Se siete cresciuti negli anni Ottanta un monumento enorme della musica di quegli anni è stato Prince. Che era anche una creatura leggera, fragile, difficile da identificare e classificare. Perché era un personaggio pubblico per la prima volta esplicitamente androgino e ambiguo. La domanda è facile: ma c’era o ci faceva? Non siete stati gli unici a chiedervelo, se mai ve lo siete chiesto.
Money quote: “In a 1997 interview on VH1, comedian Chris Rock posed a question to Prince no one had really asked before. At least not as bluntly. “The androgynous thing,” he said. “Was that an act, or were you searching for your sexual identity?” “That’s a good question,” Prince responds, a coy smile creeping over his face. He pauses for a moment to gather his thoughts, his eyes hidden behind dark-shaded sunglasses. “I don’t suppose I was searching, really,” he says. “I think I was just — being who I was. Being the true Gemini that I am. And there’s, um, there’s many sides in that as well.” He pauses again briefly, smiling, before acknowledging. “And there was a little acting going on, too.””
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joevogel/2018/05/06/was-princes-androgyny-about-identity-or-branding/#2aa29eaf450a
Money quote: “In a 1997 interview on VH1, comedian Chris Rock posed a question to Prince no one had really asked before. At least not as bluntly. “The androgynous thing,” he said. “Was that an act, or were you searching for your sexual identity?” “That’s a good question,” Prince responds, a coy smile creeping over his face. He pauses for a moment to gather his thoughts, his eyes hidden behind dark-shaded sunglasses. “I don’t suppose I was searching, really,” he says. “I think I was just — being who I was. Being the true Gemini that I am. And there’s, um, there’s many sides in that as well.” He pauses again briefly, smiling, before acknowledging. “And there was a little acting going on, too.””
https://www.forbes.com/sites/joevogel/2018/05/06/was-princes-androgyny-about-identity-or-branding/#2aa29eaf450a
Forbes
Was Prince's Androgyny About Identity Or Branding?
Prince was a gender-bending pioneer. But he also understood branding.
Ci siamo, è lunedì e Tilde è pronta: la nuova puntata del podcast che faccio con Riccardo. Si scarica da qui: tilde.show
A futura memoria, per quando inizieranno le vaccinazioni anche da noi:
Money quote: “È molto più semplice trattare una reazione allergica che molte delle malattie per cui ci si vaccina, compresa la COVID-19.”
https://www.ilpost.it/2020/12/19/reazioni-allergiche-vaccino-coronavirus/
Money quote: “È molto più semplice trattare una reazione allergica che molte delle malattie per cui ci si vaccina, compresa la COVID-19.”
https://www.ilpost.it/2020/12/19/reazioni-allergiche-vaccino-coronavirus/
Il Post
Le reazioni allergiche ai vaccini
Sono estremamente rare anche nel caso del vaccino contro il coronavirus e riguardano soprattutto chi è già allergico: una mini guida per preoccupati
L'algoritmo di Facebook che predice la diffusione del Covid-19 come fa con le fake news - il mio articolo per Wired
https://www.wired.it/internet/social-network/2020/12/18/facebook-covid-19-fake-news/
https://www.wired.it/internet/social-network/2020/12/18/facebook-covid-19-fake-news/
WIRED.IT
L'algoritmo di Facebook che predice la diffusione del Covid-19 come fa con le fake news
Il social network ha messo a punto un sistema di intelligenza artificiale che prevede l'andamento della pandemia, basato sui dati aperti delle autorità sanitarie
Qualche buon libro di fantascienza da leggere a Natale - i miei consigli per gli acquisti librari su Fumettologica
https://www.fumettologica.it/2020/12/libri-fantascienza-feste-natale/
https://www.fumettologica.it/2020/12/libri-fantascienza-feste-natale/
Fumettologica
Qualche buon libro di fantascienza da leggere a Natale
Consigli di lettura di fantascienza: una serie di classici del genere da recuperare durante le feste, se ancora non li avete letti.
Episodio tre: quello in cui “c'è un libro per questo” ~ tilde podcast
https://tilde.show/podcast-03/
https://tilde.show/podcast-03/
tilde ~ podcast
Episodio 3 ~ tilde podcast
Armati di nuovi vecchi microfoni e trasportati dall’endorfina, parliamo di Linux, why not, e della società dello spettacolo di Guy Debord (ma ovviamente non solo).
Il colpo di coda del colpo di coda di Donald Trump ci sarà il prossimo 6 gennaio e coinvolgerà anche il vicepresidente Pence
Money quote: "“The role the V.P. plays in the transition is something that people have never focused on and never think about, but with Donald Trump, you now have to consider all the possibilities,” said Gregory B. Craig, a White House counsel under President Barack Obama."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/us/politics/trump-allies-election-overturn-congress-pence.html
Money quote: "“The role the V.P. plays in the transition is something that people have never focused on and never think about, but with Donald Trump, you now have to consider all the possibilities,” said Gregory B. Craig, a White House counsel under President Barack Obama."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/us/politics/trump-allies-election-overturn-congress-pence.html
NY Times
Trump Allies Eye Long-Shot Election Reversal in Congress, Testing Pence
Some House Republicans plan to try to use Congress’s tallying of electoral results on Jan. 6 to tip the election to President Trump. The attempt will put Republicans in a pinch.
InTune, intervista all'autore dell'app per sviluppare il vostro orecchio - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/intune-intervista-allautore-dellapp-per-sviluppare-il-vostro-orecchio/
https://www.macitynet.it/intune-intervista-allautore-dellapp-per-sviluppare-il-vostro-orecchio/
macitynet.it
InTune, intervista all’autore dell’app per sviluppare il vostro orecchio
App iPhone, App Musica, Interviste, Music
Il mio amico Roberto osservava intelligentemente "Che bias cognitivo tremendo col vinile. Una cosa che dal quinto ascolto inizia a friggere venduta al doppio di quanto pagavamo i cd negli anni ottanta...". Beh, il a quanto pare c'è pure chi si preoccupa di fare le classifiche dei migliori piatti del 2020.
Money quote: "Few things can compare to placing a record on a turntable, and having a refined listening experience like no other. Vinyl has also been back for a while, and it’s very much here to stay. As the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) reported that vinyl sales surpassed CDs for the first time since the 1980s, it reconfirmed this trend.
This growing popularity has seen some negative outcomes. The influx of cheaper made, all-in-one turntable systems are more prevalent than ever."
https://thevinylfactory.com/features/the-best-turntables-of-2020
Money quote: "Few things can compare to placing a record on a turntable, and having a refined listening experience like no other. Vinyl has also been back for a while, and it’s very much here to stay. As the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) reported that vinyl sales surpassed CDs for the first time since the 1980s, it reconfirmed this trend.
This growing popularity has seen some negative outcomes. The influx of cheaper made, all-in-one turntable systems are more prevalent than ever."
https://thevinylfactory.com/features/the-best-turntables-of-2020
The Vinyl Factory
The best turntables of 2020
Abitanti di questo canale, è la prima volta che vendo qualcosa di mio online quindi perdonate se lo faccio qui, ma dopotutto il canale è mio...
Ho deciso di vendere la mia Switch Lite grigia (quella che non si attacca al tv) e custodia da trasporto con porta giochi ma senza giochi.
Comprata su Amazon sei o sette mesi fa (io ho preso l'altra switch che va sulla tv).
È perfetta, vendo tutto a mano a Milano: occasione perfetta per un regalo ultimo minuto (su Amazon i prezzi sono impazziti). DM @antoniodini
Ho deciso di vendere la mia Switch Lite grigia (quella che non si attacca al tv) e custodia da trasporto con porta giochi ma senza giochi.
Comprata su Amazon sei o sette mesi fa (io ho preso l'altra switch che va sulla tv).
È perfetta, vendo tutto a mano a Milano: occasione perfetta per un regalo ultimo minuto (su Amazon i prezzi sono impazziti). DM @antoniodini
Come fa uno a non sorridere felice di avere un socio come Riccardo per il proprio podcast? Grande lavoro dietro le quinte per tilde.show !
Forwarded from Scrivere zen
“Quello che non c’è si fa senza” 🛶 https://www.corriere.it/cronache/20_dicembre_22/piero-angela-92-anni-lavoro-da-casa-faccio-programmi-tv-4c6d5a16-448b-11eb-850e-8c688b971ab0.shtml praticamente il mio augurio di buone feste🎅🏻
Corriere della Sera
Piero Angela e i 92 anni: «Dobbiamo puntare sulla scienza e sull’energia. Sennò non ne usciamo»
Il grande divulgatore scientifico: «Per la prima volta i politici hanno dato ragione agli scienziati e la gente si è fidata»
Ma dopotutto, tra gli articoli di una legge e il codice di un programma, non c'è tutta questa differenza, no? E allora perché non mettere le leggi su GitHub e gestirle in modo automatico?
Money quote: "Open Law Library’s mission as a nonprofit is to make all laws as open and accessible as possible. The library’s strategy is to achieve openness by making openness pay off for governments: it uses open, machine-readable laws to build software tools that make codification faster and more accurate. The cool thing about this is that governments can benefit from using Open Law Library’s software even if open data isn’t their highest priority, but in the background they’ll still be publishing their laws in an open and accessible format—everybody wins."
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/how-i-changed-the-law-with-a-github-pull-request/
Qui invece c'è gente che ne parla da tempo
https://blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop/2012/09/17/standardizing-the-worlds-legislative-information-one-hackathon-at-a-time/
Money quote: "Open Law Library’s mission as a nonprofit is to make all laws as open and accessible as possible. The library’s strategy is to achieve openness by making openness pay off for governments: it uses open, machine-readable laws to build software tools that make codification faster and more accurate. The cool thing about this is that governments can benefit from using Open Law Library’s software even if open data isn’t their highest priority, but in the background they’ll still be publishing their laws in an open and accessible format—everybody wins."
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/11/how-i-changed-the-law-with-a-github-pull-request/
Qui invece c'è gente che ne parla da tempo
https://blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop/2012/09/17/standardizing-the-worlds-legislative-information-one-hackathon-at-a-time/
Ars Technica
How I changed the law with a GitHub pull request
Washington DC has made GitHub the authoritative digital source for DC laws.
Gagdet tecnologici e curiosità dell’ultimo minuto da regalare a Natale - ci sono anche io, su La Stampa
https://www.lastampa.it/tecnologia/news/2020/12/23/news/gagdet-tecnologici-e-curiosita-dell-ultimo-minuto-da-regalare-a-natale-1.39692525
https://www.lastampa.it/tecnologia/news/2020/12/23/news/gagdet-tecnologici-e-curiosita-dell-ultimo-minuto-da-regalare-a-natale-1.39692525
La Stampa
Gagdet tecnologici e curiosità dell’ultimo minuto da regalare a Natale
Dall’orto idroponico al controller per videogame, dalla bici elettrica ai diffusori ad altissima fedeltà: idee da mettere sotto l’albero o da donare anche dopo le feste
Videogiochi e spionaggio nella Germania dell'Est
Money quote: "January 6, 1988, was one of those Wednesdays when the old baroque building in Kloster Strasse in East Berlin was teeming with activity. The building was called the "House of Young Talents" (HdjT) at the time, but today its original name, Palais Podewils, has been restored to honor its one-time owner, who was Friedrich the Great's foreign minister. That winter day, 70 to 80 people crowded into a first-floor room, normally the rehearsal space for a local children's choir. The computer club met there every Wednesday, a group of mostly young people, with the lion's share of them around 20 years old, but some as young as 16.
Similar clubs could be found across the German Democratic Republic (GDR) during the 1980s and there were around 20 in Berlin alone. But some of those attending this particular meeting at the HdjT had come from far away. And they had good reason. Because even though this was the "Central Clubhouse" of the communist youth organization FDJ, not a single one of the computers sitting on the tables had been manufactured in the GDR. They were all from the West."
https://www.zeit.de/digital/games/2018-11/computer-games-gdr-stasi-surveillance-gamer-crowd/komplettansicht
Money quote: "January 6, 1988, was one of those Wednesdays when the old baroque building in Kloster Strasse in East Berlin was teeming with activity. The building was called the "House of Young Talents" (HdjT) at the time, but today its original name, Palais Podewils, has been restored to honor its one-time owner, who was Friedrich the Great's foreign minister. That winter day, 70 to 80 people crowded into a first-floor room, normally the rehearsal space for a local children's choir. The computer club met there every Wednesday, a group of mostly young people, with the lion's share of them around 20 years old, but some as young as 16.
Similar clubs could be found across the German Democratic Republic (GDR) during the 1980s and there were around 20 in Berlin alone. But some of those attending this particular meeting at the HdjT had come from far away. And they had good reason. Because even though this was the "Central Clubhouse" of the communist youth organization FDJ, not a single one of the computers sitting on the tables had been manufactured in the GDR. They were all from the West."
https://www.zeit.de/digital/games/2018-11/computer-games-gdr-stasi-surveillance-gamer-crowd/komplettansicht
ZEIT ONLINE
The Stasi Played Along
In East Germany, a gamer scene emerged just before the fall of communism. Teenagers met at a computer club to swap and play C64 games. The state watched with interest.
Forwarded from AmiciApple.it
Appleinsider ha scovato un brevetto Apple che si concentra sull’integrazione del multi-utente su iPhone ed iPad: tramite componentistica hardware ad hoc, il multi-utente verrebbe reso compatibile con il Secure Enclave e tutti i vari sistemi di protezione dei dati degli utenti. È inoltre prevista una componente software che gestisca i diversi livelli di accesso al sistema ed alle relative funzioni.
✍🏻 @amiciapple
✍🏻 @amiciapple
Sorpresina di Natale! Ecco a voi la quarta puntata di Tilde! Snella, leggera, veloce, da ascoltare mentre siete in coda per andare in bagno. Buon Natale!
https://tilde.show/podcast-04/
https://tilde.show/podcast-04/
tilde ~ podcast
Episodio 4 ~ tilde podcast
Da Sega alla Sindrome di Stendhal nell’epoca della sua riproducibilità tecnica, questo Natale è l’occasione per parlare di regali, videogiochi e sperimentazioni lisergiche.