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Indie developers often find themselves juggling multiple roles: game designer, programmer, composer, artist. And when it comes to visuals, many opt for pixel art — which seems simple at first glance. However, creating beautiful pixel art requires a lot of experience and specific skills. I found a tutorial for those just starting to grasp the basics of this style: it includes descriptions of special software and drawing techniques […]
I write a lot of texts, mostly nonsense, but usually even critics say that my writing is easy to read. If you want to make your texts (letters, for example) easier to read, hurry up here. I didn’t make this up; it's all from the book 'The Living and the Dead Word' by Nora Gal, a Soviet translator, editor, and critic. There are two rules: use verbs and avoid bureaucratic language. Verbs are […]
Daniel Robbins announced that after March 1, 2020, he will cease support and maintenance for release 1.3. Surprisingly, the reason for this is that the current release 1.4 has proven to be better and more stable than 1.3-LTS. Therefore, Daniel recommends those using version 1.3 to plan an upgrade to 1.4. In addition, a second maintenance release is expected in January for […]
In April of this year, Google released a beta version of the Android 10 software platform, one of the features of which is a new message notification function called Bubbles. Although this feature was not included in the stable version of Android 10, it may return in the next version of the operating system. Network sources suggest that […]
Experts from Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a series of hacker attacks targeting telecommunications and financial companies in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. As part of this campaign, the attackers sought to gain access to the funds and financial data of their victims. Reports indicate that the hackers attempted to siphon tens of millions of dollars from the accounts of the attacked companies. In each documented case, the hackers used […]
For a long time, there have been rumors that machine translation will be able to replace human translators, and sometimes statements are heard like, "Translations done by a human and Google Neural Machine are nearly indistinguishable," when Google announced the launch of its neural machine translation system (GNMT). Of course, neural networks have made significant strides recently and are becoming increasingly sophisticated […]
When choosing courses, you should be interested in two numbers — the percentage of people who completed the course and the percentage of graduates who found employment within three months of finishing the course. For example, if 50% of those who started the course finish it, and 20% of graduates find a job within three months, then your chances of entering the profession with these specific courses […]
The release of the experimental project Lilith 0.0.5 has been published, which develops the operating system, kernel, and user space tools implemented in the Crystal language (a compiled language similar to Ruby with static typing). The code is distributed under the MIT license. Notable features include: A kernel for x86-64 systems that partially supports POSIX and implements typical Unix system calls (open, read, write, spawn, etc.); […]
The FreeDB project has announced its closure. Starting March 31, 2020, the website and all associated services will cease operations. It is worth noting that the FreeDB project developed tools and a database with information about artists and musical compositions supplied on compact discs. The database includes additional details about tracks covering more than two million music CDs. Similar […]
The upcoming year 2020 may become the year of foldable and dual-screen devices. Many companies, including Microsoft, are preparing such gadgets; previously, it presented the Surface Neo tablet based on Windows 10X and the Surface Duo smartphone on Android, both with two screens. Similar solutions are expected from the corporation's partners — HP, Dell, and Lenovo. Additionally, Windows 10X will make its appearance […]
Kaspersky Lab has uncovered a new series of attacks against financial and telecommunications companies based in Europe. The primary goal of the attackers is to steal money. Furthermore, cybercriminals are attempting to penetrate data to access financial information of interest. The investigation revealed that criminals exploit a vulnerability in the VPN solutions implemented across all targeted organizations. This vulnerability allows for the acquisition of data from accounts […]
Disclaimer: this material contains only the author's subjective opinion, filled with stereotypes and conjectures. The facts in the material are presented in the form of metaphors, which may be distorted, exaggerated, embellished, or entirely fabricated. ASM Discussions are still ongoing about who originally started all this. Yes, I am referring to how people transitioned from normal communication […]