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Slurm SRE. A continuous experiment with experts from Booking.com and Google.com

Our team loves experiments. Each Slurm is not a static repetition of the previous ones, but rather an understanding of experience and a transition from good to better. However, with Slurm SRE, we decided to apply a completely new format — to provide participants with conditions as close as possible to 'combat' ones. To briefly outline what we did during the intensive session: 'We build, break, fix, and learn.' SRE is worth little […]

Computer quests are an amazing tool for learning English vocabulary.

Learning English through computer games has become an established practice. This is because games combine enjoyable leisure time with the opportunity to fully immerse oneself in the language's ecosystem, learning it effortlessly. Today, we will explore quest genre games that are perfect for enhancing language skills and will definitely provide great enjoyment to players. Let's get started! First, a bit of boring information: what […]

Opera has improved the picture-in-picture mode.

The Opera browser is unlikely to boast popularity. This has been the case since the classic Opera era, and it remains so after switching to the Chromium engine. However, in many cases, it is the most innovative, and the company continues to work on enhancing the application. The latest update has added an improved version of the picture-in-picture mode. Moreover, unlike the Google version, it works […]

New releases of Node.js 13.8, 12.15, and 10.19 with vulnerability fixes.

Developers of the Node.js server-side JavaScript platform have released patch versions 13.8.0, 12.15.0, and 10.19.0, which fix three vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-15606 — improper handling of optional whitespace characters (OWS) following the value in an HTTP header; CVE-2019-15605 — the possibility of an HRS (HTTP Request Smuggling) attack, allowing insertion into the content of other requests processed in the same stream between frontend and backend) through transmission […]

X-Client-Data Header as a Method for Identifying Chrome Users

When discussing Google's initiative to unify the HTTP User-Agent header content, a developer from Kiwi Browser pointed out the persisting HTTP header 'X-Client-Data' in Chrome, which potentially violates the existing General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union. During the discussion, Google's duality of action was also criticized, as the company promotes methods for blocking hidden identification and tracking actions […]

Loki - log collection using the Prometheus approach.

Hello, Habr users! In anticipation of the new enrollment for the course 'DevOps Practices and Tools', we have prepared a translation of interesting material for you. This article serves as a brief introduction to Loki. The Loki project is supported by Grafana and is aimed at centralized log collection (from servers or containers). The primary source of inspiration for Loki was Prometheus, with the idea of applying its approaches to log management: […]

TTY — a terminal not intended for home use

Is it possible to survive using only the capabilities of TTY? Here’s my brief story about how I struggled with TTY, wanting to achieve normal functionality from it. Background Recently, on my old laptop, the graphics card failed. It failed so badly that I couldn't even start the installer for any OS. Windows crashed with errors while installing basic drivers. The installation of Linux was downright impossible […]

GCC 9 Has Been Ported to OS/2

Bitwise Works has completed the port of the GCC 9.2 compiler suite for the OS/2 operating system and its derivative platforms, ArcaOS and eComStation. Previously, GCC 4.9.2 was offered for ArcaOS, while GCC 8.3.0 was available in the ports for OS/2. It is noted that the ability to use GCC 9 will allow the community to adapt more applications and libraries for use on OS/2, including […]

Dark Launch in Istio: secret services

"Danger is my middle name," said Austin Powers, the man of mystery of international scale. But what is valued by superagents and intelligence agencies is not at all suitable for computer services, where boredom is much better than dangers. Istio, along with OpenShift and Kubernetes, turns the deployment of microservices into a truly dull and predictable affair — and that’s wonderful. This and […]

Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web, the Most Wanted Man Online. Part 2

For some, Kim Dotcom, the founder of the infamous file-sharing site "MegaUpload," is a criminal and internet pirate; for others, he is an unyielding advocate for personal data privacy. On March 12, 2017, the world premiere of a documentary film took place, featuring interviews with politicians, journalists, and musicians who know Kim "from all sides." New Zealand director Annie Goldson uses footage from personal archives to tell […]

Embedded World 2020. The Russians are coming

In anticipation of the upcoming Embedded World 2020 exhibition, I decided to take a look at the list of companies from Russia. After filtering the participant list by country of origin, I was pleasantly surprised. The official exhibition website turned out 27 companies!!! For comparison, there are 22 companies from Italy, 34 from France, and 10 from India. What could this mean, where are all these domestic hardware producers […]

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