Author: ProHoster

Oppo A53s Mid-Range Smartphone Features 90Hz Display, Triple Camera

In the German section of the Amazon online store, information has appeared about the mid-range smartphone Oppo A53s, which will go on sale this coming Tuesday, October 13, at a price of 189 euros. The device is equipped with a 6,5-inch HD+ display (1600 × 720 pixels) with a refresh rate of 90 Hz. The small hole in the top left corner of this panel houses an 8-megapixel selfie camera with a maximum aperture […]

Razer unveils its first gaming chair: Iskur model with lumbar support costs $500

Razer has announced its first gaming chair: a model called Iskur designed to provide a high level of comfort during long battles. Accepting orders for the new product has already begun. One of the features of the Iskur is its adjustable lumbar support. The user will be able to adjust the curve of the pillow, ensuring optimal posture during multi-hour gaming sessions. In addition, the chair received an armrest system [...]

$50 Razer Seiren Mini Streamer Microphone Available in Three Colors

Razer has announced the Seiren Mini microphone, designed for users who stream gaming or vlog. The new product, as reflected in the name, is relatively small in size. The device uses a supercardioid polar pattern, which ensures sound recording at the optimal angle. This helps to significantly reduce the level of external noise, resulting in speech that sounds loud and clear. There is a built-in shock mount that […]

Release of the LLVM 11.0 compiler suite

After six months of development, the release of the LLVM 11.0 project was presented - a GCC-compatible toolkit (compilers, optimizers and code generators) that compiles programs into intermediate bitcode of RISC-like virtual instructions (a low-level virtual machine with a multi-level optimization system). The generated pseudocode can be converted using a JIT compiler into machine instructions directly at the time of program execution. A key change in the new release was the inclusion of […]

Linux 5.9 kernel supports 99% of popular PCI hardware on the market

The level of hardware support for the Linux kernel 5.9 was assessed. The average support for PCI devices across all categories (Ethernet, WiFi, graphics cards, audio, etc.) was 99.3%. A DevicePopulation repository was created specifically for the study, which represents the population of PCI devices on user computers. The status of device support in the latest Linux kernel can be obtained using the LKDDb project. To evaluate hardware support […]

Comparison of colocation services

We regularly conduct market research, compile tables with prices and a bunch of parameters for dozens of data centers. Here I thought that good should not be wasted. The data itself may be useful to someone, while others may take the structure as a basis. The tables show data from 2016. But there were not enough tables and they also made charts and a server hosting rate calculator, plus supplemented […]

Odyssey roadmap: what else do we want from a connection pooler. Andrey Borodin (2019)

In the report, Andrey Borodin will tell how they took into account the experience of PgBouncer scaling when designing the Odyssey connection pooler, how they rolled it out in production. In addition, we will discuss what features of the puller we would like to see in new versions: it is important for us not only to cover our needs, but to develop the Odyssey user community. Video: Hello everyone! My name is Andrew. At Yandex, I work […]

Windows 10 + Linux. Setting up the KDE Plasma GUI for Ubuntu 20.04 in WSL2. Walkthrough

Introduction This article is intended for the attention of system administrators who prepare typical workplaces on computers running Windows 10, including software developers. It should be noted that there is a certain problem associated with the impossibility of integrating software obtained from the Microsoft Store online store for use in a custom Windows 10 image. Without going into details, I will […]

China's Tianwen-1 probe completes successful orbital maneuver en route to Mars

China's first Mars exploration probe, Tianwen-1, yesterday completed a successful orbital maneuver in deep space and continued moving towards Mars, which, according to preliminary calculations, it will be able to reach in four months. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to data from the Chinese National Space Administration. The report said that the probe performed a successful maneuver at a distance […]

The US Navy wanted automatic supply ships

Gradually, more and more powers will be transferred to autonomous vehicles. This is a natural process that pushes the development of science and technology, as well as the desire to save on service personnel. This replacement is especially valuable when it comes to military operations. But it’s better to start robotizing military service small, for example, with autonomous support vessels. Recently, the US Department of Defense concluded a multi-year [...]

The Venera-D mission will not include mini-satellites

The Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI RAS), according to TASS, has clarified plans for the implementation of the Venera-D mission, aimed at exploring the second planet of the solar system. This project involves solving a wide range of scientific problems. This is a comprehensive study of the atmosphere, surface, internal structure and surrounding plasma of Venus. The basic architecture provides for the creation of an orbital and landing vehicles. The first one is to explore […]