Author: ProHoster

IT Adepts Initiation: Show Your Strength at the RIF

Before the Sun has time to drop below the horizon twice, all the IT Jedi, Padawans and Younglings will flock to the Forest Dali star system to confirm their IT status. Rostelecom, RT Labs and Habr will be testing the adherents of the Force. The point of initiation will be the Russian Internet Forum (RIF), where information technology warriors will gather for advice on a variety of issues of galactic importance - small and medium […]

When someone's productivity is interesting

Surely each of us has ever thought about what this dream team is like? Ocean's crew of cool friends? Or the French national football team? Or maybe a development team from Google? In any case, we would like to be in such a team or even create one. Well, against the backdrop of all this, I want to share with [...]

Debian 10 "Buster" installer release candidate

The first release candidate installer for the next major release of Debian 10 "Buster" is now available. Currently, there are 146 critical errors blocking the release (a month ago there were 316, two months ago - 577, at the time of freezing in Debian 9 - 275, in Debian 8 - 350, Debian 7 - 650). The final release of Debian 10 is expected in the summer. Compared […]

Changing program settings while saving personal settings

Background One medical organization implemented solutions based on Orthanc PACS servers and Radiant DICOM client. During the setup, we found out that each DICOM client must be described in PACS servers as follows: Client name AE name (must be unique) TCP port, which automatically opens on the client side and receives DICOM examinations from the PACS server ( i.e. the server seems to push them towards the client […]

Disney's AI creates cartoons based on text descriptions

Neural networks that create original videos from a text description already exist. And although they are not yet able to completely replace filmmakers or animators, there are already advances in this direction. Disney Research and Rutgers have developed a neural network that can create a rough storyboard and video from a text script. As noted, the system works with natural language, which will allow […]

Video: Overwatch's new story operation will take place in Cuba

Blizzard is hosting a new seasonal event within the Overwatch archives where the developers reveal some of the storyline events from the world of the competitive shooter. A new co-op mission, The Storm is Coming, will begin on April 16 and send players to Cuba. You have to break through enemy barriers on the streets of Havana, playing as Tracer, Winston, Genji or Angel. The goal is to capture a high-ranking member of a criminal […]

EU formally adopts controversial copyright law

Network sources report that the Council of the European Union approved the tightening of copyright rules on the Internet. According to this directive, the owners of sites where user-generated content is posted will be required to enter into an agreement with the authors. The agreement on the use of works also implies that Internet sites must pay a monetary reward for partial copying of content. Site owners are responsible for […]

Modular storage and JBOD degrees of freedom

When a business operates with large data, the storage unit becomes not a single disk, but a set of disks, their combination, an aggregate of the required volume. And it must be managed as an integral entity. The logic of scaling storage with large-block aggregates is well described using the example of JBOD - both as a format for combining disks and as a physical device. You can scale your disk infrastructure not only “upwards” by cascading JBODs, but […]

Update Web and Azure Tools in Visual Studio 2019

You've probably already seen the release of Visual Studio 2019. As you'd expect, we've added improvements for web and Azure development. As a starting point, Visual Studio 2019 provides new features to help you get started with your code, and we've also updated the experience for creating ASP.NET and ASP.NET Core projects to meet the following […]

Facebook's Terragraph technology moves from testing to commercial use

A set of programs allows groups of small wireless base stations operating at 60 GHz frequencies to communicate with each other Wireless World: Technicians in Mikebud, Hungary install small stations with Terragraph support for trials that began in May 2018 Facebook spent years developing the technology improving data organization and transmission over wireless networks. Now this technology is being integrated into [...]

Octopath Traveler Coming to PC This Summer - Official

Square Enix has officially announced that Japanese RPG Octopath Traveler is coming to PC (Steam and Square Enix Store) on June 7th. Square Enix already released the announcement material last week, but that was obviously ahead of time because it was hidden from regular users almost immediately. However, the news managed to disperse through the portals. Recall […]

UPS features for industrial facilities

Uninterrupted power supply is important both for an individual machine in an industrial enterprise and for a large production complex as a whole. Modern energy systems are quite complex and reliable, but they do not always cope with this task. What types of UPS are used for industrial facilities? What requirements must they meet? Are there any special operating conditions for such equipment? Requirements to […]