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Ecco, prove alla mano, come funziona la censura su WeChat, l’app di messaggistica più usata in Cina, gestita - e quasi imposta - direttamente dal governo. L’articolo spiega anche come chi la usa in Occidente non sia sottoposto alla stessa censura, ma aiuti il governo cinese ad affinare le tecniche per individuare i messaggi scomodi.

Link: https://citizenlab.ca/2020/05/wechat-surveillance-explained/ 🇬🇧
Un gioco a proposito di niente ambientato nell'universo di Seinfeld, con grafica appropriatamente degli anni Ottanta. Un sogno.

Money quote: "You may be thinking, “You idiots, why would you make a game based on a sitcom that last aired over 20 years ago and potentially incur the wrath of lawyers like Reddit user Dingdongs313 warned you about?” But yes, OK, actual lawyers also warned us to not touch it. (Although some of you may also suggest it’s worth us taking the risk of huge financial debt as long as you get to play the game.)"

https://www.seinfeldgame.com
Avete sicuramente partecipato a un milione di videochat, e visto gente in tutte le parti della casa. In Portogallo vanno molto le librerie. Vanno talmente tanto che sono diventate oggetto di una vera e propria competizione

Money quote: "“We saw a paradigm shift taking place before our eyes,” the satirist says. (He asked not to be named because he fears retaliation for his political work.) As Portuguese analysts and media personalities put social distancing into practice and began sifting through the day’s events from the comfort of their home offices, “the previously sophisticated sets, where interviewers and interviewees competed for the audience’s attention with catchy chyrons and elaborated graphics, were replaced with the erudite backdrop of plain old bookshelves.” The evening news had joined the work-from-home movement, and just like that, the home offices of famous people went temporarily on public view."

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/national-bookshelf-competition-portugal/
C’è il Salone di Torino. #SALTOEXTRA. Su Anobii è stata fatta la collezione dei libri di cui si parla quest’anno per la prima volta da remoto

https://www.anobii.com/collections/5096979
Cosa succederà quando arriveranno i segnali radio degli alieni? Perché potrebbero arrivare (anche se non è statisticamente sicuro che possa succedere). Comunque, i piani ci sono

Money quote: "Planets aren’t rare. Life is surprisingly durable. The more we’ve learned about the Universe, the more the search for extraterrestrial life has shifted from science fiction to serious scientific undertaking. So it’s worth considering how humanity would react if we learned, through some distant but unmistakable signal, that lifeforms elsewhere in the Universe were communicating with us. In this interview, Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at the Center for SETI Research in California, discusses how first contact is more likely to be perspective-shifting than Earth-shattering."

https://aeon.co/videos/imagine-alien-signals-are-detected-here-s-what-happens-next
Se volete fare un viaggio a cavallo tra gli anni Ottanta e l'asilo, ecco a voi SmileBasic 4 per Nintendo Switch

Money quote: "This is the programming software, "SmileBASIC 4", that allows you to create and play games with Nintendo Switch! The programming language is "SmileBASIC" which is the most suitable language for creating games. Because it is based on the language "BASIC" that is easy to understand even for beginners and it has been developed for program learning. So, even those who have never experienced programming can work on their projects. Moreover, there are many materials and various tools to support your work development."

https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/smilebasic-4-switch
Il senso di vuoto, di fine della festa che solo dei set deserti sanno dare. Perché non trasformarli negli sfondi per le vostre chiamate su Zoom?

Money quote: "Click on an image to bring up a full quality downloadable version, right click and select "Save image as...", then set it as your background image in your video conferencing application."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/empty_sets_collection/zfvy382