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Do you like to repeat routine operations over and over again? So I don't. But every time in the SQL client when working with the Rostelecom storage, I had to register all the joins between the tables manually. And this despite the fact that in 90% of cases the fields and conditions for joining tables coincided from request to request! It would seem that any SQL client has autocomplete functions, but […]
Why do you need special software for technical support, especially if you already have a bug tracker, CRM and email? It’s unlikely that anyone has thought about this, because most likely companies with strong technical support have had a help desk system for a long time, and the rest deal with customer requests and requests “on the knee,” for example, using email. And this is fraught: [...]
Riot Games has started developing a fighting game. Tom Cannon, co-founder of Radiant Entertainment, spoke about this during the Evolution Championship Series tournament. “I want to reveal one of the secrets. We're actually working on a fighting game for Riot Games. When we made Rising Thunder, we felt the genre deserved to be seen by more people. No matter how grandiose [...]
The Epic Games Store has launched a free distribution of two projects - Alan Wake and For Honor. Games can be added to your personal library until August 9. Alan Wake is an action game with horror elements from Remedy Entertainment. The project was released in May 2010 on Xbox 360, and in February 2012 it was ported to PC. A game […]
The American Association of Software and Computer Game Manufacturers (Entertainment Software Association) leaked the personal data of two thousand journalists and bloggers. According to Rock, Paper, Shotgun, the company was registering participants for E3 2019 and accidentally posted the data online. Full name, address, telephone number and e-mail were published in the public domain. All this was available in an online table. […]
Valve has announced that it will not remove rare items from Team Fortress 2 users who received them thanks to a bug with crates. This is reported on the project website. As the developers noted, they made this decision because a small part of users were able to obtain rare items. Additionally, the studio will allow players to sell one item. The rest cannot be transferred, [...]
Valve has publicly apologized for a leak related to characters from the addition to Street Fighter V. The developers said that there was confusion in the team's work. “Dear fans of Street Fighter V. This Wednesday, there was some confusion at Valve, which caused our team to release the add-on trailer earlier than necessary. This is an unintended situation, we have already taken measures to prevent […]
Six months after the last release, the release of the multi-platform console XMPP/Jabber client profanity 0.7.0 was presented. The profanity interface is built using the ncurses library and supports notifications using the libnotify library. The application can be compiled either with the libstrophe library, which implements work with the XMPP protocol, or with its libmesode fork, supported by the developer. The client's capabilities can be expanded using plugins […]
An experimental release of an open implementation of the Win32 API is available - Wine 4.13. Since the release of version 4.12, 15 bug reports have been closed and 120 changes have been made. The most important changes: Added support for redirecting authentication requests through the Microsoft Passport service; Header files updated; Error reports related to the operation of games and applications are closed: Evoland (Steam), NVIDIA GeForce Experience […]
Apple said it will temporarily suspend the practice of using contractors to evaluate snippets of Siri voice recordings in order to improve the accuracy of the voice assistant. The move follows a report by The Guardian in which a former employee detailed the program, alleging that contractors routinely hear confidential medical information, trade secrets and any other private recordings as part of their work […]
Wargaming is celebrating the anniversary of World of Tanks. Almost 9 years ago, on August 12, 2010, a game was released that captivated millions of gamers in Russia, the countries of the former Soviet Union and beyond. In honor of the event, the developers have prepared a “Tank Festival”, which will begin on August 6 and last until October 7. During the Tank Festival, users will have access to unique tasks, the opportunity to earn in-game […]
British game designer Sean Noonan remade the first level of Super Mario Bros. in a first person shooter. He published the corresponding video on his YouTube channel. The level is made in the form of platforms floating in the sky, and the main character received a weapon that shoots plungers. As in the classic game, here you can collect mushrooms, coins, break some blocks of the environment and kill […]