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Intel Optane DC Persistent Memory, a year later

Last summer, we announced on the Optane DC Persistent Memory blog, Optane memory based on 3D XPoint modules in DIMM format. As it was then stated, the supply of Optane bars began in the second quarter of 2019, by which time enough information had accumulated about them, which was so lacking then, at the time of the announcement. So, under the cut […]

Entropy protocol. Part 3 of 6. The city that doesn't exist

There the hearth burns for me, Like an eternal sign of forgotten truths, It’s the last step for me to reach it, And this step is longer than life... Igor Kornelyuk Night walk Some time later, I followed Nastya along the rocky beach. Fortunately, she was already wearing a dress and I regained my ability to think analytically. It’s strange, I just broke up with Sveta, [...]

The pressure is normal: why does the data center need to control the air pressure? 

Everything in a person should be perfect, and in a modern data center everything should work like a Swiss watch. Not a single component of the complex architecture of data center engineering systems should be left without the attention of the operations team. It was these considerations that guided us at the Linxdatacenter site in St. Petersburg, preparing for Uptime Management & Operations certification in 2018 and bringing all […]

Semantic Web and Linked Data. Corrections and additions

I would like to present to the public a fragment of this recently published book: Ontological modeling of an enterprise: methods and technologies [Text]: monograph / [S. V. Gorshkov, S. S. Kralin, O. I. Mushtak and others; executive editor S.V. Gorshkov]. - Ekaterinburg: Ural University Publishing House, 2019. - 234 p.: ill., table; 20 cm. - Author. indicated on the back tit. With. — Bibliography V […]

Riseup Announces New VPN Service Based on Bitmask

Riseup has launched a new and easy-to-use VPN service - no configuration required, no registration, no SMS required. Riseup is one of the oldest non-profit organizations that develops and offers users services for safe and private browsing on the Internet. The service is based on Bitmask, which was previously created as part of the LEAP encryption access project. The purpose of creating Bitmask is […]

Valve released an official statement about further support for Linux

Following the recent uproar caused by Canonical's announcement that it would no longer support 32-bit architecture in Ubuntu, and the subsequent abandonment of its plans due to the uproar, Valve has announced that it will continue to support Linux games. Valve said in a statement that they "continue to support Linux as a gaming platform" and "continue to invest significant efforts in driver development and […]

Release of JPype 0.7, libraries for accessing Java classes from Python

More than four years after the formation of the last significant branch, the release of the JPype 0.7 layer is available, which allows Python applications to have full access to class libraries in the Java language. With JPype from Python, you can use Java-specific libraries to create hybrid applications that combine Java and Python code. The project code is distributed under the Apache 2.0 license. In contrast […]

Valve will continue to support Ubuntu on Steam, but will begin to cooperate with other distributions

Due to Canonical's review of plans to end support for the 32-bit x86 architecture in the next release of Ubuntu, Valve has stated that it will likely continue support for Ubuntu on Steam, despite its previously stated intention to end official support. Canonical's decision to provide 32-bit libraries will allow the development of Steam for Ubuntu to continue without negatively impacting users of that distribution, […]

The second release candidate for the Debian 10 "Buster" installer

The second installer release candidate for the next major release of Debian 10 "Buster" is now available. There are currently 75 critical errors blocking the release (two weeks ago there were 98, and a month and a half ago there were 132). The Testing branch has been placed in a state of complete freeze from making changes (an exception is made only for emergency interventions). The final release of Debian 10 is expected on July 6th. Compared […]

First release of the new Firefox Preview browser for Android

Mozilla has unveiled the first trial release of its Firefox Preview browser, codenamed Fenix, aimed at initial testing by interested enthusiasts. The release is distributed through the Google Play directory, and the code is available on GitHub. After stabilizing the project and implementing all the planned functionality, the browser will replace the current edition of Firefox for Android, the release of new releases of which will be stopped starting […]

Bleeding Edge may have a single-player campaign

At the Microsoft press conference at E3 2019, Ninja Theory studio announced the online action game Bleeding Edge. But in the future, perhaps there will be a single player campaign. Bleeding Edge is not being developed by the Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice team, but by a second, smaller group. This will be the studio's first multiplayer project. Speaking with Metro GameCentral, Bleeding Edge director Rahni Tucker, who previously […]