Author: ProHoster

World of Tanks will host a large-scale "Tank Festival" on the occasion of the 9th anniversary of the game

Wargaming is celebrating the anniversary of World of Tanks. Almost 9 years ago, on August 12, 2010, a game was released that captivated millions of gamers in Russia, the countries of the former Soviet Union and beyond. In honor of the event, the developers have prepared a “Tank Festival”, which will begin on August 6 and last until October 7. During the Tank Festival, users will have access to unique tasks, the opportunity to earn in-game […]

The British developer has remade the first level of Super Mario Bros. in a first person shooter

British game designer Sean Noonan remade the first level of Super Mario Bros. in a first person shooter. He published the corresponding video on his YouTube channel. The level is made in the form of platforms floating in the sky, and the main character received a weapon that shoots plungers. As in the classic game, here you can collect mushrooms, coins, break some blocks of the environment and kill […]

Chinese cyberpunk fighting game Metal Revolution will be released in 2020 on PC and PS4

The fighting game Metal Revolution from the Chinese NEXT Studios will be released not only on PC (on Steam), as previously reported, but also on PlayStation 4 - the developers announced this during the ongoing ChinaJoy 2019 event in Shanghai. The developers brought a version for PlayStation 4 to the show, which visitors can play. Metal Revolution is a fighting game […]

Hideo Kojima: "Death Stranding writers have to rework to achieve the desired quality for release"

In his Twitter, Death Stranding development director Hideo Kojima spoke a little about the game's production. According to him, the team is working hard to release the project on November 8th. We even have to rework it, as the director of Kojima Productions openly stated. Hideo Kojima's post reads: "Death Stranding includes something never seen before, the gameplay, the atmosphere of the world and […]

Release of console XMPP/Jabber client profanity 0.7.0

Six months after the last release, the release of the multi-platform console XMPP/Jabber client profanity 0.7.0 was presented. The profanity interface is built using the ncurses library and supports notifications using the libnotify library. The application can be compiled either with the libstrophe library, which implements work with the XMPP protocol, or with its libmesode fork, supported by the developer. The client's capabilities can be expanded using plugins […]

Wine 4.13 release

An experimental release of an open implementation of the Win32 API is available - Wine 4.13. Since the release of version 4.12, 15 bug reports have been closed and 120 changes have been made. The most important changes: Added support for redirecting authentication requests through the Microsoft Passport service; Header files updated; Error reports related to the operation of games and applications are closed: Evoland (Steam), NVIDIA GeForce Experience […]

Poll: How well do you know the IT labor market?

Hello, Habr! We are conducting research here and want to understand how well you know the market of IT companies, which of them you would like to work for, and which ones you would recommend to your friends. It will be very cool if you take this [survey] and participate in our research. And we, in turn, promise to share the results. Source: habr.com

Floppy driver left unmaintained in Linux kernel

In the Linux kernel 5.3, the floppy drive driver is marked as obsolete, since developers cannot find working equipment to test it; current floppy drives use the USB interface. But the problem is that many virtual machines still emulate a real flop. Source: linux.org.ru

re2c 1.2

On Friday, August 2, the release of re2c, a free generator of lexical analyzers for the C and C++ languages, was released. Recall that re2c was written in 1993 by Peter Bamboulis as an experimental generator of very fast lexical analyzers, distinguished from other generators by the speed of the generated code and an unusually flexible user interface that allows analyzers to be easily and efficiently built into existing […]

Blockchain as a platform for digital transformation

Traditionally, enterprise IT systems were formed for the tasks of automation and support of target systems, such as ERP. Today, organizations have to solve other problems - the problems of digitalization, digital transformation. Doing this based on the previous IT architecture is difficult. Digital transformation is a major challenge. What should an IT systems transformation program be based on for the purpose of digital business transformation? The right IT infrastructure is the key to […]

Testing a smart housekeeper (vodka, kefir, other people's photos)

We have smart key holders that store and give the key to someone who: Passes identification using facial recognition or a personal RFID card. He breathes into the hole and turns out to be sober. Has rights to a specific key or keys from a set. There are already a lot of rumors and misunderstandings around them, so I hasten to dispel the main ones with the help of tests. So, the most important thing: You can […]

werf - our tool for CI / CD in Kubernetes (overview and video report)

On May 27, in the main hall of the DevOpsConf 2019 conference, held as part of the RIT++ 2019 festival, as part of the “Continuous Delivery” section, a report “werf - our tool for CI/CD in Kubernetes” was given. It talks about the problems and challenges that everyone faces when deploying to Kubernetes, as well as the nuances that may not be immediately noticeable. […]