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New comment by bananamerica in "'The Secret Agent': Exploring a Vibrant, yet Violent Brazil (2025)"

bananamerica — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:37:47 +0000

> Secret Agent has a slow, difficult beginning (~hour). Not much happens. And it's not clear why what's happening is happening, particularly for someone unfamiliar with Brazil's political climate in the 1970s.

That's very much the director's philosophy. He values the dead time between things. I saw him talk years ago. He's a bit of an intelectual. Very competent too. I haven't watched Secret Agent yet though.

Beto Brant is another Brazilian director. He is phenomenal. Also artsy but his films usually work on a more traditional level as well. They're more satisfying. I highly recommend him -- particularly "O Invasor", "Ação Entre Amigos" and "Crime Delicado".

New comment by bananamerica in "I don't know if my job will still exist in ten years"

bananamerica — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 15:31:42 +0000

Those broads limitations also make writing the stories easier, since the author/worldbuilder doesn't have to come up with 100 different reasons why it can't be done for each particular case. He only have to do it once.

New comment by bananamerica in "Tinnitus Is Connected to Sleep"

bananamerica — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 05:50:55 +0000

Consider using a TRT[1] Tinnitus hearing aid. It was prescribed me by my ENT doctor and it provides me with great relief. My Tinnitus is persistent and extremely loud. Loud enough that I couldn't get use to it even after many years. I'm not sure what would be the procedure for you to get one in your country. It is not a cure, but it made my life immensely better. I wished I had gotten it sooner. Good luck!

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[1] Tinnitus Retraining Therapy

New comment by bananamerica in "Ben-Hur on a Computer Screen"

bananamerica — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 22:26:45 +0000

This is a “crônica” about my relationship with computers in Brazil in the 1990s.

The crônica is a uniquely Brazilian format that emerged in Brazilian newspapers in the 19th century. The crônica is very short. It is characterized by a mix of fact, subjectivity, and often fiction that is supposed to reflect or say something about reality (this one has no fiction). Oddly enough, I wrote this crônica directly in English. It was an interesting experience to write something so profoundly Brazilian in English.

Crônicas are often slice-of-life.

Ben-Hur on a Computer Screen

bananamerica — Fri, 05 Sep 2025 22:26:45 +0000

Article URL: https://daviramos.com/ben-hur-on-a-computer-screen/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45144392

Points: 14

# Comments: 3

New comment by bananamerica in "I tried every todo app and ended up with a .txt file"

bananamerica — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 10:36:58 +0000

That is usually the case. Unless you manage to stop optimizing and have a very simple system.

New comment by bananamerica in "My AI skeptic friends are all nuts"

bananamerica — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 07:32:36 +0000

I know this is a website for programmers and I am not one. I like LLMs for quick answers and simple tasks like proofreading (just to fix errors, not to add or change anything) and simple text formating. I absolutely hate for everything else. I am a writer and LLMs prose may be correct and sometimes whimsical but it has soulless quality to it that makes me forget about what I just read after five seconds. My friends use Meta AI on our chat groups on WhatsAppp and I hate it so much, I delete every single AI message as soon as I see it.

Org-roam is not for me

bananamerica — Mon, 12 May 2025 00:51:28 +0000

Article URL: https://daviramos.com/org-roam-is-not-for-me/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43958627

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by bananamerica in "How to Meditate Wrong"

bananamerica — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 18:04:19 +0000

Holy shit someone posted my blog post to Hacker News and it wasn't me! That's awesome!

New comment by bananamerica in "A Serious Man: On Bruno Latour"

bananamerica — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 15:08:19 +0000

I actually read Derrida in my time with the literature department so there was no analytics vs continentals struggle going on at all.

New comment by bananamerica in "A Serious Man: On Bruno Latour"

bananamerica — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 14:25:11 +0000

Deleuze is a fairly traditional philosopher once you get to know him. Derrida kinda wants to burn the very things he needs to convey ideas, so understanding Derrida feels like something Derrida wouldn't approve.

New comment by bananamerica in "Steam games will need to disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages"

bananamerica — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 09:05:37 +0000

That was very enjoyable.

New comment by bananamerica in "U.S. court orders LibGen to pay $30M to publishers, issues broad injunction"

bananamerica — Sun, 29 Sep 2024 16:54:00 +0000

Here in Brazil shadow libraries essentially make research possible. Paying for ebooks in US dollar is prohibitive to most academics.

New comment by bananamerica in "Brazil's X ban is sending lots of people to Bluesky"

bananamerica — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 13:02:02 +0000

I also don't see anything wrong with trying to do that. I am talking about communication, not development. Mussolini probably used fountain pens, but I wouldn't advertise a pen as just the way Mussolini liked it!.

New comment by bananamerica in "Why You Should Learn Linux (As a Developer)"

bananamerica — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 23:52:56 +0000

Yeah... I just tried to make st terminal to start maximized using wmctrl. For half an hour

I'm not a programmer but still... It's a little demotivating.

New comment by bananamerica in "Leaving Neovim for Zed"

bananamerica — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 22:14:24 +0000

I think more in terms of enjoyment than pure typing productivity. If I'm using a text editor that I found comfortable and fun, I am more likely to feel good while working. So a text editor is more like a chair -- the gain in productivity is indirect and maybe a little subjective.

New comment by bananamerica in "Why You Should Learn Linux (As a Developer)"

bananamerica — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 21:41:16 +0000

I would most certainly not compare Autohotkey to Emacs in that way, as Emacs, powerful as it is, is not really meant to be the same as Autohotkey. However, Autohotkey can do pretty much anything you can think of in terms of GUI OS level local automation (for cli, I'd probably use WSL).

On Linux, I may sometimes have to glue xmodmap + xcape + xbindkeys + xdotool + wmctrl + whatever-else in a bash script that will probably require reading multiple man pages and multiple iterations to get right. Autohotkey would only require accessing a single source of solid documentation, as it can all be done in a single Autohotkey script that doesn't rely on any other tool.

More often than not GPT will give you the entire code that you need on the first or second response. But it only knows Autohotkey version 1.

New comment by bananamerica in "Why You Should Learn Linux (As a Developer)"

bananamerica — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 20:09:21 +0000

In many relevant ways, Windows is more easily hackable than Linux. That is in no small part due to Autohotkey, but also many other tools made by independent programmers.

Autohotkey is vastly superior to anything available on Linux, where one must string together several arcane tools to achieve similar scripting effects. Autohotkey serves for everything, it is extreme reliable and predictable. I know someone will shout "there's Autokey on Linux! And pyautogui!". Rest assured, I know these tools. They're not nearly as reliable and comprehensive as Autohotkey is on Windows.

New comment by bananamerica in "Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels"

bananamerica — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 02:32:14 +0000

> People also seem to like me better when I cut my mids a little bit, but additional research is required.

Instead of digitally recreating your voice so people like you more, have you considered getting some psychotherapy? Maybe? :/

New comment by bananamerica in "Mpv – A free, open-source, and cross-platform media player"

bananamerica — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 02:29:22 +0000

VLC makes video choppy on my low-end Debian machine. MPV plays them perfectly.