Un moderno processore, alla fine, è un insieme di transistor stampati su una superficie di silicio con avanzate tecniche litografiche. Ma è pur sempre un insieme di transistor, il cui scopo è riprodurre un gate logico o un circuito flip-flop per l'archiviazione della memoria. E perché allora non prendere un mitico processore degli anni Ottanta, e trasformarlo in un progetto "a misura d'uomo"? Il MOnSter 6502 è tutto da vedere
Money quote: "The 6502 is the famous processor found at the core of such influential computer systems as the Apple ][, the Commodore PET, the Atari 400 and 800 home video game consoles, the BBC Micro, and the Tamagotchi digital pet. Slight variations of it were found in the Commodore 64, the Atari 2600, and the original Nintendo Entertainment System."
http://monster6502.com/
Money quote: "The 6502 is the famous processor found at the core of such influential computer systems as the Apple ][, the Commodore PET, the Atari 400 and 800 home video game consoles, the BBC Micro, and the Tamagotchi digital pet. Slight variations of it were found in the Commodore 64, the Atari 2600, and the original Nintendo Entertainment System."
http://monster6502.com/
Vivo nella Chinatown di Milano e non passa giorno che qualche benestante locale non indossi, anzi ostenti, una maglietta o un guibbotto Supreme. Di cosa stiamo parlando? Wired Usa lo racconta bene.
Money quote: "If you have no idea why someone would pay $100 just to get a crack at spending another $200 on a pair of sneakers, that’s OK: Supreme isn’t meant for you anyway. Since its launch in 1994, the company has turned conventional consumerism on its head and formed a cultlike fandom in the process. Its first store, still the flagship location, opened on the edge of Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood back when the concept of streetwear was practically unheard of."
https://www.wired.com/2017/05/using-bots-to-buy-supreme-limited-edition-streetwear/
Money quote: "If you have no idea why someone would pay $100 just to get a crack at spending another $200 on a pair of sneakers, that’s OK: Supreme isn’t meant for you anyway. Since its launch in 1994, the company has turned conventional consumerism on its head and formed a cultlike fandom in the process. Its first store, still the flagship location, opened on the edge of Manhattan’s SoHo neighborhood back when the concept of streetwear was practically unheard of."
https://www.wired.com/2017/05/using-bots-to-buy-supreme-limited-edition-streetwear/
WIRED
Supreme, and the Botmakers Who Rule the Obsessive World of Streetwear
In the fanatical world of limited-release streetwear, milliseconds matter---and bots rule.
L'obiettivo è ripensare il modello della crescita. E andare oltre la retorica della startup (contrapposta a quella dell'impresa "tradizionale"). Perché, finalmente si comincia a dirlo sempre più spesso, le startup fanno probabilmente bene all'economia, ma non fanno bene a chi le fa.
Money quote: "The problem is the way most approach entrepreneurship is flawed from the beginning. They try to be disruptors, build the new put-successful-company-name-here and end up with a unicorn. Unfortunately, though, not many of those actually have the chutzpah and genius needed to do that.
Ever wondered why we always hear about the Jobses, Zuckerbergs, Kalanicks and Cheskys, and only about them? That’s because there are not many people who can actually build something so successful and disruptive."
https://medium.com/@SoldOutSupplier/dont-build-a-startup-build-a-business-127b61328922
Money quote: "The problem is the way most approach entrepreneurship is flawed from the beginning. They try to be disruptors, build the new put-successful-company-name-here and end up with a unicorn. Unfortunately, though, not many of those actually have the chutzpah and genius needed to do that.
Ever wondered why we always hear about the Jobses, Zuckerbergs, Kalanicks and Cheskys, and only about them? That’s because there are not many people who can actually build something so successful and disruptive."
https://medium.com/@SoldOutSupplier/dont-build-a-startup-build-a-business-127b61328922
Medium
Don’t Build a Startup, Build a Business.
Everybody and their dog seems to want to build a startup, but guess how many of those actually get to delivering a finished product and…
Non lo sai, ma Apple ti ascolta - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/non-lo-sai-apple-ti-ascolta/
https://www.macitynet.it/non-lo-sai-apple-ti-ascolta/
Macitynet.it
Non lo sai, ma Apple ti ascolta - Macitynet.it
No, Apple non ti spia. Invece fa attenzione alle critiche che vengono avanzate da utenti e sviluppatori. E risponde nei fatti, non con chiacchiere e distintivo
Apple: meglio ottimi secondi che sbagliare per primi - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/meglio-ottimi-secondi-sbagliare-primi/
https://www.macitynet.it/meglio-ottimi-secondi-sbagliare-primi/
Macitynet.it
Apple: meglio ottimi secondi che sbagliare per primi - Macitynet.it
Realtà virtuale e aumentata, deep learning e intelligenza artificiale: perché per Apple ha più senso arrivare dopo ma bene anziché arrivare prima ma male
Sorpresa! L’iPad Pro 10.5 vuole accessori tutti nuovi - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/sorpresa-lipad-pro-10-5-vuole-accessori-tutti-nuovi/
https://www.macitynet.it/sorpresa-lipad-pro-10-5-vuole-accessori-tutti-nuovi/
Macitynet.it
Sorpresa! L’iPad Pro 10.5 vuole accessori tutti nuovi - Macitynet.it
Centimetro alla mano, non cambia solo lo schermo ma anche la scocca. E “salta” tutto, anche la vecchia Smart Keyboard, che adesso diventa un po’ più grande e comoda
Se siete utenti di 1Password (ottimo software Mac/iOS per la gestione delle passowrd e dei dati sensibili) e avete resistito al cambiamento di modello commerciale con la trasformazione da costoso acquisto ad ancora più costoso abbonamento, c'è una novità interessante. La possibilità di selezionare la modalità "travel" per togliere momentaneamente i dati non essenziali mentre si viaggia.
Una modalità semi-nascosta, pensata più che per il pubblico Usa per quello internazionale che si trovi a viaggiare attraverso un sistema di immigrazione sempre più occhiuto e privo di garanzie legali (si sa: no man's land...)
Money quote: "Travel Mode is a new feature we’re making available to everyone with a 1Password membership. It protects your 1Password data from unwarranted searches when you travel. When you turn on Travel Mode, every vault will be removed from your devices except for the ones marked “safe for travel.” All it takes is a single click to travel with confidence."
https://blog.agilebits.com/2017/05/18/introducing-travel-mode-protect-your-data-when-crossing-borders/
Una modalità semi-nascosta, pensata più che per il pubblico Usa per quello internazionale che si trovi a viaggiare attraverso un sistema di immigrazione sempre più occhiuto e privo di garanzie legali (si sa: no man's land...)
Money quote: "Travel Mode is a new feature we’re making available to everyone with a 1Password membership. It protects your 1Password data from unwarranted searches when you travel. When you turn on Travel Mode, every vault will be removed from your devices except for the ones marked “safe for travel.” All it takes is a single click to travel with confidence."
https://blog.agilebits.com/2017/05/18/introducing-travel-mode-protect-your-data-when-crossing-borders/
1Password Blog
Introducing Travel Mode: Protect your data when crossing borders | 1Password Blog
Travel Mode protects your 1Password data from unwarranted searches when you travel. Find out how – and why — to use it.
Se andate a Hong Kong, non fatevi mancare il cimitero degli dei minori.
Money quote: "At the bottom of the stairs in Waterfall Bay Park in the southern part of the Wah Fu district of Hong Kong is a hillside where people bring household deities they can no longer keep"
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/a-sky-full-of-gods-and-buddhas
Money quote: "At the bottom of the stairs in Waterfall Bay Park in the southern part of the Wah Fu district of Hong Kong is a hillside where people bring household deities they can no longer keep"
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/a-sky-full-of-gods-and-buddhas
Atlas Obscura
A Sky Full of Gods and Buddhas in Hong Kong Island
Thousands of abandoned statues of deities are taken to this hillside in southern Hong Kong.
Forwarded from Social&Positive News - L'informazione che fa bene
🙋🏻♂️⚖️ 🗝 #Carcere
Se in Italia viviamo da decenni una “emergenza carcere” a causa del sovraffollamento, c’è un Paese in Europa che sta chiudendo le sue prigioni perché mancano i detenuti! Sto parlando dei Paesi Bassi che recentemente hanno chiuso cinque carceri, dopo averne chiuse altre 19 nel 2013. Negli ultimi anni, infatti, i tassi di incarcerazione olandesi stanno scendendo sempre più portando l’Olanda a livelli tra i più bassi nel mondo. Come? Semplice! Con nuovi e innovativi programmi di riabilitazione, leggi sulla droga più leggere e l'uso di cavigliere elettroniche che permettono ai condannati per i reati minori di tornare a lavorare e a vivere nella società invece che languire in una cella. E non solo. Le carceri chiuse sono convertite in appartamenti per i rifugiati e i richiedenti asilo, oppure affittati o dati in concessione generando così nuove risorse per la collettività.
Se in Italia viviamo da decenni una “emergenza carcere” a causa del sovraffollamento, c’è un Paese in Europa che sta chiudendo le sue prigioni perché mancano i detenuti! Sto parlando dei Paesi Bassi che recentemente hanno chiuso cinque carceri, dopo averne chiuse altre 19 nel 2013. Negli ultimi anni, infatti, i tassi di incarcerazione olandesi stanno scendendo sempre più portando l’Olanda a livelli tra i più bassi nel mondo. Come? Semplice! Con nuovi e innovativi programmi di riabilitazione, leggi sulla droga più leggere e l'uso di cavigliere elettroniche che permettono ai condannati per i reati minori di tornare a lavorare e a vivere nella società invece che languire in una cella. E non solo. Le carceri chiuse sono convertite in appartamenti per i rifugiati e i richiedenti asilo, oppure affittati o dati in concessione generando così nuove risorse per la collettività.
Mezzopieno News
SEMPRE MENO CRIMINALI: CHIUDONO I CARCERI OLANDESI
A causa del forte decremento della criminalità nei Paesi Bassi, cinque carceri olandesi sono stati definitivamente chiusi. L'annuncio arriva tre anni dopo che il governo olandese ha chiuso 19 prigioni...
Storia di The Strand, la libreria più figa (e famosa) di New York, che ha 90 anni adesso.
Money quote: "The Strand also had a little help getting through tough financial times—Bass's son, Fred Bass, began working in the shop at age 13, and he told the Times that during the Great Depression, the Fourth Avenue building's landlord, an heir of Peter Stuyvesant's, let the store stay rent free for a few years until Bass could repay the debt when the economy improved"
http://gothamist.com/2017/06/08/history_of_the_strand.php
Money quote: "The Strand also had a little help getting through tough financial times—Bass's son, Fred Bass, began working in the shop at age 13, and he told the Times that during the Great Depression, the Fourth Avenue building's landlord, an heir of Peter Stuyvesant's, let the store stay rent free for a few years until Bass could repay the debt when the economy improved"
http://gothamist.com/2017/06/08/history_of_the_strand.php
Gothamist
A Brief History Of The Strand, As The Legendary Bookstore Turns 90
The Strand turns 90 this month, and to celebrate, we've dug into its fantastic history in New York.
Una mostra sulle cover dei pulp, i romanzi da quattro soldi venduti nelle stazioni ferroviarie americane, mi fa ripensare al rapporto tra copertina e acquisto.
Money quote: "“Pulp magazine publishers typically used a better-quality wrapper to sell the periodicals, employing talented artists to render dramatic, sensationalist—and sometimes slightly salacious—color cover illustrations that captured gun-wielding gangsters, square-jawed detectives, seductive femme fatales, and damsels in distress in stop-action images,” says Frank Luca, chief librarian at the Wolfsonian-FIU museum in Miami Beach"
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pulp-magazines-books-detective-fiction
Money quote: "“Pulp magazine publishers typically used a better-quality wrapper to sell the periodicals, employing talented artists to render dramatic, sensationalist—and sometimes slightly salacious—color cover illustrations that captured gun-wielding gangsters, square-jawed detectives, seductive femme fatales, and damsels in distress in stop-action images,” says Frank Luca, chief librarian at the Wolfsonian-FIU museum in Miami Beach"
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pulp-magazines-books-detective-fiction
Atlas Obscura
Cheap Thrills, Private Dicks, and Desperate Dames From the Heyday of Pulp Fiction
The enduring appeal of the lowest common denominator.
La nuova Nokia è una startup che nasce dalla vecchia Nokia - il mio articolo per La Stampa
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/06/09/tecnologia/news/la-nuova-nokia-una-startup-che-nasce-dalla-vecchia-nokia-0lBTmbCi39C4DVqgCv7wLN/pagina.html
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/06/09/tecnologia/news/la-nuova-nokia-una-startup-che-nasce-dalla-vecchia-nokia-0lBTmbCi39C4DVqgCv7wLN/pagina.html
LaStampa.it
La nuova Nokia è una startup che nasce dalla vecchia Nokia
Jon French, responsabile europeo di HMD Global, spiega il ruolo del 3310 e degli altri modelli nel rilancio di una delle aziende più amate nel mondo della telefonia mobile
Salvate il soldato Mac mini - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/salvate-soldato-mac-mini/
https://www.macitynet.it/salvate-soldato-mac-mini/
Macitynet.it
Salvate il soldato Mac mini - Macitynet.it
È il più piccolo, il più teneroso e il più umile dei Mac. Costa poco, fa davvero tanto, ma a lui nessuno pensa più?
App Store non sono tutte rose e fiori. Ci sono anche i malintenzionati che truffano
Money quote: "Given the terrible title of this app (inconsistent capitalization, misplaced colon, and grammatically nonsensical “Clean & Security VPN?”), I was sure this was a bug in the rankings algorithm. So I check Sensor Tower for an estimate of the app’s revenue, which showed… $80,000 per month?? That couldn’t possibly be right. Now I was really curious"
https://medium.com/@johnnylin/how-to-make-80-000-per-month-on-the-apple-app-store-bdb943862e88
Money quote: "Given the terrible title of this app (inconsistent capitalization, misplaced colon, and grammatically nonsensical “Clean & Security VPN?”), I was sure this was a bug in the rankings algorithm. So I check Sensor Tower for an estimate of the app’s revenue, which showed… $80,000 per month?? That couldn’t possibly be right. Now I was really curious"
https://medium.com/@johnnylin/how-to-make-80-000-per-month-on-the-apple-app-store-bdb943862e88
Medium
How to Make $80,000 Per Month on the Apple App Store
It’s far easier than you think. No luck or perseverance necessary.
Wittgenstein spiegò che per chi non crede è impossibile distinguere religione da superstizione. Ma c'è anche un altro aspetto interessante. Come distinguere tra Chiesa vera e propria e setta?
Money quote: "Less easy, though, is identifying why. Knee-jerk reactions make for poor sociology, and delineating what, exactly, makes a cult (as opposed to a ‘proper’ religious movement) often comes down to judgment calls based on perceived legitimacy. Prod that perception of legitimacy, however, and you find value judgments based on age, tradition or ‘respectability’ (that nice middle-class couple down the street, say, as opposed to Tom Cruise jumping up and down on a couch). At the same time, the markers of cultism as applied more theoretically – a single charismatic leader, an insular structure, seeming religious ecstasy, a financial burden on members – can also be applied to any number of new or burgeoning religious movements that we don’t call cults"
https://aeon.co/essays/theres-no-sharp-distinction-between-cult-and-regular-religion
Money quote: "Less easy, though, is identifying why. Knee-jerk reactions make for poor sociology, and delineating what, exactly, makes a cult (as opposed to a ‘proper’ religious movement) often comes down to judgment calls based on perceived legitimacy. Prod that perception of legitimacy, however, and you find value judgments based on age, tradition or ‘respectability’ (that nice middle-class couple down the street, say, as opposed to Tom Cruise jumping up and down on a couch). At the same time, the markers of cultism as applied more theoretically – a single charismatic leader, an insular structure, seeming religious ecstasy, a financial burden on members – can also be applied to any number of new or burgeoning religious movements that we don’t call cults"
https://aeon.co/essays/theres-no-sharp-distinction-between-cult-and-regular-religion
Aeon
What is a cult?
Cults are exploitative, weird groups with strange beliefs and practices, right? So what about regular religions then?
ATTENZIONE
Questo link non è per tutti e potrebbe offendere la vostra sensibilità o crearvi problemi se aperto sul luogo di lavoro, in famiglia etc etc.
Il Guardian racconta di una fotografa che ha realizzato un libro con cento foto di altrettanti uomini nudi. Ma si vede solo all'altezza della vita, cioè con il pene esposto. "Me and my penis" si intitola. Le immagini sono decisamente esplicite. Il progetto dell'artista è molto serio e, se leggete l'articolo, anche piuttosto interessante.
Money quote: "Dodsworth has now photographed 100 men. In each photo, you see penis and testicles, belly, hands and thighs. The humanity lies in the relationship between these body parts. A few of the men look like self-satisfied alphas (we have to guess: we can’t see their faces), but most appear vulnerable in one way or the other, whether it’s their pose or the way they hold their hands"
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/27/me-and-my-penis-100-men-reveal-all
Questo link non è per tutti e potrebbe offendere la vostra sensibilità o crearvi problemi se aperto sul luogo di lavoro, in famiglia etc etc.
Il Guardian racconta di una fotografa che ha realizzato un libro con cento foto di altrettanti uomini nudi. Ma si vede solo all'altezza della vita, cioè con il pene esposto. "Me and my penis" si intitola. Le immagini sono decisamente esplicite. Il progetto dell'artista è molto serio e, se leggete l'articolo, anche piuttosto interessante.
Money quote: "Dodsworth has now photographed 100 men. In each photo, you see penis and testicles, belly, hands and thighs. The humanity lies in the relationship between these body parts. A few of the men look like self-satisfied alphas (we have to guess: we can’t see their faces), but most appear vulnerable in one way or the other, whether it’s their pose or the way they hold their hands"
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/27/me-and-my-penis-100-men-reveal-all
the Guardian
Me and my penis: 100 men reveal all
From the sex addict to the vicar, men open up about their manhood
Una cronista del New York Times va a zig-zag in aereo attraverso gli Stati Uniti per una settimana. Lo scopo è documentare come si viaggia in aereo oggi. Il risultato mi mette solo l'ansia. È molto diverso dall'Italia e da buona parte dell'Europa (noi abbiamo una prevalenza di voli turistici low cost, loro un esercito di businessmen e rappresentanti che vaga per il continente nordamericano) ma i fondamentali non cambiano.
Money quote: "A thin curtain separates us from first class, but it feels impenetrable. A passenger attempts to use the first-class bathrooms but is ordered to the back of the plane. As the flight attendants dole out our sole free snack on this flight of six and a half hours — a lone Lotus Biscoff (“Europe’s Favorite Cookie With Coffee”) — the aroma of something delicious that may or may not be lasagna wafts in from the front."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/09/business/what-its-like-to-fly-for-a-week-straight.html
Money quote: "A thin curtain separates us from first class, but it feels impenetrable. A passenger attempts to use the first-class bathrooms but is ordered to the back of the plane. As the flight attendants dole out our sole free snack on this flight of six and a half hours — a lone Lotus Biscoff (“Europe’s Favorite Cookie With Coffee”) — the aroma of something delicious that may or may not be lasagna wafts in from the front."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/09/business/what-its-like-to-fly-for-a-week-straight.html
Nytimes
Paying a Price for 8 Days of Flying in America
Viral videos of travelers being dragged. Fights over strollers. To understand the forces shaping air travel today, Sarah Lyall booked a week aloft.
Forwarded from Daily Egg
"They took our sovereignty and what have they done for Britain?" Patrick Stewart wants to be absolutely clear about the European Convention for Human Rights: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/video/2016/apr/25/patrick-stewart-sketch-what-has-the-echr-ever-done-for-us-video
the Guardian
Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us? - video
Patrick Stewart, Adrian Scarborough and Sarah Solemani perform a satirical take on the Tory party’s human rights policy, inspired by the classic Monty Python sketch
Gli americani si interrogano su molte cose. E scoprono che la semplificazione della realtà non funziona. Ad esempio, in campo sanitario.
Money quote: “More women in this country are prescribed oral contraception for medical reasons than for pregnancy prevention. If the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress succeed in stripping funding from Planned Parenthood and giving employers carte blanche to deny women necessary medication under murky notions of moral disdain, all paths to health and wellness will disappear for a huge swath of Americans.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/09/opinion/lena-dunham-losing-birth-control-could-mean-a-life-of-pain.html
Money quote: “More women in this country are prescribed oral contraception for medical reasons than for pregnancy prevention. If the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress succeed in stripping funding from Planned Parenthood and giving employers carte blanche to deny women necessary medication under murky notions of moral disdain, all paths to health and wellness will disappear for a huge swath of Americans.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/09/opinion/lena-dunham-losing-birth-control-could-mean-a-life-of-pain.html
Nytimes
Lena Dunham: Losing Birth Control Could Mean a Life of Pain
As I deal with endometriosis, oral contraception has been my savior. Without it, many women will suffer needlessly.