Qualcuno si è incazzato per la vittoria di Donald Trump. La lettera di Aaron Sorkin a sua figlia il giorno dopo.
Money quote: "America didn’t stop being America last night and we didn’t stop being Americans and here’s the thing about Americans: Our darkest days have always—always—been followed by our finest hours."
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/11/aaron-sorkin-donald-trump-president-letter-daughter
Money quote: "America didn’t stop being America last night and we didn’t stop being Americans and here’s the thing about Americans: Our darkest days have always—always—been followed by our finest hours."
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/11/aaron-sorkin-donald-trump-president-letter-daughter
Vanity Fair
Read the Letter Aaron Sorkin Wrote His Daughter After Donald Trump Was Elected President
The Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Social Network and mastermind behind The West Wing reacts to Donald Trump being elected the 45th president of the United States in a moving letter written to his 15-year-old daughter Roxy and her mother Julia Sorkin.
È morto Leonard Cohen
Chi era
http://www.ilpost.it/2016/11/11/leonard-cohen-morto/
Dieci sue canzoni tra le più celebri
http://www.ilpost.it/2014/09/21/leonard-cohen/
Chi era
http://www.ilpost.it/2016/11/11/leonard-cohen-morto/
Dieci sue canzoni tra le più celebri
http://www.ilpost.it/2014/09/21/leonard-cohen/
Il Post
La morte di Leonard Cohen
Era uno dei più stimati e amati cantautori della storia del rock, aveva 82 anni
La lezione degli aztechi (e adesso ditemi chi ha letto il romanzo di Gary Jennings)
Money quote: "My students reveal something that the pre-Columbian Aztecs knew well. You should stop searching for happiness, because that’s not really what you want. We don’t plan our lives around elevated emotional states. What we want are worthwhile lives, and if we have to make sacrifices for that, then so much the worse for ‘happiness’."
https://aeon.co/ideas/what-the-aztecs-can-teach-us-about-happiness-and-the-good-life
Money quote: "My students reveal something that the pre-Columbian Aztecs knew well. You should stop searching for happiness, because that’s not really what you want. We don’t plan our lives around elevated emotional states. What we want are worthwhile lives, and if we have to make sacrifices for that, then so much the worse for ‘happiness’."
https://aeon.co/ideas/what-the-aztecs-can-teach-us-about-happiness-and-the-good-life
aeon.co
What the Aztecs can teach us about happiness and the good life | Aeon Ideas
Like the ancient Greeks, the Aztecs cared about happiness – but for them it was one lucky step on life’s treacherous road
Ci sono applicazioni che sono fatte male. È difficile capirlo: noi vediamo i problemi di interfaccia e di stabilità. Ma ci sono anche aspetti nascosti, ferro di una cattiva analisi e conoscenza delle tecnologie. Un caso? L'app di Spotify
Money quote: "The behavior poses an unnecessary burden on users' storage devices, particularly solid state drives, which come with a finite amount of write capacity. Continuously writing hundreds of gigabytes of needless data to a drive every day for months or years on end has the potential to cause an SSD to die years earlier than it otherwise would. And yet, Spotify apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux have engaged in this data assault since at least the middle of June, when multiple users reported the problem in the company's official support forum."
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/for-five-months-spotify-has-badly-abused-users-storage-drives/
Money quote: "The behavior poses an unnecessary burden on users' storage devices, particularly solid state drives, which come with a finite amount of write capacity. Continuously writing hundreds of gigabytes of needless data to a drive every day for months or years on end has the potential to cause an SSD to die years earlier than it otherwise would. And yet, Spotify apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux have engaged in this data assault since at least the middle of June, when multiple users reported the problem in the company's official support forum."
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/11/for-five-months-spotify-has-badly-abused-users-storage-drives/
Ars Technica
Spotify is writing massive amounts of junk data to storage drives
Streaming app used by 40 million writes hundreds of gigabytes per day.
È arrivato: MacBook Pro 13 grigio siderale, video unboxing di Macity - il mio servizio testo e video per Macitynet. Yes, quello che parla sono io...
http://www.macitynet.it/macity-lunpacking-del-macbook-pro-13-grigio-siderale/
http://www.macitynet.it/macity-lunpacking-del-macbook-pro-13-grigio-siderale/
macitynet.it
È arrivato: MacBook Pro 13 grigio siderale, video unboxing di Macitynet
Arrivato in redazione e subito "spogliato" il modello senza Touch Bar del nuovo MacBook Pro 13" 2016. Ecco come si presenta la versione più “sexy” in alluminio grigio siderale. Presto anche la prova su strada
È in edicola il nuovo numero di Rat-Man, il mio momento bello del bimestre. E per una volta su Fumettologica l'hanno lasciato recensire a me. Ecco qui il frutto di cotanta fatica...
Money quote: "Tutto ottimo e abbondante come al solito, compresi i flashback e i salti laterali in altri piani narrativi. Se vi sedete e vi concentrate forte forte può darsi che riusciate a seguire la storia oppure che facciate un uovo. Alternativamente, se non vi piacciono le uova, potete seguire semplicemente le battute e Rat-Man scorre via come sempre: il quantitativo di energia surreale che Ortolani riesce a comprimere ed esprimere, anche dopo vent’anni di militanza come autore e disegnatore unico del Ratto, è davvero notevole"
http://www.fumettologica.it/2016/11/rat-man-117/
Money quote: "Tutto ottimo e abbondante come al solito, compresi i flashback e i salti laterali in altri piani narrativi. Se vi sedete e vi concentrate forte forte può darsi che riusciate a seguire la storia oppure che facciate un uovo. Alternativamente, se non vi piacciono le uova, potete seguire semplicemente le battute e Rat-Man scorre via come sempre: il quantitativo di energia surreale che Ortolani riesce a comprimere ed esprimere, anche dopo vent’anni di militanza come autore e disegnatore unico del Ratto, è davvero notevole"
http://www.fumettologica.it/2016/11/rat-man-117/
Fumettologica
Rat-Man 117: Le alternative del Ratto - Fumettologica
Con Rat-Man 117 continua la saga conclusiva delle vicende del personaggio di Leo Ortolani, e noi proseguiamo ad analizzarla con un "guest reviewer".
Programmate? O comunque zoppicate deambulando attraverso il reame del codice? Un interessante progetto, chiamato Code City, permette di visualizzare il codice come fosse una città. C'è una implementazione in JavaScript che lo rende appetibile a molti: si chiama JSCity.
Money quote:
"JSCity represents a JavaScript program as a city, as follows:
- Folders are districts and files are sub-districts
- Functions are buildings; inner functions are represented as buildings on the top of their nested function/building.
- The Number of Lines of Source Code (LOC) represents the height of the buildings; the Number of Variables (NOV) in a function correlates to the building's base size. Blue buildings are named functions; green buildings are anonymous functions."
https://github.com/aserg-ufmg/JSCity/wiki/JSCITY
Money quote:
"JSCity represents a JavaScript program as a city, as follows:
- Folders are districts and files are sub-districts
- Functions are buildings; inner functions are represented as buildings on the top of their nested function/building.
- The Number of Lines of Source Code (LOC) represents the height of the buildings; the Number of Variables (NOV) in a function correlates to the building's base size. Blue buildings are named functions; green buildings are anonymous functions."
https://github.com/aserg-ufmg/JSCity/wiki/JSCITY
GitHub
aserg-ufmg/JSCity
Visualizing JavaScript source code as navigable 3D cities - aserg-ufmg/JSCity
Se sentite il bisogno di fare subito un salto negli anni Ottanta, c'è questa vecchia pubblicità della Casio che probabilmente è l'epitome di un'epoca. Cattura lo spirito e lascia anche un amaro in bocca che...
https://youtu.be/sDxypNU-QbA
https://youtu.be/sDxypNU-QbA
YouTube
80's Casio Keyboards Commercial
80's commercial for Casio keyboards.Marvel at it's power as it defeats the drums.
Di solito non metto collegamenti alle pagine di wikipedia. Però in questo caso faccio volentieri un'eccezione. Si tratta di una riflessione statistica sui presidenti americani: destri, sinistri o bimani? Bisogna fare un po' di pulizia nei dati (prima del '900 non ci sono dati attendibili, anche perché venivano tutti corretti: si parte dal 1923 con Calvin Coolidge, destro) ma quel che salta fuori è una forte anomalia statistica: la maggior parte degli ultimi presidenti (incluso Bush padre, Clinton e Obama, esclusi Bush figlio e Trump) erano mancini. Anche molti dei candidati (Ross Perot, Bob Dole e John McCain) erano mancini. Non c'è apparente correlazione con l'appartenenza allo schieramento politico, democratico o repubblicano.
Siamo dunque fuori dalla normalità statistica, che assegna ai mancini circa il 20% della popolazione. Molti hanno anche argomentato che essere mancini comporti significative differenze cognitive, ma non ci sono prove, né si sa perché esistono i mancini. C'è una correlazione tra essere presidenti degli Stati Uniti ed essere mancini? Boh. Però se si va a guardare la lista dei primi ministri del Regno Unito nello stesso periodo, la distribuzione dei mancini è in linea con quella della popolazione.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handedness_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States
Siamo dunque fuori dalla normalità statistica, che assegna ai mancini circa il 20% della popolazione. Molti hanno anche argomentato che essere mancini comporti significative differenze cognitive, ma non ci sono prove, né si sa perché esistono i mancini. C'è una correlazione tra essere presidenti degli Stati Uniti ed essere mancini? Boh. Però se si va a guardare la lista dei primi ministri del Regno Unito nello stesso periodo, la distribuzione dei mancini è in linea con quella della popolazione.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handedness_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States
Wikipedia
Handedness of Presidents of the United States
The handedness of presidents of the United States is difficult to establish with any certainty before the 20th century. During the 18th and 19th centuries left-handedness was considered a disability, and teachers would make efforts to suppress it in their…
Due cose interessanti da leggere su Leonard Cohen, soprattutto per tutti quelli che l'hanno scoperto tardi
Money quote: "Throughout his life, it often seemed as if Cohen’s greatest talent was for falling out of step. In 1965, when Dylan plugged in and Jim Morrison spent the summer subsisting on LSD and baked beans and forming the Doors, Cohen, then still a poet, appeared on Canadian TV. “I wake up every morning and check if I am in a state of grace,” he told a television crew. “If not, I go back to bed.”"
http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/music/89715/leonard
Money quote: "Throughout his life, it often seemed as if Cohen’s greatest talent was for falling out of step. In 1965, when Dylan plugged in and Jim Morrison spent the summer subsisting on LSD and baked beans and forming the Doors, Cohen, then still a poet, appeared on Canadian TV. “I wake up every morning and check if I am in a state of grace,” he told a television crew. “If not, I go back to bed.”"
http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/music/89715/leonard
Tablet Magazine
Leonard Cohen, With a New Album, ‘Old Ideas,’ Was Never Popular But Always Profound
Leonard Cohen releases his 12th studio album, the profoundly moving Old Ideas, today. None of his records has ever cracked the top 50, and his last album, 2004’s Dear Heather, peaked at No. 131 on the Billboard charts. Those few of his songs that are well…
Bella la Apple TV, ma Netflix dov'è? - il mio articolo per Macitynet
http://www.macitynet.it/bella-la-tv-netflix/
http://www.macitynet.it/bella-la-tv-netflix/
Macitynet.it
Bella la Apple TV, ma Netflix dov'è?
Apple rilancia sui servizi di Apple TV e potenzia Siri. Ma nel reinventare il modo di fruire la televisione mancano all'appello il colosso dello streaming e Amazon
Una delle firme di Fumettologica ha partorito il tomo. Se vi piace il genere, imperdibile!
Forwarded from Fumettologica
Il nostro collaboratore Andrea Tosti ha scritto un monumentale saggio sul graphic novel. E' pubblicato da Tunué e conta 1000 pagine: http://amzn.to/2fKGuUD
La nuova droga si chiama Twitter. È c'è chi pubblicamente lo abbandona. C'è vita dopo Twitter?
Money quote: "And if you get it, explaining what it is and why you’re on it — and why you can’t stop looking at it even though you’re supposed to be tending to your 3-year-old at the park, on the swings, where she’s just fallen and hit her face, something that actually happened to me — can be a challenge even in ordinary times"
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/fashion/breaking-up-with-twitter-presidential-election-2016.html
Money quote: "And if you get it, explaining what it is and why you’re on it — and why you can’t stop looking at it even though you’re supposed to be tending to your 3-year-old at the park, on the swings, where she’s just fallen and hit her face, something that actually happened to me — can be a challenge even in ordinary times"
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/fashion/breaking-up-with-twitter-presidential-election-2016.html
Nytimes
Breaking Up With Twitter
Twitter functioned as this election cycle’s beating heartbeat. But now that the election is over, is it time to give it a rest?
Avete voglia di rilassarvi un po’? Vi piace scrivere con la tastiera del computer? Ecco il gioco (gratuito) che fa per voi. Invasione spaziale di parole, che dovete far fuori scrivendo abbastanza velocemente. Ondata dopo ondata
Enjoy
http://zty.pe/
Enjoy
http://zty.pe/
zty.pe
ZType – Type to Shoot
A typing game that's actually fun to play.
In un mondo in cui sempre più "se non hai niente da nascondere, non hai niente da temere", è arrivato il momento di prendere qualche precauzione. Potete criptare tutto in pochissimo tempo. Perché no? È da incoscienti non farlo.
Money quote: "In this article, I will show you how you can protect yourself by leveraging state-of-the-art encryption. In a single sitting, you can make great strides toward securing your privacy."
https://medium.freecodecamp.com/tor-signal-and-beyond-a-law-abiding-citizens-guide-to-privacy-1a593f2104c3#.too8jewva
Money quote: "In this article, I will show you how you can protect yourself by leveraging state-of-the-art encryption. In a single sitting, you can make great strides toward securing your privacy."
https://medium.freecodecamp.com/tor-signal-and-beyond-a-law-abiding-citizens-guide-to-privacy-1a593f2104c3#.too8jewva
freeCodeCamp
How to encrypt your entire life in less than an hour
“Only the paranoid survive.” — Andy Grove
Sei suggestivi consigli da parte di chi ha vissuto la maggior parte della sua vita in stati non (più) democratici agli americani che si sono svegliati con Donald Trump presidente. La prima è prenderlo dannatamente sul serio. L’ultima è ricordarsi del futuro.
Money quote: “Remember the future. Nothing lasts forever. Donald Trump certainly will not, and Trumpism, to the extent that it is centered on Trump’s persona, will not either. Failure to imagine the future may have lost the Democrats this election. They offered no vision of the future to counterbalance Trump’s all-too-familiar white-populist vision of an imaginary past.”
http://www2.nybooks.com/daily/s3/nov/10/trump-election-autocracy-rules-for-survival.html
Money quote: “Remember the future. Nothing lasts forever. Donald Trump certainly will not, and Trumpism, to the extent that it is centered on Trump’s persona, will not either. Failure to imagine the future may have lost the Democrats this election. They offered no vision of the future to counterbalance Trump’s all-too-familiar white-populist vision of an imaginary past.”
http://www2.nybooks.com/daily/s3/nov/10/trump-election-autocracy-rules-for-survival.html
The New York Review of Books
Autocracy: Rules for Survival | by Masha Gessen
However well-intentioned, talk presuming Trump's good faith assumes that he is prepared to find common ground with his many opponents, respect the institutions of government, and repudiate almost everything he has stood for during the campaign. In short,…
Quelli che fanno flanella non sono mai stati popolari. Adesso meno che mai. A quanto pare c'è addirittura chi li studia e scopre che se non sei sempre concentrato vuol dire che sei infelice. Un inno alla produttività. Mamma mia...
Money quote: "A recent Harvard study reveals that stray thoughts and wandering minds are directly related to unhappiness. [1] The study discovered that those with constantly wandering minds were less likely to be happy than those able to focus on the tasks at hand"
http://www.inc.com/quora/the-happiest-people-dont-let-their-minds-wander-according-to-a-harvard-study.html
Money quote: "A recent Harvard study reveals that stray thoughts and wandering minds are directly related to unhappiness. [1] The study discovered that those with constantly wandering minds were less likely to be happy than those able to focus on the tasks at hand"
http://www.inc.com/quora/the-happiest-people-dont-let-their-minds-wander-according-to-a-harvard-study.html
Inc.com
The Happiest People Don't Let Their Minds Wander, According to a Harvard Study
<span class="rendered_qtext">There is an old saying: “Happiness is a state of mind.” As it turns out, it's true.</span>
Siccome il desiderio è quello di fare soldi, montagne di soldi, per acchiappare la fetta della torta dei finanziamenti che cambia la vita ci si inventa che la montagna in questione sarà enorme. Ma questo priapismo economico, il padre di tutte le bolle, andrebbe invece compensato con un po' di buon senso. Ad esempio, perché non ambire a qualcosa di più "umano"?
Money quote: "Starting something in the hopes of making an extra $1,000 a month is every bit as worthy as trying to colonize Mars. Start small and give your ambitions room to grow."
You Don’t Need a Master Plan — You Just Need to Start – Startup Grind – Medium
https://medium.com/startup-grind/you-dont-need-a-master-plan-you-just-need-to-start-9a3ec0455866#.5mqscvmk6
Money quote: "Starting something in the hopes of making an extra $1,000 a month is every bit as worthy as trying to colonize Mars. Start small and give your ambitions room to grow."
You Don’t Need a Master Plan — You Just Need to Start – Startup Grind – Medium
https://medium.com/startup-grind/you-dont-need-a-master-plan-you-just-need-to-start-9a3ec0455866#.5mqscvmk6
Medium
You Don’t Need a Master Plan — You Just Need to Start
Startups are overdosing on ambition these days