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Some time ago I wrote a comparative test of 4G routers for summer cottages. The topic turned out to be in demand, and a Russian manufacturer of devices for working in 2G/3G/4G networks approached me. The more interesting it was to test the Russian router and compare it with the winner of the last test - Zyxel 3316. I must say right away that I do my best to support the domestic […]
Hello! Today I will talk about how you can get to heaven, what you need to do for this, how much it all costs. I will also share my experience of training to become a private pilot in the UK and dispel some myths related to aviation. There is a lot of text and photos under the cut :) First flight First, let's figure out how to get behind the controls. Though […]
You can call me a victim of training. It just so happens that during my work history, the number of various seminars, trainings and other coaching sessions has long exceeded a hundred. I can say that not all of the educational courses I took were useful, interesting and important. Some of them were downright harmful. What is the motivation of HR people to teach you something? […]
It is generally accepted that programming languages such as Rust, Erlang, Dart, and some others are the rarest in the IT world. Since I select IT specialists for companies, constantly in contact with IT specialists and employers, I decided to conduct personal research and find out if this is really the case. The information is relevant for the Russian IT market. Data collection To collect information […]
In the second part of the article by our technical writer Andrey Starovoitov, we will look at how exactly the price for the translation of technical documentation is formed. If you don’t want to read a lot of text, immediately look at the “Examples” section at the end of the article. The first part of the article can be found here. So, you have roughly decided with whom you will collaborate on software translation. One of the most important points [...]
Recently, for Habr readers, I conducted a small study of programming languages such as Rust, Dart, Erlang to find out how rare they are in the Russian IT market. In response to my research, more comments and questions regarding other languages poured in. I decided to collect all your comments and conduct another analysis. The languages included in the study: Forth, […]
Catch Me If You Can. That's what they say to each other. Directors catch their deputies, they catch ordinary employees, each other, but no one can catch anyone. They don't even try. For them, the main thing is the game, the process. This is the game they go to work for. They will never win. I will win. More precisely, I have already won. AND […]
The European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) introduced the MAlt (Microsoft Alternatives) project, which is working to move away from the use of Microsoft products in favor of alternative solutions based on open source software. Among the immediate plans, the replacement of “Skype for Business” with a solution based on an open VoIP stack and the launch of a local email service to avoid using Outlook are noted. The final […]
The developers of the Chrome browser tried to justify the cessation of support for the blocking mode of operation of the webRequest API, which allows you to change the received content on the fly and is actively used in add-ons for blocking advertising, protection against malware, phishing, spying on user activity, parental controls and ensuring privacy. Google's motives: The blocking mode of the webRequest API leads to high resource consumption. When using this […]
Microsoft has announced the formation of new experimental builds of Windows Insider (build 18917), which include the previously announced WSL2 (Windows Subsystem for Linux) layer, which ensures the launch of Linux executable files on Windows. The second edition of WSL is distinguished by the delivery of a full-fledged Linux kernel, instead of an emulator that translates Linux system calls into Windows system calls on the fly. Using a standard kernel allows [...]
The Endless OS 3.6.0 distribution kit has been prepared, aimed at creating an easy-to-use system in which you can quickly select applications to suit your taste. Applications are distributed as self-contained packages in Flatpak format. Suggested boot images range in size from 2GB to 16GB. The distribution does not use traditional package managers, instead offering a minimal, atomically updated base system […]
The Kommersant publication reported on Mobile Inform Group's plans in September to release smartphones and tablets equipped with the Astra Linux operating system and belonging to the class of industrial devices designed to work in harsh conditions. No details about the software have been reported yet, except for its certification by the Ministry of Defense, FSTEC and FSB for processing information to the […]
