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What comes easily and freely to some can be a real challenge for others — such thoughts arise from each letter of the font 'Dobroshrift', which was developed for the international day of CP with the participation of children with this diagnosis. We decided to take part in this charitable campaign and changed our website logo until the end of the day. Our society is often non-inclusive and alienates […]
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has posted a message clarifying the relationship between the FSF and the GNU Project in light of recent events. 'The Free Software Foundation (FSF) and the GNU Project were founded by Richard M. Stallman (RMS), who until recently served as the head of both. For this reason, the relationships between FSF and GNU were smooth...'
We are posting video recordings of talks from the Selectel MeetUp: system administration. A brief background on Selectel MeetUp — these are gatherings with short presentations and live discussions. The idea of the event is simple: to listen to great speakers, interact with colleagues, exchange experiences, share your problems, and hear how others have resolved them. In general, all that is called networking in the IT community. We warmed up with small […]
Hello, Habr! According to statistics, 80% of data becomes outdated within 90 days and is no longer actively used. All this data needs to be stored somewhere, ideally at the lowest cost. At the same time, quick and easy access is necessary if needed. Recently, the conversation has mainly revolved around the transfer and storage of data in the cloud, implying that it […]
A release of the open-source platform for deploying decentralized social networks — Mastodon 3.0 — has been published, allowing users to create services on their own infrastructure that are not controlled by individual providers. If a user is unable to run their own node, they can choose a reputable public service to connect to. Mastodon belongs to the category of federated networks, which use […]
The third beta release of FreeBSD 12.1 has been published. The FreeBSD 12.1-BETA3 release is available for amd64, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, powerpcspe, sparc64, armv6, armv7, and aarch64 architectures. Additionally, images for virtualization systems (QCOW2, VHD, VMDK, raw) and Amazon EC2 cloud environments have been prepared. The FreeBSD 12.1 release is scheduled for November 4. You can find out about the new features in the announcement of the first beta release. Compared to […]
SQLite 3.30.0 has been released, a lightweight database management system presented as a dynamic library. The SQLite code is released into the public domain, meaning it can be used freely and without restriction for any purpose. Financial support for SQLite developers comes from a specially formed consortium that includes companies such as Adobe, Oracle, Mozilla, Bentley, and Bloomberg. Key changes: The ability to apply the expression […]
What is the difference between a human and a program? Neural networks, which currently make up almost the entire field of artificial intelligence, can consider significantly more factors when making decisions than humans, do this faster, and in most cases more accurately. However, programs only act as they have been programmed or trained. They can be very complex, taking many factors into account, and […]
OpenBVE is a free railway transport simulator written in C#. OpenBVE was created as an alternative to the BVE Trainsim railway simulator, which is why most routes from BVE Trainsim (versions 2 and 4) are compatible with OpenBVE. The program features physics and graphics close to reality, a side view of the train, animated surroundings, and sound effects. 18 […]
The release of SQLite database management system 3.30.0 has occurred. SQLite is a compact embedded database management system. The source code of the library has been placed in the public domain. What's new in version 3.30.0: The ability to apply the "FILTER" expression with aggregate functions has been added, allowing for limiting the scope of data processed by the function to only records that meet specified conditions; support for "NULLS FIRST" and "NULLS LAST" flags has been provided in the "ORDER BY" clause […]
Hello everyone! In this article, I would like to share how the IT team from the online hotel booking service Ostrovok.ru organized live broadcasts of various corporate events. The Ostrovok.ru office features a special meeting room called "Big." Every day, it hosts both formal and informal events: team meetings, presentations, training sessions, workshops, interviews with guest speakers, and other interesting happenings. The staff […]
Users cannot be trusted. Mostly, they are lazy and choose comfort over security. According to statistics, 21% write their passwords for work accounts on paper, and 50% use the same passwords for work and personal services. The environment is also hostile. 74% of organizations allow personal devices to be brought to work and connected to the corporate network. 94% of users cannot distinguish the real from […]