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IDEF5 methodology. Graphic language

Introduction This article is intended for those who are familiar with such a concept as ontology, at least at the initial level. If you are not familiar with ontologies, then most likely you will not understand the purpose of ontologies and this article in particular. I advise you to familiarize yourself with this phenomenon before you start reading this article (perhaps even an article from Wikipedia will suffice). […]

Weekend Reading: Three Books on Enterprise Networking

This is a compact digest with literature on setting up network infrastructure and security policies. We have selected books that are often mentioned on Hacker News and other thematic sites about managing network resources, configuring and protecting cloud infrastructure. Photo - Malte Wingen - Unsplash Computer Networks: A Systems Approach The book is devoted to the key principles of building computer networks. Co-authored by Bruce Davey […]

The technical design of a super-heavy Russian rocket will take more than a year

The technical design of the Russian super-heavy launch vehicle will be completed no earlier than next fall. TASS reports this, citing information received from a source in the domestic space industry. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the need to develop a super-heavy class missile system in 2018. Such a carrier is planned to be used during complex and long-term space missions. This is, in particular, [...]

Thermaltake Versa T25 TG case supports two 200mm front fans

Thermaltake has prepared the Versa T25 TG case, made in a rather laconic style, for users who are assembling a mid-level gaming desktop station. The solution corresponds to the Mid Tower format. The side wall and front panel are made of 4 mm thick tempered glass. It is especially noted that two large 200 mm fans can be installed in the front. There are perforations in the side sections of the facial zone, […]

Nearly half of traffic to root DNS servers is caused by Chromium activity

The APNIC registrar, responsible for the distribution of IP addresses in the Asia-Pacific region, published the results of an analysis of traffic distribution on one of the root DNS servers a.root-servers.net. 45.80% of requests to the root server were related to checks performed by browsers based on the Chromium engine. Thus, almost half of the resources of the root DNS servers are spent on performing Chromium diagnostic checks, rather than processing requests from DNS servers when […]

Data Scientist Notes: A Personal Review of Data Query Languages

I tell from personal experience what came in handy where and when. Overview and thesis, so that it is clear what and where you can dig further - but here I have an exclusively subjective personal experience, maybe everything is completely different for you. Why is it important to know and be able to handle query languages? At its core, Data Science has several critical […]

4 hours without a smartphone. Stupid post on a serious topic

How many times a day do you pick up your smartphone? Are you a dour stoic developer with a spartan button model or a nervous PR person who is online 24/7? I always thought that I was more of an ascetic who actively uses a smartphone, but at any moment can switch to a button model. Although you can’t refuse me some predilection for unusual phones: among […]

Life in 2030

Frenchman Fabrice Grinda has always loved taking risks - he has successfully invested in hundreds of companies: Alibaba, Airbnb, BlaBlaCar, Uber, and even the Russian analogue of Booking - the Oktogo service. He has a special flair for trends, for what the future could be. Monsieur Grinda not only invested in other people's businesses, but also created his own. For example, the online bulletin board OLX, which is used by […]

Roscosmos showed a video with the unloading of the Nauka module for the ISS

The Roscosmos State Corporation reports that at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, specialists from the Energia Rocket and Space Corporation named after. S.P. Korolev and the Center named after. M.V. Khrunichev is preparing for the final tests of the Nauka module for the International Space Station (ISS). The named unit, after many years of creation and refinement, was finally delivered this week from the rocket and space plant of the State Research and Production Space Center named after. M.V. Khrunichev on […]

Taiwanese tech companies sustained revenue growth in July

Both the pandemic and American sanctions are negative factors for many market participants, but these conditions also have their beneficiaries. The combined revenue of Taiwan's 19 technology companies rose 9,4% in July, marking the fifth consecutive month of positive growth. The luckiest ones, as noted by the Nikkei Asian Review, are manufacturers of semiconductor products. TSMC showed an increase in revenue […]

Revealed the appearance of the smartphone Huawei Enjoy 20 Plus with a retractable camera

Well-known network informant Digital Chat Station has published press renderings and information about the technical characteristics of the mid-range smartphone Huawei Enjoy 20 Plus with support for 5G mobile networks. It is confirmed that the device will receive a display without a cutout or hole. The front camera is designed in the form of a retractable module hidden in the upper part of the body. Screen size – 6,63 […]