È morto George A. Romero. Un ricordo di Sentieri Selvaggi
Money quote: "Se in questi giorni hai già letto qualche articolo commemorativo in sua memoria, sono sicuro che ti sarai appuntato tutti i titoli da vedere. Non lasciartene sfuggire nessuno, mi raccomando, è importante. Ma se stai leggendo da uno smartphone, com’è probabile che sia, allora non perdere per nessun motivo al mondo Diary of the Dead, e sono sicuro che guardandolo capirai perché."
http://www.sentieriselvaggi.it/in-memoria-di-george-a-romero/
Money quote: "Se in questi giorni hai già letto qualche articolo commemorativo in sua memoria, sono sicuro che ti sarai appuntato tutti i titoli da vedere. Non lasciartene sfuggire nessuno, mi raccomando, è importante. Ma se stai leggendo da uno smartphone, com’è probabile che sia, allora non perdere per nessun motivo al mondo Diary of the Dead, e sono sicuro che guardandolo capirai perché."
http://www.sentieriselvaggi.it/in-memoria-di-george-a-romero/
www.sentieriselvaggi.it
In memoria di George A. Romero
I film sono il messaggio. La potenza evocativa delle immagini è un pugno in faccia, schiaffo alla morale. In your face. Inequivocabile, impossibile da fraintendere tanto nel 68 quanto nel 2005
La linguistica ha un problema. Come scienza non funziona. E le cose si stanno facendo sempre più complicate. Anche perché si regge tutto su Noam Chomsky, a quanto pare. E noi non riusciamo neanche a capire se il linguaggio sia una necessità biologica o un costrutto sociale.
Money quote: "You might think that a simplifying turn would be easy to explain to a lay audience, but unfortunately that’s not the case. Even linguists have trouble understanding it. Frankly I’m not sure I really understand it myself. The drive toward minimalism here is actually a drive toward abstraction. Not boiling down the facts to see what they all share in common, but abstracting away from observations until what we have is so remote that it defies appeals to concrete models, metaphors or even formal, mathematical-type statements"
https://aeon.co/essays/is-the-study-of-language-a-science
Money quote: "You might think that a simplifying turn would be easy to explain to a lay audience, but unfortunately that’s not the case. Even linguists have trouble understanding it. Frankly I’m not sure I really understand it myself. The drive toward minimalism here is actually a drive toward abstraction. Not boiling down the facts to see what they all share in common, but abstracting away from observations until what we have is so remote that it defies appeals to concrete models, metaphors or even formal, mathematical-type statements"
https://aeon.co/essays/is-the-study-of-language-a-science
Aeon
Is linguistics a science?
Much of linguistic theory is so abstract and dependent on theoretical apparatus that it might be impossible to explain
Se quando modero un evento me ne trovo uno del pubblico che fa così, gli faccio spegnere il microfono, altroché
Money quote: "When you stand up, speak to the attendees, not just the speaker. Take the opportunity to connect with the audience. If you are sitting towards the front of the room, angle yourself so you can look at others."
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/07/heres-how-you-can-make-an-impact-at-a-conference
Money quote: "When you stand up, speak to the attendees, not just the speaker. Take the opportunity to connect with the audience. If you are sitting towards the front of the room, angle yourself so you can look at others."
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/07/heres-how-you-can-make-an-impact-at-a-conference
World Economic Forum
Here's how you can make an impact at a conference
The stories shaping the Global, Regional and Industry agendas
Se ne parla poco - da noi piace di più riempirsi la bocca con la "app economy" - ma c'è un problema. Il modello emergente di abbonamento anziché vendita (al limite distribuzione gratuita con acquisti in-app) sta creando non pochi mal di pancia. Le app (mi riferisco a quelle per iOS e macOS) date con un canone mensile si trasformano in servizi ma tali, in realtà, non sono quasi mai.
Money quote: "Subscription-based pricing isn’t a suitable model for every app, and it places a big burden on developers. They must iterate and update frequently to justify the cost of a subscription, but they must not alienate existing customers by doing too much — consider every angry tweet and status update every time Twitter or Facebook make a major change."
https://pxlnv.com/linklog/harmer-lightroom-manifesto/
Money quote: "Subscription-based pricing isn’t a suitable model for every app, and it places a big burden on developers. They must iterate and update frequently to justify the cost of a subscription, but they must not alienate existing customers by doing too much — consider every angry tweet and status update every time Twitter or Facebook make a major change."
https://pxlnv.com/linklog/harmer-lightroom-manifesto/
Pxlnv
The Lightroom Manifesto — Pixel Envy
Jim Harmer (via Michael Tsai): Adobe has made VERY few updates to Lightroom (computer version) in the last two years. The pace of innovation has been so slow that I felt certain they were working behind the scenes on a complete re-write of the program to…
Non ho avuto tempo di segnalarlo ieri, ma se n'è andato Martin Landau, l'attore aveva 89 anni e da noi lo ricordiamo soprattutto per "Spazio 1999".
Money quote: "The lanky, offbeat-looking veteran of the Actors Studio, for he which he was currently West Coast co-artistic director, had many ups and downs in his career. His greatest successes (three Oscar nominations and one win) came later in life when he returned to character roles like the one that first won him notice, as James Mason’s sinister gay henchman in Alfred Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest.”
He was Emmy-nominated five times, and most of his leading man roles came on television, most notably as Rollin Hand, a master of disguise on “Mission: Impossible.” He later spent a couple of years starring in syndicated sci-fi series “Space: 1999,” on which, as with “Mission: Impossible,” he co-starred with then-wife Barbara Bain."
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/martin-landau-dead-dies-ed-wood-mission-impossible-1202497128/
Money quote: "The lanky, offbeat-looking veteran of the Actors Studio, for he which he was currently West Coast co-artistic director, had many ups and downs in his career. His greatest successes (three Oscar nominations and one win) came later in life when he returned to character roles like the one that first won him notice, as James Mason’s sinister gay henchman in Alfred Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest.”
He was Emmy-nominated five times, and most of his leading man roles came on television, most notably as Rollin Hand, a master of disguise on “Mission: Impossible.” He later spent a couple of years starring in syndicated sci-fi series “Space: 1999,” on which, as with “Mission: Impossible,” he co-starred with then-wife Barbara Bain."
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/martin-landau-dead-dies-ed-wood-mission-impossible-1202497128/
Variety
Martin Landau, Oscar Winner for ‘Ed Wood’ Dies, at 89
Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau, star of “Ed Wood” as well as the classic TV series “Mission: Impossible,” has died.
Come vengono interpretati i parametri provenienti dalla riga di comando? Una cosa per nerd nerd nerd. (*nix, Windows e C/C++)
Money quote: "On *nix, you launch a program using the execve API (or it's cousins execvp, execl, execlp, execle, and execvp). The interesting thing about these APIs is that they allow the caller to specify each of the command line arguments"
http://daviddeley.com/autohotkey/parameters/parameters.htm
Money quote: "On *nix, you launch a program using the execve API (or it's cousins execvp, execl, execlp, execle, and execvp). The interesting thing about these APIs is that they allow the caller to specify each of the command line arguments"
http://daviddeley.com/autohotkey/parameters/parameters.htm
L'America rurale, quella delle infinite periferie, delle piccole città sospese tra le due coste, è completamente flippata. E Donald Trump la sta ulteriormente trasformando
Money quote: "During the campaign, Trump’s descriptions of inner-city crime and hopelessness often seemed cartoonish to urban residents, but not to rural voters—in Mesa County, Trump won nearly sixty-five per cent of the vote. Pueblo, another large rural Colorado county, has a steel industry that’s been on the wane since the nineteen-eighties. Its county seat now has the state’s highest homicide rate, and last election the county switched from blue to red. Far from Denver and Boulder, there are many places where an atmosphere of decline has lasted for two or more generations, leaving a profound impact on the outlook of young people. Matt Patterson told me that as a boy he had always hoped to escape his home town. In 1985, when he was twelve, almost fifteen per cent of the homes in Grand Junction were vacant, because of the effects of Black Sunday."
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/24/how-trump-is-transforming-rural-america
Money quote: "During the campaign, Trump’s descriptions of inner-city crime and hopelessness often seemed cartoonish to urban residents, but not to rural voters—in Mesa County, Trump won nearly sixty-five per cent of the vote. Pueblo, another large rural Colorado county, has a steel industry that’s been on the wane since the nineteen-eighties. Its county seat now has the state’s highest homicide rate, and last election the county switched from blue to red. Far from Denver and Boulder, there are many places where an atmosphere of decline has lasted for two or more generations, leaving a profound impact on the outlook of young people. Matt Patterson told me that as a boy he had always hoped to escape his home town. In 1985, when he was twelve, almost fifteen per cent of the homes in Grand Junction were vacant, because of the effects of Black Sunday."
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/07/24/how-trump-is-transforming-rural-america
The New Yorker
How Trump Is Transforming Rural America
In Colorado, the President’s tone has started rubbing off on residents.
L'etica della startup, spiegata bene
Money quote: "As you can probably tell by looking around, every employee at our startup is 23 years old. On the morning of your 24th birthday, the barcode on your employee ID stops working and you can no longer enter our building. We do this to ensure our company has a ceaseless, youthful energy. We believe old people are displeasing to look at and also, bad at ideas."
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/welcome-to-our-startup-where-everyone-is-23-years-old-because-we-believe-old-people-are-visually-displeasing-and-out-of-ideas
Money quote: "As you can probably tell by looking around, every employee at our startup is 23 years old. On the morning of your 24th birthday, the barcode on your employee ID stops working and you can no longer enter our building. We do this to ensure our company has a ceaseless, youthful energy. We believe old people are displeasing to look at and also, bad at ideas."
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/welcome-to-our-startup-where-everyone-is-23-years-old-because-we-believe-old-people-are-visually-displeasing-and-out-of-ideas
McSweeney's Internet Tendency
Welcome to Our Startup Where Everyone is 23 Years Old Because We Believe Old People Are Visually Displeasing and Out of Ideas
Hello, and welcome to our startup. We hope you’re enjoying your complimentary snifter of vaporized coconut water. Once you’re done, please place th...
Parlavamo ieri di cose nerd nerd nerd? Beh, che ne dite di una guida metodologica per principianti (con indicazione degli strumenti appropriatI) al reverse engineering? Ottima lettura per il fine settimana, no?
Money quote: "So, here we are, you downloaded your first binary and now … what to do ? RE requires two types of analysis, static and dynamic. The static analysis will help you to have a better overview and understanding on what going on within the binary, whereas the dynamic analysis will allow you to follow, step by step, the changing that occurs within each register, which system calls are used, etc."
https://0x00sec.org/t/re-guide-for-beginners-methodology-and-tools/2242
Money quote: "So, here we are, you downloaded your first binary and now … what to do ? RE requires two types of analysis, static and dynamic. The static analysis will help you to have a better overview and understanding on what going on within the binary, whereas the dynamic analysis will allow you to follow, step by step, the changing that occurs within each register, which system calls are used, etc."
https://0x00sec.org/t/re-guide-for-beginners-methodology-and-tools/2242
0x00sec - The Home of the Hacker
RE guide for beginners: Methodology and tools
Hi fellas, A few days ago, I decided to start my adventure in the reverse engineering domain. I was quickly overwhelmed by a bunch of information and op codes that confused me a lot, even with solid knowledge in assembly and programming. Reverse engineering…
Una guida passo passo per utenti macOS all'installazione e uso di Tor.
Money quote: "The easiest way to install the Tor software on your Mac is to download the Tor Bundle form the Tor website. Visit the Tor Bundle Download Page. The website should recognize that you are on a Mac, and offer up a link to click to begin the download. Just click that rather large purple button to begin the download."
http://www.mactrast.com/2017/07/install-user-tor-browser-mac/
Money quote: "The easiest way to install the Tor software on your Mac is to download the Tor Bundle form the Tor website. Visit the Tor Bundle Download Page. The website should recognize that you are on a Mac, and offer up a link to click to begin the download. Just click that rather large purple button to begin the download."
http://www.mactrast.com/2017/07/install-user-tor-browser-mac/
MacTrast
How to Install and User the Tor Browser on Your Mac
Want to keep your internet activities private? You might want to give the Tor Browser a try.
Il mondo non è in bianco e nero, per cui molti esempi, incluso quello che segue, possono apparire estremi o "stonati", o in quel che modo fuori fuoco. Ma la realtà sottostante rimane ed è più che tangibile.
Il lavoro definisce le persone (è anche nella nostra costituzione) ma metterlo davanti alla propria vita privata, alla propria famiglia (partner e figli), ai mille aspetti della propria personalità e identità che non sono definibili da una prestazione lavorativa contestualizzata, vuol dire andare a investire in un tipo di felicità piuttosto rischiosa e squilibrata. Il lavoro non è la nostra famiglia. Ma c'è chi non lo capisce o preferisce non capirlo.
Money quote: "Besides, don’t you already have a family or group of friends who feel like blood relations? The modern company isn’t a street gang filled with orphans trying to make it in the tough, tough world. Trying to supplant the family you likely already have is just another way to attempt to put the needs of the company above the needs of your actual family. That’s a sick ploy.
The best companies aren’t families. They’re supporters of families. Allies of families. There to provide healthy, fulfilling work environments so when workers shut their laptops at a reasonable hour, they’re the best husbands, wives, parents, siblings, and children they can be."
https://m.signalvnoise.com/the-company-isnt-a-family-d24f26c3f3fe
Il lavoro definisce le persone (è anche nella nostra costituzione) ma metterlo davanti alla propria vita privata, alla propria famiglia (partner e figli), ai mille aspetti della propria personalità e identità che non sono definibili da una prestazione lavorativa contestualizzata, vuol dire andare a investire in un tipo di felicità piuttosto rischiosa e squilibrata. Il lavoro non è la nostra famiglia. Ma c'è chi non lo capisce o preferisce non capirlo.
Money quote: "Besides, don’t you already have a family or group of friends who feel like blood relations? The modern company isn’t a street gang filled with orphans trying to make it in the tough, tough world. Trying to supplant the family you likely already have is just another way to attempt to put the needs of the company above the needs of your actual family. That’s a sick ploy.
The best companies aren’t families. They’re supporters of families. Allies of families. There to provide healthy, fulfilling work environments so when workers shut their laptops at a reasonable hour, they’re the best husbands, wives, parents, siblings, and children they can be."
https://m.signalvnoise.com/the-company-isnt-a-family-d24f26c3f3fe
Signal v. Noise
The company isn’t a family
Whenever executives talk about how their company is really like a big ol’ family, beware. They’re usually not referring to how the company is going to protect you no matter what or love you uncondi…
Volete usare Slack (o strumenti analoghi) per il vostro gruppo di lavoro e magari non siete particolarmente tecnici e votati all'analisi. Beh, la cosa migliore in questi casi è vedere come fanno gli altri e cercare di capire se hanno esigenze simili e che si adattano. In questo tipo di esercizio io trovo stimolante ma anche utile cercare template fuori dall'ordinario: alle volte serve a capire meglio l'astrazione che sta dietro certe scelte.
Che ne dite di guardare come viene usato Slack da un dipartimento di polizia americano per coordinare il lavoro degli agenti?
Money quote: "Citta notes that the way law enforcement units have organized themselves in Slack mirrors the way they work in the real world, with police officers and investigators statewide congregating in channels like #narcotics, #crimes, and #ctwide-intel. The #BOLO channel (code for “Be on the lookout”) is like a communal bulletin board where officers post information about suspects they’re looking for who might be on the move."
https://slackhq.com/fighting-crime-with-slack-fbd296bc31db
Che ne dite di guardare come viene usato Slack da un dipartimento di polizia americano per coordinare il lavoro degli agenti?
Money quote: "Citta notes that the way law enforcement units have organized themselves in Slack mirrors the way they work in the real world, with police officers and investigators statewide congregating in channels like #narcotics, #crimes, and #ctwide-intel. The #BOLO channel (code for “Be on the lookout”) is like a communal bulletin board where officers post information about suspects they’re looking for who might be on the move."
https://slackhq.com/fighting-crime-with-slack-fbd296bc31db
Several People Are Typing — The Official Slack Blog
Fighting crime with Slack
How the Hartford Police Department gathers intelligence in real time
Amante della pellicola si comprare una Leica M6 per fare un po' di Street Photography a Tokyo. Pieno di buoni suggerimenti anche per gli amanti del digitale.
Money quote: "Prior to heading up to Fukushima I squeezed in some time off in Tokyo. Having been there once before I knew how amazing it was…is…and wanted to spend some time dedicated to street photography for a few days. And what better place to do it than in among the overcrowded, hectic, jam-packed Japanese capital."
https://www.35mmc.com/08/07/2017/m6-street-photography-tokyofiles/
Money quote: "Prior to heading up to Fukushima I squeezed in some time off in Tokyo. Having been there once before I knew how amazing it was…is…and wanted to spend some time dedicated to street photography for a few days. And what better place to do it than in among the overcrowded, hectic, jam-packed Japanese capital."
https://www.35mmc.com/08/07/2017/m6-street-photography-tokyofiles/
35mmc
M6 Street Photography: TokyoFiles - guest post by Mark Forbes - 35mmc
After shooting the Leica M6 for just over a year, including a decent period with it as my only film camera, I thought it was time to put pen to paper; or fingers to keys, as the case may be. This is the first post of this style that I’ve written, so just…
Sempre a proposito di Leica, una mostra in Spagna (se mi capiterà di passarci, vado a vederla di sicuro) offre il fianco per raccontare ancora una volta la storia della fotocamera che ha cambiato il modo di fare fotografia.
Money quote: "A celebratory exhibition, Eyes Wide Open! 100 Years of the Leica, is being held at Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, until 10 October"
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/jul/13/leica-the-camera-that-freed-the-world-in-pictures
Money quote: "A celebratory exhibition, Eyes Wide Open! 100 Years of the Leica, is being held at Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, until 10 October"
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2017/jul/13/leica-the-camera-that-freed-the-world-in-pictures
the Guardian
Leica: the camera that freed the world – in pictures
Adored by everyone from Henri-Cartier Bresson to Sebastião Salgado, the Leica compact revolutionised photography – taking it out of the studio and onto the streets. The exhibition Eyes Wide Open! celebrates 100 years of pivotal moments
Robot, intelligenza artificiale, algoritmi. I lavori del futuro non saranno più come quelli di oggi. Diventeranno importanti attività che sottovalutiamo. Se sarà, sarà un cambiamento profondo.
Money quote: "Human jobs in the future will be the ones that require emotional labour: currently undervalued and underpaid but invaluable"
https://aeon.co/essays/the-key-to-jobs-in-the-future-is-not-college-but-compassion
Money quote: "Human jobs in the future will be the ones that require emotional labour: currently undervalued and underpaid but invaluable"
https://aeon.co/essays/the-key-to-jobs-in-the-future-is-not-college-but-compassion
Depenalizziamo la Maria? Erba per tutti? Ottima idea, è un fantastico modo per rilassarsi.
C'è anche a chi fa male, però...
Money quote: "What’s not to love? Well, in a cruel twist, it gives some people terrible anxiety and panic attacks — also known as “the weed demons” — not to mention a crushing paranoia that defeats the entire purpose of getting high in the first place."
https://melmagazine.com/why-some-people-cant-smoke-weed-9254e1228a8d
C'è anche a chi fa male, però...
Money quote: "What’s not to love? Well, in a cruel twist, it gives some people terrible anxiety and panic attacks — also known as “the weed demons” — not to mention a crushing paranoia that defeats the entire purpose of getting high in the first place."
https://melmagazine.com/why-some-people-cant-smoke-weed-9254e1228a8d
MEL Magazine
Why Some People Can’t Smoke Weed
The agony of the would-be recreational drug user
Breve storia sociale della distrazione. I social sono solo gli ultimi arrivati
Money quote: "To get our work done, we could try to turn off the digital stream, but that’s difficult to do when we’re plagued by FOMO, the modern fear of missing out. Some people think that our willpower is so weak because our brains have been damaged by digital noise. But blaming technology for the rise in inattention is misplaced. History shows that the disquiet is fuelled not by the next new thing but by the threat this thing – whatever it might be – poses to the moral authority of the day."
https://aeon.co/essays/busy-and-distracted-everybody-has-been-since-at-least-1710
Money quote: "To get our work done, we could try to turn off the digital stream, but that’s difficult to do when we’re plagued by FOMO, the modern fear of missing out. Some people think that our willpower is so weak because our brains have been damaged by digital noise. But blaming technology for the rise in inattention is misplaced. History shows that the disquiet is fuelled not by the next new thing but by the threat this thing – whatever it might be – poses to the moral authority of the day."
https://aeon.co/essays/busy-and-distracted-everybody-has-been-since-at-least-1710
Forwarded from Fumettologica
Forse il nome non vi dice niente, ma è molto probabile che almeno una volta abbiate letto le sue vignette, tra le più popolari della Settimana Enigmistica.
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/07/bort-ultime-parole-famose-settimana-enigmistica/
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/07/bort-ultime-parole-famose-settimana-enigmistica/
Fumettologica
Bort, l’autore delle "Ultime parole famose" della Settimana Enigmistica
Forse il nome non vi dice niente, ma è molto probabile che almeno una volta abbiate letto le sue vignette sulla Settimana Enigmistica.
📣 #CanaliUtili 📣
Se, come me, siete curiosi e volete vedere anche il lato meno conosciuto dell'informazione, quello fatto dalle buone notizie, c'è un canale #Telegram che sembra proprio fatto apposta. Si tratta di Social&Postive News (@socialpositivenews) creato e mantenuto da Cristina Galasso (@cristigalas). Lo seguo da parecchio tempo e ve lo consiglio vivamente: ci troverete le cose che cercate.
Money quote: "La grande sfida di chi fa informazione non è tanto raccontare cosa accade ma offrire strumenti per capire perché accade e come sia possibile affrontarlo ed evitare che si ripeta.
Questo è lo scopo del cosiddetto giornalismo costruttivo o delle soluzioni. Come spiego più diffusamente qui, si tratta di un nuovo approccio all’informazione che attraverso il racconto di notizie positive sostiene e sollecita il cambiamento. Un giornalismo capace di educare, coinvolgere, mobilitare i cittadini, che aiuta a capire, ad agire, a trovare risposte. Un giornalismo che, oltre ad informare, affronta i problemi e suggerisce soluzioni."
https://xn--r1a.website/socialpositivenews
Se, come me, siete curiosi e volete vedere anche il lato meno conosciuto dell'informazione, quello fatto dalle buone notizie, c'è un canale #Telegram che sembra proprio fatto apposta. Si tratta di Social&Postive News (@socialpositivenews) creato e mantenuto da Cristina Galasso (@cristigalas). Lo seguo da parecchio tempo e ve lo consiglio vivamente: ci troverete le cose che cercate.
Money quote: "La grande sfida di chi fa informazione non è tanto raccontare cosa accade ma offrire strumenti per capire perché accade e come sia possibile affrontarlo ed evitare che si ripeta.
Questo è lo scopo del cosiddetto giornalismo costruttivo o delle soluzioni. Come spiego più diffusamente qui, si tratta di un nuovo approccio all’informazione che attraverso il racconto di notizie positive sostiene e sollecita il cambiamento. Un giornalismo capace di educare, coinvolgere, mobilitare i cittadini, che aiuta a capire, ad agire, a trovare risposte. Un giornalismo che, oltre ad informare, affronta i problemi e suggerisce soluzioni."
https://xn--r1a.website/socialpositivenews
Telegram
Social&Positive News - L'informazione che fa bene
Canale dedicato al giornalismo costruttivo con notizie positive su solidarietà, ambiente, diritti, innovazione sociale.
Info e segnalazioni: @cristigalas
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cristigalas
Mastodon: https://sociale.network/@cristigalas
Info e segnalazioni: @cristigalas
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cristigalas
Mastodon: https://sociale.network/@cristigalas