Author: ProHoster

Samsung patents new smart watch

On December 24 of this year, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted Samsung a patent for a “Wearable electronics device.” This name hides “smart” wristwatches. As you can see in the published illustrations, the gadget will have a square-shaped display. Obviously, touch control support will be implemented. The images indicate the presence of an array of sensors in the rear […]

Huawei may spin off Nova as an independent smart device brand

Rumors have appeared on the Internet that Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei may spin off its Nova brand into an independent division. Nowadays, smartphones that are quite popular are produced under the Nova brand. However, in the future, as noted, the range of devices under the Nova brand will expand significantly. In particular, “smart” wristwatches, headphones with support for Bluetooth wireless communication, and […]

Dismantling the first TP-Link devices with Wi-Fi 6: Archer AX6000 router and Archer TX3000E adapter

The number of devices and requirements for data transfer speeds in wireless networks are growing every day. And the “dense” the networks are, the more clearly the shortcomings of the old Wi-Fi specifications are visible: the speed and reliability of data transmission decreases. To solve this problem, a new standard was developed - Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax). It allows you to reach wireless connection speeds of up to 2.4 Gbps and […]

Pixel art for beginners: instructions for use

Indie developers often have to combine several roles at once: game designer, programmer, composer, artist. And when it comes to visuals, many people choose pixel art - at first glance it seems simple. But to do it beautifully, you need a lot of experience and certain skills. I found a tutorial for those who have just begun to comprehend the basics of this style: with a description of special software and drawing techniques […]

Choosing a data store for Prometheus: Thanos vs VictoriaMetrics

Hi all. Below is a transcript of the report from Big Monitoring Meetup 4. Prometheus is a monitoring system for various systems and services, with the help of which system administrators can collect information about the current parameters of systems and set up alerts to receive notifications about deviations in the operation of systems. The report will compare Thanos and VictoriaMetrics - projects for long-term storage of metrics […]

Rosbank Tech.Madness 2019 Hackathon: Results

Hi all! I am Vladimir Baidusov, Managing Director in the Department of Innovation and Change at Rosbank, and I am ready to share the results of our hackathon Rosbank Tech.Madness 2019. Large material with photos is under the cut. Design and concept. In 2019, we decided to play on the word Madness (since the name of the Hackathon is Tech.Madness) and build the concept itself around it. […]

Processor Wars. The story of the blue hare and the red tortoise

The modern history of the confrontation between Intel and AMD in the processor market dates back to the second half of the 90s. The era of grandiose transformations and entry into the mainstream, when the Intel Pentium was positioned as a universal solution, and Intel Inside became almost the most recognizable slogan in the world, was marked by bright pages in the history of not only the blue, but also the red […]

How to write easy texts

I write a lot of texts, mostly nonsense, but usually even haters say that the text is easy to read. If you want to make your texts (letters, for example) easier, run here. I didn’t invent anything here, everything was from the book “The Living and the Dead Word” by Nora Gal, a Soviet translator, editor and critic. There are two rules: verb and no clerical. A verb is [...]

IT in the school education system

Greetings, Khabravians and site guests! I'll start with gratitude for Habr. Thank you. I learned about Habré in 2007. I read it. I was even planning to write my thoughts on some burning issue, but I found myself at a time when it was impossible to do this “just like that” (possibly and most likely I was wrong). Then, as a student at one of the leading universities in the country with a degree in Physical […]

Funtoo Linux 1.3-LTS End of Support Notice

Daniel Robbins announced that after March 1, 2020, it will stop maintaining and updating the 1.3 release. Oddly enough, the reason for this was that the current release 1.4 turned out to be better and more stable than 1.3-LTS. Therefore, Daniel recommends that those using version 1.3 plan to upgrade to 1.4. In addition, a second “maintenance” release for […]