Formed at the end of March, the External Advisory Council on Advanced Technologies (ATEAC), which was supposed to address ethical issues in artificial intelligence, lasted only a few days. The reason for this was a petition demanding the removal of one of the council members. Kay Coles James, president of the Heritage Foundation, has repeatedly made derogatory comments about sexual minorities, which […]
Today, there are many successful methods for learning English. I want to add my two cents from a different perspective: to talk about what hinders language learning. One such hindrance is that we are not learning it in the right area. I'm not referring to body parts, but to areas of the brain. In the prefrontal cortex, there are Broca's and Wernicke's areas, which are related to […]
The release of the Opera 60 web browser for personal computers, codenamed Reborn 3, has taken place, which is said to set a new standard in the web browser sphere. The Opera Reborn 3 browser features a redesigned interface, with the main goal of placing web content at the center of the user's attention. The creators have removed the dividing lines between different sections, allowing for seamless page viewing without boundaries and without […]
In February, NVIDIA announced the mobile graphics processors GeForce MX230 and MX250. At that time, there were speculations that the higher model would exist in two modifications. Now this information has been confirmed. Briefly, let's recap the key specifications of the GeForce MX250. It has 384 universal processors, a 64-bit memory bus, and up to 4 GB of GDDR5 (effective frequency — 6008 MHz). As is now reported, the developers […]
Hello, Habr! Today we will develop skills in using data grouping and visualization tools in Python. Using the provided dataset on Github, we will analyze several characteristics and create a set of visualizations. Traditionally, at the beginning, we will define our goals: Group data by gender and year and visualize the overall birth rate dynamics for both genders; Find the most popular names throughout history; Break down the entire timeline […]
Developers from Google, in collaboration with engineers from MIT, Columbia, and Princeton Universities, created a robotic mechanical arm called TossingBot, capable of grabbing randomly selected small objects and tossing them into a container. The project's authors state that they had to put in a lot of effort to create the robot. With the help of a special manipulator, it can not only grab random items but also […]
I want to talk to you about why we tend to fix plumbing more often than we write dissertations about it, about different approaches to teaching programming, and how we are trying to apply one of them in our new product, Hyperskill. If you're not fond of lengthy introductions, feel free to jump straight to the paragraph about programming. But this way, it will be […]
When launching a Kubernetes cluster for a specific application, it is essential to understand the requirements that the application, the business, and the developers have for this resource. With this information, one can proceed to make architectural decisions, particularly in choosing a specific Ingress controller, of which there are already many today. To create a basic understanding of the available options without the need to study a plethora of […]
Aerocool has released two new maintenance-free liquid cooling systems from the Pulse series. The new products are called Pulse L240F and L120F, and they differ from the Pulse L240 and L120 models by featuring fans with addressable (pixel) RGB lighting. Each of the new models is equipped with a copper water block that has a fairly large micro-channel structure. At first glance, it seems that a pump is installed right above the water block, as […]
As is known, Microsoft recently introduced test versions of its new Chromium-based browser, which are already available for download. Prior to this, the company launched a new webpage for extensions for the program. Until yesterday, there wasn't much need for it, but now the situation has changed. It is reported that the new resource functions like a Chrome extension store. To access it, you need to do the following: […]
Prologue Call the fire department! Only they can extinguish the fire under his butt. Year 1996 America celebrates Independence Day. In honor of this, Will Smith saves the planet from an alien attack using a computer virus. Meanwhile, I save the planet by coordinating fighters equipped with laser guns. Unfortunately, the rescue is not in a movie, but in the game UFO: Enemy Unknown. In […]
Continuing the topic of setting up Zero Touch PROD under RDS. Future DBAs will not have the ability to connect directly to PROD servers, but will be able to use Jenkins jobs for a limited set of operations. A DBA starts a job and receives an email report on the execution of the operation after some time. Let’s explore ways to present these results to the user. Plain Text Let’s start with […]