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At times, a technical support engineer faces a tough choice: to adopt a dialogue model of 'We are committed to high service culture!' or 'Click the button — get the result'? ...With a wing made of cotton broken, We'll lie in the clouds like in tombs. We poets are rarely saints, We poets are often blind. (Oleg Ladyzhensky) Working in Technical Support is not just about funny stories about self-jumping […]
Researchers from Boston University have developed an attack method (CVE-2019-11728) that allows scanning of IP addresses and open network ports in a user's internal network, separated from the external network by a firewall, or on the current system (localhost). The attack can be executed by opening a specially crafted page in a browser. The proposed technique is based on the use of the HTTP header Alt-Svc (HTTP Alternate Services, RFC-7838). The issue manifests itself […]
Over many years, the Linux operating system has become just as high-quality and reliable as Windows and macOS. However, it still has a fundamental drawback related to the inability to handle data correctly when there is insufficient RAM. On systems with limited RAM, it's common to encounter situations where the OS freezes and does not respond to commands. At the same time, it is impossible […]
In this article, we will discuss how we addressed the issue of insufficient storage space in the warehouse and the development of a discrete optimization algorithm to solve this problem. We will explain how we "built" the mathematical model for the optimization task and the unexpected challenges we faced when processing the input data for the algorithm. If you are interested in the applications of mathematics in business and […]
Image: Unsplash The modern stock market is a vast and quite complex field of knowledge. It can be challenging to immediately grasp how everything works here. Despite technological advancements like robo-advisors and automated trading systems, and the emergence of low-risk investment methods such as structured products and model portfolios, it is essential to acquire basic knowledge to operate successfully in the market […]
The Apache Foundation has released its report for the 2019 financial year (from April 30, 2018, to April 30, 2019). The total assets for the reporting period amounted to $3.8 million, which is $1.1 million more than for the 2018 financial year. The equity increased by $645,000 over the year, totaling $2.87 million. The majority of the funds were received […]
In the planned release of Firefox 70 on October 22, it has been decided to prohibit the display of authentication requests initiated from iframe blocks loaded from another domain (cross-origin). This change will allow the blocking of certain abuses and transition to a model where credentials are requested only from the primary domain of the document displayed in the address bar. Another noteworthy change in Firefox 70 will be […]
The QUIC protocol is fascinating to observe, which is why we enjoy writing about it. However, while previous publications about QUIC had more of a historical (regional, if you will) nature and technical substance, today we are pleased to publish a different type of translation – it will focus on the real application of the protocol in 2019. Moreover, we won't be discussing small infrastructure based in a hypothetical garage […]
Good day, Community! My name is Yanislav Basyuk. I am the coordinator of the public organization "Medium." In this article, I have attempted to gather the most comprehensive information about what this decentralized internet provider operates within the Russian Federation. I will cover: what "Medium" represents, what Yggdrasil is and why "Medium" uses it as the main transport, how […]
PyTorch, a popular open-source machine learning framework, has been updated to version 1.2.0. The new release includes over 1,900 fixes that cover JIT, ONNX, distributed training modes, and performance improvements. Some changes include: The new TorchScript API allows for easy conversion of nn.Module (including submodules and methods called in forward()) to ScriptModule. Full support for ONNX Opset has been added in collaboration with Microsoft […]
After about 2 months of development, the release of the Hubzilla 4.4 decentralized social networking platform has been presented. The project provides a communication server that can be integrated with web publishing systems, equipped with a transparent identification system and access management tools in decentralized Fediverse networks. The project code is written in PHP and Javascript and is distributed under the MIT license. Hubzilla supports a unified authentication system for operation in […]
The release of the Mir 1.4 display server has been published, which is still under development by Canonical despite the abandonment of the Unity shell and Ubuntu for smartphones. Mir remains in demand for Canonical projects and is now positioned as a solution for embedded devices and the Internet of Things (IoT). Mir can be used as a compositing server for Wayland, allowing environments to run […]