We met in the Gallery and saw this video: What AI can’t do—and why you can | Svetlana Makarova Svetlana lists five human margins that AI cannot ever have or replace: Humans have We were not sure if the speaker is not too optimistic. Humans have to use their brains.…
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We met in the Gallery and saw this video: Adam Bry: The invisible infrastructure in the sky | TED Talk Mr. Bry comes from a family of sheep farmers in Tasmania /Australia. He saw the problems the farmers had to control large swaths of land and their cattle and he…
Every house on this island has a soul. The trouble is that the person selling it has usually forgotten what that soul looks like. Home owners have been living inside it for so long that they can no longer evaluate it from another perspective. This is not a criticism. It…
Madeira Consorcio – 9.5.2026 We visited the coffee roastery in Monte, close to the cable car station. ODD Coffee owner and manager Gonçalo Gouveia gave us a live demonstration of how he roasts coffee for his cafés and for several coffee shops in Funchal that buy speciality coffee from him.…
As of April, the SIGA bus bosses are increasing the bus prices. Monthly passes will cost 50 cents more, and the individual bus fare will go up from 2€ to 2.05 €. Now every passenger will have to scramble after the 5 cent “thingis”, and the bus drivers, who are…
We saw the video: “Can Joy be taught?” The speaker in a university professor who emphasises that happiness is important; students should develop habits that make them happy during their studies, and acknowledge it We discussed the issue and found that happiness is difficult to define. It is a feeling,…
Tsering Paldron is a well-known Tibetan Buddhist teacher from Porto. She has accepted an invitation from our local Buddhist group, and will give a lecture & workshop on the topic of “Aging Body – Timeless Mind” (“Envelhecer como Buda”, in Portuguese, English translation is possible) on Jan 31st in Funchal.…
We visited the ORM (“Operação de Redes da Madeira”) in Funchal. Four engineers greeted us and explained the exhibitions and technical details, answered all our questions, divided their attention between us and were incredibly hospitable. Due to the immense amount of information we received, I can only be general in…
We visited the “Assoc. Abelinha” in Prazeres, to see the building for the Sidra production and were able to taste two kinds of Sidra (Sidra das Costas de Baixo, Video on the top left of this page: https://abelhinha.org/videos/). The project is based on the work of Padre Rui Sousa in…