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In the future release and current beta versions of the Linux kernel 5.4, driver support for the Microsoft exFAT file system has appeared. However, this driver is based on old Samsung code (branch version number 1.2.9). In its own smartphones, the company already uses a version of the sdFAT driver based on branch 2.2.0. Now information has been published that South Korean developer Park Ju Hyun […]
Richard Stallman decided to resign as president of the Open Source Foundation and to resign from the board of directors of this organization. The foundation has begun the process of searching for a new president. The decision was made in response to criticism of Stallman's comments, which were noted as unworthy of the leader of the SPO movement. Following careless remarks on the MIT CSAIL mailing list, during a discussion about MIT staff involvement in […]
The Roscosmos State Corporation reports that the final stage of preparation for the flight of the main and backup crews of the next expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) has begun at Baikonur. We are talking about the launch of the Soyuz MS-15 manned spacecraft. The launch of the Soyuz-FG launch vehicle with this device is scheduled for September 25, 2019 from the Gagarin Launch (site No. 1) of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. IN […]
Text messaging applications have a similar set of functions, so not all of them manage to attract the attention of the general public. Currently, the market is dominated by a few big players such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Facebook Messenger. Developers of other apps in this category must look for ways to get people to use their products. One of these […]
The Rostec State Corporation and the Russian company Diginavis have formed a new joint venture with the aim of developing self-driving transport in our country. The structure was called the “Center for organizing the movement of unmanned vehicles.” It is reported that the company will create an infrastructure for controlling robotic vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The initiative provides for the creation of a national operator with a network of dispatch centers at the federal, regional and municipal […]
We recently reported that the collectible card game Gwent: The Witcher Card Game based on the Witcher universe will hit the iOS mobile platform on October 20. But even earlier, on October 2, the developers will release the Iron Judgment add-on for Gwent (in Russian localization, for some reason, “Iron Will”). On this occasion, a colorful trailer was presented, announcing that pre-orders […]
Sony and Microsoft are due to launch their next-generation gaming consoles next year, so current-gen products aren't in as much demand. This situation is not having the best effect on the financial performance of AMD, which supplies both companies with components for game consoles. But AMD managed to conclude a contract with Samsung to develop the graphics subsystem for future processors […]
Quest designer at CD Projekt RED studio Philipp Weber spoke about the creation of tasks in the Cyberpunk 2077 universe. He said that all tasks are developed manually, because the quality of the game has always come first for the company. “Every quest in the game is created manually. For us, quality is always more important than quantity and we simply could not provide a good level […]
Hi all! I started translating a small book: “Understanding Message Brokers“, author: Jakub Korab, publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc., publication date: June 2017, ISBN: 9781492049296. From the introduction to the book: “... This book will teach you how to reason about systems broker messaging, comparing and contrasting two popular broker technologies: Apache ActiveMQ and Apache Kafka. Examples of using [...]
Microsoft boasted of the success of the launch of Gears 5. According to PCGamesN, more than three million players played it in the first week. According to the statement, this is the best start of the project among Xbox Game Studios games of the current generation. The overall performance of the shooter was twice the number of players at the launch of Gears of War 4. The PC version also showed the most successful start for Microsoft […]
Continuation of the translation of a small book: “Understanding Message Brokers”, author: Jakub Korab, publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc., publication date: June 2017, ISBN: 9781492049296. Previous translated part: Understanding Message Brokers. Learning the mechanics of messaging using ActiveMQ and Kafka. Chapter 1: Introduction CHAPTER 3 Kafka Kafka was developed at LinkedIn to overcome some of the limitations of traditional message brokers and […]
A Reddit forum user with the nickname Manekimoney spoke about a new achievement in Resident Evil 4. He completed the game without using firearms. According to the final scoreboard, he had 797 kills with zero accuracy. Thus, he only used knives, grenades, mines, rocket launchers and harpoons. Kills using these tools do not count toward your hit rate. He […]
