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The most popular Java code example on StackOverflow ended up with an error

The most popular example of Java code published on StackOverflow turned out to be with an error, leading to the output of an incorrect result under certain conditions. The code in question was posted in 2010 and has accumulated over a thousand recommendations, and has also been copied to many projects and is found in GitHub repositories about 7 thousand times. It is noteworthy that the error was not found by users copying this […]

Alpha testing of the installer has begun Debian 11 "Bullseye"

Testing of the first alpha version of the installer for the next major release has begun. Debian — "Bullseye." The release is expected in approximately one and a half to two years. Key changes to the installer: References to CD and CD-ROM have been replaced with "installation media"; apt-setup has reworked the generation of lines in sources.list files for security-related updates. {dist}-updates lines have been renamed to {dist}-security. Separation of blocks in sources.list has been allowed […]

Video: totem, cursed village and a lot of shooting in the Witchfire excerpt from the authors of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

The Astronauts studio, which created the adventure The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, has been working on a new project - Witchfire - for more than two years. A year ago, the developers announced that the release of this horror shooter about a witch hunt would most likely take place only in 2020. The latest update on the official blog doesn’t say anything at all about the release date, but the authors shared gameplay fragments from […]

New version of Opera browser for Android can enable dark mode on any website

Tech companies and mobile device manufacturers have long been promoting various ways to reduce the negative impact of blue light emitted by device displays on users' eyes, which can impact their well-being. The new version of the popular Opera browser, version 55, for the software platform Android An updated dark mode is coming, which will help reduce eye strain while using your gadget. Key features […]

Sony accused of using third-party materials in a promotional video for PlayStation games

At the end of November, Sony published a promotional video dedicated to PS4 games on the Japanese PlayStation YouTube channel. The video alternates gameplay footage from various projects, including PS4 exclusives, and hand-drawn inserts. And so the latter caused a scandal with accusations of plagiarism against a Japanese company. Representatives of the Catsuka website on the social network Twitter published a video in which they compared […]

AMD's annual revenue could exceed $10 billion by 2023

A recent analysis of Form 13F revealed that institutional investors showed increased interest in going long AMD shares in the third quarter. This suggests that professional investors are confident in the company's ability to grow revenue and profitability relative to current levels. Some experts went even further, and on the pages of the Seeking Alpha resource they described a hypothetical situation in […]

Underwater acoustics could help save coral reefs

The death of coral reefs is a huge problem currently facing oceanographers. An international team of scientists from the UK's Universities of Exeter and Bristol, as well as Australia's James Cook University and the Australian Institute of Marine Science argue that "acoustic enrichment" could be a valuable tool to help restore damaged coral reefs. Working to analyze the dying Great Barrier Reef in Australia, scientists […]

Why does a goat need a podcast?

My name is Mikhail and I am the co-author of the podcast “To Infinity and Beyond.” I’m also an IT-man, who went from a C++ programmer to the manager of a portfolio of IT projects, and I also worked as an IT director in government, a project manager for the creation of supercomputers, and was a teacher at the institute (taught the subject “Theory of Relational Database Design” ) Sometimes people ask me the question “Well, why [...]

The Truth About Railroad Brakes: Part 3 - Controls

It's time to talk about devices designed to control brakes. These devices are called “faucets,” although a long path of evolution has taken them quite far from taps in the familiar everyday sense, turning them into rather complex pneumatic automation devices. The good old 394 spool valve is still used on rolling stock 1. Driver's Cranes - A Brief Introduction By definition, a Train Crane […]

Tails 4.1

Tails is an operating system that can be run on almost any computer from a USB stick or DVD. It aims to preserve and assist you in maintaining your privacy and anonymity. This release fixes many vulnerabilities. You should update as soon as possible. Changes and updates Now uses https://keys.openpgp.org/ and https://zkaan2xfbuxia2wpf7ofnkbz6r5zdbbvxbunvp5g2iebopbfc4iqmbad.onion/ as the default OpenPGP server. keys.openpgp.org - more […]

elementary OS 5.1 Hera

A major update to elementary OS 5.1, codenamed "Hera," is now available. This release is crucial for the project's development, and the list of changes is quite extensive, so the developers felt it necessary to distinguish it from other releases by changing the name and branding. Despite this, the release remains based on the same codebase. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Of the major changes, the most important […]

Release of Tails 4.1 distribution and Tor Browser 9.0.2

A specialized distribution of Tails 4.1 (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) based on the package base has been released. Debian and designed to provide anonymous network access. Anonymous access in Tails is provided by the Tor system. All connections except for traffic through the Tor network are blocked by default by a packet filter. To store user data in persistent mode between launches, […]

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