What is the Blockchain?

Blockchain, when we hear this term, the first thing that comes in our mind is cryptocurrency. Blockchain is actually a record-keeping technology which is used in the cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin is the first widespread application of blockchain technology. In 1991 Stuart Haber and W. Scott Stornetta have first outlined the blockchain concept to make a system where timestamped documents could not[…]

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The rules for writing emails

Encouraging effective communication through the use of electronic mail, here are the rules for writing and managing emails. The computerized devices are often abused and, especially in the business environment, misused by people: no increase in productivity, rather the exact opposite. The boundary between the productive result and the loss of time is very slight, speaking also of one of[…]

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Systemd. Joys and sorrows of a misunderstood demon

Systemd is a software suite of daemons, libraries and administration utilities designed with the aim of centralizing the management and configuration of Unix-like operating systems. Systemd is generally used as init system to use to bootstrap user space during startup and manage user processes. It replaces the classic origin, which is the descending one from the Unix System V (SysVinit).[…]

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