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“You look so great! Have you lost weight?”

“Wow, you’re looking so healthy now! Good for you.”

As fat people, we’ve heard comments like this for most of our lives. At the times when our bodies were smaller, these comments made us feel proud and accepted. We felt like we were finally “good enough”.

But when we regained the weight, as happens for most people, we felt like our bodies were no longer “good enough” and that these well-intentioned comments were in fact harmful.

Through our work as size- and weight-inclusive researchers, we’ve come to understand it wasn’t just us – the extent of harm from comments such as these is far-reaching.

Both positive and negative comments about weight can lead to negative outcomes. Whether they lose weight or not, larger-bodied people are judged and criticised.

Women’s weight in particular is policed and considered fair game for comment. Consider the commentary about the recent weight loss of celebrities such as Lizzo and Serena Williams.

The effects can be even worse for those with multiple marginalised identities across race or ethnicity, gender, class and ability.

It’s time we stop “complimenting” weight loss, even when well-intentioned. Here’s why – and what to do instead.

5 reasons why ‘complimenting’ weight loss can harm

1. It reinforces weight stigma

Complimenting weight loss sends the message that smaller bodies are better, and contributes to negative attitudes, beliefs and stereotypes about larger-bodied people.

This leads to unfair treatment of larger-bodied people in places such as school, work and social settings. For example, larger-bodied people, especially women, are often seen as less suitable for jobs.

These negative views can also be internalised, causing larger-bodied people to believe they are less deserving of respect or fair treatment because of their body size.

2. It links worth with appearance

Praising someone for losing weight reinforces the belief that the most important aspect of a person is the appearance of a smaller body, rather than valuing other qualities or achievements.

This also impacts children. Family-based weight stigma and parental comments about weight and dieting are associated with higher psychological distress in pre-adolescents and adolescents.

3. It overlooks natural diversity of body size

It holds onto the idea that there is only one “right” way for a body to look, and assumes everyone is aiming to be smaller, rather than recognising that bodies naturally come in all shapes and sizes.

4. It assumes intent

It ignores the fact that sometimes weight loss is unintentional and caused by health issues, stress, abuse, neglect or financial challenges. It’s better not to comment on someone’s body as you might inadvertently be praising illness or distress.

5. It can trigger disordered eating

It can send people who have struggled with their relationship with food back into ways of thinking that they may have worked hard to overcome. This can make old patterns of eating resurface or create new ones, particularly in adolescence, with the harm extending through to adulthood.

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What to do instead

We’re not suggesting you stop complimenting people all together, as it can be beneficial to both the people receiving and giving the compliments. As Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca once said, “Whenever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”

But we need to ensure our compliments truly are kind and not inadvertently harmful.

Instead of complimenting others on weight loss, share compliments on more important attributes, such as “You have such an infectious laugh” or “I always feel happier after seeing you”. You could also compliment someone on an achievement, such as “I really admire the way you created such a fantastic event.”

Likewise, irrespective of any change in your body weight, focus your self-compliments on improvements in your wellbeing. You could tell yourself “I’m proud of myself for getting stronger” or “It feels great to be more flexible now I’m moving more.”

It’s OK not to respond when someone “compliments” you on weight loss, or even to choose not take on the labour of explaining why it’s harmful. On the days it feels challenging to speak up, be kind to yourself. Try saying something like, “Yeah, I’d rather not talk about my body” or “I promise my weight is the least interesting thing about me.”

If you’re tempted to comment on your own or other people’s weight, learn more about the harms of weight-related comments from larger-bodied people and those who have experienced weight stigma. Organisations such as Size Inclusive Health Australia, the Butterfly Foundation, the Embrace Collective and the National Eating Disorders Collaboration are also good sources of information.

Comments on weight loss stay with you. They can have long-term impacts on your self worth, health and wellbeing, as well as your relationships with your family members, friends and others. So let’s not send the message that a peron’s worth is measured in kilos.

Evangeline Gardiner is a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland, exploring weight-inclusive approaches to public health. Her PhD is supported by an Australian Government Research Training Scholarship (RTP). She is a member of Size Inclusive Health Australia (SIHA) and works at the National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC). Evangeline identifies as a larger-bodied person, drawing on her lived and professional experience to advocate for a health system that supports the health and wellbeing of individuals of all sizes.

Lily O'Hara has received funding from Queensland Health. She is affiliated with Size Inclusive Health Australia. She identifies as a larger-bodied person and has been involved in research and practice in size-inclusive health promotion for decades. Lily was the host of the 11th Annual International Weight Stigma Conference in 2025.

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She desperately wanted to get out of the country.

It was mid-May and Pérez, a Venezuelan mother of two, couldn’t survive on her own in Chicago anymore. She’d been relying on charity for food and shelter ever since her partner had been detained by immigration authorities after a traffic stop earlier in the year.

Pérez, 25, thought it’d be safer to return to Venezuela with her children than to stay in the U.S. Her request for asylum was still open and she had a permit to work legally, but so did a lot of other Venezuelans getting picked up on the streets and taken into custody. Authorities were detaining immigrants regardless of whether they’d followed the rules.

She had also seen how President Donald Trump singled out her countrymen, calling them gang members and terrorists, even sending hundreds to a foreign prison. She was terrified of getting detained, deported and, worst of all, separated from her young daughter and son. They were the reason the family had come to the U.S.

Then she heard about Trump’s offer of a safe and dignified way out.

“We are making it as easy as possible for illegal aliens to leave America,” the president said in a video on social media in May announcing the launch of Project Homecoming.

He spoke about a phone app where “illegals can book a free flight to any foreign country.” And he dangled other incentives: Eligible immigrants wouldn’t be barred from returning legally to the U.S. someday, and they’d even get a $1,000 “exit bonus.” Believing the president’s words, Pérez downloaded the CBP Home app and registered to return to Venezuela with her children.

Months passed. Her partner was deported. In July, Pérez said, she got a call from someone in the CBP Home program telling her she’d be on a flight out of the country in mid-August. She began packing.

But as the departure date neared and the plane tickets hadn’t arrived, Pérez got nervous. Again and again, she called the toll-free number she’d been given. Finally, somebody called back to say there might be a delay obtaining the documents she’d need to travel to Venezuela.

Then there was silence. No further information, no plane tickets. Pérez registered on the app again in August, then a third time in September, as immigration arrests ramped up in Chicago.

Today, Pérez feels trapped in a country that doesn’t want her. She’s afraid of leaving her apartment, afraid that she will be detained and that her children will be taken away from her. “I feel so scared, always looking around in every direction,” she said. “I was trying to leave voluntarily, like the president said.”

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is having the intended effect of terrifying people into trying to leave. There have been some 25,000 departures of immigrants from all countries via CBP Home, according to U.S. Department of Homeland Security data obtained by ProPublica.

The data indicates that of those 25,000 people, a little more than half of them returned home with DHS assistance; nearly all the others who left the U.S. ended up returning on their own.

And it’s not just CBP Home. Applications for voluntary departures — an alternative to deportation granted to some immigrants who leave at their own expense — have skyrocketed to levels not seen since at least 2000, reaching more than 34,000 since Trump’s second administration began, immigration court data shows. (The number is higher than in years past, but nowhere near the number of immigrants the administration has deported this year.)

But for many recent arrivals from Venezuela — arguably the community most targeted by the Trump administration, and whose country is now bracing for the possibility of a U.S. invasion — leaving has not been as simple as the president has made it sound.

ProPublica spoke with more than a dozen Venezuelans who said they wanted to take the U.S. government’s offer of a safe and easy return. They signed up months ago on the CBP Home app and were given departure dates. But after those dates came and went, these immigrants said they feel betrayed by what the president told them.

Part of the problem is tied to the lack of diplomatic relations between Washington and Caracas. There are no consular services for Venezuelans in the U.S. Many of the hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who migrated to the U.S. in recent years seeking asylum or other humanitarian relief entered without valid passports, as Pérez did. But to get on a plane for Venezuela, they’re being told they’ll need a special travel document known as a “salvoconducto,” or “safe passage,” from their government.

And relations between the two countries are getting worse. The Trump administration has pushed for regime change in Venezuela, sent warships to the Caribbean and, in recent weeks, blew up four Venezuelan boats it claimed were transporting drugs to the U.S. Bracing for an invasion, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has said he’s ready to declare a state of emergency to protect his country, which could make it harder for Venezuelans abroad to return home.

The Venezuelans who want to leave the U.S. described how CBP Home representatives told them that their lack of passports wouldn’t be a problem and that the U.S. government would help them obtain the travel documents they needed. Now they are being told that they’re on their own — if they get any response at all.

The Trump administration was aware of the potential challenges from the start. In his May proclamation, the president directed the State and Homeland Security departments to “take all appropriate actions to enable the rapid departure of illegal aliens from the United States who currently lack a valid travel document from their countries of citizenship or nationality.”

In a statement, a DHS spokesperson said the agency is working with the State Department “to acquire travel documents for those who lack safe passage. So far thousands of Venezuelans have already self-departed using CBP Home.” The State Department referred questions to DHS.

The internal DHS records obtained by ProPublica show nearly 3,700 departures of Venezuelans via CBP Home through late September. It’s unclear how many Venezuelans have applied. The DHS spokesperson said the agency could not confirm the numbers and would not say whether the program is meeting projections. (A congressional committee has directed DHS to include information about CBP Home departures in monthly reports the agency previously published, but has not published in this administration.)

An estimated 10,200 Venezuelans were deported between February and early October, according to deportation flight data tracked by the nonprofit Human Rights First’s ICE Flight Monitor.

Many of the Venezuelans interviewed by ProPublica are mothers of young children who say they decided to take the president’s offer after their work permits expired, their temporary protected status was canceled or their spouses were deported. Few are willing to return by land because of the dangers posed by cartel violence and kidnappings in Mexico — dangers many of them experienced when they migrated here.

Nearly all of them, like Pérez, asked not to be identified by their full names because they’re afraid of bringing unwanted attention to themselves and of the potential consequences of such attention. Interviews with Venezuelan immigrants were conducted in Spanish.

Before their departure dates came and went, they had made preparations to leave — turning over the keys to their apartments, pulling their children from school, shipping their belongings to Venezuela. And they have sunk deeper into poverty as the weeks and months pass.

Pérez applied for her family to return to Venezuela through the CBP Home app months ago but has been stuck in limbo in Chicago without a clear path forward. (Jamie Kelter Davis for ProPublica)

In Los Angeles, a family of four slept in their tiny Toyota Echo for weeks to save on rent as they waited for their departure date. They sold the car and other belongings to pay for bus tickets back the way they’d come. Nearly two months after their return to Venezuela, they said they’re still waiting for the exit bonuses they’d hoped would help them start over.

In Youngstown, Pennsylvania, a mother of two said she didn’t enroll her 8-year-old son in school this fall because she assumed they would be gone by now. She recently moved into a friend’s apartment in New York City and plans to turn herself in to immigration authorities and ask to be deported.

“I don’t want to be here anymore,” the woman said, between sobs. “What am I supposed to do?”

Several immigration attorneys and advocates told ProPublica that they don’t trust the CBP Home app or the Trump administration’s promises to help immigrants self-deport. The National Immigration Law Center recently published a guide explaining some of the potential risks of using the app, such as leaving the country without closing an immigration court case and becoming ineligible for a future visa. Some lawyers said they discourage clients from using the app at all.

Ruben Garcia, director of Annunciation House, a nonprofit in El Paso that supports migrants and refugees, said in the current climate, he understands why some people might consider the administration’s offer to leave. But, he said, the offer has to be backed by action.

“If you’re going to say you’re going to do this,” Garcia added, “then you damn well better make sure that it’s truthful and that it works.”

Emily, a Venezuelan immigrant in Columbus, Ohio, holds her phone showing an email from the CBP Home program. (Maddie McGarvey for ProPublica)

CBP Home replaced an earlier app that the Biden administration had promoted to try to bring order to the soaring numbers of migrants attempting to enter the country. Pérez and other asylum-seekers used that earlier version, CBP One, to make appointments to approach the border. Trump, who campaigned on the promise of mass deportations, ended that option on his first day back in the White House.

In March, he reintroduced the app with the new name and function, allowing immigrants to alert the government of their intention to self-deport. It was part of a $200 million advertising blitz meant to encourage immigrants to “Stay Out and Leave Now.” Two months later, Trump unveiled Project Homecoming and the added incentives of free flights and exit payments. The administration moved State Department funds meant to aid refugees resettling in the U.S. to DHS to help pay for the flights and stipends, according to federal records and news reports.

DHS officials have mentioned the app in dozens of press releases about policy changes and enforcement operations. For example, in the September announcement that DHS was ending temporary protected status for Venezuelans, officials also encouraged Venezuelans to leave via CBP Home. And immigrants who show up for their hearings at immigration court see posters taped on the walls about the benefits they could get if they “self-deport using CBP Home instead of being deported by ICE.”

Emily and Deybis downloaded the app in June, when it seemed as if their life in the U.S. was collapsing. They said they used the earlier CBP One app to approach the border with their two children in January 2024 and were allowed into the country with protections that were supposed to last two years. They settled in Dallas, applied for asylum and got work permits; Deybis found a job in a hotel laundry and Emily at a Chick-fil-A. Then, this spring, the Trump administration ended protections for immigrants like them and canceled their work permits.

They lost their jobs and could no longer afford their rent. On the app’s sky-blue home screen, they saw a drawing of a smiling man and woman holding hands with a child. “Let us help you easily leave the country,” another screen told them in Spanish. They agreed to share their phone’s geolocation, entered personal information and uploaded selfies.

They received an automated email from “Project Homecoming Support” explaining that they would be contacted soon by someone from a toll-free number who would help coordinate their travel. Within weeks, they got a call from an operator at that number who said she worked on behalf of DHS.

Emily said she made clear the family didn’t have Venezuelan passports but was told that wouldn’t be a problem; the U.S. government would procure any necessary documents for them. They said the operator gave them an Aug. 1 departure date and told them to expect their plane tickets by email.

Emily and Deybis sold their car and moved with their children to Columbus, Ohio, where Deybis’ nephew let them stay in his unfinished basement apartment until their departure. The plane tickets never came.

Then the nephew was detained in a traffic stop and deported. Panicked, Emily and Deybis said they called the toll-free number again and again, leaving messages that went unanswered. Emily submitted a new application and sent more emails.

In mid-September, they got an email from the “CBP Home team” telling them to contact the Venezuelan embassy in Mexico to get travel documents on their own.

“We are working very hard on your case,” the email assured.

When they called the embassy, though, the number was busy. They found travel agencies that offer to procure travel documents at a cost but said they were told the Venezuelan government requires an arrival date and proof that plane tickets have been purchased. Emily and Deybis can’t afford them.

“Thank you so much for your patience and we understand your frustration,” they heard back in another email. “Wait for new instructions from DHS.”

As they wait, they worry about how they’ll survive when winter comes. Most days, Deybis visits local food pantries and looks for discarded items in alleys and on street corners that they can resell. A few weeks ago, they sold their daughter’s bed to help pay the rent.

“We’d rather be in Venezuela with our family than suffer here,” he said.

Emily and Deybis share a basement apartment in Columbus, Ohio with their two children. They’re unable to work and have resorted to selling the few possessions they have to feed the family. (Maddie McGarvey for ProPublica)

Pérez said her daughter was the family’s main motivation to come; the girl had been born with a heart defect and needed surgery they could not find in Venezuela, where hospitals operate through power outages and have limited capacity for advanced surgeries, not to mention supplies.

“We didn’t come for the American dream, or for a house, or for some life of luxury,” said Pérez. “What we wanted is for our daughter to live.”

She and her partner made the trek to the U.S. in 2023, with her daughter, then 6, and their 4-year-old son. Pérez thought they did it “the right away” by waiting in Mexico for weeks until they got an appointment to approach the border via CBP One. After they were processed, the family headed to Chicago, a city they had heard was a sanctuary for immigrants. At first they took shelter inside a police station, as hundreds of new immigrant families were doing at the time. Pérez said medical workers who visited the station learned about her daughter’s condition and connected the family to a hospital charity care program. The following spring, the frail little girl with dark brown eyes got the operation she needed.

In late 2024, the family moved to South Florida, where Pérez’s partner found work rebuilding homes damaged by hurricanes. Then in February, he was arrested for driving without a license or registration. He spent about two months in jail before he was transferred into immigration custody.

Pérez didn’t feel safe in Florida anymore. She returned to Chicago with her children.

But as the months pass without an answer from the CBP Home program, Chicago doesn’t feel safe, either. This fall, the Trump administration zeroed in on the city for immigration enforcement, sending in the U.S. Border Patrol. Pérez recently downloaded another app that tells her whether there’ve been sightings of federal immigration agents nearby, and she watches videos of other immigrants getting arrested. One day in September, a federal agent shot and killed an immigrant in a nearby suburb. Pérez wonders if she might die, too.

On a sunny September afternoon, Pérez peered down the street outside her children’s school, scanning for suspicious vehicles. Her daughter, who is now 8, bounded down the steps first, wearing a pink bow and a broad smile. Her son, now 6, in a Spiderman shirt and a blue cast from a playground accident, appeared next.

They share their mother’s anxiety. On their walk home, Pérez’s daughter leaned over her brother and chided him for speaking Spanish in public. The girl said her teacher had warned her that federal agents might be listening.

It reminded Perez that she now needs to leave the U.S. for the same reason she came: her children. She plans to register yet again on the CBP Home app.

Pérez plays with her two children in Chicago. Her partner was deported earlier this summer, leaving her unable to support the family alone. (Jamie Kelter Davis for ProPublica)

Jeff Ernsthausen contributed data analysis.

La no deflactación de la tarifa del IRPF para adecuarla a la inflación pasa factura a los contribuyentes. Dos estudios calculan que 7 de cada 10 euros de recaudación adicional, al ser progresivo el impuesto, se quedan en Hacienda. La inflación merma el poder adquisitivo de los hogares, pero, por el contrario, y al no haber sido deflactada la tarifa del IRPF en función de la evolución de los precios, también engorda los recursos tributarios de Hacienda. ¿consecuencias? Pues ni más ni menos que una subida encubierta de la presión fiscal.

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Las nuevas tarifas planteadas por la Seguridad Social elevarían los ingresos del sistema en 5.739 millones en tres años, frente a una mejora de 1.200 millones entre 2023 y 2025, según cálculos de ATA

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Existe la creencia generalizada de que los autónomos pagan más cotizaciones sociales que los asalariados. Pero, ¿es esto cierto? Estos son los números.

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La nueva ley del concebido no nacido en la Comunidad de Madrid para considerarle como un miembro más de la unidad familiar estará lista en marzo tras su votación en la Asamblea de Madrid y ya ha iniciado su tramitación, actualmente en proceso de consulta pública.

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Es una frase (recogida por 'El País') pronunciada por una de las integrantes de la entidad, Beatriz Botella, cuyo abuelo y tío fueron víctimas de la banda terrorista. Según Botella, se lleva a cabo un "indigno" blanqueamiento de la banda en las instituciones. La creación de este curso resulta especialmente chocante cuando, en las últimas semanas, hemos podido escuchar a la presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, mostrándose en contra de "instrumentalizar los colegios para la guerra ideológica", algo que "no va a consentir".

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El Premio Nobel argentino (1980) Adolfo Pérez Esquivel cuestionó este lunes a la dirigente política opositora venezolana María Corina Machado, que obtuvo la semana pasada la misma condecoración. “Me sorprende cómo te aferras a los Estados Unidos y debes saber que no tiene aliados, ni amigos, solo tiene intereses. Las dictaduras impuestas en América Latina fueron instrumentadas por sus intereses de dominación destruyendo la vida y organización social, cultural y política de los pueblos que luchan por su libertad y autodeterminación.”

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Hamás sigue incumpliendo el acuerdo de paz: hasta ahora sólo ha devuelto los restos de ocho rehenes y, además, uno de los cadáveres es de un gazatí.

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Hasan sits down with Oprah-coronated self-help guru Mel Robbins to talk about her #1 New York Times Bestseller “Let Them,” how he supposedly can’t change his parents, and Mel’s supposed love of EVERYONE. Does that include Satan? You’re about to find out.

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El nuevo Reglamento General de Carreteras que ya ha entrado en vigor apuesta por los carriles bici en las carreteras nacionales con poco tráfico. @20minutos

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Fino, a colación del post de los carriles bici sobre los arcenes, Albacete ya hizo de cobaya. Se que no lo vas a actualizar, así que saludos de mis partes. @kikinho

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ASTIC se opone a los coeficientes reductores para conductores.

Los impresionantes resultados confirman la importancia de España como uno de los principales destinos europeos para el juego, con la ruleta en vivo impulsando el desarrollo en lo que se…

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Hay una guerra generacional en ciernes por culpa de que ningún partido haya querido afrontar el problema a tiempo. Cuanto más se tarda en reformar de forma justa el sistema de pensiones, adaptándolo a la realidad demográfica, más grande será la confrontación.

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Carlos Paz y Olga Caballero, analistas expertos en Oriente Medio, nos ofrecen la foto fija de lo que realmente está sucediendo en Gaza.
Con el acuerdo de paz impulsado entre el gobierno israelí y Hamás, impulsado por Donald Trump, y la liberación de los rehenes vivos, no parece que haya llegado el fin de las hostilidades, como muchos analistas pronosticaban.
Olga y Carlos nos explican los motivos de la continuación de la violencia, la realidad de la situación humanitaria de los palestinos, los motivos que llevaron a Trump a propiciar y precipitar el acuerdo, quien ha salido vencedor o las estrategias de las partes implicadas. Al tiempo que valoran lo que puede acontecer a corto plazo. También estudian los posicionamientos e intereses de ciertos partidos políticos europeos, incluso gobiernos, en este contexto.

El otro día hablaba del Kit Digital. Pero ese programa de subvención es el chocolate del loro al lado de otros que iban añejos a él y de todos los que las CCAA lanzaron para no ser menos.

El año pasado estuvimos colaborando con varios clientes (pequeñas empresas) para tratar de aprovechar esas subvenciones y modernizar su equipamiento digital, tanto en hardware, software, como consultoría. La verdad es que fue una experiencia extenuante. Dedicábamos más tiempo a ver cómo encajábamos las necesidades de los clientes dentro de los pliegos de condiciones que las distintas Administraciones Públicas le pedían cumplir al cliente para poder obtener al final la subvención. Pero ahí no acababa nuestra labor ni la de los clientes.

Uno de los clientes emprendió la automatización de parte de su proceso de producción en la fábrica. Incluía toma y recepción de información directamente en las cadenas de producción, digitalizar el almacén para tener totalmente controladas las materias primas y gestión de existencias de los productos producidos. Todo conectado con los comerciales de compras y ventas para optimizar las compras y las ventas.

Uno de los requerimientos es que no podían gastar más de una cantidad en un solo proveedor. Es decir no podían comprarle todo el proyecto a una empresa. Así que el cliente lo partió en 4 trozos. Nosotros entramamos a proporcionar el hardware que iría en la cadenas de producción (minipcs, con pantallas táctiles), y la que controlaba lo stocks: dos pequeños servidores uno para compras y otro para ventas y una docena de tabletas rugerizadas para que los empleados del almacén apuntasen lo que entraba y salía.

Uno de los problemas es que las tabletas debían ser un modelo y marca concreta que era la que tenían configurada en el software que habían comprado para conectar los datos con los comerciales. Eran modelos un poco antiguos y difíciles de conseguir. Al final encontramos stock de todo. Pero debíamos hacer facturas proforma de todo para enviar a la Administración. Pero el proyecto tardaría más de un año en desplegarse. Le dijimos al cliente que debería comprarlo todo ya… so pena de que cuando tocase comprarlo o el precio fuese otro o más grave, no hubiese stock. Con los PCs hicimos una proforma lo más genérica posible para luego poder siempre montarlos con los componentes en stock y que nos entrasen en precio… pero con las tabletas no se podía hacer… debían ser de una marca y modelo concretos.

Al cabo de medio año empezaron las pruebas. El cliente nos pidió solo 4 tabletas para probar el concepto. Las pruebas iban bien, pero el cliente se dio cuenta de que solo con las cuatro tabletas sus necesidades de control de stock estaban cubiertas. Pero habíamos facturado 12 y cada tableta costaba lo que un portátil de gama alta…El asesor del cliente le dijo que no pasaba nada que pedirían luego un cambio de material y comprarían otra cosa con los fondos. De hecho les pasamos un presupuesto de portátiles para los comerciales y nos pidieron dos. De esta manera a finales del año pasado nosotros nos olvidamos del asunto. Cobramos lo que habíamos servido y todo funcionaba bien.

Hace un par de semanas nos llama el contable (que es el que lleva la informática en este Pyme…) y nos dice que necesita las 8 tabletas que faltan. Que al final las gestiones de su asesor no fructificaron y que desde la Administración van a hacerles una inspección y deben tener todas el material. Han intentado renunciar a la parte de la subvención de las 8 tabletas que no compraron… pero no pueden hacerlo. Les van a abonar todo, pero deben tener las 12 tabletas. Cuando llamamos al proveedor que nos vendió las primeras cuatro, nos dice que ese modelo está descatalogado y que no tiene posibilidad de conseguirlo.

Para hacerlo corto… las encontramos por distintas Webs de toda Europa y por supuesto más caras. Y el cliente pudo pasar la inspección y meterlas en un cajón.

También hemos tenido hace poco un caso curioso. Aquí se trataba de un comercio que consiguió una subvención para modernizar su gestión. Nos compró un TPV, lectores de códigos de barras, impresoras de etiquetas. El problema es que cuando vinieron a hacerle la inspección, no le admitían el TPV, porque no era de marca. Al final fue mi socio, le desmontó el TPV y fue enseñándole los componentes y cotejándolos con la factura proforma. Aquí estaba todo bien… excepto que esperaban encontrar un TPV de HP o Lenovo y no un ChangloPC.

Y otro día contaré algunas donde al final tras conseguir la subvención el cliente renunció a ella, porque era más barato hacerlo sin subvención que cumplir todo lo que le pedían.

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Ekaizer afirmó que "es falso que Miguel Ángel Rodríguez no haya mentido en sede judicial": "Es verdad que él inició la operación trasladando a los periodistas que la fiscalía general del Estado había dado marcha atrás en el pacto de conformidad que proponía la pareja de Ayuso a la Fiscalía. Es verdad que lo hizo fuera de sede judicial. Pero lo que no es cierto, y ahora miente Ayuso claramente, es que MAR dijera la verdad porque mintió en un aspecto y es objeto de falso testimonio".

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China ha impuesto una prohibición de exportación a la filial de Nexperia en el país asiático, en respuesta a la intervención del Gobierno neerlandés en el fabricante de chips mediante una ley de emergencia que nunca se había usado, y que está dirigida a impedir la fuga de conocimientos y capacidades clave. La medida de Pekín, hecha pública por la empresa, impide a Nexperia China y a sus subcontratistas exportar determinados componentes desde sus plantas en China, donde fabrica 50.000 millones de chips al año.

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La madrugada del 8 de octubre, la madre de la niña regresó a la vivienda tras su jornada laboral como interna y sorprendió a su marido y a otro hombre agrediendo sexualmente a la menor, mientras un tercero vigilaba la puerta. La mujer relató a los agentes que no era la primera vez que la niña sufría una violación. La Policía encontró en la casa restos de sustancias estupefacientes y detuvo al padre y a dos amigos suyos. Los servicios sociales del Ayuntamiento de Madrid habían solicitado en dos ocasiones en el último año medidas de protección.

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Casanova, en cualquier caso, ha puesto el foco en ese 21% que añora el franquismo para empezar dejando claro que "se puede, se debe, ser crítico con la democracia actual". Luego es contundente: "Otra cosa es que más del 21% de la población española considere que fue 'buena' o 'muy buena' una tiranía de cuarenta años, de vencedores sobre vencidos, una trama de lealtades, corrupción y terror. La fuerza de la mentira".

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En un laboratorio de la Universidad Johns Hopkins, un grupo de células madre humanas se ha organizado por sí mismo. Se agrupan, crecen, establecen conexiones eléctricas y comienzan a comunicarse como lo haría un cerebro en sus primeras etapas. No son humanos, ni sienten, ni piensan. Pero su actividad empieza a parecerse demasiado a la de un cerebro real.

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Lafascista y paradogicamente tambien nobel de la paz María Corina Machado asegura en una entrevista con el hijo de Trump que quiere privatizar el petróleo venezolano y que EEUU gane “mucho dinero”

No hará falta viajar a Islandia, Laponia o Noruega para disfrutar del mágico baile de luces que ilumina el cielo nocturno. Si se cumplen las previsiones, una nueva aurora boreal podría ser visible desde distintos puntos de España en los próximos días, un fenómeno tan insólito como fascinante que transformará el firmamento con destellos verdes, violetas y rojizos. El espectáculo será consecuencia de una tormenta geomagnética provocada por la actividad solar, que en las últimas semanas ha mostrado una intensidad superior a la habitual.

Según los informes de la Agencia Espacial Española (AEE) se prevé un incremento del viento solar entre el 20 y el 29 de octubre, con un índice Kp que podría superar el nivel 6, suficiente para empujar el llamado óvalo auroral hacia latitudes más bajas. Eso significa que, si las condiciones atmosféricas acompañan, España volverá a vivir una aurora boreal visible a simple vista, como ya ocurrió en mayo de 2024, cuando los cielos del norte peninsular se tiñeron de verde durante varias noches.

Por qué se produce una aurora boreal

Las auroras polares son uno de los fenómenos naturales más espectaculares del planeta. Se originan cuando las partículas cargadas del viento solar —protones y electrones emitidos por el Sol— chocan contra el campo magnético terrestre. Este escudo natural desvía las partículas hacia las regiones cercanas a los polos, donde interactúan con los gases de la atmósfera superior.

Esa colisión libera energía en forma de luz: el oxígeno genera tonos verdes o rojizos, mientras que el nitrógeno produce resplandores azules y violetas. La intensidad y el color dependen de la fuerza del viento solar, la altitud y la composición atmosférica. En circunstancias normales, el espectáculo se limita a las regiones árticas. Pero durante periodos de actividad solar extrema, el óvalo auroral se expande hacia el sur, lo que permite observar el fenómeno desde lugares tan poco habituales como España.

Dónde se podrán ver las auroras boreales en España

Aunque no hay garantías absolutas, los pronósticos apuntan a que las mejores zonas para contemplarlas estarán en el norte y el este de la Península. Galicia, Navarra, Aragón y Cataluña son los principales territorios donde podría apreciarse el fenómeno. En Galicia, las miradas se centran en la provincia de Lugo, especialmente en los municipios de Chantada y Muras, ambos certificados como Reservas Starlight, lo que garantiza cielos limpios y baja contaminación lumínica. Por ejemplo, en la comarca de A Mariña, se aconseja alejarse de las zonas costeras y buscar puntos elevados del interior, donde el horizonte es más oscuro y despejado.

En Navarra, las auroras podrían avistarse en lugares como Lerín o en las Bardenas Reales, un desierto natural que ofrece noches de gran claridad y escasa presencia humana. También el Monte Irulegui, próximo a Pamplona, se perfila como uno de los enclaves ideales para observar el cielo del norte. La provincia de Zaragoza será otro de los puntos a tener en cuenta. Las áreas de Gúdar-Javalambre, el Observatorio de Montalbán o la Atalaya de Cubel —cerca del límite con Castilla— son lugares con tradición astronómica y vistas despejadas hacia el norte, lo que aumentará las probabilidades de contemplar el fenómeno.

En Cataluña, se recomienda alejarse de la costa y dirigirse a las sierras interiores de Llaberia o Montsant, en la provincia de Tarragona. Desde sus cimas, la contaminación lumínica disminuye y el horizonte permite una visión completa del cielo. Incluso algunos expertos apuntan que, si la tormenta solar alcanza una intensidad mayor de la prevista, podrían verse destellos hasta en puntos elevados de Andalucía, como la Sierra de Grazalema o el entorno de la provincia de Cádiz.

Consejos para disfrutar del espectáculo

Para tener la mejor experiencia posible, los astrónomos recomiendan buscar lugares oscuros y elevados, lejos de ciudades o núcleos urbanos. La franja horaria más propicia será entre las 22:00 y las 2:00 de la madrugada, siempre mirando hacia el norte. Un cielo despejado es esencial. Incluso una ligera nubosidad puede impedir la visión, por lo que conviene consultar los partes meteorológicos antes de salir. Si las condiciones se alinean, bastará con paciencia y un poco de abrigo para ser testigo de uno de los fenómenos más impresionantes que ofrece la naturaleza. Quienes deseen fotografiarla deberán llevar trípode y exposición prolongada, ajustando la sensibilidad ISO para captar los matices de color. A simple vista, las luces pueden parecer tenues, pero la cámara revelará toda su intensidad.

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