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When visiting any country, it is important not to confuse tourism with emigration. Popular wisdom Today I would like to consider perhaps the most pressing issue - the balance of finances when studying, living and working abroad. If in the previous four parts (1, 2, 3, 4.1) I tried as best I could to avoid this topic, then in this article we will draw a bold line under [β¦]
Anyone remember Erwise? Viola? Hello? Let's remember. When Tim Berners-Lee arrived at CERN, Europe's famed particle physics laboratory, in 1980, he was hired to update the control systems of several particle accelerators. But the inventor of the modern web page saw a problem almost immediately: thousands of people were constantly coming and going to the research institute, many of whom were working there temporarily. βFor programmers [β¦]
Six vulnerabilities have been identified in the SDL (Simple Direct Layer) library set, which provides tools for hardware-accelerated 2D and 3D graphics output, input processing, audio playback, 3D output via OpenGL/OpenGL ES and many other related operations. In particular, two problems were discovered in the SDL6_image library that make it possible to organize remote code execution in the system. The attack can be carried out on applications [β¦]
Intel has published the release of the SVT-AV1 0.6 (Scalable Video Technology AV1) library, which provides an alternative encoder and decoder for the AV1 video encoding format, which utilizes hardware parallel computing capabilities found in modern Intel CPUs. The main goal of the SVT-AV1 is to achieve a level of performance suitable for on-the-fly video transcoding and use in video-on-demand (VOD) services. [β¦]
The third unscheduled release candidate for the installer for the next major release of Debian 10 βBusterβ has been prepared. The reason for creating the next test version of the installer is the need to test last-minute changes related to the selection of recommended dependencies for kernel packages and the inclusion of the shim-signed package among the recommended dependencies for grub-efi-{arm64,i386}-signed packages. Debian 10 is expected to be released on July 6th. [β¦]
YouTube has long been using automatic algorithms that monitor copyright violations, prohibited content, and so on. And recently the hosting rules have been tightened. Restrictions now apply, among other things, to videos with elements of discrimination. But at the same time, other videos that contained educational content also came under attack. It is reported that the algorithm has begun to block channels with materials [...]
In a recent conversation with VGC, Mike Pondsmith, creator of the popular tabletop role-playing game Cyberpunk 2020, said that he could not yet say whether the film rights to the universe would be acquired, but admitted that the participation of Keanu Reeves made such a development events are much more likely. During the E3 2019 gaming exhibition, the famous actor appeared on stage [β¦]
The Yandex Museum announced a competition to develop games for the ZX Spectrum, an iconic home computer that was extremely popular, including in our country. ZX Spectrum was developed by the British company Sinclair Research based on the Zilog Z80 microprocessor. In the early eighties, the ZX Spectrum was one of the most popular computers in Europe, and in the former [β¦]
The launch of the third season of the retro series βStranger Thingsβ from Netflix has taken place - the grown-up heroes are already struggling with otherworldly forces, monsters, the government and ordinary teenage problems. As promised in April, the themed game Stranger Things 3: The Game from BonusXP was released at the same time, which is also made in a nostalgic pixel-isometric style. The trailer reveals that there are 12 characters available [β¦]
After American President Donald Trump announced the easing of sanctions against Huawei, it is likely that the Chinese company will be able to resume access to the Android operating system. Despite this, the telecommunications giant does not intend to abandon plans to create its own software platform. According to network sources, Huawei is currently inviting people to conduct user [β¦]
Several large American stores have begun selling the new compact desktop systems NUC 8 Mainstream-G, which were previously known as Islay Canyon. Let us recall that these mini-PCs were officially presented at the end of May. Intel has released the NUC 8 Mainstream-G mini PC in two series: NUC8i5INH and NUC8i7INH. The first included models based on the Core i5-8265U processor, while [β¦]
The Chinese company Vivo has officially introduced the mid-level smartphone Z1 Pro, which is equipped with a hole-punch screen and a multi-module main camera. A Full HD+ panel with an aspect ratio of 19,5:9 and a resolution of 2340 Γ 1080 pixels is used. The hole in the upper left corner houses a selfie camera based on a 32-megapixel sensor. The rear camera contains three blocks - with 16 million (f/1,78), 8 million (f/2,2; [β¦]
