Se macinate dati, forse utilizzate i notebook Jupyter. Ma ci sono anche altri, validi avversari in questo settore.
Money quote "Although Jupyter is a Python application, it can run kernels of non-Python languages, such as R.
Over the years, there have a been a few new competitors in the reproducible data analysis field, such as Beaker Notebook and, for heavy-duty business problems, Apache Zeppelin. However, today we’ll look at the relatively new R Notebooks, and how they help improve the workflows of common data analysis in ways Jupyter Notebooks can’t without third-party extensions."
https://minimaxir.com/2017/06/r-notebooks/
Money quote "Although Jupyter is a Python application, it can run kernels of non-Python languages, such as R.
Over the years, there have a been a few new competitors in the reproducible data analysis field, such as Beaker Notebook and, for heavy-duty business problems, Apache Zeppelin. However, today we’ll look at the relatively new R Notebooks, and how they help improve the workflows of common data analysis in ways Jupyter Notebooks can’t without third-party extensions."
https://minimaxir.com/2017/06/r-notebooks/
Max Woolf's Blog
Advantages of Using R Notebooks For Data Analysis Instead of Jupyter Notebooks | Max Woolf's Blog
The relatively new R Notebooks improve the workflows of common data analysis in ways Jupyter Notebooks can't.
Anche se è estate, Mostly Weekly non molla ed esce (più o meno) nel fine settimana. Se volete essere sicuri che vi arrivi, dovete abbonarvi prima però:
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TinyLetter
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La newsletter settimanale pensata per costruire una cultura informatica in Italia: il mondo dei bit ha regole parzialmente diverse da quello degli atomi e vale la pena esplorarle
Centodieci e lode alla triennale di filosofia a 96 anni e l’ambizione di fare anche la magistrale. Che dire? Chapeau
Money quote: ““I’d wake up at seven to study,” he said. “I’d use an old typewriter to complete my assignments. I’d rest in the afternoon and in the evening I’d study until midnight. My neighbours used to ask, ‘why all this trouble at your age?’ But they couldn’t understand the importance of reaching a dream, regardless of my age.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/05/realised-dream-italy-oldest-graduate-top-of-the-class-at-96
Money quote: ““I’d wake up at seven to study,” he said. “I’d use an old typewriter to complete my assignments. I’d rest in the afternoon and in the evening I’d study until midnight. My neighbours used to ask, ‘why all this trouble at your age?’ But they couldn’t understand the importance of reaching a dream, regardless of my age.”
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/05/realised-dream-italy-oldest-graduate-top-of-the-class-at-96
the Guardian
'I've realised my dream': Italy's oldest graduate top of the class at 96
Giuseppe Paternò was awarded first-class honours in philosophy from the University of Palermo
Questa è una cosa molto, molto interessante oltre che divertente. Con il suo iPhone XS questo dottorando di informatica teorica (metodi formali) è riesciuto a far girare una app fatta in casa per l'elaborazione di una classe di problemi decisionali (satisfiability modulo theories o SMT) che va molto, molto meglio dei migliori processori Intel a 64 Bit. Da paura. C'è anche il grafico che fa vedere come i processori Ax di Apple migliorino del 30% ogni anno.
Money quote: "As a formal methods researcher, the only real compute-intensive workload I run regularly is SMT solving, usually the Z3 SMT solver. At this point I’ve spent a lot of time learning about Z3’s performance characteristics, and it also has some peculiarities benchmark suites won’t capture (Z3 is generally single threaded). I recently bought a new iPhone XS featuring Apple’s latest A12 processor. So, in a fit of procrastination, I decided to cross-compile Z3 to iOS, and see just how fast my new phone (or hypothetical future Mac) is."
https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~bornholt/post/z3-iphone.html
Money quote: "As a formal methods researcher, the only real compute-intensive workload I run regularly is SMT solving, usually the Z3 SMT solver. At this point I’ve spent a lot of time learning about Z3’s performance characteristics, and it also has some peculiarities benchmark suites won’t capture (Z3 is generally single threaded). I recently bought a new iPhone XS featuring Apple’s latest A12 processor. So, in a fit of procrastination, I decided to cross-compile Z3 to iOS, and see just how fast my new phone (or hypothetical future Mac) is."
https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~bornholt/post/z3-iphone.html
www.cs.utexas.edu
SMT Solving on an iPhone
Why buy an expensive desktop computer when your iPhone is a faster SMT solver?
Ci sono molte cose sull'effetto placebo che non sappiamo, e soprattutto delle quali non ci siamo ben resi conto. Ma dietro, c'è molto di più. Uno spettacolare articolo del New York Times.
Money quote: "“What makes our research believable to doctors?” asks Ted Kaptchuk, head of Harvard Medical School’s Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter. “It’s the molecules. They love that stuff.” As of now, there are no molecules for conditioning or expectancy — or, indeed, for Kaptchuk’s own pet theory, which holds that the placebo effect is a result of the complex conscious and nonconscious processes embedded in the practitioner-patient relationship — and without them, placebo researchers are hard-pressed to gain purchase in mainstream medicine."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/magazine/placebo-effect-medicine.html
Money quote: "“What makes our research believable to doctors?” asks Ted Kaptchuk, head of Harvard Medical School’s Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter. “It’s the molecules. They love that stuff.” As of now, there are no molecules for conditioning or expectancy — or, indeed, for Kaptchuk’s own pet theory, which holds that the placebo effect is a result of the complex conscious and nonconscious processes embedded in the practitioner-patient relationship — and without them, placebo researchers are hard-pressed to gain purchase in mainstream medicine."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/magazine/placebo-effect-medicine.html
NY Times
What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick?
New research is zeroing in on a biochemical basis for the placebo effect — possibly opening a Pandora’s box for Western medicine.
Creare un QR Code, passo dopo passo
Money quote: "This JavaScript demo application visualizes in detailed steps, how a text string is encoded into a QR Code barcode symbol. The content of this page essentially explains and justifies how my QR Code generator library works internally."
https://www.nayuki.io/page/creating-a-qr-code-step-by-step
Money quote: "This JavaScript demo application visualizes in detailed steps, how a text string is encoded into a QR Code barcode symbol. The content of this page essentially explains and justifies how my QR Code generator library works internally."
https://www.nayuki.io/page/creating-a-qr-code-step-by-step
La poesia, la vita e il togliersela. Si è suicidato a 24 anni in una fabbrica cinese della Foxconn dove assemblava apparecchi che compriamo pagando un occhio della testa. Lui ha pagato con la vita l'alienazione del lavoro. Era un poeta, veniva da un villaggio molto povero al quale non poteva tornare perché non c'era più niente a cui tornare. Si chiamava Xu Lizhi. Se fossi Wu Ming scriverei un libro su di lui e sulla vita nelle fabbriche come la sua.
Money quote:
"A Kind of Prophecy"
Village elders say
I resemble my grandfather in his youth
I didn’t recognize it
But listening to them time and again
Won me over
My grandfather and I share
Facial expressions
Temperaments, hobbies
Almost as if we came from the same womb
They nicknamed him “bamboo pole”
And me, “clothes hanger”
He often swallowed his feelings
I'm often obsequious
He liked guessing riddles
I like premonitions
In the autumn of 1943, the Japanese devils invaded
and burned my grandfather alive
at the age of 23.
This year i turn 23.
-- 18 June 2013"
https://libcom.org/blog/xulizhi-foxconn-suicide-poetry
Money quote:
"A Kind of Prophecy"
Village elders say
I resemble my grandfather in his youth
I didn’t recognize it
But listening to them time and again
Won me over
My grandfather and I share
Facial expressions
Temperaments, hobbies
Almost as if we came from the same womb
They nicknamed him “bamboo pole”
And me, “clothes hanger”
He often swallowed his feelings
I'm often obsequious
He liked guessing riddles
I like premonitions
In the autumn of 1943, the Japanese devils invaded
and burned my grandfather alive
at the age of 23.
This year i turn 23.
-- 18 June 2013"
https://libcom.org/blog/xulizhi-foxconn-suicide-poetry
libcom.org
The poetry and brief life of a Foxconn worker: Xu Lizhi (1990-2014)
Translations of poems by Xu Lizhi (许立志), the Foxconn worker who took his own life on 30 September 2014, at the age of 24, in Shenzhen, China. Also includes an obituary with some explanatory notes.
Se la pandemia e il lavoro da casa vi hanno convinto che sia arrivato il momento finalmente di chiudere baracca e burattini e andare a vivere altrove, lavorando solo dal proprio computer (tanto il cloud di Google e i pacchi di Amazon arrivano ovunque) le isole Barbados potrebbero essere una destinazione interessante. Dal primo luglio c’è il visto per nomadi digitali. Occhio però, che ci sono dei requisiti anche di reddito da soddisfare.
Money quote: ““We set the bar at about US$50,000 annual income, and that is a minimum. So the individual who expresses an interest in this 12-month programme demonstrates first of all, that they earn US$50,000 a year, they have a valid passport obviously, and they must present with an arrangement for health insurance. They can either walk with their own health insurance or, because we do not want them to be a burden on the state, they can source health insurance here,” said Symmonds, as he shared some of the criteria for the new work visa.
“In addition to that there will be a background character check and assessment on the individuals who present themselves as potential beneficiaries under this programme so we do not get the scum of the earth, but decent and upstanding types of people to come here,” he said.”
https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/07/16/remote-work-tourist-plan-detailed/
Money quote: ““We set the bar at about US$50,000 annual income, and that is a minimum. So the individual who expresses an interest in this 12-month programme demonstrates first of all, that they earn US$50,000 a year, they have a valid passport obviously, and they must present with an arrangement for health insurance. They can either walk with their own health insurance or, because we do not want them to be a burden on the state, they can source health insurance here,” said Symmonds, as he shared some of the criteria for the new work visa.
“In addition to that there will be a background character check and assessment on the individuals who present themselves as potential beneficiaries under this programme so we do not get the scum of the earth, but decent and upstanding types of people to come here,” he said.”
https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/07/16/remote-work-tourist-plan-detailed/
Barbados Today
Remote work tourist plan detailed - Barbados Today
Individuals seeking to take advantage of the proposed 12-month Barbados Welcome Stamp will have to be earning a minimum of US$50,000 annually.This is among the criteria outlined by Minister of Tourism Kerrie Symmonds on Wednesday morning as he gave small…
C'è movimento nella gabbia degli amanti delle teorie della cospirazione. L'idea che gli incendi in California siano provocati da armi a raggi azionate da agenti del governo, ad esempio. E poi, c'è sempre una parentesi che non ti aspetti e ti sorprende anche quando si parla di teorie della cospirazione.
Money quote: "(QAnon, for the uninitiated, is the conspiracy theory that Donald Trump is secretly doing a really good job, and is this close to uncovering and disarming various evil forces working against him within the government.)"
https://earther.gizmodo.com/californias-wildfires-have-spawned-a-truly-wild-new-con-1830418656
Money quote: "(QAnon, for the uninitiated, is the conspiracy theory that Donald Trump is secretly doing a really good job, and is this close to uncovering and disarming various evil forces working against him within the government.)"
https://earther.gizmodo.com/californias-wildfires-have-spawned-a-truly-wild-new-con-1830418656
Earther
California's Wildfires Have Spawned a Truly Weird New Conspiracy Theory
This month, California has been gripped by three devastating wildfires: Northern California’s Camp Fire, which recently became the deadliest in the state’s history, and, in Southern California, the Woolsey and Hill Fires. An emerging, deeply weird conspiracy…
Credo che il giudizio che la storia darà di Donald Trump sarà sempre eccessivo: troppo o troppo poco. In compenso, vivendo in questo momento storico (e tra pochi mesi rischiando altri quattro anni di presidenza Trump), leggere cose come queste fanno veramente rabbrividire. Quale animale è mai Trump? E quali animali si aggregano immediatamente attorno a lui? Perché gente come la governatrice del South Dakota sono pure peggio: sono il motivo stesso per cui Trump esiste.
Money quote: “Since the first days after she was elected governor of South Dakota in 2018, Kristi Noem had been working to ensure that President Trump would come to Mount Rushmore for a fireworks-filled July 4 extravaganza.
After all, the president had told her in the Oval Office that he aspired to have his image etched on the monument. And last year, a White House aide reached out to the governor’s office with a question, according to a Republican official familiar with the conversation: What’s the process to add additional presidents to Mount Rushmore? […]
In private, the efforts to charm Mr. Trump were more pointed, according to a person familiar with the episode: Ms. Noem greeted him with a four-foot replica of Mount Rushmore that included a fifth presidential likeness: his.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/08/us/politics/kristi-noem-pence-trump.html
Money quote: “Since the first days after she was elected governor of South Dakota in 2018, Kristi Noem had been working to ensure that President Trump would come to Mount Rushmore for a fireworks-filled July 4 extravaganza.
After all, the president had told her in the Oval Office that he aspired to have his image etched on the monument. And last year, a White House aide reached out to the governor’s office with a question, according to a Republican official familiar with the conversation: What’s the process to add additional presidents to Mount Rushmore? […]
In private, the efforts to charm Mr. Trump were more pointed, according to a person familiar with the episode: Ms. Noem greeted him with a four-foot replica of Mount Rushmore that included a fifth presidential likeness: his.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/08/us/politics/kristi-noem-pence-trump.html
NY Times
How Kristi Noem, Mt. Rushmore and Trump Fueled Speculation About Pence’s Job
After Ms. Noem, the South Dakota governor, flew to Washington on Air Force One, rumors about her ambitions ensued. She made a second trip to smooth things over with Mike Pence.
Forwarded from Organizzazione Digitale | A lume di fare
LE INTERVISTE DI A LUME DI FARE
Ecco un riepilogo delle interviste da ascoltare in questi giorni.
Trovo molto utile condividere le esperienze di diversi professionisti, non solo come settore ma come approccio al lavoro.
Per ascoltarle tutte, seguite l'hashtag #intervisteAV
Gloria Rossi - fondatrice di Eco and Eco - https://t.me/alumedifare/631
Antonio Dini - giornalista - https://t.me/alumedifare/693
Elena Bizzotto - igienista dentale - https://t.me/alumedifare/658
Rudy Bandiera - divulgatore e creator - https://t.me/alumedifare/749
Federica Segalini - copywriter - https://t.me/alumedifare/740
Fabrizio Cotza - formatore e autore - https://t.me/alumedifare/756
Giulia Viti - identity Coach - https://t.me/alumedifare/771
Alessio Beltrami - fondatore Content Marketing Italia - https://t.me/alumedifare/582
Elisa Colleoni - consulente di public speaking - https://t.me/alumedifare/449
🔴 Qui invece trovate un unico audio che unisce le voci di tantissime persone per parlare di... scrivania!
16 professionisti hanno completato la frase: "La mia scrivania ideale è..." e il risultato è stato sorprendente: https://t.me/alumedifare/751
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Debora Montoli
@DeboraAV ✏️
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Ecco un riepilogo delle interviste da ascoltare in questi giorni.
Trovo molto utile condividere le esperienze di diversi professionisti, non solo come settore ma come approccio al lavoro.
Per ascoltarle tutte, seguite l'hashtag #intervisteAV
Gloria Rossi - fondatrice di Eco and Eco - https://t.me/alumedifare/631
Antonio Dini - giornalista - https://t.me/alumedifare/693
Elena Bizzotto - igienista dentale - https://t.me/alumedifare/658
Rudy Bandiera - divulgatore e creator - https://t.me/alumedifare/749
Federica Segalini - copywriter - https://t.me/alumedifare/740
Fabrizio Cotza - formatore e autore - https://t.me/alumedifare/756
Giulia Viti - identity Coach - https://t.me/alumedifare/771
Alessio Beltrami - fondatore Content Marketing Italia - https://t.me/alumedifare/582
Elisa Colleoni - consulente di public speaking - https://t.me/alumedifare/449
🔴 Qui invece trovate un unico audio che unisce le voci di tantissime persone per parlare di... scrivania!
16 professionisti hanno completato la frase: "La mia scrivania ideale è..." e il risultato è stato sorprendente: https://t.me/alumedifare/751
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Debora Montoli
@DeboraAV ✏️
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Forwarded from MondoMobileWeb.it
Telegram compie 7 anni in attesa dell'introduzione ufficiale delle videochiamate
ℹ️ https://www.mondomobileweb.it/183309-telegram-compie-7-anni-in-attesa-introduzione-videochiamate/
ℹ️ https://www.mondomobileweb.it/183309-telegram-compie-7-anni-in-attesa-introduzione-videochiamate/
La storia dell'isola e dei suoi abitanti che hanno ucciso il missionario, raccontata su Twitter (e poi aggregata con un servizio per le delle storie su Twitter).
Money quote: "Portman was erotically obsessed with the Andamanese, and he indulged his passion for photography by kidnapping members of various tribes and posing them in mock-Greek homoerotic compositions."
https://twitter.com/respectablelaw/status/1065841141201989632?s=21
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1065841141201989632.html
Money quote: "Portman was erotically obsessed with the Andamanese, and he indulged his passion for photography by kidnapping members of various tribes and posing them in mock-Greek homoerotic compositions."
https://twitter.com/respectablelaw/status/1065841141201989632?s=21
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1065841141201989632.html
Twitter
Respectable Lawyer
There's been a lot of talk about the missionary killed by the natives of North Sentinel Island. They're probably so aggressive because of this weirdo, Maurice Vidal Portman. So here's a big thread about this creep and some facts from my decade-long obsession…
Le estati volano sempre… gli inverni camminano!
(Charlie Brown)
Buon ferragosto a tutti i lettori di Mostly, I Write: siamo al giro di boa dell'estate di uno degli anni più singolari delle nostre vite.
(Charlie Brown)
Buon ferragosto a tutti i lettori di Mostly, I Write: siamo al giro di boa dell'estate di uno degli anni più singolari delle nostre vite.
Le donne, le donne, le donne. E gli uomini? Quand'è che un uomo è felice? Indicatori di mascolina soddisfazione, insomma. Una ricerca prova a stabilire un legame tra genere e felicità che è piuttosto singolare. Condivisibile anche?
Money quote: "The results showed an clear trend: The strongest predictor of men’s happiness and well-being is their job satisfaction, by a large margin—and the strongest predictor of job satisfaction is whether men feel they are making an impact on their companies’ success."
https://qz.com/work/1474562/what-makes-men-happy-a-study-by-harrys-says-job-satisfaction/
Money quote: "The results showed an clear trend: The strongest predictor of men’s happiness and well-being is their job satisfaction, by a large margin—and the strongest predictor of job satisfaction is whether men feel they are making an impact on their companies’ success."
https://qz.com/work/1474562/what-makes-men-happy-a-study-by-harrys-says-job-satisfaction/
Quartz
The strongest predictor of men’s well-being isn’t family or health
One of the most comprehensive studies on the subject sheds new light on what makes men happy.
Scaricabarile. Questo viene fuori quando si pensa alla sistematica difesa dei predatori sessuali ai vertici di Google e le discriminazioni e la stigmatizzazione che avviene invece per i dipendenti persone "nonbinary".
Money quote: "As women and nonbinary people who work at Alphabet (but who do not speak for our employer), and as people who have dealt with sexual harassment and assault, we want to set the record straight: Our existence as sex-positive and polyamorous people is not inherently abusive or scandalous. The abuses reported in the New York Times arose from corporate power dynamics and misogyny, not from polyamory or BDSM. The perpetrators’ appropriation of polyamory and BDSM terminology simply exacerbates existing power dynamics and makes their victims less likely to come forward."
https://medium.com/s/story/google-employees-our-executives-engaged-in-abuse-dont-let-kink-and-polyamory-be-their-scapegoats-9099d473e80e
Money quote: "As women and nonbinary people who work at Alphabet (but who do not speak for our employer), and as people who have dealt with sexual harassment and assault, we want to set the record straight: Our existence as sex-positive and polyamorous people is not inherently abusive or scandalous. The abuses reported in the New York Times arose from corporate power dynamics and misogyny, not from polyamory or BDSM. The perpetrators’ appropriation of polyamory and BDSM terminology simply exacerbates existing power dynamics and makes their victims less likely to come forward."
https://medium.com/s/story/google-employees-our-executives-engaged-in-abuse-dont-let-kink-and-polyamory-be-their-scapegoats-9099d473e80e
Medium
Google Employees: Our Executives Engaged in Abuse. Don’t Let Kink and Polyamory Be Their Scapegoats.
A New York Times report exacerbated stigma while bringing wrongdoing to light
C'è una cosa che nel XXI secolo non ha veramente senso ma che esiste ancora grazie a una serie di trucchi, giochi di immagine, sovversioni della realtà, diplomazia e ovviamente retaggi storici. È il concetto di monarchia e di nobiltà ereditaria soprattutto monarchica.
Casomai aveste il dubbio: che senso ha che alcune persone vengano considerate costituzionalmente diverse e migliori, potenti, intitolate semplicemente a causa della famiglia da cui nascono? Siamo matti?
Money quote: "Cuando se afirma que la monarquía no es incompatible con la democracia y se esgrimen ejemplos como el de la monarquía sueca, se apunta a un argumento razonable. Se trata del último baluarte defensivo de los partidarios del trono, y merece la pena comprobar su consistencia. Desde él, la cuestión consiste en establecer hasta qué punto nuestra monarquía concreta se parece – jurídica, histórica e incluso genealógicamente – a esa monarquía y a las de otros Estados que también suelen citarse, como Noruega u Holanda. Y hay diferencias palpables."
https://www.eldiario.es/opinion/tribuna-abierta/juan-carlos-i-ojos-suecia_129_6164526.html
Casomai aveste il dubbio: che senso ha che alcune persone vengano considerate costituzionalmente diverse e migliori, potenti, intitolate semplicemente a causa della famiglia da cui nascono? Siamo matti?
Money quote: "Cuando se afirma que la monarquía no es incompatible con la democracia y se esgrimen ejemplos como el de la monarquía sueca, se apunta a un argumento razonable. Se trata del último baluarte defensivo de los partidarios del trono, y merece la pena comprobar su consistencia. Desde él, la cuestión consiste en establecer hasta qué punto nuestra monarquía concreta se parece – jurídica, histórica e incluso genealógicamente – a esa monarquía y a las de otros Estados que también suelen citarse, como Noruega u Holanda. Y hay diferencias palpables."
https://www.eldiario.es/opinion/tribuna-abierta/juan-carlos-i-ojos-suecia_129_6164526.html
El Diario
Juan Carlos I y los ojos de Suecia
Cuando se afirma que la monarquía no es incompatible con la democracia se esgrimen ejemplos como el de la monarquía sueca. Se trata del último baluarte defensivo de los partidarios del trono, y merece la pena comprobar su consistencia
Enigma era il nome della macchina per cifrare i messaggi usata dall'esercito tedesco durante la Seconda guerra mondiale. Quella che Alan Turing e gli altri... Bletchey Park... Bomba...
Uno degli ultimi esemplari esistenti (e ancora funzionanti) è andata all'asta il 30 novembre di due anni fa.
Money quote: "This three-wheeler would have been used by the German Heer (army) or the Luftwaffe (air force), Hatton says—naval machines eventually had four rotors. Because these machines were conceived to be covert, it’s hard to say exactly how many were in circulation, Hatton adds, or precisely when and where each was used. Judging by the serial number on this one, though, it was manufactured in 1944 by the Olympia Büromaschinenwerke company, an outfit better known for typewriters, for Heimsoeth und Rinke."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/for-sale-a-cipher-from-wwii
Uno degli ultimi esemplari esistenti (e ancora funzionanti) è andata all'asta il 30 novembre di due anni fa.
Money quote: "This three-wheeler would have been used by the German Heer (army) or the Luftwaffe (air force), Hatton says—naval machines eventually had four rotors. Because these machines were conceived to be covert, it’s hard to say exactly how many were in circulation, Hatton adds, or precisely when and where each was used. Judging by the serial number on this one, though, it was manufactured in 1944 by the Olympia Büromaschinenwerke company, an outfit better known for typewriters, for Heimsoeth und Rinke."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/for-sale-a-cipher-from-wwii
Atlas Obscura
For Sale: A Tricky Cipher Machine From WWII
Attention, tinkerers: It's still solvable.
Tre libri di fantascienza italiani per l’estate - Il mio articolo di buone letture fantascientifiche scritto per Fumettologica
https://www.fumettologica.it/2020/08/libri-fantascienza-italiani-estate/
https://www.fumettologica.it/2020/08/libri-fantascienza-italiani-estate/
Fumettologica
3 libri di fantascienza italiani per l’estate - Fumettologica
Consigli per un’estate di letture di fantascienza italiane. Forse non tutte recentissime o canoniche, però comunque interessanti e di valore.
La Guerra dei mondi, intesa come sceneggiato radiofonico di Orson Welles, ha cambiato (o meglio: svelato) il mondo della comunicazione. In una maniera che non è per niente positiva, bisogna aggiungere. Due parole: fake news.
Money quote: "In short, by the 1930s, radio had become more trusted than newspapers. Part of the reason was its unique intimacy, and its ability to put you in the centre of an unfolding event without a reporting gap; craven newspapermen could insert their own slant, it appeared, but radio could not. The trust placed in radio also came from the trueness of the sounds it reproduced.
Any conversation about radio’s potential was also a conversation about how Americans listened – and the degree to which radio could persuade them that what they heard was real. ‘Radio has already given sound a wide currency, and sound “effects” are taking the place once enjoyed by sound itself,’ wrote E B White in Harper’s Magazine in 1938. ‘In sufficient accumulation, radio sounds and television sights might become more familiar to us than their originals,’ rendering the solid world make-believe."
https://aeon.co/essays/a-radio-play-about-radio-that-became-the-first-fake-news-story
Money quote: "In short, by the 1930s, radio had become more trusted than newspapers. Part of the reason was its unique intimacy, and its ability to put you in the centre of an unfolding event without a reporting gap; craven newspapermen could insert their own slant, it appeared, but radio could not. The trust placed in radio also came from the trueness of the sounds it reproduced.
Any conversation about radio’s potential was also a conversation about how Americans listened – and the degree to which radio could persuade them that what they heard was real. ‘Radio has already given sound a wide currency, and sound “effects” are taking the place once enjoyed by sound itself,’ wrote E B White in Harper’s Magazine in 1938. ‘In sufficient accumulation, radio sounds and television sights might become more familiar to us than their originals,’ rendering the solid world make-believe."
https://aeon.co/essays/a-radio-play-about-radio-that-became-the-first-fake-news-story
Aeon
A radio play about radio that became the first fake-news story | Aeon Essays
The uncanny realism of Orson Welles’s radio play crystallised a fear of communication technology that haunts us today
Il 30 novembre di due anni fa, cioè un paio di giorni dopo la mia partenza da Las Vegas, un A320 della Frontier Airlines (low cost americana) ha perso la copertura di un motore dopo il decollo da quello stesso aeroporto. Identificato il problema, è tornato a terra senza nessuna conseguenza se non il ritardo per i passeggeri. Qui di seguito, 10 minuti e 11 secondi di puro data journalism, o non saprei come altro definirlo. Il video con l'audio della controllo del traffico aereo locale e gli schemi di quel che sta succedendo, animati in tempo reale. Fantastico! Altro che i video "rubati" dal Corriere e da Repubblica.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYNanAZlxyk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYNanAZlxyk
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Frontier A320 LOSES PART OF THE ENGINE COWLING departing Las Vegas!