Author: ProHoster

Release of Lakka 2.3, a distribution for creating game consoles

The Lakka 2.3 distribution has been released, allowing you to turn computers, set-top boxes or boards like Raspberry Pi into a full-fledged gaming console for running retro games. The project is built in the form of a modification of the LibreELEC distribution, originally designed for creating home theaters. Lakka builds are generated for platforms i386, x86_64 (GPU Intel, NVIDIA or AMD), Raspberry Pi 1-4, Orange Pi, Cubieboard, Cubieboard2, Cubietruck, […]

A vulnerability in vhost-net that allows bypassing isolation in systems based on QEMU-KVM

Information has been disclosed about a vulnerability (CVE-2019-14835) that allows you to escape the guest system in KVM (qemu-kvm) and execute your code on the host side in the context of the Linux kernel. The vulnerability has been codenamed V-gHost. The problem allows the guest system to create conditions for a buffer overflow in the vhost-net kernel module (network backend for virtio), executed on the side of the host environment. The attack could be […]

Making a Home Library with Notion and Python

I have always been interested in how best to distribute books in my electronic library. In the end, I came to this option with automatic calculation of the number of pages and other goodies. I ask all interested persons under cat. Part 1. Dropbox All my books are on Dropbox. There are 4 categories into which I divided everything: Textbook, Reference, Fiction, Non-fiction. […]

Slurm DevOps. 3rd day. ELK, ChatOps, SRE. And the developer's secret prayer

The third and final day of the first, but not the last, DevOps Slurm has arrived. We didn't expect to be able to replicate Slurm DevOps. But unexpectedly for us, all the speakers agreed to come to Slurm in February, and the feedback showed us exactly how to finalize the program. There is an understanding of how to make the intensive program more holistic and detailed, and some topics more practical. So […]

Making a Home Library with Notion and Python

I have always been interested in how best to distribute books in my electronic library. In the end, I came to this option with automatic calculation of the number of pages and other goodies. I ask all interested persons under cat. Part 1. Dropbox All my books are on Dropbox. There are 4 categories into which I divided everything: Textbook, Reference, Fiction, Non-fiction. […]

Genesis?). Reflections on the nature of the mind. Part I

• What is mind, consciousness. • How does cognition differ from awareness? • Are consciousness and self-awareness the same thing? • Thought – what is thought? • Creativity, imagination - something mysterious, inherent in man, or... • How the mind works. • Motivation, goal setting - why do anything at all. Artificial intelligence is the Holy Grail of any person who has connected his […]

The story of one hypothetical robot

In the last article, I carelessly announced the second part, especially since it seemed that the material was already available and even partially completed. But everything turned out to be somewhat more complicated than at first glance. This was partly facilitated by discussions in the comments, partly by the insufficient clarity of the presentation of thoughts that I myself think are damn important... We can say that so far the material does not miss my […]

Google Officially Confirmed: Pixel 4 Presentation to Take Place on October 15th

Google has begun sending out invitations to media representatives for an event dedicated to the presentation of new devices, which will take place on October 15 in New York. “Come see some new products from Google,” the invitation states. The company is expected to officially unveil the flagship smartphones Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL, as well as other devices including the Pixelbook 2 Chromebook and new smart speakers […]

NVIDIA Saves Chiplets for Better Times

If you believe the statements of NVIDIA Chief Scientific Advisor Bill Dally in an interview with the Semiconductor Engineering resource, the company developed the technology for creating a multi-core processor with a multi-chip layout six years ago, but is still not ready to use it in mass production. On the other hand, to place HBM-type memory chips in close proximity to the GPU, the company […]

Xiaomi novelties for smart home: smart speakers and AC2100 router

Xiaomi has announced three new devices for the modern smart home - the XiaoAI Speaker and XiaoAI Speaker PRO smart speakers, as well as the AC2100 Wi-Fi Router. The XiaoAI Speaker has a white cylindrical body with a mesh bottom half. There are controls at the top of the gadget. It is claimed that the new product is capable of forming a sound field with a coverage of 360 […]

Sales of new electric vehicles in Russia are growing: Nissan Leaf is in the lead

The analytical agency AUTOSTAT has published the results of a study of the Russian market for new cars with an all-electric powertrain. From January to August inclusive, 238 new electric cars were sold in our country. This is two and a half times more than the result for the same period in 2018, when sales were 86 units. Demand for electric cars without mileage […]

Kubernetes 1.16 - how to upgrade and not break anything

Today, September 18, the next version of Kubernetes is released - 1.16. As always, many improvements and new products await us. But I would like to draw your attention to the Action Required sections of the CHANGELOG-1.16.md file. These sections publish changes that may break your application, cluster maintenance tools, or require changes to configuration files. In general, they require [...]