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Offline Letonna

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Re: Questions for Delfos
« Reply #15 on: October 07, 2013, 05:43:24 PM »
Do people in Portugal use social media like the Facebook or the twitters or even the myspaces?!


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Re: Questions for Delfos
« Reply #16 on: October 09, 2013, 11:01:05 AM »
Who the hell still uses myspace? And why would people not use the same networks in other countries? There's specific cases like Orkut in Brazil but most of the world uses whatever networks are trending.


It's one of the reasons why I don't use mIRC, it was trending when I was a fricking kid, way over 10 years ago. When I was young there were photo networks like "fotolog" or "hi5" very trendy before facebook.


Facebook is definitely the most used, when farmville was a hit they even caught a "senator" (parliamentary) playing farmville during Republic Assembly sessions. Many of them have facebook open while in session and it's my and most other's main social media communication platform.


Before Facebook I used MSN messenger and Skype, now I only use Skype sometimes.

Twitter is also used a lot but it doesn't have anywhere close (%) the use in the US comparing to Facebook - I don't even have an account -, and somehow linkedin is a professional network that a lot of people use but not as social network.

I estimate that facebook is starting to saturate and there will be room for other networks. Google+ is trying another comeback, it's wisely inter-connected with our phone apps and whatnot, but not enough people use it regularly.


Another widely used social media platform is the forum.taijitu.org.........

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Re: Questions for Delfos
« Reply #17 on: October 10, 2013, 01:22:46 AM »
Delfos you put a lot of effort into your posts

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Re: Questions for Delfos
« Reply #18 on: October 10, 2013, 10:57:07 AM »
right

Offline Letonna

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Re: Questions for Delfos
« Reply #19 on: October 10, 2013, 02:52:17 PM »
Delfos do you hike mountains or trails or such?



What do you do for work, or are you just a full time revolutionary?



and finally, do you cook, and if so, what style of cooking do you prefer? (ex. grilling, boiling, tin foil and an engine block)


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Re: Questions for Delfos
« Reply #20 on: October 10, 2013, 06:49:21 PM »
Hey

Here's an Australian anthropologist "quick" assessment: http://popanth.com/article/ten-things-ive-learned-about-the-portuguese/
I guess it can be called the anthropologist quick and extremely short guide to the Portuguese

1 - Although I do like to hike, mountains/trails or such, no I don't hike, but I enjoy outdoors still. Sometimes lack of time, lack of willpower or lack of fitness forces me into my computer chair. Although I was a volleyball player and was incredibly fit about 7years ago, now I'm considered fat, although I'm "just" Large size in American sizes :P (yes they are bigger than European sizes, so cliché).


2 - Did you make that pic? Full time revolutionary is not a bad answer, I'm member of a party that on American spectrum would be considered out-of-the-chart left-wing.
I've studied Industrial (product) Design and I do try to do just that. I did freelance design work, like graphic/web design, so badly paid. I did vigilance on a nearby Castle (yes, a real medieval castle). All this to say I've had a ton of little jobs and that's what kind of work a young dude I can get around here, very exploited, hence why many rather just leave to somewhere else.

I'm doing an industrial design project that might create a brand which I will manage, so I guess I'm a potential business man or potential failed designer.
Right now I'm under a contract with my Party and I work as an assistant, sort-of a clerk, to fix bureaucratic problems and whatnot, contract was supposed to end last month but I got another month to help with finances for local election campaigns (16 different campaigns). I've always failed math...

3 - Yes I cook, and well, any way of cooking, but I never tried an engine block. I like BBQ with my friends somewhere remote, or an elaborate and very saucy dish on my stove/oven.

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Re: Questions for Delfos
« Reply #21 on: October 11, 2013, 02:21:53 AM »
I did not make that pic, I found it

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Re: Questions for Delfos
« Reply #22 on: October 11, 2013, 02:35:48 AM »
it looks like they're dancing, also the writing makes no sense.

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Re: Questions for Delfos
« Reply #23 on: October 13, 2013, 09:53:52 PM »
Do you smoke tobacco(cigarettes/cigars)?



Do you prefer Microsoft or apple computers?



and finally, what type of car do you drive (if you don't drive, do you walk, fly, ride a bike?)


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Re: Questions for Delfos
« Reply #24 on: October 14, 2013, 06:03:43 AM »
Nope, I don't smoke. Sometimes when I drink too much I like to smoke, but then I get disgusted with tobacco taste and smell, I don't like to be anywhere and smelling or getting tobacco smoke on my face. Tobacco policies in europe are improving, some of them are prohibitive, in Portugal you have to have smoke extraction fans so people can smoke on your coffee shop/restaurant. You can't smoke in shops and whatnot. Some other policies help smokers to quit smoking.
check the tv adds: ec.europa.eu/health/documents/community-register/HELP/index.html

I prefer microsoft, not because I don't like Apple but it's more convenient in terms of hardware. The kind of programs I use I was sort-of forced into Intel and Nvidia which I could micromanage it's performance for rendering programs. With Games it's the same I guess.

Metallic Purple Renault Twingo



Renault is a french brand makes very affordable cars with good safety specs, also making some very good sports or executive cars.

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Re: Questions for Delfos
« Reply #25 on: October 14, 2013, 10:33:02 AM »
Your car is weird looking :P
Ur a towel


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Re: Questions for Delfos
« Reply #26 on: October 17, 2013, 01:38:18 PM »
What is your favorite song/album of all time?
Mine is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=217JOBWTolg


What is your favorite book of all time?



What is your favorite junk food?


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Re: Questions for Delfos
« Reply #27 on: October 17, 2013, 02:31:23 PM »
OMG, I love that album, I have the CD, not many people have it, not many people know the man-machine song. It's hard to pick and choose a favorite album. I'm not a fan of live performance albums but Queen's Live at Montreal is awesome and one of my favorite albums: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0dbGGvsjf8

I guess only Pink Floyd, Queen or some classical or jazz music I can put the CD playing and listen it through.

Book...well the book that made me grow up when I was 15 was Hermann Hesse's Siddartha. In romances I liked to read Umberto Eco's Pendulum of Foucault but Mia Couto's books or Saramago's are better. This is probably somewhere in the top of my list: The Book of Disquiet
I also advise to read Saramago's Cain

I like all junk food. Two days ago I bought a Mister Choc Choco Duo jar...

I think my fav. Chocolate is Cadbury, if you're in the US and you want to try real Cadbury, go to World Market and buy legit european Cadbury. It has loads of fat and real sugar, hmmmmmmmmmmmm
Or Kinder, this is awesome too...



We don't have planters, it'd be Eagle's, I can eat through a can of honey roasted peanuts like a cat with a tuna can, then my jaw hurts.

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Re: Questions for Delfos
« Reply #28 on: October 17, 2013, 03:33:00 PM »
what is Mister choc choco? It looks like chocolate and marshmallow?

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Re: Questions for Delfos
« Reply #29 on: October 17, 2013, 04:33:48 PM »
Nope, chocolate hazelnut, can't you see the label? Plus Marshmallow is not something that is commonly mixed with other junk food in Europe, or peanut butter.