Fra le tante specie di nazi che popolano il pianeta, ancora non conoscevo i “chess-nazi”: talmente appassionati del gioco che soffrono quando vedono le scacchiere usate male nei film e telefilm. Cioè, spesso, visto che a scacchi ci gioca poca gente (almeno tra chi fa film e telefilm) con risultati piuttosto discutibili per la correttezza del gioco. Divertente.
Money quote: ““There are a ton of chess mistakes in TV and in film,” says Mike Klein, a writer and videographer for Chess.com. While different experts cite different error ratios, from “20 percent” to “much more often than not,” all agree: Hollywood is terrible at chess, even though they really don’t have to be. “There are so many [errors], it’s hard to keep track,” says Grandmaster Ilja Zaragatski, of chess24. “And there are constantly [new ones] coming out.””
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bad-chess-scenes-movies-tv
Money quote: ““There are a ton of chess mistakes in TV and in film,” says Mike Klein, a writer and videographer for Chess.com. While different experts cite different error ratios, from “20 percent” to “much more often than not,” all agree: Hollywood is terrible at chess, even though they really don’t have to be. “There are so many [errors], it’s hard to keep track,” says Grandmaster Ilja Zaragatski, of chess24. “And there are constantly [new ones] coming out.””
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bad-chess-scenes-movies-tv
Pian piano ce ne andiamo tutti. Si dice che i migliori se ne vadano per primi. Jimmy ci ha messo un po’, ma era di gran lunga uno dei migliori
Money quote: “Poetic and profane, softhearted and unforgiving, Mr. Breslin inspired every emotion but indifference; letters from outraged readers gladdened his heart. He often went after his own, from Irish-Americans with “shopping-center faces” who had forgotten their hardscrabble roots to the Roman Catholic Church, whose sex scandals prompted him to write an angry book called “The Church That Forgot Christ,” published in 2004. It ends with a cheeky vow to start a new church that would demand more low-income housing and better posture.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/19/business/media/jimmy-breslin-dead-ny-columnist-author.html
Money quote: “Poetic and profane, softhearted and unforgiving, Mr. Breslin inspired every emotion but indifference; letters from outraged readers gladdened his heart. He often went after his own, from Irish-Americans with “shopping-center faces” who had forgotten their hardscrabble roots to the Roman Catholic Church, whose sex scandals prompted him to write an angry book called “The Church That Forgot Christ,” published in 2004. It ends with a cheeky vow to start a new church that would demand more low-income housing and better posture.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/19/business/media/jimmy-breslin-dead-ny-columnist-author.html
Nytimes
Jimmy Breslin, Legendary New York City Newspaper Columnist, Dies at 88
With prose that was savagely funny, deceptively simple and poorly imitated, Mr. Breslin created his own distinct rhythm in the hurly-burly music of newspapers.
Questo tizio non ho idea di chi sia, a parte che faccia il cuoco, anzi il cuoco-star, ma il modo con cui racconta la sua storia è interessante. E pensare che poi è una forma di pubblicità per un sito di investimenti è meraviglioso. Chi diceva che lo storytelling non è una cosa seria?
Money quote 1: “My books do very well, but it’s probably the least profitable thing that I do. I like writing. But writing your way to riches isn’t a reasonable life plan. For me it's responsible for everything though. I started out doing book tours; they became too big for the bookstores, so they would rent halls, which would fill. Those numbers grew and grew, and people started booking me for corporate events, which were incredibly lucrative. And then people who promote concerts and musical acts approached me. It quickly became clear that, like the record business, there ain’t no money in a record. It’s the tour. The biggest revenue stream out there for me is going out and telling dick jokes. It’s physically and mentally punishing, and takes a lot out of me, but it's over in a relatively short period of time.”
Money quote 2: “Money doesn’t particularly excite or thrill me; the making of money gives me no particular satisfaction. To me, money is freedom from insecurity, freedom to move, time if you choose to make use of time. My investments advisor understands that I’m not looking to score big on the stock market or bonds. I have zero understanding of it and zero interest. Life is too short. I like a limited amount of mail, and a limited amount of conversations with people who make the investments. If the money’s not less money every time I look at it, I’m pretty happy. If it’s a little bit more, great.”
https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-us/magazine/money-diary-anthony-bourdain
Money quote 1: “My books do very well, but it’s probably the least profitable thing that I do. I like writing. But writing your way to riches isn’t a reasonable life plan. For me it's responsible for everything though. I started out doing book tours; they became too big for the bookstores, so they would rent halls, which would fill. Those numbers grew and grew, and people started booking me for corporate events, which were incredibly lucrative. And then people who promote concerts and musical acts approached me. It quickly became clear that, like the record business, there ain’t no money in a record. It’s the tour. The biggest revenue stream out there for me is going out and telling dick jokes. It’s physically and mentally punishing, and takes a lot out of me, but it's over in a relatively short period of time.”
Money quote 2: “Money doesn’t particularly excite or thrill me; the making of money gives me no particular satisfaction. To me, money is freedom from insecurity, freedom to move, time if you choose to make use of time. My investments advisor understands that I’m not looking to score big on the stock market or bonds. I have zero understanding of it and zero interest. Life is too short. I like a limited amount of mail, and a limited amount of conversations with people who make the investments. If the money’s not less money every time I look at it, I’m pretty happy. If it’s a little bit more, great.”
https://www.wealthsimple.com/en-us/magazine/money-diary-anthony-bourdain
Magazine
Anthony Bourdain Does Not Want to Owe Anybody Even a Single Dollar
Before he was the guy from Parts Unknown, he was 44, never had a savings account, hadn't filed taxes in 10 years, and was AWOL on his AmEx bill. That turned out to be a great financial education.
Apple ha fatto Clips, una nuova applicazione per fare video - l'articolo su Il Post
http://www.ilpost.it/2017/03/21/clips-apple/
http://www.ilpost.it/2017/03/21/clips-apple/
Il Post
Apple ha fatto Clips, una nuova applicazione per fare video - Il Post
Un po' Snapchat, un po' Instagram, un po' Vine, un po' Prisma, un po' Messenger e qualche trovata originale
Per l'iniziativa "Milano da leggere" il comune meneghino regala ebook, fino al 31 maggio. Si scaricano qui
Money quote: "La città nelle pagine degli scrittori di ieri e di oggi
MILANO da LEGGERE è un progetto del Sistema Bibliotecario di Milano per far conoscere e diffondere la lettura nella sua variante digitale.
Lo scaffale virtuale, dedicato al racconto di Milano, per la seconda edizione si tinge di giallo e propone libri che, oltre ad avere trame ambientate in città, appartengono tutti alla narrativa gialla e noir. A partire da Scerbanenco e Olivieri, maestri del thriller milanese, ogni autore racconta la “Milano nera” da una particolare prospettiva storica: Biondillo, Carcano, Colaprico, Crapanzano, De Angelis, Gurrado, Luzzi e Tuzzi sono gli altri autori presenti nella nuova collezione. Fino al 31 maggio puoi i scaricare gratuitamente i loro ebook.
La seconda edizione di Milano da Leggere è realizzata con la sponsorizzazione tecnica di ATM e la collaborazione degli editori Bollati Boringhieri, Garzanti, Guanda, Marcos y Marcos, Meravigli, Mondadori, Mursia e dell’Agenzia Letteraria Santachiara.
La prima edizione di Milano da Leggere è stata realizzata con il sostegno di Regione Lombardia e la collaborazione di Marcos y Marcos, Morellini Editore, Sellerio, gli eredi di Oreste del Buono, The Italian Literary Agency, Liber Liber e Wikisource."
http://www.comune.milano.it/wps/portal/ist/it/extra/others/Extra/milano_da_leggere/
Money quote: "La città nelle pagine degli scrittori di ieri e di oggi
MILANO da LEGGERE è un progetto del Sistema Bibliotecario di Milano per far conoscere e diffondere la lettura nella sua variante digitale.
Lo scaffale virtuale, dedicato al racconto di Milano, per la seconda edizione si tinge di giallo e propone libri che, oltre ad avere trame ambientate in città, appartengono tutti alla narrativa gialla e noir. A partire da Scerbanenco e Olivieri, maestri del thriller milanese, ogni autore racconta la “Milano nera” da una particolare prospettiva storica: Biondillo, Carcano, Colaprico, Crapanzano, De Angelis, Gurrado, Luzzi e Tuzzi sono gli altri autori presenti nella nuova collezione. Fino al 31 maggio puoi i scaricare gratuitamente i loro ebook.
La seconda edizione di Milano da Leggere è realizzata con la sponsorizzazione tecnica di ATM e la collaborazione degli editori Bollati Boringhieri, Garzanti, Guanda, Marcos y Marcos, Meravigli, Mondadori, Mursia e dell’Agenzia Letteraria Santachiara.
La prima edizione di Milano da Leggere è stata realizzata con il sostegno di Regione Lombardia e la collaborazione di Marcos y Marcos, Morellini Editore, Sellerio, gli eredi di Oreste del Buono, The Italian Literary Agency, Liber Liber e Wikisource."
http://www.comune.milano.it/wps/portal/ist/it/extra/others/Extra/milano_da_leggere/
Portale del Comune di Milano
Milano da leggere
Scaffale virtuale di ebook da scaricare e leggere
Il governo canadese ha vietato ai diplomatici canadesi negli Usa di usare le cardboard del loro primo ministro Justin Trudeau per promuovere il paese (facendo fare i selfie alla gente con l’immagine a grandezza naturale di Trudeau)
Money quote: “One Pennsylvania-based company said it had sold between 10 and 20 cutouts of Trudeau since he became prime minister. The same company was contacted by the Canadian embassy in Washington, which, in the lead-up to Canada Day celebrations last year, placed a rush order for a cardboard Trudeau, spending C$147.79 (about US$111), including express delivery.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/21/justin-trudeau-canada-cardboard-cutouts
Money quote: “One Pennsylvania-based company said it had sold between 10 and 20 cutouts of Trudeau since he became prime minister. The same company was contacted by the Canadian embassy in Washington, which, in the lead-up to Canada Day celebrations last year, placed a rush order for a cardboard Trudeau, spending C$147.79 (about US$111), including express delivery.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/mar/21/justin-trudeau-canada-cardboard-cutouts
the Guardian
Cut it out: Canada bars diplomats from using cardboard Justin Trudeau figures
Though some anticipated ‘serious selfie action’ with the cutouts, Conservatives said they were ‘a perfect metaphor’ for what the prime minister represented
Ce l’avevo lì da un bel po’ di tempo: nel caso ve lo foste perso, dopo che è saltato fuori che la CIA ha hackerato un sacco di strumenti, sistemi e dispositivi (cioè quando sono stati rivelati gli hacking tools degli 007 americani) c’è chi si è messo pancia a terra a lavorare per fare in modo che il propri software non fosse più compromesso. In questo caso, Notepad++, uno degli strumenti più popolari per la programmazione in ambiente Windows (cioè dove si scrive il codice) ha fatto la “Fix CIA Hacking Notepad++ Issue”, che è una 7.3.3
Money quote: “It's not a vulnerability/security issue in Notepad++, but for remedying this issue, from this release (v7.3.3) forward, notepad++.exe checks the certificate validation in scilexer.dll before loading it. If the certificate is missing or invalid, then it just won't be loaded, and Notepad++ will fail to launch.
Checking the certificate of DLL makes it harder to hack. Note that once users’ PCs are compromised, the hackers can do anything on the PCs. This solution only prevents from Notepad++ loading a CIA homemade DLL. It doesn't prevent your original notepad++.exe from being replaced by modified notepad++.exe while the CIA is controlling your PC.”
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/notepad-7.3.3-fix-cia-hacking-issue.html
Money quote: “It's not a vulnerability/security issue in Notepad++, but for remedying this issue, from this release (v7.3.3) forward, notepad++.exe checks the certificate validation in scilexer.dll before loading it. If the certificate is missing or invalid, then it just won't be loaded, and Notepad++ will fail to launch.
Checking the certificate of DLL makes it harder to hack. Note that once users’ PCs are compromised, the hackers can do anything on the PCs. This solution only prevents from Notepad++ loading a CIA homemade DLL. It doesn't prevent your original notepad++.exe from being replaced by modified notepad++.exe while the CIA is controlling your PC.”
https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/notepad-7.3.3-fix-cia-hacking-issue.html
Alibaba contro dazi e dogane. Accordo di libero scambio con la Malesia - il mio articolo per La Stampa
Money quote: “Jack Ma aveva annunciato la sua strategia per la creazione dell’eWTP, la piattaforma di eCommerce per Pmi, durante il G20 di Hangzhou dello scorso anno, la città dove è nata Alibaba. La strategia di Ma, che da sempre si muove a tutto campo non solo per l’eCommerce , è quella di creare una rete di accordi bilaterali che permettano di abbattere le barriere doganali e tariffarie, “una specie di WTO per le piccole e medie imprese”, come l’aveva presentata lo stesso Ma, ribadendo l’obiettivo della sua società di arrivare ad avere due miliardi di clienti attivi.”
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/03/22/tecnologia/news/alibaba-contro-dazi-e-dogane-accordo-di-free-trade-con-la-malaysia-izHp6lfPkPTEVzinew6RtO/pagina.html
Money quote: “Jack Ma aveva annunciato la sua strategia per la creazione dell’eWTP, la piattaforma di eCommerce per Pmi, durante il G20 di Hangzhou dello scorso anno, la città dove è nata Alibaba. La strategia di Ma, che da sempre si muove a tutto campo non solo per l’eCommerce , è quella di creare una rete di accordi bilaterali che permettano di abbattere le barriere doganali e tariffarie, “una specie di WTO per le piccole e medie imprese”, come l’aveva presentata lo stesso Ma, ribadendo l’obiettivo della sua società di arrivare ad avere due miliardi di clienti attivi.”
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/03/22/tecnologia/news/alibaba-contro-dazi-e-dogane-accordo-di-free-trade-con-la-malaysia-izHp6lfPkPTEVzinew6RtO/pagina.html
LaStampa.it
Alibaba contro dazi e dogane: accordo di free trade con la Malaysia
È il primo passo per la creazione di una rete di patti bilaterali per i beni di consumo delle piccole e medie imprese. Razak (Malaysia): “Così aiutiamo le nostre startup e i giovani”
Perché il telelavoro è una bella cosa, certo, ma poi serve avere anche un ufficio. Oppure no? Ibm adesso dà una bella stretta, ma l’impressione è che si tratti di una strategia per favorire un alleggerimento “volontario” della forza lavoro
Money quote: “IBM had decided to “co-locate” the US marketing department, about 2,600 people, which meant that all teams would now work together, “shoulder to shoulder,” from one of six different locations—Atlanta, Raleigh, Austin, Boston, San Francisco, and New York. Employees who worked primarily from home would be required to commute, and employees who worked remotely or from an office that was not on the list (or an office that was on the list, but different than the one to which their teams had been assigned) would be required to either move or look for another job. Similar announcements had already been made in other departments, and more would be made in the future.”
https://qz.com/924167/ibm-remote-work-pioneer-is-calling-thousands-of-employees-back-to-the-office/
Money quote: “IBM had decided to “co-locate” the US marketing department, about 2,600 people, which meant that all teams would now work together, “shoulder to shoulder,” from one of six different locations—Atlanta, Raleigh, Austin, Boston, San Francisco, and New York. Employees who worked primarily from home would be required to commute, and employees who worked remotely or from an office that was not on the list (or an office that was on the list, but different than the one to which their teams had been assigned) would be required to either move or look for another job. Similar announcements had already been made in other departments, and more would be made in the future.”
https://qz.com/924167/ibm-remote-work-pioneer-is-calling-thousands-of-employees-back-to-the-office/
Quartz
IBM, remote-work pioneer, is calling thousands of employees back to the office
In 2009, 40% of IBM's employees worked remotely. Now it needs them back.
Ma non era la patria dei suicidi? O forse è solo uno stereotipo?
Money quote: “La Norvegia può ora vantare di essere il Paese più felice al mondo, scalzando quest’anno dal vertice della classifica la Danimarca, che passa al secondo posto davanti a Islanda, Svizzera e Finlandia. E questo malgrado il crollo del prezzo del petrolio, che costituisce uno dei fondamenti del benessere economico del ricco Paese scandinavo di soli 5 milioni di abitanti. Secondo il Sustainable Development Solutions Network, che pubblica il rapporto annuale e la classifica, a contare è soprattutto il fattore umano, cioè il senso di comunità, che è particolarmente forte nella società norvegese.”
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/03/21/multimedia/societa/la-norvegia-il-paese-pi-felice-del-mondo-chi-ci-abita-spiega-il-perch-jQD4qGT0wYdMjLkYXzSsvL/pagina.html
Money quote: “La Norvegia può ora vantare di essere il Paese più felice al mondo, scalzando quest’anno dal vertice della classifica la Danimarca, che passa al secondo posto davanti a Islanda, Svizzera e Finlandia. E questo malgrado il crollo del prezzo del petrolio, che costituisce uno dei fondamenti del benessere economico del ricco Paese scandinavo di soli 5 milioni di abitanti. Secondo il Sustainable Development Solutions Network, che pubblica il rapporto annuale e la classifica, a contare è soprattutto il fattore umano, cioè il senso di comunità, che è particolarmente forte nella società norvegese.”
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/03/21/multimedia/societa/la-norvegia-il-paese-pi-felice-del-mondo-chi-ci-abita-spiega-il-perch-jQD4qGT0wYdMjLkYXzSsvL/pagina.html
LaStampa.it
La Norvegia è il paese più felice del mondo, chi ci abita spiega il perché
La Norvegia può ora vantare di essere il Paese più felice al mondo, scalzando quest’anno dal vertice della classifica la Danimarca, che passa al secondo posto davanti a Islanda, Svizzera e Finlandia. E questo malgrado il crollo del prezzo del petrolio, che…
StoryBundle paga quel che vuoi e leggi tutto. In questo caso il bundle è tutto di libri sui videogiochi.
Money quote: "Love video games? Then The Rogue Souls Bundle is PERFECT reading material for when you can't play video games"
https://storybundle.com/games
Money quote: "Love video games? Then The Rogue Souls Bundle is PERFECT reading material for when you can't play video games"
https://storybundle.com/games
Storybundle
Pay what you like and get a bundle of awesome ebooks and more!
La storia di Techmeme, spiegata bene
Money quote: “In a 2011, Siegler published a post arguing that “tech blogging is a game” with only three key elements “that matter: pageviews, scoops, and Techmeme.” He continued, “Techmeme is the most fascinating game. Everyone in the industry reads the site, and all serious tech bloggers know where they stand on the Leaderboard.” “I think Techmeme was absolutely an enabler of that inconsequential blogging crap, which I suppose is the bad part of being around so long,” said Brown.”
https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/meet-the-man-who-shapes-techs-narrative
Money quote: “In a 2011, Siegler published a post arguing that “tech blogging is a game” with only three key elements “that matter: pageviews, scoops, and Techmeme.” He continued, “Techmeme is the most fascinating game. Everyone in the industry reads the site, and all serious tech bloggers know where they stand on the Leaderboard.” “I think Techmeme was absolutely an enabler of that inconsequential blogging crap, which I suppose is the bad part of being around so long,” said Brown.”
https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/meet-the-man-who-shapes-techs-narrative
BuzzFeed
Meet The Man Whose Site Mark Zuckerberg Reads Every Day
For the last decade, Gabe Rivera has been quietly shaping the tech industry’s story for its top executives, investors, and journalists. But is the editor behind Silicon Valley’s Drudge Report ready to
Bye bye primo indirizzo di posta elettronica del New York Times. La storia pionieristica di come è andata la digitalizzazione al grado zero della Vecchia signora del giornalismo americano
Money quote: "There was a brief period in which using electronic mail as a technology reporter was a competitive advantage. It was a way to directly contact people in organizations, cutting out the middleman. That quickly changed, yet my proto-Times email address would live happily in obscurity until it was compromised by an on-the-run computer outlaw named Kevin Mitnick. He believed that I was attempting to track him down. He broke into Internex and began spying on my email account, a fact I was made aware of when a digital Sherlock Holmes named Tsutomu Shimomura actually began pursuing Mr. Mitnick, after having been deputized to do so by the then-assistant United States attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice (who is now Google’s general counsel). It took about two weeks, but Mr. Shimomura would help the F.B.I. apprehend Mr. Mitnick in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. Because I was being spied on, I found that I had become part of the story."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/20/insider/putting-the-timess-first-email-address-to-bed.html
Money quote: "There was a brief period in which using electronic mail as a technology reporter was a competitive advantage. It was a way to directly contact people in organizations, cutting out the middleman. That quickly changed, yet my proto-Times email address would live happily in obscurity until it was compromised by an on-the-run computer outlaw named Kevin Mitnick. He believed that I was attempting to track him down. He broke into Internex and began spying on my email account, a fact I was made aware of when a digital Sherlock Holmes named Tsutomu Shimomura actually began pursuing Mr. Mitnick, after having been deputized to do so by the then-assistant United States attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice (who is now Google’s general counsel). It took about two weeks, but Mr. Shimomura would help the F.B.I. apprehend Mr. Mitnick in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. Because I was being spied on, I found that I had become part of the story."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/20/insider/putting-the-timess-first-email-address-to-bed.html
Nytimes
Putting The Times’s First Email Address to Bed
To my surprise, in 1995 The Times turned down my offer of the nyt.com domain. I was told that it would be confused with the internet address of New York Telephone.
Secondo me, questa è una di quelle micro acquisizioni che in realtà sono molto, molto importanti. Uso da anni Workflow, il meccanismo di scripting che permette di “cuocere” assieme le app su iOS. È praticamente il più potente sistema per lavorare su iPad come se si stesse usando un computer (e nei viaggi di lavoro vi garantisco che la differenza si sente: urka se si sente)
Money quote: “Workflow consente di concatenare più azioni eseguite una dopo l’altra; mette a disposizione una libreria in continuo aggiornamento di azioni catalogate in base al tipo di informazioni che sono in grado di trattare: immagini, testi, gestione file e altro. Esempi di possibili azioni sono: la creazione di immagini GIF partendo da una serie di foto, prelevare una serie di immagini da siti web, tradurre un articolo dal web, pubblicare una foto su più social contemporaneamente, eseguire calcoli e molto altro.”
http://www.macitynet.it/apple-compra-workflow-app-lautomazione-ipad-iphone/
Inoltre, dopo le notizie di smantellamento della parte di automazione (AppleScript) con l’uscita da Apple di Sal Saghoian, questa novità è di segno positivo
Money quote: “Workflow consente di concatenare più azioni eseguite una dopo l’altra; mette a disposizione una libreria in continuo aggiornamento di azioni catalogate in base al tipo di informazioni che sono in grado di trattare: immagini, testi, gestione file e altro. Esempi di possibili azioni sono: la creazione di immagini GIF partendo da una serie di foto, prelevare una serie di immagini da siti web, tradurre un articolo dal web, pubblicare una foto su più social contemporaneamente, eseguire calcoli e molto altro.”
http://www.macitynet.it/apple-compra-workflow-app-lautomazione-ipad-iphone/
Inoltre, dopo le notizie di smantellamento della parte di automazione (AppleScript) con l’uscita da Apple di Sal Saghoian, questa novità è di segno positivo
macitynet.it
Apple compra Workflow, l’app per l’automazione su iPad e iPhone
AAPL, Apple, Automazione, Workflow
Stanno chiudendo l’Internet. Possiamo fare ancora qualcosa. Facevamolo. Sapevatelo.
Money quote: “These corporations want to lock down the internet and give us access to nothing more than a few walled gardens. They want to burn down the Library of Alexandria and replace it with a magazine rack”
https://medium.freecodecamp.com/inside-the-invisible-war-for-the-open-internet-dd31a29a3f08#.2xaoij3bp
Money quote: “These corporations want to lock down the internet and give us access to nothing more than a few walled gardens. They want to burn down the Library of Alexandria and replace it with a magazine rack”
https://medium.freecodecamp.com/inside-the-invisible-war-for-the-open-internet-dd31a29a3f08#.2xaoij3bp
freeCodeCamp
The future of the open internet — and our way of life — is in your hands
There are a lot of scary things happening these days, but here’s what keeps me up late at night. A handful of corporations are turning our…
Il boom dei Christian Café in Giappone
Money quote: "Though Christianity exists in Japan, it doesn’t carry the same weighty history as it does in many Western nations. This might be why restaurant proprietors can not only get away with running a medieval Catholicism-themed café, but why business is booming"
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/christon-cafe
Money quote: "Though Christianity exists in Japan, it doesn’t carry the same weighty history as it does in many Western nations. This might be why restaurant proprietors can not only get away with running a medieval Catholicism-themed café, but why business is booming"
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/christon-cafe
Atlas Obscura
A Catholicism-Themed Restaurant in Japan
Cocktails like the "Little Devil" and the "Joan of Arc" come with crucifix-shaped stirrers.
Un tweet può essere considerato arma mortale? - io mio articolo per La Stampa
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/03/23/tecnologia/news/un-tweet-pu-essere-considerato-arma-mortale-wMQvHysRx0KDFHJxGXv02K/pagina.html
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/03/23/tecnologia/news/un-tweet-pu-essere-considerato-arma-mortale-wMQvHysRx0KDFHJxGXv02K/pagina.html
LaStampa.it
Un tweet può essere considerato arma mortale?
Un ex marine di estrema destra ha intenzionalmente causato un attacco epilettico a un giornalista americano inviandogli una GIF animata. Il tribunale di Dallas dovrà decidere se è sanzionabile l’aggressione aggravata a mezzo digitale
Workflow era troppo potente: Apple lo regala ma lo limita - il mio articolo per Macity
http://www.macitynet.it/workflow-era-troppo-potente/
http://www.macitynet.it/workflow-era-troppo-potente/
Macitynet.it
Workflow era troppo potente: Apple lo regala ma lo limita
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Money quote: "Hidden meanings are even more precious in today’s China, where essays and realist literature are subject to strict censorship while sci-fi, often dismissed as kid’s fare, can slip more easily past the censors. China has gone through such monumental changes over the last few decades that the futuristic mode is a natural fit to express its complexities"
https://www.1843magazine.com/culture/folding-meanings
Money quote: "Hidden meanings are even more precious in today’s China, where essays and realist literature are subject to strict censorship while sci-fi, often dismissed as kid’s fare, can slip more easily past the censors. China has gone through such monumental changes over the last few decades that the futuristic mode is a natural fit to express its complexities"
https://www.1843magazine.com/culture/folding-meanings
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Folding meanings
Chinese sci-fi is having a moment. Liu Cixin’s bestselling alien-invasion trilogy “The Three-Body Problem” has sold more than 4m copies. Since 2015 it has won international fans too, after becoming the first Chinese book to win the prestigious Hugo award…