Author: ProHoster

AMD Almost Beats Ryzen 9 3900X Shortage in US Stores

The Ryzen 9 3900X processor, presented in the summer, with 12 cores distributed between two 7-nm crystals, was difficult to buy in many countries until the fall, since there were clearly not enough processors for this model for everyone. The most interesting thing is that before the appearance of the 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X, this processor is considered the formal flagship of the Matisse line, and there are a sufficient number of enthusiasts willing to […]

Digitalization of education

The photograph shows diplomas of a dentist and dentist from the late 19th century. More than 100 years have passed. The diplomas of most organizations to this day do not differ from those issued in the 19th century. It would seem that since everything works so well, then why change anything? However, not everything works well. Paper certificates and diplomas have serious disadvantages due to which […]

Monitoring + load testing = predictability and no failures

The VTB IT department several times had to deal with emergency situations in the operation of systems, when the load on them increased many times over. Therefore, there was a need to develop and test a model that would predict peak load on critical systems. To do this, the bank’s IT specialists set up monitoring, analyzed data and learned to automate forecasts. What tools helped predict the load and did they succeed […]

Album Player for Linux Released

Album Player for Linux is a freely distributed (Freeware) music file player for the Linux operating system. Supports remote control over the network via a web interface and UPnP/DLNA renderer mode. File formats that can be played are WAV, FLAC, APE, WavPack, ALAC, AIFF, AAC, OGG, MP3, MP4, DFF, DSF, OPUS, TAK, WMA, SACD ISO, DVD-A. DSD file output is supported in Native DSD, DoP […]

A broad Ukrainian Dunno or How the people of Kiev did not guess

Friday evening, a good reason to remember your golden childhood. I recently spoke with a game maker I know, and he quite seriously convinced me that the main reason for the current crisis in the gaming industry is the lack of memorable images. Previously, they say, good toys contained images that were dead stuck in the user’s memory - even purely visually. And now all the games are faceless, indistinguishable, [...]

Python 2.7.17 release

A correction release of Python 2.7.17 is available, which reflects the bug fixes made since March of this year. The new version also fixes three vulnerabilities in expat, httplib.InvalidURL and urllib.urlopen. Python 2.7.17 is the penultimate release in the Python 2.7 branch, which will be deprecated in early 2020. Source: opennet.ru

First release of Pwnagotchi, WiFi hacking toys

The first stable release of the Pwnagotchi project has been presented, developing a tool for hacking wireless networks, designed in the form of an electronic pet resembling a Tamagotchi toy. The main prototype of the device is built on the Raspberry Pi Zero W board (firmware is provided for booting from an SD card), but it can also be used on other Raspberry Pi boards, as well as in any Linux environment that […]

Launch of the Otus.ru project

Friends! The Otus.ru service is a tool for employment. We use educational methods to select the best specialists for business tasks. We collected and categorized the vacancies of major players in the IT business, and created courses based on the requirements received. We have entered into agreements with these companies that our best students will be interviewed for relevant positions. We connect, we hope, [...]

Development of Xfce 4.16 has begun

The Xfce desktop developers have announced the completion of the planning and dependency freezing phases, and the project is moving to the development stage of a new branch 4.16. Development is planned to be completed in the middle of next year, after which three preliminary releases will remain before the final release. Upcoming changes include the end of optional support for GTK2 and an overhaul of the user interface. If, when preparing a version [...]

Release of Qbs 1.14 assembly tools, the development of which was continued by the community

The Qbs 1.14 build tools release has been announced. This is the first release since the Qt Company left the development of the project, prepared by the community interested in continuing the development of Qbs. To build Qbs, Qt is required among the dependencies, although Qbs itself is designed to organize the assembly of any projects. Qbs uses a simplified version of QML to define project build scripts, allowing […]

Confirmed: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order will have quality and speed modes on XB1X and PS4 Pro

After many years of rumors, announcements, released trailers and game videos, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (in Russian localization - “Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order”) is ready to hit the market. There is less than a month left until the announced date of November 15th. Recently, journalists from the WeGotThisCovered resource had the opportunity to evaluate the almost final build of the game and were quick to share some impressions and news. The game is not [...]

Obsidian Entertainment Says Microsoft Lets You Make Games The Way Developers Want

Journalists from Wccftech interviewed senior designer from Obsidian Entertainment Brian Heins. He told how the acquisition of the team by Microsoft affected the creativity of the developers. A studio representative said that the authors have enough freedom to implement their own ideas. Brian Haynes said: "The Outer Worlds was not affected by this [Obsidian acquisition] as the publisher […]