Everyone loves success stories. And there are plenty of them on Habr. "How I got a job earning $300,000 in Silicon Valley" "How I landed a job at Google" "How I made $200,000 by the age of 16" "How I made it to the Top App Store with a simple currency converter app" "How I …" and a thousand more […]
Thermalright has updated its Silver Arrow IB-E Extreme CPU cooler. The new model is simply called: Silver Arrow IB-E Extreme Rev. B, and at first glance, it’s quite difficult to spot any differences from the original model. In fact, even upon closer inspection, distinguishing differences proved to be challenging. The only noticeable change is a new sticker on the fan, which is made […]
Microsoft plans to end support for Windows 7 on January 14, 2020. Meanwhile, there are hundreds of millions of PC users worldwide who have yet to upgrade to a more modern OS version. The latest update KB4493132 is intended to encourage them to do just that. After installing the update, the system will start reminding the owner that support will soon end. After […]
Time required to read: 11 minutes. Us and the Gartner Quadrant 2019 BI 🙂 The purpose of this article is to compare three leading BI platforms that are at the forefront of the Gartner quadrant: — Power BI (Microsoft) — Tableau — Qlik Figure 1. Gartner BI Magic Quadrant 2019 My name is Andrey Zhdanov, and I am the head of the analytics department at Analytics Group (www.analyticsgroup.ru). […]
ASUS offers a total of 19 motherboards based on the Intel Z390 chipset. Potential buyers can choose from elite ROG models, ultra-reliable TUF, or the more budget-friendly Prime series. The motherboard we received for testing belongs to the latter series and is priced just slightly over […]
Many use Apache2 as a web server. However, few consider optimizing its performance, which directly affects website page loading speed, script processing speed (especially PHP), as well as the CPU load and increased memory usage. Thus, the following manual should help beginners (and not only) users. All examples provided below […]
Recently, we wrote that the developers of Shadow of the Tomb Raider have released the long-promised update, which includes support for detailed ray-traced shadows and intelligent DLSS anti-aliasing. The new shadow rendering method improves the image quality in the game, as can be seen in the trailer released for this occasion and in the screenshots provided. In Shadow of the […]
The Stellar Consensus Protocol was first described in a scientific paper by David Mazières in 2015. It is a "federated Byzantine agreement system" that allows decentralized computing networks without leaders to efficiently achieve consensus on any decision. The Stellar payment network utilizes the Stellar Consensus Protocol (SCP) to maintain a consistent transaction history visible to all participants. Consensus protocols are considered difficult to understand. […]
In a world where only your own business can truly make you wealthy, people still choose to work for others. Firstly, not everyone is happy being an entrepreneur, and living must go on. Secondly, work is clear and safe — you perform your function, while most risks are borne by others. This gives rise to old, worn-out conflicts: owners want […]
In mid-2018, we launched an employer assessment service at "My Circle", which allows everyone to find out what employees think of their company as an employer. We are pleased to present the first annual ranking of companies, "Best Employers in IT 2018, according to 'My Circle'." We aim to make this ranking a good tradition and publish it annually. With […]
Sometimes, to solve a problem, one just needs to look at it from a different angle. Even if similar issues have been addressed in the same way for the past ten years with varying results, it's not a guarantee that this method is the only one. There is a topic called customer churn. It's an unavoidable phenomenon because clients of any company may leave for a multitude of reasons […]
One of the goals of a hosting provider is to maximize the utilization of existing hardware to provide quality service to end-users. The resources of the final servers are always limited; however, the number of hosted client services, in our case concerning VPS, can vary significantly. For more information on how to fit onto the tree and eat a burger, read on.