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The latest version of Windows 10, numbered 1909, has a problem that dates back to the days of Windows XP. The issue is that the context menu of some programs, such as the Pidgin messenger, gets partially obscured by the taskbar. As a result, some options are inaccessible. It is noted that the problem was fixed in the Windows 10 April 2018 Update, but it persists in the current version of Windows 10 […]
In the end, as always, there is a brief summary. Do you remember the story about a guy? He recently came over and told a funny story. I think you’ll find it interesting. It’s not about the story itself, but about how, well, these things happen. I reflected on my own experiences and spotted several similar situations. Back in the mid-2000s […]
A release of the lightweight Live distribution AntiX 19.1 has been published, built on a Debian package base and aimed at installation on outdated hardware. The release is based on Debian 10 (Buster) but comes without the system manager systemd and uses eudev instead of udev. The default user environment is formed using the IceWM window manager, though fluxbox, jwm, and other alternatives are also offered […]
Security researchers from the Chinese company Tencent have presented a new variant of the Magellan vulnerability (CVE-2019-13734), which allows for code execution when processing SQL constructs formatted in a specific way in the SQLite database. A similar vulnerability was published by the same researchers a year ago. The vulnerability is notable as it enables remote attacks on the Chrome browser and permits control over the user's system when opening web pages controlled by the attacker. […]
The Hyperbola project, which is listed among the fully free distributions supported by the Free Software Foundation, has published a plan to transition to using the kernel and user utilities from OpenBSD while porting some components from other BSD systems. The new distribution is planned to be released under the name HyperbolaBSD. HyperbolaBSD is intended to be developed as a full fork of OpenBSD, which will be expanded with new code provided under GPLv3 and LGPLv3 licenses. The ongoing development […]
Magic constants C — Cleanliness (see Marshak), B — Balance (see Nash), MLP — Materials, people, and process in space (see Mayakovsky, Corbusier). A fresh graph-based convolutional neural network can even be useful in the kitchen. It's easier than ever to start playing molecular cuisine. It is enough to describe a dish as: $inline$H = sigma [ hat D ^{-½} hat […
If at the beginning of the play you mention a C++ code on the wall, by the end, it should definitely shoot you in the foot. Bjarne Stroustrup From October 31st to November 1st, the C++ Russia Piter conference took place in St. Petersburg – one of the largest programming conferences in Russia, organized by JUG Ru Group. Among the invited speakers – […
Some time ago, 'My Circle' participated in a discussion organized by our friends from Index School, focusing on the employment of novice specialists. The organizers presented the participants with the following problem: "The IT industry has long been in need of professionals, and this is no news to anyone. It seems that the solution to the problem should come from the abundance of novice specialists available in the market. […
Another release has taken place in the current mainline branch of the nginx web server. Active development is ongoing in branch 1.17, while only bug fixes are being made in the current stable branch (1.16). Fix: a segmentation fault could occur at startup or during reconfiguration if the rewrite directive was used with an empty replacement string in the configuration. Fix: a segmentation […
According to network sources, the FBI is implementing a program that will help companies reduce the damage caused by hackers during data theft. The program is called IDLE (Illicit Data Loss Exploitation), within which companies implement 'false data' to confuse attackers trying to steal sensitive information. This program will help companies combat various types of fraud and corporate espionage. […
I completed my first year of study in the Online Master of Science in Computer Science (OMSCS) program at the Georgia Institute of Technology (3 out of 10 courses). I wanted to share some interim conclusions. You shouldn't go there if: 1. You want to learn programming. In my understanding, a good programmer should: Know the structure of a specific language, standard libraries, etc.; Be able to […]
Part One: Basics of Working with Video and Images What? A video codec is a part of software/hardware that compresses and/or decompresses digital video. Why? Despite certain limitations in bandwidth and storage capacity, the market demands increasingly higher quality video. Do you remember how in the last post we calculated the minimum required for 30 […]
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