Vida de abacate

Hoje comprei leite de amêndoa. Quando somos intolerantes à lactose, temos que procurar alternativas e hoje apeteceu-me experimentar esta. No momento da compra não me lembrei disto, mas quando cheguei a casa e olhei novamente para a embalagem fiquei com medo. Estarei eu a tornar-me hipster? Se for o caso, daqui a nada estou intolerante ao glúten só porque sim (a intolerância não-celíaca é, na verdade, aos frutanos, mas isso são detalhes) e começo a comer sandes de abacate a todas as refeições....

02 de setembro de 2018

How to install an operating system to a USB drive

Sometimes, maybe for maintenance or data rescue reasons, you may want to have a USB thumbdrive with a GNU/Linux distribution installed. I’m not referring to writing a live ISO to a USB drive; I really mean having the distribution installed like it would be on an hard drive. An easy way to achieve this is using the virtualization software Qemu. Example: sudo qemu-system-x86_64 -boot d -cdrom void-live-x86_64-20171007.iso -hda /dev/sdb -m 800 In this example, the -hda /dev/sdb part tells Qemu that the device /dev/sdb (the USB drive) must be used as an hard drive....

28 de agosto de 2018

The fine print

via Atheists of America

26 de agosto de 2018

Kalashnikov unveils a retro-styled electric car

Russian weapons manufacturer Kalashnikov unveiled a line of electric and hybrid cars, buggies and motorcycles this week. One of those vehicles is a retro-styled concept car named CV-1, capable of running for 350 kilometers with a single charge and accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in 6 seconds. And it doesn’t look that bad.

24 de agosto de 2018