Tutti hanno un obiettivo. Il super tecnologo (ha cofondato PayPal) Peter Thiel aiuta Donald Trump a fare la transizione dei poteri. E punta
molto chiaramente alla Nasa. Con nomine calibrate. Perché è del partito della privatizzazione estrema della corsa allo spazio.
È tutto un magna magna.
Money quote: "With Silicon Valley giant Peter Thiel now on their side, they’re finally gaining steam. Thiel is not only buddies with the President-elect, but longtime friends of SpaceX founder Elon Musk, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who heads his own space project, Blue Origin. Thiel is also a member of the more than two dozen people on the executive council that is overseeing the current transition of power."
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/peter-thiel-helped-private-space-industry-score-spots-in-trumps-nasa-transition
molto chiaramente alla Nasa. Con nomine calibrate. Perché è del partito della privatizzazione estrema della corsa allo spazio.
È tutto un magna magna.
Money quote: "With Silicon Valley giant Peter Thiel now on their side, they’re finally gaining steam. Thiel is not only buddies with the President-elect, but longtime friends of SpaceX founder Elon Musk, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who heads his own space project, Blue Origin. Thiel is also a member of the more than two dozen people on the executive council that is overseeing the current transition of power."
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/peter-thiel-helped-private-space-industry-score-spots-in-trumps-nasa-transition
Motherboard
Peter Thiel Helped Land His Private Space Bros on Trump’s NASA Transition Team
As with the rest of Trump’s transition team, however, possible conflicts of interest abound.
Lo scoprì nel 1947 l'ammiraglio Grace Hopper. È il primo "bug", il primo baci dell'informatica. Ed è conservato in un museo americano. Letteralmente.
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grace-hoppers-bug
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grace-hoppers-bug
Atlas Obscura
Grace Hopper's Bug in Washington
A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.
Cosa ne pensa David Pogue, ex New York Times e oggi columnist di Yahoo Finance, delle AirPods
Money quote: "They stay in snugly when you’re dancing, bopping, shivering. They stay in under conditions when the wired EarPods would have fallen out. In other words, here’s what most people miss: The weight and tug of the earbud cord add to the falling-out problem, rather than solving it.
So if that’s what you’re worried about, forget it."
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/david-pogue-apple-airpods-review-185019320.html
Money quote: "They stay in snugly when you’re dancing, bopping, shivering. They stay in under conditions when the wired EarPods would have fallen out. In other words, here’s what most people miss: The weight and tug of the earbud cord add to the falling-out problem, rather than solving it.
So if that’s what you’re worried about, forget it."
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/david-pogue-apple-airpods-review-185019320.html
Yahoo
Apple Airpods review: You're worrying about the wrong thing
In 2010, when a customer wrote Apple (AAPL) to complain about his iPhone 4 dropping calls, Steve Jobs himself emailed back. Here they are: Apple’s wireless, $160 AirPods. Starting with the iPhone 7, Apple joined a growing list of phone makers that are eliminating…
A quanto pare là fuori qualcuno si sta rendendo conto che forse la produttività a tutti i costi non fa bene. Non fa per niente bene. Un primo passo verso una più ampia presa di coscienza?
Money quote: “The allure of the doctrine of time management is that, one day, everything might finally be under control. Yet work in the modern economy is notable for its limitlessness. And if the stream of incoming emails is endless, Inbox Zero can never bring liberation: you’re still Sisyphus, rolling his boulder up that hill for all eternity – you’re just rolling it slightly faster.”
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/22/why-time-management-is-ruining-our-lives
Money quote: “The allure of the doctrine of time management is that, one day, everything might finally be under control. Yet work in the modern economy is notable for its limitlessness. And if the stream of incoming emails is endless, Inbox Zero can never bring liberation: you’re still Sisyphus, rolling his boulder up that hill for all eternity – you’re just rolling it slightly faster.”
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/22/why-time-management-is-ruining-our-lives
the Guardian
Why time management is ruining our lives | Oliver Burkeman
The Long Read: All of our efforts to be more productive backfire – and only make us feel even busier and more stressed
Letture per la domenica. L'Economist racconta con un articolo lungo la storia di Super Mario e della Nintendo. Interessante e a tratti sorprendente.
Money quote: "In 1985 Famicom was released in America as the Nintendo Entertainment System, with “Super Mario Bros.” included in the price. The new game revolved around Mario’s quest to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser, a giant evil turtle. But if the set-up of damsel distressed by unfeasibly large animal seemed familiar, very little else did. The game took place under a clear blue sky at a time when most games were played on a space-y black background. Mario ate magic mushrooms that made him bigger, or “Super”, and jaunted from place to place through green pipes. “Super Mario Bros.” offered an entire world to explore, replete with mushroom traitors (“Goombas”), turtle soldiers (“Koopa Troopas”) and man-eating flora (“Piranha Plants”). It was full of hidden tricks and levels. It was like nothing anybody had ever seen."
http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21712064-pudgy-italian-plumber-who-lives-america-was-conceived-japan-and-loved
Money quote: "In 1985 Famicom was released in America as the Nintendo Entertainment System, with “Super Mario Bros.” included in the price. The new game revolved around Mario’s quest to rescue Princess Peach from Bowser, a giant evil turtle. But if the set-up of damsel distressed by unfeasibly large animal seemed familiar, very little else did. The game took place under a clear blue sky at a time when most games were played on a space-y black background. Mario ate magic mushrooms that made him bigger, or “Super”, and jaunted from place to place through green pipes. “Super Mario Bros.” offered an entire world to explore, replete with mushroom traitors (“Goombas”), turtle soldiers (“Koopa Troopas”) and man-eating flora (“Piranha Plants”). It was full of hidden tricks and levels. It was like nothing anybody had ever seen."
http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21712064-pudgy-italian-plumber-who-lives-america-was-conceived-japan-and-loved
The Economist
How Super Mario became a global cultural icon
A pudgy Italian plumber who lives in America, was conceived in Japan and is loved throughout the world
L'arzilla vecchietta. Jane Fonda ha appena compiuto 79 anni e si è regalata una bella marcia di protesta contro la sua banca perché supporta un oleodotto che passa attraverso territori dei nativi americani, incontaminati e a rischio disastro ambientale se ci dovesse essere un incidente.
Money quote: ""Well, I found out my bank, Wells Fargo, is invested in the North Dakota pipeline. The two companies that own it and run it, Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco. And given the realities of the pipeline and what it represents, which includes some pretty serious risks of disaster, I am withdrawing my money from Wells Fargo," she said"
http://abc7.com/amp/news/jane-fonda-protests-dakota-access-pipeline-on-79th-birthday/1668139/
Money quote: ""Well, I found out my bank, Wells Fargo, is invested in the North Dakota pipeline. The two companies that own it and run it, Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco. And given the realities of the pipeline and what it represents, which includes some pretty serious risks of disaster, I am withdrawing my money from Wells Fargo," she said"
http://abc7.com/amp/news/jane-fonda-protests-dakota-access-pipeline-on-79th-birthday/1668139/
ABC7 Los Angeles
Jane Fonda protests Dakota Access Pipeline on 79th birthday
Actress Jane Fonda spent her 79th birthday protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline, and her birthday gift to herself was taking her money out of Wells Fargo bank.
Come ci si sente ad essere una donna che cammina per la strada, con una giacca di pelle e un paio di jeans? I "complimenti" fioccano e sono qualcosa più che fastidiosi. Ma cosa succede se la donna in questione risponde colpo su colpo? Un video notevole.
Money quote:
"-È perché sono brutto?
-Uhm... sì"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35KqGNa1FGA
Money quote:
"-È perché sono brutto?
-Uhm... sì"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35KqGNa1FGA
YouTube
10 hours of walking but this time she talks back (BEST CATCALL parody)
Jukin Media Verified (Original) * For licensing / permission to use: Contact - licensing(at)jukinmediadotcom
Another catcall video but this time, she doesn't walk silently.
Written and produced with some improv.
Starring: Shannon Burke
With: Jennifer Bareilles…
Another catcall video but this time, she doesn't walk silently.
Written and produced with some improv.
Starring: Shannon Burke
With: Jennifer Bareilles…
Forwarded from Fumettologica
Una delle grandi tradizioni di Guerre stellari è la cartolina natalizia che la Lucasfilm e i suoi dipartimenti (LucasArt su tutti) invia ai propri dipendenti ogni anno dal 1978 (con uno stop tra gli anni Ottanta e Novanta).
http://www.fumettologica.it/2016/12/cartoline-natale-star-wars/
http://www.fumettologica.it/2016/12/cartoline-natale-star-wars/
Fumettologica
Le cartoline di Natale di Star Wars - Fumettologica
Una delle grandi tradizioni di Guerre stellari è la cartolina natalizia che la Lucasfilm invia ai propri dipendenti ogni anno dal 1978.
La top ten delle liste top ten che vale la pena per il 2016. Digg le ha messe assieme e dentro c'è tutto: dischi, album, libri, film e via dicendo. Compreso un punto di vista umano su come si fanno le liste.
Money quote: "We wish we could say there was a super fancy algorithm that combed the internet and did this for us. But the truth is that the entity doing the internet combing was a human Digg Editor, and calculations were performed by an Excel sheet that ingested and re-ranked all the lists we fed into it (briefly: #1 ranked items received 10 points, #2 ranked items got 9 points... down through #10 ranked items, which got 1 point; items on unranked Top 10 lists all got 5 points)."
http://digg.com/2016/top-10-albums-songs-books-movies
Money quote: "We wish we could say there was a super fancy algorithm that combed the internet and did this for us. But the truth is that the entity doing the internet combing was a human Digg Editor, and calculations were performed by an Excel sheet that ingested and re-ranked all the lists we fed into it (briefly: #1 ranked items received 10 points, #2 ranked items got 9 points... down through #10 ranked items, which got 1 point; items on unranked Top 10 lists all got 5 points)."
http://digg.com/2016/top-10-albums-songs-books-movies
Digg
The Only Top 10 Lists You Need To Read
Nobody has time to read all the Top 10 lists that have been published this month — except for us here at Digg. So we rounded up all the Best Of lists for Albums, Songs, Books and Movies and re-ranked 'em, so you can see the best of the best.
Oprah sta perdendo peso con la dieta (circa 18 chili) e l'azienda produttrice dei prodotit che utilizza (ve la ricordate la buona vecchia Weight Watchers?) guadagna il 20% in Borsa. Ah, Oprah possiede una quota tutt'altro che irrilevante di WW. Potenza della tv.
Money quote: "Weight Watchers gains 20% as Oprah loses 18kg. Broadcaster, who has 10% stake in firm, helps shares make their biggest rise in 10 months as she stars in ads for diet plans"
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/22/oprah-loses-40lbs-and-weight-watchers-shares-leap-20
Money quote: "Weight Watchers gains 20% as Oprah loses 18kg. Broadcaster, who has 10% stake in firm, helps shares make their biggest rise in 10 months as she stars in ads for diet plans"
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/22/oprah-loses-40lbs-and-weight-watchers-shares-leap-20
the Guardian
Weight Watchers gains 20% as Oprah loses 18kg
Broadcaster, who has 10% stake in firm, helps shares make their biggest rise in 10 months as she stars in ads for diet plans
Arriva Natale. Letteralmente. Da qualche parte è già cominciato. Se volete seguire il percorso di Babbo Natale (nel caso siate sufficientemente credenti nelle divinità nordiche riciclate dalla Coca-Cola) il vero originale è il classico sito del NORAD, il comando della difesa aerospaziale se Nord America, nella sua consueta attività di PR che fa avanti da trent'anni almeno.
http://www.noradsanta.org/
http://www.noradsanta.org/
Quanto vale veramente il mondo della musica coperta da copyright e quindi economicamente produttiva? Secondo gli esperti di Spotify più di 24 miliardi di dollari l'anno. E sta crescendo: di un miliardo l'anno scorso.
Money quote:
"Last year, Spotify Director of Economics Will Page helped MBW put the first ever figure on the entire music copyright industry – that’s recorded music, plus revenues generated by publishing/authors rights.
He’s just done it again.
And today, MBW can exclusively present his latest findings."
http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-global-music-copyright-business-is-worth-more-grew-nearly-1bn-last-year/
Money quote:
"Last year, Spotify Director of Economics Will Page helped MBW put the first ever figure on the entire music copyright industry – that’s recorded music, plus revenues generated by publishing/authors rights.
He’s just done it again.
And today, MBW can exclusively present his latest findings."
http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/the-global-music-copyright-business-is-worth-more-grew-nearly-1bn-last-year/
Music Business Worldwide
The global music copyright business is worth more than you think – and grew by nearly $1bn last year
Spotify's economics chief Will Page explains how both publishing and records are growing
In Libano hanno appena nominato un ministro per gli affari femminili (non ho idea di come tradurlo meglio). Fioccano le proteste però perché si tratta di un uomo
Money quote: "Lebanon got a new government this week, including for the first time a women’s affairs minister. But Lebanese feminist groups are protesting the move — because he’s a man."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/22/lebanon-protests-urged-after-man-picked-as-first-womens-affairs-minister
Money quote: "Lebanon got a new government this week, including for the first time a women’s affairs minister. But Lebanese feminist groups are protesting the move — because he’s a man."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/22/lebanon-protests-urged-after-man-picked-as-first-womens-affairs-minister
the Guardian
Lebanon protests urged after man picked as first women's affairs minister
Choice of Jean Ogasapian in Saad Hariri’s new government described by one critic as ‘the ultimate act of mansplaining’
L'articolo lo scrive la moglie di uno ossessionato dal tennis. E abbiamo trovato subito il miglior articolo in italiano del 2016. Alè
Money quote: "Questo è il preambolo per descrivervi fugacemente la sua simpatia e la presenza fondamentale all’interno delle mura domestiche. E ancora grazie a lui per aver creato me, la più grande nemica del tennis, giocato, parlato, visto, scritto, pensato"
http://www.tennispotting.it/2016/tubo-catodico/tennis-bello-non-ci-vivrei/amp/
Ps: sostitute "tennis" con la vostra ossessione preferita e ci siamo dentro tutti
Money quote: "Questo è il preambolo per descrivervi fugacemente la sua simpatia e la presenza fondamentale all’interno delle mura domestiche. E ancora grazie a lui per aver creato me, la più grande nemica del tennis, giocato, parlato, visto, scritto, pensato"
http://www.tennispotting.it/2016/tubo-catodico/tennis-bello-non-ci-vivrei/amp/
Ps: sostitute "tennis" con la vostra ossessione preferita e ci siamo dentro tutti
Tennispotting
Il tennis è bello ma non ci vivrei | Tennispotting
Tennis | Se non vi appassionano gli articoli di tennis ma siete costretti a rileggerli, qui c'è una soluzione.
A Natale (come d’agosto) la Democrazia Cristiana ci aveva abituato ai governi che infilavano le riforme a tradimento, con l’opinione pubblica disattenta e via, a colpo di decreti legge. Ecco, anche le proposte che escono in questa fascia di tempo sono abbastanza “a tradimento”. Come quella di Walter Isaacson, che si è stufato dell’anonimato in rete come default e propone invece di mettere tutto ben vincolato alle singole persone.
A me Isaacson non piace: non tanto copme biografo quanto come presidente dell’Aspen Institute. Poi chissà, magari ha ragione lui. Però, insomma, io non sono d’accordo con questa idea. E non penso che l’anonimato sia la stessa cosa.
Money quote: “In Plato’s Republic, we learn the tale of the Ring of Gyges. Put it on, and you’re invisible and anonymous. The question that Plato asks is whether those who put on the ring will be civil and moral. He thinks not. The internet has proven him correct.“
https://medium.com/@walterisaacson/the-internet-is-broken-heres-how-i-d-fix-it-19d0b2503aee#.fnqzetyi0
A me Isaacson non piace: non tanto copme biografo quanto come presidente dell’Aspen Institute. Poi chissà, magari ha ragione lui. Però, insomma, io non sono d’accordo con questa idea. E non penso che l’anonimato sia la stessa cosa.
Money quote: “In Plato’s Republic, we learn the tale of the Ring of Gyges. Put it on, and you’re invisible and anonymous. The question that Plato asks is whether those who put on the ring will be civil and moral. He thinks not. The internet has proven him correct.“
https://medium.com/@walterisaacson/the-internet-is-broken-heres-how-i-d-fix-it-19d0b2503aee#.fnqzetyi0
Medium
The Internet Is Broken. Here’s How I’d Fix It
Changing the encoded anonymity of the web
Piccoli passi da bambino
Money quote: “This is what starting small looks like”
https://justinjackson.ca/rockstar/
Money quote: “This is what starting small looks like”
https://justinjackson.ca/rockstar/
Justin Jackson
This is what starting small looks like
If you want to build something big, you have to start small. Whether your dream is to build software, record a podcast, or write a book, this is your guide!
Caro popolo del canale Mostly, I Write, auguri di buon Natale. Come potete immaginare, oggi si fa festa!
Ancora auguri!
Ancora auguri!
E così se n'è andato anche George Michael. Qui una sua intervista per il New York Times del 1990 in cui parla del suo album di allora, Listen without prejudice, e della cattiva influenza dei media. Soprattutto di quella televisione che oggi non esiste più.
Buon Santo Stefano!
Money quote: "If Mr. Michael sees television as the enemy of hope and compassion by spreading more bad news than people can deal with, he also sees it as the enemy of his own musical creativity"
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/16/arts/recordings-george-michael-on-fame-and-freedom.html?pagewanted=all
Buon Santo Stefano!
Money quote: "If Mr. Michael sees television as the enemy of hope and compassion by spreading more bad news than people can deal with, he also sees it as the enemy of his own musical creativity"
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/16/arts/recordings-george-michael-on-fame-and-freedom.html?pagewanted=all
Nytimes
RECORDINGS; George Michael on Fame and 'Freedom'
LEAD: George Michael's hit single, ''Praying for Time,'' evokes a 1970's anthem by an ex-Beatle but turned emotionally upside down. Against a funereal beat of the sort George Harrison used to favor in his devotional ballads, the 27-year-old English pop star…
Sono gli attori di Westworld, praticamente tutti: impegnati nelle pubblicità che prima o poi nel corso della loro carriera hanno voluto (o dovuto) fare. Sarebbero state le più incredibili interruzioni pubblicitarie per l’episodio finale della prima stagione…
https://youtu.be/VjiCA4CF700
https://youtu.be/VjiCA4CF700
YouTube
Westworld Commercial Break
The perfect break from your Westworld marathon! Featuring Ads for: Gucci Guilty Commercial Wolf Pack _ RAV4 Hybrid _ Toyota Cingular Wireless Commercial - An...