Arriva il WiFi del futuro, più veloce e consuma meno - Il mio articolo per la Stampa
Money quote: “Sarà più stabile e sicuro, ma conserverà la compatibilità con gli standard attuali”
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/03/09/tecnologia/news/arriva-il-wifi-del-futuro-pi-veloce-e-consuma-meno-QxoxxCvqsPpoLfSEMCpCvN/pagina.html
Money quote: “Sarà più stabile e sicuro, ma conserverà la compatibilità con gli standard attuali”
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/03/09/tecnologia/news/arriva-il-wifi-del-futuro-pi-veloce-e-consuma-meno-QxoxxCvqsPpoLfSEMCpCvN/pagina.html
LaStampa.it
Arriva il WiFi del futuro, più veloce e consuma meno
Sarà più stabile e sicuro, ma conserverà la compatibilità con gli standard attuali
Una delle profezie su Donald Trump presidente degli Stati Uniti che mi sento di fare è che l’uomo uscirà dalla Casa Bianca in manette. L’ipotesi se ci pensate è tutt’altro che peregrina: si tratta di arrivare a un punto in cui un altro equilibrio di poteri - giocato sul vicepresidente Pence - sia possibile e Trump faccia qualche passo davvero falso. Come accusare pubblicamente il suo predecessore Barack Obama di aver montato un sistema di spionaggio paragonabile a quello di Richard Nixon per il Watergate. Una fantasia allucinata che nasce in ambienti dell’estrema desta americana ma che, soprattutto, nell’essere raccolta da Trump mostra che l’uomo ha delle difficoltà, non è mentalmente lucido. Sul serio. E Vladimir Putin non riesce neanche ad approfittare fino in fondo di questa situazione, da quanto è fuori controllo.
Money quote: “The president of the United States doesn’t know how warrants for wiretaps work, and considered hiring a private investigator to “prove” a fever dream charge against his predecessor. This man is unfit for the job, and not mentally well. Those surrounding him who refuse to acknowledge this and remove him from office are doing a grave disservice to the nation and the world, simply for the sake of protecting their own power.”
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/03/08/trump-has-proven-himself-unfit
Money quote: “The president of the United States doesn’t know how warrants for wiretaps work, and considered hiring a private investigator to “prove” a fever dream charge against his predecessor. This man is unfit for the job, and not mentally well. Those surrounding him who refuse to acknowledge this and remove him from office are doing a grave disservice to the nation and the world, simply for the sake of protecting their own power.”
http://daringfireball.net/linked/2017/03/08/trump-has-proven-himself-unfit
daringfireball.net
Trump Has Proven Himself Unfit
Link to: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/us/politics/trump-wiretap-claim-obama.html?_r=0
Se una persona dà segni di depressione suicida sui social media, cosa bisogna fare? Si interviene? Come? In quale modo? Ci sono domande che la medicina moderna non si era mai posta prima.
Money quote: "I’m a physician at the Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team (SMAHRT) at Seattle Children’s Hospital, where depression is a frequent diagnosis. Yet the diagnosis isn’t always simple, because symptoms are so variable and patients and doctors can get confused. Often, patients are sent for evaluation for something else, such as sleeping or eating problems, or the possibility of a grave physical illness of unknown cause. After a diagnosis of depression, the adolescents typically nod their heads in understanding, formerly tense shoulders now visibly relaxing. They are glad there is a name for what they feel, glad to know it’s not just them, and that there are treatment options"
https://aeon.co/essays/if-suicide-is-signalled-on-social-media-should-you-intervene
Money quote: "I’m a physician at the Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team (SMAHRT) at Seattle Children’s Hospital, where depression is a frequent diagnosis. Yet the diagnosis isn’t always simple, because symptoms are so variable and patients and doctors can get confused. Often, patients are sent for evaluation for something else, such as sleeping or eating problems, or the possibility of a grave physical illness of unknown cause. After a diagnosis of depression, the adolescents typically nod their heads in understanding, formerly tense shoulders now visibly relaxing. They are glad there is a name for what they feel, glad to know it’s not just them, and that there are treatment options"
https://aeon.co/essays/if-suicide-is-signalled-on-social-media-should-you-intervene
Aeon
Status: suicidal
The stigma of depression is lifting on social media, so if suicide is signalled in your newsfeed, should you intervene?
Tinder ha creato Select, la versione "segreta" della sua rete di contatti che desiderano incontri sexy tra aulyo consenzienti, riservata ai ricchi, molto belli e molto famosi. Ma soprattutto, molto belli.
Money quote: "One source who was using the app said it’s “for celebrities and people who do really well on Tinder.”"
https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/07/tinder-select-is-a-secret-members-only-version-of-the-app/
Money quote: "One source who was using the app said it’s “for celebrities and people who do really well on Tinder.”"
https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/07/tinder-select-is-a-secret-members-only-version-of-the-app/
TechCrunch
Tinder Select is a secret, members-only version of the app
Tinder has been operating a members-only version of the platform called Tinder Select, which is meant to serve only the elite users on the app, including
Quando uno pensa di averle sentite tutte, arriva la Casaleggio e associato a contraddirlo.
Storie dei talk show in par condicio
Money quote: "Canale 5, Roma, studio del Palatino, mercoledì 8 giugno, ore 20. Si registra “Matrix”, con Luca Telese. L’assistente di regia si esprime con l’aria che hanno gli uomini da tempo rassegnati a monotoni orizzonti di lavoro, guarda gli ospiti, per lo più giornalisti, uno del Foglio e una del Fatto, li misura distrattamente con lo sguardo, poi in romanesco bonario spiega la procedura: “Mo’ voi entrate in studio, fate due battute co’ Luca, poi però entra Di Maio e voi dovete uscire di corsa…”. Pausa d’imbarazzo. Come uscire, scusi, in che senso? “Dovete lascia’ lo studio”. Ce ne andiamo a casa. “No, no, dovete fa’ finta de non esserci proprio finché ce sta Di Maio”. Noi non ci siamo. “E niente domande”. Zitti e mosca. “Però quanno se collega Salvini da Milano allora potete rientra’ in studio”. E Salvini invece se le fa fare le domande? “Sì, Salvini sì. Poi però dovete usci’ quanno entra Chiara Appendino che se collega da casa sua a Torino”. E noi sparire. “Ma poi rientrate”. Ah. “C’è Anna Maria Bernini di Forza Italia”. E si fanno le domande. “Eccerto”."
http://www.ilfoglio.it/politica/2016/06/17/news/un-giorno-da-talk-97358/
Storie dei talk show in par condicio
Money quote: "Canale 5, Roma, studio del Palatino, mercoledì 8 giugno, ore 20. Si registra “Matrix”, con Luca Telese. L’assistente di regia si esprime con l’aria che hanno gli uomini da tempo rassegnati a monotoni orizzonti di lavoro, guarda gli ospiti, per lo più giornalisti, uno del Foglio e una del Fatto, li misura distrattamente con lo sguardo, poi in romanesco bonario spiega la procedura: “Mo’ voi entrate in studio, fate due battute co’ Luca, poi però entra Di Maio e voi dovete uscire di corsa…”. Pausa d’imbarazzo. Come uscire, scusi, in che senso? “Dovete lascia’ lo studio”. Ce ne andiamo a casa. “No, no, dovete fa’ finta de non esserci proprio finché ce sta Di Maio”. Noi non ci siamo. “E niente domande”. Zitti e mosca. “Però quanno se collega Salvini da Milano allora potete rientra’ in studio”. E Salvini invece se le fa fare le domande? “Sì, Salvini sì. Poi però dovete usci’ quanno entra Chiara Appendino che se collega da casa sua a Torino”. E noi sparire. “Ma poi rientrate”. Ah. “C’è Anna Maria Bernini di Forza Italia”. E si fanno le domande. “Eccerto”."
http://www.ilfoglio.it/politica/2016/06/17/news/un-giorno-da-talk-97358/
IL FOGLIO
Un giorno da talk
“Mo’ voi giornalisti venite in studio, poi uscite quanno entra Di Maio, e rientrate con Salvini, ok?”. La Casaleggio Associati chiama, le redazioni rispondono, prendono appunti, e le trasmissioni cucinano la trama delle interviste solitarie…
Storia del monte Tatayema, il posto più nevoso del Giappone e forse del pianeta. Ma più che la storia, l’incredibile lavoro da formichine degli addetti alla manutenzione delle strade e le foto del “tunnel nella neve” che riescono a creare e difendere dagli elementi, giorno per giorno. Pazzesco.
Money quote: “Mt. Tateyama rises 9,892 feet in Japan’s Hida Mountains and is considered one of the country’s Three Holy Mountains. It also may be one of the snowiest mountains in Japan, and perhaps one of the snowiest places on planet Earth.”
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/snow-canyon-japan
Money quote: “Mt. Tateyama rises 9,892 feet in Japan’s Hida Mountains and is considered one of the country’s Three Holy Mountains. It also may be one of the snowiest mountains in Japan, and perhaps one of the snowiest places on planet Earth.”
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/snow-canyon-japan
Atlas Obscura
How to Clear a Path Through 60 Feet of Snow, Japanese Style
Snow Canyon in Toyama is both visually stunning and quite the technical feat.
Sciopero a oltranza: la situazione al Sole 24 Ore si fa tosta, indagati il direttore e altre 8 persone.
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/03/10/italia/cronache/inchiesta-sul-sole-ore-indagati-il-direttore-roberto-napoletano-e-altre-otto-persone-ZvpOlQ6GyVHb5t6PO7XlaI/pagina.html
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/03/10/italia/cronache/inchiesta-sul-sole-ore-indagati-il-direttore-roberto-napoletano-e-altre-otto-persone-ZvpOlQ6GyVHb5t6PO7XlaI/pagina.html
LaStampa.it
Sole 24 Ore, indagati il direttore e altre 8 persone. La redazione: “Sciopero finché non si dimette”
Copie digitali gonfiate e conti del bilancio falsati. C’è una svolta nell’inchiesta sul Sole 24 ore, il giornale finanziario della Confindustria finito nella bufera con un indebitamento finanziario ne
E a quanto pare di cose da dire sulla vicenda Sole 24 Ore ce ne sono ancora parecchie
Money quote: "Siamo riusciti a procurarci proprio in queste ore il testo della scrittura privata del 3 febbraio 2015 – che avrebbe dovuto assicurare al direttore una mega-liquidazione in caso di licenziamento senza giusta causa – sottoscritta in gran segreto da Benedini e Napoletano senza che il consiglio d’amministrazione, il collegio sindacale e gli azionisti ne sapessero alcunché. E con grande sorpresa emerge un fatto nuovo"
https://it.businessinsider.com/esclusivo-sole-24-ore-il-documento-sullaccordo-segreto-tra-benedini-treu-e-napoletano/
Money quote: "Siamo riusciti a procurarci proprio in queste ore il testo della scrittura privata del 3 febbraio 2015 – che avrebbe dovuto assicurare al direttore una mega-liquidazione in caso di licenziamento senza giusta causa – sottoscritta in gran segreto da Benedini e Napoletano senza che il consiglio d’amministrazione, il collegio sindacale e gli azionisti ne sapessero alcunché. E con grande sorpresa emerge un fatto nuovo"
https://it.businessinsider.com/esclusivo-sole-24-ore-il-documento-sullaccordo-segreto-tra-benedini-treu-e-napoletano/
Business Insider Italia
L'accordo segreto sulla buonuscita da 2,25 milioni per il direttore del Sole 24 Ore Roberto Napoletano
Il testo della scrittura privata
Pensavamo di essere tutti editorialisti in Italia, ma a quanto pare lo siamo in tutto il mondo. Ecco qui il video virale che mostra con chiarezza di dettagli la bilancia tra vita e lavoro mentre si sta disintegrando assieme a tutte le illusioni della TV sotto gli occhi del pubblico. L'esperto di fatti coreani collegato in diretta viene svelato e travolto dall'incursione dei due figli (e della scatenata moglie). 44 secondi che rappresentano il nostro mondo.
Money quote: "Indeed, upon closer inspection of the video, we see the makings of this desperate act. What appears to be this worldly commentator’s home office is actually a bedroom, with a world map taped to the wall and books lined up across the bed. His children didn’t just interrupt his interview; they uncovered his professional ruse. And now those poor kids are condemned to a life of meme-dom"
https://qz.com/929891/a-live-bbc-television-spot-went-totally-haywire-for-a-work-from-home-dad-when-real-life-slipped-in/
Money quote: "Indeed, upon closer inspection of the video, we see the makings of this desperate act. What appears to be this worldly commentator’s home office is actually a bedroom, with a world map taped to the wall and books lined up across the bed. His children didn’t just interrupt his interview; they uncovered his professional ruse. And now those poor kids are condemned to a life of meme-dom"
https://qz.com/929891/a-live-bbc-television-spot-went-totally-haywire-for-a-work-from-home-dad-when-real-life-slipped-in/
Quartz
A live BBC television spot went totally haywire for a work-from-home dad
Work-life balance has come a long, long way.
Negli Stati Uniti si parla sempre della bolla dei conservatori, che vivono circondati da fake news o notizie condiscendenti con la loro parte politica. Ma c’è anche una bolla per l’altra parte.
Money quote: “The U.S. presidential election, as I’ve argued, was something of a similar case. No, the polls didn’t show a toss-up, as they had in Brexit. But the reporting was much more certain of Clinton’s chances than it should have been based on the polls. Much of The New York Times’s coverage, for instance, implied that Clinton’s odds were close to 100 percent.”
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/there-really-was-a-liberal-media-bubble/
Money quote: “The U.S. presidential election, as I’ve argued, was something of a similar case. No, the polls didn’t show a toss-up, as they had in Brexit. But the reporting was much more certain of Clinton’s chances than it should have been based on the polls. Much of The New York Times’s coverage, for instance, implied that Clinton’s odds were close to 100 percent.”
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/there-really-was-a-liberal-media-bubble/
FiveThirtyEight
There Really Was A Liberal Media Bubble
This is the ninth article in a series that reviews news coverage of the 2016 general election, explores how Donald Trump won and why his chances were underrated…
L'interessante caso di Stephen Bannon, a capo della vittoriosa campagna di Donald Trump e furbacchione di prima grandezza. Ho come la sensazione che i giornali americani si stiano svegliando adesso. Intanto, salta uno dei procuratori di Barack Obama "sospesi" da Trump.
Money quote: "The issue of Bannon’s legal residency has been simmering since last summer, shortly after he became chief executive of Trump’s campaign. The Guardian reported in an Aug. 26 story that he was registered to vote at a then-vacant house and speculated that Bannon may have signed an oath that he was a Florida resident to take advantage of the state’s lack of state income taxes"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/investigations/during-his-political-rise-stephen-k-bannon-was-a-man-with-no-fixed-address/2017/03/11/89866f4c-0285-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html
Money quote: "The issue of Bannon’s legal residency has been simmering since last summer, shortly after he became chief executive of Trump’s campaign. The Guardian reported in an Aug. 26 story that he was registered to vote at a then-vacant house and speculated that Bannon may have signed an oath that he was a Florida resident to take advantage of the state’s lack of state income taxes"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/investigations/during-his-political-rise-stephen-k-bannon-was-a-man-with-no-fixed-address/2017/03/11/89866f4c-0285-11e7-ad5b-d22680e18d10_story.html
Washington Post
During his political rise, Stephen K. Bannon was a man with no fixed address
The White House strategist left little trace at homes he claimed in Florida.
Una brutta storia di controlli alla frontiera americana. C’è una band italiana, Soviet Soviet, che doveva andare a suonare gratuitamente (a scopo promozionale) in un festival piuttosto famoso, il SXSW, che ormai è diventato mainstream. Se si suona gratuitamente servono certi tipi di documenti, se si suona a pagamento ne servono altri.
Ai controlli di frontiera semplicemente non li hanno creduti e sono diventati “immigrati illegali”, con tutte le conseguenze del caso (notte in prigione ed espulsione il giorno dopo).
Money quote: “They took us to the customs office we were in the previous day and we waited for our return flight which was scheduled for around 1:00pm local time. Only a short while prior to taking off were we able to get back our cell phones and bags and we were escorted right up to the airplane. We were relieved to fly back home and distance ourselves from that violent, stressful and humiliating situation. We left Italy headed towards the US with all necessary documents, passports and various declarations in which we clearly explained the purpose of our tour, confirming it is was strictly promotional and that we were in no way going to earn money from it or receive any form of payment. We knew that if we were to receive any compensation we would have had to apply for work visas. This was not the case and the people we spoke to for information told us we would be fine.”
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/italian-band-soviet-soviet-jailed-and-deported-while-entering-us-for-sxsw/
Ai controlli di frontiera semplicemente non li hanno creduti e sono diventati “immigrati illegali”, con tutte le conseguenze del caso (notte in prigione ed espulsione il giorno dopo).
Money quote: “They took us to the customs office we were in the previous day and we waited for our return flight which was scheduled for around 1:00pm local time. Only a short while prior to taking off were we able to get back our cell phones and bags and we were escorted right up to the airplane. We were relieved to fly back home and distance ourselves from that violent, stressful and humiliating situation. We left Italy headed towards the US with all necessary documents, passports and various declarations in which we clearly explained the purpose of our tour, confirming it is was strictly promotional and that we were in no way going to earn money from it or receive any form of payment. We knew that if we were to receive any compensation we would have had to apply for work visas. This was not the case and the people we spoke to for information told us we would be fine.”
http://www.brooklynvegan.com/italian-band-soviet-soviet-jailed-and-deported-while-entering-us-for-sxsw/
BrooklynVegan
Italian band Soviet Soviet jailed and deported while entering US for SXSW
Italian band Soviet Soviet had a harrowing experience while trying to come into the US to perform at SXSW. Read their statement on being detained, jailed, and deported.
Vita e (tra poco) morte di una delle più importanti figure del mondo di appassionati Apple in California. Se volete spezzarvi il cuore, leggete questo articolo sino in fondo.
Money quote: “One day next week, if all goes according to plan, Tom Negrino will swallow a dose of anti-nausea drugs. Shortly afterward, he will raise a glass filled with four ounces of liquid and drink. Ninety capsules of a barbiturate will be dissolved in that glass. Negrino will follow it up with a glass of good wine, say goodbye to his wife and fall asleep. Within an hour, he will be dead.”
http://www.sonomawest.com/the_healdsburg_tribune/news/healdsburg-man-to-take-his-own-life-under-end-of/article_61375b76-038b-11e7-a0b4-67eae996d6bd.html
Money quote: “One day next week, if all goes according to plan, Tom Negrino will swallow a dose of anti-nausea drugs. Shortly afterward, he will raise a glass filled with four ounces of liquid and drink. Ninety capsules of a barbiturate will be dissolved in that glass. Negrino will follow it up with a glass of good wine, say goodbye to his wife and fall asleep. Within an hour, he will be dead.”
http://www.sonomawest.com/the_healdsburg_tribune/news/healdsburg-man-to-take-his-own-life-under-end-of/article_61375b76-038b-11e7-a0b4-67eae996d6bd.html
Sonoma West Publishers
Living and dying on his own terms
Healdsburg man to take his own life under “End of Life Option” law
Comunque, ci deve essere qualche italiano anche nello staff amministrativo del Congresso americano. Perché la mezza truffa delle bandiere a stelle e strisce che vengono vendute “dopo che sono state sventolate sulla capitale degli Stati Uniti” in realtà sembra frutto di qualche ingegno nostrano. C’è anche l’ascensore…
Money quote: “The reality of the flag program is a little less glamorous. The Flag Office is located in an underground office inside the Capitol’s terrace. This office connects to the surface by a special elevator that permits the bulk flying of flags with machine-like efficiency on a single small flagpole. The flag goes up, the flag goes down; it has now been flown over the Capitol. They fly for a few seconds on a small unceremonious pole in the corner of the terrace that is strategically positioned to conceal it from tourists. Staffers and interns can sit outside the Republican cloakroom and watch the elevator running up and down in the afternoon.”
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/capitol-flag-elevator
Money quote: “The reality of the flag program is a little less glamorous. The Flag Office is located in an underground office inside the Capitol’s terrace. This office connects to the surface by a special elevator that permits the bulk flying of flags with machine-like efficiency on a single small flagpole. The flag goes up, the flag goes down; it has now been flown over the Capitol. They fly for a few seconds on a small unceremonious pole in the corner of the terrace that is strategically positioned to conceal it from tourists. Staffers and interns can sit outside the Republican cloakroom and watch the elevator running up and down in the afternoon.”
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/capitol-flag-elevator
Atlas Obscura
The Capitol Flag Elevator Flies American Flags in Bulk "Over the U.S. Capitol"
America's Congressional Flag Program is a little less glamorous than it seems.
Il Cessna 172 è un aereo unico: in produzione da 60 anni circa, è uno dei più diffusi al mondo se non il più diffuso. Un vero miracolo di resilienza. Ma quali sono le origini della sua incredibile storia?
Moneny quote: “Light aircraft might not be updated as often as cars, but 60 years is still a very long time to produce a vehicle that has essentially been unchanged. The only time its production ceased for an extended time was in the late 1980s, when stricter US laws restricted the manufacture of all light aircraft. What is it about the 172 that has made it such a favourite for so long?”
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170302-the-plane-so-good-its-still-in-production-after-60-years
Moneny quote: “Light aircraft might not be updated as often as cars, but 60 years is still a very long time to produce a vehicle that has essentially been unchanged. The only time its production ceased for an extended time was in the late 1980s, when stricter US laws restricted the manufacture of all light aircraft. What is it about the 172 that has made it such a favourite for so long?”
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20170302-the-plane-so-good-its-still-in-production-after-60-years
Bbc
The plane so good it’s still in production after 60 years
In 1956, Cessna started building the 172 training plane - and more than 60 years on, it’s still in production. Stephen Dowling looks at the reasons why it’s still so popular.
Sono senza parole
Money quote: "As part of an ad campaign for its original series The Man In The High Castle, Amazon recently launched Resistance Radio, a streaming station set, like the Philip K. Dick adaptation itself, in an alternate 1962 America run by fascists. The pre-recorded program features “bootleg songs” alongside interstitials where underground DJs talk about standing up to Nazis, urging listeners to keep the fight alive in a nation that’s been overrun by fear, oppression, and authoritarian rule. For whatever reason, some conservatives have interpreted this as being about Donald Trump. And faced with what appears to be such a strong anti-Nazi statement, and a call for people who still believe in American ideals to stand up against the country’s destruction, naturally these patriots have rushed to loudly denounce it."
http://www.avclub.com/amp/251886
Money quote: "As part of an ad campaign for its original series The Man In The High Castle, Amazon recently launched Resistance Radio, a streaming station set, like the Philip K. Dick adaptation itself, in an alternate 1962 America run by fascists. The pre-recorded program features “bootleg songs” alongside interstitials where underground DJs talk about standing up to Nazis, urging listeners to keep the fight alive in a nation that’s been overrun by fear, oppression, and authoritarian rule. For whatever reason, some conservatives have interpreted this as being about Donald Trump. And faced with what appears to be such a strong anti-Nazi statement, and a call for people who still believe in American ideals to stand up against the country’s destruction, naturally these patriots have rushed to loudly denounce it."
http://www.avclub.com/amp/251886
Avclub
Trump supporters protest The Man In The High Castle’s anti-Nazi radio station
As part of an ad campaign for its original series The Man In The High Castle, Amazon recently launched Resistance Radio, a streaming station set, like the Philip K. Dick adaptation itself, in an alternate 1962 America run by fascists. The pre-recorded program…
Abbandonare la Terra? Ma stiamo scherzando? E poi, anche se si potesse (e non si può), perché? Per portarci dietro i nostri problemi e comportamenti sbagliati facendo finta di niente?
Money quote: "What’s not explained is how we’re expected to avoid bringing the crop blight with us, or why agriculture would be more viable on a desert world than one that still has some harried remnants of life. Listen to these narratives for long enough and you start to think that the problem is our Earth itself, that there’s something evil buried deep below the soil, that it’s one giant haunted house to be fled. As if whatever ghosts swarm around this place were here before we created them. All these visions of humanity’s destiny in the stars, whether they’re brought on by curiosity or desperation, imagine that we could turn lifeless planets into gardens. But all that’s happened in living memory is the precise opposite"
https://www.theatlantic.com/article/518853/
Money quote: "What’s not explained is how we’re expected to avoid bringing the crop blight with us, or why agriculture would be more viable on a desert world than one that still has some harried remnants of life. Listen to these narratives for long enough and you start to think that the problem is our Earth itself, that there’s something evil buried deep below the soil, that it’s one giant haunted house to be fled. As if whatever ghosts swarm around this place were here before we created them. All these visions of humanity’s destiny in the stars, whether they’re brought on by curiosity or desperation, imagine that we could turn lifeless planets into gardens. But all that’s happened in living memory is the precise opposite"
https://www.theatlantic.com/article/518853/
The Atlantic
Stop Joking About Fleeing Earth for Newly Discovered Planets
Exploring the galaxy will only give our problems more room to expand.
Prima Austin caccia Uber, poi nascono nuove startup di trasporto e tutti sembrano felici. Poi arriva il mega festival (SXSW) con 70mila visitatori e collassa tutto. Storie dal futuro? Beh, no: è come Firenze durante Pitti o Milano durante il salone del mobile o della moda: il collasso dei servizi è ordinaria amministrazione, dalle nostre parti...
Money quote: "It has been only six years since Uber launched in San Francisco, and already, its absence is like a phantom limb making founders writhe in frustration"
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2017/03/13/lack_of_uber_produces_elite_meltdown_at_sxsw.html
Money quote: "It has been only six years since Uber launched in San Francisco, and already, its absence is like a phantom limb making founders writhe in frustration"
http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2017/03/13/lack_of_uber_produces_elite_meltdown_at_sxsw.html
Slate Magazine
Silicon Valley Is Having a Meltdown Because It Can’t Use Uber and Lyft at SXSW
Silicon Valley has a sad.
In Texas c'è una legislazione anti-aborto tosta. Una parlamentare democratica ha proposto una legge che porta avanti la visione simmetrica del tema: una legge anti masturbazione maschile. Ci attendono tempi interessanti.
Money quote:
"It calls for a $100 fine for “emissions outside of a woman’s vagina, or created outside of a health or medical facility”, which “will be considered an act against an unborn child, and failing to preserve the sanctity of life”.
It also requires the creation of a “masturbatory assistance registry” of not-for-profit organisations and hospitals able to provide “fully-abstinent encouragement counseling, supervising physicians for masturbatory emissions, and storage for the semen”."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/13/texas-masturbation-bill-abortion-jessica-farrar
Money quote:
"It calls for a $100 fine for “emissions outside of a woman’s vagina, or created outside of a health or medical facility”, which “will be considered an act against an unborn child, and failing to preserve the sanctity of life”.
It also requires the creation of a “masturbatory assistance registry” of not-for-profit organisations and hospitals able to provide “fully-abstinent encouragement counseling, supervising physicians for masturbatory emissions, and storage for the semen”."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/mar/13/texas-masturbation-bill-abortion-jessica-farrar
the Guardian
Texas lawmaker ridicules anti-abortion measures by filing anti-masturbation bill
Jessica Farrar’s satirical Man’s Right to Know Act would set $100 fine for ‘emissions outside a woman’s vagina’ and require unnecessary medical tests