È la fine dell'anno: siamo arrivati al momento in cui si tirano le somme dell'anno passato e si fanno anche alcuni nuovi progetti. Ad esempio, perché non progettare e realizzare -nell'anno che viene- un nuovo sistema operativo? Non dovrebbe essere troppo difficile!
Buon 2017.
Money quote: "This text is a practical guide to writing your own x86 operating system. It is designed to give enough help with the technical details while at the same time not reveal too much with samples and code excerpts. We’ve tried to collect parts of the vast (and often excellent) expanse of material and tutorials available, on the web and otherwise, and add our own insights into the problems we encountered and struggled with."
http://littleosbook.github.io/
Buon 2017.
Money quote: "This text is a practical guide to writing your own x86 operating system. It is designed to give enough help with the technical details while at the same time not reveal too much with samples and code excerpts. We’ve tried to collect parts of the vast (and often excellent) expanse of material and tutorials available, on the web and otherwise, and add our own insights into the problems we encountered and struggled with."
http://littleosbook.github.io/
Oggi per me doppia ricorrenza: è la fine dell'anno ma è anche il mio compleanno! Per questo, con il tradizionale augurio di buona fine e miglior inizio, per oggi vi saluto e ci risentiamo domani! Alè!
Pssst: I dieci libri più venduti in Italia da Amazon nel 2016 - il mio ultimo prezzo pubblicato nel 2016 è con Macity!
http://www.macitynet.it/dieci-libri-piu-venduti-italia-amazon/
http://www.macitynet.it/dieci-libri-piu-venduti-italia-amazon/
Macitynet.it
I dieci libri più venduti in Italia da Amazon nel 2016
Ecco i 10 libri più venduti su Amazon in Italia tra lezioni di riordino, dieta, Harry Potter e classici senza tempo, sia su carta che ebook
E per cominciare bene... secondo l'Economist, stiamo un po' esagerando con i dottori di ricerca. Stanno diventando una specie di truffa. Va bene che siamo tutti laureati e qualcosa bisogna fare per distinguersi, ma anche il PhD è diventato una cosa di massa. Lettura indicata per chi ci sta pensando o per chi lo rimpiange.
Money quote: "Whining PhD students are nothing new, but there seem to be genuine problems with the system that produces research doctorates (the practical “professional doctorates” in fields such as law, business and medicine have a more obvious value). There is an oversupply of PhDs. Although a doctorate is designed as training for a job in academia, the number of PhD positions is unrelated to the number of job openings. Meanwhile, business leaders complain about shortages of high-level skills, suggesting PhDs are not teaching the right things. The fiercest critics compare research doctorates to Ponzi or pyramid schemes."
https://medium.com/the-economist/why-doing-a-phd-is-often-a-waste-of-time-349206f9addb#.fdunfsdym
Money quote: "Whining PhD students are nothing new, but there seem to be genuine problems with the system that produces research doctorates (the practical “professional doctorates” in fields such as law, business and medicine have a more obvious value). There is an oversupply of PhDs. Although a doctorate is designed as training for a job in academia, the number of PhD positions is unrelated to the number of job openings. Meanwhile, business leaders complain about shortages of high-level skills, suggesting PhDs are not teaching the right things. The fiercest critics compare research doctorates to Ponzi or pyramid schemes."
https://medium.com/the-economist/why-doing-a-phd-is-often-a-waste-of-time-349206f9addb#.fdunfsdym
Medium
Why doing a PhD is often a waste of time
The disposable academic
Il ritorno dei giochi strategici e di ruolo: ecco i titoli che hanno spopolato nel 2016 - il mio primo pezzo dell'anno per Macity
http://www.macitynet.it/2016-lanno-dei-giochi-strategici-ruolo/
http://www.macitynet.it/2016-lanno-dei-giochi-strategici-ruolo/
Macitynet.it
Il ritorno dei giochi strategici e di ruolo: ecco i titoli che hanno spopolato nel 2016
Il 2016 si è rivelato essere il primo anno in cui una tipologia di videogames, da tempo ostracizzata, ha recuperato centralità. Probabilmente grazie anche alla coda lunga dei servizi di download come Steam. Il divertimento è solo iniziato?
Jason Fried è il Ceo di Basecamp. Il suo metodo di lavoro è piuttosto interessante perché molto semplice e focalizzato.
Money quote: "Jason Fried, CEO, keeps things pretty simple as he runs the company. No real to-do lists, no multiple monitors, no alarm clock. Just a clear focus during the day so that the work doesn’t encroach upon the boundaries of daily life. Here’s how he works."
http://lifehacker.com/im-jason-fried-ceo-of-basecamp-and-this-is-how-i-work-1790556608
Money quote: "Jason Fried, CEO, keeps things pretty simple as he runs the company. No real to-do lists, no multiple monitors, no alarm clock. Just a clear focus during the day so that the work doesn’t encroach upon the boundaries of daily life. Here’s how he works."
http://lifehacker.com/im-jason-fried-ceo-of-basecamp-and-this-is-how-i-work-1790556608
Lifehacker
I'm Jason Fried, CEO of Basecamp, and This Is How I Work
Basecamp is a web-based project management tool, and like so many other software tools and startups before it, the creators of Basecamp made it for themselves. They just needed a decent way to manage projects and collaborations. It just happens that other…
Mangiare all'Occidentale, tanti grassi e zuccheri, non fa solo ingrassare ma danneggia anche il cervello. Rende più stupidi.
Money quote: ""It's surprising to me that people would question that obesity would have a negative effect on the brain, because it has a negative effect on so many other bodily systems," he says, adding, why would "the brain would be spared?""
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/30/506433671/the-wrong-eating-habits-can-hurt-your-brain-not-just-your-waistline
Money quote: ""It's surprising to me that people would question that obesity would have a negative effect on the brain, because it has a negative effect on so many other bodily systems," he says, adding, why would "the brain would be spared?""
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/12/30/506433671/the-wrong-eating-habits-can-hurt-your-brain-not-just-your-waistline
NPR
The Wrong Eating Habits Can Hurt Your Brain, Not Just Your Waistline
A diet high in saturated fats and sugars can affect the parts of the brain that are important to memory. Diet-linked brain changes can also make people more likely to crave unhealthful food.
Stiamo andando sempre più verso una cultura dei freelance. Ma non solo nel senso che ti prendono a lavorare in ufficio con la partita Iva anziché assumerti (questo si chiama abusivato) o ti fanno lavorare a termine vita natural durante. La vera vita del freelance: quello che torna ad essere padrone del suo tempo. Si pongono una serie di problemi
Ad esempio, è meglio lavorare da casa anziché dall’ufficio? Beh, sono d’accordo con l’autore dell’articolo, Yan Lhert, che non c’è partita
Money quote: “Most startups nowadays are obsessed with the open office environment, and it’s nearly impossible to find companies that do not implement this type of layout. They’ll claim it’s because they want an “open and transparent culture” (myth busted*), but if you know anything about the subject, you’ll know this is the worst possible setup for actual work, and doesn’t improve communication or culture. You don’t have to look far to find plenty of research on the subject- and quite frankly, there is simply no debate here.“
https://medium.com/@yanismydj/why-i-only-work-remotely-2e5eb07ae28f#.1wofawb40
Ad esempio, è meglio lavorare da casa anziché dall’ufficio? Beh, sono d’accordo con l’autore dell’articolo, Yan Lhert, che non c’è partita
Money quote: “Most startups nowadays are obsessed with the open office environment, and it’s nearly impossible to find companies that do not implement this type of layout. They’ll claim it’s because they want an “open and transparent culture” (myth busted*), but if you know anything about the subject, you’ll know this is the worst possible setup for actual work, and doesn’t improve communication or culture. You don’t have to look far to find plenty of research on the subject- and quite frankly, there is simply no debate here.“
https://medium.com/@yanismydj/why-i-only-work-remotely-2e5eb07ae28f#.1wofawb40
Medium
Why I only work remotely
Building software for startups is a huge challenge.
Radio che non ci sono più, almeno non più come prima. Comincia tutto con un accorpamento di uffici, e poi chissà, magari tra un po' spengono Radio Vaticana.
Money quote: “On December 31, 2016, after more than 80 years of operation, Vatican Radio is being absorbed into the new Secretariat for Communications.
The move is part of Pope Francis' reorganization of Curial offices, and is intended to make better use of the Vatican's limited financial resources. According to Catholic World News, broadcasting programs will continue—at least for the near-term future—but Vatican Radio will no longer have its own corporate identity.”
http://bclnews.blogspot.it/2017/01/vatican-radio-ends-85-yyears-of.html
Money quote: “On December 31, 2016, after more than 80 years of operation, Vatican Radio is being absorbed into the new Secretariat for Communications.
The move is part of Pope Francis' reorganization of Curial offices, and is intended to make better use of the Vatican's limited financial resources. According to Catholic World News, broadcasting programs will continue—at least for the near-term future—but Vatican Radio will no longer have its own corporate identity.”
http://bclnews.blogspot.it/2017/01/vatican-radio-ends-85-yyears-of.html
bclnews.blogspot.it
Vatican Radio ends 85 years of independent operations
On December 31, 2016, after more than 80 years of operation, Vatican Radio is being absorbed into the new Secretariat for Communications. ...
Sto leggendo un libro di Oliver Sacks in questi giorni e quindi il complemento offerto da questo articolo mi piace. Sperimentare con l’isolamento sensoriale (pagando).
Money quote: "Cut off from the world of sensory stimuli, my brain had free rein to invent any experience it had up its sleeve. So I floated in pitch blackness and waited for a profound experience to wash over me. This is what adherents paid $89 a pop to feel. I’d heard it was better than meditation, yoga and drugs — perhaps because it promised nirvana without any effort or side effects."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/opinion/sunday/whos-in-charge-the-body-or-the-brain.html
Money quote: "Cut off from the world of sensory stimuli, my brain had free rein to invent any experience it had up its sleeve. So I floated in pitch blackness and waited for a profound experience to wash over me. This is what adherents paid $89 a pop to feel. I’d heard it was better than meditation, yoga and drugs — perhaps because it promised nirvana without any effort or side effects."
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/opinion/sunday/whos-in-charge-the-body-or-the-brain.html
NY Times
Opinion | What a Sensory Isolation Tank Taught Me About My Brain (Published 2016)
In a way, sensory deprivation hilariously underscored the primacy of my body.
Bisogna sempre avere voglia di imparare qualcosa di nuovo. Questo tizio, ad esempio, voleva imparare a fare l’hardware, essendo già a posto con le competenze software. Così, ha preso e si è messo di buzzo buono per fare una cartuccia di GameBoy Color da zero, con al suo interno un inedito porting di Wolfenstein 3D.
Fatto!
Mica male.
Money quote: “I wanted to learn how to design PCBs, work with surface mount components, and generally learn more about hardware. I am a software guy and consider myself still very much a novice when it comes to hardware.
It always helps having a specific problem to solve when learning something so I decided to see if I could make something in the spirit of the Super-FX, but for the Gameboy.
The Gameboy was a natural choice, I started my career in games way back in the days working on the Gameboy so I thought it would be a fun trip down memory lane – I was right! :)”
http://www.happydaze.se/wolf/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0dS5ZPRZJw
Fatto!
Mica male.
Money quote: “I wanted to learn how to design PCBs, work with surface mount components, and generally learn more about hardware. I am a software guy and consider myself still very much a novice when it comes to hardware.
It always helps having a specific problem to solve when learning something so I decided to see if I could make something in the spirit of the Super-FX, but for the Gameboy.
The Gameboy was a natural choice, I started my career in games way back in the days working on the Gameboy so I thought it would be a fun trip down memory lane – I was right! :)”
http://www.happydaze.se/wolf/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0dS5ZPRZJw
La classifica di The Verge degli 11 giochi migliori del 2016, il mio articolo per Macity
http://www.macitynet.it/gli-undici-migliori-giochi-del-2016/
http://www.macitynet.it/gli-undici-migliori-giochi-del-2016/
Macitynet.it
Gli undici giochi da non perdere del 2016
La classifica di The Verge sui capolavori dell’anno che sta finendo: avventura, azione e intrattenimento su tutte le piattaforme: Playstation 4, Xbox One, Windows e Mac
Sappiamo che il grande tema del prossimo futuro è quello delle intelligenze artificiali che prenderanno il posto di lavoro di molti colletti bianchi. È una fase ulteriore dell’automazione iniziata con la prima e poi la seconda rivoluzione industriale (non a caso in Germania la chiamano “Industria 4.0).
Il punto è che questa trasformazione dovrebbe creare nuovi tipi di posti di lavoro oppure addirittura creare un mondo in cui non c’è più bisogno di lavorare. Siamo lontani da questo, a quanto mi risulta, ma la cosa interessante invece è un’altra. In Giappone i colletti bianchi stanno cominciando a saltare. Forse anche da altre parti. Forse anche da noi.
Money quote: “Artificial intelligence systems like IBM’s are poised to upend knowledge-based professions, like insurance and financial services, according to the Harvard Business Review, due to the fact that many jobs can be “composed of work that can be codified into standard steps and of decisions based on cleanly formatted data.” But whether that means augmenting workers’ ability to be productive, or replacing them entirely remains to be seen.”
http://qz.com/875491/japanese-white-collar-workers-are-already-being-replaced-by-artificial-intelligence/
Il punto è che questa trasformazione dovrebbe creare nuovi tipi di posti di lavoro oppure addirittura creare un mondo in cui non c’è più bisogno di lavorare. Siamo lontani da questo, a quanto mi risulta, ma la cosa interessante invece è un’altra. In Giappone i colletti bianchi stanno cominciando a saltare. Forse anche da altre parti. Forse anche da noi.
Money quote: “Artificial intelligence systems like IBM’s are poised to upend knowledge-based professions, like insurance and financial services, according to the Harvard Business Review, due to the fact that many jobs can be “composed of work that can be codified into standard steps and of decisions based on cleanly formatted data.” But whether that means augmenting workers’ ability to be productive, or replacing them entirely remains to be seen.”
http://qz.com/875491/japanese-white-collar-workers-are-already-being-replaced-by-artificial-intelligence/
Quartz
Japanese white-collar workers are already being replaced by artificial intelligence
Automation isn't just about manufacturing and transportation.
Cambio al vertice di Wired Usa: esce l'attuale direttore Scott Dadich ed arriva il capo dell'online del New Yorker, già caporedattore di Wired dal 2005 al 2010.
Money quote: "People familiar with Dadich said he had previously floated the idea of gathering a group of investors and buying Wired himself."
http://www.recode.net/platform/amp/2017/1/3/14156884/wired-editor-in-chief-scott-dadich-out-conde-nast
Money quote: "People familiar with Dadich said he had previously floated the idea of gathering a group of investors and buying Wired himself."
http://www.recode.net/platform/amp/2017/1/3/14156884/wired-editor-in-chief-scott-dadich-out-conde-nast
Recode
Wired’s top editor, Scott Dadich, is out
New Yorker digital editor Nicholas Thompson will replace him.
Trent’anni fa nasceva Zelda, uno dei più importanti e influenti videogiochi della storia. Ecco un po’ di storia e i disegni originali (a matita su fogli a quadretti!) che diedero inizio a tutto quanto
Money quote: “It’s The Legend of Zelda’s 30th anniversary this year, and so we thought you might appreciate a look at some illustrations created during the development of the first The Legend of Zelda game, originally released on the Nintendo Entertainment System!”
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2016/December/Take-a-look-behind-the-scenes-with-design-documents-from-The-Legend-of-Zelda--1169414.html
https://youtu.be/pFtcwL3P1N0
Money quote: “It’s The Legend of Zelda’s 30th anniversary this year, and so we thought you might appreciate a look at some illustrations created during the development of the first The Legend of Zelda game, originally released on the Nintendo Entertainment System!”
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2016/December/Take-a-look-behind-the-scenes-with-design-documents-from-The-Legend-of-Zelda--1169414.html
https://youtu.be/pFtcwL3P1N0
Nintendo of Europe GmbH
Take a look behind-the-scenes with design documents from The Legend of Zelda!
See the original The Legend of Zelda as you never have before…
Ma siamo davvero consapevoli di quel che pensiamo? Pare di no. E questo è filosoficamente (e non solo) un prolbema
Money quote: “What seems to be happening is that the subjects engage in unconscious self-interpretation. They don’t know the real explanation of their action (a bias towards the right, hypnotic suggestion), so they infer some plausible reason and ascribe it to themselves. They are not aware that they are interpreting, however, and make their reports as if they were directly aware of their reasons.”
https://aeon.co/ideas/whatever-you-think-you-don-t-necessarily-know-your-own-mind
Money quote: “What seems to be happening is that the subjects engage in unconscious self-interpretation. They don’t know the real explanation of their action (a bias towards the right, hypnotic suggestion), so they infer some plausible reason and ascribe it to themselves. They are not aware that they are interpreting, however, and make their reports as if they were directly aware of their reasons.”
https://aeon.co/ideas/whatever-you-think-you-don-t-necessarily-know-your-own-mind
Aeon
Whatever you think, you don’t necessarily know your own mind
Do you think racial stereotypes are false? Are you sure? I’m not asking if you’re sure whether or not the stereotypes are false, but if you’re sure whether or not you think that they are. That might seem like a strange question. We all know what w...
Buon compleanno, Legend of Zelda - il mio articolo per Macity
http://www.macitynet.it/buon-compleanno-legend-of-zelda/
http://www.macitynet.it/buon-compleanno-legend-of-zelda/
Macitynet.it
Buon compleanno, Legend of Zelda
Il dietro le quinte per i 30 anni. Backstage con carta e penna per capire come è stato creato uno dei più grandi capolavori del mondo dei videogame di tutti i tempi. Una saga che ancora oggi incanta grandi e piccini
Macity mette alla prova il re degli eReader: Kobo Aura One - il mio articolo per Macity
http://www.macitynet.it/macity-mette-alla-prova-re-degli-ereader-kobo-aura-one/
http://www.macitynet.it/macity-mette-alla-prova-re-degli-ereader-kobo-aura-one/
Macitynet.it
Macity mette alla prova il re degli eReader: Kobo Aura One - Macitynet.it
Test approfondito per l’ebook reader tra i più grandi sul mercato: Kobo considera l’Aura One il suo prodotto più riuscito di sempre. È davvero così?