Life Threads with Tino
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The Mystery of a Date (opens the original)
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September 24.A date that should be no different from any other, except that it happens to be the day I was born.But there is something more about this date. Something rather strange. Maybe even a little freaky.Some of the most important crossroads of my life have happened on September 24. At first, I simply thought they were coincidences. But after a while, I began to wonder: how many coincidences does it take before you stop calling them coincidences?Let me show you what I mean. I’ll spare you
Italy vs. Canada: Where Does Your Money Go Further? (opens the original)
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Chatting with my brother Tony about the economic differences between Italy and Canada, he suggested I should write a newsletter about it.Italy or Canada: What Do the Numbers Say?Someone will point out that salaries are much higher in Canada. Someone else will tell you that housing, groceries and everyday expenses cost more. Then there are taxes, healthcare, electricity, cars, mortgages and family benefits.So, let’s crunch some numbers. Having a background in real estate financing, it wasn’t diff
The Other Side of La Dolce Vita (opens the original)
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Living in Italy for some time changes you. Things that once seemed strange become normal, habits that puzzled you begin to make sense, and eventually you find yourself doing things you once thought were very Italian.But not everything.There are still moments when Italy catches me completely off guard. Some make me laugh. Others leave me shaking my head. And yes, a few still irritate me.Every once in a while, I stop and think:Ma perché? — But why?So, partly out of curiosity, partly for my own amu
So Close, and Yet So Far (opens the original)
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Recently, Substack introduced a tool to check the involvement of AI in the posts that go live.Naturally, I became curious.I ran the test on several of my posts, and the results were surprising. Sometimes it told me a piece was 100% human-written; other times, 50%, or anything in between. Then I would change a few words, restructure a sentence, or simply join two paragraphs, and the result could change dramatically.So, from my experience at least, I’m not convinced these tools are very reliable,
The Library of the Dazed Ones (opens the original)
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