American Casey Viner was sentenced to 15 months in prison for conspiracy related to swatting due to a conflict in the shooter game Call of Duty. As reported by PC Gamer, he will also be banned from playing online games for two years after his release. Casey Viner admitted to being an accomplice of Tyler Barriss, who was convicted for a deadly swatting incident […]
After six months of development, Oracle has released Java SE 13 (Java Platform, Standard Edition 13), which uses the open project OpenJDK as its reference implementation. Java SE 13 maintains backward compatibility with previous releases of the Java platform, ensuring that all previously written Java projects will work without modifications on the new version. Installation-ready builds are available […]
During the ongoing CppCon 2019 conference, Microsoft announced the opening of the source code for its implementation of the C++ standard library (STL, C++ Standard Library), which is part of the MSVC toolchain and the Visual Studio development environment. The library implements features described in the current C++14 and C++17 standards and is also evolving towards supporting the upcoming C++20 standard, keeping pace with changes […]
The release of the CentOS 7.7 distribution (1908) is now available, incorporating changes from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7. The distributions are fully binary compatible with RHEL 7.7, and the changes made to the packages generally consist of rebranding and design updates. CentOS 7.7 builds are currently available for x86_64, Aarch64 (ARM64), i386, ppc64le, Power9, and ARMv7 (armhfp) architectures. For the x86_64 architecture […]
There is a strong stereotype about the backwardness of the African continent. Yes, there are indeed a lot of problems. However, IT in Africa is developing rapidly. According to venture firm Partech Africa, in 2018, 146 startups from 19 countries raised $1.16 billion. Cloud4Y has provided a brief overview of the most interesting African startups and successful companies. […]
Inspired by the article "Categories Instead of Directories, or a Semantic File System for Linux Vitis", I decided to create my own analog of the vitis utility for PowerShell Core. Why did I start this? First, vitis is only for Linux. Second, I want to use "pipes" in PowerShell. As I wanted to create a cross-platform utility, I chose .Net Core. Backstory: It all started with chaos. […]
Today's video lesson on Distance Vector and Link State routing protocols precedes one of the most important topics in the CCNA course – the OSPF and EIGRP routing protocols. This topic will take 4 or even 6 upcoming video lessons. Therefore, today I will briefly discuss several concepts that need to be understood before starting to study OSPF and EIGRP. In the last lesson, we […]
Firefox developers have announced a reduction in the release preparation cycle for new browser versions to four weeks (previously, releases were prepared in 6-8 weeks). Firefox 70 will be released according to the old schedule on October 22, followed by the release of Firefox 71 six weeks later on December 3, after which subsequent releases will be formed every four weeks (January 7, February 11, March 10 […]
Nine months after the formation of the last significant branch, Oracle has released the first beta of the VirtualBox 6.1 virtualization system. Key improvements include: Support for hardware mechanisms introduced in the fifth generation Intel Core i (Broadwell) processors for nested virtualization; The old 3D graphics support method based on the VBoxVGA driver has been removed. For 3D, the new VBoxSVGA drivers are recommended […]
Today, the developers announced that they are shortening the release preparation cycle. Starting in 2020, the next stable version of Firefox will be released every 4 weeks. For the past few years, Firefox development has looked approximately like this: Nightly 93 (development of new features) Developer Edition 92 (evaluation of new features' readiness) Beta 91 (bug fixing) Current Release 90 (critical bug fixes until the next […]
Good day, dear readers. I will be brief and break the article into points. Organizational Issues The number of users of the AutoCAD software exceeds the number of local network licenses. The number of specialists working with AutoCAD software is not regulated by any internal document. Based on point #1, refusing to install the program is nearly impossible. Poor organization of work leads to a shortage of licenses, which results in […]
Continuation of the article “Attempt to create an ASH analog for PostgreSQL.” The article will examine and demonstrate, through specific queries and examples, what useful information can be derived from the pg_stat_activity view history. Warning: Due to the novelty of the topic and the ongoing testing period, the article may contain mistakes. Criticism and comments are welcome and expected. Input data […]