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As a native Portuguese speaker, the project's name confused the hell out of me. Vale Tudo is Portuguese for "everything goes" or "no holds barred", and is the n
by pdpi 4y ago
As a native Portuguese speaker, the project's name confused the hell out of me. Vale Tudo is Portuguese for "everything goes" or "no holds barred", and is the name of a Brazilian combat sport.
Turns out Valetudo is the Roman name of the Greek goddess of cleanliness, Hygieia (which is where we get the word hygiene from)
- clamprecht 4y agoAs someone who lived in Argentina, it made me think of "pelotudo", which means "asshole" or maybe "dumbass" depending on the situation.
- 29athrowaway 4y agoWhich rhymes with "boludo".
- dakial1 4y agoBrazilian here, also got confused and was guessing why the name was chosen. Thanks for the explanation.
- causi 4y agoThat's pretty clever though. "everything goes" is appropriate for an application that lets you root your vacuum and gain full control of it.
- Arrath 4y agoPossibly also an apt name for the default setting, if it just vacuums up everything.
- dyingkneepad 4y agoYes! I clicked the link expecting to see them make the robots somehow fight, I thought it would be something battlebots-like. Disappointed :(
- is_true 4y agoI have a robot that often has death matches with shoes. The last time the shoe won by flipping the robot somehow
- 0des 4y agoEasy fix, tape a boxcutter to the lid. Vale Tudo!
- Arrath 4y agoAh yes, the classic game of "watch out for the hamstringing vacuum" as I go to make my morning coffee. Alternatively: https://sepulchritude.tumblr.com/post/152864353958/on-the-topic-of-humans-being-the-intergalactic https://sepulchritude.tumblr.com/post/152864353958/on-the-to...
- ufo 4y agoAnd also a 1988 soap opera ^_^
- outworlder 4y agoThank you! I was similarly confused.
- fiatjaf 4y agoIs this project Lei de Gil compliant?