Il messaggio alla nazione dell’ex governatore della California, Arnold Schwarzenegger
https://t.co/I20WqXu8lM
https://t.co/I20WqXu8lM
Twitter
Arnold
My message to my fellow Americans and friends around the world following this week's attack on the Capitol. https://t.co/blOy35LWJ5
Tilde.show puntata episodio sei! Eccoci: sia sul sito che sui soliti noti:
- tilde ~ su Spotify
- tilde ~ su Apple Podcast
- tilde ~ su Google Podcast
E mettetevi pure comodi, perché non saremo brevi: puntatona bella ricca per cominciare la settimana con sprint!
- tilde ~ su Spotify
- tilde ~ su Apple Podcast
- tilde ~ su Google Podcast
E mettetevi pure comodi, perché non saremo brevi: puntatona bella ricca per cominciare la settimana con sprint!
Spotify
tilde
Podcast · Riccardo Palombo e Antonio Dini · Un altro podcast da ascoltare, ma con una voce in più. Siamo in due, Antonio Dini e Riccardo Palombo, toscani finiti in città diverse, si potrebbe dire all'opposto (rispettivamente Milano e Roma), ma che più o meno…
Forwarded from Social&Positive News - L'informazione che fa bene
#Ambiente
Qualche giorno fa l’Organizzazione mondiale della meteorologia (Omm) ha dichiarato che il buco dell’ozono sopra l'Antartide si è finalmente chiuso, grazie ad “una stagione eccezionale, dovuta a condizioni meteorologiche naturali e alla continua presenza di sostanze che riducono lo strato di ozono nell’atmosfera”. Quello sopra l’Antartide era il buco più duraturo e uno dei più grandi e profondi dall’inizio del monitoraggio 40 anni fa. Aveva, infatti, raggiunto il record di 24,8 milioni chilometri quadrati.
Non averlo più sopra le nostre teste è davvero un'ottima notizia!
Qualche giorno fa l’Organizzazione mondiale della meteorologia (Omm) ha dichiarato che il buco dell’ozono sopra l'Antartide si è finalmente chiuso, grazie ad “una stagione eccezionale, dovuta a condizioni meteorologiche naturali e alla continua presenza di sostanze che riducono lo strato di ozono nell’atmosfera”. Quello sopra l’Antartide era il buco più duraturo e uno dei più grandi e profondi dall’inizio del monitoraggio 40 anni fa. Aveva, infatti, raggiunto il record di 24,8 milioni chilometri quadrati.
Non averlo più sopra le nostre teste è davvero un'ottima notizia!
Ma con il lavoro a distanza facciamo sul serio o no? Beh, secondo alcuni sì. In questo articolo forse troppo "dentro" per vedere il quadro d'insieme, ci sono comunque un po' di cose interessanti da notare.
Money quote: "“Working remotely is a sea change, requiring a complete rearchitecting in how people think about work, where it happens, and when it happens,” he says."
https://theorg.com/insights/the-hottest-new-title-in-tech-head-of-remote-work
Money quote: "“Working remotely is a sea change, requiring a complete rearchitecting in how people think about work, where it happens, and when it happens,” he says."
https://theorg.com/insights/the-hottest-new-title-in-tech-head-of-remote-work
THE ORG
The Hottest New Title in Tech: Head of Remote Work | The Org
Early this fall, as companies began hiring executives to make remote work a long-term reality, a buzzy new job gained traction in Silicon Valley: The Director of Remote Work.
Le strutture più intime e profonde della loro mente, oltre ai capricci del fato, sono alla base della sceneggiatura per canovaccio che chiamiamo storia. In questo caso, Charles Darwin è stato il protagonista, ma Alfred Russel Wallace ha oggi un ruolo ancora più importante. E comunque l'immagine della "mente frattale" è meravigliosa, vale da sola la lettura della Popova.
Money quote: "Darwin became the face of evolutionary theory because, with his intensely focused autism-spectrum mind and its acute attention to this particular branch of knowledge, his science was just stronger. Russell, unlike Darwin, had a mind too fractal with ideas to stay within the bounds of any one discipline and a humanistic spirit too concerned with the social side of life to remain confined purely to science. And so he became one of the first scientists to seriously consider the ecological footprint of our species and caution against the environmental assault of human industry."
https://www.brainpickings.org/2020/12/11/the-wonderful-century-alfred-russel-wallace
Money quote: "Darwin became the face of evolutionary theory because, with his intensely focused autism-spectrum mind and its acute attention to this particular branch of knowledge, his science was just stronger. Russell, unlike Darwin, had a mind too fractal with ideas to stay within the bounds of any one discipline and a humanistic spirit too concerned with the social side of life to remain confined purely to science. And so he became one of the first scientists to seriously consider the ecological footprint of our species and caution against the environmental assault of human industry."
https://www.brainpickings.org/2020/12/11/the-wonderful-century-alfred-russel-wallace
Brain Pickings
Alfred Russel Wallace’s Prophetic Prescription for Course-Correcting Away from Ecological Catastrophe and Toward Widespread Human…
“The final and absolute test of good government is the well-being and contentment of the people — not the extent of empire or the abundance of the revenue and the trade.”
C’è gente che costruisce cose meravigliose, lo sapevate vero? Mentre nel mio piccolo anche io sto lavorando al mio micro-computer (battezzato ufficialmente “Accrocchio I”) questo tipo invece sta facendo una vera arte con la stampa 3D di terminali retro-moderni!
Money quote: “The goal for this project is to design, 3D-print and assemble the enclosures for several small desktop computers. This series was created during the covid19 pandemic, to get familiar with modern parametric 3D design tools, the limits of 3D printing and fabrication.”
https://uri.cat/projects/modern-retro-terminal/
Money quote: “The goal for this project is to design, 3D-print and assemble the enclosures for several small desktop computers. This series was created during the covid19 pandemic, to get familiar with modern parametric 3D design tools, the limits of 3D printing and fabrication.”
https://uri.cat/projects/modern-retro-terminal/
The Works of Oriol Ferrer Mesià
Modern Retro Computer Terminals - The Works of Oriol Ferrer Mesià
Design, 3D-print and assemble several small computers.
Parlare da soli è una cosa che serve: è uno strumento per pensare meglio (io preferisco parlare alla mia paperella viola di gomma, ma l'idea è quella)
Money quote: "Like many of us, I talk to myself out loud, though I’m a little unusual in that I often do it in public spaces. Whenever I want to figure out an issue, develop an idea or memorise a text, I turn to this odd work routine. While it’s definitely earned me a reputation in my neighbourhood, it’s also improved my thinking and speaking skills immensely. Speaking out loud is not only a medium of communication, but a technology of thinking: it encourages the formation and processing of thoughts."
https://psyche.co/ideas/talking-out-loud-to-yourself-is-a-technology-for-thinking
Money quote: "Like many of us, I talk to myself out loud, though I’m a little unusual in that I often do it in public spaces. Whenever I want to figure out an issue, develop an idea or memorise a text, I turn to this odd work routine. While it’s definitely earned me a reputation in my neighbourhood, it’s also improved my thinking and speaking skills immensely. Speaking out loud is not only a medium of communication, but a technology of thinking: it encourages the formation and processing of thoughts."
https://psyche.co/ideas/talking-out-loud-to-yourself-is-a-technology-for-thinking
Psyche
Talking out loud to yourself is a technology for thinking
Talking out loud to oneself is a technology for thinking that allows us to clarify and sharpen our approach to a problem
Ci meritiamo delle videoconferenze migliori
Money quote: "In this essay, I will explore how the experience of videoconferencing points, in one way, towards the limits of human adaptability and, in the other, to a liberating human capability that we must collectively cultivate and sustain – as an innovative extension to the ethical framework described by the philosopher Martha Nussbaum in Creating Capabilities (2011). As the designer Jon Kolko says in Well-Designed (2014), we should adopt an ‘optimistic stance’ and ‘seek to explore the situation space, to see multiple potentials for improvement, and to always consider what might be’ through systematic empathy and ‘integrative thinking’."
https://aeon.co/essays/how-empathy-and-creativity-can-re-humanise-videoconferencing
Money quote: "In this essay, I will explore how the experience of videoconferencing points, in one way, towards the limits of human adaptability and, in the other, to a liberating human capability that we must collectively cultivate and sustain – as an innovative extension to the ethical framework described by the philosopher Martha Nussbaum in Creating Capabilities (2011). As the designer Jon Kolko says in Well-Designed (2014), we should adopt an ‘optimistic stance’ and ‘seek to explore the situation space, to see multiple potentials for improvement, and to always consider what might be’ through systematic empathy and ‘integrative thinking’."
https://aeon.co/essays/how-empathy-and-creativity-can-re-humanise-videoconferencing
Aeon
Zoom and gloom
Sitting in a videoconference is a uniformly crap experience. Instead of corroding our humanity, let’s design tools to enhance it
Ghost Airline: il fantasma del Medio Oriente. Compagnie aeree che esistono per scopi politici. Le relazioni internazionali di Air Sinai.
Money quote: "The unmarked plane belonged to Air Sinai, which only flies between Cairo and Tel Aviv. In 1979, Israel and Egypt signed a historic peace treaty, overseen by the United States, which inaugurated diplomatic relations between the two countries and made Egypt the first Arab nation to recognize the State of Israel. Air Sinai, founded in 1982, fulfills a term in the treaty that had to be implemented within three years of signing: the two countries must maintain active civilian aviation routes—meaning there always had to be a direct flight between Israel and Egypt.
It just didn’t have to be public."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/air-sinai-ghost-flight
Money quote: "The unmarked plane belonged to Air Sinai, which only flies between Cairo and Tel Aviv. In 1979, Israel and Egypt signed a historic peace treaty, overseen by the United States, which inaugurated diplomatic relations between the two countries and made Egypt the first Arab nation to recognize the State of Israel. Air Sinai, founded in 1982, fulfills a term in the treaty that had to be implemented within three years of signing: the two countries must maintain active civilian aviation routes—meaning there always had to be a direct flight between Israel and Egypt.
It just didn’t have to be public."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/air-sinai-ghost-flight
Atlas Obscura
The Ghost Airline That Has Linked Cairo and Tel Aviv for Decades
Air Sinai is shrouded in mystery. But why?
Sto leggendo un po' di cose sulla creatività: alcune migliori e altre peggiori. Direi che questo ragionamento è molto interessante e vale la pena di portarlo avanti senza pudore: ridefiniamo i confini e andiamo avanti.
Money quote: "Modern psychology’s approach to creativity was born in 1950, but it was the Sputnik shock of 1957 that turned attention to the role that creativity plays in the real world. Over the following decades, psychologists would come to understand that creativity is not merely a matter of how we think, but also a function of our personalities (some people are inclined to be more open-minded than others) and where we work or learn (some environments are more conducive to creativity than others, for example through encouraging free thinking). When all of these factors are favourably aligned, people are more likely to be able to generate ideas and products that solve problems in new and useful ways."
https://psyche.co/ideas/recognise-the-creativity-behind-crime-then-you-can-thwart-it
Money quote: "Modern psychology’s approach to creativity was born in 1950, but it was the Sputnik shock of 1957 that turned attention to the role that creativity plays in the real world. Over the following decades, psychologists would come to understand that creativity is not merely a matter of how we think, but also a function of our personalities (some people are inclined to be more open-minded than others) and where we work or learn (some environments are more conducive to creativity than others, for example through encouraging free thinking). When all of these factors are favourably aligned, people are more likely to be able to generate ideas and products that solve problems in new and useful ways."
https://psyche.co/ideas/recognise-the-creativity-behind-crime-then-you-can-thwart-it
Psyche
Recognise the creativity behind crime, then you can thwart it
The malevolent creativity of criminals has many parallels with the benevolent creativity of artists and entrepreneurs
Negozi e aziende che chiudono una dopo l'altra a causa della crisi. Succede spessissimo nei periodi come questo, anche perché il piano della resilienza è trasferito alle persone: è uno sbaglio. In Giappone ci sono aziende e negozi vecchi di più di mille anni. Mille anni! E non hanno mai chiuso. Com'è possibile? Non perché si tratta di un "popolo di vecchi". No il discorso è diverso ed è la dimostrazione, tra le altre cose, che l'economia è una scienza sociale. Questo vuol dire che assunti e principi esistono nella logica del "dipende", non nella logica del "è così e basta". Guardiamo sempre le foglie o al massimo l'albero, non riusciamo mai a vedere la foresta e tantomeno il continente.
Money quote: "Such enterprises may be less dynamic than those in other countries. But their resilience offers lessons for businesses in places like the United States, where the coronavirus has forced tens of thousands into bankruptcy.
“If you look at the economics textbooks, enterprises are supposed to be maximizing profits, scaling up their size, market share and growth rate. But these companies’ operating principles are completely different,” said Kenji Matsuoka, a professor emeritus of business at Ryukoku University in Kyoto.
“Their No. 1 priority is carrying on,” he added. “Each generation is like a runner in a relay race. What’s important is passing the baton.”"
Perché non si riesce a capire che ci sono più cose, tra cielo e terra, di quelle predicate dai politici e dai dirigenti della finanza? Comunque, anche senza le mie considerazioni economiche, questo del NYTimes è un articolo fenomenale per conoscere il Giappone.
Money quote 2: "Japan is an old-business superpower. The country is home to more than 33,000 with at least 100 years of history — over 40 percent of the world’s total, according to a study by the Tokyo-based Research Institute of Centennial Management. Over 3,100 have been running for at least two centuries. Around 140 have existed for more than 500 years. And at least 19 claim to have been continuously operating since the first millennium."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/business/japan-old-companies.html
Money quote: "Such enterprises may be less dynamic than those in other countries. But their resilience offers lessons for businesses in places like the United States, where the coronavirus has forced tens of thousands into bankruptcy.
“If you look at the economics textbooks, enterprises are supposed to be maximizing profits, scaling up their size, market share and growth rate. But these companies’ operating principles are completely different,” said Kenji Matsuoka, a professor emeritus of business at Ryukoku University in Kyoto.
“Their No. 1 priority is carrying on,” he added. “Each generation is like a runner in a relay race. What’s important is passing the baton.”"
Perché non si riesce a capire che ci sono più cose, tra cielo e terra, di quelle predicate dai politici e dai dirigenti della finanza? Comunque, anche senza le mie considerazioni economiche, questo del NYTimes è un articolo fenomenale per conoscere il Giappone.
Money quote 2: "Japan is an old-business superpower. The country is home to more than 33,000 with at least 100 years of history — over 40 percent of the world’s total, according to a study by the Tokyo-based Research Institute of Centennial Management. Over 3,100 have been running for at least two centuries. Around 140 have existed for more than 500 years. And at least 19 claim to have been continuously operating since the first millennium."
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/02/business/japan-old-companies.html
NY Times
This Japanese Shop Is 1,020 Years Old. It Knows a Bit About Surviving Crises. (Published 2020)
A mochi seller in Kyoto, and many of Japan’s other centuries-old businesses, have endured by putting tradition and stability over profit and growth.
Forwarded from 🥇OFFERTE VIRALI 🔝- Le più popolari del momento
La nascita dei 'Virtual' studios:
Money quote: “Virtual studios” have the potential to make a big difference to film-making. Because the background and environments were already visible in the shot, there was no need to add them in afterward. It also gives actors a better handle on what they’re doing, since performing in an entirely green void can understandably hamper performances. It’s also a lot easier, and cheaper, to shoot than sending your crew across the globe to real-world jungles and deserts that even a lavishly-budgeted show like The Mandalorian could hardly afford”
https://www.engadget.com/percival-rebellion-virtual-studio-filmmaking-160053709.html
Money quote: “Virtual studios” have the potential to make a big difference to film-making. Because the background and environments were already visible in the shot, there was no need to add them in afterward. It also gives actors a better handle on what they’re doing, since performing in an entirely green void can understandably hamper performances. It’s also a lot easier, and cheaper, to shoot than sending your crew across the globe to real-world jungles and deserts that even a lavishly-budgeted show like The Mandalorian could hardly afford”
https://www.engadget.com/percival-rebellion-virtual-studio-filmmaking-160053709.html
Engadget
'Virtual' studios could offer a real alternative to green screen special effects | Engadget
'Percival' is a short film that was filmed entirely on a virtual studio.
Rientrato dalla spesa al supermercato oggi in zona rossa, fatta di gente che se ne frega allegramente di mascherine, guanti e via dicendo, leggere che in Giappone invece ti bocciano all'esame per non aver coperto *anche* il naso con la mascherina fa un po' impressione. Lo zoppicante senso civico a Milano e il probabile pensiero che "tanto i giapponesi sono tutti fessi"
Money quote: "The operator said Sunday the test-taker in Tokyo disobeyed exam supervisors' instructions to cover the nose, despite being told to do so seven times in total. It did not disclose the student's gender or age and said the reason for the student's refusal was unknown."
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/01/2084c0a1cdc5-student-not-covering-nose-with-mask-disqualified-at-univ-exams.html
Money quote: "The operator said Sunday the test-taker in Tokyo disobeyed exam supervisors' instructions to cover the nose, despite being told to do so seven times in total. It did not disclose the student's gender or age and said the reason for the student's refusal was unknown."
https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/01/2084c0a1cdc5-student-not-covering-nose-with-mask-disqualified-at-univ-exams.html
Kyodo News+
Student not covering nose with mask disqualified at univ. exams
A student taking Japan's standardized university entrance exams is disqualified for refusing to cover his or her nose with a facial mask in violation of rules set by the exam operator to prevent the spread of the coronavirus
MacBook Pro 13 M1, diario di viaggio del Mac e del suo straordinario processore - il mio articolo per Macity
Money quote: “Diario del capitano, data astrale 22198401.07 - Inizia il viaggio. Il veicolo a nostra disposizione è un computer di straordinaria potenza e bellezza”
https://www.macitynet.it/macbook-pro-13-m1-diario-di-viaggio-del-mac-e-del-suo-straordinario-processore/
Money quote: “Diario del capitano, data astrale 22198401.07 - Inizia il viaggio. Il veicolo a nostra disposizione è un computer di straordinaria potenza e bellezza”
https://www.macitynet.it/macbook-pro-13-m1-diario-di-viaggio-del-mac-e-del-suo-straordinario-processore/
macitynet.it
MacBook Pro 13 M1, diario di viaggio del Mac e del suo straordinario processore
Apple, Apple History, Apple Museum, Mac M1 e M2, Opinioni
A che punto sono gli 8 centri per unire università e aziende del piano industria 4.0 - il mio articolo per Wired. È un argomento sul quale c'è parecchio da dire
https://www.wired.it/economia/start-up/2021/01/18/industria-4-0-competence-center/
https://www.wired.it/economia/start-up/2021/01/18/industria-4-0-competence-center/
WIRED.IT
A che punto sono gli 8 centri per unire università e aziende del piano industria 4.0
Da Milano a Genova, da Roma a Napoli, questi poli di eccellenza devono favorire il trasferimento tecnologico dal mondo della ricerca a quello delle imprese
Per quelli di voi che fanno le ore piccole: pare che su Twitter e TikTok la cosa che va di più adesso sono i vecchi canti di marinai delle baleniere di seicento anni fa…
https://twitter.com/jennyrae/status/1347717112912097282
https://twitter.com/jennyrae/status/1347717112912097282
Twitter
Jenny Rae Rappaport
Sea shanty TikTok is the gift that keeps on giving. 🙂 https://t.co/Mua2ZYUjtJ
Non si sente più la voce di Trump e dei suoi battitori sui social. E le fake news politiche in America crollano del73%. Era davvero così facile...
Money quote: “Online misinformation about election fraud plunged 73 percent after several social media sites suspended President Trump and key allies last week, research firm Zignal Labs has found, underscoring the power of tech companies to limit the falsehoods poisoning public debate when they act aggressively.
The new research by the San Francisco-based analytics firm reported that conversations about election fraud dropped from 2.5 million mentions to 688,000 mentions across several social media sites in the week after Trump was banned from Twitter.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/16/misinformation-trump-twitter/
Money quote: “Online misinformation about election fraud plunged 73 percent after several social media sites suspended President Trump and key allies last week, research firm Zignal Labs has found, underscoring the power of tech companies to limit the falsehoods poisoning public debate when they act aggressively.
The new research by the San Francisco-based analytics firm reported that conversations about election fraud dropped from 2.5 million mentions to 688,000 mentions across several social media sites in the week after Trump was banned from Twitter.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/01/16/misinformation-trump-twitter/
Il fumetto che racconta la vita del Dio del manga - il mio articolo per Fumettologica
https://www.fumettologica.it/2021/01/osamu-tezuka-vita-a-fumetti/
https://www.fumettologica.it/2021/01/osamu-tezuka-vita-a-fumetti/
Fumettologica
Il fumetto che racconta la vita del Dio del manga
Quattro volumi, per un totale di 900 pagine, che raccontano a fumetti la storia e le opere di Osamu Tezuka, il dio dei manga.