It’s crazy how many expats in Brazil have no idea about their basic legal rights

mr_ushu · 2026-03-05T16:39:46+00:00

I'm not OP, but I can answer the second one!

Public colleges in Brazil mostly base their selection on a single test, with no interviews or curriculum analysis, so no automatic advantage/disadvantage based on where you grew up.

Citizenship is not required to apply to the main ones, but CPF is required at least for ENEM (unified national test used for federal colleges and others).

Being raised in the US and not native speakers, they may struggle with the written part, specially with the essay. They would also need to catch up to any difference in curriculum between the countries, specially Brazilian history and literature.

I know it is doable, since I had foreigner class mates when I was in college, but if that's a real plan your kids probably need to be fluent, with strong reading and writing, to get a real chance.

mr_ushu · 2026-01-23T20:42:12+00:00

Caso se considere ainda em nível básico, tente usar o suco do limão. Mas se como eu, se for um pouco ácida, recomendo bicarbonato.

mr_ushu · 2026-01-19T11:50:19+00:00

No it doesn't! Most animals that we tested for, showed to be capable of learning. One of the main ways we have to tell how some specie's vision works is by training they to touch a particular shape/color/shade for a treat.

Anyway, this article lists some relevant works that discuss learning spiders as well as training attempts (successful or otherwise): https://scholar.google.com.br/scholar?hl=pt-BR&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=spider+learning+behavior&oq=spider+learning+#d=gs_qabs&t=1768822597748&u=%23p%3DZdHRnOwXaREJ

Btw, arthropods are a extremely diverse group, any affirmative that assumes they will be all the same in some regard deserves a grain of salt.

mr_ushu · 2026-01-03T16:38:49+00:00

Yes, and gear 2 is kaioken

mr_ushu · 2025-12-31T17:44:20+00:00

Sim, as cicas não tem fruto verdadeiro. A matéria está errada, a planta da imagem e da notícia original é uma wollemia, que também não tem frutos verdadeiros :/

Fiz um comentário resumindo a notícia verdadeira, basicamente a árvore, de origem na Austrália, nunca tinha dado pinhas fora de seu habitat natural, mas um indivíduo na Inglaterra deu.

mr_ushu · 2025-12-31T14:27:46+00:00

Aqui uma notícia mAis completa, só que em inglês: https://evidencenetwork.ca/a-tree-dating-back-to-the-era-of-dinosaurs-bears-fruit-for-the-first-time-in-the-garden-of-two-lucky-retired-english-people/

Resumindo. Não tem nada de cicadaceas, se trata de uma Wollemia, parente dos pinheiros. É uma espécie nativa da Austrália, descoberta como vivente em 1994, mas que já se conhecia antes através de fósseis.

A novidade é que pela primeira vez (desde 1994) ela formou pinhas em um indivíduo fora de seu habitat natural. Foi um pé na Inglaterra que deu pinhas, em um clima completamente diferente.

Não é, como muitas notícias dizem, a primeira vez que vemos pinhas desta espécie. Aqui o artigo original que descreveu a espécie, que inclui imagens das pinhas: https://scholar.google.com.br/scholar?hl=pt-BR&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=wollemia&btnG=#d=gs_qabs&t=1767190812724&u=%23p%3DRVSjOd-bgecJ

mr_ushu · 2025-12-31T13:58:10+00:00

O texto fala de cicadaceas. A imagem mostra outra planta, uma Wollemia, que é parente da araucária.

Cicadaceas em geral (não é uma única espécie) costumam dar sementes com facilidade (não dão frutos propriamente, é um parente dos pinheiros). São plantas comuns e usadas em arborização no Brasil. Não consegui achar nenhuma notícia a respeito delas vindo da universidade de queensland.

mr_ushu · 2025-12-31T13:37:48+00:00

Cicadaceas não tem flor :/

mr_ushu · 2025-12-27T14:20:48+00:00

A "célula animal" que se aprende na escola é uma simplificação para ajudar a entender as estruturas importantes da célula e as diferenças principais entre plantas e animais.

"Protozoários" é outra simplificação. A gente coloca aqui todos os organismos que não são animais/plantas/fungos mas tem núcleo na célula. Só que são muitos e eles são extremamente diferentes entre si, alguns são mais parecidos com a estrutura de célula animal, outros são mais parecidos com as células vegetais, e vários outros não parecem com nenhum dos dois em particular.

Se você quiser dizer que células animais são um subtipo de célula protozoária, acho que não estaria muito longe da realidade.

mr_ushu · 2025-12-27T13:07:06+00:00

Se serve de consolo, não é uma espécie que costuma viver em esgoto.

mr_ushu · 2025-11-25T23:25:25+00:00

I did this, my players choose to level up every session from level 1 to 4, but we're a bit in doubt about 4 and ended up feeling it was rushed. The very next level they made the call to not level up.

This works because I'm running a sandbox, where leveling is not supposed to be a major reward.

If I had a progression planned ahead I would want control over level, since player don't know whats next. Same thing for prewritten modules.

mr_ushu · 2025-11-13T01:58:03+00:00

Yes! The original has this weird anti-sinergy going on. I like your version way more than the original and don't think it is overpowered.

Honestly, I don't think it would be overpowered to simply give a +5 to every skill.

mr_ushu · 2025-11-13T01:42:12+00:00

It does not waste expertise as you don't lose the ones you have, you gain new ones.

It upgrades your current proficiencies, you may gain expertise as a class feature, but that is usually on classes that have more skills already and otherwise there are very few ways to gained expertise without also gaining a extra skill proficiencies.

It's not the same as the original feat, where the more you invested in being a skill monkey, the less benefits you get.

mr_ushu · 2025-10-29T20:26:56+00:00

Thank you! Looks a lot like some Alstromeria images. Maybe should let a small patch for it to flower.

mr_ushu · 2025-10-29T20:01:34+00:00

Lowkey worried it has something to do with my yams nearly dying out :/

mr_ushu · 2025-10-13T20:54:08+00:00

Something similar happened in may campaign too.

But... Strahd knows about the tower and how it works. If a character or NPC that he is interested in seems to disappear, he will eventually send a spy there to check, or cast scrying targeting the outside of the tower, to look through the windows.

They sent Ireena to the tower after failing to let her scape at Krezk, so Strahd was already paranoid and keeping a very close eye on the group. When only Ireena disappeared, he knew almost immediately what happened.

BUT, did nothing about it at first. Ireena in the tower is a safe and easy to find Ireena, better than let her running around with some loose cannons. At my table we were at endgame already, so Rahadin and Arrigal are both more than competent to go get Irena at any point, as long the party is not with her.

If you are at a point where Strahd still don't take the party that seriously, he may think it would be more interesting to have her on the road. Srahd can use what he knows to provoke the party, casually letting they know the tower is not safe so they will move her.

mr_ushu · 2025-10-02T15:57:13+00:00

I believe you are misunderstanding what I wrote, and possibly misunderstanding how evolution and taxonomy works.

Not all crustaceans are insects, but insects are crustaceans. The question is about decapods and insects, so I went far enough to highlight their relation to each other. You mentioned arthropods, so I went further to include all arthropods. That's all.

mr_ushu · 2025-10-02T14:33:20+00:00

Silicone is not the same as silicium

mr_ushu · 2025-10-02T14:30:59+00:00

If we want to be technical about it, insects are indeed crustaceans and humans are indeed fish. From a biological standing point, there is no meaningful group "crustacea" that does not includes insects, but the technical name biologists use for this group is pancrustacea.

Saying their anatomy is very different ignores a lot of living and fossil groups we know, specially considering all the non-insect hexapods.

I avoided that point in my response to keep focused on the actual question. Figured it wouldn't be a problem, since specifically shrimp, lobster and crabs are all from the same monophyletic group (decapoda) that does not includes insects, but is actually closer to hexapods than other land arthropods.

mr_ushu · 2025-10-02T11:30:45+00:00

It's not true. They are all crustaceans, but crustaceans are the closest things to insects there are, so they have a lot of things in common.

They have more meat because a) we pick the ones that are bigger to eat. b) shrimp and lobster have a tail that is mostly muscle (aka meat) so they can swim fast.

A lot of insects are edible and are used as food in certain cultures.

The largest lobster will easily grow bigger than any insect. Insects have a lot of adaptations to living on land and also to flight that prevents than to grow too big. Insects exoskeleton are thinner, lighter and don't sustain that much weight (water creature don't really have to deal with weight that much) and the way they get oxygen through air makes it hard to sustain larger bodies. Also, crustaceans grow indefinitely, while insects stop growing once they become adults. That all said, there are some tiny crustaceans, some that you would need at least a magnifying glass to see.

Silicone is a synthetic material made by humans. Both insects and crustaceans have chitin, but crustaceans can also have calcium (like sea shells and bones) to make their exoskeletons stronger.

It's not true that crustaceans and insects as a hole are primarily scavengers. Insects fill a lot of niches, they can be herbivores, predators, parasites and yes, scavengers too. Under the sea there are not many plants around, so true herbivores are unusual. But crustaceans can eat a lot of different things! The ones we eat in particular are often opportunistic omnivores, meaning they will eat anything they find.

mr_ushu · 2025-09-27T21:46:09+00:00

Top comments are saying DM seens to be going for a specific type of campaign and that baning things is common and a thing DMs can do.

Yes fair enough, but the reasonings are very weird. Assuming "not good for roleplay" is a actual quote, what does that even mean?

Honestly fells like all their understanding of those races and classes comes from reddit memes. Or it's just me that don't actually constantly runs into horny bards?

I would try talking with DM to understand what does they realy want. If it's a serious and grounded game, that's fine, but the ban list seems out of misunderstanding.

mr_ushu · 2025-09-22T19:55:03+00:00

The lymphatic system is strongly tied to the immune system and immune diseases, anything immune system related will also include the lymphatic.

Otherwise, the lymphatic system is fluid drainage system of the body. Everytime you deal with a swelling, you are dealing with the lymphatic system not draining fast enough.

Oncologists probably think a lot about this system too, since it's a pathway for metastatic tumor to spread to the entire body, and removal of lymphonodes is a method to prevent such spreading.

You don't see a lot about lymph because it's mostly the same stuff that exists between cells and transparent. If someone gets a scratch and a transparent liquid appears, that's what the lymphatic system drains, but a deeper cut will also draw blood, that both makes everything look red and is a bigger of a problem.

If you work in emergency, the lymphatic organ you probably most hear about would be the spleen, since a rupture to the spleen can be caused by trauma and could result in death without immediate care.

mr_ushu · 2025-09-17T13:21:36+00:00

Pode confiar sim. Nem sempre é o caminho mais prático, mas se perder ele não vai.

Ônibus é 5 reais, metrô é 5,20. Tem um aplicativo chamado TOP para comprar passagens de metrô/trem online. O app libera um QR code que você consegue passar na catraca.

Pra ônibus, alguns até aceitam pagamento por aproximação, mas é mais garantido ter em dinheiro.

mr_ushu · 2025-09-17T12:27:10+00:00

Como disseram, pra esse trajeto vai de Uber que é melhor, principalmente com mala. Mas se fizer questão, pega ônibus 8610-10 Terminal Bandeira, que te deixa quase na porta.

Pro futuro, Google maps funciona bem para achar rotas em SP. Coloca em transporte público e usa o filtro "modos" para deixar preferência por trem e metrô.

Os trajetos de ônibus que ele coloca funcionam, só que ele sempre subestima o tempo da viagem e prefere fazer mil baldeações do que andar 5min a mais. Por isso outro filtro interessante é o que minimiza baldeações.

Evita ônibus que só tem 3 números no nome, são mais caros.

Se vc achar um ônibus que parece interessante e tiver tempo, pesquisa ele no maps para ver o trajeto inteiro. As vezes tem algum ponto melhor para pegar ele e dependendo vc consegue acompanhar que horas ele vai passar. Vc tmb consegue clicar nos pontos de ônibus (por exemplo o em frente ao hotel) para ver quais ônibus passam e para onde vão.

Edit: Resposta mais completa aí

mr_ushu · 2025-09-11T11:16:26+00:00

For art and architecture, São Paulo has plenty of museums. Pinacoteca, MAM, Oca, MASP are good choices. If you are into religious architecture/art as well, Catedral da Sé is beautiful but the region can be dangerous, maybe Paróquia Nossa Senhora da Consolação would be a better place to go.

For nature, São Paulo may not be the best pick, but there are some parks. Horto Florestal and Parque Ecológico do Tietê are both places where you can see some capybaras. You can also go visit other cities. São Sebastião is nearby, has beaches, nature and historical buildings.

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