Machine Learning. On another level, her creator Gemma is also learning from M3GAN’s behavior and actions. She realizes that M3GAN’s development is an ongoing lifecycle with various stages of learning.

With the buzz around Machine Learning and MLOps, how can Gemma find the right platform to train M3GAN to avoid becoming a killer robot? Don't worry, Gemma – we've got you covered.

Here are the top 5 Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) Tools of 2024!

Are you familiar with Machine Learning and how it streamlines data processes? If so, you're in the right place!

Today, we’ll explore MLOps Tools, which stand for Machine Learning Operations. These tools help businesses automate their Machine Learning workflows and deployments.

MLOps is primarily used to structure the development of machine learning models and align teams for efficient development. As you're aware, AI has been revolutionizing the tech landscape over the past few years. MLOps is no exception!

MLOps Tools have become popular due to their flexibility, community support, and adaptability to various workflows. Closed-source platforms offer enterprise-grade features, enhanced security, and dedicated user support.

So, what’s the best tool for you? Let’s end the suspense by diving into the top 5 MLOps Tools of 2024!

To recap, MLOps Tools help streamline the machine learning lifecycle. They integrate right from the development stage, through operations, and the entire lifecycle process by facilitating tasks such as data preprocessing, model training, deployment, monitoring, and scaling. These tools help development teams seamlessly collaborate and effectively manage ML models in production!

Here are the top 5 MLOps Tools of 2024 – in a spooky, creepy, random order!

Tool 1: Amazon SageMaker

Once upon a time, in 1994, Amazon was born. Originally called Cadabra for a year, Amazon is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA, and employs over 1.5 million people worldwide. In 2023, Amazon won in two categories at the Retail Week Awards and the JMCP Award of Excellence, along with many more recognitions for its innovative solutions.

Amazon SageMaker is a fully managed service that brings together a broad set of tools to enable high-performance, low-cost machine learning for any use case. It's a fully managed machine learning service that allows developers and data scientists to build, train, and deploy machine learning models at scale. It helps build, train, and deploy ML models at scale using tools like notebooks, debuggers, profilers, pipelines, MLOps, and more – all in one integrated development environment (IDE).

Based on a pay-as-you-go model, SageMaker allows users to train their workflows using their own algorithms and training scripts, with support for distributed training across multiple instances. It also makes it easy to deploy trained models to production environments using managed hosting services, with support for real-time inference and batch prediction. How cool is that!

Tool 2: Microsoft Azure ML

Everyone is a little biased, and so are we about the legendary Microsoft. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, its current headquarters is in Washington, United States. They are ranked fifth in ‘America’s 100 Most Just Companies’ and received a 100% rating on the HRC Corporate Equality Index™ for 2023. Leaders for a reason!

Azure Machine Learning by Microsoft is a cloud-based machine learning platform. It offers data scientists and developers a unified platform to build, train, and deploy machine learning models at scale. It boasts a wide range of tools and services for the complete ML lifecycle, from data preparation and model development to deployment and monitoring.

What helps it stand out in the market is its ability to quickly build and deploy machine learning models without extensive manual tuning or coding. With its model interpretability and explainability, it allows users to understand how models make predictions and identify factors contributing to model performance. From beginners to experts, this MLOps Tool is for everyone!

Tool 3: lakeFS

lakeFS was developed by Oz Katz and Einat Orr and was first released in August 2020. With official partners such as AWS, Azure, and NetApp, it serves clients like Netflix, Enigma, and Karius. LakeFS aims to simplify the lives of data engineers, data scientists, and analysts by providing a data version control platform at scale. Pretty cool, if you ask us!

lakeFS is an open-source, scalable data version control solution that provides a Git-like version control interface for object storage. lakeFS helps accelerate your team and simplify the version control process for ML use cases. It has a unique zero-copy import of datasets, making different versions available to all. It supports both structured and unstructured datasets and trains the ML model locally at scale in a distributed computing environment.

Users often commend lakeFS’ open-source features and its resilient platform that enables faster recovery from data loss through its robust revert capabilities. Moreover, it provides faster development with zero-copy branching, allowing for seamless experimentation and cooperation for ML development teams.

Tool 4: MLFlow

MLFlow is headquartered in California, United States, and was founded in 2018. MLFlow was founded by Matei Zaharia & Aaron Davidson, and in 2023, they crossed 16 million users. Today, they have esteemed clients such as Meta, Booking.com, Zillow, and many more. MLflow was successfully incorporated with popular AI services and frameworks such as Hugging Face, LangChain, and OpenAI in 2023.

MLFlow is an open-source tool that helps businesses manage core parts of their machine learning lifecycle. It is used for experiment tracking, reproducibility, deployment, and model registry. Organizations can manage machine learning experiments and model metadata using CLI, Python, R, Java, and REST API.

MLFlow’s core functions range from tracking, storing, project management to deployment. It helps create a central model store that provides versioning, stage transitions, annotations, and managing machine learning models.

Tool 5: PyTorch

Nestled in Warsaw, Poland, PyTorch was founded in 2016. They have a robust client portfolio that includes Amazon Advertising, Salesforce, and even Stanford University. It was originally developed by Meta (formerly Facebook) and in 2022 became part of the PyTorch Foundation under the Linux Foundation umbrella.

PyTorch was developed by Facebook’s AI Research Lab (FAIR) and is a popular machine learning framework that offers a flexible and dynamic approach to neural networks. PyTorch provides more control over the training process as things are not abstracted to the virtual layer. Moreover, PyTorch can be deployed for different ML use cases thanks to its adaptability.

What’s great about PyTorch is that as an open-source tool, it allows users to develop deep learning models too. They use dynamic computational graphs that allow flexibility and intuitive debugging compared to static graph-based frameworks. It also seamlessly integrates with CUDA for GPU acceleration, enabling faster model training and inference on NVIDIA GPUs. This makes it an ideal solution for enterprises looking to boost their MLOps!

Conclusion

The machine learning landscape is continually evolving, driven by the need for robust, scalable, and efficient tools. That’s where MLOps Tools shine!

Our top 5 MLOps picks offer unique capabilities that streamline the end-to-end machine learning lifecycle. From data preprocessing and model training to deployment and monitoring, MLOps Tools empower teams to automate workflows, ensure reproducibility, and maintain model performance in production environments.

Remember: since each business has unique MLOps needs, choose a tool that meets all your requirements!

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Challenge to Remote Teams: How can we effectuate this Team Brainstorming exercise as remote workers in digital presence and time. 

We all have independent and random work styles and hours and it is difficult to get everyone on the same time (in spirit, energy, window of creative opportunity) This Crazy World of Business is an amazing and pleasing of multiworld connections and we open our doors to the exciting world of possibilities with the most sociable and creative people on the planeta.  "Planeta Ours"

Abra Cadabra...Tag Your Team and Us.  Show Off Your Skills and Style.  

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Kaleb anon here: what’s Ur favorite pokemon from each gen?

Well, first of all, I should point out that most of my favorite Pokemon are from the first three or four generations, because it was after that point I sort of drifted away from the franchise. XD So with a lot of the newer Pokemon from at least Gen 5 onward, I don't really HAVE any proper favorites, because I don't know them. I can judge based on designs and fanworks I spy, but that's about it. With that said...and in no particular order... Gen 1 = Mew & Mewtwo, Charizard, Abra-Cadabra-Alakazam, Snorlax, Meowth-Persian (mostly because of Team Rocket), Drowzee-Hypno, Mr. Mime, Dragonite, and Gastly-Haunter-Gengar.

Gen 2 = Lugia, Houndoom, Umbreon, Ursaring, Misdreavus, Marill-Azumarill, Totodile-Feraligatr, Typhlosion, Unown, Wobbuffet (again, mostly because of Team Rocket)

(Guess which Generations I grew up with most. XD )

Gen 3 = Seviper, Swalot, Absol

Gen 4 = Luxray, Mismagius, Mime Jr. (T-to the-E-to the-A-to the-M Rocket!), Lucario, Hippowdon, Dusknoir

Gen 5 = Zorua-Zoroark, Litwick-Lampent-Chandelure, Krookodile, Beartic

Gen 6 = Pyroar, Pangoro, Phantump-Trevenant, Pumpkaboo-Gourgeist, Sylveon

Gen 7 = Incineroar, Lyancroc, Mimikyu, Guzzlord, Marshadow

Gen 8 = Mr. Rime, Obstagoon, Corvisquire-Corviknight, Scorbunny-Cinderace, Greedent, Thievul

Gen 9 = Meowscarada...yeah, that's pretty much it. XD