Author: Yuri Gagarin

FAQ: What Travelers Need to Know About Vaccines Before Their Trip

A vaccine is a way to signal the immune system about a threat signature, which will lead to an immune response after several cycles of training. Any fight by the body against an infectious disease is an attempt to recognize the threat signature and develop countermeasures. Generally, this process continues until a complete outcome is achieved, that is, until recovery. However, there may be infections that kill the host faster, […]

The GNU Guix 1.0 package manager and the GuixSD distribution based on it are now available.

The release of the GNU Guix 1.0 package manager and the GuixSD GNU/Linux distribution built on it has taken place. The significant version number change is due to the completion of all goals set for the formation of this landmark release. This release summarizes seven years of work on the project and is considered ready for everyday use. Installation images for USB Flash have been created for download, […]

New version of KDE Partition Manager

After a year and a half of development, KDE Partition Manager 4.0 has been released — a utility for working with storage devices and file systems, similar to GParted for Qt environments. The utility is built on the KPMcore library, which is also used by the universal installer Calamares, for example. What is noteworthy about this version? The program no longer requires root permissions to run; instead, it requests elevated permissions for specific operations through […]

NetMarketShare: Users are not in a hurry to switch to Windows 10

Based on a conducted study, NetMarketShare published data on the global distribution of desktop operating systems. The report states that the market share of Windows 10 in April 2019 continued to gradually grow, increasing to 44.10%, while the figure for March was 43.62%. Despite the fact that […]

A ban on code obfuscation is introduced in the Firefox add-ons directory

Mozilla has warned about stricter rules for the Firefox add-ons directory (Mozilla AMO) aimed at combating the placement of malicious add-ons. Starting June 10, it will be prohibited to post add-ons in the directory that utilize code obfuscation methods, such as encoding code in Base64. At the same time, code minimization techniques (like shortening variable and function names, merging JavaScript files, and removing unnecessary […]

Win where winning seems impossible

War is the way of deception. "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu. Once, a friend called me asking for help to win a contest. She was struggling for first place in a beauty contest but was having no luck. Her competitor always ended up ahead. The contest rules were such that you had to upload your photo to the group's album and ask friends to comment on this photo in […]

Choosing a school when moving to the USA

Many families with children planning to move to the USA have heard about the need to carefully select a residential area. It is especially important to understand which schools correspond to the chosen address. After moving, people often feel overwhelmed and don’t have time to navigate the details. It's crucial to understand and remember the following: real estate agency websites and aggregators like Zillow do not provide current and accurate information about […]

Quantum Future (Continued)

Link to the first part. Chapter 2. The Martian Dream Chapter 3. The Spirit of the Empire Chapter 2. The Martian Dream A young scientist, Maxim Minin, was walking over a small hill on the surface of Mars, leaving shallow footprints in the red sand. He had arrived twenty minutes earlier on a passenger flight of INKIS to the spaceport of the city of Tule, invited for work at the leading Martian corporation 'Telecom-ru'. […]

Net Applications assessed the landscape of the global browser market.

The analytics company Net Applications has released the April statistics for the global web browser market. According to the data presented, Google Chrome continues to be the most popular browser among desktop users, with a market share of a substantial 65.4 percent. In second place is Firefox (10.2%), followed by Internet Explorer (8.4%). The new browser from Microsoft, Edge, which has replaced IE, […]

Beginner's Guide to Docker Compose

The author of the article whose translation we are publishing today states that it is intended for those developers who want to learn Docker Compose and aim to create their first client-server application using Docker. It is assumed that the reader of this material is familiar with the basics of Docker. If not, you can take a look at this series of materials, at this publication, […]

Learning Docker, Part 6: Working with Data

In today's part of the translation series about Docker, we will discuss working with data. Specifically, we will focus on Docker volumes. In these materials, we have consistently compared Docker's software mechanisms with various edible analogies. Let's not stray from this tradition here. Data in Docker can be likened to spices. There are many types of spices in the world, and […]

Kubernetes Guide, Part 1: Applications, Microservices, and Containers

At our request, Habr has created a Kubernetes hub, and we are pleased to publish the first article there. Follow us! Kubernetes is simple. So why do banks pay me big money to work in this field when anyone can master this technology in just a few hours? If you doubt that Kubernetes can be learned this way […]

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