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Hello Habr. Probably everyone who at least once met or saw off relatives or friends on a plane used the free Flightradar24 service. This is a very convenient way to track the position of the aircraft in real time. In the first part, the principle of operation of such an online service was described. Now we will go further and find out what data is transmitted and received from the aircraft to the receiving station, […]
Who are we and what were the prerequisites for the project? Good afternoon, my name is Lazarev Vladimir, I am the head of the BI integrator Analytics Group. We make visual reports for business on marketing, sales, finance, logistics based on the leading analytical platforms Qlik Sense, Power BI, Tableau. In BI platforms, the visual component is very important. If you have looked at dozens of demo reports of BI systems and […]
At the end of 2018, we tried to test the common perception that in IT, the salary of a remote employee is, on average, lower than that of an office worker. And we saw that if we take all the salaries of Russian IT specialists, then remote employees, on average, earn 40% more than office ones. Looking in more detail, we found that the salary of remote IT workers is higher than […]
Yacht Club Games will present a new game at PAX East 2019, she said in an email to the press. Unfortunately, Yacht Club Games did not provide any information about the game, except that it publishes, and does not develop the project. In the gif, which you can view on imgur, we see a warrior in armor (at least […]
During E3 2017, Nintendo unveiled a new installment in the adventures of the friendly dinosaur Yoshi, one of the most recognizable characters in the Mario universe. A Switch-exclusive launch was expected in 2018 but has been delayed to 2019. And during the CES 2019 exhibition, the Japanese company announced the exact launch date for all regions: the platformer from the Good-Feel team will […]
There's a thread on the Reddit forum about a new hero in Apex Legends. A user under the nickname jetblacklab noticed special devices on the game map that allow fighters to jump a long distance. Everyone immediately remembered the recent leak of information with the image of the character Octane (Octane). His ultimate ability is the use of a gadget that throws heroes high into the sky. It looks like these platforms will really become the main […]
A group of acoustic engineers at Boston University have created an interesting metamaterial that can silence jet engines or absorb up to 94% of airflow noise from many other sources of acoustic interference. It can be noise from air conditioners or heat guns. Noise from the rotating blades of drones or sounds from a busy highway and much more. The most interesting thing is that nothing […]
Samsung Electronics has announced the mass production of next-generation RAM modules for future flagship smartphones and phablets. We are talking about products LPDDR4X (Low-Power Double Data Rate 4X) with a capacity of 12 GB. They combine six 16-gigabit chips in a single package. The technology used in the production is 10-nanometer class (1y-nm) of the second generation. It is noted that the thickness of the modules is only […]
Documentation from the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) suggests that Huawei is designing an all-in-one smartphone with dual displays. As you can see in the images and concept renderings created by the Lets Go Digital resource, the main front screen has a frameless design. An auxiliary display is installed at the rear of the case, which can [...]
We draw a portrait of the modern viewer in different parts of the world. Feel the difference between the United States and Latin America in the BROADVISION analysts' report. Who is he - the modern viewer? Who gathers with family and friends in the evenings to watch the broadcast of a match or their favorite show. Do you know your subscribers well? We collected data on audiences around the world […]
The anniversary version of the Linux 5.0 kernel was released in early March. But work on kernel 5.1 is already underway. In this article we will look at a number of innovations that you can expect in this version. / Flickr / ayu oshimi / CC BY-SA Support for a.out is being discontinued Linux has supported ELF binaries since the first version of the kernel. 25 years later, a.out are planning […]
DNA storage facilities are not yet ready to reach the masses, but some experts believe that the situation will change in the near future. More and more companies are starting to address this issue. Photo by University of Michigan / Flickr / CC BY Why DNA storage is being used According to Cambridge Consultants, drives will soon no longer cope with the changing requirements for storage and operation [...]