Author: ProHoster

Discrete Mathematics for WMS: Algorithm for Compressing Items in Cells (Part 1)

In this article we will tell you how we solved the problem of a lack of free cells in a warehouse and the development of a discrete optimization algorithm to solve such a problem. Let's talk about how we “built” the mathematical model of the optimization problem, and about the difficulties we unexpectedly encountered when processing input data for the algorithm. If you are interested in applications of mathematics in business and […]

10 Books for Understanding the Stock Market, Stock Investing, and Automated Trading

Image: Unsplash The modern stock market is a large-scale and rather complex field of knowledge. It can be difficult to immediately understand “how everything works here.” And despite the development of technologies, such as robo-advisors and test trading systems, the emergence of low-risk investment methods, such as structured products and model portfolios, to successfully work in the market it is worth gaining basic knowledge in this […]

Apache Foundation releases FY 2019 report

The Apache Foundation presented a report for fiscal year 2019 (from April 30, 2018 to April 30, 2019). The volume of assets for the reporting period amounted to $3.8 million, which is 1.1 million more than for the 2018 financial year. The amount of equity capital over the year increased by 645 thousand dollars and amounted to 2.87 million dollars. Most of the funds were received […]

Firefox 70 will tighten notifications and ftp restrictions

In the release of Firefox 22 scheduled for October 70, it was decided to prohibit the display of requests for confirmation of credentials initiated from iframe blocks downloaded from another domain (cross-origin). The change will allow us to block some abuses and move to a model in which permissions are requested only from the primary domain for the document, which is shown in the address bar. Another noteworthy change in Firefox 70 will be […]

Mophie Launches Wireless Charging Stations Inspired by Canceled Apple AirPower

Back in the fall of 2017, Apple presented a project for an AirPower wireless charging station. It was assumed that this device would be able to simultaneously charge several gadgets, say, a Watch, an iPhone smartphone, and an AirPods headphone case. However, due to many problems, the station's release was cancelled. But the idea was picked up by other developers: the Mophie brand presented two new AirPower-style products at once. One […]

Technical details of the Capital One bank hack on AWS

On July 19, 2019, Capital One received the message that every modern company fears—a data breach occurred. It affected more than 106 million people. 140 US social security numbers, one million Canadian social security numbers. 000 bank accounts. Unpleasant, don't you agree? Unfortunately, the hack did not occur on July 80th. As it turns out, Paige Thompson, aka Erratic, […]

QUIC protocol in action: how Uber implemented it to optimize performance

The QUIC protocol is extremely interesting to watch, which is why we love writing about it. But if previous publications about QUIC were more of a historical (local history, if you like) nature and hardware, today we are happy to publish a translation of a different kind - we will talk about the real application of the protocol in 2019. Moreover, we are not talking about small infrastructure based in a conventional garage, [...]

Everything you wanted to know about the decentralized Internet provider "Medium", but were afraid to ask

Good afternoon, Community! My name is Yanislav Basyuk. I am the coordinator of the public organization “Medium”. In this article, I tried to collect the most comprehensive information about what this decentralized Internet provider operating on the territory of the Russian Federation is. I will tell you: What is “Medium” What is Yggdrasil and why “Medium” uses it as its main transport How […]

The first devices based on HarmonyOS are presented: smart TVs Honor Vision

The Honor brand, owned by Huawei, introduced Vision TV - the company's first smart TVs. They have a 55-inch 4K screen with HDR support, and the display occupies 94% of the front edge thanks to very thin bezels. It is based on a 4-core Honghu 818 single-chip system, and the TVs are running the latest and ambitious HarmonyOS platform, with the help of which the company is going […]

Former id Software CEO Tim Willits Joins World War Z Creators

Former id Software CEO Tim Willits has joined Saber Interactive. The developer announced this on Twitter. He will take the post of creative director on the team. Willits gave an interview to Fortune magazine in which he said that the opportunity to work in genres other than shooters played a significant role in the decision. Of similar projects, he only worked on Commander […]

Enthusiasts built the city of the future in No Man's Sky with the help of bugs

Since 2016, No Man's Sky has changed a lot and even regained the respect of the audience. But multiple updates to the project did not eliminate all the bugs, which fans took advantage of. Users ERBurroughs and JC Hysteria have built an entire futuristic city on one of the planets in No Man's Sky. The settlement looks amazing and conveys the spirit of cyberpunk. The buildings have an unusual design, many [...]