Author: ProHoster

Anger, bargaining and depression when working with InfluxDB

If you use a time series database (timeseries db, wiki) as the main storage for a website with statistics, then instead of solving the problem you can end up with a lot of headaches. I'm working on a project that uses such a database, and sometimes InfluxDB, which will be discussed, presented completely unexpected surprises. Disclaimer: The issues listed apply to InfluxDB version 1.7.4. Why time series? Project […]

Managing Docker containers in Go

Documentation! When you decide to write your own bike for catching hooks from the docker hub or from the registry to automatically update/run containers on the server, you may find the Docker Cli useful, which will help manage the Docker daemon on your system. To work, you will need Go version at least 1.9.4 If you still have not switched to modules, install Cli with the following command: […]

Sovereign Runet to be: the Federation Council approved a bill on the sustainable operation of the Internet in Russia

The Federation Council approved a bill on the safe and sustainable operation of the Internet in Russia, which bears the unofficial name “On the Sovereign Runet.” 151 senators voted for the document, four were against it, and one abstained. The new law will come into force after it is signed by the president in November. The only exceptions are provisions on cryptographic protection of information and the obligation of operators to use the national […]

CD Projekt: "Cyberpunk 2077 has changed a lot since the last show"

The only demonstration of Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay took place in June 2018 at the E3 exhibition (the record appeared in the public domain in August). In a recent interview for the Spanish resource AreaJugones, the main quest designer Mateusz Tomaszkiewicz noted that since that time the game has changed markedly. Most likely, it will be possible to evaluate the efforts of the developers in June: according to him, at E3 2019, […]

Apex Legends has lost 90% of its audience on Twitch since its release

The release of Apex Legends came unexpectedly: the developers from Respawn Entertainment, with the support of Electronic Arts, announced and released the royal battle on February 4th. A few days before, there were rumors, but this marketing decision surprised many. In the first eight hours alone, a million users registered in the shooter, and soon the publisher announced that it had reached the 50 million mark. But now the game is actively […]

TSMC: Going from 7nm to 5nm Increases Transistor Density by 80%

TSMC this week has already announced the development of a new stage of lithographic technology, which received the symbol N6. The press release said that this stage of lithography will be brought to the stage of risky production by the first quarter of 2020, but only the transcript of the TSMC quarterly report conference revealed new details about the timing of the development of the so-called 6nm technology. It should be recalled that […]

LG is thinking about a smartphone with a triple selfie camera

We have already said that LG is designing smartphones with a triple front camera. Patent documentation describing another similar device was at the disposal of network sources. As you can see in the images, the optical selfie camera modules of the device will be located in a rather large cutout at the top of the display. There you can also see some additional sensor. Observers believe that the configuration of the multi-module […]

Creating a password policy in Linux

Hello again! Tomorrow classes begin in a new group of the “Linux Administrator” course, in connection with this we are publishing a useful article on the topic. In the last tutorial, we showed how to use pam_cracklib to make passwords stronger on Red Hat 6 or CentOS systems. In Red Hat 7, pam_pwquality replaced cracklib as the default pam module for checking […]

OPPO introduced OPPO A5s and A1k smartphones with powerful batteries in Russia

OPPO introduced an update to the A-series for the Russian market - OPPO A5s and A1k smartphones with a teardrop-shaped screen cutout and powerful batteries with a capacity of 4230 and 4000 mAh, respectively, providing up to 17 hours of active work offline. OPPO A5s features a 6,2-inch HD+ (1520 × 720 pixels) In-Cell screen with an area ratio of […]

Racing electric car Volkswagen ID. R prepares for new records

Racing car Volkswagen ID. R, equipped with an all-electric power plant, is preparing to complete a record run on the Nürburgring Nordschleife (Nürburgring-Nordschleife). Last year, the electric car Volkswagen ID. R, we recall, set several records at once. First, a car driven by French pilot Romain Dumas managed to overcome the Pikes Peak mountain track in a minimum time of 7 minutes 57,148 seconds. Previous […]

T+ Conf 2019 is just around the corner

On June 17 (Monday), the Mail.ru Group office will host the second annual Tarantool Conference, or T+ Conf in short. It is addressed to both beginners and experienced developers and architects in the corporate sector. You are waiting for new reports and workshops on using in-memory computing, Tarantool / Redis / Memcached, cooperative multitasking and the Lua language to create high-load […]

New in information security certification

About a year ago, on April 3, 2018, the FSTEC of Russia published Order No. 55. He approved the Regulations on the system of certification of information security. This determined who is a member of the certification system. It also clarified the organization and procedure for certification of products that are used to protect confidential information constituting a state secret, the means for protecting which also need to be certified through the specified system. […]