Apple just exposed the biggest myth of so-called “artificial intelligence”, or “advanced statistics” as it should be called! Published now in June 2025 by Apple, the research titled “The Illusion of Thinking: Understanding the Strengths and Limitations of Reasoning Models via the Lens of Problem Complexity” shows that the most advanced “AI” models, such as Claude, DeepSeek and GPT, in […]
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“A COMPUTER CAN NEVER BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE THEREFORE A COMPUTER MUST NEVER MAKE A MANAGEMENT DECISION“IBM slide from 1979 Revisiting the topic of AI, which I previously discussed in the article “Between the Promise and the Danger of AI,” I would like to add some important recent developments. Challenges and Problems in the AI Industry Artificial intelligence has been the target […]
Read moreI’ve always been fascinated by the resilience and vulnerabilities of web servers. Recently, my Apache server experienced unexpected downtime. This incident propelled me into a deep dive into server logs and security measures. Here’s a breakdown of what happened, how I identified the issue, and the steps I took to prevent future occurrences. The Discovery of the Problem It started […]
Read moreFrom the beginning, I was always reticent about the idea of cloud computing. Throw all your independence and security into the hands of third parties? You basically lose control of what’s yours. This concern is not unfounded, especially when we look at the banking sector, which has traditionally been cautious in its adoption of cloud technology. The vast majority of […]
Read moreA Critical Reflection on Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity Today for some (including me) is a special day. Leap year, February 29, 2024. As I hadn’t written on my blog in a long time, today I decided to roll up my sleeves and bring something to you. In a world desperate for new technologies, faster processes and infinite […]
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CP-500 (TRS-80) Reactivating an old post I made with new information, about this one that was a technology icon in the 80’s in Brazil, the famous CP-500, considered by many to be the first personal computer in Brazil. The “CP-500” was a computer manufactured by Prologica during the 80’s in Brazil. Based on the American “TRS-80” architecture, it used the […]
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Now with more free time due to the pandemic, I had the courage and finally managed to finish a project forgotten over the years, which was the restoration of my IBM Aptiva K45 (Model 2144). I am the second owner of this beautiful Aptiva. I acquired this equipment around the year 2000. Since, at the time of its launch, a […]
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How is this even possible? A 1993 desktop still running on a 2020 machine?“Nostalgia took over us.” So, lets go… For those unfamiliar, the CDE (Common Desktop Environment) is a desktop environment for UNIX. It was part of UNIX and has long been the “classic” desktop associated with commercial UNIX workstations. Originally HP, IBM, SunSoft and USL announced CDE in […]
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Step by step to install XBoard and GNUChess on AIX. PS: GNUChess is a dependency for installing XBoard. Download package: xboard-4.2.6-1.aix4.3.ppc.rpm e gnuchess-4.0.pl80-1.aix4.3.ppc.rpm If you don’t have wget installed, install it using yum: (If you don’t have yum, follow this tutorial) Once the package has been downloaded: Install the RPM package: If you are inside a CDE session, just run: […]
Read moreAssim que você instalar um novo sistema AIX, de padrão ele vem pacote RPM, porem não vem instalado YUM. Mas existe essa opção! Siga os passos abaixo: Faça download do pacote “yum_bundle.tar” e coloque em algum local no seu servidor. PS: Faça o procedimento abaixo como usuário “root” Faça login no seu servidor AIX: Com o arquivo já no servidor: […]
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