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Yes, indeed, ancient. Last May, the global decentralized social network Fediverse turned 11 years old! Exactly 11 years ago, the project’s originator Identi.ca published its first post. Meanwhile, an anonymous person on a respected resource wrote: "The problem with Fediverse is that two and a half diggers know about it." What an absurd problem. Let's fix it! […]
Data Protection Day, Minsk, 2019. Organizer: the human rights organization Human Constanta. Moderator (hereinafter – M): – Arthur Khachuyan is involved in… Can we say he’s on the ‘dark side’ in the context of our conference? Arthur Khachuyan (hereinafter – AK): – On the side of corporations – yes. M: – He collects your data and sells it to corporations. AK: – Actually, no… […]
Hello, Habr! After reading the publication 'uTorrent on guard of online viewing', I was surprised that a way to enable sequential downloading of files without additional software like BEncode Editor has not yet been published, and can be done quickly — literally in two clicks. So: Enable sequential loading of file parts and sequential downloading of files from the torrent list. 1. Download […]
To date, there are ready-made (proprietary) solutions for monitoring IP(TS) streams, such as VB and iQ, which have a rich set of features and are usually available from large operators dealing with TV services. This article describes a solution based on the open source project TSDuck, intended for minimal monitoring of IP(TS) streams via the CC (continuity counter) and bitrate. Possible […]
TL;DR Absolute Computrace is a technology that allows locking a machine (and not only) even if the operating system is reinstalled or the hard drive is replaced, for $15 a year. I bought a laptop on eBay that was locked with this. This article details my experience battling it and attempting to do the same based on […]
Main prerequisites: There is an old, unused Raspberry Pi first-generation board; The board is lying on a shelf as dead weight and is not used — the "Brick" board; What I would like to achieve: At a certain point in time (for example, depending on my mood), the board stops being a "Brick," and a magic memory card is inserted; An Ethernet cable and a plug from a regular home speaker are connected to the board […]
It is known that a CTO's competency is only tested during the second time they perform this role. Because it is one thing to work for several years in a company, to evolve with it, and, being in the same cultural context, gradually gain more responsibility. And it is quite another to come directly into the position of technical director in a company burdened with legacy and a host of problems neatly […]
Hello! My first series of articles will focus on exploring methods of compressing and storing images/sound, such as JPEG (images) and WAVE (sound), including examples of programs using these formats (.jpg, .wav) in practice. In this part, we will specifically discuss WAVE. The history of WAVE (Waveform Audio File Format) is a container file format for storing audio recordings […]
Hello again! I found this article written back in May 2019. This is a continuation of a series of articles about WAVE and JPEG. Here is the first one. This publication will include information about the image encoding algorithm and the format itself. A pinch of history, a tablespoon of Wikipedia: JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) is one of the popular […]
In this article, I will set up a development environment for the game "Bylyny" and break the game down into parts suitable for use in OpenFaaS. I will perform all operations on Linux, and I will deploy Kubernetes in minikube using VirtualBox. My workstation has 2 CPU cores and 12GB of RAM; I will use […] as the system disk.
In the 75th episode, Sergey Pavlovich continues the conversation with Oleg Shestakov, founder and co-owner of Rush-analytics.ru and Rush-agency.ru. Why is "black" pharma? Sergey Pavlovich (SP): – Why is pharma (note – pharmaceuticals) "black"? I know that Interpol is fighting it really hard. I thought it was some kind of "gray"—well, generic, after all, it's in India. Oleg Shestakov (hereinafter […]
This implementation was inspired by Alexander Koryukin GeXoGeN with his publication "Remote computer activation for free, without SMS and clouds, using Mikrotik." And a comment in one of Kirill Kazakov's VK groups: Indeed, it’s not secure at all. I would rather write a Telegram bot that only accepts commands from my account for activation. I decided to write such a […]