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https://horizon-magazine.eu/article/radiators-powered-excess-computing-energy-are-heating-homes-free_en.html Is this stupid or ingenious? French company Qarnot has developed small devices known as Q.rads, tiny remote computers that when networked together have the capacity to provide a cloud computing service to companies. The heat generated by the Q.rads, which are situated in residential and public buildings, is then used to heat the buildings, →
https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2017/06/07/new-level-of-automation-with-ansible/?sc_cid=7016000000127ECAAY Ansible is a simple agent-less automation tool that has changed the world for the better. It has many use cases and wide adoption. This article is going to demonstrate Ansible. The intention of this article is not to teach you the basics of Ansible, but to motivate you to learn it. Shell has been the comfort zone of →
Uninspirational Quotes for People Who Hate Inspirational Quotes http://www.sadanduseless.com/2017/03/are-you-inspired-yet/ You’re bound to see the occasional motivational quotes in many places. Examples in his page are different. →
http://www.iflscience.com/technology/scientists-have-discovered-the-first-2d-magnet/ Researchers from the University of Washington and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a two-dimensional magnetized material for the first time. As reported in Nature, the material known as chromium triiodide (CrI3) is highly magnetic even when it’s in a 2D configuration (sheet with one atom thickness). In addition the construction of this monolayer →
Want 5G? It’s going to take an IP anyhaul overhaul | EDN http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/5g-waves/4458460/Want-5G–It-s-going-to-take-an-IP-anyhaul-overhaul?utm_content=bufferecb1e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer Much of the ongoing discussion around 5G is focused on use cases: wireless broadband to the home, in-vehicle infotainment, immersive event experiences, truck platooning, remote health care, smart cities and smart factories to name a few. Mobile networks and cloud packet core →
Artificial intelligence (AI) applied to drawing starts to create interesting image manipulation applications. I I have earlier written about an interesting AutoDraw tool in my Google’s New Program ‘AutoDraw’ Will Help Your Drawings Suck Less posting. Now there is some other well worth to check out experiments. Create your own hellish monsters with this sketch-based →
http://www.zdnet.com/article/why-you-must-patch-the-new-linux-sudo-security-hole/ Ironically, only the most secure Linux server setups are vulnerable to this newly discovered hole. If you want your Linux server to be really secure, you defend it with SELinux. Many sysadmins don’t bother because SELinux can be difficult to set up. This makes the newly discovered Linux security hole — with the sudo command that only hits →
https://petapixel.com/2017/05/26/triggertrap-open-sources-mobile-dongle-hardware/ As Triggertrap camera accessories. As the company continues winding down its business, their Triggertrap Mobile Dongles are becoming increasingly difficult to find. Those dongles allow to trigger camera with smart phone app. But there’s some good news now: the company has decided to open source the hardware, making it is possible to build your own dongle. I →
https://www.arador.com/ridiculous-bandwidth-costs-amazon-google-microsoft/ Is this the way cloud service companies really make money? Cheap printer makers make money by selling expensive ink. It seems that cloud companies have good markup on bandwidth costs. →
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/summer_surprise_snow_in_lapland_prompts_ski_resort_to_reopen/9650554 It is a strange weather in Finland now: The skiing season ended in Northern Lapland in mid-May, but the weather there is still so cold and snowfall so frequent that the Saariselkä resort will temporarily reopen its slopes, which are currently up to a metre deep in snow. →