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Well, don’t read too much into that. There are rude people everywhere. From what I know, Brazil produces high-quality software developers/computer scientists (

Well, don’t read too much into that. There are rude people everywhere. From what I know, Brazil produces high-quality software developers/computer scientists (elixir and Lua come from Brazil). Of course there are big social issues in Brazil but… aren’t there in all western countries? Poverty, unemployment, violence (maybe Brazil is an outlier in this case), etc.

SemanticStrengh 4y ago
> for example the excellent popcorn time
- anaganisk 4y ago
  Popcorntime is the smartest there is for media consumption, but not exactly an example you want to cite here. Its a software that operates in an illegal area.
  - SemanticStrengh 4y ago
    Poporntime is not illegal strictly speaking, it's a software that allow to display movies as you download them via torrents. What is illegal is the source of the torrents not there mere interface provider (which also allow you to see legal)
    - anaganisk 4y ago
      Thats just silly, we all know what it is used for and why it is used for and why it was built. Popcorn time has an in built search by default that looks for pirated movies. I dont have to add any indexers. Popcorn time never had a any streaming deals, so all the movies in its screenshots from github are streamed via illegal torrents, which itself is illegal.
      - SemanticStrengh 4y ago
        to be clear: Yes popcorntime is illegal because it includes by default links to illegal providers. however popcorntime could trivially become legal by removing those links and letting the user provide them instead.
        anaganisk 4y ago
        So its not exactly legal in its current state right, that’s my point.
rpmisms 4y ago
Brazil has smart people, but boy do they have a crime problem. Brazil is to the US as the US is to the UK when it comes to gun crime, for example.
saiya-jin 4y ago
From where I come from, ie russians have much worse reputation online in general than brazillians (this was pre-ukraine war). I wouldn't read too much into that

SemanticStrengh 4y ago

> for example the excellent popcorn time

anaganisk 4y ago
Popcorntime is the smartest there is for media consumption, but not exactly an example you want to cite here. Its a software that operates in an illegal area.
- SemanticStrengh 4y ago
  Poporntime is not illegal strictly speaking, it's a software that allow to display movies as you download them via torrents. What is illegal is the source of the torrents not there mere interface provider (which also allow you to see legal)
  - anaganisk 4y ago
    Thats just silly, we all know what it is used for and why it is used for and why it was built. Popcorn time has an in built search by default that looks for pirated movies. I dont have to add any indexers. Popcorn time never had a any streaming deals, so all the movies in its screenshots from github are streamed via illegal torrents, which itself is illegal.
    - SemanticStrengh 4y ago
      to be clear: Yes popcorntime is illegal because it includes by default links to illegal providers. however popcorntime could trivially become legal by removing those links and letting the user provide them instead.
      - anaganisk 4y ago
        So its not exactly legal in its current state right, that’s my point.

rpmisms 4y ago

Brazil has smart people, but boy do they have a crime problem. Brazil is to the US as the US is to the UK when it comes to gun crime, for example.

saiya-jin 4y ago

From where I come from, ie russians have much worse reputation online in general than brazillians (this was pre-ukraine war). I wouldn't read too much into that