I bought it for this price at amazon about a month ago. It’s sitting on top of my desktop. The USB 3.0 cable didn’t work with my USB 3.0 hub, though. So I had to connect it to a USB 2.0 socket.

I bought it for this price at amazon about a month ago. It’s sitting on top of my desktop. The USB 3.0 cable didn’t…

Obviously, there are pros and cons. One of the best things of being a freelance (I’ve been working from home since 1998) is that I’m having the immense pleasure of being with my son 24/7 (except when he’s at school). If I were working a regular job, I’ll be leaving home while he would be still sleeping and would get…

I can think of a few better questions, too...

In Brazil, voting is mandatory for people between 18 and 70 years old. You have to register when you’re 18 (there’s a specific document), but once you’re register, you can use any official photo ID to vote - provided you know where you’re registered to vote (you vote at the same venue always). At the last minute of…

If I were a studio, I’d do a spoof with actors wearing all these sexy implements.

I wonder if people should take such safety measures whilst watching it.

I wonder if EF1 mileage program allows you to use their miles with other airlines.

But then you wouldn’t need to be flying around, would you?

Here in Brazil, we’ve been using chip and pin for ages. It’s fast and safe. Everybody is used to that. As for being allowed to insert your pin before the end of the transaction, I’ve never heard of that. Maybe it’s illegal here. I don’t know. However, the big problem is to use a US credit card that has a chip, but no…

By the way, is there a rule (or secret) for getting ungreyed permanently?

This is something that really pisses me off over and over and over. Companies do it all the time (special offers for new users), but rarelly do the same for existing subscribers...

I’d rather have at least half a dozen tablets loaded - just in case. Tablets can fail, batteries can get depleted...

I find amusing that Iran is the boogeyman that supports terrorism abroad and China is a bloody dictatorship, yet not a single word about Saudi Arabia...

I would never buy anything - used or otherwise - from Mrs. Clinton. She’s way too cozy with Big Money.

I’m watching it right now. I’m in Brazil.

He’s usually right even when he’s wrong.

Around here (Brazil) as well. Nobody sane would ever refer to the US as America. We call the US “Estados Unidos” or “EUA”. Never “América”. It doesn’t make any sense. It sounds really odd to say that you’re going to America when you’re already in America. Unless the person is ultracolonized. As far as I’m aware, in…

If the push comes to shove, here’s what I have to say: “It was nice while it lasted, Netflix. Bye! Bye! By the way, tell your content providers that they will also not see my money anymore. There are easier and cheaper ways of accessing content. You don’t want my money anymore? So be it.”

There are 36 million good reasons why they’re more likely mutually exclusive.

Yeah. The correct expression in Portuguese is “o jogo bonito” (the beautiful game). But the only football team that’s playing beautifully these days in Brazil is Corinthians, which won this year’s Brazilian Championship. And Mr. Oppenheimer1972 is correct about the informal term for football (“pelada”).