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The NVIDIA GeForce MX250 GPU for laptops comes in two versions: the performance difference is 30%

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In February, NVIDIA announced the mobile graphics processors GeForce MX230 and MX250. At that time, there were speculations that the higher model would exist in two modifications. Now this information has been confirmed. Briefly, let's recap the key specifications of the GeForce MX250. It has 384 universal processors, a 64-bit memory bus, and up to 4 GB of GDDR5 (effective frequency — 6008 MHz). As is now reported, the developers […]

With love from Stepik: Educational Platform Hyperskill

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I want to talk to you about why we tend to fix plumbing more often than we write dissertations about it, about different approaches to teaching programming, and how we are trying to apply one of them in our new product, Hyperskill. If you're not fond of lengthy introductions, feel free to jump straight to the paragraph about programming. But this way, it will be […]

TossingBot can grasp various objects and throw them into a container like a human.

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Developers from Google, in collaboration with engineers from MIT, Columbia, and Princeton Universities, created a robotic mechanical arm called TossingBot, capable of grabbing randomly selected small objects and tossing them into a container. The project's authors state that they had to put in a lot of effort to create the robot. With the help of a special manipulator, it can not only grab random items but also […]

Aerocool Pulse L240F and L120F: Maintenance-Free Liquid Cooling Systems with RGB Lighting

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Aerocool has released two new maintenance-free liquid cooling systems from the Pulse series. The new products are called Pulse L240F and L120F, and they differ from the Pulse L240 and L120 models by featuring fans with addressable (pixel) RGB lighting. Each of the new models is equipped with a copper water block that has a fairly large micro-channel structure. At first glance, it seems that a pump is installed right above the water block, as […]

Overview and Comparison of Ingress Controllers for Kubernetes

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When launching a Kubernetes cluster for a specific application, it is essential to understand the requirements that the application, the business, and the developers have for this resource. With this information, one can proceed to make architectural decisions, particularly in choosing a specific Ingress controller, of which there are already many today. To create a basic understanding of the available options without the need to study a plethora of […]

The extension website for Microsoft Edge has been launched

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As is known, Microsoft recently introduced test versions of its new Chromium-based browser, which are already available for download. Prior to this, the company launched a new webpage for extensions for the program. Until yesterday, there wasn't much need for it, but now the situation has changed. It is reported that the new resource functions like a Chrome extension store. To access it, you need to do the following: […]

Provincial Bonfire or the Birth of a Nation

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Prologue Call the fire department! Only they can extinguish the fire under his butt. Year 1996 America celebrates Independence Day. In honor of this, Will Smith saves the planet from an alien attack using a computer virus. Meanwhile, I save the planet by coordinating fighters equipped with laser guns. Unfortunately, the rescue is not in a movie, but in the game UFO: Enemy Unknown. In […]

Paradoxes of Data Compression

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The data compression problem in its simplest form can relate to numbers and their representations. Numbers can be represented by numerals (‘eleven’ for the number 11), mathematical expressions (‘two to the power of twenty’ for 1048576), string expressions (‘five nines’ for 99999), proper names (‘the number of the beast’ for 666, ‘the year of Turing’s death’ for 1954), or arbitrary combinations of these. Any representation that is […]

Automating SQL Server in Jenkins: returning the result beautifully

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Continuing the topic of setting up Zero Touch PROD under RDS. Future DBAs will not have the ability to connect directly to PROD servers, but will be able to use Jenkins jobs for a limited set of operations. A DBA starts a job and receives an email report on the execution of the operation after some time. Let’s explore ways to present these results to the user. Plain Text Let’s start with […]

Idaho Power announced a record low price for solar electricity.

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A 120 MW solar station will help replace a coal power plant that is scheduled to be decommissioned by 2025. According to network sources, the American company Idaho Power has signed a 20-year agreement to purchase energy from the 120 MW solar power plant. The construction of the station is being carried out by Jackpot Holdings. The main feature of the contract is that […]

"Reining in Excess: Several Ways to Increase Data Center Energy Efficiency"

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A significant amount of electricity is currently spent to ensure the efficient operation of data centers. In 2013, data centers in the United States consumed about 91 billion kilowatt-hours of energy, equivalent to the annual output of 34 large coal-fired power plants. Electricity remains one of the main expenses for data center owners, prompting attempts to increase the efficiency of computing infrastructure. Various technical […]

New CPU Load Balancer from MIT

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The Shenango system is planned for use in data centers. / photo Marco Verch CC BY According to one provider, data centers make use of only 20–40% of the available computing power. Under heavy loads, this figure can reach 60%. Such a distribution of resources leads to the emergence of so-called "zombie servers." These are machines that remain idle for most of the time, wasting energy. Today, 30% of servers in […]

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