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A notification has just circulated through the ALT community mailing lists regarding the public availability of the first builds for the affordable single-board computers Raspberry Pi 4 based on the Sisyphus open-source software repository. The regular prefix in the build name indicates that it will now be produced regularly based on the current state of the repository. In fact, prototypes were already presented to the public […]
A group of researchers from Shanghai Technical University has published the Impersonator toolkit, which uses machine learning methods to simulate human movements from static images, as well as to change clothing, transfer to different environments, and alter the viewing angle of the object. The code is written in Python using the PyTorch framework. For building, torchvision and the CUDA Toolkit are also required. The toolkit receives […]
As is known, support for Windows 7 for regular users will end on January 14, 2020. However, businesses will continue to receive paid Extended Security Updates (ESU) for another three years. This applies to Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Enterprise editions, and companies of all sizes will receive them, although initially, it was intended for large corporations with significant orders for the operating system […]
Two years after the release of the third version, Calibre 4.0 has been released. Calibre is open-source software for reading, creating, and storing books in various formats in an electronic library. The program's code is distributed under the GNU GPLv3 license. Calibre 4.0 includes several interesting features, such as new content server capabilities and a new ebook viewer that focuses on the text […]
MaSzyna is a free railway transport simulator created in 2001 by Polish developer Martin Wojnik. The new version of MaSzyna includes over 150 scenarios and about 20 scenes, including one realistic scene based on the actual Polish railway route "Ozimek — Częstochowa" (with a total track length of approximately 75 km in the southwestern part of Poland). The fictional scenes are presented as […]
For those who need to ensure access to their servers from anywhere in the world via SSH/RDP/other — a small RTFM cheat sheet. We need to manage without VPN and other complexities, from any device at hand. And it should be easy to handle the server. All that is needed — knockd, skilled hands, and 5 minutes of work. "On the internet […
About six months ago, I decided to create a program to manage a computer through a browser. I started with a simple single-socket HTTP server that sent images to the browser and received cursor coordinates for control. At a certain point, I realized that WebRTC technology is well-suited for this purpose. Chrome browser offers such a solution, which is installed via an extension. However, I wanted to create a lightweight program, […]
In the nightly builds of Firefox, on which the release of Firefox 71 will be based on December 2, a new design of the address bar has been activated. The most noticeable change is the move away from displaying a full-width list of recommendations in favor of transforming the address bar into a clearly defined window. To disable the new appearance of the address bar, an option "browser.urlbar.megabar" has been added to about:config. Megabar continues […]
Mastodon is referred to as a "decentralized Twitter," where microblogs are scattered across numerous independent servers linked together in one network. This version has a lot of updates. Here are the most important ones: OStatus is no longer supported, the alternative is ActivityPub. Some outdated REST APIs have been removed: GET /api/v1/search API has been replaced by GET /api/v2/search. GET /api/v1/statuses/:id/card is now using the card attribute. POST /api/v1/notifications/dismiss?id=:id, instead of […
The PostgreSQL development team has announced the release of PostgreSQL 12, the latest version of the open-source relational database management system. PostgreSQL 12 significantly improves query performance, especially when working with large volumes of data, and optimizes overall disk space usage. Among the new features: the implementation of the JSON Path query language (a crucial part of the SQL/JSON standard); […]
Google has warned about a new approach to handling mixed content on pages served over HTTPS. Previously, a special indicator was displayed when there were non-secure (HTTP) components on HTTPS pages. In the future, it will be decided to block such resources from loading by default. Thus, pages opened via "https://" will guarantee to contain only resources loaded […]
Today, Wednesday, marks the release of Kubernetes — 1.16. Following the tradition of our blog, this is the tenth time we're discussing the most significant changes in the new version. The information used to prepare this material comes from the Kubernetes enhancements tracking table, CHANGELOG-1.16, and related issues, pull requests, as well as Kubernetes Enhancement Proposals […]