Addio iPod e grazie per tutto il pesce - il mio articolo per Macitynet.it
https://www.macitynet.it/addio-ipod-grazie-pesce/
https://www.macitynet.it/addio-ipod-grazie-pesce/
Macitynet.it
Addio iPod e grazie per tutto il pesce - Macitynet.it
Apple cancella iPod. Fine, o quasi, di un'era che al suo albore ha dato il via alla rivoluzione della musica digitale ma ha costruito le basi per la nascita della cultura dei dispositivi personali da tasca.
Se siete artisti con una buona conoscenza della matematica e il pallino della programmazione, questo sistema per generare un Little Planet può essere la vostra nuova passione. Buon divertimento.
Money quote: "This is a handbook meant to explain the concepts and execution behind the "Little Planet Procedural" project, my directed study midterm project.
As some background, the project is meant as a case study of how code can create diverse and infinite art through basic techniques of procedural generation. It is inspired by the likes of No Man's Sky."
http://alanluo.com/procgen/midterm.html
Money quote: "This is a handbook meant to explain the concepts and execution behind the "Little Planet Procedural" project, my directed study midterm project.
As some background, the project is meant as a case study of how code can create diverse and infinite art through basic techniques of procedural generation. It is inspired by the likes of No Man's Sky."
http://alanluo.com/procgen/midterm.html
Pensiamo in prospettiva, ma basandoci su dei numeri reali. Negli Usa si stanno ponendo una domanda: se il mondo sta cambiando così velocemente grazie alla quarta rivoluzione industriale - quella digitale - al punto che non sappiamo quali saranno i temi forti tra dieci-venti anni, come possiamo formare i giovani a scuola? La risposta è meno scontata del problema stesso, anche se risente in modo eccessivo secondo me dell'approccio quantitativo e neopragmatico tipico degli Usa.
Money quote: "In fact, forty percent of American undergraduates now major in business and management-related subjects, reading mainly textbooks and short articles, and rarely writing a paper longer than three pages. Further, the social bonds and skills formed in college today often center on extracurriculars that have little connection to cognitive development and collaborative problem-solving"
Domanda retorica per il pubblico: secondo voi chi se ne occupa dalle nostre parti di questo tipo di problemi in modo così esplicito? Il nostro sistema scolastico e la costruzione culturale che lo regge lo consentono?
https://qz.com/994810/the-most-forward-thinking-future-proof-college-in-america-teaches-every-student-the-exact-same-things/
Money quote: "In fact, forty percent of American undergraduates now major in business and management-related subjects, reading mainly textbooks and short articles, and rarely writing a paper longer than three pages. Further, the social bonds and skills formed in college today often center on extracurriculars that have little connection to cognitive development and collaborative problem-solving"
Domanda retorica per il pubblico: secondo voi chi se ne occupa dalle nostre parti di questo tipo di problemi in modo così esplicito? Il nostro sistema scolastico e la costruzione culturale che lo regge lo consentono?
https://qz.com/994810/the-most-forward-thinking-future-proof-college-in-america-teaches-every-student-the-exact-same-things/
Cerchiamo di avere un rapporto più sensato con le scienze. Impariamo ad esempio come si legge (e come si capisce) un paper di ricerca.
Money quote: "Reading a scientific paper is a completely different process than reading an article about science in a blog or newspaper. Not only do you read the sections in a different order than they’re presented, but you also have to take notes, read it multiple times, and probably go look up other papers for some of the details. Reading a single paper may take you a very long time at first. Be patient with yourself. The process will go much faster as you gain experience."
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2016/05/09/how-to-read-and-understand-a-scientific-paper-a-guide-for-non-scientists/
Money quote: "Reading a scientific paper is a completely different process than reading an article about science in a blog or newspaper. Not only do you read the sections in a different order than they’re presented, but you also have to take notes, read it multiple times, and probably go look up other papers for some of the details. Reading a single paper may take you a very long time at first. Be patient with yourself. The process will go much faster as you gain experience."
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2016/05/09/how-to-read-and-understand-a-scientific-paper-a-guide-for-non-scientists/
LSE Impact - Understanding impact and practice in academic research
How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists - LSE Impact
From vaccinations to climate change, getting science wrong has very real consequences. But journal articles, a primary way science is communicated in academia, are a different format to newspaper articles or blogs and require a level of skill and undoubtedly…
Leggiamo ancora Emilio Salgari - Il mio articolo per IlPost
http://www.ilpost.it/antoniodini/2017/07/28/leggiamo-salgari/
http://www.ilpost.it/antoniodini/2017/07/28/leggiamo-salgari/
Il Post
Leggiamo ancora Emilio Salgari
L’industria culturale italiana della fine dell’Ottocento inizio Novecento era ricca, articolata e molto meno antiquata o ingenua di come ce la immaginiamo oggi [Continua]
Breve storia orale di Crash Bandicoot. Ho detto breve? No, volevo dire interessante, ma breve direi proprio di no. Però quelli di Polygon sono parecchi bravi
Money quote: "To learn more about what happened along the way, we recently spoke to the entire development team, contractors, musicians, marketers and others, hearing a story of long nights, groundbreaking technology, unbearable crunches and expensive parties. However, not every story lines up the same way, with some feeling that Naughty Dog discredited their contributions by burying who actually created the flagship character."
https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/22/15820540/crash-bandicoot-an-oral-history
Money quote: "To learn more about what happened along the way, we recently spoke to the entire development team, contractors, musicians, marketers and others, hearing a story of long nights, groundbreaking technology, unbearable crunches and expensive parties. However, not every story lines up the same way, with some feeling that Naughty Dog discredited their contributions by burying who actually created the flagship character."
https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/22/15820540/crash-bandicoot-an-oral-history
Polygon
Crash Bandicoot: An oral history
A deep look back at PlayStation’s blockbuster 1996 platformer, as told by those who were there.
Tesla accelera con la Model 3. Ce la farà?
Money quote: "Despite all of these achievements in range, technology, and safety, Musk sounded grave about the road ahead. “The biggest challenge that we face here is ‘S Curve’ manufacturing,” he said, describing a ramp up of production that starts slow, then increases dramatically before tapering off. “That ‘S’ portion is us going through hell, basically.”"
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-29/tesla-s-model-3-arrives-with-a-surprise-310-mile-range
Money quote: "Despite all of these achievements in range, technology, and safety, Musk sounded grave about the road ahead. “The biggest challenge that we face here is ‘S Curve’ manufacturing,” he said, describing a ramp up of production that starts slow, then increases dramatically before tapering off. “That ‘S’ portion is us going through hell, basically.”"
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-29/tesla-s-model-3-arrives-with-a-surprise-310-mile-range
Bloomberg.com
Tesla’s Model 3 Arrives With a Surprise 310-Mile Range
Elon Musk finally unveils the long-awaited electric car for the masses.
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Recensione Logitech Slim Folio Bluetooth, tastiera di lusso per l’iPad più economico https://www.macitynet.it/recensione-logitech-slim-folio/
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Recensione Logitech Slim Folio Bluetooth, tastiera di lusso per l’iPad più economico - Macitynet.it
Logitech sul mercato con la Slim Folio Bluetooth per iPad 9.7 2017: una tastiera di quinta generazione con batterie che durano 4 anni
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Scrivener 3 a 64 bit per macOS in dirittura d’arrivo https://www.macitynet.it/scrivener-3-64-bit-macos-dirittura-darrivo/
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Scrivener 3 a 64 bit per macOS in dirittura d’arrivo - Macitynet.it
Literature and Latte annuncia l’avanzamento dei lavori per il più completo software di scrittura su macOS, iOS e Windows
Prima che arrivi la censura in rete e la scelta degli argomenti che vogliamo approfondire o solo incrociare venga limitata, ecco un breve corso su come hackerare un'automobile. Perché è parecchio semplice, sapete? E ci sono più modi diversi per farlo.
Money quote: "The following is by no means an exhaustive tutorial. It instead aims to provide just enough information to get you up and running. If you want to dig deeper you can checkout the must-reads at the end."
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/hacking-cars-a-guide-tutorial-on-how-to-hack-a-car-5eafcfbbb7ec
Money quote: "The following is by no means an exhaustive tutorial. It instead aims to provide just enough information to get you up and running. If you want to dig deeper you can checkout the must-reads at the end."
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/hacking-cars-a-guide-tutorial-on-how-to-hack-a-car-5eafcfbbb7ec
freeCodeCamp
How to hack a car — a quick crash-course
The goal of this article is to get you started hacking cars — fast, cheap, and easy. In order to do this, we’ll spoof the RPM gauge as an…
Nella sua "monday note" Jean-Louis Gassée, ex prodigio di Apple, saluta la lunga carriera di Walt Mossberg, che coincide con la rivoluzione tecnologica della nostra epoca e l'ha raccontata in maniera unica
Money quote: "I’m taken back to my early days in the Valley and the miraculous sound of the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Mercury News, and San Francisco Chronicle landing on my doorstep in the early morning. (Miraculous isn’t an exaggeration: There are no newspaper routes in Paris.) For a voracious reader, four news papers with coffee on the kitchen counter, this was heaven. For a geek it was doubly so: From 1991 on, it was an opportunity to revel in the wisdom of Walt Mossberg’s Personal Technology column in the WSJ."
https://mondaynote.com/a-salute-to-walt-mossberg-e3c562288f03
Money quote: "I’m taken back to my early days in the Valley and the miraculous sound of the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Mercury News, and San Francisco Chronicle landing on my doorstep in the early morning. (Miraculous isn’t an exaggeration: There are no newspaper routes in Paris.) For a voracious reader, four news papers with coffee on the kitchen counter, this was heaven. For a geek it was doubly so: From 1991 on, it was an opportunity to revel in the wisdom of Walt Mossberg’s Personal Technology column in the WSJ."
https://mondaynote.com/a-salute-to-walt-mossberg-e3c562288f03
Monday Note
A Salute To Walt Mossberg
by Jean-Louis Gassée
Breve storia del jailbreaking, ieri e oggi
Money quote: "The world's first jailbreaking step-by-step procedure, discovered in 2007, was posted online for all to see. Subsequent jailbreaks were used by millions of people. At one point, there was even a website—called jailbreakme.com—that was free for all to use and jailbroke your phone simply by visiting it."
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xa4ka/iphone-jailbreak-life-death-legacy
Money quote: "The world's first jailbreaking step-by-step procedure, discovered in 2007, was posted online for all to see. Subsequent jailbreaks were used by millions of people. At one point, there was even a website—called jailbreakme.com—that was free for all to use and jailbroke your phone simply by visiting it."
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/8xa4ka/iphone-jailbreak-life-death-legacy
VICE
The Life, Death, and Legacy of iPhone Jailbreaking
How a ragtag group of young hackers made the iPhone what it is today.
La parabola di Spotify: cresce veloce (non come Netflix ma insomma) e si prepara alla quotazione. Apple sembra molto indietro, ma in realtà cresce rapidamente.
Money quote: "Spotify now has 60 million subscribers, compared to Apple Music’s 27 million (as of June)."
https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/31/spotify-vs-apple-music/
Money quote: "Spotify now has 60 million subscribers, compared to Apple Music’s 27 million (as of June)."
https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/31/spotify-vs-apple-music/
TechCrunch
Spotify preps to go public with 60M subscribers, outpacing Apple
Spotify’s singular focus on music sees it adding subscribers faster than the iPhone company with a streaming app on the side. Spotify has added 20 million paid subscribers in less than a year, while it’s taken Apple Music more than a year and a half to make…
Per tutti voi che siete intrappolati in qualche ufficio o in rapporti lavorativi gerarchizzati, una storia interessante su come emanciparsi ed evitare di commettere il peggiore errore che un neo impiegato possa commettere: cercare di sconfiggere il proprio capo (che ti ha detto che ti odia) al suo stesso gioco.
Money quote: "I endured a whole year’s worth of passive-aggressive power games, micromanagement, white-anting, factionalism, gaslighting, procedural pivots, bizarre performance measurements, and faint praise. It was like Westworld, only set in an open plan office, and instead of dying, you just had another performance review."
https://medium.com/@chrismayhap/i-quit-my-career-and-wrote-a-bad-novel-8be6b4005acb
Ah, poi la storia piega sul desiderio di scrivere un romanzo fantasy, che viene fuori davvero tremendo. Ma nella vita non tutte le ruote sono tonde, no?
Money quote: "I endured a whole year’s worth of passive-aggressive power games, micromanagement, white-anting, factionalism, gaslighting, procedural pivots, bizarre performance measurements, and faint praise. It was like Westworld, only set in an open plan office, and instead of dying, you just had another performance review."
https://medium.com/@chrismayhap/i-quit-my-career-and-wrote-a-bad-novel-8be6b4005acb
Ah, poi la storia piega sul desiderio di scrivere un romanzo fantasy, che viene fuori davvero tremendo. Ma nella vita non tutte le ruote sono tonde, no?
Medium
I quit my career and wrote a bad novel
No. Really. It was awful.
Il mito dei nativi digitali. Cioè: i nativi digitali non esistono, e anzi sono pippe come quelli che li hanno preceduti. Disperatamente incapaci di fare multitasking, oltretutto.
Questa secondo me è una tesi molto interessante, degna di nota. E viene fuori per di più da un paper di ricerca, che la motiva in maniera abbastanza convincente. Per la scuola potrebbe essere una piccola rivoluzione, visto che l'approccio oggi è sempre basato su filosofie e non sulla ricerca.
Money quote: "Education policy is particularly vulnerable to political whims, fads and untested assumptions. From swapping evolution for creationism to the idea that multiple types of intelligence demand multiple approaches, generations of children are schooled according to dogma, not evidence. Surveys show, for example, that teachers and education experts subscribe to dozens of different and opposing ‘learning styles’. Under these, children can be categorized as activists or theorists, organizers or innovators, non-committers or plungers, globalists or analysts, deep or surface learners, and so on. Could the latest example be altering access to, and the provision of, technology in the classroom, simply because a new cohort is believed to be more familiar with it?"
http://www.nature.com/news/the-digital-native-is-a-myth-1.22363
Questa secondo me è una tesi molto interessante, degna di nota. E viene fuori per di più da un paper di ricerca, che la motiva in maniera abbastanza convincente. Per la scuola potrebbe essere una piccola rivoluzione, visto che l'approccio oggi è sempre basato su filosofie e non sulla ricerca.
Money quote: "Education policy is particularly vulnerable to political whims, fads and untested assumptions. From swapping evolution for creationism to the idea that multiple types of intelligence demand multiple approaches, generations of children are schooled according to dogma, not evidence. Surveys show, for example, that teachers and education experts subscribe to dozens of different and opposing ‘learning styles’. Under these, children can be categorized as activists or theorists, organizers or innovators, non-committers or plungers, globalists or analysts, deep or surface learners, and so on. Could the latest example be altering access to, and the provision of, technology in the classroom, simply because a new cohort is believed to be more familiar with it?"
http://www.nature.com/news/the-digital-native-is-a-myth-1.22363
Nature News & Comment
The digital native is a myth
The younger generation uses technology in the same ways as older people — and is no better at multitasking.
Un audio/video che spiega Socrate, anzi il discorso di Diotima di Mantinea e la scala che porta dal desiderio carnale alla bellezza e alla moralità: tutto preso ovviamente dal Simposio di Platone. È una riduzione fatta da Radio 4 della Bbc.
Money quote: "Can sexual desire lead us to something that transcends the physical act? Socrates seemed to think so. In Plato’s Symposium, Socrates recalls the words of his apparent teacher of erotics, the priestess Diotima of Mantinea, who instructed him that lust was the first rung on a ladder leading upwards towards an appreciation of the form of beauty itself and, further, to morality and virtue."
https://aeon.co/videos/why-socrates-believed-that-sexual-desire-is-the-first-step-towards-righteousness
Money quote: "Can sexual desire lead us to something that transcends the physical act? Socrates seemed to think so. In Plato’s Symposium, Socrates recalls the words of his apparent teacher of erotics, the priestess Diotima of Mantinea, who instructed him that lust was the first rung on a ladder leading upwards towards an appreciation of the form of beauty itself and, further, to morality and virtue."
https://aeon.co/videos/why-socrates-believed-that-sexual-desire-is-the-first-step-towards-righteousness
Aeon
Diotima’s ladder: from lust to morality
Why Socrates believed that sexual desire is the first step towards righteousness
Vodafone ha messo online una bella mappa interattiva che permette di vedere la sua infrastruttura tecnologica e capire che tipo di connessione potete trovare dove siete, ovunque siate
http://globalnetworkmap.vodafone.com/
http://globalnetworkmap.vodafone.com/
Dragonero n. 50, il (buon) fantasy italiano che ho rischiato di perdermi - il mio articolo per Fumettologica
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/08/dragonero-50-recensione-bonelli/
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/08/dragonero-50-recensione-bonelli/
Fumettologica
Dragonero n. 50, il (buon) fantasy italiano che ho rischiato di perdermi
Il 50° albo regolare di Dragonero è un albo a colori che rimarca i meriti che la serie Bonelli ha saputo brillantemente cumulare fino ad oggi.