Dispelling the myth that a wired mouse is better Hello, Habr! I present to your attention a translation of the article “The mouse to end all mice” by Dave Gershgorn. Logitech Chaos Spectrum wireless Bluetooth "whistle" The new mouse concept claims to be as good or better than its wired counterparts. We live in a world where input devices quickly [...]
A couple of years ago, Kubernetes was already discussed on the official GitHub blog. Since then, it has become the standard technology for deploying services. Kubernetes now manages a significant portion of internal and public services. As our clusters grew and performance requirements became more stringent, we began to notice that some services on Kubernetes were experiencing sporadic latencies that could not be explained […]
I would like to share with you my first successful experience of restoring a Postgres database to full functionality. I got acquainted with the Postgres DBMS half a year ago; before that I had no experience in database administration at all. I work as a semi-DevOps engineer in a large IT company. Our company develops software for high-load services, and I am responsible for the performance, maintenance […]
On November 24, Slurm Mega, an advanced intensive course on Kubernetes, ended. The next Mega will be held in Moscow on May 18-20. The idea of Slurm Mega: we look under the hood of the cluster, analyze in theory and practice the intricacies of installing and configuring a production-ready cluster (“the-not-so-easy-way”), consider the mechanisms for ensuring security and fault tolerance of applications. Mega Bonus: Those who complete Slurm Basic and Slurm Mega receive all […]
The State Intellectual Property Office of China (CNIPA) has become a source of information about a new flexible smartphone, which in the future may appear in the Xiaomi product range. As shown in the patent images, Xiaomi is mulling over a device with a flexible dual-fold screen. When folded, two sections of the display will be on the back, as if wrapping around the device. Having opened the gadget, the user will receive […]
Microsoft representatives announced that the corporation has received a license from the US government to supply its own software to the Chinese company Huawei. “On November 20, the US Department of Commerce approved Microsoft's request to grant a license to export mass market software to Huawei. We appreciate the Department's actions in response to our request,” a Microsoft spokesperson said in response to the issue. On […]
The Honor V30 smartphone will be officially presented next week. In anticipation of this event, the device was tested in the Geekbench benchmark, thanks to which some of its features became known before the official announcement. The Honor V30, known under the codename Huawei OXF-AN10, operates on the Android 10 software platform. It is assumed that the smartphone will have the following version of the user interface […]
Over the past couple of years, there have been some impressive light shows in the US using masses of drones working closely together. They were mainly carried out by companies such as Intel and Verity Studios (for example, at the Olympic Games in South Korea). But lately, it seems like the most advanced and animated drone light shows are coming from China. […]
Hello colleagues! I want to share my solution to the problem that is indicated in the title. I was inspired to write this article by my colleague brnovk, who was not too lazy and offered a partial (for me) solution to the problem. I made my own “crutch” which helped me. I'm sharing with you. Description of the problem I used Ubuntu 18.04 for work and recently noticed that when switching […]
In this article I describe my experience installing VMware ESXi on an old Apple Mac Pro 1,1. The customer was given the task of expanding the file server. How the company’s file server was created on a PowerMac G5 in 2016, and how it was to maintain the created legacy is worthy of a separate article. It was decided to combine the expansion with modernization and make a file server from the existing MacPro. AND […]
8chan (new name 8kun) is a popular anonymous forum with the ability for users to create their own thematic sections of the site and administer them independently. Known for its policy of minimal administration intervention in content moderation, which is why it has become popular with various dubious audiences. After lone terrorists left their messages on the site, persecution began on the forum - they began to be kicked out […]
Over the past few years, we have all heard the phrase “personal data.” To a greater or lesser extent, they brought their business processes into compliance with the requirements of legislation in this area. The number of Roskomnadzor inspections that revealed violations in this area this year is persistently striving for 100%. Statistics from the Roskomnadzor Office for the Central Federal District for the 1st half of 2019 – 131 violations for […]
