Hello everyone! In this article, I want to explain how aircraft gas turbine engines (GTE) work. I will try to make it as simple and understandable as possible. Aircraft GTEs can be divided into: turbojet engines (TJ) dual-circuit turbojet engines (DJT) turboprop engines (TP) turboshaft engines (TS) Moreover, TJ and DJT can contain an afterburner, which […]
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The hyper-casual genre has taken over mobile stores. Some believe it will soon die out, but that is certainly not destined to happen in the near future. From October 2018 to March 2019 alone, hyper-casual games were downloaded over 771 million times. What makes the genre so successful, and is there anything we can borrow from it? Below is a translation of an analysis of the design features that make the genre engaging […]
Following the shell-operator, we present its older sibling — the addon-operator. This is an Open Source project used for installing system components in a Kubernetes cluster, which can collectively be referred to as add-ons. Why do we even need any add-ons? It's no secret that Kubernetes is not an all-in-one product, and various add-ons are necessary to build a 'mature' cluster. The addon-operator will assist in installing, configuring, and […]
Certainly, you have wondered how much your project's infrastructure costs. Interestingly, the growth of expenses is not linear relative to the loads. Many business owners, CTOs, and developers subconsciously understand that they are overpaying. But for what exactly? Typically, cost reduction comes down to simply finding the cheapest solution, AWS pricing, or optimizing hardware configurations when it comes to physical racks. […]
By the end of the first quarter, the dynamics of Intel's financial performance in the server segment disappointed many investors. The company was able to increase revenue only in the area of components for cloud systems; in other segments, not only did revenue decline, but processor shipment volumes fell as well. Interestingly, even under these conditions, Intel managed to increase the average selling price by one percent, partly […]
The Shazam service has been around for a long time and is quite useful in situations like ‘what song is playing on the radio?’ However, until now, the app couldn’t ‘listen’ to music played through headphones. Instead, the sound had to be played through speakers, which wasn’t always convenient. This has now changed. The Pop-up Shazam feature in the latest version of the app for […]
Grasshopper Manufacture is working on No More Heroes III—the third installment of the well-known series, directed by game designer Suda51. The project will be exclusive to Nintendo Switch and is set to release in 2020. The main character will once again be Travis Touchdown, and events will unfold ten years after the conclusion of the first No More Heroes. The character will return to his […]
After a year of development, the independent lightweight Linux distribution CRUX 3.5 has been released. Developed since 2001 under the KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) concept and aimed at experienced users, the project seeks to create a simple and transparent distribution with BSD-like initialization scripts and a highly simplified structure containing a relatively small number of ready-made binary packages. […]
The release of the Linux distribution BackBox Linux 6 is now available, based on Ubuntu 18.04 and bundled with a collection of tools for system security checks, exploit testing, reverse engineering, network traffic analysis, wireless networks, malware investigation, stress testing, and data recovery. The user environment is based on Xfce. The ISO image size is 2.5 GB (i386, x86_64). The new version features system updates […]
An interim release of Firefox 67.0.2 has been introduced, addressing a vulnerability (CVE-2019-11702) specific to the Windows platform that allows opening a local file in Internet Explorer through manipulated links indicating the ‘IE.HTTP:’ protocol. In addition to the vulnerability, this release also fixes several non-security-related issues: Fixed a JavaScript console error output of ‘TypeError: data is null in PrivacyFilter.jsm’, […]
The first update for Luminance HDR in two years has been released, a free program for assembling HDR photographs from exposure bracketing with subsequent tone mapping. In this version: Four new tone mapping operators: ferwerda, kimkautz, lischinski, and vanhateren. All operators have been accelerated and now use less memory (patches from the RawTherapee developer). Gamma correction and adjustment can now be performed in post-processing […]