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Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

“People don’t buy what you do, they buy why you do it.” - @simonsinek (in “Start with Why”)

Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

The Editors Protecting Wikipedia from AI Hoaxes

https://flip.it/QpmpTN

The Editors Protecting Wikipedia from AI Hoaxes

WikiProject AI Cleanup is protecting Wikipedia from the s...

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Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

The Internet Archive taken down by DDoS attacks

https://flip.it/u3fQK_

The Internet Archive taken down by DDoS attacks

The Internet Archive has been hit with a series of DDoS a...

flip.it

Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

❤️ @MorningBrew for this friendly reminder: Today is the only day of the year one can use the pickup line, “Are you today’s date? Because you’re a 10/10.”

Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

Olá @playrtp, esta semana não temos @TheDailyShow ? 🥺

Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

Great news for digital nomads that can afford trips to the moon 🌙 🌝 but still need to clock in. https://www.techspot.com/news/104290-us-agency-develops-new-standard-timekeeping-moon.html

US agency develops a new standard for timekeeping on the ...

While traditional atomic clocks are pushing the boundarie...

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Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

Oof, quite a powerful privacy policy by XScreenSaver, roasting Google. https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/google.html

4Ø3 Bots Forbidden

www.jwz.org

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Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

City trees save lives (via @WIRED)

New research suggests more trees could cut heat-related ER visits in LA by up to two-thirds.

https://www.wired.com/story/city-trees-save-lives/

City Trees Save Lives

Green spaces significantly cool our ever-hotter cities. N...

www.wired.com

Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

Glaciers and the ‘gates of hell’: Earth Photo 2024 shortlist has glimmers of hope (via @Flipboard
and @euronews)
https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/05/14/glaciers-and-the-gates-of-hell-earth-photo-2024-shortlist-has-glimmers-of-hope

Striking photos capture Sicilian farmers’ battle with cli...

30 nature-loving photographers were shortlisted for the E...

www.euronews.com

Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

Two requests for Europe 🇪🇺 by @andreasklinger

1. Create an EU Inc. (and resume the efforts on the single market)
2. Teach English at the earliest school classes

“🇪🇺 Dear Europe, please wake up – eu/acc”
https://klinger.io/posts/eu-acc

🇪🇺 Dear Europe, please wake up – eu/acc | Andreas Klinger

Europe is special to me as I consider myself a proud Euro...

klinger.io

Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

behavior.”

https://www.anildash.com//2019/12/10/link-in-bio-is-how-they-tried-to-kill-the-web/

“Link In Bio” is a slow knife - Anil Dash

A blog about making culture. Since 1999.

www.anildash.com

Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

“Link in Bio” is a slow knife - a 2019 post by @anildash that is still valid today, I’m afraid.

“We’ve almost forgotten that links are powerful, and that restraining links through artificial scarcity is an absurdly coercive...

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Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

“Then things will get weird.“ #oldbutgold

A story from Mike Sall on what the history of Western Architecture can teach us about #webdesign:
https://medium.com/@sall/the-future-of-web-design-is-hidden-in-the-history-of-architecture-1cc93ea854d0

The Future of Web Design is Hidden in the History of Arch...

The history of Western architecture can teach us a lot ab...

medium.com

Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

"Working with computers is the easy part of software engineering, working with people is what can be tricky"

in "Software Engineers' Price of Admission" (great piece by @KevinNaughtonJr)

https://open.substack.com/pub/kevinnaughtonjr/p/software-engineers-price-of-admission

Software Engineers' Price of Admission

To be a software engineer you have to be technical.

open.substack.com

Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

Excellent response and approach reported by @thecaringtechie here: "My Substack Chat Incident Postmortem"
https://www.thecaringtechie.com/p/my-substack-chat-incident-postmortem

My Substack Chat Incident Postmortem

An application of engineering on-call best practices in r...

www.thecaringtechie.com

Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

Not sure I agree with the argument about the food pictures but... “How restaurants use their menus to influence what you’re having for dinner.”
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/8-psychological-tricks-of-restaurant-menus

8 Psychological Tricks of Restaurant Menus

How restaurants use their menus to influence what you’re ...

getpocket.com

Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

"The worst thing we can do for our brains is to just give up as we age."

https://www.buzzfeed.com/sarahbourassa/habits-age-brain-health

Doctors Are Sharing 6 Common Habits That Are Actually Pre...

These behaviors might not appear a big deal, but they cou...

www.buzzfeed.com

Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

We need more calm companies (via @cassidoo)
https://justinjackson.ca/calm-company

We need more calm companies

Calm companies are profitable, value freedom, have a purp...

justinjackson.ca

Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

🔙 to 2022 when @colivetree wrote “The leftovers”, which is still up-to-date today. What if all product managers vanished from Earth? Very good thoughts promoting #productthinking here: https://colivetree.com/hello-world/the-leftovers/

Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

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Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

impact.

https://news.sky.com/story/david-attenborough-at-97-he-still-works-harder-than-most-of-us-seven-days-a-week-13079109

David Attenborough at 97: 'He still works harder than mos...

Led by Sir David Attenborough, Secret World Of Sound shin...

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Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

I look forward to David Attenborough’s new series (“Secret World of Sounds”), who, at 97, 'still works harder than most of us - seven days a week' (via @SkyNews @Bethanyminelle).

It’s daunting to hear the producer’s experience and #climatechange...

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Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

Unlock the secrets of success in software development with post-mortems! Discover how SMEs like @Ubiwhere thrive through reflection and improvement. 🚀 #ProjectManagement #TechInnovation

https://link.medium.com/xMFLA4mPJFb

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Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

Haven’t used @chrome for macOS for a week and have not regretted it once. Here’s a link to download @arcinternet, the best browser I have ever used!

https://arc.net/gift/8bc35836

A friend is sharing Arc with you!

Experience a calmer, more personal internet in this brows...

arc.net

Ricardo Vitorino @rjvitorino.bsky.social · Nov 25

TIL about “The XY Problem”

The XY problem happens when someone asks about their attempted solution rather than their actual problem. This leads to enormous amounts of wasted time and energy on both ends.

https://xyproblem.info/

Home - The XY Problem

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