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The Open Invention Network has more than three thousand licensees - what does this mean for open source software

The Open Invention Network (OIN) is an organization that holds patents for GNU/Linux-related software. The organization's goal is to protect Linux and related software from patent lawsuits. Community members submit their patents to a common pool, thereby allowing other participants to use them on a royalty-free license. Photo - j - Unsplash What do they do in […]

Garden v0.10.0: Your laptop doesn't need Kubernetes

Note transl.: We met Kubernetes enthusiasts from the Garden project at the recent KubeCon Europe 2019 event, where they made a pleasant impression on us. This material of theirs, written on a current technical topic and with a noticeable sense of humor, is a clear confirmation of this, and therefore we decided to translate it. He talks about the main (eponymous) product of the company, the idea of ​​which is […]

We write a multilingual application on React Native

Product localization is very important for international companies exploring new countries and regions. Similarly, localization is needed for mobile applications. If a developer begins international expansion, it is important to give users from another country the opportunity to work with the interface in their native language. In this article, we will create a React Native application using the react-native-localize package. Skillbox recommends: Online educational course “Java Developer Profession.” […]

SELinux Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Hi all! Especially for students of the Linux Security course, we have prepared a translation of the official FAQ of the SELinux project. It seems to us that this translation can be useful not only for students, so we are sharing it with you. We've tried to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about the SELinux project. The questions are currently divided into two main categories. All questions and […]

Psychoanalysis of the effect of an underestimated specialist. Part 1. Who and why

1. Introduction Injustice is innumerable: correcting one, you risk committing another. Romain Rolland Working as a programmer since the early 90s, I have repeatedly had to deal with the problems of undervaluation. For example, I’m so young, smart, positive on all sides, but for some reason I’m not moving up the career ladder. Well, it’s not that I don’t move at all, but I move somehow differently than I […]

Distributed social networks

I don't have a Facebook account and don't use Twitter. Despite this, every day I read news about forced deletion of posts and blocking of accounts on popular social networks. Do social networks consciously take responsibility for my posts? Will this behavior change in the future? Can a social network give us our content, and […]

Peter Publishing. Summer Sale

Hello, Khabro residents! We have big discounts this week. Details inside. Books that have aroused readers' interest over the past 3 months are presented in chronological order. Individual categories on the site are O'Reilly Best Sellers, Head First O'Reilly, Manning, No Starch Press, Packt Publishing, Computer Science Classics, New Science and Pop Science scientific series. Conditions of the promotion: July 9-14, 35% discount […]

Game interface design. Brent Fox. What is this book about?

This article is a brief review of the book Game interface design by author Brent Fox. For me, this book was interesting from the point of view of a programmer developing games as a hobby alone. Here I will describe how useful it was for me and my hobby. This review will help you decide whether it’s worth spending your […]

7 things that definitely should not be done when opening a robotics circle. Here's what you don't have to do

I have been developing robotics in Russia for 2 years now. It’s probably loudly said, but recently, having organized an evening of memories, I realized that during this time, under my leadership, 12 circles were opened in Russia. Today I decided to write about the main things that I did during the discovery process, but you definitely don’t need to do this. So to speak, concentrated experience in 7 […]

Read Between Notes: Data Transfer System Within Music

Express what words cannot convey; feel a wide variety of emotions intertwined in a hurricane of feelings; to break away from the earth, the sky and even the Universe itself, going on a journey where there are no maps, no roads, no signs; invent, tell and experience a whole story that will always remain unique and inimitable. All this can be done with music, an art that has existed for many […]

In three days Dr. Mario World has been downloaded more than 2 million times

The Sensor Tower analytical platform studied the statistics of the mobile game Dr. Mario World. According to experts, in 72 hours the project was installed more than 2 million times. In addition, it brought Nintendo more than $100 thousand through in-game purchases. In terms of revenue, the game became the worst launch of the corporation in recent times. It was surpassed by Super Mario Run ($6,5 million), Fire Emblem […]