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This article is very interesting at first but I once again get disappointed after reading clear signs of AI like "Why this matters" and "The moment of truth", and then the whole thing gets tainted with signs all over the place.

What I thought would be an interesting article about his life in Brazil ended up being… nothing.

Mentioning him as a “hero” in Brazil is quite an overstatement but whatever, but then the article goes on to bash and generalize Brazilians and paint him as a “rare” honest person that’s been lauded for it? I’d guess no one I know even know he lives in Brazil.

As a Brazilian, it has always been about a cool show that showed you cool new things, so he’s well known just like tons of other celebrities that grow beyond the US, and that’s it.

For what it’s worth, luthier is definitely as cool, and I’d even say cooler!

I've got a single motion sensor, and all light bulbs in the house done with IKEA's TRADFRI bulbs, all bought nearly a year ago. The stack is a zigbee USB stick, Zigbee2MQTT, mosquitto and HA.

The lights are decent, I've had 2 fail so far, but both were on the same spot so I suspect something's wrong there.

The motion sensor has been pretty reliable, still working with no signs of failure. Delays or "dropped" events (the light not turning on) have been very rare and most likely a result of the ancient server I have than the motion sensor itself.

Several of the Mac apps that I consume seem to use Paddle for licensing, and this seems to solve your issue in regards to the machines likely to run this.

I have absolutely 0 experience with it but from their website it seems like they handle "everything", if that's what's usually understood by being a Merchant of Record.

Jumping on the bandwagon here when it comes to having extensively used both, I second the "Interac/Fax - Pix/Internet" analogy.

I won't get into the actual implementation details of both solutions, but the way Pix changed the finance landscape of Brazil is something else.

The major difference for me personally is the fact that Pix transfers are instant as in instant messaging instead of Interac's (more often than I'd like) 30min transfers.

Also, paying anything via Interac is kind of awkward compared to Pix's UX flows implemented by Brazilian banks. Can't quite explain it but it's there. Pix is one of the things I miss most from Brazil, and I'm glad Canada's Interac is as prevalent as it is otherwise it'd be a huge step down.