Linux – Create a bootable Windows 10 USB with the WoeUSB tool.

You need a USB stick to put the Windows 10 from the official website image with a size of 5.4 Gb.

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# woeusb -v --device  Win10_1909_English_x64.iso /dev/sdc --target-filesystem NTFS
trap_return: INFO: returning from process_commandline_parameters
WoeUSB v3.3.1
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determine_target_parameters: Info: Target device is '/dev/sdc'.
determine_target_parameters: Info: Target partition is '/dev/sdc1'.
Mounting source filesystem...
Wiping all existing partition table and filesystem signatures in /dev/sdc...
/dev/sdc: 2 bytes were erased at offset 0x000001fe (dos): 55 aa
/dev/sdc: calling ioctl to re-read partition table: Success
Ensure that /dev/sdc is really wiped...
Creating new partition table on /dev/sdc...
Creating target partition...
Making system realize that partition table has changed...
Wait 3 seconds for block device nodes to populate...
Cluster size has been automatically set to 4096 bytes.
Creating NTFS volume structures.
mkntfs completed successfully. Have a nice day.
--2020-04-02 23:04:52--  https://github.com/pbatard/rufus/raw/master/res/uefi/uefi-ntfs.img
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 140.82.118.4
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|140.82.118.4|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pbatard/rufus/master/res/uefi/uefi-ntfs.img [following]
--2020-04-02 23:04:52--  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pbatard/rufus/master/res/uefi/uefi-ntfs.img
Resolving raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)... 151.101.112.133
Connecting to raw.githubusercontent.com (raw.githubusercontent.com)|151.101.112.133|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 524288 (512K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘/tmp/WoeUSB.o2ZmsU.tempdir/uefi-ntfs.img’
 
uefi-ntfs.img       100%[===================>] 512,00K  1,56MB/s    in 0,3s    
 
2020-04-02 23:04:53 (1,56 MB/s) - ‘/tmp/WoeUSB.o2ZmsU.tempdir/uefi-ntfs.img’ saved [524288/524288]
 
1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
524288 bytes (524 kB, 512 KiB) copied, 0,214865 s, 2,4 MB/s
Mounting target filesystem...
Applying workaround to prevent 64-bit systems with big primary memory from being unresponsive during copying files.
Copying files from source media...
...
INFO: Copying "./sources/imagingprovider.dll"...
11%
INFO: Copying "./sources/inf/setup.cfg"...
11%
INFO: Copying "./sources/input.dll"...
11%
INFO: Copying "./sources/install.wim"...
11%
...
INFO: Copying "./support/logging/winsetupetw.dll"...
Installing GRUB bootloader for legacy PC booting support...
Installing for i386-pc platform.
...
Warning: command "echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/dirty_bytes" - returned code  $?
Unmounting and removing "/media/woeusb_source_1585857878_9470"...
Unmounting and removing "/media/woeusb_target_1585857878_9470"...
You may now safely detach the target device
Done :)
The target device should be bootable now

Reboot with the USB stick with the boot set on USB Device and you can install the Windows 10.

Web – See a photo from instagram on full size.

First, open your account of Instagram and go to the account where is the photo. Double click on the photo and then click on the date, see the example with this photo Instagram on the verge website. You need to click on7 hours… This will open into browser adressbar this link: https://www.instagram.com/p/B-PQ743DNBe Add to this… Read More »

News: TensorFlow Quantum.

This week, Google announced a new version of its TensorFlow framework for building machine learning models named TensorFlow Quantum. A feature of TensorFlow Quantum is the ability to simultaneously train and execute many quantum circuits. This allows researchers to construct quantum datasets, quantum models, and classical control parameters as tensors in a single computational graph.… Read More »

Android Studio – simple gradient example.

I used Android Studion 3.6.1 on Ubuntu Linux. I start an Empty Project and I change the activity_main.xml file into this:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:background="@drawable/gradient_background"
    tools:context=".MainActivity">
 
    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="GRADIENT COLORS"
        app:layout_constraintBottom_toBottomOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintLeft_toLeftOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintRight_toRightOf="parent"
        app:layout_constraintTop_toTopOf="parent" />
 
</androidx.constraintlayout.widget.ConstraintLayout>

You can see I change the Hello Word! text into GRADIENT COLORS. I add this source line of code:

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android:background="@drawable/gradient_background"

I create this resource XML into res – drawable folder with click right… Read More »