Friends, it's time to summarize our project-competition 'Server in the Clouds.' For those who are not aware, we launched a fun geek project: we built a small server on Raspberry Pi 3, attached a GPS tracker and sensors to it, loaded everything onto a balloon, and entrusted it to the forces of nature. Where the balloon will land is known only to the gods of the winds and patrons of ballooning, so we suggested a challenge.
The "Yandex.Disk" app for devices running the Android operating system has gained new features that enhance the convenience of managing a collection of photos. It is noted that users of "Yandex.Disk" can now create a universal photo gallery. This gallery combines images from the cloud storage and the mobile device's memory. Thus, all photos are in one place. The app generates small icons for previewing the photos: […]
"Fifteen," or "Fifteen Puzzle," is a great example of a simple logic game popular worldwide. To solve the puzzle, one must arrange the numbered tiles in order from smallest to largest. This is not easy, but it’s interesting. In today's tutorial, we show how to develop the "Fifteen Puzzle" in Java 8 using Eclipse. For the UI development, we will use the Swing API. Reminder: […]
Learning English through games and books is enjoyable and quite effective. And if the game and the book are combined into a single mobile application, it’s even more convenient. Over the past year, I have been slowly exploring the genre of mobile "gamebooks"; after my insights, I am ready to acknowledge that it is an interesting, unique, and not widely known branch […]
The creators from Ghost Town Games, together with publisher Team17, have announced a season pass for Overcooked! 2. It includes three add-ons—about the first of which the developers shared some details along with a brief teaser. It seems that the game will receive a lot of new content. The first DLC is called Campfire Cook Off, sending all cooking masters to a camp. Players will need to create dishes outdoors […]
The new version of Google Chrome will be released with a whole series of enhancements for desktop and mobile platforms. It will also feature a special adaptation for Windows 10. It has been reported that Chrome 74 will adapt to the visual style used in the operating system. In other words, the browser's theme will automatically adjust to the dark or light theme of "ten." Additionally, version 74 […]
Are WSUS clients reluctant to update after changing the server? Then we are here to help. (C) We have all faced situations where something stopped working. This article will discuss WSUS (more detailed information about WSUS can be found here and here). Specifically, we’ll cover how to make WSUS clients (i.e., our computers) receive updates again […]
Have you ever wanted to work in a team that tackles creative and unconventional challenges, where employees are friendly, smiling, and creative, where they are satisfied with their work, strive to be effective and successful, and where a true team spirit prevails that continuously develops itself? Of course, yes. We deal with management, labor organization, and HR issues. Our specialization is teams and companies […]
I believe that all of us go to restaurants with friends or colleagues. After a fun time, the waiter brings the bill. The next question can be resolved in several ways: The first way, the 'gentlemanly' approach. A tip of 10–15% is added to the bill, and the resulting amount is divided equally among all male individuals. The second way, the 'socialist' approach. The bill is divided equally among all, regardless of […]
This is the first publication in a series of materials dedicated to the changes, improvements, and additions in the upcoming Red Hat OpenShift platform update to version 4.0, which will help prepare for the transition to the new version. Since representatives of the emerging Kubernetes community first gathered in the fall of 2014 at Google’s office in Seattle, it was clear that the project […]
A Brief Primer for Beginners on Why Modular UPS are Superior and How This Came to Be. Uninterruptible power supplies for data centers are classified into two large groups based on their architecture: monolithic and modular. The former belongs to the traditional type of UPS, while the latter is comparatively new and more advanced. How Monolithic and Modular UPS Differ Monolithic UPS systems […]
March 31 is International Backup Day, and the week leading up to it is always filled with stories related to security. On Monday, we learned about the compromised Asus and 'three unnamed manufacturers'. Particularly superstitious companies spend the entire week on edge, making backups. All because we are all a bit careless about security: some forget to buckle their seatbelt in the back […]