Se avete bisogno di qualche wallpaper per il vostro apparecchio, Roger Dean ne mette a disposizione un po'. Chi è Roger Dean? Quello che ha fatto le copertine degli Yes, tra le altre cose.
http://gallery.rogerdean.com/Desktop-Downloads-2-HD/
http://gallery.rogerdean.com/Desktop-Downloads-2-HD/
Rogerdean
Desktop Downloads 2 (HD) - Roger Dean
Inspire your workspace by choosing a selection of High Resolution Roger Dean Desktop Backgrounds...
David Letterman torna in TV per sei episodi di un talk show su Netflix. Il prepensionamento volontario non è stata una buona idea?
Money quote: ""Here's what I have learned, if you retire to spend more time with your family, check with your family first." "
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/david-letterman-returning-tv-netflix-talk-show-1027577
Money quote: ""Here's what I have learned, if you retire to spend more time with your family, check with your family first." "
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/david-letterman-returning-tv-netflix-talk-show-1027577
The Hollywood Reporter
David Letterman Returning to TV With Netflix Talk Show
The six-episode untitled series will feature in-depth interviews as well as segments outside of the studio.
Come meglio dimostrare che il capitalismo è il male che non con un gioco? Con il Monopoli, per la precisione. Solo che, come per Madame Bovary, abbiamo preso tutto fischi per fiaschi. E che fiaschi...
Money quote: "The game’s little-known inventor, Elizabeth Magie, would no doubt have made herself go directly to jail if she’d lived to know just how influential today’s twisted version of her game has turned out to be. Why? Because it encourages its players to celebrate exactly the opposite values to those she intended to champion"
https://aeon.co/ideas/monopoly-was-invented-to-demonstrate-the-evils-of-capitalism
Money quote: "The game’s little-known inventor, Elizabeth Magie, would no doubt have made herself go directly to jail if she’d lived to know just how influential today’s twisted version of her game has turned out to be. Why? Because it encourages its players to celebrate exactly the opposite values to those she intended to champion"
https://aeon.co/ideas/monopoly-was-invented-to-demonstrate-the-evils-of-capitalism
Aeon
Monopoly was invented to demonstrate the evils of capitalism
The original rules of Monopoly were meant to demonstrate what was wrong with capitalism. What went wrong?
Forwarded from MacchiaChannel
Un ottimo Filippo Facci sulle idiozie attorno alle "temperature percepite" e sui trucchetti dei siti meteo (quelli meno seri) per fare più click.
Link: http://bit.ly/2vv5Xg5
Link: http://bit.ly/2vv5Xg5
Scrivere codice con il portatile. Quale comprare? Beh, spero sviluppiate per il web, e virtualizziate o containerizzato poco, altrimenti sono problemi...
Money quote: "You can write code on most laptops. Yet, your productivity will improve if you use a machine suited to the type of tasks that you perform.
There are different types of development, and various tools are required with each specialization. So, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to buying a development machine."
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-to-choose-a-laptop-for-programming-a9e36f8b4cfe
Money quote: "You can write code on most laptops. Yet, your productivity will improve if you use a machine suited to the type of tasks that you perform.
There are different types of development, and various tools are required with each specialization. So, there is no one-size-fits-all approach to buying a development machine."
https://medium.freecodecamp.org/how-to-choose-a-laptop-for-programming-a9e36f8b4cfe
freeCodeCamp.org
How to choose a laptop for programming
by Ayo Isaiah How to choose the right laptop for programming Choosing the right laptop for programming can be a tough process. It’s easy to get confused while researching the various options. There are many different laptop models out there, each with a different…
MacBook 12 pollici 2017, la terza volta è la migliore - il mio articolo per La Stampa
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/08/09/tecnologia/prove/macbook-pollici-la-terza-volta-la-migliore-ChWEqGIEpG1UgpTjBa9kiN/pagina.html
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/08/09/tecnologia/prove/macbook-pollici-la-terza-volta-la-migliore-ChWEqGIEpG1UgpTjBa9kiN/pagina.html
LaStampa.it
Apple MacBook 12 pollici 2017, la prova interattiva
La nuova versione dell’ultraportabile di Apple migliora tutto e soprattutto cambia la tastiera, che adesso diventa più precisa e facile da usare. I limiti di uso però sono sempre quelli delle generazioni precedenti
Letture estive. L'universo è talmente gigantesco che neanche la fantascienza riesce a catturarne la reale dimensione.
Money quote: "In practice, this means that most science fiction takes place in relatively relatable settings, on a planet or spacecraft. The real challenge is to tie the story to human emotions, and human sizes and timescales, while still capturing the enormous scales of the Universe itself"
https://aeon.co/ideas/our-universe-is-too-vast-for-even-the-most-imaginative-sci-fi
Money quote: "In practice, this means that most science fiction takes place in relatively relatable settings, on a planet or spacecraft. The real challenge is to tie the story to human emotions, and human sizes and timescales, while still capturing the enormous scales of the Universe itself"
https://aeon.co/ideas/our-universe-is-too-vast-for-even-the-most-imaginative-sci-fi
Aeon
Our Universe is too vast for even the most imaginative sci-fi
Conveying the huge size of our Universe via small-scale human perspective is a challenge for sci-fi writers and astronomers
La mia recensione del romanzo di Orfani per Fumettologica
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/08/ringo-orfani-romanzo-recchioni/
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/08/ringo-orfani-romanzo-recchioni/
Fumettologica
Il romanzo di Orfani è una (buona) sceneggiatura messa in (no buona) prosa
Com'è Ringo: Chiamata alle armi, il primo romanzo di Orfani, la saga a fumetti creata da Recchioni e Mammucari per Sergio Bonelli Editore.
Le conseguenze dell'elettrico. Finisce la corsa all'oro nero, comincia quella alle terre rare e ai minerali pregiati. Non è detto che sia meglio.
Money quote: "Rising Chinese demand for lithium-ion batteries needed for electric vehicles and energy storage is driving significant price gains and an asset boom in Australia, already the world’s largest lithium producer. The fast-developing hub is drawing investment and deals from global producers as well as chemical-to-battery manufacturers in China, the top consumer.
Western Australia has four operations in production and three more major projects being advanced to begin output. Major players are likely to continue to scope for deals in the state to secure supply for the next 20 or 30 years, according to consultant Benchmark Mineral Intelligence."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-06/electric-car-boom-drives-rush-to-mining-s-90-billion-heartland
Money quote: "Rising Chinese demand for lithium-ion batteries needed for electric vehicles and energy storage is driving significant price gains and an asset boom in Australia, already the world’s largest lithium producer. The fast-developing hub is drawing investment and deals from global producers as well as chemical-to-battery manufacturers in China, the top consumer.
Western Australia has four operations in production and three more major projects being advanced to begin output. Major players are likely to continue to scope for deals in the state to secure supply for the next 20 or 30 years, according to consultant Benchmark Mineral Intelligence."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-06/electric-car-boom-drives-rush-to-mining-s-90-billion-heartland
Bloomberg.com
Electric Car Boom Drives Rush to Mining's $90 Billion Hub
A scramble by the lithium market’s biggest players to tie up supply of the high-tech metal is gathering pace in the 170-year-old heartland of Australia’s $90 billion mining industry.
Tre letture di fantascienza per l’estate 2017 - i miei consigli su Fumettologica
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/08/libri-fantascienza-estate-2017/
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/08/libri-fantascienza-estate-2017/
Fumettologica
Tre letture di fantascienza per l'estate 2017
Consigli per un’estate di letture di fantascienza. Forse non tutte recentissime o canoniche, però comunque interessanti e di valore.
Il test per l'intelligenza emotiva che potrebbe cambiare la vita a molte persone
Money quote: "A few weeks ago, after receiving a 21-page PDF report breaking down my so-called “emotional intelligence,” I did the logical thing and forwarded it to my boyfriend. He glanced at the list of categories on the second page and exclaimed—before reading my results—”Flexibility, uh oh!”"
https://www.fastcompany.com/40434451/this-emotional-intelligence-test-was-so-accurate-it-was-creepy
Money quote: "A few weeks ago, after receiving a 21-page PDF report breaking down my so-called “emotional intelligence,” I did the logical thing and forwarded it to my boyfriend. He glanced at the list of categories on the second page and exclaimed—before reading my results—”Flexibility, uh oh!”"
https://www.fastcompany.com/40434451/this-emotional-intelligence-test-was-so-accurate-it-was-creepy
Fast Company
This Emotional Intelligence Test Was So Accurate It Was Creepy
Experts believe that emotional intelligence is the job skill of the future. So I had mine tested, and the results were scarily correct.
Internet riuscirà a sopravvivere all Internet of things? Secondo Bruce Schneier, il mio guru per la security, a meno che non intervengano i governi, no.
Money quote: "Our computers and smartphones are as secure as they are because there are teams of security engineers working on the problem. Companies like Microsoft, Apple, and Google spend a lot of time testing their code before it's released, and quickly patch vulnerabilities when they're discovered. Those companies can support such teams because those companies make a huge amount of money, either directly or indirectly, from their software—and, in part, compete on its security. This isn't true of embedded systems like digital video recorders or home routers. Those systems are sold at a much lower margin, and are often built by offshore third parties. The companies involved simply don't have the expertise to make them secure"
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ezpq3m/we-need-to-save-the-internet-from-the-internet-of-things
Money quote: "Our computers and smartphones are as secure as they are because there are teams of security engineers working on the problem. Companies like Microsoft, Apple, and Google spend a lot of time testing their code before it's released, and quickly patch vulnerabilities when they're discovered. Those companies can support such teams because those companies make a huge amount of money, either directly or indirectly, from their software—and, in part, compete on its security. This isn't true of embedded systems like digital video recorders or home routers. Those systems are sold at a much lower margin, and are often built by offshore third parties. The companies involved simply don't have the expertise to make them secure"
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ezpq3m/we-need-to-save-the-internet-from-the-internet-of-things
Motherboard
We Need to Save the Internet from the Internet of Things
Long term, we need to build an internet that is resilient against IoT-based attacks. But that's a long time coming.
Harold Hering era un maggiore dell'aviazione americana, USAF, e stava completando il corso per fare quello che gira la chiavetta su ordine del Presidente e lancia i missili termonucleari.
Aveva un dubbio: si può discutere l'ordine del Presidente se lui è fuori di testa? (all'epoca Nixon lo era di brutto). Poche settimane dopo il maggiore era un ex militare che faceva il camionista. La domanda era molto vietata.
Money quote: "“I assumed there had to be some sort of checks and balances so that one man couldn’t just on a whim order the launch of nuclear weapons,” Hering, now 81, told Radiolab in a remarkable interview earlier this year."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/retropolis/wp/2017/08/09/what-if-the-president-ordering-a-nuclear-attack-isnt-sane-a-major-lost-his-job-for-asking/
Aveva un dubbio: si può discutere l'ordine del Presidente se lui è fuori di testa? (all'epoca Nixon lo era di brutto). Poche settimane dopo il maggiore era un ex militare che faceva il camionista. La domanda era molto vietata.
Money quote: "“I assumed there had to be some sort of checks and balances so that one man couldn’t just on a whim order the launch of nuclear weapons,” Hering, now 81, told Radiolab in a remarkable interview earlier this year."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/retropolis/wp/2017/08/09/what-if-the-president-ordering-a-nuclear-attack-isnt-sane-a-major-lost-his-job-for-asking/
Gli sviluppatori di software scrivono programmi, cioè lunghi documenti di testo in cui il codice è spesso indentato, cioè organizzato per righe e con rientri in testa per ottenere degli allineamenti anche verticali.
Una ricerca che sta facendo sogghignare la rete sostiene che quelli che per fare l'indentazione usano la barra spazio (azionandola ripetutamente) anziché il tasto di tabulazione, guadagnano in media di più...
Money quote: "At least, that’s the case according to Stack Overflow’s 2017 Developer Survey, which found that the median developer who uses spaces over tabs earns roughly £13,000 ($16,500) more."
https://thenextweb.com/dd/2017/06/15/programmers-who-use-spaces-to-indent-arent-just-better-theyre-richer-too/#.tnw_76a6ubxo
Una ricerca che sta facendo sogghignare la rete sostiene che quelli che per fare l'indentazione usano la barra spazio (azionandola ripetutamente) anziché il tasto di tabulazione, guadagnano in media di più...
Money quote: "At least, that’s the case according to Stack Overflow’s 2017 Developer Survey, which found that the median developer who uses spaces over tabs earns roughly £13,000 ($16,500) more."
https://thenextweb.com/dd/2017/06/15/programmers-who-use-spaces-to-indent-arent-just-better-theyre-richer-too/#.tnw_76a6ubxo
The Next Web
Programmers who use spaces to indent aren’t just better. They’re richer, too.
Q: Where do astronauts go to drink? A: the Space Bar.
Le confessioni di un MarkDown Addict: in realtà la lista di Stefan Steinbauer è minima ma utile per vedere qualche app e immaginare un flusso di lavoro alternativo al nostro
Money quote: "I fell in love with MarkDown when researching documentation tools years ago. The simplicity and the separation between content and display were very appealing to me. You have no clue what I talk about?"
https://medium.com/@stst31415/confessions-of-a-markdown-addict-7d0d34580958
E già che ci siamo, anche un ragionamento di Jason Snell sulla sua app preferita (del momento) per scrivere con iPad: Editorial. Io non sono d'accordo e da tempo uso 1Writer o iA Writer, ma posso capirlo (ho usato Editorial per un bel po')
https://sixcolors.com/post/2017/08/my-ios-writing-app-of-the-moment-is-editorial/
Money quote: "I fell in love with MarkDown when researching documentation tools years ago. The simplicity and the separation between content and display were very appealing to me. You have no clue what I talk about?"
https://medium.com/@stst31415/confessions-of-a-markdown-addict-7d0d34580958
E già che ci siamo, anche un ragionamento di Jason Snell sulla sua app preferita (del momento) per scrivere con iPad: Editorial. Io non sono d'accordo e da tempo uso 1Writer o iA Writer, ma posso capirlo (ho usato Editorial per un bel po')
https://sixcolors.com/post/2017/08/my-ios-writing-app-of-the-moment-is-editorial/
Medium
Confessions of a MarkDown Addict — my MarkDown stack
My Markdown Stack
I resti del monastero di Khamriin Khiid, a Urgun in Mongolia, sono al centro di uno dei più forti snodi di energia spirituale de pianeta. Almeno, per chi ci crede. Il posto deve essere spettacolare.
Money quote: "The original Khamriin Khiid monastery was founded in 1820 by Danzanravjaa, known as the Terrible Noble Saint of the Gobi, who observed the location’s tremendous energy. At its peak, the monastery housed up to 500 monks, and included more than 80 temples within the complex. "
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/khamriin-khiid
Money quote: "The original Khamriin Khiid monastery was founded in 1820 by Danzanravjaa, known as the Terrible Noble Saint of the Gobi, who observed the location’s tremendous energy. At its peak, the monastery housed up to 500 monks, and included more than 80 temples within the complex. "
http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/khamriin-khiid
Atlas Obscura
The Center of the World's Spiritual Energy
Mongolian Buddhists flock to the Khamriin Khiid monastery in the Gobi desert to experience its tremendous energy.
Tanto per sfiziarvi po': i 50 libri per bambini preferiti da Hayao Miyazaki, il papà si Nausicaa e di tutto il resto. Buona domenica.
Money quote: "Many of the 50 favorites he selected for a 2010 exhibition honoring publisher Iwanami Shoten's "Boy's Books” series are time-tested Western classics."
http://www.openculture.com/2017/05/hayao-miyazaki-picks-his-50-favorite-childrens-books.html
Money quote: "Many of the 50 favorites he selected for a 2010 exhibition honoring publisher Iwanami Shoten's "Boy's Books” series are time-tested Western classics."
http://www.openculture.com/2017/05/hayao-miyazaki-picks-his-50-favorite-childrens-books.html
Open Culture
Hayao Miyazaki Picks His 50 Favorite Children’s Books
Once upon a time, books served as the de facto refuge of the “physically weak” child. For animation legend, Hayao Miyazaki, above, they offered an escape from the grimmer realities of post-World War II Japan.
Il mio amico e poeta Roberto R. Corsi gioca la carta del social anonimo e apre un account a nome del suo libro poesie per raccogliere pareri, giudizi e critiche dalla rete. Fatevi avanti
Money quote: "Mi è venuta un’idea provocatoria: ho aperto un account non personale, ma riferito direttamente al mio ultimo libro: Cinquantaseicozze.sarahah.com.
Ho rimuginato su come il quieto vivere imperi tra i poeti o comunque gli addetti ai lavori, e la stroncatura, tutto considerato, sia quasi estinta."
https://robertocorsi.wordpress.com/2017/08/13/amici-sarahrahrah/
Money quote: "Mi è venuta un’idea provocatoria: ho aperto un account non personale, ma riferito direttamente al mio ultimo libro: Cinquantaseicozze.sarahah.com.
Ho rimuginato su come il quieto vivere imperi tra i poeti o comunque gli addetti ai lavori, e la stroncatura, tutto considerato, sia quasi estinta."
https://robertocorsi.wordpress.com/2017/08/13/amici-sarahrahrah/
Roberto R. Corsi
Amici!! Sarahrahrah
Si fa un gran parlare di Sarahah, un “social” d’invenzione araba (il nome vuol dire “verità”) che di fatto funziona come la buca delle lettere, consentendo a chiunque …
In prova la Leica M10, icona della fotografia Made in Germany - il mio test per La Stampa
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/08/13/tecnologia/news/in-prova-la-leica-m-icona-della-fotografia-made-in-germany-wSXWQLBqn6Qw1lNpQlpKLN/pagina.html
http://www.lastampa.it/2017/08/13/tecnologia/news/in-prova-la-leica-m-icona-della-fotografia-made-in-germany-wSXWQLBqn6Qw1lNpQlpKLN/pagina.html
LaStampa.it
In prova la Leica M10, icona della fotografia Made in Germany
La macchina mirrorless full frame è la regina della street photography e del reportage: eccellenza tecnologica, ottiche di qualità e apprezzato minimalismo. Unico difetto: il prezzo da vera fuoriserie
È morta a 104 anni Blanche Blackwell, l'amante e musa di Ian Fleming, ricca ereditiera bianca giamaicana (dove il papà di James Bond ha scritto i suoi romanzi) al centro di tantissime storie e intrecci, omaggiata con il personaggio di Pussy Galore, amata anche da Errol Flynn e capace di ispirare due generazioni di artisti, incluso Bob Marley
What a life!
Money quote: "“I remember I sat next to him at dinner and he said: ‘Why haven’t I seen you before?’ ” she recalled to London’s Sunday Express newspaper in 2012. “I told him I was just over from England and he said, ‘Oh good God, you’re not a lesbian, are you?’ ”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/mistress-and-muse-of-james-bonds-creator-ian-fleming-dies-at-104/2017/08/11/27f65c7a-7eb2-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html
Qui altri approfondimenti interessanti
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2153467/Noel-Cowards-naked-pool-parties-Ian-Flemings-VERY-wild-love-life-play-scandalous-perform.html
What a life!
Money quote: "“I remember I sat next to him at dinner and he said: ‘Why haven’t I seen you before?’ ” she recalled to London’s Sunday Express newspaper in 2012. “I told him I was just over from England and he said, ‘Oh good God, you’re not a lesbian, are you?’ ”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/mistress-and-muse-of-james-bonds-creator-ian-fleming-dies-at-104/2017/08/11/27f65c7a-7eb2-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html
Qui altri approfondimenti interessanti
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2153467/Noel-Cowards-naked-pool-parties-Ian-Flemings-VERY-wild-love-life-play-scandalous-perform.html