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A comprehensive guide to optical cables covering fiber structure, single-mode vs multi-mode fibers, connector types (LC, SC, FC, ST, MPO/MTP), ferrule polishing (UPC/APC), insertion loss, return loss, cable jacket types, and practical patch cord selection examples.
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A deep dive into reverse-engineering the Sup GameBox — the cheapest gaming console on Ozon — revealing its NES-clone hardware, bit-scrambled flash protection, and how to replace built-in games with custom ROMs.
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E.M. Forster's 1909 story 'The Machine Stops' predicted video calls, social media addiction, and physical atrophy from sedentary lifestyles over a century before these became everyday realities.
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A technical investigation into why Wi-Fi printers and other mDNS-dependent devices randomly become undiscoverable, tracing the root cause to firmware and driver bugs in Intel, Qualcomm, MediaTek, and Ubiquiti hardware affecting multicast packet handling.
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Denis Skripnik, a blind developer, shares how he writes code, navigates interfaces with a screen reader, works with cryptocurrency projects, and finds clients — all without ever seeing his monitor.
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A cautionary tale from 2010 about a 1C developer who automated two labor-intensive processes in a finance department, only to be betrayed by the very people he helped when they realized the efficiency gains threatened their job security.
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A hilarious tour of the edge cases musicians create for music service developers — from Prince's unpronounceable symbol name to albums where every track shares the same title, secret pre-gap tracks, and compositions lasting either one second or 639 hours.
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An insider analysis of why Russian IT infrastructure costs are set to rise another 10-15%, driven by expensive credit, memory shortages, logistics chaos, new taxation, and the state's growing appetite for IT sector revenue.
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A critical review of Russia's attempts to replace popular Western platforms over the past 2.5 years, examining the failures of Rossgram, Rutube, VK Video, and other domestic alternatives.
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Browser fingerprinting has evolved from a niche security concern into widespread commercial use by advertisers, with 2025 research providing the first concrete evidence of mass deployment across the top 10,000 websites.
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An exploration of two mechanisms by which the human body's immune system turns against itself — autoimmune hemolysis triggered by Paxillus involutus mushroom toxins and the cytokine storm in COVID-19 — revealing how immune overreaction can be more deadly than the threat itself.
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The story of Cybiko, a pioneering handheld device from 2000 that let teenagers form wireless mesh networks spanning 300 meters and connecting up to 3,000 users — years before Bluetooth gaming or modern social networks.