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Background It just so happened that I needed to store more than 1.5 TB of data somewhere, and also provide the ability for ordinary users to download it via a direct link. Since traditionally such amounts of memory go to VDS, the cost of renting which is not very much included in the project budget from the “nothing to do” category, and from the initial data I had […]
Bad for you, fake programmer. And I am real. No, I'm also a programmer. Not 1C, but “whatever they say it in”: when they wrote C++, when they used Java, when they wrote Sharps, Python, even in godless Javascript. And yes, I work for “uncle”. A wonderful uncle: he brought us all together and makes unreal money. And I work for him for a salary. And also […]
On May 1, the law on the “sovereign Internet” was finally signed, but experts almost immediately dubbed it the isolation of the Russian segment of the Internet, so from what? (in simple language) The article pursues the goal of generally informing Internet users without immersing itself in unnecessary jungle and abstruse terminology. The article explains simple things for many, but for many it does not mean […]
The release of the CoreBoot 4.10 project has been published, within the framework of which a free alternative to proprietary firmware and BIOS is being developed. 198 developers took part in the creation of the new version, who prepared 2538 changes. Main innovations: Added support for 28 motherboards: ASROCK H110M-DVS ASUS H61M-CS, P5G41T-M-LX, P5QPL-AM, P8Z77-M-PRO FACEBOOK FBG1701 FOXCONN G41M GIGABYTE GA-H61MA-D3V GOOGLE BLOOG, FLAPJACK, GARG, HATCH-WHL, HELIOS, KINDRED, KODAMA, […]
I've been very unlucky in my life. All my life I have been surrounded by people who do something real. And I, as you might guess, am a representative of two of the most meaningless, far-fetched and unreal professions that you can think of - programmer and manager. My wife is a school teacher. Plus, of course, the class teacher. My sister is a doctor. Her husband, naturally, too. […]
The main branch of nginx 1.17.2 is available, within which the development of new features continues (in the parallel supported stable branch 1.16, only changes related to eliminating serious errors and vulnerabilities are made. Main changes: Added support for switching named “location” blocks using the $ method r->internal_redirect() provided by the built-in Perl interpreter. This method now assumes the processing of URIs with escaped characters; Requirement […]
Ubisoft has announced that it will join the Blender development fund as a Gold Member. Ubisoft will not only help fund the development of Blender, but will also provide Ubisoft Animation Studio developers to contribute to Blender projects. Source: linux.org.ru
The developers of the Exim mail server warned administrators of their intention to release update 25 on July 4.92.1, which will fix a critical vulnerability (CVE-2019-13917), which allows you to remotely execute your code with root rights if certain specific settings are present in the configuration. Details about the problem have not yet been disclosed; all mail server administrators are advised to prepare for the installation of an emergency update on July 25. IN […]
There have been, are, and, unfortunately, will continue to have security problems in social networks and other databases. Banks, hotels, government facilities, and so on are under threat. But it seems that this time the situation has really gotten worse. The Bulgarian Personal Data Protection Commission reports that hackers hacked the tax office database and stole the information of 5 million people. Number […]
Former National Security Agency contractor Harold Martin, 54, was sentenced Friday in Maryland to nine years in prison for stealing vast amounts of classified material belonging to US intelligence agencies over a twenty-year period. Martin signed a plea agreement, although prosecutors never found evidence that he shared classified information with anyone. […]
Free as in Freedom in Russian: Chapter 1. The fatal printer Free as in Freedom in Russian: Chapter 2. 2001: Hacker Odyssey Free as in Freedom in Russian: Chapter 3. Portrait of a hacker in his youth Free as in Freedom in Russian: Chapter 4. Debunk God Free as in Freedom in Russian: Chapter 5. A trickle of freedom Free as […]
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot spoke about plans for the release of the shooter Rainbow Six Quarantine. He said the project is scheduled to be released before the end of the financial year. Since Ubisoft releases its financial report in April, this means that the company will release the game before March 31, 2020. Game Informer journalists emphasized that the studio usually releases projects in […]
