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by diego_moita 3mo ago
> School textbooks also have For me the keyword in your comment is "also". What this word means to me is that, whatever faults textbooks might have, there is no alternative solution. They replicate a problem that all books have
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by diego_moita 3mo ago
When I see lists like this I am surprised that they always live out school textbooks. School textbooks are the kind of books that have the very precise purpose of giving you a foundation and roadmap to explore and understand a whole field o
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by diego_moita 3mo ago
And the irony of it is that the U.S. is actually quite history-poor, when compared to Europe, North Africa, Middle-East, Persia, China, Central Asia and India.
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by diego_moita 3mo ago
Playing a physical CD is a bit like going to a movie theatre instead of Netflix. It is a ceremony, a ritual, a physical engagement of respect for the artists that created the work. You don't do that to discardable music, the kind of cr
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by diego_moita 3mo ago
I've seen and used some variations of these in my Pebble watch. They're cool for one day or two. But, in the end, I will always go back to some boring but more information-dense one (with battery charge, weather, heart rate, steps
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by diego_moita 3mo ago
After trying a lot, I only saw lines from books written originally in English. Therefore, I assume I'll not see my favorite: > Muchos años después, frente al pelotón de fusilamiento, el coronel Aureliano Buendía había de recordar aq
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by diego_moita 3mo ago
I think Antonio Gaudí would like it, too.
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by diego_moita 3mo ago
Lol, I liked the reply, congrats. It is stylish and well argued. First, be respectful: I am Paranaense and we consider offensive to be called "Argentinean". Second, my criticism on disrespect for manual labour is not directed towa
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by diego_moita 3mo ago
My problem with Naive Art is that it is quite repetitive and limited. It is a bit like punk rock. After you've heard one or 2 songs from Ramones then you've heard them all. Surely, Ramones, once in a while, can be fun. But after t
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by diego_moita 3mo ago
At first I found interesting how you nitpick in irrelevant details while ignoring the bigger picture. The point of the whole article is to use a single case to illustrate a bigger picture that you seem to deliberately oversee: abuse and exp
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by diego_moita 3mo ago
A similar history, in the U.S.: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/06/lolas-s...
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by diego_moita 3mo ago
This reminds me a classic joke: "Fortran was invented by IBM. That is why you get a compiler error when you write Fortran without wearing a blue necktie". Also, you might find interesting some movies by a French comedian called Ja
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by diego_moita 4mo ago
Hmm, could it possible be a change in government's policies, more friendly towards corporations? Nah, I am probably inventing conspiracy theories... /s
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by diego_moita 4mo ago
It is more than that. It is about the state of mind. Feeling safe is precious, with cascading effects on personal health, community cohesion, civic participation, etc. Remember the Maslow Pyramid of needs, where safety is the most basic one
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by diego_moita 4mo ago
In many of Latin America big towns and most of border towns, most middle-class houses are tiny versions of fortresses. It is a sign of police incompetence, government collapse and the fact that those places are ruled by gangsters.
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by diego_moita 4mo ago
> Since beginning of 2025 I suggest you to study the birth of consumer protection laws on the beginning of the 20th century, such as the birth of the FTC in 1914. It was a time when milk and beer were routinely adulterated, most meat was
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by diego_moita 4mo ago
In the end, do facts even matter in politically charged discussions? This sounds a bit like providing evidence for global warming, gun control or evolution. The "skeptics" just want to remain ignorant. No amount of evidence will c
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by diego_moita 4mo ago
> It is essentially a black box with full user permissions, You mean, like Windows and Android?
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by diego_moita 4mo ago
There are just 2 startups in Rio: Comando Vermelho and Milícias.
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by diego_moita 4mo ago
I don't have any idea of what is the purpose of this. Do you want to share an USB device across the WiFi? If so, why not use the USB-IP protocol? It is already part of the Linux kernel, has implementation for Windows and doesn't r
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by diego_moita 4mo ago
They're not the only ones pissed off with VMWare [1]. What I don't understand is what prevents them to shop around for alternatives. What is VMWare's very good moat that prevents the competition from invading their castle? h
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by diego_moita 4mo ago
> Machines for making chips, manufacturing chips, designing chips, search, social, mobile, AI. Read the article before trying to refute it. What it says is precisely that the US advantages are restricted to the IT sector that you mention
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by diego_moita 4mo ago
Care to explain? If it is expensive how can it be productive? Also, if it is productive why do the US has a smaller lifespan that so many OECD countries?
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by diego_moita 4mo ago
So, what he says is that productivity gains in the U.S. are: 1. Only apparent when measured at 2017 prices but not when measured at PPP (purchase power). 2. In the US most of productivity gains are concentrated at the tech industry and Cali
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by diego_moita 4mo ago
> Don't ignore the data. Ah, the classic "don't ignore the data that confirms my worldview, ignore just the data that contradicts it". Also known as "lies, damn lies and statistics".
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by diego_moita 4mo ago
I don't have any idea of what this graph means. It seems to be about percentage of the 2017 production. But does it measure value or volume? Does it include lithium-based batteries? I believe they were only introduced to the market in
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by diego_moita 4mo ago
It is a recurrent Brazilian meme: Rio is known in Brazil as "terra de bandido" (gangster's land). The majority of their politicians have ties to organized crime. There is a virtual revolving door between police and crime, whe
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by diego_moita 4mo ago
WHAT!? There are thieves in Rio de Janeiro? Oh, I am so SHOCKED, so SHOCKED! /s Explaining the joke: in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro is known as "Terra de bandido" (Gangster's Land). Kinda like Chicago in the 20's or Napl
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by diego_moita 5mo ago
Sorry if my comment above sounds pedantic. I actually listened to some of the works I didn't know (Elgar, Vaughn Williams, Kats-Chernin) and loved them, thank you.
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by diego_moita 5mo ago
Some observations: 1) It is a weird comparison. Some works (e.g: Brandenburg Concertos) can take hours to listen. Most take minutes. 2) Lord of the Rings, Out of Africa and Star War series? Seriously? Oh, I see: it is a list made by Austral

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