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The release of the SDL 2.0.10 (Simple Direct Layer) library has taken place, aimed at simplifying the development of games and multimedia applications. The library provides tools such as hardware-accelerated output for 2D and 3D graphics, input handling, sound playback, 3D output through OpenGL/OpenGL ES, and many other related operations. The library is written in C and is distributed under the zlib license. To utilize the capabilities of SDL […]
The last few years have been marked not only by the rapid development of internet technologies and the penetration of the internet into regions of the planet where even ordinary mobile communication is difficult. Tools for internet censorship have been developed and adopted by officials, including bans on websites and services, monitoring user messages in email and chat services, DPI packet filtering, and much more. Journalists from well-known […]
In December 2018, my wife and I moved from Saint Petersburg to Helsinki. There are already quite a few articles and (video) blogs about what life is like in Finland and whether it's worth moving here. Instead, I would like to share the part of the story related to the move itself. We had to tackle a plethora of issues of varying importance, many of which arose […]
Hugo is a static HTML and CSS website generator written in Go. The improvements are as follows: Templates: The Merge function has been added. The interface has expanded. The ability to convert numeric values to float64 and compare them has been implemented. Greater error detail in Where. An error message is returned for incorrect input in In. Core: A symdiff test has been added. The test file has been added to .gitignore. The possibility of parallel […]
For 20 years now, on the last Friday of July, it has been a tradition, established on July 28, 1999 by Ted Kekatos, a system administrator from Chicago, to celebrate System Administrator Appreciation Day. From the author of this news: I sincerely want to congratulate those who support phone and computer networks, administer servers and workstations. Here's to a stable connection, with no glitches […]
The VAIO brand has announced the ThinBoot ZERO Type V portable computer, built on Intel hardware and the Microsoft operating system. The new model is positioned as a mobile thin client. It can connect to a computer network using either a wired or wireless connection. In the first case, data transmission is handled by a Gigabit Ethernet controller, while in the second — by a Wi-Fi adapter IEEE802.11a/b/g/n/ac. Additionally, it is possible to […]
Microsoft has released an internal test build of Windows 10, numbered 18947. However, it was mistakenly made available to Windows Insider participants, regardless of whether they were on the Fast or Slow Ring. This build, as it turns out, features a new Start menu design that does away with the characteristic tiles. The 'leaked' build was created […]
This week, Grand Theft Auto Online received an update that added a new attraction — the Diamond casino hotel. However, it later turned out that not all users can experience it: it is unavailable in more than fifty countries due to local gambling laws. One Reddit user shared that when attempting to purchase chips for gambling, they received […]
Three days ago, I created a resume. From the description, it is clear that there is not much real work experience, just some knowledge of Angular. No specifics. Nothing substantial. I created the resume and forgot about it… Number of views in the last 3 days: A new HR calls every 2 hours. They write in messengers. Conclusions IMHO Few people like to work on the front-end. Few are willing to work for 120k. […]
Dhall is a programmable configuration language that can be described as: JSON + functions + types + import. Changes: The old literal syntax for Optional is no longer supported. Surrogate pairs and non-characters are prohibited. A new keyword toMap has been added for creating homogeneous associative lists from records. Beta normalization: record field sorting has been improved. What's new: Path imports have been implemented as a location – […]
Jolla has released the Sailfish OS 3.1. The builds are prepared for devices such as Jolla 1, Jolla C, Sony Xperia X, Gemini, and are already available as an OTA update. Sailfish uses a graphical stack based on Wayland and Qt5 libraries, with the system environment built on Mer, which has been developed as part of Sailfish since April, and the Nemo package from the Mer distribution. The user experience […]
The release of XCP-NG 8.0 has been published, which serves as a free and open-source alternative to the proprietary XenServer 8.0 platform for deploying and managing cloud infrastructure. XCP-NG recreates the functionality that Citrix removed from the free version of Citrix Xen Server starting with version 7.3. XCP-NG 8.0 is positioned as a stable release suitable for widespread use. The update from XenServer is supported […]