The Epic Games Store has launched a free distribution of the indie adventure game about the duck Minit. The project can be picked up from the service until October 10. Minit is an indie game developed by Jan Willem Nijman. A distinctive feature of the project is the 60-second duration of each game session. The user plays as a duck who fights with a cursed sword. It is because of this that the levels are limited in duration. […]
For many years, scientists from all over the world have been doing two things - inventing and improving. And sometimes it’s not clear which is more difficult. Take, for example, ordinary LEDs, which seem so simple and ordinary to us that we don’t even pay attention to them. But if you add a few excitons, a pinch of polaritons and tungsten disulfide […]
The Logitech G brand, owned by Logitech, has announced the PRO X, a compact keyboard designed specifically for computer gamers. The new product is of the mechanical type. Moreover, a design with replaceable switches has been implemented: users will be able to independently install the GX Blue Clicky, GX Red Linear or GX Brown Tactile modules. The keyboard does not have a block of numeric buttons on the right side. Dimensions are 361 × 153 × 34 mm. […]
Electronic Arts has decided to take care of the safety of all users of its services. The publisher is giving away a month of free Origin Access if the player enables two-factor authentication on their EA account. To take part in the promotion, you must log in to the official Electronic Arts website. Then open the “Security” menu and find the “Username Confirmation” item there. To the specified email [...]
Looking at the current diversity of educational robotics, you are glad that children have access to a huge number of construction kits, ready-made products, and that the bar for “entry” into the basics of programming has dropped quite low (down to kindergarten). There is a widespread trend of introducing first to modular-block programming and then moving on to more advanced languages. But this situation was not always the case. 2009-2010. Russia began massively [...]
Since October 1, Toshiba Memory Holdings Corporation has been operating under the new name Kioxia Holdings. “The official launch of the Kioxia brand is an important step in both our evolution as an independent company and our commitment to leading the industry into a new era of storage devices,” said Stacy J. Smith, executive chairman of Kioxia Holdings Corporation. […]
The iOS 13 operating system for Apple iPhone smartphones was announced back in the summer of this year. Among its widely publicized innovations was the ability to enter text on the built-in keyboard by swiping, that is, without taking your fingers off the screen. However, this function has problems with some phrases. According to a number of users on the Reddit forum, by swiping to the “native” […]
A selection of events for the week of DevOps Conf September 30 (Monday) - October 01 (Tuesday) 1st Zachatievsky lane 4 from 19 rub. At the conference we will talk not only about “how?”, but also “why?”, bringing processes and technologies as close as possible. Among the organizers is the leader of the DevOps movement in Russia, Express 600. EdCrunch October 42 (Tuesday) – October 01 […]
At the end of September, Apple confirmed that the new Mac Pro will be produced at its plant in Austin, Texas. This decision was probably made due to the benefits provided by the American government for 10 of the 15 components supplied from China. As for the remaining 5 components, it appears that Apple will have to pay a duty of 25%. Reportedly […]
GoPro has announced a new generation action camera: the Hero8 Black model will go on sale in Russia on November 22 at a price of 34 rubles. The new product is enclosed in a durable sealed case: it is not afraid of immersion under water to a depth of 990 meters. A built-in mount has appeared: in the lower part there are special folding “ears” made of metal. Numerous video recording modes have been implemented: for example, [...]
September ends, and with it the calendar of “adventures” of the Extravaganza ends - a set of tasks developing on the border of the real world and others, virtual and imaginary. Below you will find the second part of my personal impressions related to the “passage” of these “quests”. The beginning of the “adventures” (events from September 1 to 8) and a brief introduction are described here. The global concept is described here Extravaganza. The story continues on September 9th. […]
Hello everyone, there are a lot of articles on the Internet on the topic of how to set up a remote connection to an existing Xorg session via x11vnc, but I haven’t found anywhere how to suppress the local monitor and input so that anyone sitting next to the remote computer does not watch what you do and did not press any buttons in your session. Below the cut is my […]
