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How you can translate business requirements into specific data structures using the example of designing a messenger database from scratch. Part 1: designing the framework of the database Part 2: partitioning it “live” Our database will not be as large-scale and distributed as that of VKontakte or Badoo, but “so it will be”, but it will be good - functional, fast and fit on one PostgreSQL server - so that [ …]
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One of the most mysterious and not fully understood “phenomena” is the human brain. Many questions revolve around this complex organ: why do we dream, how do emotions influence decision-making, which nerve cells are responsible for the perception of light and sound, why do some people like sprats while others adore olives? All these questions concern the brain, for it is [...]
Other articles in the cycle: History of the relay The method of "rapid transmission of information", or the birth of the relay Long-ranger Galvanism Entrepreneurs And finally, the relay The talking telegraph Simply connect The forgotten generation of relay computers The electronic era The history of electronic computers Prologue ENIAC Colossus The electronic revolution The history of the transistor darkness From the crucible of war Repeated reinvention The history of the Internet The backbone […]
While discussing Linux kernel schedulers, user Jonathan Danti complained that changes to the kernel broke an important third-party module, ZFS. Here's what Torvalds wrote in response: Keep in mind that "we don't break users" applies to userspace programs and the kernel I maintain. If you add a third party module like ZFS, then you […]
Source Science fiction literature has always been fertile ground for cinema. Moreover, the adaptation of science fiction began almost with the advent of cinema. Already the first science fiction film, “A Trip to the Moon,” released in 1902, became a parody of stories from the novels of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells. Currently, almost all highly rated sci-fi series are created based on literary […]
Huawei has announced that it has completed the formation of infrastructure for the development of a new Linux distribution, openEuler, which will be developed with the participation of the community. The first release of openEuler 1.0 has already been published on the project website, an iso image (3.2 GB) of which is currently only available for systems based on the Aarch64 (ARM64) architecture. The repository contains about 1000 packages compiled for ARM64 and x86_64 architectures. Original […]
Google has revealed plans to implement features in Chrome to block intrusive notifications, similar to those that were offered to users a few days ago in Firefox 72. Google agreed that most notifications related to verification of credentials are displayed in an intrusive manner by sites. Instead of displaying such notifications when there is a real need for them, sites usually request confirmation of […]
IGN has shared two videos dedicated to Zombie Army 4: Dead War, a cooperative shooter about a zombie invasion from the studio Rebellion Developments. The first material demonstrates the passage of the campaign as part of a team, and the second shows the survival of users in the “Horde” mode for 40 minutes. The published videos allow you to get a general impression of the gameplay of the upcoming Zombie Army 4. Players […]
Due to the end of support for the Windows 7 operating system, updates for which will no longer be published on January 14, the KDE project has proposed migrating users of this OS to the KDE Plasma desktop. To recreate the environment familiar to Windows 7 users, a Seven Black design theme has been implemented with a set of Default Apps Menu, IO Task Manager, Stock System Tray, Feren Calendar and […]
After four years of development, VPaint 1.7 has been released, combining a vector graphics editor and a system for creating 2D animation. The program is positioned as a research project with an experimental implementation of the mathematical concept of VGC (Vector Graphics Complex), which allows you to create animation and illustrations that are not tied to pixel resolution. The project's developments are written in C++ (using the Qt and […]
Dota Underlords has been experiencing a steady decline in activity over the past few months. Valve's strategy seems to be having trouble retaining players. As noted by user SharkyIzrod on Reddit, the number of Dota Underlords players has dropped sharply since the project's release in June last year. On the Steam Charts website, you can track that over the past 30 days the average number of users has fluctuated around […]
