Nel caso abbiate vissuto dentro il Mac per anni ma adesso abbiate deciso di scappare, pur non essendo Windows un’opzione, cosa vi resta? Ma elementary OS, ovviamente. Il Linux che sembra un macOS..
Money quote: “We’ve been getting a ton of traffic at elementary.io and hearing a lot of chatter from Apple users after the underwhelming MacBook Pro event last week—mainly that Apple has abandoned the “Pro” market for which so many of their products are named. With this week-ish-long series, I’d love to show you how elementary OS is great for both casual computer users and professional developers. Particularly those coming from or more familiar with macOS.”
http://blog.elementary.io/post/152626170946/switching-from-macos-the-basics
Money quote: “We’ve been getting a ton of traffic at elementary.io and hearing a lot of chatter from Apple users after the underwhelming MacBook Pro event last week—mainly that Apple has abandoned the “Pro” market for which so many of their products are named. With this week-ish-long series, I’d love to show you how elementary OS is great for both casual computer users and professional developers. Particularly those coming from or more familiar with macOS.”
http://blog.elementary.io/post/152626170946/switching-from-macos-the-basics
elementary.io
Thoughtful, capable, and ethical computing ⋅ elementary OS
L'ingenua bellezza degli americani si manifesta anche nella loro percezione della lingua. Genuinamente falsa. Che pericolosa meraviglia
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-a-fake-british-accent-took-old-hollywood-by-storm
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-a-fake-british-accent-took-old-hollywood-by-storm
Atlas Obscura
How A Fake British Accent Took Old Hollywood By Storm
The story behind the strange way Katharine Hepburn (and others) spoke.
Il lato oscuro di Aaron Swartz secondo il New Yorker
Money quote: "Aaron Swartz hanged himself in his apartment in Brooklyn on January 11th. He was twenty-six, but he had been well known as a computer programmer for many years. At the age of fourteen, he helped to develop the RSS software that enables the syndication of information over the Internet. At fifteen, he e-mailed one of the leading theorists of Internet law, Lawrence Lessig, and helped to write the code for Lessig’s Creative Commons, which, by writing alternatives to standard copyright licenses, allows people to share their work more freely. At nineteen, he was a developer of Reddit, one of the world’s most widely used social-networking news sites."
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/11/requiem-for-a-dream
Money quote: "Aaron Swartz hanged himself in his apartment in Brooklyn on January 11th. He was twenty-six, but he had been well known as a computer programmer for many years. At the age of fourteen, he helped to develop the RSS software that enables the syndication of information over the Internet. At fifteen, he e-mailed one of the leading theorists of Internet law, Lawrence Lessig, and helped to write the code for Lessig’s Creative Commons, which, by writing alternatives to standard copyright licenses, allows people to share their work more freely. At nineteen, he was a developer of Reddit, one of the world’s most widely used social-networking news sites."
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/11/requiem-for-a-dream
The New Yorker
The Darker Side of Aaron Swartz
Swartz was brilliant and beloved. But the people who knew the gifted programmer best saw another side.
La narrazione dominante su Apple è che abbia toppato, questa volta. L'ho interpretata anche io ieri. Altri invece seguono una strada diversa e meno popolare: Apple non sta toppando. Anzi! Avrebbe però potuto manovrare in modo diverso.
Money quote: "A lot of it boils down to this concept: We demand Apple innovate, but we insist they don’t change anything."
https://chuqui.com/2016/10/how-apple-could-have-avoided-much-of-the-controversy/
Money quote: "A lot of it boils down to this concept: We demand Apple innovate, but we insist they don’t change anything."
https://chuqui.com/2016/10/how-apple-could-have-avoided-much-of-the-controversy/
Chuq Von Rospach
How Apple could have avoided much of the controversy
Here’s a basic reality: criticizing and second-guessing Apple is a hobby for many of us, and a profession for more than is probably healthy for the Apple ecosystem. That is a basic reality th…
Un altro punto di vista: i prodotti di Apple costano cari perché c'è dentro tecnologia costosa, e a volerli comparare pezzo a pezzo con la concorrenza la teoria regge. Forse.
Money quote: "In this column, I'd like to show that, although the latest MacBook Pro computers are expensive, they're not really overpriced."
http://host.madison.com/business/investment/markets-and-stocks/apple-inc-s-new-macbook-pro-computers-aren-t-overpriced/article_ab0fa142-8892-54d7-a184-a05303a91d8d.html
Money quote: "In this column, I'd like to show that, although the latest MacBook Pro computers are expensive, they're not really overpriced."
http://host.madison.com/business/investment/markets-and-stocks/apple-inc-s-new-macbook-pro-computers-aren-t-overpriced/article_ab0fa142-8892-54d7-a184-a05303a91d8d.html
madison.com
Apple Inc.’s New MacBook Pro Computers Aren’t Overpriced
When Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) announced its latest 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Pro computers, there were some potential buyers who were completely put off by the prices. The base model of
La cosa bella con la Cina è che ogni tanto sembra l'America degli anni Cinquanta. In questo caso una donna ha intortato venti aspiranti fidanzati per comprarsi la casa rivendendo i loro regali: venti iPhone. Astuta come i film di Marilyn Monroe
Money quote: "he scheme involved a woman convincing her "20 boyfriends" to each buy her a new iPhone 7, which she then sold to buy a house"
http://abc7.com/society/woman-buys-house-by-getting-20-boyfriends-to-get-her-an-iphone/1592153/
Money quote: "he scheme involved a woman convincing her "20 boyfriends" to each buy her a new iPhone 7, which she then sold to buy a house"
http://abc7.com/society/woman-buys-house-by-getting-20-boyfriends-to-get-her-an-iphone/1592153/
ABC7 Los Angeles
Woman buys house by getting 20 boyfriends to get her an iPhone
One crafty female from China has performed the ultimate hustle to raise funds for a home deposit.
Promessa sposa si fa regalare iPhone 7 da 20 fidanzati per comprare casa - ed ecco il mio articolo sul tema, per Macity
http://www.macitynet.it/cina-truffare-20-fidanzati-comprarsi-la-casa-vivere-felici/
http://www.macitynet.it/cina-truffare-20-fidanzati-comprarsi-la-casa-vivere-felici/
Macitynet.it
Promessa sposa si fa regalare iPhone 7 da 20 fidanzati per comprare casa
Storia di una giovane donna cinese che si è fidanzata, si è fatta regalare iPhone 7, l'ha rivenduto e, dopo aver ripetuto il processo per venti volte, si è comprata la casa
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Abbiate pazienza ma il mio "quando avrò 40 anni" si sta avvicinando, ed "è tutta questione di aggiustare i sogni, come si aggiusta un budget durante l’anno" https://medium.com/@valesarastella/aggiustate-i-sogni-4f63b666cb24#.3jaq2ho1q 😴
Medium
Aggiustate i sogni
Quando ho capito che i sogni non sono intoccabili
È stato quando sono entrata da Liberty che me ne sono resa conto. Io da Liberty andavo ogni volta che ca…
È stato quando sono entrata da Liberty che me ne sono resa conto. Io da Liberty andavo ogni volta che ca…
Forse non siamo figli delle stelle. Forse siamo solo pronipoti, figli solo del nostro sole che riscalda il nostro suolo ("soli soli soli", come si diceva nell'alto Medioevo). Fatto sta che è affascinante leggere la storia del rapporto tra i cicli attorno a noi e i bioritmi dentro di noi. Una visione quasi kantiana (cielo stellato... legge morale) dell'esistenza. E le conseguenze farmacologiche che potrebbero derivarne.
Money quote: "All life on a rotating planet is ruled by circadian rhythms. Chronobiology research has brought the importance of healthy sleep to the fore, and we have made great strides in understanding jetlag. But if we stop there, we’re missing the larger point, which is that our bodies in all their complexity live and die by the clock"
https://aeon.co/essays/soon-we-will-see-chrono-attached-to-every-form-of-medicine
Money quote: "All life on a rotating planet is ruled by circadian rhythms. Chronobiology research has brought the importance of healthy sleep to the fore, and we have made great strides in understanding jetlag. But if we stop there, we’re missing the larger point, which is that our bodies in all their complexity live and die by the clock"
https://aeon.co/essays/soon-we-will-see-chrono-attached-to-every-form-of-medicine
Aeon
Life in Circadia
The ticking of the bodyclock can help us fight cancer, safeguard our hearts, time our meals, and enhance our intelligence
I datacenter stanno evolvendo. Un aspetto determinante è la nascita di nuove tipologie di contenitori di dati per nuovi modi di gestire i dati nel cloud. Un esempio sono le archiviazioni di lunga durata a basso costo. Amazon prima con Glacier e adesso sempre più Google si stanno muovendo in questa direzione.
Money quote: "The biggest addition is Coldline, a managed archiving system that allows users to keep their most infrequently-accessed records on Google’s infrastructure for less than a cent per gigabyte per month. It’s designed to complement its existing Coldline service, which is geared towards slightly more important files that are used every few months or so. Complementary data lifecycle management functionality that is rolling out in conjunction with the update allows organizations to move information back and forth between the services as their operational requirements change"
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2016/10/24/what-you-missed-in-cloud-data-centers-and-hr/
Money quote: "The biggest addition is Coldline, a managed archiving system that allows users to keep their most infrequently-accessed records on Google’s infrastructure for less than a cent per gigabyte per month. It’s designed to complement its existing Coldline service, which is geared towards slightly more important files that are used every few months or so. Complementary data lifecycle management functionality that is rolling out in conjunction with the update allows organizations to move information back and forth between the services as their operational requirements change"
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2016/10/24/what-you-missed-in-cloud-data-centers-and-hr/
SiliconANGLE
What you missed in cloud: data centers and human relations software
Cloud providers are rapidly deploying new infrastructure to address the growing demand for their services. Last week, Amazon Inc. launched three data centers in Ohio as part of the effort that will al
In un momento da vero stand up comedian a quanto pare Stevie Wonder ha voluto criticare Donald Trump. Come ha dimostrato Silvio Berlusconi, questa è solo benzina per l'incendio di Trump. Però fa ridere lo stesso
Money quote: "Voting for Donald Trump is like asking Stevie Wonder to drive. So says Stevie Wonder. "
http://www.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5820c1a0e4b0aac62485fa21
Money quote: "Voting for Donald Trump is like asking Stevie Wonder to drive. So says Stevie Wonder. "
http://www.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5820c1a0e4b0aac62485fa21
È arrivato il momento di inserire il self publishing digitale (il fenomeno “indie”) a catalogo delle biblioteche? Ci sono argomenti interessanti per sostenerlo.
Money quote: “Libraries have come a long way since the early days of limited archives etched into tablets — made of clay, not pixels and paper — shared with a select group of elite society. 18th-century France ushered in the truly democratized library as we know it today, with the Bibliothèque Nationale offering hundreds of thousands of printed books and manuscripts to the general public, regardless of financial means or education. Since then, libraries have strived to keep up with and serve public interests, including one of the more recent developments spawned by the digital age: eReading.”
http://www.noshelfrequired.com/a-time-to-finally-incorporate-indie-ebooks-into-library-catalogs/
Money quote: “Libraries have come a long way since the early days of limited archives etched into tablets — made of clay, not pixels and paper — shared with a select group of elite society. 18th-century France ushered in the truly democratized library as we know it today, with the Bibliothèque Nationale offering hundreds of thousands of printed books and manuscripts to the general public, regardless of financial means or education. Since then, libraries have strived to keep up with and serve public interests, including one of the more recent developments spawned by the digital age: eReading.”
http://www.noshelfrequired.com/a-time-to-finally-incorporate-indie-ebooks-into-library-catalogs/
No Shelf Required
A time to (finally) incorporate indie eBooks into library catalogs
By Emilie Hancock It’s no secret that technology has impacted reading. As eReading has become more prevalent, readers demand publications in both print and digital formats. Not only has that thirst…
Leggere troppo, anzi divorare i libri, fa male. Un po' di storia delle metafore associate alla lettura.
Money quote: "Bad reading, in the 17th century, was like indigestion: practices of shallow, piecemeal or heavy reading were thought to affect personality, conversation and health. Ben Jonson’s play Poetaster (1601), provides a graphic example. In its climax, the pseudo-poet Crispinus actually vomits up his pretentious neologisms, revealing that his course of reading has been crude and hasty."
https://aeon.co/ideas/is-devouring-books-a-sign-of-superficiality-in-a-reader
Money quote: "Bad reading, in the 17th century, was like indigestion: practices of shallow, piecemeal or heavy reading were thought to affect personality, conversation and health. Ben Jonson’s play Poetaster (1601), provides a graphic example. In its climax, the pseudo-poet Crispinus actually vomits up his pretentious neologisms, revealing that his course of reading has been crude and hasty."
https://aeon.co/ideas/is-devouring-books-a-sign-of-superficiality-in-a-reader
Aeon
Is ‘devouring’ books a sign of superficiality in a reader? | Aeon Ideas
The idea of devouring a book wasn’t always as complimentary as it is today. Why do we talk about reading as eating?
Davide Mana è rimasto a casa, a lavorare, perché deve consegnare un romanzo entro pochi giorni. Non è andato a Lucca, non ha visto cosa è successo. Ma dai racconti entusiastici che sostanzialmente affermano "i nerd hanno vinto, fantasy e fantascienza ora sono mainstream" lui tira fuori solo dello scetticismo. Perché non solo non è probabile, ma non è neanche auspicabile che la fantascienza abbia vinto.
Money quote: "La fantascienza non potrà mai essere popolare. Non reggerebbe alla soppressione."
https://strategieevolutive.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/abbiamo-vinto-pirro-e-la-pfm/
Money quote: "La fantascienza non potrà mai essere popolare. Non reggerebbe alla soppressione."
https://strategieevolutive.wordpress.com/2016/11/06/abbiamo-vinto-pirro-e-la-pfm/
strategie evolutive
Abbiamo Vinto: Pirro e la PFM
Avrei tutt’altro da scrivere1, ma ho promesso questo pezzo al mio amico Mauro Longo, e quindi via. Saranno idee sfuse, e non saranno convincenti. Ci saranno un sacco di domande e poche rispos…
Possiamo dire molte cose del Dalai Lama ma non che, come la Garbo, quando ha finalmente deciso di parlare, anzi di esternare, lo abbia fatto con misura per massimizzare l'impatto delle sue parole. Macché, è diventato una macchina logorroica del proselitismo, come neanche il sogno americano riuscirebbe più. E domani?
Money quote: "A small hint comes from interesting research about how people thrive. In one shocking experiment, researchers found that senior citizens who didn’t feel useful to others were nearly three times as likely to die prematurely as those who did feel useful. This speaks to a broader human truth: We all need to be needed."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/opinion/dalai-lama-behind-our-anxiety-the-fear-of-being-unneeded.html
Money quote: "A small hint comes from interesting research about how people thrive. In one shocking experiment, researchers found that senior citizens who didn’t feel useful to others were nearly three times as likely to die prematurely as those who did feel useful. This speaks to a broader human truth: We all need to be needed."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/04/opinion/dalai-lama-behind-our-anxiety-the-fear-of-being-unneeded.html
NY Times
Opinion | Dalai Lama: Behind Our Anxiety, the Fear of Being Unneeded (Published 2016)
There has never been a better time to be alive, and yet in the richest countries, there is a growing sense of unease and helplessness because people no longer feel useful.
E-payment, è l'ora del mobile: i pagamenti saranno app-to-app - il mio articolo per CorCom.it
http://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital/44327_e-payment-e-l-ora-del-mobile-i-pagamenti-saranno-app-to-app.htm
http://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital/44327_e-payment-e-l-ora-del-mobile-i-pagamenti-saranno-app-to-app.htm
www.corrierecomunicazioni.it
E-payment, è l'ora del mobile: i pagamenti saranno app-to-app
Liscia (Netcomm:): ''Un miliardo e mezzo di persone nel pianeta compra via web. Certezza della transazione e dell'identità assumono un'importanza sempre più...
Entrambi i candidati hanno fatto i compiti e preparato tutto quel che serve nel caso vincessero. La transizione viene preparata in anticipo e poi chi perde, tanti saluti. Ma così si mantiene l'istituto del recall e al tempo stesso si evitano i vuoti di potete o i periodi di curatela.
Questa volta la cosa è diventata un po' eccessiva però.
Money quote: "In March, Podesta, who is Clinton’s campaign chair, sent high-ranking members of the campaign a list of candidates. They were organized in categories by race, gender, or career affiliation — as Podesta called it, “food groups.”"
https://theintercept.com/2016/11/08/how-each-candidate-is-getting-ready-to-be-president/
Questa volta la cosa è diventata un po' eccessiva però.
Money quote: "In March, Podesta, who is Clinton’s campaign chair, sent high-ranking members of the campaign a list of candidates. They were organized in categories by race, gender, or career affiliation — as Podesta called it, “food groups.”"
https://theintercept.com/2016/11/08/how-each-candidate-is-getting-ready-to-be-president/
The Intercept
How Each Candidate Is Getting Ready to be President
Both teams have already gone a long way toward establishing detailed policy goals as well as picking the next White House staff and cabinet officials.
Mentre scrivo il dato ufficiale ancora non c'è, ma Donald Trump potrebbe aver vinto le presidenziali. Ecco i grafici della rimonta
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/elections/exit-poll-analysis.html
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/elections/exit-poll-analysis.html
Nytimes
How Trump Won the Election According to Exit Polls (Published 2016)
Based on exit polls, the 2016 presidential election seems to have dramatically redefined how certain demographic groups vote.
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