The release of Rspamd 2.0, a spam filtering system, has been announced, providing tools for evaluating messages based on various criteria, including rules, statistical methods, and blacklists, from which the final weight of the message is derived for making a blocking decision. Rspamd supports almost all features implemented in SpamAssassin and has several unique aspects that enable it to filter emails on average 10 […]
A graduate student at the University of Hawaii discovered an issue in a Python script used for calculating chemical shifts, which determine the chemical structure of the substance being studied during spectral analysis via nuclear magnetic resonance signals. During the verification of research results from one of his professors, the graduate student noticed that running the script on different operating systems with the same dataset produced different results […]
Eric Shander has been dismissed from his position as Chief Financial Officer of Red Hat without the payment of a $4 million bonus set prior to IBM's acquisition of Red Hat. The decision was made by the Red Hat board of directors and approved by IBM. Alleged reasons for the dismissal without pay include violations of Red Hat's operational standards. More detailed information regarding the reasons for dismissal was provided by a spokesperson […]
The Manjaro community has released a new major version of the Pamac package manager, specifically developed for this distribution. Pamac includes the libpamac library for working with main repositories, AUR, and local packages, console utilities with 'human syntax' like pamac install and pamac update, a main Gtk frontend, and an additional Qt frontend, which is not yet fully ported to the Pamac API […]
Are you brave enough at 25-30-35-40-45 to sit down for self-study? Not corporate, not covered under the 'company pays' rate, not forced or previously unfinished higher education, but independent? To sit at your desk with the books and textbooks you choose, in front of your strictest self, and master what you need or have long wanted to learn, to the point that you just can't take it anymore […]
The other day in one community (VsSupport, if anyone's interested), an unprecedented drama unfolded — it turns out that knowledge from the community can be lost!!! And why is that? Because millennials (the new reincarnation of indigo children) don’t know how to maintain their own blogs, and searching on Google is difficult. From the discussion about "where the world is heading," this article was born, focusing on the beginning of work […]
Yesterday, I encountered a completely unexpected turn of events during yet another MacOS update. I generally really enjoy software updates; I always want to see the new features of various programs. When I saw this summer that I could download and install MacOS 10.15 Catalina Beta, I consciously decided against it, understanding that the beta could contain a significant amount […]
There is no perfect way to implement OpenStack in your company, but there are general principles that can guide you to a successful deployment. One of the advantages of open-source software like OpenStack is the ability to download it, try it out in practice, and gain hands-on experience without lengthy interactions with vendor companies or the need for long […]
American telecommunications operator Verizon and Japanese company NEC have just successfully completed field tests of a comprehensive city environment and event monitoring system using existing optical communication lines. No new global investments were needed — all optical cables were already laid underground by Verizon and are used for data transmission within its network. This is the uniqueness of […]
Raymond Hill, the author of the content blocking systems uBlock Origin and uMatrix, faced the inability to publish the latest test release (1.22.5rc1) of the uBlock Origin ad blocker in the Chrome Web Store. The publication was rejected, citing the unacceptable listing of "multipurpose extensions" that include functions unrelated to the main declared purpose. In accordance with […]
Larry Wall, the creator of the Perl language and the 'benevolent dictator for life' of the project, has approved the proposal to rename Perl 6 to Raku, putting an end to the renaming debate. The name Raku was chosen as a derivative of Rakudo, the name of the Perl 6 compiler. It is already familiar to developers and does not overlap with other projects in search engines. In his comment, Larry quoted a phrase from […]
On October 12, the SPO Foundation, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Creative Commons, Document Foundation, and other human rights organizations will hold an international day against digital rights management (DRM) tools that limit user freedom. Supporters believe that users should have full control over their devices, from cars and medical devices to phones and computers. This year, the event organizers […]