Tiago Pereira
@tiagoafpereira.bsky.social
code for profit, photography for fun
father of two
father of two
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Cocomelon for adults is a pretty adequate way of describing #sora2.
One could also see it as a precursor to the #matrix. The machines will use it, once it’s capable of fooling all your senses, to enslave humanity.
Hopefully this is just the worst case scenario.
Cocomelon for adults is a pretty adequate way of describing #sora2.
One could also see it as a precursor to the #matrix. The machines will use it, once it’s capable of fooling all your senses, to enslave humanity.
Hopefully this is just the worst case scenario.
Cocomelon For Adults
open.spotify.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
open.spotify.com/episode/3NW2...
Cocomelon for adults is a pretty adequate way of describing #sora2.
One could also see it as a precursor to the #matrix. The machines will use it, once it’s capable of fooling all your senses, to enslave humanity.
Hopefully this is just the worst case scenario.
Cocomelon for adults is a pretty adequate way of describing #sora2.
One could also see it as a precursor to the #matrix. The machines will use it, once it’s capable of fooling all your senses, to enslave humanity.
Hopefully this is just the worst case scenario.
In difficult times we need to be careful with language, and keeping important distinctions in mind can help us, at the very least, from making things worse. For example, there is a difference worth noticing, and noting, between “me speech” and “free speech”."
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snyder.substack.com/p/free-speec...
Free Speech and Me Speech
A helpful distinction
snyder.substack.com
September 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
In difficult times we need to be careful with language, and keeping important distinctions in mind can help us, at the very least, from making things worse. For example, there is a difference worth noticing, and noting, between “me speech” and “free speech”."
snyder.substack.com/p/free-speec...
snyder.substack.com/p/free-speec...
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André Ventura mente como respira.
"Alguma vez o Conselho da Europa alertou Portugal para o aumento da corrupção? Nunca!", proclamou ontem no Parlamento, em resposta a um relatório do Conselho da Europa que alerta para o "aumento acentuado do discurso de ódio" em Portugal. + 1/3
"Alguma vez o Conselho da Europa alertou Portugal para o aumento da corrupção? Nunca!", proclamou ontem no Parlamento, em resposta a um relatório do Conselho da Europa que alerta para o "aumento acentuado do discurso de ódio" em Portugal. + 1/3
June 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
André Ventura mente como respira.
"Alguma vez o Conselho da Europa alertou Portugal para o aumento da corrupção? Nunca!", proclamou ontem no Parlamento, em resposta a um relatório do Conselho da Europa que alerta para o "aumento acentuado do discurso de ódio" em Portugal. + 1/3
"Alguma vez o Conselho da Europa alertou Portugal para o aumento da corrupção? Nunca!", proclamou ontem no Parlamento, em resposta a um relatório do Conselho da Europa que alerta para o "aumento acentuado do discurso de ódio" em Portugal. + 1/3
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I'm currently 34. The other day, I held onto my old bus ticket and threw my wallet in the bin.
Some part of my brain must have been working, because I put my wallet in the general bin, not the recycling.
Some part of my brain must have been working, because I put my wallet in the general bin, not the recycling.
June 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I'm currently 34. The other day, I held onto my old bus ticket and threw my wallet in the bin.
Some part of my brain must have been working, because I put my wallet in the general bin, not the recycling.
Some part of my brain must have been working, because I put my wallet in the general bin, not the recycling.
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Downtown Los Angeles, 1937
June 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Downtown Los Angeles, 1937
When a 17-year-old in Portugal incites a murder in Brazil, is financial literacy really our educational priority? martapereira.net/blog/when-a-...
When a 17-year-old in Portugal incites a murder in Brazil, is financial literacy really our educational priority? – Marta Pereira
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June 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
When a 17-year-old in Portugal incites a murder in Brazil, is financial literacy really our educational priority? martapereira.net/blog/when-a-...
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The idea that DOGE will get the Social Security Admin off of legacy COBOL code is not credible. It does not resemble a real federal software system modernization.
What is their real plan?
My government colleagues wrote about it: www.wethebuilders.org/posts/what-i...
What is their real plan?
My government colleagues wrote about it: www.wethebuilders.org/posts/what-i...
April 27, 2025 at 4:34 AM
The idea that DOGE will get the Social Security Admin off of legacy COBOL code is not credible. It does not resemble a real federal software system modernization.
What is their real plan?
My government colleagues wrote about it: www.wethebuilders.org/posts/what-i...
What is their real plan?
My government colleagues wrote about it: www.wethebuilders.org/posts/what-i...
My YouTube Watch Later playlist never stops growing. Just like a product backlog.
April 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
My YouTube Watch Later playlist never stops growing. Just like a product backlog.
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ChatGPT just rewrote 60 million lines of COBOL in Ghibli
April 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
ChatGPT just rewrote 60 million lines of COBOL in Ghibli
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So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base!
and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
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and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
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www.wealthsimple.com
March 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
So, the DOGE kids intend to rewrite the social-security administration's COBOL code-base!
and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
1/9
and they want to do it ...
... in *a few months*
I did a huge dive into COBOL a few years ago (www.wealthsimple.com/en-ca/magazi...) ...
... so let me explain why DOGE is *way* over its skis here
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You know that perfectly-normal programming cycle where you spend days feeling like an idiot, finally crack the problem, and then get to feel like a genius for a bit?
I've just reached the other side of that. 🥂🥳
I've just reached the other side of that. 🥂🥳
March 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
You know that perfectly-normal programming cycle where you spend days feeling like an idiot, finally crack the problem, and then get to feel like a genius for a bit?
I've just reached the other side of that. 🥂🥳
I've just reached the other side of that. 🥂🥳
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A decade ago we made fun of people who used social media to share photos of their lunch, but if everyone had just kept doing that then maybe the world wouldn't be falling apart right now
March 2, 2025 at 9:53 PM
A decade ago we made fun of people who used social media to share photos of their lunch, but if everyone had just kept doing that then maybe the world wouldn't be falling apart right now
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im deadly serious here this is a 14th century illustration of a horse dying and going to hell
February 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
im deadly serious here this is a 14th century illustration of a horse dying and going to hell
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Exactly this
"It’s a familiar Silicon Valley mindset, the reason startups are forever reinventing a bus, or a bodega, or mail. It’s the implacable certainty that if you’re smart at one thing you must be smart at all of the things." www.wired.com/story/doge-i...
The Incompetence of DOGE Is a Feature, Not a Bug
A series of mistakes by DOGE shows just how arbitrary and destructive this slash-and-burn strategy can get.
www.wired.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Exactly this
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I have taken
the resources
that were in
the budget
and which
you were probably
saving
for higher education
Forgive me
they were needed
to feed the AI bubble
and to dismantle the humanities
the resources
that were in
the budget
and which
you were probably
saving
for higher education
Forgive me
they were needed
to feed the AI bubble
and to dismantle the humanities
January 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I have taken
the resources
that were in
the budget
and which
you were probably
saving
for higher education
Forgive me
they were needed
to feed the AI bubble
and to dismantle the humanities
the resources
that were in
the budget
and which
you were probably
saving
for higher education
Forgive me
they were needed
to feed the AI bubble
and to dismantle the humanities
“It’s time for us to start getting revenge on the nerds.”
Indeed it is.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Indeed it is.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
“It’s time for us to start getting revenge on the nerds.”
Indeed it is.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Indeed it is.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A reminder to everyone everywhere: like all populist parties, the far right always promises to fix problems.
But they are always fundamentally incapable of governing wisely.
Wise decisions require a determined effort to understand the world objectively.
And that is pure poison to populists.
But they are always fundamentally incapable of governing wisely.
Wise decisions require a determined effort to understand the world objectively.
And that is pure poison to populists.
Domestic outlets feature highly educated people's struggles to find jobs.
Wednesday's papers: Unemployed grads, data snooping and unusually mild weather
Domestic outlets feature highly educated people's struggles to find jobs.
yle.fi
January 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
A reminder to everyone everywhere: like all populist parties, the far right always promises to fix problems.
But they are always fundamentally incapable of governing wisely.
Wise decisions require a determined effort to understand the world objectively.
And that is pure poison to populists.
But they are always fundamentally incapable of governing wisely.
Wise decisions require a determined effort to understand the world objectively.
And that is pure poison to populists.
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Wedding anniversaries:
1 - Paper
3 - Leather
5 - Wood
10 - Tin
20 - China
25 - Silver
30 - Pearl
40 - Ruby
50 - Gold
60 - Printer Ink
1 - Paper
3 - Leather
5 - Wood
10 - Tin
20 - China
25 - Silver
30 - Pearl
40 - Ruby
50 - Gold
60 - Printer Ink
December 22, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Wedding anniversaries:
1 - Paper
3 - Leather
5 - Wood
10 - Tin
20 - China
25 - Silver
30 - Pearl
40 - Ruby
50 - Gold
60 - Printer Ink
1 - Paper
3 - Leather
5 - Wood
10 - Tin
20 - China
25 - Silver
30 - Pearl
40 - Ruby
50 - Gold
60 - Printer Ink
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Incredible to think that Henry VIII never ate a potato. Never has a guy looked so much like someone who eats chips and yet couldn't have
December 15, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Incredible to think that Henry VIII never ate a potato. Never has a guy looked so much like someone who eats chips and yet couldn't have