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I present a new story about how a developer created a chatbot of himself and what came of it. You can download the PDF version here. I had a friend. The only friend. You can’t have such friends anymore. They only appear in youth. We studied together in school, in parallel classes, but started communicating when we realized that we enrolled […]
On December 30, 2019, the Trinity Desktop Environment project, a fork of the KDE 3.5 branch, was released. The project continues to develop the paradigm of a traditional desktop environment based on Qt. The project also supports the (T)Qt3 library, as Qt is no longer supported by the official developer. The environment can be installed and used alongside new versions of KDE. A brief list of changes: Improved support for the XDG standard […]
The release of the Q4OS 3.10 distribution, based on the Debian package base and shipped with KDE Plasma 5 and Trinity desktops, is now available. The distribution is positioned as resource-friendly and offers a classic desktop layout. The size of the installation image is 679 MB (x86_64, i386). It includes several in-house developed applications, including ‘Desktop profiler’ for quick installation of thematic sets […]
A new version of the smartmontools 7.1 package is out, comprising the smartctl and smartd applications for monitoring and controlling (S)ATA, SCSI/SAS, and NVMe drives that support SMART technology. It is compatible with Linux, FreeBSD, Darwin (macOS), Windows, QNX, OS/2, Solaris, NetBSD, and OpenBSD. Key improvements: When outputting information via “smartctl -i,” extended support for ATA ACS-4 and ACS-5 commands has been added; in smartd […]
This implementation was inspired by Alexander Koryukin GeXoGeN with his publication "Remote computer activation for free, without SMS and clouds, using Mikrotik." And a comment in one of Kirill Kazakov's VK groups: Indeed, it’s not secure at all. I would rather write a Telegram bot that only accepts commands from my account for activation. I decided to write such a […]
Happy belated holidays to everyone. This topic is a much better version of what I wrote back in 2016 here. Overall, the principle of operation hasn't changed, except that now it works instantly without delays. We load the script into Mikrotik, change BotID and ChatID to our own, and create a schedule for it. We set the "Start Time" parameter to […]
Continuation, the first part is here. The PDF version can be downloaded here. Court — There’s an urgent matter, I need your help, – Max unexpectedly came on Skype. — What could have happened there? A car definitely couldn't have run you over. — Relatives. My sister is trying to close my bank account and transfer all my money to herself. She is оформляет […]
Boxing gloves. MMA gloves. Overall, a complete training kit – pads, helmet, knee protection. A sports suit, even two – for summer and autumn. A guitar. A synthesizer. Dumbbells. Sneakers specifically bought for running. Wireless headphones, of course. All of this is in my apartment. Formally, all of this is mine. But I don't use it because I bought it not […]
In September 2019, Yealink introduced its latest microcellular IP-DECT system, the Yealink W80B. In this article, we will briefly discuss its features and compatibility with the 3CX PBX. We also want to take this opportunity to sincerely wish you a Happy New Year and Merry Christmas! Microcellular DECT Systems Microcellular IP-DECT systems differ from conventional DECT phones by one important feature — support for end-to-end […]
How many more generations of wireless communication will be able to increase wave frequencies and data transfer speeds until it becomes physically meaningless? One of the main marketing arguments for 5G communication is the much higher speed compared to any of the previous generations. In particular, this is facilitated by the use of millimeter waves. At the same time, the use of millimeter waves, […]
The author of the article is Alexey Malanov, an expert in the antivirus technology development department at Kaspersky Lab. I have repeatedly heard the opinion that blockchain is very cool, it is a breakthrough, and the future lies ahead. I hasten to disappoint you if you somehow believed this. Clarification: in this post, we will talk about the implementation of blockchain technology used in the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. There are […]
A few years ago, I became acquainted with Russian microcontrollers from Milandr. It was 2013, when engineers were fervently discussing the first results of the Federal Target Program "Development of the Electronic Component Base and Radio Electronics" for 2008-2015. By that time, the K1986VE9x controller (Cortex-M3 core) had already been released, and the 1986VE1T controller (Cortex-M1 core) had just appeared. The latter, in a plastic LQFP-144 package, had […]