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Próximo governador do Rio vai ser sorteado
Celso brinca que o próximo governador do Rio será escolhido por sorteio: "Vamos pegar um cara na rua e obrigar ele. Se você não pagou o IPTU, você vai ter que governar o Rio."
Toda a linha de sucessão do Rio de Janeiro na cadeia
O Rio de Janeiro desafia até a Constituição: quando Castro também poderia ter sido preso, toda a linha de sucessão já estava encarcerada. Celso observa que o deputado constituinte que previu três…
Ritmo de fala e palavras
Fala em ritmo normal: 130–150 palavras/minuto. Em discurso público cuidadoso, o intervalo aceito é 120–160 wpm — abaixo de 110 é lento demais, acima de 160 começa a comprometer a compreensão (Write…
Quantas palavras para uma página de livro?
Uma página padrão de livro (formato 6×9", o mais comum em publicação tradicional) comporta entre 250 e 300 palavras — usando fonte 12pt, margens de 2,5cm e parágrafo indentado. Para referência…
II Encontro de Chinês Instrumental
Anotações do segundo encontro de Chinês Instrumental, conduzido por Si Fu, com Claudio Teixeira. O eixo do dia foi o vocabulário cantonês de mestria e linhagem: o substantivo Si e a teia de termos…
Amrum (2025)
Drama histórico de Fatih Akin (2025): menino de doze anos enfrenta as últimas semanas da Segunda Guerra na ilha alemã de Amrum, baseado nas memórias de Hark Bohm.
O problema é que estamos com vários liberais meio-dia e cinquenta e oito: uma hora eles viram fascistas.
I Encontro de Chinês Instrumental
Anotações do primeiro encontro de Chinês Instrumental, conduzido por Si Fu, com Claudio Teixeira. O recorte combinado foi Chinês instrumental, mas esse primeiro encontro percorreu o mapa todo: como…
The 2020 Ig Nobel Prizes
The 2020 Ig Nobel Prizes honor research and events that make readers laugh and then think, including studies on alligator vocalization, eyebrows, kissing, misophonia, and frozen human feces knives.
When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”
The article argues that intensive AI oversight can create mental fatigue, information overload, errors, and quit intent, while using AI to replace repetitive tasks can lower burnout.
AI CEOs and public fear of AI
AI CEOs are warning about AI’s disruption in ways that may help fundraising and enterprise sales, but those same messages are making the public less trusting as elections near.
One Battle After Another (2025)
Action-thriller de Paul Thomas Anderson (2025): ex-revolucionário enfrenta o ressurgimento de antigo inimigo e tenta proteger a filha. Inspirado em Vineland de Pynchon.
Bugonia (2025)
Comédia negra de Yorgos Lanthimos (2025) com Emma Stone e Jesse Plemons: dois conspiracionistas sequestram CEO farmacêutica que acreditam ser alienígena.
The Rise of Agent Computers
The post argues that PCs are evolving into agent computers built to run AI agents full-time, locally and persistently, so people can delegate tasks instead of operating apps step by step.
Zhuokai Zhao on X: Five categories of world models
The post argues that “world models” cover five distinct approaches: JEPA, spatial intelligence, learned simulation, NVIDIA’s platform layer, and active inference, each solving a different subproblem.
Review — Is Designing Data-intensive Applications by Martin Kleppman Worth it?
The review argues that Martin Kleppmann’s book is a worthwhile, broad guide to data-intensive application design, with strong coverage of databases, distributed systems, reliability, scalability, and trade-offs.
Sobre o acadêmico Rubens Barbosa - cadeira 10
Perfil de Rubens Antônio Barbosa na cadeira 10 da Academia Paulista de Letras, com dados de posse, formação, carreira diplomática, atuação no setor privado, livros e condecorações.
Your LLM Doesn't Write Correct Code. It Writes Plausible Code.
The piece argues that LLMs optimize for plausibility over correctness, using benchmarked SQLite and disk-management examples to show code that compiles, tests, and still fails on the real performance problem.
Engineering Management in the Age of Agents
The article argues that even if coding agents reach mid-level engineering ability, engineering managers will still be needed to connect business and technical needs, define solutions, and handle people issues.
Master the JavaScript Interview: Soft Skills
The article says interviewers test soft skills through appearance, eye contact, short clear answers, honesty about limits, excitement for the company, and calm responses to rejection or surprises.
Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity
The post argues that teams often reward overbuilt systems because complexity looks more impressive in interviews, reviews, and promotion packets, while simple work stays hard to see.
M5 Pro and M5 Max are surprisingly big departures from older Apple Silicon
Apple’s M5 Pro and M5 Max use a new Fusion Architecture, add a third CPU core type, and reshape how CPU, GPU, memory, and media blocks are divided between chiplets.
Você é Anarquista?
O texto define o anarquismo como confiança na auto-organização, na associação voluntária e na ajuda mútua, e sustenta que o poder corrompe e amplia a injustiça social.
how to make a digital garden: a beginner's guide
The post defines digital gardening as curating and synthesizing information with intention, then lays out a simple Obsidian-based workflow for capturing, contextualizing, organizing, and interlinking notes.
The Citrini post is just a scary bedtime story
The post argues that Citrini’s AI scenario is vivid but weak on mechanism: a financial crisis is possible but unlikely, while a demand collapse from AI-driven job loss is mostly implausible and likely fixable.
What a 160-year-old theory about coal predicts about our self-driving future
The article applies the Jevons paradox to autonomous vehicles: if AVs become safer and more efficient, they may still raise total driving, emissions, and crash deaths by making car travel easier and more attractive.
14 maiores lutas de boxe de todos os tempos
A lista relembra lutas marcadas por rivalidade, raça, revanche, cinturões e polêmica, de Jack Johnson a Mayweather-Pacquiao, com um bônus sobre Popó Freitas.
Against Taste
The essay argues that taste is a modern replacement for patronage: selection after creation instead of co-creation. It contrasts this with labor oriented toward the transcendent, from cathedrals to modern art and AI.
How The Times Is Digging Into Millions of Pages of Epstein Files
The Times describes how a large team uses search, verification and A.I. tools to sift millions of Epstein-file pages, while stressing caution with unverified claims and redactions.
What the hell happened with AGI timelines in 2025?
The episode explains why AGI timelines shortened in early 2025 and then moved back out later in the year, pointing to limits in reasoning generalization, inference scaling, reinforcement learning, and autonomy.
The two patterns by which agents connect sandboxes
The post describes two ways to connect agents to sandboxes: run the agent inside the sandbox for tighter coupling, or keep the agent outside and use the sandbox as a tool for easier updates and cleaner separation.
Power Prompts in Claude Code
The page shows how one prompt can make Claude Code capture screenshots, run parallel audits, compare visual regressions, update CLAUDE.md, and create a reusable skill.
Anaconda (2025)
Comédia de Tom Gormican (2025). Amigos de infância viajam à Amazônia para refilmar Anaconda (1997) em versão de baixo orçamento, com Jack Black e Paul Rudd.
Lessons from Building AI Agents for Financial Services
Nicolas Bustamante explains that financial AI agents depend on sandboxes, clean context, skills, S3-based storage, streaming, and evals, because small errors can destroy trust and money.
Recruiting pro of 30 years: 'If I was looking for a job in 2026 I would honestly stop applying online.' What she recommends instead
J.T. O'Donnell says online applications are no longer the best path in a crowded market. She recommends building a visible online presence, engaging with target companies, and getting recruited instead.
If a Woman Has These Habits, She's Likely a Low-Quality Person
The page lists 11 habits it treats as red flags in a woman, including badmouthing exes, needing reassurance, refusing responsibility, ignoring boundaries, and avoiding conflict.
Eliminating the Human
The article argues that much recent tech is moving toward fewer human interactions, from ordering and checkout to social media and AI, and asks whether that shift is chosen rather than inevitable.
Não, o hemisfério não é dos EUA
O texto defende o não alinhamento ativo como estratégia para países do Sul Global, especialmente na América Latina, diante da disputa entre EUA e China e das pressões do governo Trump.
UltraThink is Dead. Long Live Extended Thinking. — Decode Claude
The page says `ultrathink` is deprecated, extended thinking is now enabled by default, and 64K-output models can use `MAX_THINKING_TOKENS=63999` for twice the default budget.
Erotismo, simplicidade e anonimato. A arte de um artista parisiense desconhecido
O texto apresenta as ilustrações de Petites Luxures, um desenhista francês anônimo que usa traços simples e contraste para provocar imaginação sexual com imagens curtas e ousadas.