note-keeper, a script for your note taking needs

note-keeper is a small bash script to simplify the creation, editing and management of notes. It uses the text editor set up in the $EDITOR environment variable, but if that variable is empty it defaults to Vim in insert mode. (the image from this post is the one found in the script repository at the time of this article publishing)

02 de agosto de 2018

TESS is officially looking for exoplanets

Step aside, Kepler, TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) is in town and ready to discover more exoplanets (planets outside of our solar system) and closer to “home”. From Engadget: TESS is a follow-up to Kepler, a spacecraft that has spent the last nine years searching for Earth-like exoplanets near Sun-like stars. Though it may be on its last legs, Kepler has already found 2,650 confirmed exoplanets and even more are expected to be discovered from the data it has collected....

30 de julho de 2018

Firefox começou a bloquear a reprodução automática de áudio

O Firefox começou a permitir o bloqueio de áudio com reprodução automática nas nightly builds. Isto inclui, por exemplo, os vídeos que a CNET mete no site e que são irritantes como o caraças. O anúncio foi feito por Dale Harvey, um dos programadores do Firefox, no Twitter. https://twitter.com/daleharvey/status/1020619223863873539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1020619223863873539&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.engadget.com%2F2018%2F07%2F24%2Ffirefox-nightly-blocks-autoplaying-audio%2F A funcionalidade tem três modos: desligada, pedir sempre permissão para reproduzir e bloquear sempre. Vai ser também possível definir uma lista de endereços com permissão para reprodução automática de conteúdos com som....

24 de julho de 2018

How to get good font rendering in Void Linux

This post lacks an example image because I’ve recovered it from a backup (with only text and no image) and I’m not using Void Linux at the moment. If you follow this guide and decide to share an image, I’ll gladly use it here and give you credit. This guide assumes you are using Void Linux (you can probably replicate it in other distributions; just check the paths), have Freetype installed and using some sort of Window Manager or Desktop Environment....

24 de julho de 2018