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Cake day: January 3rd, 2026

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  • You are definitely not alone, my friend.

    Born in Portugal, but due to some traumatic events and childhood traumas, I don’t like living there. And just don’t fit in with their personality and lifestyle.

    I live in the UK for 10 years now and honestly I like it here, and feel much better here than my home country.

    Try having some local friends and reflect how you can integrate more. It doesn’t need to be a a big change. Just small changes.

    Funny enough, there is a Portuguese singer that sings: “… I am well where I am not …”

    I guess it’s the case for me, you and many people.



  • Your rant is valid, but it’s not just Google, it’s every single tech company is doing the same, one way or another.

    Apple also has the Find My, which is quite useful, even though I know it tracks my location.

    Even if you leave your phone at home, there are cameras everywhere and they can know exactly where you are or your last known location.

    Data is gold and it’s being collected by every website, app, company, etc.











  • Portugal used to have a distro called Caixa Mágica (Magic Box), that was mainly used for kids in school, usually in dual boot with Windows. This used to be the way kids would have access to the Linux ecosystem for the first time.

    Also some government branches also used it as alternative to Windows, I believe.

    But since Caixa Mágica was a government venture, they made it proprietary, so it’s not widely available to download.

    Also, I have no idea if this distro still receives any updates and improvements.

    Some bit of history, certainly.