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by silveira 11y ago
Yes. Brazil's central bank heist in 2005. Only a fraction of the R$ 160 million (USD $71.6 million at 2005 exchange rate) were ever recovered. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco_Central_burglary_at_Fort...
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Enhancing Images Using Deep Convolutional Generative Adversarial Networks(swarbrickjones.wordpress.com)
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by silveira 11y ago
BuzzFeed News has some great articles. Their News branch, not the regular BuzzFeed's listicles.
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by silveira 11y ago
https://supporters.eff.org/donate https://supporters.eff.org/shop/
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by silveira 11y ago
Ok, I'm making a donation to EFF.
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by silveira 11y ago
0ad started as a AOE mod then they started their own engine and assets. I've been playing a lot of 0ad lately, I recommend it.
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by silveira 11y ago
Maybe this could be an alternative to Flickr for me. Unfortunately there is no Linux client, I hope there is an API.
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by silveira 11y ago
If you are into amateur radio, it's the same problem for years. The only workaround is having a PO box.
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by silveira 11y ago
I'm in the US and my family is in Brazil. I relly on WhatsApp over 3G/4G to comunicante with them as they are usually without access to faster internet (DSL/cable). I read about the blockage a few hours ago and made me concer
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by silveira 11y ago
I recently watched "I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story" documentary and I had this impression that the show shifted towards a younger audience with Elmo. I wonder that this was probably related to a bigger audience on this ag
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by silveira 11y ago
All this and the thin wire is what is going to break. I was around my 4th charger when I lost count.
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by silveira 11y ago
I think I read the same article (not totally conclusive though). Their perception of a positive influence could have lead to this behavior (modifying skulls).
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by silveira 11y ago
I wonder if this modifications increased the brain volume, and if this was a motivation.
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by silveira 11y ago
The Wii U supports all Wii games discs. It's a nice feature.
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by silveira 11y ago
No. If you are talking about the H1B lottery, the applications are of a candidate-company-position. When there are too many applications, there is a lottery to select applications that will be examined. After examination, your application c
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by silveira 11y ago
And the lesson is that eventually there will be ads on Netflix too.
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by silveira 11y ago
Too little, too late.
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by silveira 11y ago
I used to watch Netflix and Amazon Instant Video using my Wii U. It was ok, albeit the interface was often slow. Then I moved to a Amazon Fire TV Stick (bought for $19.99 during the launch) and it's amazing. The library of Netflix+Amaz
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by silveira 11y ago
Interesting hypothesis. I found little reference to fax being used in China early, only this http://mentalfloss.com/article/33586/idea-fax-machine-has-be... .
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by silveira 11y ago
One option (for home) would be one of those japanese smart toilet seats.
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by silveira 11y ago
Once I visited weather.com and every image, literately every image, was a reference to an imminent cataclysmic event. Volcanoes exploding in fire, meteorites exploding over cities, etc. It's hard to differentiate weather.com from a par
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by silveira 11y ago
Years later this incident I took a First AID, CPR and AED class. I have the same feeling, I don't think I would remember how to do everything now.
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by silveira 11y ago
My brother once chocked with a piece of barbecue meat with farofa (a Brazilian mix of toasted cassava flour) in a restaurant. He was barely breathing, and could not swallow anything. We rushed to the hospital and they were able to save him.
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by silveira 11y ago
Venmo is one of my favorite services. A very simple and effective UI. I have been using it extensively since 2011 with a group of friends, and it's amazing how easy it make to split restaurant bills or any other kind of expense. I just
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by silveira 11y ago
I think the burden of proof falls under the one saying youtube-dl is illegal, doesn't? Also, because everything which is not forbidden is allowed, one would need to show that youtube-dl is illegal, and not that youtube-dl is not illega
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by silveira 11y ago
The photo they are using to illustrate this story, without any credit, is from the upcoming Guitar Hero Live (FreeStyleGames/Activision). No relationship with Pandora or TicketFly as far as I know. The photo: http://cdn.arst
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by silveira 11y ago
"The data will be 256-bit encrypted on the host and stored on the appliance in encrypted form", key is stored in KMS, according to https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-importexport-snowball-t...
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by silveira 11y ago
More details https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/aws-importexport-snowball-t...
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by silveira 11y ago
Soon: "Software appear less efficient in real life than in tests. Test-driven development considered harmful."
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by silveira 11y ago
Antivirus was one of the main original reasons I left Windows and started to lean to Free Software. In one hand I had the virus, in the other I had the antivirus, both options were terrible.

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