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AMD officially unveiled the 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X

Today at the Next Horizon Gaming event, AMD CEO Lisa Su introduced another processor that will complement the expected third-generation Ryzen family from above - the Ryzen 9 3950X. As expected, this CPU will receive a set of 16 Zen 2 cores and will become, according to AMD, the world's first gaming processor with such an arsenal […]

The construction of Vostochny is monitored by remote sensing satellites and cameras

Pouring concrete for the new launch pad at the Vostochny Cosmodrome will begin this fall. TASS reports this, citing information received from informed sources. The fact that the actual construction of the second stage of the Vostochny cosmodrome has started in the Amur region was announced last week by the general director of the state corporation Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin. Currently, work is underway to excavate [...]

AMD Compares Ryzen 3000 Performance to Core i9 and Core i7 in Real Tasks and Gaming

Leading up to the AMD Next Horizon Gaming event, Intel tried hard to convey to its competitor the desire to compete in gaming performance, clearly doubting that the new desktop processors of the Ryzen 3000 family have a chance to surpass the β€œworld's best gaming CPU” Core i9-9900K. However, AMD decided to answer this challenge and, as part of its presentation, demonstrated the results of testing its flagship models […]

How much do you spend on infrastructure? And how can you save money on it?

Definitely, you wondered how much the infrastructure of your project costs. At the same time, it is surprising: the growth of expenses is not linear with respect to workloads. Many business owners, service stations and developers implicitly understand that they are overpaying. But for what exactly? Typically, cost reduction comes down to simply finding the cheapest solution, AWS pricing, or, in the case of physical racks, optimizing the hardware configuration. […]

Installing macOS High Sierra when only WiFi is at hand

So, I had a situation that made me sweat, because I did not find detailed instructions anywhere. He created problems for himself. I went abroad, with one bag, the only equipment was a phone) I thought I would buy a laptop on the spot, so as not to drag around. As a result, I bought my first, in my opinion, a good MacBook Pro 8,2 2011, i7-2635QM, DDR3 8GB, […]

AMD Reveals Ryzen 3000 APUs for Desktops

As expected, AMD today officially unveiled its next-generation desktop hybrid processors. The new products are representatives of the Picasso family, which previously only included mobile APUs. In addition, they will be the youngest models among the Ryzen 3000 chips at the moment. So, for desktop PCs, AMD currently offers only two new […]

DevOps LEGO: how we laid out the pipeline into cubes

We once installed an electronic document management system for a customer. And then to another object. And one more. And the fourth, and the fifth. We got carried away so much that we reached 10 distributed objects. Powerfully turned out ... especially when we got to the delivery of changes. As part of the delivery to the production circuit for 5 scenarios of the testing system, […]

AERODISK: waiting vs. reality

Hi all. In this article, we publish the opinion of our partner, a system integrator, Ulagos. It will talk about how customers see Aerodisk, how any Russian solution is perceived in principle, how implementation ends and how support works. Further narration will be in the first person. Hello, to start […]

Is it easy and convenient to prepare a Kubernetes cluster? Announcing addon-operator

Following the shell-operator, we present its older brother - addon-operator. This is an Open Source project that is used to install system components in a Kubernetes cluster, which can be called in a common word - add-ons. Why add any add-ons at all? It's no secret that Kubernetes is not a ready-made all-in-one product, and various add-ons will be needed to build an "adult" cluster. Addon-operator will help you install, configure and […]

Walks around the data centers and telecoms of St. Petersburg

The first days of summer are great for a developing trip to St. Petersburg. We will visit Miran, linxdatacenter, RETN and Metrotek. 5 in the morning, Moscow railway station, KFC, Moika embankment, Plate, pigeons from the roofs, Isakiy, Field of Mars, Yandex Drive Captur, and here it is - Miran. Miran Miran has been home to our lab with Eve for several years, the broadcast server, the virtual Mikrotik Routeros, hosting […]

Hyper-casual games and what game designers can learn from them

The hyper-casual genre has taken over mobile stores. Some people believe that he will die soon, but this is definitely not destined to come true in the near future. From October 2018 to March 2019 alone, hyper-casual games were downloaded more than 771 million times. What makes the genre so successful and is there anything we can learn from it? Below the cut is a translation of an analysis of the game design features that make the genre addictive […]

Toolbox for Researchers - Third Edition: Finding and Working with Sources

Working on any research project involves searching and studying many sources of information. Organizing this process is not an easy task. Today we will talk about tools that are designed to optimize its various components. Toolbox for researchers #2: a selection of 15 thematic data banks Toolbox for researchers #1: self-organization and data visualization Photo by JoΓ£o Silas - Unsplash Vendors […]