Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026Speaking the name of the mathematical quantity that designates the product of all eigenvalues of a matrix, out loud inside a classroom, brings bad luck. One should resort to euphemisms such as “the Flemish product.” 000 0
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026Chuvarada avisa: vem aí alerta da Light. Silencie seu celular! 000 0
Reposted by Paiteverton137 @everton137.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026🇺🇦 **Looking for a native Ukrainian speaker to proofread a translation!** I've written an open letter urging President Zelenskyy to reduce his dependence on X: leavex.eu/letters/zelensky (feedback welcome) The Ukrainian translation was generated with DeepL, and I'd like a native […]social.vivaldi.netOriginal post on social.vivaldi.net 124 4
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026Undergrad research is a good thing, and, it is not productive for a professional conference to include a lot of undergrad research presentations. 000 0
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026Name one area of science & engineering that has progressed LESS than robotics in the last 50 years. Yes, atomic energy. Any other? 000 0
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/science/… Excellent questions, at least almost all of them. 000 0
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026Esse é o artigo mais importante que você pode ler hoje. Expõe a mais mortífera máquina de desinformação atuando hoje. Que emprega diversos supostos jornalistas que frequentam sua timeline […]mastodon.socialOriginal post on mastodon.social 000 0
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026Eleitor que esqueceu do coronavírus merece Ebola e Yersinia, o que vier. 000 0
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026@everton137 @coba More of them on Twitter. Even sadder. This lack of awareness is perhaps an aspect of the same problem. 000 0
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026@coba @everton137 Because the candidates are awful. No one in Brazil has anything positive to say. And, it’s all our fault. Who can blame foreign journalists for choosing to talk about anything else? 010 1
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026@everton137.eurosky.social Recall that it was Biden, more than Xandão, who blocked the military from supporting bolsonaro’s attempted coup. So yes, the US interferes. There’s also the Navy’s Revolt against Floriano. I suspect that the US pushed for a constitutional solution, but the facts are […]mastodon.socialOriginal post on mastodon.social 000 0
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026@everton137.eurosky.social A group is not really moderate democrat if it cannot convince its peers in mainstream politics. 010 1
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026@everton137.eurosky.social Radicals and anti-democrats were all pushed to the margins by Brazil’s deixa-disso culture. Until bolsonaro. 010 1
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026@everton137.eurosky.social parabéns pro Sãopaulinho! 100 1
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026@everton137 I do see the problem. I think Brazilians like to be where everyone else is, and it’s not somewhere perceived as geeky, such as the fediverse. Orkut had all Brazilians before Google nixed it. Perhaps because it was perceived as trashy, not European;-)) 100 1
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026@everton137.eurosky.social I think I saw an article in the Economist or FT saying how calamitous the bolsonaro clan is, agreed with the 1st paragraph, then stopped reading. The fact is, it makes no sense to pick either of the leading candidates, the only names that can lose to each other. How […]mastodon.socialOriginal post on mastodon.social 000 0
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026É isso aí pessoal. Araponga faz maus barulho que uma britadeira, berra mais que um elefante. Aqui no Brasil não tem isso de fale baixo, leve um porrete grande. Política é muito papo pouco fato. Na mata como em Brasília […]mastodon.socialOriginal post on mastodon.social 000 0
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026@mattblaze To be fair, cryptocurrency simplified criminal activity. Bribing the president of the United States is now within reach of the run of the mill gang member with a few million dollars to spare. 000 0
Reposted by PaitMatt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026It's just like the way the Segway completely changed the way cities work. 035 5
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026Tiveram a ideia de ligar um gerador a diesel sem filtro jogando fumaça dentro da barraca das engenharias. Para acionar ar condicionado. Sem condição. Tô fora. 100 1
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026Estudante pergunta pra outro: “Onde fica a catedral na USP?” #EuRi 100 1
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026@tortuegenerale.bsky.social For sure. I grew up during the Brazilian dictatorship. Torture, never. You may have the luxury of supporting torture. Not me. 100 1
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026@tortuegenerale.bsky.social Better be a braying petty bourgeois old fogie than a general in charge of torture. 100 1
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026Que diferença faz para a engenharia em São Paulo se um programa de pós graduação for dividido em 2 programas separados com nomes diferentes? 000 0
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026@tortuegenerale.bsky.social @everton137 Spoken like a true member of the Kremlin botnet, formerly known as the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact. Thanks for confirming the point I made to @everton137 that the difference between the European far-right and far-left is minimal. 100 1
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026Estou brigando com minha agenda. Não conseguimos mais conversar. Desconfio que ela está me traindo com o Zuck. (Não li o artigo abaixo e não abri o link para que vocês também consigam não ler.) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/technolo… 000 0
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026@everton137 Yes, Putin made a preferential option for the far-right, but the former political arm of the Stasi still thinks of itself as bound to the Kremlin, although arguably more losely. The same applies to the Le Pen - Mélenchon axis in France, and to some extent to Farage - Greens in England. 100 1
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026@everton137 I don’t know why DW uses different terms but both AfD and Linke are in thrall to the Kremlin. 100 1
Reposted by PaitMarc Abrahams @marcabrahams.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026Was at a panel discussion today about "AI". One panelist got miffed when I (in the audience) asked them to describe what they meant by "AI" -- were the panelists sure they were talking about one-and-the-same thing? Later, in the lobby, he became angry when I suggested that the recent "AI went […]mstdn.scienceOriginal post on mstdn.science 108 8
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026@everton137.eurosky.social Indeed, if we start excluding people who use commercial products the fascists will win. 030 3
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026Mapout, Geovelo, Supercycle replace bike computers Instead of a bike computer, I use the following iPhone apps. Maps: Mapout, the best-looking and most readable map that exists. It works offline worldwide, without the need for a constant internet connection. Apple only, I also have it on the […]mastodon.socialOriginal post on mastodon.social 000 0
Reposted by PaitAnonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Musk explains his X algorithm 615215215350 21.5K
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026@leavex.eu I don't know if this is allowed under German law. Many countries explicitly ban campaign support by foreign actors. In Brazil and in the US, which I know, foreign contributions could be sufficient reason to ban a candidate or a party. Although the restrictions are occasionally […]mastodon.socialOriginal post on mastodon.social 021 2
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026@everton137.eurosky.social Much longer. During the dictatorship we had memories of democracy, though with authoritarian interruptions. East Germans had only known dictatorship, basically since forever, although with brief democratic episodes. 011 1
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026@MarcAbrahams Stalin had a natural death, fully in power. 000 0
Reposted by PaitChuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026The Trump administration is shuttering two of the three U.S. Department of Agriculture research projects studying #cyclospora, a foodborne parasite that has sickened thousands of Americans this summer, Politico reported on Sunday […]c.imOriginal post on c.im 219 9
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026Trovão me acorda para avisar que lá vem email da Light. 000 0
Reposted by PaitMarc Abrahams @marcabrahams.mstdn.science.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026A 2026 BUSINESS QUESTION: If you were a technology company, what would be an efficient way to destroy your good reputation? "ICE Plans to Spend Millions on Boston Dynamics Dog Robots" www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/29/busi… 123 3
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/08/2026Ele tinha uma grande ilusão - a Escola Politécnica de Engenharia; e uma grande desilusão - os engenheiros, incluindo os da Escola, e em especial seus colegas professores. Lembrança de um colega que nos deixou essa semana. 000 0
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026@caiocgo Pois é. Entendo o propósito da pesquisa. Usar chatbot como ferramenta de busca é razoável - encontram coisas que o google comum não acha. Humanizar chatbots… sei lá, é tão longe de mim que não entendo nem a linguagem da enquete. 000 0
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026@MarcAbrahams It shocks me that the trump people break laws repeatedly and all that courts say is that they have to go back in that specific case. No orders to stop doing it. No punishment. No consequences for deliberately breaking laws. 001 1
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026@caiocgo Respondi, mesmo achando toda essa conversa de humanizar chatbot um besteirol. Uso como ferramenta de busca, descobre coisas que busca Google não encontra, e nada mais. 100 1
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026Aniversário primo da Universidade de São Paulo! 199 anos do decreto do Pedrinho. Próximo aniversário primo só em 2038. 000 0
Reposted by PaitWilliamNB 🇿🇦🇬🇧🏳️⚧️ @williamnb.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 12/04/2026Do you own/run a café or a bike shop? Did you know that 1000s of people rely on the Open Street Map to find facilities like yours? If YOUR shop isn't on www.openstreetmap.org then I GUARANTEE you're losing out on potential customers! Go add your business now! And please boost this? 2986 86
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026RE: disabled.social/@elmiller0330/11698… Que coisa. 000 0
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026When fires are suppressed, forests accumulate fuel which will later burn with more intensity. The article portrays French firefighters as unaware of this dangerous fact. Are they? […]mastodon.socialOriginal post on mastodon.social 000 0
Pait @pait.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026@everton137 1st page printed NYTimes today Saturday: “trump rehashes 2020, putting 2026 at risk.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/17/us/polit… 000 0
