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Google started as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1996, and has since grown to become a global technology giant impacting various facets of our lives. Today, we look back at this journey. Google’s founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin From the beginning, Google’s mission was to “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful”. The effectiveness of their search engine led to rapid growth, soon becoming the world’s most popular search engine....

In 1997, a sci-fi horror film by the name of ‘Event Horizon’ found its way into the cinemas. Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson, the film features an ensemble cast including Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, and Joely Richardson, among others. The cast of Event Horizon The narrative focuses on a crew aboard the rescue vessel Lewis and Clark, sent to investigate the reappearance of the Event Horizon, a ship that had mysteriously vanished seven years prior....

Back in 1986, James Cameron released ‘Aliens,’ the much-anticipated sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1979 film ‘Alien.’ Drawing upon the original’s raw, heart-pounding horror, ‘Aliens’ combined it with Cameron’s signature knack for action to create an unforgettable cinematic experience. Aliens in action Starring Sigourney Weaver reprising her role as Ellen Ripley, ‘Aliens’ follows our resilient heroine as she is awakened 57 years after narrowly escaping the predatory Alien in the first film....

In 1997, fans of the Alien franchise were treated to a new addition to the saga: ‘Alien: Resurrection.’ Directed by French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the film dared to tread new ground with its unique blend of horror, action, and dark humor. Alien: Resurrection in action Two hundred years after the events of ‘Alien 3,’ ‘Alien: Resurrection’ sees the return of Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), who is brought back to life as a human-Alien hybrid clone through a successful scientific experiment....

HTTP, or Hypertext Transfer Protocol, is the protocol used for transferring data over the internet. It is the foundation of any data exchange on the web and it is a protocol used by web browsers to request web pages from web servers. HTTP is at the core of data communication on the web When a user enters a web address in their browser, an HTTP command is sent to the web server directing it to fetch and transmit the requested web page....

With four gripping films in the Alien franchise, fans around the world have been speculating and hoping for an ‘Alien 5.’ As of now, the film exists only in the realm of imagination, but that won’t stop us from exploring its potential. The imagined Alien 5 in action If ‘Alien 5’ were to come to fruition, there’s no telling where the story could go. One possibility is the return of Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) in some form, continuing the trend set by ‘Alien: Resurrection....

CSS, short for Cascading Style Sheets, is a style sheet language used for describing the look and formatting of a document written in HTML. From typography to layout, CSS is a fundamental tool for web development. CSS: Making the web beautiful CSS’s main benefit is that it allows developers to separate the website’s content (HTML) from its presentation (CSS). This separation can improve content accessibility, provide more flexibility and control in the specification of presentation characteristics, and reduce complexity and repetition in the structural content....

Make Your Own PCBs with a 3D Printer Conceived on Feb 14, 2020 Series: sideprojects, cad, hardware Listen, anyone can make a PCB at home, it’s easy. All you need is a laser printer, some glossy magazine pages, print your circuit onto the page, use a clothes iron to transfer the toner onto your copper clad, if that doesn’t work use some water and some lacquer or something, I don’t know, I stopped reading at that point because the last time I saw a laser printer, a magazine and a clothes iron was in the nineties....

Why We Replaced Firecracker with QEMU July 10, 2023 Hugo Dutka Co-founder at Hocus Firecracker, the microVM hypervisor, is renowned for being lightweight, fast, and secure. It’s excellent for running short-lived workloads, which is why it’s the backbone of AWS Lambda. Our initial prototype for Hocus, a self-hosted alternative to Gitpod and GitHub Codespaces, utilized Firecracker. However, after weeks of testing, we decided to entirely replace it with QEMU. A little-known fact about Firecracker is its lack of support for many modern hypervisor features, such as dynamic RAM management, which is vital for long-lived workloads....

Hugo: The Speedy Static Site Generator Hugo is an open-source static site generator that provides a robust framework for creating and managing websites. Its main benefit is speed; it can generate pages in milliseconds, allowing you to quickly see changes and build your site faster. Table of Contents Why Choose Hugo? Installation Getting Started with Hugo Customizing Your Site Deploying Your Site Why Choose Hugo? With many static site generators available, you might wonder, why choose Hugo?...