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A few years ago, the author visited a flea market organized by W6TRW at the Northrop Grumman parking lot in Redondo Beach, California. Among televisions resembling polar bears and numerous phone chargers and power adapters, there was a wooden box with a lock, a wooden handle, and a DB-25 connector on the side. Next to the connector was a switch: half-duplex – full duplex. The author realized that […]
An example of calculating the thermal potential for the street network of Nizhny Novgorod. The city area is a complex, heterogeneous system that is constantly changing. The territory can be described and assessed using spatial objects (factors). Factors that describe the territory vary in their influence (positive, negative) and geometric configuration (points, lines, polygons). Often, it is difficult to determine the degree of influence of each individual object […]
Recently, I learned that Red Hat is removing support for MongoDB from Satellite (reportedly due to license changes). This made me reflect that in recent years, I've seen a slew of articles criticizing MongoDB and claiming it should never be used. However, during this time, MongoDB has become a much more mature product. What happened? Did all […]
Last week, we launched 3CX v16 and the 3CX Live Chat & Talk communication widget, which can work with any website, not just on WordPress CMS. 3CX v16 allows customers to quickly connect with your company, offering powerful and efficient ticket processing technologies – a call center with call distribution based on agent qualification, a web service for quality monitoring […]
According to the human rights organization 'Kämpa för munkar', the activity of hypoviruses has doubled over the last month. The map created from an American satellite shows the infected areas. Statistics claim that over half of the files circulating online are infected with some variety of this pestilence, including: • torrent files – 5%, • porn videos – 21%, • […]
This article is written specifically for Habr – the most advanced audience of tech enthusiasts in the RuNet. The sketch artist is illustrator Yu.M. Pak. One might wonder why a science fiction writer would need the help of a scientific consultant while working on a book. After all, paper can withstand anything. Need a cyborg girl? No problem! What’s trending these days? Sexual appearance? Easy! Unmatched […]
Habr already features quite a few articles by juniors and for juniors. Some are astonishing in their level of arrogance, as young specialists at the very beginning of their careers are already ready to advise corporations. Others, on the contrary, surprise with their youthful enthusiasm: 'Oh, I was hired by a real company as a programmer, now I am ready to work for free! Just yesterday, I […]
Good afternoon. There are many articles about Telegram bots, but few discuss skills for Alice, and I found no information on how to create a unified bot. Therefore, I decided to share my experience on how to make a simple Telegram bot and a Yandex.Alice skill for a website with shared functionality. So, how to set up a web server and obtain an SSL certificate I […]
In December of last year, Wave Computing, which acquired the developments and patents of MIPS Technologies after the bankruptcy of Imagination Technologies, announced its intention to make the MIPS 32- and 64-bit instruction set, tools, and architecture open and free of licensing fees. Wave Computing promised to provide access to developer packages within the first quarter of 2019. And they made it […]
Google has simplified the task of photographing bills and other documents on a smartphone. Continuing the development of the intelligent feature introduced last year in Google Photos, which offers automatic image processing, the company has introduced a new capability called 'Crop and Adjust' for images of printed documents and text pages. The operation principle is very similar to recommended actions in Google Photos. After photographing, the platform will identify the document […]
In 2006, at a major Russian conference, a Doctor of Technical Sciences gave a presentation on the growing information space. Using beautiful diagrams and examples, the scientist explained that in 5-10 years, information in developed countries would be delivered to each person in quantities that they would not be able to fully comprehend. He spoke of wireless networks, available at every turn […]
On our blog on Habr, we not only share stories about the developments from the ITMO University community but also photo excursions — for example, to our robotics lab, cyber-physical systems lab, and DIY coworking FabLab. Today, we have gathered a selection of books that explore opportunities for enhancing work and study efficiency from the perspective of thinking patterns. Photo: g_u / Flickr / CC […]