Mon bloc-notes

While my desktop PC runs the english version of Linux Mint, I wanted Thunderbird to use the day/month/year format for displaying dates. The way to do this is described here.

To convert pictures in HEIC format to some more usual format:

• install libheif-examples package
• use the heif-convert command:

heif-convert filename.heic filename.jpg

• Digi-Key Reference Design Library

• World inequality report 2022

Context

Android Studio will be installed on a PC running Linux Mint 20.

Installation

Download the latest version of Android Studio from this webpage. At the time of writing, the version is Chipmunk | 2021.2.1 Patch 1.

Follow the installation guidelines.

One possible way to increase the disk size of a VirtualBox Linux guest:

• Stop the virtual machine
• In VirtualBox menu, select File > Tools > Virtual Media Manager...
• In the Hard disks tab, Select the virtual machine hard disk. The virtual machine can be deduced from the directory path displayed when clicking on a given hard disk
• Increase the size
  

How to create the patch file

diff -u current/sourceCode.c new/sourceCode.c > sourceCode.patch

How to apply the patch file

patch current/sourceCode.c < sourceCode.patch

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In a place where I'm not so often, I had to configure my PC for the local Wi-Fi access point. I didn't have the password. But my Samsung Android phone (running Android 11) had been configured for this access point, some time ago. The following steps allowed me to get access to the password:

First, the executive summary: while our Airbnb reservation had been confirmed, it was cancelled half an hour before we arrived at the appartment. Airbnb didn't help us to find on time another place where to stay, didn't provide us with any real compensation, and refused to publish our review of the host.