Hello, Habr! Last fall, Kaggle hosted a competition for classifying hand-drawn images Quick Draw Doodle Recognition, where among others, a team of R enthusiasts participated, consisting of Artem Kleptsov, Philip Upravitele, and Andrey Ogurtsov. We won’t describe the competition in detail, as that has already been done in a recent publication. This time, we didn’t manage to farm medals, but […]
Tonight will see another release of Kubernetes — 1.14. As per our blog's tradition, we will discuss the key changes in this remarkable Open Source product's new version. The information used to prepare this material comes from the Kubernetes enhancements tracking table, CHANGELOG-1.14, and relevant issues, pull requests, and Kubernetes Enhancement Proposals (KEP). Let's start with an important introduction by SIG cluster-lifecycle: dynamic […]
Any operation with big data requires substantial computing power. Regular data transfer from a database to Hadoop can take weeks or cost as much as an aircraft wing. Don't want to wait and spend? Balance the load across different platforms. One way to do this is through pushdown optimization. I asked leading trainer in Russia on development and administration of Informatica products, Alexey Ananyev, to share about […]
The Hinrich Foundation, an organization focused on international economic issues, published excerpts from an analytical report by AlphaBeta on the threats to China's economy by 2030. It is projected that retail and other trade in the consumer segment, including online, could generate approximately $5.5 trillion (37 trillion yuan) for the country over the next 10 years. This is about one-fifth of China's expected gross domestic product [...].
This article will provide a brief narrative about what a seemingly ordinary thing like NetBIOS can tell us. What information it can provide for a potential attacker or pentester. The demonstrated application of reconnaissance techniques pertains to internal networks, which are isolated and not accessible from the outside. Such networks are typically present in even the smallest companies. The [...].
Abstract: Levels of IT infrastructure maturity within enterprises. Description of the advantages and disadvantages of each level individually. Analysts assert that in standard situations, more than 70% of IT budgets are spent on maintaining infrastructure – servers, networks, operating systems, and storage. Organizations realize the necessity of optimizing IT infrastructure and how crucial it is for it to be economically effective, leading them to conclude that rationalization is needed [...].
Good day. I am currently using the console player cmus, which is very user-friendly. In light of this, I wanted to write a brief review. At my new workplace, I have completely switched to Linux. Consequently, I needed to find software that fits my work-related needs. Although there are plenty of graphical players available for Linux, all [...].
Will 4K become the television standard, or will it remain a privilege available to a select few? What awaits providers launching UHD services? In the report by BROADVISION analysts, you will find answers to these and other questions. At first glance, it might seem that the quality of the television image directly depends on quantity: the more pixels per square inch, the better. For confirmation, see […]
Many GNU/Linux users, in light of recent government initiatives aimed at creating a 'sovereign' Internet, may be concerned about how to safeguard against the unavailability of repositories for popular GNU/Linux distributions. Some are downloading repositories for CentOS, Ubuntu, and Debian, while others are building their distributions based on existing ones, and some, armed with LFS (Linux From Scratch) and BLFS (Beyond Linux From Scratch) books, have already begun […]
At the event in September 2018, it was announced that new exams in the AZ-*** series have been introduced, while the 70-53* series has become obsolete. The description was already provided here and in my earlier article. However, much has changed since then, and this article includes updates from December 2018 and March 2019 that were not covered in the previous article. […]
The exams themselves, along with the article, have changed so much that I had to write a new one that takes into account three iterations of changes (December 2018, January 2019, March 2019). Source: habr.com
During the Game Developers Conference 2019, which took place last week in San Francisco, Epic Games announced numerous exclusive deals with developers and publishers. The most unexpected of these involves projects from the French studio Quantic Dream: the interactive dramas Detroit: Become Human, Beyond: Two Souls, and Heavy Rain will be released in the Epic Games Store, developed specifically for Sony consoles. The system requirements published on […]