Author: ProHoster

We create a pipeline for streaming data processing. Part 2

Hi all. We are sharing the translation of the final part of the article, prepared specifically for students of the Data Engineer course. The first part can be found here. Apache Beam and DataFlow for real-time pipelines Setting up Google Cloud Note: I used Google Cloud Shell to run the pipeline and publish custom log data because I was having trouble running the pipeline in Python […]

How we organized the first electronic leasing and what it led to

Despite the popularity of the topic of electronic document management, in Russian banks and in the financial sector in general, the majority of any transactions are executed the old fashioned way, on paper. And the point here is not so much the conservatism of banks and their clients, but the lack of adequate software on the market. The more complex the transaction, the less likely it is that it will be carried out within the framework of EDI. […]

Unpatched vulnerability in KDE

Researcher Dominik Penner has published an unpatched vulnerability in KDE (Dolphin, KDesktop). If a user opens a directory that contains a specially constructed file of extremely simple structure, the code in that file will be executed on behalf of the user. The file type is determined automatically, so the main content and file size can be anything. However, it requires the user to open the file directory themselves. The cause of the vulnerability is said to be [...]

Video: "Joint history" - The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan walkthrough mode for two

Bandai Namco Entertainment has published a new trailer for the psychological thriller The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan. It describes the features of the multiplayer mode "Shared Story". Multiplayer Co-op Story mode allows two players to play through The Dark Pictures: Man of Medan. Each of the participants controls different characters in the same scenes, which, according to the developers, will add […]

The developers of Tower of Time announced a new non-linear RPG Dark Envoy

Event Horizon studio, known for the role-playing game Tower of Time, announced its new project - non-linear RPG with turn-based tactical battles Dark Envoy. According to the developers, they were inspired to create the new product by Divinity, XCOM, FTL, Mass Effect and Dragon Age. “The Human Empire struggles for dominance with the remnants of ancient races, and dark technology collides with magic—and […]

Huawei plans to release new smartphones P300, P400 and P500

Huawei P series smartphones are traditionally flagship devices. The latest models in the series are the P30, P30 Pro and P30 Lite smartphones. It is logical to assume that the P40 models will appear next year, but until then, the Chinese manufacturer may release several more smartphones. It has become known that Huawei has registered trademarks, which indicates plans to change the name […]

New article: Top 10 smartphones under 10 thousand rubles (2019)

We keep talking about stagnation in the world of gadgets - almost nothing new, they say, is happening, technology is marking time. In some ways, this picture of the world is correct - the form factor of smartphones itself has more or less settled down, and there have been no grandiose breakthroughs in either productivity or interaction formats for a long time. Everything may change with the massive introduction of 5G, but for now […]

OPPO is preparing its first Snapdragon 665 smartphone

The Chinese company OPPO, according to online sources, will soon announce a mid-range smartphone A9s, which appears under the code name PCHM10. It is noted that the new product may become the first OPPO device on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 665 platform. This processor combines eight Kryo 260 computing cores with a clock speed of up to 2,0 GHz and an Adreno 610 graphics accelerator. Devices […]

The Linux kernel cannot gracefully handle out-of-memory situations

The Linux kernel mailing list has raised an issue with handling the memory out of memory situation in Linux: There is a known issue that has plagued many people for many years and can be reproduced in less than a few minutes on the latest version of the Linux kernel 5.2.6. All kernel parameters are set to default values. Steps: Boot with the parameter “mem=4G”. Turn off […]

NetworkManager 1.20.0 release

A new stable release of the interface has been published to simplify the configuration of network parameters - NetworkManager 1.20. Plugins to support VPN, OpenConnect, PPTP, OpenVPN and OpenSWAN are being developed through their own development cycles. Main innovations of NetworkManager 1.20: Added support for wireless Mesh networks, each node in which is connected through neighboring nodes; Obsolete components have been cleaned. Including the library libnm-glib, […]

The developers of the successor to BeOS called Haiku began to optimize the system's performance.

After the release of the long-awaited beta version of Haiku R1 at the end of last year, the developers of the open source operating system have finally moved on to optimizing the operation of the OS. First of all, we are talking about speeding up work in principle. Now that the general system instability and kernel crashes have been eliminated, the authors began working on solving the speed problem of various internal components. In particular, […]

Roblox's monthly audience has surpassed 100 million users

Created in 2005, the massively multiplayer online platform Roblox, which allows visitors to create their own games, has recently seen incredible growth in its audience. A few days ago, the project’s official web page announced that Roblox’s monthly user audience had exceeded 100 million users, surpassing Minecraft, which is played by about 90 million […]