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The hero of Yakuza: Like a Dragon will be able to call on the help of the protagonist of the past parts

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The fact that the protagonist of the previous parts of Yakuza, Kazuma Kiryu, will appear in Yakuza: Like a Dragon (Yakuza 7 for the Japanese market) has been known since November. However, the Dragon of Dojima will be available not only as an opponent on the battlefield. For a certain in-game amount in Yakuza: Like a Dragon, you can call on various characters to help you, including the local champion […]

AMD desktop processors will switch to Socket AM5 in 2021

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For several years now, AMD has been claiming that the life cycle of the Socket AM4 platform will definitely last until the end of 2020, but it prefers not to disclose further plans in the desktop segment, mentioning only the upcoming release of processors with the Zen 4 architecture. In the server segment they will appear in 2021, will bring a new design Socket SP5 and […]

Study is not a lottery, metrics lie

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This article is a response to a post in which they suggest choosing courses based on the conversion rate of students from those admitted to those accepted. When choosing courses, you should be interested in 2 numbers - the proportion of people who reached the end of the course and the proportion of graduates who got a job within 3 months after completing the course. For example, if 50% of those who start a course complete it, and [...]

Estimating the number of TODO and FIXME notes in Linux kernel code

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In the source code of the Linux kernel there are about 4 thousand comments describing defects that require correction, plans and tasks postponed for the future, identified by the presence of the expression “TODO” in the text. Most of the "TODO" comments are present in the driver code (2380). In the crypto subsystem there are 23 such comments, code specific to the x86 architecture - 43, ARM - 73, code for […]

ASCII Patrol

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On December 22, the version of “ASCII Patrol,” a clone of the 1.7-bit arcade game “Moon Patrol,” was upgraded to 8. The game is open-free (GPL3). Console, monochrome or 16-color, window size is not fixed. Unlike the well-known Moon Buggy - with shooting, UFOs (including triangular ones), mines, tanks, catch-up missiles, predatory plants. And all sorts of joys missing from the 1980s original, including new opponents, a high score table […]

Firejail 0.9.62 Application Isolation Release

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After six months of development, the release of the Firejail 0.9.62 project is available, within which a system is being developed for isolated execution of graphical, console and server applications. Using Firejail allows you to minimize the risk of compromising the main system when running untrustworthy or potentially vulnerable programs. The program is written in C language, distributed under the GPLv2 license and can run on any Linux distribution […]

Release of BlackArch 2020.01.01, distribution for security testing

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New builds of BlackArch Linux, a specialized distribution for security research and studying the security of systems, have been published. The distribution is built on the Arch Linux package base and includes more than 2400 security-related utilities. The project's maintained package repository is compatible with Arch Linux and can be used in regular Arch Linux installations. The assemblies are prepared in the form of a 13 GB Live image [...]

Samsung is preparing a mid-range tablet Galaxy Tab A4 S

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The Bluetooth SIG database has information about a new tablet that the South Korean giant Samsung is preparing to release. The device appears under the code designation SM-T307U and the name Galaxy Tab A4 S. It is known that the new product will be a mid-range gadget. The tablet, according to available information, will have a display measuring 8 inches diagonally. The software platform will be […]

Epic Games Store is giving away The Talos Principle puzzle - limited time

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On the Epic Games Store - yes, the same one that often pays developers extra for the exclusivity of their projects - the 5-year-old puzzle The Talos Principle is now being given away for free. To receive the game, you must visit the appropriate page before 19:00 Monday. In our review, we gave “Law of Talos” a score above average, noting the good level of graphics, despite the already outdated […]

10 Most Significant Tech Products of the Decade According to Wired

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There is no shortage of products whose creators called them “revolutionary” or “change everything” when they launched. Undoubtedly, every company that creates something new hopes that its innovative design and chosen approaches will greatly change the understanding of technology. Sometimes this really happens. Wired magazine selected 10 examples of this kind from 2010 to 2019. These are products that […]

Data of users of the State Services Portal “leaked” to the Network

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It became known that unknown persons posted on the Internet the personal data of users of the State Services portal of one of the regions of Russia. It is reported that the leak occurred due to incorrect software configuration on one of the resource servers. It is noted that the vulnerability has been fixed, but the extent of the threat remains unclear. Company specialists were able to detect the personal data of users of the State Services portal in the public domain […]

Russia completed the year without space accidents for the first time in a decade and a half

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The Roscosmos State Corporation, according to RIA Novosti, has summed up its activities in the past year. In 2019, Russia carried out 25 space launches. The first of them was carried out on February 21, when the Egyptian satellite Egyptsat-A went into space from Baikonur on a Soyuz-2 rocket. And today, December 27, the last launch of this year was carried out. From the first state test cosmodrome […]

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