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This article is part of a series dedicated to educating readers about space technologies. Starlink, the SpaceX plan to deliver internet via tens of thousands of satellites, is a hot topic in space-related media. Articles detailing the latest advancements are published weekly. While the overall concept is clear, a well-informed individual (say, yours truly) can dig deeper by reviewing reports from the Federal Communications Commission […]
QuiteRSS is a program for reading news feeds in RSS and Atom formats. The project's code is available under the GPLv3 license. Features of the program include: an integrated browser based on the WebKit engine, a filtering system, support for tags and categories, an ad blocker, a file download manager, and much more. The release of QuiteRSS 0.19 coincides with the eighth anniversary of the project. What's new: migration to Qt 5.13, WebKit 602.1, […]
Racket, a language inspired by Scheme, along with an ecosystem for programming other languages, began transitioning to dual licensing under Apache 2.0 or MIT in 2017, and now, with version 7.5, nearly all its components are completing this process. The authors note two main reasons for this: It is unclear how to interpret the LGPL provisions regarding dynamic linking to Racket, where macros […]
Firefox for OpenBSD has implemented support for file system isolation using the unveil() system call. Necessary patches have already been accepted upstream and will be included in Firefox 72. Firefox on OpenBSD has previously been protected using pledge to limit access for each type of process (main, content, and GPU) to system calls, and now restrictions will also apply to […]
A corrective release of Chrome 78.0.3904.108 has been published, addressing 0-day vulnerabilities used in two successful hacks demonstrated at the Tianfu Cup competition. The issues (CVE-2019-13723, CVE-2019-13724) existed in the code interacting with Bluetooth devices and allowed accessing already freed memory areas (use-after-free) or data outside the allocated buffer. In the new version, the context menu also […]
The release of the project management system Calligra Plan 3.2 (formerly KPlato) has been announced, which is part of the Calligra office suite developed by the KDE team. Calligra Plan allows for coordinating task execution, defining dependencies between ongoing work, planning completion times, tracking the status of various development stages, and managing resource allocation in large projects. New features include: the ability to move items using drag & drop and […]
"But you’re a girl, what do you know about programming?" — this phrase became my guiding light into the world of information technology. It was spoken by a close person in response to my impulsive expression of overwhelming feelings. But if I had listened to him, there would have been neither this tale nor this progress. Activity indicator on the educational platform My story: the futility of old knowledge and the desire […]
Introduction In school, to reinforce our knowledge, we were given many similar examples to solve. We often wondered: what’s valuable about this? Just plug in two or three values into a formula and get an answer. Where's the room for creative thinking? The reality proved to be harsher than school. Now, I work as an analyst in IT. Before entering the IT field, I worked as a thermal engineer, a CNC programmer, and participated in research projects. […]
Today, educational software is a collection of applications aimed at developing specific skills in students. However, the first such systems appeared more than a hundred years ago — engineers and inventors have traveled a long path from imperfect mechanical 'educational machines' to the first computers and algorithms. Let’s dive into this in more detail. Photo: crabchick / CC BY The first experiments — both successful and unsuccessful […]
Tencent has released a new version of F-Stack 1.13, a framework based on DPDK and FreeBSD TCP/IP stack. Linux is the primary platform for the framework. The code is distributed under the BSD license. The framework allows applications to bypass the operating system's stack and instead use a user-space stack that communicates directly with network hardware. Among the stated features of the framework are: Full loading […]
After a year and a half of development, the release of F-Stack 1.13 has occurred, advancing a high-performance networking stack that operates in user space, based on the DPDK framework and FreeBSD TCP/IP stack (F-Stack is not tied to FreeBSD and considers Linux as its primary application platform). The project is utilized in various products and services by Tencent, China's largest telecommunications company. The code is distributed under […]
I had the opportunity to visit Stanford University, one of the most prestigious and highly ranked educational institutions in the world, as well as one of the most advanced in the IT field. The campus and academic buildings are impressive! While I was exploring the buildings, I felt inspired and became interested in the opportunities for international students (why not?). I decided to share information and prepared an overview. The history of Stanford's establishment […]