Author: ProHoster

Kubernetes 1.14: Highlights of what's new

This night will be the next release of Kubernetes - 1.14. According to the tradition that has developed for our blog, we talk about the key changes in the new version of this wonderful Open Source product. The information used to prepare this material is taken from the Kubernetes enhancements tracking table, CHANGELOG-1.14 and related issues, pull requests, Kubernetes Enhancement Proposals (KEP). Let's start with an important introduction from SIG cluster-lifecycle: dynamic […]

Classification of handwritten drawings. Report in Yandex

A few months ago, our colleagues from Google held a competition on Kaggle to create a classifier for images obtained in the sensational game “Quick, Draw!”. The team, which included Yandex developer Roman Vlasov, took fourth place in the competition. At the January training session on machine learning, Roman shared the ideas of his team, the final implementation of the classifier, and interesting practices of his rivals. - Hi all! […]

Quick Draw Doodle Recognition: how to make R, C++ and neural networks friends

Hey Habr! Last fall, Kaggle hosted a Quick Draw Doodle Recognition competition for classifying hand-drawn pictures, in which, among others, a team of R-specialists consisting of Artem Klevtsov, Philip Upravitelev and Andrey Ogurtsov took part. We will not describe the competition in detail, this has already been done in a recent publication. With the farm medals this time did not work out, but […]

This is what the new File Explorer might look like with Fluent Design

Microsoft announced the Fluent Design System concept a couple of years ago, shortly after the release of Windows 10. Gradually, developers introduced more and more Fluent Design elements into the top ten, added them to universal applications, and so on. But File Explorer has remained classic so far, even with the introduction of the ribbon interface. But now that has changed. As expected, 2019 may […]

WSJ: Troubled Boeing 737 Max planes will not return to the air soon

Those who follow what is happening in the aviation industry are aware of the scandal unfolding around the Boeing 737 Max. This latest version of the aircraft of the famous American company Boeing had a number of initial problems caused by the design features of an already outdated and already repeatedly modernized machine (produced since 1967). The new powerful and more efficient engines proved to be too large and heavy […]

Terraform provider Selectel

We have launched the official Terraform provider to work with Selectel. This product allows users to fully implement resource management through the Infrastructure-as-code methodology (infrastructure as code). Currently, the provider supports resource management of the Virtual Private Cloud (hereinafter referred to as VPC) service. In the future, we plan to add resource management of other services provided by Selectel to it. As you already know, the VPC service is built […]

How to move, upload and integrate very large data cheaply and quickly? What is pushdown optimization?

Any operation with big data requires large computing power. A typical move of data from a database to Hadoop can take weeks or cost as much as an airplane wing. Don't want to wait and spend? Balance the load across different platforms. One way is pushdown optimization. I asked Aleksey Ananiev, the leading Informatica product development and administration trainer in Russia, to […]

A special version of Firefox for the tablet appeared on the iPad

Mozilla has made life easier for iPad users. Now on the tablet is available a new Firefox browser, which is specially adapted for this device. In particular, it supports iOS' built-in split-screen functionality and keyboard shortcuts. However, the new browser also implements a user-friendly interface, typical for finger control. For example, Firefox for iPad now supports displaying tabs in […]

Kojima plays Death Stranding on a daily basis - a project at a key stage of development

Kojima Productions Marketing and Community Relations Manager Aki Saito has tweeted a translation of Hideo Kojima's post. The head of Death Stranding told how the development of the game is progressing. According to him, the team is now putting together the various parts of the project. The future release did not reach the stage of polishing and testing, but Kojima plays it every […]

Registration for the II IT-conference for novice developers SMARTRHINO-2019 has begun

We are starting registration for the SMARTRHINO-2019 conference! The conference will be held on April 18 in Moscow in the hotel complex Izmailovo. This year we decided not to limit ourselves to the student audience of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University, and to give other novice specialists the opportunity to take part. You will find interesting lectures and useful workshops in three areas: Reverse engineering Programming best practices Machine learning PARTICIPATION FREE, […]

3D render confirms hole in Motorola One Vision screen for camera

A 3D render of the upcoming Motorola One Vision smartphone, published by Tigermobiles, has appeared on the Web. The render confirms that, just like in the flagship Samsung Galaxy S10, a hole in the screen is used to accommodate the front camera and sensors in the new smartphone. However, due to the fact that the hole is located in the upper left corner, the novelty is more similar to […]

WSJ: Nintendo will release two new Switch models this summer

Rumors about the development of an updated Nintendo Switch game console have been around for a long time. But, according to The Wall Street Journal, two new versions of the system could be released this summer. It is alleged that one of them will be a cheaper option, and the second will receive improved features aimed at avid gamers. The WSJ says the cheaper model won't use […]