È arrivato iMac 24 M1, prime impressioni d'uso - la seconda parte del mio articolo per Macity: buona lettura
https://www.macitynet.it/e-arrivato-imac-24-m1-recensione/
https://www.macitynet.it/e-arrivato-imac-24-m1-recensione/
macitynet.it
È arrivato iMac 24 M1, prime impressioni d’uso
Apple, iMac, iMac 2021
Troppi iMac 24 da recensire durante la settimana, salta fuori che sono in ritardo con Mostly Weekly, ma ci sto lavorando a tutta velocità. Intanto ripenso sempre a questo vecchio classico e rido
Forwarded from Mostly, I Write
"Have you tried mindfulness"
(Non ci posso fare niente, ogni volta che guardo questa vignetta scoppio a ridere. Sono proprio un figlio del Novecento)
(Non ci posso fare niente, ogni volta che guardo questa vignetta scoppio a ridere. Sono proprio un figlio del Novecento)
Bella gente che non esiste. Anzi, belle facce che non esistono: sembra una novità di stamattina ma sono in realtà quasi tre anni che è possibile.
Money quote: "These neural networks have, it seems, competed their way to generating images of fabricated human faces that genuine humans have trouble distinguishing from images of the real deal. Their architecture, described in a paper by the Nvidia researchers who developed it, "leads to an automatically learned, unsupervised separation of high-level attributes (e.g., pose and identity when trained on human faces) and stochastic variation in the generated images (e.g., freckles, hair), and it enables intuitive, scale-specific control of the synthesis." What they've come up with, in other words, has made it not just more possible than ever to create fake faces, but made those faces more customizable than ever as well."
http://www.openculture.com/2018/12/artificial-intelligence-creates-realistic-photos-of-people-none-of-whom-actually-exist.html
Money quote: "These neural networks have, it seems, competed their way to generating images of fabricated human faces that genuine humans have trouble distinguishing from images of the real deal. Their architecture, described in a paper by the Nvidia researchers who developed it, "leads to an automatically learned, unsupervised separation of high-level attributes (e.g., pose and identity when trained on human faces) and stochastic variation in the generated images (e.g., freckles, hair), and it enables intuitive, scale-specific control of the synthesis." What they've come up with, in other words, has made it not just more possible than ever to create fake faces, but made those faces more customizable than ever as well."
http://www.openculture.com/2018/12/artificial-intelligence-creates-realistic-photos-of-people-none-of-whom-actually-exist.html
Open Culture
Artificial Intelligence Creates Realistic Photos of People, None of Whom Actually Exist
Each day in the 2010s, it seems, brings another startling development in the field of artificial intelligence — a field widely written off not all that long ago as a dead end.
Puntatona di Tilde anche questa volta: con @riccardopalombo parliamo di iMac giallo, dell'eredità digitale e dei nostri doppelgänger. Online da stamani mattina!
https://tilde.show/podcast-16/
https://tilde.show/podcast-16/
I migliori libri per gestire un business online - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/migliori-libri-per-gestire-business-online/
https://www.macitynet.it/migliori-libri-per-gestire-business-online/
macitynet.it
I migliori libri per gestire un business online
ebook, Libri
Ogni settimana (più o meno) sto pubblicando un po' di cose sul mio sito. Ad esempio, questa intervista con Ted Chiang, che è uno dei maggiori scrittori di fantascienza del nostro tempo, secondo me.
https://antoniodini.com/ottimismo-fantascienza/
https://antoniodini.com/ottimismo-fantascienza/
Mostly Here
L’ottimismo della ragione fantascientifica
A colloquio con Ted Chiang su perché il futuro non è solo distopia
Ho cambiato anche l'impostazione della home di Mostly Here (che poi sarebbe il mio sito, perché le mie cose sono tutte perlopiù là), che adesso mostra le ultime cose pubblicate.
https://antoniodini.com/
E poi ho implementato il mitico (per me) changelog. Mi piace molto più come approccio che non l'idea del blog, che invece è solo un flusso in cui tutto passa, tutto si perde e tutto si rimpiazza.
Il motto è, insomma, "il resto è tutto nel changelog"
https://antoniodini.com/changelog/
https://antoniodini.com/
E poi ho implementato il mitico (per me) changelog. Mi piace molto più come approccio che non l'idea del blog, che invece è solo un flusso in cui tutto passa, tutto si perde e tutto si rimpiazza.
Il motto è, insomma, "il resto è tutto nel changelog"
https://antoniodini.com/changelog/
Mostly Here
Quello che scrivo è perlopiù qui, in questo giardino digitale dove coltivo e faccio crescere le mie idee
Bell'articolo sul ritorno dei libri-game, che va in profondità. Molto più di quanto non sarebbe lecito aspettarsi.
Money quote: "With Generation X beginning to reach middle age in slow horrified disbelief, it’s little surprise that 1980s revivalisms are big business, from Stranger Things and Ready Player One to the recent Star Wars resurrection. A joyless cynic might see this trend as an example of a culture paralysed by conservatism, cowardice and infantilism."
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/the-oulipo-of-the-1980s-why-its-time-to-reappraise-the-humble-choose-your-own-adventure-book
Money quote: "With Generation X beginning to reach middle age in slow horrified disbelief, it’s little surprise that 1980s revivalisms are big business, from Stranger Things and Ready Player One to the recent Star Wars resurrection. A joyless cynic might see this trend as an example of a culture paralysed by conservatism, cowardice and infantilism."
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/the-oulipo-of-the-1980s-why-its-time-to-reappraise-the-humble-choose-your-own-adventure-book
Prospect Magazine
The Oulipo of the 1980s? Why it’s time to reappraise the humble Choose Your Own Adventure book - Prospect Magazine
Behind the recent wave of 80s revivals are real questions about the types of stories we enjoy—and how they teach us to approach the world
Come funziona Earth 2, la copia della Terra in vendita pixel per pixel - il mio articolo per Italian Tech
https://www.italian.tech/2021/05/23/news/guida_a_earth_2_la_copia_della_terra_in_vendita_pixel_per_pixel-300935949/
https://www.italian.tech/2021/05/23/news/guida_a_earth_2_la_copia_della_terra_in_vendita_pixel_per_pixel-300935949/
Italian Tech
Come funziona Earth 2, la copia della Terra in vendita pixel per pixel
Guida rapida al fenomeno online che vuole vendere il nostro pianeta in versione digitale (e perché secondo noi si tratta di una speculazione che potrebb…
Eccoci con la partenza ufficiale di Italian Tech
https://video.italian.tech/tech/riccardo-luna-tecnologia-futuro-e-innovazione-perche-facciamo-italian-tech/2891/3048
https://video.italian.tech/tech/riccardo-luna-tecnologia-futuro-e-innovazione-perche-facciamo-italian-tech/2891/3048
Italian Tech - Contenthub
Riccardo Luna: 'Tecnologia, futuro e innovazione: perché facciamo Italian Tech'
Nasce Italian Tech (IT), la nuova testata del gruppo Gedi che racconta il mondo dell'innovazione attraverso contenuti esclusivi, video, podcast ed eventi. A dirigerla è Riccardo Luna, da anni punto di riferimento italiano sui temi legati a innovazione, startup…
Mostly, I Write
Ho cambiato anche l'impostazione della home di Mostly Here (che poi sarebbe il mio sito, perché le mie cose sono tutte perlopiù là), che adesso mostra le ultime cose pubblicate. https://antoniodini.com/ E poi ho implementato il mitico (per me) changelog.…
C’erano stati un paio di problemi nel modo con il quale funzionavano i link (cioè, non funzionavano, come mi avete gentilmente segnalato; grazie!) ma ho risolto, ora viaggia tutto come un espresso di campagna: pacifico e regolare
Che dire: è il bello di avere un sito fatto tutto a mano!
Che dire: è il bello di avere un sito fatto tutto a mano!
Dettagli che fanno l'impresa. Ecco chi pratica il bird-watching in Red Dead Redemption 2. Perché l'esperienza pare sia notevole.
Money quote: "I spent most of my time finding birds, and was impressed with the breadth and relative accuracy of the species represented. Birds change with habitat: Roseate Spoonbills and Great Egrets feed in the bayous of Saint Denis. Laughing Gulls and Red-footed Boobies roost along the coast, while eagles and condors soar over mountain peaks. Each of these are crafted with accurate field marks and habits. There are dozens of species I couldn’t even find, including Carolina Parakeets, Ferruginous Hawks, and Pileated Woodpeckers. Like real life birding, you’re never guaranteed to see anything."
https://www.audubon.org/news/birding-its-1899-inside-blockbuster-american-west-video-game
Money quote: "I spent most of my time finding birds, and was impressed with the breadth and relative accuracy of the species represented. Birds change with habitat: Roseate Spoonbills and Great Egrets feed in the bayous of Saint Denis. Laughing Gulls and Red-footed Boobies roost along the coast, while eagles and condors soar over mountain peaks. Each of these are crafted with accurate field marks and habits. There are dozens of species I couldn’t even find, including Carolina Parakeets, Ferruginous Hawks, and Pileated Woodpeckers. Like real life birding, you’re never guaranteed to see anything."
https://www.audubon.org/news/birding-its-1899-inside-blockbuster-american-west-video-game
Audubon
Birding Like It’s 1899: Inside a Blockbuster American West Video Game
In "Red Dead Redemption 2," a birder finds joy and despair in a realistic portrayal of wildlife in the pre-conservation era.
I prossimi MacBook Pro di Apple avranno il chip M1x e un nuovo design - il mio articolo per Italian Tech
https://www.italian.tech/2021/05/25/news/i_nuovi_macbook_pro_di_apple_avranno_il_chip_m1x_e_un_nuovo_design-302700846/
https://www.italian.tech/2021/05/25/news/i_nuovi_macbook_pro_di_apple_avranno_il_chip_m1x_e_un_nuovo_design-302700846/
Italian Tech
I prossimi MacBook Pro di Apple avranno il chip M1x e un nuovo design
Per i portatili, novità sia estetiche e di sostanza: arriva la seconda cpu Apple Silicon e una piccola rivoluzione di design che richiama l’iMac 2…
Cercate quello che amate e non smettete fino a che non l'avete trovato, perché poi ci passerete la vita, diceva Steve Jobs. Le cose però sono un po' più complicate di così. Vediamo come.
Money quote: "First, there’s a difference between having a harmonious passion and an obsessive passion. If you can find a career path or occupational goal that fires you up, you are more likely to succeed and find happiness through your work – that much we know from the deep research literature. But beware – since a seminal paper published in 2003 by the Canadian psychologist Robert Vallerand and colleagues, researchers have made an important distinction between having a harmonious passion and an obsessive one. If you feel that your passion or calling is out of control, and that your mood and self-esteem depend on it, then this is the obsessive variety, and such passions, while they are energising, are also associated with negative outcomes such as burnout and anxiety. In contrast, if your passion feels in control, reflects qualities that you like about yourself, and complements other important activities in your life, then this is the harmonious version, which is associated with positive outcomes, such as vitality, better work performance, experiencing flow, and positive mood."
https://aeon.co/ideas/psychologys-five-revelations-for-finding-your-true-calling
Money quote: "First, there’s a difference between having a harmonious passion and an obsessive passion. If you can find a career path or occupational goal that fires you up, you are more likely to succeed and find happiness through your work – that much we know from the deep research literature. But beware – since a seminal paper published in 2003 by the Canadian psychologist Robert Vallerand and colleagues, researchers have made an important distinction between having a harmonious passion and an obsessive one. If you feel that your passion or calling is out of control, and that your mood and self-esteem depend on it, then this is the obsessive variety, and such passions, while they are energising, are also associated with negative outcomes such as burnout and anxiety. In contrast, if your passion feels in control, reflects qualities that you like about yourself, and complements other important activities in your life, then this is the harmonious version, which is associated with positive outcomes, such as vitality, better work performance, experiencing flow, and positive mood."
https://aeon.co/ideas/psychologys-five-revelations-for-finding-your-true-calling
Aeon
Psychology’s five revelations for finding your true calling
Is having a passion enough? Or does finding a calling take grit, effort and purpose? The latest findings from psychology
Al via a Trieste il festival Scienza e virgola - il mio articolo per Anobii
https://blog.anobii.com/it/2021/05/26/al-via-a-trieste-il-festival-scienza-e-virgola/
https://blog.anobii.com/it/2021/05/26/al-via-a-trieste-il-festival-scienza-e-virgola/
Anobii Blog
Al via a Trieste il festival Scienza e virgola - Anobii Blog
Al via la quinta edizione della settimana di incontri diretta dallo scrittore Paolo Giordano
Di storie orrende ne ho sentite e lette tante, ma come questa raramente
Money quote: "Just six hours before Dad sent the pirate alert, late in the evening on May 27, he had used his satellite text messager and tracking device to wish Mom a happy 39th wedding anniversary. He also wanted to ease her concerns that his boat was pointed the wrong way, something she’d noticed on a map that indicated his position based on the messages he sent."
https://www.outsideonline.com/2360811/mayday-fathers-disappearance-pirates
Money quote: "Just six hours before Dad sent the pirate alert, late in the evening on May 27, he had used his satellite text messager and tracking device to wish Mom a happy 39th wedding anniversary. He also wanted to ease her concerns that his boat was pointed the wrong way, something she’d noticed on a map that indicated his position based on the messages he sent."
https://www.outsideonline.com/2360811/mayday-fathers-disappearance-pirates
Outside Online
My Father's SOS—From the Middle of the Sea
Richard Carr, a retired psychologist who had long dreamed of sailing around the world, was in the middle of the Pacific when he started sending frantic messages that said pirates were boarding his boat. Two thousand miles away in Los Angeles, his family woke…
Mostly Weekly arriva puntuale nella vostra casella di posta elettronica. Ma nel caso vogliate farvi un’idea, prima di iscrivervi (perché volete iscrivervi, giusto?) potete farvi un’idea leggendo l’ultimo numero qui:
https://antoniodini.com/mostly/weekly/archivio/116.html
https://antoniodini.com/mostly/weekly/archivio/116.html
La corsa alla smart city è iniziata almeno due anni fa, ma non temete, la state per vedere anche da noi. Sigh.
Money quote: "Far from technology centers on the coasts, Kansas City and dozens of other cities have begun competing for federal grant dollars and tech company attention. They want to remake themselves as “smart cities,” where technology is seen as a tool to help grow, improve school systems and air quality, and make traffic move faster.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/01/us/kansas-city-smart-technology.html
Money quote: "Far from technology centers on the coasts, Kansas City and dozens of other cities have begun competing for federal grant dollars and tech company attention. They want to remake themselves as “smart cities,” where technology is seen as a tool to help grow, improve school systems and air quality, and make traffic move faster.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/01/us/kansas-city-smart-technology.html
Nytimes
In High-Tech Cities, No More Potholes, but What About Privacy? (Published 2019)
Cities, including some far from the coasts, are vying to use technology to guide services. But the race toward “smart cities” is raising privacy worries.
La pubblicità non basta più: ora Google vuole dominare nell'ecommerce - il mio articolo per Wired
https://www.wired.it/economia/business/2021/05/28/google-ecommerce-pubblicita/
https://www.wired.it/economia/business/2021/05/28/google-ecommerce-pubblicita/
WIRED.IT
La pubblicità non basta più: ora Google vuole dominare nell'ecommerce
L'azienda è pronta a fare concorrenza diretta ad Amazon ed Ebay inserendo link diretti di acquisto su Youtube e alleandosi con piattaforme come Shopify