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One way to change your appearance is by dyeing your hair. However, it's difficult to envision the final result of hair dyeing in advance. Soon, deciding on a shade will become easier. A pilot project organized by the Google Lens platform in collaboration with L’Oréal offers a quick way to virtually 'dye' your hair. Currently, the pilot project is being implemented in […]
(c) Yandex.Images All characters are fictional, trademarks belong to their owners, any coincidences are purely coincidental, and in general, this is my "subjective evaluative opinion, please don't break the door…". We have considerable experience in translating information systems with database logic from one DBMS to another. With regard to government decree No. 1236 dated 16.11.2016, this often involves transferring from Oracle to Postgresql. […]
We publish an article by our colleague ITBotanik In the recent past, I led many retail projects at Gazpromneft gas stations, focusing on loyalty, franchising, retail automation systems, and more. Now, I head the sales architecture direction, developing the corporate IT landscape. Additionally, I am passionate about classical education; specifically, I have defended a PhD in technical sciences and I possess […]
On December 22, a new version of the popular free planetarium Stellarium was released, visualizing a realistic night sky as if you were viewing it with the naked eye or through binoculars or a telescope. A total of about 100 changes have been made compared to the previous version. Among the key changes, direct support for ASCOM in the telescope control plugin can be highlighted […]
After a 24-hour pause, Microsoft has restored the operation of the previously forcedly blocked GitHub repository for Visual Studio Code (the source code editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, and macOS, distributed as open source but under a non-free license). The issue arose due to SantaGate—a complaint regarding an 'Easter egg' feature in the editor's interface featuring a Santa Claus hat, along with about 50 other complaints about […]
An update to the Solaris 11.4 OS, SRU 16 (Support Repository Update), has been released, introducing a series of further fixes and improvements for the Solaris 11.4 branch. To install the suggested fixes from the update, simply run the command ‘pkg update’. In the new release: Oracle VM Server for SPARC has been updated to version 3.6.2. The add-vsan-dev command has been enhanced with support for migrating domains with guest […
Gentoo developers are discussing the provision of universal packages with the Linux kernel that do not require manual configuration of parameters during compilation and are similar to the kernel packages provided in traditional binary distributions. An example of a problem that arises from the manual tweaking of kernel parameters practiced in Gentoo is the lack of a unified set of default options that guarantees functionality after an update (when manually configured, […
Occasionally, the developer needs to pass a set of parameters or even an entire selection into a request. Sometimes, very strange solutions to this task arise. Let's approach it "from the opposite" and see how not to do it, why, and how it can be done better. Direct "insertion" of values into the body of the request usually looks something like this: query = 'SELECT * FROM tbl WHERE […]'
When developing a network infrastructure, typically either local computing or cloud solutions are considered. However, these two options and their combinations are limited. For instance, what to do if cloud computing cannot be abandoned, yet bandwidth is lacking or traffic is too expensive? Introduce an intermediary link that performs part of the computations at the edge of the local network or production process. This peripheral concept […]
Today, solutions for testing and benchmarking blockchains are tailored for specific blockchains or their forks. However, there are also some more general solutions with varying functionalities: some are open-source projects, while others are offered as SaaS, but most are internal solutions created by the blockchain development team. Nevertheless, all of them address similar challenges. This […]
Quantum computers and quantum computing are new buzzwords that have entered our information space alongside artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other high-tech terms. However, I still haven't been able to find material on the internet that puts together the puzzle in my head titled 'how quantum computers work.' Yes, there are many great works in […]
An update to the Windows EducationPack 19.11 has been prepared, which includes 70 open educational and scientific applications for the Windows operating system, as well as programs for organizing, managing, and controlling the educational process. The pack may be useful for schools (including elementary classes), lyceums, and higher education institutions. The pack is offered for free download in the form of images of three DVD discs. The new release […]