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On March 26, the new version of the graphic editor Krita 4.2.9 was released. Krita is a graphic editor based on Qt, which was previously part of the KOffice suite and is now one of the most notable representatives of free software, considered one of the most powerful graphic editors for artists. A comprehensive, though not exhaustive, list of fixes and improvements: Brush outlines no longer flicker when hovering over them […]
A few months ago, we announced explain.tensor.ru — a public service for parsing and visualizing query plans for PostgreSQL. Over the past time, you’ve used it over 6000 times, but one convenient feature may have gone unnoticed — structural hints that look something like this: Pay attention to them, and your queries will become 'smooth and silky.' 🙂 And […]
A classic question that a developer brings to their DBA or a business owner to a PostgreSQL consultant almost always sounds the same: 'Why do queries take so long on the database?' The traditional set of reasons: inefficient algorithm when you decided to JOIN several CTEs with a couple of tens of thousands of records; outdated statistics if the actual data distribution in the table is already significantly […]
Introducing Windows Terminal v0.10! As always, you can download it from the Microsoft Store or from the releases page on GitHub. Below, we’ll take a closer look at the details of the update! Mouse Input The Terminal now supports mouse input in Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) applications, as well as in Windows applications that use virtual terminal (VT) input. This […]
The release of Wi-Fi daemon IWD 1.6 (iNet Wireless Daemon) is available, developed by Intel as an alternative to wpa_supplicant for connecting Linux systems to wireless networks. IWD can be used either standalone or as a backend for network configurators such as Network Manager and ConnMan. The project is suitable for use on embedded devices and optimized for minimal power consumption […]
The developers of the Android-x86 project, which is independent community-driven development of the Android platform port for the x86 architecture, have released the second stable version based on Android 9. This release includes fixes and enhancements that improve the performance of Android on x86 architecture. Universal Live versions of Android-x86 9 for x86 32-bit (706 MB) and x86_64 (922 […] are available for download.
The Bodhi Linux 5.1 distribution has been released, featuring the Moksha desktop environment. Moksha is developed as a fork of the Enlightenment 17 (E17) codebase, created to continue the development of Enlightenment as a lightweight desktop due to disagreements over the development policy, the expansion of the Enlightenment 19 (E19) environment, and the deterioration of the codebase's stability. Three installation images are available for download: the regular (820 MB), the lightweight […]
Translator's Preface The material intrigued me primarily because of the table below: Given that statisticians (and Russians, genetically speaking) generally do not favor anything that deviates from linear relationships, these guys managed to push for the use of an activation function in a parabolic form to determine the risk level of using Big Data in official statistics. Well done. Naturally, statisticians added their own […]
I invite you to read the transcript of Roman Khavronenko's report "ExtendedPromQL". A brief introduction about myself: My name is Roman. I work at CloudFlare, live in London, and I also maintain VictoriaMetrics. I am the author of the ClickHouse plugin for Grafana and ClickHouse-proxy – a small proxy for ClickHouse. We will start with the first part, titled "Translation Challenges," in which I will […]
Today we will discuss an interesting technology implemented in Unity/Unity XT storage systems – FAST VP. If you are hearing about Unity for the first time, you can find the system specifications at the link at the end of the article. I have worked on FAST VP for over a year within the Dell EMC project team. Today, I would like to delve deeper into this technology and reveal some details about it […]
Since the release of Windows 10 in 2015, Microsoft has been continuously improving it to enhance the usability of tablets. The company has made significant strides in this direction. This is particularly noticeable when comparing Windows 10 to its predecessors, although there is still work to be done. The new Windows 10 Insider Preview build 19592 for Fast Ring users, […]
The Google Play Store digital content store is divided into several sections, one of which is Play Movies & TV (films and TV shows). While many video services offer subscriptions to customers, the Play Store allows for the purchase of individual movies or shows for later viewing. Now, however, online sources indicate that soon […]
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