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Recently, I conducted an interview with a JavaScript developer who was applying for a senior position. A colleague, also present at the interview, asked the candidate to write a function that would perform an HTTP request and retry a few times in case of failure. He was writing the code directly on the board, so it would have been enough to depict something approximate. If he had just shown that […]
The first version of the MateBook D was introduced in 2017, for which we dedicated a separate article. Back then, Alexander Babulin aptly referred to it as a classic desktop laptop. And one cannot argue with this colleague: in front of you is a sleek yet attractive 15-inch model. In this article, we will closely examine the 2019 version, which has just […]
Blockchain oracles solve the problem of delivering information from the external world to the blockchain. However, it is important for us to know which ones we can trust. In our article about the launch of the Waves Oracles catalog, we discussed the significance of oracles for the blockchain. Decentralized applications do not have access to data outside of the blockchain. Therefore, small programsâoraclesâare created to access the necessary […]
An experimental release of the open implementation of the Win32 API â Wine 4.18 is now available. Since the release of version 4.17, 38 bug reports have been closed and 305 changes have been made. The most significant changes include: Added many new VBScript features (for example, error handlers, Hour, Day, Month functions, etc.); Cleaned up and enhanced the functionality of quartz.dll; Exception handling has been added in ntdll and […]
Electronic Arts has published the system requirements for the racing game Need for Speed Heat on Origins. To run the game, you will need an Intel Core i5-3570 processor or similar, 8 GB of RAM, and a GTX 760 level graphics card. Minimum system requirements: Processor: Intel Core i5-3570/FX-6350 or similar; RAM: 8 GB; Graphics card: GeForce GTX 760/Radeon R9 280x or similar; Hard disk: 50 […]
While waiting for the PS5 and Project Scarlett, which will support ray tracing, I pondered the lighting in games. I found a piece where the author explains what light is, how it affects design, alters gameplay, aesthetics, and experience, complete with examples and screenshots. During gameplay, you donât notice it right away. Introduction Lighting is needed not only for […]
One of the racks for internal virtualization. We put effort into color coding the cables: orange indicates odd power input, while green signifies even. We often talk about the big stuffâchillers, diesel generators, switchgears. Today, we will discuss the 'smaller things'âthe outlets in the racks, also known as Power Distribution Units (PDUs). In our data centers, there are over 4,000 racks filled with IT equipment, so […]
This text is not the result of scientific research but rather one of many opinions regarding our near-term technological development. It also serves as an invitation for discussion. Gary Marcus, a professor at New York University, believes that deep learning plays a crucial role in the advancement of AI. However, he also thinks that excessive enthusiasm for this method can lead to its discreditation. In his book Rebooting […]
A lightweight Live distribution of AntiX 19 has been prepared, built on the Debian package base and targeted for installation on outdated hardware. The release is based on Debian 10 (Buster), but comes without the system manager systemd and with eudev instead of udev. The default user environment is created using the IceWM window manager, but fluxbox, jwm, and […] are also available for selection.
Many have encountered the remarkable feature found, for example, in HPE switchesâif the configuration is not saved manually for some reason, the previous saved configuration is applied after a reboot. The technology can be merciless (forget to saveâstart over), but it is fair and reliable. However, MikroTik devices lack such a feature in their base, although there is a long-known saying: 'remote router configuration […]
Many of us enjoy listening to the radio in the mornings. One beautiful morning, I realized that I no longer wanted to listen to local FM stations. They were uninteresting. But this habit proved to be detrimental. So, I decided to replace my FM receiver with an internet receiver. I quickly bought parts on AliExpress and assembled the internet receiver. About the internet receiver. The heart of the receiver is the ESP32 microcontroller. The firmware is from […]
Google has announced enhancements to Chrome's site isolation mode, which ensures that pages from different websites are processed in separate isolated processes. The site-level isolation mode helps protect users from attacks that may occur via third-party blocks used on the site, such as iframe embeds, or to prevent data leakage through the embedding of legitimate blocks (for example, with requests […])