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Another possibly is the increase in abortions, removing unwanted children that may have potentially become criminals.

src: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalized_abortion_and_crime_e...

I am sure this is the biggest reason. Nothing to talk about more access to education, birth control, ...

I am a firm believer Brazilian start ups should focus internally, but be able to be scalable abroad. By being tied to the US market I think we fail to reach the potential our country has.

Instead of simply copying US businesses Brazilians should innovate in markets that make sense for Brazil. Focus on local customers in services that can be expanded worldwide.

To me, simply trying to tie with U.S. businesses will cause Brazil to never develop a strong startup ecosystem as it is seem in countries like India and China.

There is a large population that doesn't code, that has problems that do not deal with programming. Hard to imagine in this current technology hype, but yes.

Even developers get divorce. You would rather have your rights ensured or to be able to talk about Ruby with the lawyer?

While yoga is beneficial, the same can be said about any type of exercise. I think this article just highlights this western culture's obsession with eastern.

td;dl Exercise is good for your body and mind. Do it often.

In many cases, technology is just a symbol of status. People buy iPhones, kindles iPads, macs etc because its on tv and movies now. That is what it means to become mainstream. I think that's what the first meant about only using for calling and texting.

Excuse me if I sound a bit like what Munroe says is the 'revenge of the nerds', but to me a nerd is someone who has very specific interests. Interests which most of the time, alienate most people, since they are specific. You identify yourself not because you own a tech device, but because you are very interested in a topic. I see nerds as producers and not consumers.

Nerds are people who write fanfic,or make drawings of Game of Thrones. Not someone who simply watches a TV show.

Metal Gear?

I think that is some value in doing that, for learning. But as a professional, with deadlines and money involved. Wouldn't google be best?

While I would enjoy living in such a world. Changes like this often take a very long time.

Have you used a self checkout machine lately?

If this comes to be remotely true, it would only drive the salaries for web developers even lower.

Can anyone give me some explication of where this situation is coming from?

If the bread is good Its enough to be disruptive. The quality of bread in the US is very poor (if you have had the opportunity to eat at a local bakery in pretty much anywhere else in the world you know what I am talking about).

As a brazilian I get the opposite effect. I get constantly surprise about how much americans take for granted.

How many second languages can you have?

'horse laughing' is an hilarious concept. I had noticed this in the international students at my university, how the japanese would always cover their mouths. Curious habit.

Any advice on an aspiring data scientist?

I am currently finishing my bachelors in applied math, and computer science. Started to focus on machine learning this semester and hoping to do my capstone on it.

I find this oddly motivational.

I find it great that my country (Brazil) is not so mindless about technology. I hope that this anti NSA moves sparks an actual development in the industry here.

As a Brazilian national I wholehearted agree with this. It is very easy for a develop world country reporter to inform the world on our seemingly barbarous-like ways.

As in the case of Brazil, this has been a problem for generations, like our authorities do not live in Brazil or only come for the world cup and carnaval.

The picture is much dire, its part of the culture, we are raised to think this way. Someone applies for a job in the police not because they seek order but because they know the corruption behind it can put their family in a better spot.

You can find examples of this in any 'developing' country.

As someone with depression, lack of sleep is pretty much a symptom.

I own a retina and the battery life is simply horrendous.

Whats with all the generalization in HN today?

An immigration law reform is ever increasingly necessary. If there wasn't opportunity for foreigners they wouldn't come here in the first place.

I feel sorry for woz. The interviewer seems she had no clue what she was talking about.