Altro che Urss. È il Kansas l’amministrazione statale più segreta perlomeno negli Usa. Una inchiesta giornalistica con i contro fiocchi. Le sanno fare e le sanno raccontare.
Money quote: “Kansas runs one of the most secretive state governments in the nation, and its secrecy permeates nearly every aspect of service, The Star found in a months-long investigation.
From the governor’s office to state agencies, from police departments to business relationships to health care, on the floors of the House and Senate, a veil has descended over the years and through administrations on both sides of the political aisle.”
http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article184179651.html
Money quote: “Kansas runs one of the most secretive state governments in the nation, and its secrecy permeates nearly every aspect of service, The Star found in a months-long investigation.
From the governor’s office to state agencies, from police departments to business relationships to health care, on the floors of the House and Senate, a veil has descended over the years and through administrations on both sides of the political aisle.”
http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article184179651.html
The Kansas City Star
‘One of the most secretive, dark states’: What is Kansas trying to hide?
The statement was simple. Factual.
Questo saggio breve si presenta con un sottotitolo inquietante e bellissimo: "This Essay Took Four Years to Write" ed è stato scritto "Against Productivity". È lungo perché si prende il suo tempo, racconta, fa flanella. Ma alla fine pone delle domande alle quali abbiamo davvero tutti paura di rispondere. Se solo non fosse stato scritto su Medium (oh quale gustoso paradosso) sarebbe perfetto...
Money quote: "America has no death from karōshi. We don’t count it as a category of death, and therefore in our measurable world it doesn’t exist. We are productive without price. Not because people aren’t dying, they surely are, uncounted lives and families are smothered with despair. There is no price because there’s no measure to quantify what we are losing.
Many people, especially in technology, say their productivity is changing the world, and this is irrefutable. But no one seems to know what they’re changing it into, because no one can measure the world. When no one can measure the world, how much can it really exist?"
https://medium.com/message/against-productivity-b19f56b67da6
Money quote: "America has no death from karōshi. We don’t count it as a category of death, and therefore in our measurable world it doesn’t exist. We are productive without price. Not because people aren’t dying, they surely are, uncounted lives and families are smothered with despair. There is no price because there’s no measure to quantify what we are losing.
Many people, especially in technology, say their productivity is changing the world, and this is irrefutable. But no one seems to know what they’re changing it into, because no one can measure the world. When no one can measure the world, how much can it really exist?"
https://medium.com/message/against-productivity-b19f56b67da6
Medium
Against Productivity
This Essay Took Four Years to Write
Non siamo ancora arrivati al fine settimana ma tenetevi da parte questo articolo e leggetevelo con calma. L'opera struggente di un solitario genio che ha cambiato per sempre la musica.
Money quote: "“I bankrupted the Los Angeles Philharmonic,” Hildebrand chuckles. “They were out of the [sample recording] business for eight years.” (We were unable to verify this, but The Los Angeles Times does cite that the Philharmonic entered a "financially bleak" period in the early 1990s)."
https://priceonomics.com/the-inventor-of-auto-tune/
Money quote: "“I bankrupted the Los Angeles Philharmonic,” Hildebrand chuckles. “They were out of the [sample recording] business for eight years.” (We were unable to verify this, but The Los Angeles Times does cite that the Philharmonic entered a "financially bleak" period in the early 1990s)."
https://priceonomics.com/the-inventor-of-auto-tune/
Priceonomics
The Mathematical Genius of Auto-Tune
Auto-Tune — one of modern history’s most reviled inventions — was an act of mathematical genius.
Una chicca per noi amanti della radio, cioè amanti della voce e dei suoni: la storia della filodiffusione in Russia, anzi in URSS. Perché, quando cominciò la diffusione della radio con modelli commerciali o pubblici in occidente il consenso nello sviluppare una rete senza fili fu unanime. Invece, l'Unione sovietica scelse e portò avanti con caparbietà, prima e dopo la seconda guerra mondiale, una complessa e costosa infrastruttura cablata. È una storia antica e sorprendente, che tra l'altro contribuisce a creare differenze culturali non irrilevanti nel modo sociale di percepire uno dei media più importanti delle nostre vite.
Money quote: "After Stalin’s death, the use of normal radios – what the Soviets called “wave receivers” – picked up. By 1963, the use of normal radio broadcasting began to exceed wired radio. Around the same time, Soviet jamming of external radio broadcasts peaked. Arguably, the USSR spent more resources on its 2500 jamming transmitters than it did on domestic radio broadcast infrastructure. By the 1970’s, the use of wired radio began to decline rapidly, especially outside of the Russian Federation.
There is some debate as to how much of the Soviet use of wired radio was political versus economic. I suspect it was both. The Communist Part encouraged citizens to listen to radio collectively rather than individually. Restricting broadcasting infrastructure to state owned wiring enabled control. At the same time, it was probably cheaper to wire speakers around the country than to build a western-style broadcasting system."
https://play.fallows.ca/wp/radio/radio-broadcasting/early-soviet-radio-broadcasting-wires-galore
Money quote: "After Stalin’s death, the use of normal radios – what the Soviets called “wave receivers” – picked up. By 1963, the use of normal radio broadcasting began to exceed wired radio. Around the same time, Soviet jamming of external radio broadcasts peaked. Arguably, the USSR spent more resources on its 2500 jamming transmitters than it did on domestic radio broadcast infrastructure. By the 1970’s, the use of wired radio began to decline rapidly, especially outside of the Russian Federation.
There is some debate as to how much of the Soviet use of wired radio was political versus economic. I suspect it was both. The Communist Part encouraged citizens to listen to radio collectively rather than individually. Restricting broadcasting infrastructure to state owned wiring enabled control. At the same time, it was probably cheaper to wire speakers around the country than to build a western-style broadcasting system."
https://play.fallows.ca/wp/radio/radio-broadcasting/early-soviet-radio-broadcasting-wires-galore
Making It Up
Early Soviet Radio Broadcasting - Wires Galore - Making It Up
While the wonders of wireless entertainment swept over the world during the 1930's, early Soviet radio broadcasting took a much different path.
Per oggi mi fermo qui. Prima una cosa (poi un'altra, più avanti): questa prima è relativa al modo con il quale gestisco i miei "flussi di lettura" che finiscono (in parte) qui. Beh, li gestisco in modo complicato ma sicuramente utilizzando tutti e tre i miei strumenti elettronici (telefono, tablet e portatile) più il cloud come "colla" per tenere tutto assieme. Utilizzo più che posso Pocket, soluzione che trovo geniale ma che non si integra perfettamente nel mio flusso di lettura.
In realtà tengo aperte un sacco di tab di Safari e qualcosa salvo su Pocket e qualcosa salvo su Draft (una app solo per iOS, se ci fosse anche per Mac userei solo quella) o su dei gran listoni dentro Note o in documenti txt salvati su Dropbox. Quando ho tempo preparo più "notizie" di quante non ne pubblichi in un giorno, così ho una scorta per quando ho poco tempo, e questo spiega perché magari saltano fuori articoli che ho letto una o due settimane prima.
Se posso dare un consiglio su come "consumare" gli articoli, provate a usare Pocket, gratuita, presente su qualsiasi piattaforma, di proprietà adesso della fondazione Mozilla, dotata anche di comodo bot su Telegram (@pockebot) da usare per "sparare" velocemente i link su Pocket.
https://getpocket.com
In realtà tengo aperte un sacco di tab di Safari e qualcosa salvo su Pocket e qualcosa salvo su Draft (una app solo per iOS, se ci fosse anche per Mac userei solo quella) o su dei gran listoni dentro Note o in documenti txt salvati su Dropbox. Quando ho tempo preparo più "notizie" di quante non ne pubblichi in un giorno, così ho una scorta per quando ho poco tempo, e questo spiega perché magari saltano fuori articoli che ho letto una o due settimane prima.
Se posso dare un consiglio su come "consumare" gli articoli, provate a usare Pocket, gratuita, presente su qualsiasi piattaforma, di proprietà adesso della fondazione Mozilla, dotata anche di comodo bot su Telegram (@pockebot) da usare per "sparare" velocemente i link su Pocket.
https://getpocket.com
L'altra cosa: un certo (ovviamente piccolo) numero di lettori ha deciso di ricambiare il piacere delle letture che propongo su questo canale regalandomi pezzetti di abbonamento a Netflix con le gift card che si comprano nei supermercati, grande distribuzione, grandi bar-tabaccherie etc. Li ringrazio e a questo punto vi invito, se volete manifestare il vostro apprezzamento in modo tangibile, a fare altrettanto. La piccola audience di casa Dini ringrazia sentitamente. In ogni caso la mia attività di "content curation" va avanti lo stesso.
Per donarci un po' di Netflix si fa così: si compra la gift card, si gratta il codice e me lo si invia qui su Telegram all'indirizzo @antoniodini
Namasté
Per donarci un po' di Netflix si fa così: si compra la gift card, si gratta il codice e me lo si invia qui su Telegram all'indirizzo @antoniodini
Namasté
Ok, questa non posso trattenermi dal pubblicarla. In buona sostanza, il piano di sabotaggio dell'Occidente da parte della malefica Russia passa dai social. Prima di Donald Trump, pillola avvelenata al cuore della democrazia americana, anche lo sgambetto della Brexit è stato fortemente influenzato dagli agenti sabotatori digitali del Cremlino.
Money quote "Researchers at the University of Edinburgh identified 419 accounts operating from the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA) attempting to influence UK politics out of 2,752 accounts suspended by Twitter in the US."
Money quote 2: "Damian Collins, the chairman of the Commons culture, media and sport select committee, which is investigating fake news, said the Russian agency appeared to be attempting to divide society and destabilise politics."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/14/how-400-russia-run-fake-accounts-posted-bogus-brexit-tweets
Money quote "Researchers at the University of Edinburgh identified 419 accounts operating from the Russian Internet Research Agency (IRA) attempting to influence UK politics out of 2,752 accounts suspended by Twitter in the US."
Money quote 2: "Damian Collins, the chairman of the Commons culture, media and sport select committee, which is investigating fake news, said the Russian agency appeared to be attempting to divide society and destabilise politics."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/14/how-400-russia-run-fake-accounts-posted-bogus-brexit-tweets
the Guardian
Russia used hundreds of fake accounts to tweet about Brexit, data shows
Researchers discover that accounts run from troll farm in St Petersburg tried to sow discord between Britons
Il MacBook migliore di tutti non è l'ultimo, parola di Marco Arment - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/macbook-migliore-tutti-non-lultimo-parola-marco-arment/
https://www.macitynet.it/macbook-migliore-tutti-non-lultimo-parola-marco-arment/
Macitynet.it
Il MacBook migliore di tutti non è l'ultimo, parola di Marco Arment - Macitynet.it
Il popolare blogger e programmatore non rinuncia a provocare e, in un articolo destinato a suscitare polemiche, dichiara qual è il miglior macbook mai prodotto da Apple
A quanto sostiene questo articolo, Microsoft ha trovato un modo per fare più soldi grazie a software difettoso. Geniale.
La strategia di MS e dei suoi partner spiegata bene.
Money quote: “To those unaware, Microsoft’s partner network consists of consulting firms, software resellers, and the like and is responsible for 95% of Microsofts commercial revenue; making them ol’ Softy’s predominant customer. Most partners offer a wide range of services surrounding the Microsoft stack, including but not limited their implementation, management, and support (IMSs). But, they don’t stand behind Microsoft products because they happen to provide the least defective or most efficient solutions. Instead and on top of having 19% higher profit margins than their nearest competitor, for every $1 of revenue that a partner firm steers towards Microsoft, the firm stands to earn an additional $9.01 through their IMSs at the expense of their clients. For example, if Microsoft products were a $50,000 car that a company depended on, it would come attached with $450,500 in subsequent maintenance costs.”
The Microsoft Hustle – Hacker Noon
https://hackernoon.com/the-microsoft-hustle-355f818161a6
La strategia di MS e dei suoi partner spiegata bene.
Money quote: “To those unaware, Microsoft’s partner network consists of consulting firms, software resellers, and the like and is responsible for 95% of Microsofts commercial revenue; making them ol’ Softy’s predominant customer. Most partners offer a wide range of services surrounding the Microsoft stack, including but not limited their implementation, management, and support (IMSs). But, they don’t stand behind Microsoft products because they happen to provide the least defective or most efficient solutions. Instead and on top of having 19% higher profit margins than their nearest competitor, for every $1 of revenue that a partner firm steers towards Microsoft, the firm stands to earn an additional $9.01 through their IMSs at the expense of their clients. For example, if Microsoft products were a $50,000 car that a company depended on, it would come attached with $450,500 in subsequent maintenance costs.”
The Microsoft Hustle – Hacker Noon
https://hackernoon.com/the-microsoft-hustle-355f818161a6
Hacker Noon
The Microsoft Hustle
Despite their cringeworthy hardware, software, cloud services, and acquisitions, Microsoft is still a brilliant company in this day and…
Un notebook (di carta) per fare tutto. Un metodo solo per dominare la complessità. Questa è la storia di chi lo fa.
Money quote: “I rely on that notebook to be a record of my life. I have hundreds of them, piled up and stored up, as a testament to every fuck-up, every win and every moment of misery, joy or desperation that I have ever experienced.”
https://medium.com/@jonwestenberg/i-carry-one-notebook-everywhere-my-whole-life-is-in-its-pages-9414c9e7fc1f
E qui il metodo:
http://bulletjournal.com/get-started/
Money quote: “I rely on that notebook to be a record of my life. I have hundreds of them, piled up and stored up, as a testament to every fuck-up, every win and every moment of misery, joy or desperation that I have ever experienced.”
https://medium.com/@jonwestenberg/i-carry-one-notebook-everywhere-my-whole-life-is-in-its-pages-9414c9e7fc1f
E qui il metodo:
http://bulletjournal.com/get-started/
Medium
I Carry One Notebook Everywhere. My Whole Life Is In Its Pages.
Bullet journaling is the most effective way for me to manage my life.
I dubbi, le tentazioni e le opportunità di quelli che stanno insieme vivendo in due case diverse non per la distanza ma per il gusto di vivere ognuno a casa propria.
Money quote: “Yet the romantic grey area that is living apart together, or inhabiting not just separate bedrooms but separate homes, still holds a guilty allure for many long-serving couples. Imagine, time alone! Even just a couple of nights a week, whether to flop exhausted on the sofa and not have to talk, or to go out and enjoy the bright lights a homebody partner won’t; to be master of the remote control, eat crisps and wine for dinner instead of cooking, catch up with friends she or he never got on with – but all within the blissful security of a committed relationship. If it didn’t come larded with sotto voce questions about whether one of you is secretly having an affair, how many more couples would want to follow suit?”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/17/jamie-louise-redknapp-marriage-living-apart-together
Money quote: “Yet the romantic grey area that is living apart together, or inhabiting not just separate bedrooms but separate homes, still holds a guilty allure for many long-serving couples. Imagine, time alone! Even just a couple of nights a week, whether to flop exhausted on the sofa and not have to talk, or to go out and enjoy the bright lights a homebody partner won’t; to be master of the remote control, eat crisps and wine for dinner instead of cooking, catch up with friends she or he never got on with – but all within the blissful security of a committed relationship. If it didn’t come larded with sotto voce questions about whether one of you is secretly having an affair, how many more couples would want to follow suit?”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/17/jamie-louise-redknapp-marriage-living-apart-together
the Guardian
Don’t mock the Redknapps. Living apart together can save a marriage
When it allows each partner room to be themselves, having separate homes can be a good idea, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
Le donne che fecero andare avanti la leggenda della Gibson e delle sue chitarre elettriche anche durante la guerra.
Money quote: “Although the classic Gibson guitar, used by such greats as Prince, Keith Richards, Johnny Cash, and B.B. King, might bring to mind its current Nashville home, the guitar’s roots are actually in the Michigan city of Kalamazoo. Built in 1917, the Gibson Factory there created some of the most iconic guitars ever made. But beyond the instruments, the factory was also home to the “Kalamazoo Gals,” a group of over 200 women who kept the guitar manufacturer going during World War II”
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-old-gibson-guitar-factory
Money quote: “Although the classic Gibson guitar, used by such greats as Prince, Keith Richards, Johnny Cash, and B.B. King, might bring to mind its current Nashville home, the guitar’s roots are actually in the Michigan city of Kalamazoo. Built in 1917, the Gibson Factory there created some of the most iconic guitars ever made. But beyond the instruments, the factory was also home to the “Kalamazoo Gals,” a group of over 200 women who kept the guitar manufacturer going during World War II”
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-old-gibson-guitar-factory
Atlas Obscura
The Old Gibson Guitar Factory
The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.
Come alcuni dei più attenti lettori del canale sapranno, sono appassionato di alcuni temi. I tabù sono una cosa che trovo molto interessante da studiare per capire meglio chi siamo, come funzioniamo. Un classico è l’incesto, che siamo tutti d’accordo a dire che non va bene ma poi spiegare perché o anche solo definire bene con chi sì e con chi no, non è per niente scontato.
Un altro tabù secondo me tutto esplorare è il cannibalismo. Vero e proprio concetto multiforme e quasi incomprensibile se non fosse che è una delle pratiche più antiche e diffuse del pianeta.
Money quote: “Cannibalism has no single, ubiquitous meaning. Rather, it is adapted to suit the spiritual framework of each culture in which it’s practised. For ancient Egyptian pharaohs, it guaranteed an eternal afterlife. For Druids, it might have been connected with agriculture and fertility. For others, cannibalism has served as a tool of empowerment, intimidation, and a way to honour the beloved dead. But most of all, cannibalism deals in taboo. “
https://aeon.co/ideas/eating-people-is-wrong-but-its-also-widespread-and-sacred
Un altro tabù secondo me tutto esplorare è il cannibalismo. Vero e proprio concetto multiforme e quasi incomprensibile se non fosse che è una delle pratiche più antiche e diffuse del pianeta.
Money quote: “Cannibalism has no single, ubiquitous meaning. Rather, it is adapted to suit the spiritual framework of each culture in which it’s practised. For ancient Egyptian pharaohs, it guaranteed an eternal afterlife. For Druids, it might have been connected with agriculture and fertility. For others, cannibalism has served as a tool of empowerment, intimidation, and a way to honour the beloved dead. But most of all, cannibalism deals in taboo. “
https://aeon.co/ideas/eating-people-is-wrong-but-its-also-widespread-and-sacred
Ho conosciuto questo sviluppatore dell'Est che vive in Germania, Jovica Ilic. Un tipo giovane e simpatico, che preso dall'entusiasmo ha scritto un libro dedicato al mio editor preferito: VIM. Si intitola "Mastering Vim Quickly", sottotitolo: "From WTF to OMG in no time".
Sto recensendo il libro - circa cento pagine che verranno arricchite nel tempo, più vari esercizi e video esemplificativi - ed è roba davvero buona.
Il libro si trova qui: https://jovicailic.org/mastering-vim-quickly/
Se vi interessa, potete avere uno sconto del 25% con il codice: vimrules
Le (altre) recensioni sono molto positive.
Money quote: "Mastering Vim Quickly is a great tour through the most important aspects and concepts of Vim. It starts beginner friendly and quickly advances to show more involved text editing techniques. Throughout the book I especially liked the focus on large scale operations. With numerous realistic examples it teaches how various simple commands can be combined in different ways to achieve powerful transformations across multiple files. And even if you already know all the topics covered in the book, it will refresh your knowledge and fuel your curiosity about the depths of Vim once again."
Sto recensendo il libro - circa cento pagine che verranno arricchite nel tempo, più vari esercizi e video esemplificativi - ed è roba davvero buona.
Il libro si trova qui: https://jovicailic.org/mastering-vim-quickly/
Se vi interessa, potete avere uno sconto del 25% con il codice: vimrules
Le (altre) recensioni sono molto positive.
Money quote: "Mastering Vim Quickly is a great tour through the most important aspects and concepts of Vim. It starts beginner friendly and quickly advances to show more involved text editing techniques. Throughout the book I especially liked the focus on large scale operations. With numerous realistic examples it teaches how various simple commands can be combined in different ways to achieve powerful transformations across multiple files. And even if you already know all the topics covered in the book, it will refresh your knowledge and fuel your curiosity about the depths of Vim once again."
Jovica Ilic
Mastering Vim Quickly - Jovica Ilic
Exiting Mastering Vim Quickly From WTF to OMG in no time
I robot rimpiazzeranno le persone? La politica non conta più niente? Il talento serve ancora?
Ora, sto sicuramente mescolando discorsi diversi e che non c’entrano niente né tantomeno si ritrovano esplicitati in quel che segue. Però l’idea concedetemela: le singole persone fanno la differenza. Trovare il regista giusto vuol dire azzeccare il risultato finale. Per questo adesso, dopo un bagno di sangue di registi, stanno pianificando la quarta trilogia di Star Wars.
Money quote: “Instead, the series has seen a series of missteps and public reversals. Director Josh Trank was originally signed on to make a standalone Star Wars film, before being fired in the wake of concerns with his performance on Fox’s Fantastic Four. Gareth Edwards directed Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, but additional filmmakers were brought on in the final months before release to help rework the film. Perhaps most infamously, filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller were nearing the end of principal photography on the Han Solo standalone film, before they were fired and replaced by director Ron Howard. To top it all off, Jurassic World’s Colin Trevorrow had previously been set to direct Star Wars: Episode IX — before Abrams replaced him in September.”
https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/9/16630902/star-wars-new-trilogy-rian-johnson-disney-lucasfilm
Ora, sto sicuramente mescolando discorsi diversi e che non c’entrano niente né tantomeno si ritrovano esplicitati in quel che segue. Però l’idea concedetemela: le singole persone fanno la differenza. Trovare il regista giusto vuol dire azzeccare il risultato finale. Per questo adesso, dopo un bagno di sangue di registi, stanno pianificando la quarta trilogia di Star Wars.
Money quote: “Instead, the series has seen a series of missteps and public reversals. Director Josh Trank was originally signed on to make a standalone Star Wars film, before being fired in the wake of concerns with his performance on Fox’s Fantastic Four. Gareth Edwards directed Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, but additional filmmakers were brought on in the final months before release to help rework the film. Perhaps most infamously, filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller were nearing the end of principal photography on the Han Solo standalone film, before they were fired and replaced by director Ron Howard. To top it all off, Jurassic World’s Colin Trevorrow had previously been set to direct Star Wars: Episode IX — before Abrams replaced him in September.”
https://www.theverge.com/2017/11/9/16630902/star-wars-new-trilogy-rian-johnson-disney-lucasfilm
The Verge
Star Wars is getting an all-new trilogy from Rian Johnson
I’ve got a good feeling about this
Repetita iuvant: come fa Facebook a sapere così tante cose su di noi? L’articolo non è eccezionale, ma è la cosa più simile a una inchiesta giornalistica sull'argomento uscita negli ultimi anni
Money quote: “Facebook warns users to be judicious about using all this data. “You may have business or personal contacts in your phone,” the Learn More screen admonishes the reader. “Please only send friend requests to people you know personally who would welcome the invite.”
Having issued this warning, and having acknowledged that people in your address book may not necessarily want to be connected to you, Facebook will then do exactly what it warned you not to do. If you agree to share your contacts, every piece of contact data you possess will go to Facebook, and the network will then use it to try to search for connections between everyone you know, no matter how slightly—and you won’t see it happen.”
https://gizmodo.com/how-facebook-figures-out-everyone-youve-ever-met-1819822691
Money quote: “Facebook warns users to be judicious about using all this data. “You may have business or personal contacts in your phone,” the Learn More screen admonishes the reader. “Please only send friend requests to people you know personally who would welcome the invite.”
Having issued this warning, and having acknowledged that people in your address book may not necessarily want to be connected to you, Facebook will then do exactly what it warned you not to do. If you agree to share your contacts, every piece of contact data you possess will go to Facebook, and the network will then use it to try to search for connections between everyone you know, no matter how slightly—and you won’t see it happen.”
https://gizmodo.com/how-facebook-figures-out-everyone-youve-ever-met-1819822691
Gizmodo
How Facebook Figures Out Everyone You've Ever Met
In real life, in the natural course of conversation, it is not uncommon to talk about a person you may know. You meet someone and say, “I’m from Sarasota,” and they say, “Oh, I have a grandparent in Sarasota,” and they tell you where they live and their name…
Un'immagine, una sola immagine, vista ogni giorno per anni da un miliardo di persone. Io non sono tra questi, ma il fotografo che ha scattato la foto della collina diventata lo sfondo dello schermo di Windows Xp (si intitola “bliss”) secondo me la sua soddisfazione se l'è tolta. Anche economica.
Money quote: “In 2000, Microsoft called to see if they could use his picture for its new operating system. O’Rear sold all the rights for an undisclosed sum—but a sum large enough that no one was willing to insure the negatives to be shipped. O’Rear flew to Seattle and delivered them in person. Since the release of Windows XP in 2001, the image has graced the screens of over a billion computers all over the world.”
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/location-of-the-microsoft-windows-xp-wallpaper
Qui ci sono le coordinate per andare a vedere la suddetta collina. Spoiler: non è affatto così sexy. La fotografia come arte di rendere belle le cose normali.
Money quote: “In 2000, Microsoft called to see if they could use his picture for its new operating system. O’Rear sold all the rights for an undisclosed sum—but a sum large enough that no one was willing to insure the negatives to be shipped. O’Rear flew to Seattle and delivered them in person. Since the release of Windows XP in 2001, the image has graced the screens of over a billion computers all over the world.”
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/location-of-the-microsoft-windows-xp-wallpaper
Qui ci sono le coordinate per andare a vedere la suddetta collina. Spoiler: non è affatto così sexy. La fotografia come arte di rendere belle le cose normali.
Atlas Obscura
Location of the Microsoft Windows XP Default Wallpaper in Sonoma
The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.
Sempre nella repubblica di Weimar, a Berlino, ci sono storie e angoli da esplorare. Quello dell'identità, del travestitismo, del genere, è intrigante. Buona lettura per la domenica.
Money quote: "Hirschfeld was one of a few doctors in the city who helped people with minority sexual identities. Meanwhile, other people became increasingly aware of the issues they faced. A 1906 German newspaper report, quoted in Robert Beachy’s Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity, tells the story of a person who was assigned female at birth**, but only appeared “unsuspicious” if allowed to wear men’s clothing. The paper chastises city officials: “There are men with the faces of women, and women with the faces of men. If necessary, police officials need to be schooled by Dr. Hirschfeld. Such mistrust as in this case should not be based on ignorance.” This was typical of a certain segment of Weimar society, Beachy says. “You can sort of see that there was, at least in some quarters, a liberal tolerance that was clearly visible.”"
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/trans-id-passes-weimar-germany-marcus-hirschfeld
Money quote: "Hirschfeld was one of a few doctors in the city who helped people with minority sexual identities. Meanwhile, other people became increasingly aware of the issues they faced. A 1906 German newspaper report, quoted in Robert Beachy’s Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity, tells the story of a person who was assigned female at birth**, but only appeared “unsuspicious” if allowed to wear men’s clothing. The paper chastises city officials: “There are men with the faces of women, and women with the faces of men. If necessary, police officials need to be schooled by Dr. Hirschfeld. Such mistrust as in this case should not be based on ignorance.” This was typical of a certain segment of Weimar society, Beachy says. “You can sort of see that there was, at least in some quarters, a liberal tolerance that was clearly visible.”"
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/trans-id-passes-weimar-germany-marcus-hirschfeld
Atlas Obscura
The Early 20th-Century ID Cards That Kept Trans People Safe From Harassment
The radical days of the Weimar Republic, just before the rise of Nazism.
Questa cosa di Twitter e dei 280 caratteri spazi inclusi (anziché 140) non sta proprio andando giù alle folle della rete.
Money quote: “Twitter is like a modern-day version of a letter to the editor. Have you ever read a letter to the editor that wouldn’t have been better shorter?”
https://medium.com/@davepell/twitters-character-assassination-62e549ff89e8
Money quote: “Twitter is like a modern-day version of a letter to the editor. Have you ever read a letter to the editor that wouldn’t have been better shorter?”
https://medium.com/@davepell/twitters-character-assassination-62e549ff89e8
Medium
Twitter’s Character Assassination
Dear Twitter,