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Hello again, %username%! Thank you to everyone who appreciated my piece "The Most Frightening Poisons." It was very interesting to read the comments, regardless of their nature, and I enjoyed responding. I'm glad the "top list" was well-received. If it wasn't to your liking — well, I did everything I could. The comments and engagement inspired me to write the second part. […]
Hello everyone. Just over a year ago, I had to deal with a rather unpleasant situation involving suspicion of rabies infection. An article I read yesterday about vaccines for travelers reminded me of that case — particularly its lack of mention of rabies, even though it is a widely spread (especially in Russia, Asia, Africa, and America) and very insidious virus. To […]
A vulnerability has been identified in the Linux kernel (CVE-2019-11683) that allows remote denial of service through specially crafted UDP packets (packet-of-death). The issue is caused by a bug in the udp_gro_receive_segment handler (net/ipv4/udp_offload.c) with the implementation of GRO (Generic Receive Offload) technology and can lead to memory corruption in kernel areas when processing UDP packets with zero-padding (empty payload). The problem affects only kernel 5.0, which […]
Microsoft previously began using the open-source Chromium browser as the foundation for its Edge web browser. The application is already available for Windows 10, albeit in a test build. Google seems to fully support this move and welcomes Microsoft's contribution. However, some of the search giant's applications do not function correctly in Edge. For instance, […]
Network sources report that a new feature will soon be available to users in Google account settings. This tool will allow for the automatic deletion of location data, online activity, and app usage over a specified time period. The data deletion process will occur automatically, requiring users to simply select when this should happen. Available […]
Based on a conducted study, NetMarketShare published data on the global distribution of desktop operating systems. The report states that the market share of Windows 10 in April 2019 continued to gradually grow, increasing to 44.10%, while the figure for March was 43.62%. Despite the fact that […]
After a year and a half of development, KDE Partition Manager 4.0 has been released — a utility for working with storage devices and file systems, similar to GParted for Qt environments. The utility is built on the KPMcore library, which is also used by the universal installer Calamares, for example. What is noteworthy about this version? The program no longer requires root permissions to run; instead, it requests elevated permissions for specific operations through […]
The release of the GNU Guix 1.0 package manager and the GuixSD GNU/Linux distribution built on it has taken place. The significant version number change is due to the completion of all goals set for the formation of this landmark release. This release summarizes seven years of work on the project and is considered ready for everyday use. Installation images for USB Flash have been created for download, […]
A vaccine is a way to signal the immune system about a threat signature, which will lead to an immune response after several cycles of training. Any fight by the body against an infectious disease is an attempt to recognize the threat signature and develop countermeasures. Generally, this process continues until a complete outcome is achieved, that is, until recovery. However, there may be infections that kill the host faster, […]
War is the way of deception. "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu. Once, a friend called me asking for help to win a contest. She was struggling for first place in a beauty contest but was having no luck. Her competitor always ended up ahead. The contest rules were such that you had to upload your photo to the group's album and ask friends to comment on this photo in […]
Mozilla has warned about stricter rules for the Firefox add-ons directory (Mozilla AMO) aimed at combating the placement of malicious add-ons. Starting June 10, it will be prohibited to post add-ons in the directory that utilize code obfuscation methods, such as encoding code in Base64. At the same time, code minimization techniques (like shortening variable and function names, merging JavaScript files, and removing unnecessary […]
Link to the first part. Chapter 2. The Martian Dream Chapter 3. The Spirit of the Empire Chapter 2. The Martian Dream A young scientist, Maxim Minin, was walking over a small hill on the surface of Mars, leaving shallow footprints in the red sand. He had arrived twenty minutes earlier on a passenger flight of INKIS to the spaceport of the city of Tule, invited for work at the leading Martian corporation 'Telecom-ru'. […]