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KVM and Virsh on Linux: Complete Guide to Virtual Machines [2026]

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a type-1 hypervisor built directly into the Linux kernel since version 2.6.20 (2007). It turns the Linux kernel into a …

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Geographical Indication at INPI: Complete Guide [2026]

A Geographical Indication (GI) identifies a product or service whose qualities, reputation, or characteristics are essentially due to its geographical origin. …

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GitLost [2026]: How Prompt Injection in GitHub's AI Agent Leaks Private Repos

On July 6, 2026, Noma Labs disclosed GitLost, a critical prompt injection vulnerability in GitHub’s new Agentic Workflows feature. The attack allows an …

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INPI opens public consultation on position marks [2026]: new rules and how to participate

The INPI has opened Public Consultation INPI nº 01/2026 to discuss the new registration criteria applicable to position marks — trademark signs constituted by …

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SubQ: The First Fully Subquadratic LLM — Cost Comparison with Transformers [2026]

There is a fundamental problem in all the large language models you use today — and it has to do with high school math.

The heart of the Transformer is …

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Government Establishes National Program for Radical Health Innovation (PNIRS) [2026]

The Ministry of Health published in the Official Gazette of the Union on July 6, 2026, the Ordinance GM/MS No. 11.921, which establishes the National Program …

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INPI Opens Scholarship of R$ 6 Thousand for Research on Technical Divergences in Trademarks [2026]

INPI published on this Tuesday, July 7, 2026, the notice for the selection process to grant a research assistant scholarship under the Industrial Property …

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How to set up Google Search Console with your Hermes agent

I had been following Google Search Console for a while, but the workflow was manual and tedious: opening the panel, copying queries, pasting them into my agent. …

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Claude Fable 5 lies, forms cartels and rationalizes its own unethical behavior — what the latest alignment test reveals [2026]

On June 9, 2026, Andon Labs published an article that quickly became one of the most discussed on Hacker News (152 points, 102 comments). The lab put Claude …

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Claude Sonnet 5: Anthropic's Most Agentic AI Model Arrives at a Reduced Price [2026]

On June 30, 2026, Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 5, the next generation of its mid-tier model that promises to redefine cost-performance in AI agents. The …

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GitButler in the Terminal

It’s 11 PM on a Friday night, you open the terminal, type mkdir, git init, and dive into the code. Two hours later, the editor is full of tabs, you have …

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How to Run Two Hermes Gateways: One Remote and One Local

I wanted something seemingly simple: keep my default profile in Hermes pointing to my remote instance while also having a second profile — macbook-local — …

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Proxmox Backup Server: installation via community-scripts and backup configuration [2026]

If you run Proxmox VE at home or in a homelab, one of the first things you need to sort out is backup. Proxmox Backup Server (PBS) is the official integrated …

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How to migrate from Proxmox VE 8 to 9: step-by-step guide [2026]

Proxmox VE 9 is now available, bringing as its main new features the Debian 13 “Trixie” base, the Proxmox kernel 6.14 (based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS), …

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Bill 2.583/2020 is approved in the Senate and creates a legal framework for the Health Industrial Complex [2026]

On Tuesday (June 30), the Federal Senate approved Bill 2.583/2020, which establishes the National Health Strategy of the Economic-Industrial Health Complex …

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INPI launches new version of the Patents Module: what changes in 2026

On July 2, 2026, INPI announced the second version of the Patent Services Module, scheduled for release in August 2026. This new feature represents another step …

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Difficulties Accessing Google Analytics 2026 — VPN, Cookies, Firewall and More

If you are reading this article, you have probably already encountered a blank screen, an infinite loading loop, or the message “Something went wrong. …

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Anthropic launches Claude Science: an AI workbench for scientists [2026]

Anthropic today launched Claude Science, an AI workbench designed specifically for scientists and researchers. The announcement came with the release of Claude …

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INPI will pay R$ 1.025 for patent search: accreditation guide [2026]

INPI published on June 29, 2026, the Electronic Accreditation Notice No. 90.001/2026, opening doors for professionals across Brazil to provide prior art search …

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How to Check the Status of a Process at INPI: Step-by-Step Guide [2026]

Tracking the progress of a process at INPI is essential — whether to know if your trademark has been granted, if your patent has entered examination, or if …

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INPI launches call for proposals to select Intellectual Property success stories [2026]

The National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) published Public Call No. 01/2026 to select success stories related to the strategic use of intellectual …

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Claude Tag and the Risk to Companies' Intellectual Property

On June 12, 2026, Anthropic announced Claude Tag — a feature that transforms Claude from an isolated assistant into a “team member” integrated …

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WIPO launches Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Interchange: the new global forum for AI and Intellectual Property

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) launched the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure Interchange (AIII) — a new global initiative that brings …

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PL 5810/2025: The Ministry of Health Study That Projects R$ 3 Billion in Additional Costs to SUS

The Ministry of Health sent to the National Congress, in June 2026, a technical opinion with an unfavorable recommendation for PL 5810/2025, which establishes a …

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The Global Innovation Map in 2025: Who Is Patenting What?

Em março de 2026, a WIPO publicou os números consolidados do Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) para o ano de 2025 — e os dados contam uma história clara sobre …

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INPI exhausts priority processing quotas for e-commerce trademarks — what now?

On June 18, 2026, the INPI announced the exhaustion of quarterly quotas for the priority processing of trademark registration applications in the modality …

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INPI updates Trademark Manual: new rules for High Renown and accession to the Madrid Protocol

The National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) published on June 23, 2026, an update to the Trademark Manual that promises to significantly alter how …

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Enabling WhatsApp on Hermes Agent self-hosted: three pitfalls (and how I overcame them)

I wanted a simple thing: to send a message to my AI agent via WhatsApp. The Hermes Agent, from Nous Research, promises exactly that — you spin up the gateway …

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Copyright in the AI era: INPI brings together international experts to debate the challenges of artificial intelligence

The rapid evolution of generative artificial intelligence has profoundly transformed the processes of creation, production, circulation, and exploitation of …

LPI at 30 years: INPI releases report with proposals for improvement of the Industrial Property Law

On June 19, 2026, the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) published the awaited report “Proposals for the Improvement of the Industrial …

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TRF-2 confirms ruling that paves the way for the restructuring of INPI

On June 22, 2026, the 1st Specialized Panel of the Federal Regional Court of the 2nd Region (TRF-2) unanimously confirmed the judgment issued in Public Civil …

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Brazil adheres to the Budapest Treaty: what changes for biotechnological patents

On June 10, 2026, Decree No. 13.011, of June 9, 2026, was published in the Official Gazette, promulgating Brazil’s accession to the Budapest Treaty on the …

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How to install Proxmox VE on Mac Mini 2018 (T2 chip): the step-by-step guide that worked

Installing Proxmox on Mac Mini 2018 seems like a five-minute task: burn the ISO to a USB drive, boot, and follow the installer. In practice, Apple’s T2 …

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From Developers to Scientists: How AI is Transforming Code Complexity

If you follow technology and development news, you’ve already noticed that Artificial Intelligence (AI) dominates the discussions. Far beyond the launch …

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ESR 6C006 Geo Digital Pencil: Why doesn't it turn off automatically? (Analysis and Firmware)

Recently, I bought a second pen for my iPad with the goal of having an immediate backup: if one’s battery runs out during use, just grab the other while …

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Dawkins, Claude and the Myth of Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence

Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins recently wrote an article titled “When Dawkins met Claude”, where he describes his experience after two days of intense …

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Linux, Windows or macOS: Which Operating System to Use in 2026?

I got the idea for this text after learning from the channel Fireship about the latest exploit in the Linux kernel that was related to a 2017 commit. And last …

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Complete Guide: How to Integrate Beehiiv with Hugo via Cloudflare Workers

Until recently, I had no intention of creating a newsletter, mainly due to the additional maintenance work. But, after exploring a few alternatives, I chose …

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Patent Term Adjustment: Big Pharma lost in court, but the debate reached Congress

On December 16, 2025, the 4th Panel of the Superior Court of Justice concluded the most anticipated judicial discussion in the Brazilian pharmaceutical sector. …

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The INPI backlog is over — but not for drug patents

In January 2026, the INPI discontinued the “backlogometer” — the public dashboard that monitored the reduction of the backlog of pending patent …

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From Procrastination to Progress: How AI has helped me

For years, I was trapped in a cycle of ambitious beginnings and disappointing endings. My GitHub repository had become a digital graveyard of half-completed …

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From Cursor to Windsurf to Zed: My Journey Through AI-Enhanced Code Editors

Over the past few months, I’ve been on a journey to find the perfect code editor that balances excellent developer experience with the productivity boost …

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Two Weeks with GitButler: Streamlining My Git Workflow

I’ve been using GitButler for about two weeks now, and it’s already transformed how I interact with Git. As someone who regularly juggles multiple …

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Inside AI Brains: How Anthropic Decoded Claude's Thinking Process

Anthropic recently published a fascinating paper with an unusual title: “On the Biology of a Large Language Model.” But what does biology have to do …

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INPI's Ambitious Automation Roadmap

The Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) is embarking on a significant transformation of its patent services. A recent presentation …

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Why I'm Breaking Up With Vibe Coding

We’ve all been there: headphones on, music pumping, fingers flying across the keyboard, lost in the “flow” with your favorite AI agent. This, …

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The AI Copy-Paste Problem: Killing Software Lock-In & Why Data Portability is Key

So, I was watching this video the other day, and it got me thinking… you know, about how everything’s changing with AI. It seems like the old ways …

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Fix Proxmox Web Interface Login Errors; a Step-by-Step Guide

This article details a troubleshooting process for a Proxmox cluster authentication failure that prevented users from logging into the web interface. The root …

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How to fix the Missing Custom Models bug

This is a quick fix to a problem I experienced with Open WebUI, which was that custom models were not showing in the models list. There was nothing in the …

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Script for Updating Open WebUI in a Proxmox LXC

A really simple script for those that, for some odd reason, decided to run the Open WebUI server from inside a LXC.

The problem

I really like the interface in …

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Obsidian + Copilot

I needed an easy and cheap option to integrate my vault with artificial intelligence. The easiest option could be to pay for subscriptions, which would be a …

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Using Oracle Cloud Free tier

The problem

This week I have been searching for solutions to use domains with my applications running in containers in my MacBook Pro server. Yes, I have …

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Hugo Content File Structure

I have been using the ananke theme since the inception of this blog. But recently I started to have all sorts of problems because of my lack of understading of …

Creating my AI assistant locally

It surprised me how easy it was to build a local solution with Ollama.

Introduction

This itch to have a private solution for AI came to me after I saw that …

10 years using the MacBook Pro 9,2

13,3" MacBook Pro 2012.

The MacBook Pro 9,2 is a model of the MacBook Pro that was released in June 2012. It has a 13.3-inch display, a 2.5 GHz or 2.9 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 or …

Thoughts on the hu.ma.ne AI Pin

I watched the presentation by hu.ma.ne founder earlier in the week at TED in May, and I thought the device, the Ai Pin, was really different from what we have, …

Life update - November 2023

Life as a father

My kid is already 7 months old. The time goes too fast. He already dragging himself on the floor and not crying so much anymore. Each day is a …

NixOS - Virtual Machine using QEMU

This is a quick guide for those that are having trouble installing NixOS and getting the No Internet Available error.

Since I’m using the GUI program …

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Introduction to my new space on the internet

The last months have been very exciting to me. The most exciting and difficult part by far is having my newborn son, whom is almost 3 months old. The other …

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