For three days in a row, in different parts of the world, people have been talking about the Russian cat Victor and Aeroflot. The fat cat flew like a hare in business class, deprived the owner of bonus miles, becoming an Internet hero. This intricate story gave me the idea to look at how often pets receive registration in office dungeons. I hope this fun Friday post doesn't give you any serious allergies. […]
At the present stage of development of industrial software development, a variety of production roles can be observed. Their number is growing, the classification is becoming more complicated every year, and, naturally, the processes of selecting specialists and working with human resources are becoming more complicated. Information technology (IT) is an area of highly skilled labor resources and a shortage of personnel. Here, the process of developing personnel, the need for systematic work with human resources […]
Soji Yamakawa, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University and developer of the free YSFlight flight simulator, has published the source code for his own Arduino-based infrared signal receiver-transmitter, which allows you to record an IrDA signal and then play it back. To work with this device, free cross-platform software has also been developed, which can be compiled either as a GUI or as a CLI program. Binary packages […]
Keith Packard, active Debian developer, leader of the X.Org project, and creator of numerous X extensions including XRender, XComposite, and XRandR, has released a new standard C library, PicoLibc 1.1, being developed for use on embedded devices with a limited permanent file size. storage and RAM. During development, part of the code was borrowed from the newlib library from the Cygwin project and AVR Libc, developed […]
The release of the custom distribution PCLinuxOS 2019.11 has been presented. The distribution was founded in 2003 on the basis of Mandrake Linux (future Mandriva), but later branched into an independent project. The peak of PCLinuxOS popularity came in 2010, in which, according to a survey of readers of the Linux Journal, PCLinuxOS was second in popularity only to Ubuntu (in the 2013 ranking, PCLinuxOS already took 10th place). […]
The second corrective update of the Debian 10 distribution has been published, which includes the accumulated package updates and fixes flaws in the installer. The release includes 67 stability updates and 49 security updates. Changes in Debian 10.1 include updates to the latest stable versions of the flatpak, gnome-shell, mariadb-10.3, mutter, postfix, spf-engine, ublock-origin and vanguards packages. […]
Two vulnerabilities have been identified in the Intel i915 graphics driver. The first vulnerability (CVE-2019-0155) affects systems with Intel Gen9 (Skylake) GPUs and allows user space to change entries in the memory page table through manipulations with MMIO (Memory Mapped Input Output). The problem allows an attacker to access information stored in kernel memory and potentially elevate their privileges on the system. […]
Just recently, Google, without warning anyone, decided to make experimental changes to its browser. Unfortunately, everything did not go as planned. This caused global outages for users who were working on terminal servers running Windows Server, which are quite often used in organizations. According to hundreds of employee complaints, browser tabs suddenly became empty due to […]
The Yuzu emulator can already play the recently released Pokémon Sword and Shield for Nintendo Switch. You won't be able to fully enjoy the project right now, but the fact that the emulator was actually able to play Pokémon Sword and Shield without any difficulties already says a lot. Currently, the version suffers from many bugs, but the Yuzu developer intends to fix them as […]
Google intends to simplify the process of learning the pronunciation of words. To this end, a new feature has been integrated into the Google search engine that will allow you to practice pronouncing difficult words. Users will be able to listen to how a particular word is pronounced correctly. You can also speak a word into the microphone of your smartphone, and the system will analyze your pronunciation and tell you what needs to be changed to achieve the optimal result. […]
Bandai Namco Entertainment has announced that One Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on February 28th. In Japan, the game will cost 7600 yen. The Deluxe Edition will be available for 10760 yen. Pre-order bonuses include the Pre-Order Pack downloadable content, which contains an early access […]
Molasses Flood studio has announced an action game with elements of the Drake Hollow farm simulator. The game will offer you to explore the destroyed world with friends. In addition, you'll gather supplies, fight wild beasts, and build a village to protect the local inhabitants - anthropomorphic plants known as drakes. In the trailer, a girl passes through a portal into a world filled with drakes and demonic creatures. Construction […]
