Me lo chiedo da tempo: premesso che la frontiera dell’innovazione si è spostata (Elon Musk, Cina, Arabia Saudita) perché i nostri giornali cantano solo le lodi di NASA e ESA? Siamo noi i cattivi del fumetto e neanche ce ne rendiamo conto, come in questo caso?
Forwarded from 📢 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦 - 𝘣𝘺 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙤 𝙍𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙝𝙞 (Francesco Ronchi)
Sono appassionato di astronomia da quando ero bambino... stasera Perseverance, con un po' di fortuna, atterrerà su Marte alla ricerca di tracce di microbi marziani.
La diretta parte poco dopo le 21 italiane sul canale Youtube NASA
https://www.dday.it/redazione/38539/ingresso-discesa-atterragio-i-7-minuti-di-terrore-verso-marte-di-perseverance-tutte-le-tappe
La diretta parte poco dopo le 21 italiane sul canale Youtube NASA
https://www.dday.it/redazione/38539/ingresso-discesa-atterragio-i-7-minuti-di-terrore-verso-marte-di-perseverance-tutte-le-tappe
DDay.it
Ingresso, discesa, atterraggio: i 7 minuti di terrore verso Marte di Perseverance. Tutte le tappe
Nella serata italiana del 18 febbraio, il rover Perseverance tenterà il difficile atterraggio sul pianeta rosso. 7 minuti di complesse manovre eseguite in totale autonomia, per frenare un'astronave che si muove a oltre 19.000 km/h e depositare sulla superficie…
Il marcio sotto la città. Dall'intestino di Parigi ottocentesca è nata l'ossessione per il sotterraneo che ancora ci portiamo dietro. Altro che Sussi e Biribissi. Qui siamo alla preistoria. Il ventre della matrigna.
Money quote: "The first person to photograph the underground of Paris was a gallant and theatrical man with a blaze of red hair, known as Nadar. Once described by Charles Baudelaire as “the most amazing example of vitality,” Nadar was among the most visible and electric personalities in mid-nineteenth-century Paris. He was a showman, a dandy, a ringleader of the bohemian art world, but he was known especially as the city’s preeminent photographer. Working out of a palatial studio in the center of the city, Nadar was a pioneer of the medium, as well as a great innovator. In 1861, Nadar invented a battery-operated light, one of the first artificial lights in the history of photography. To show off the power of his “magic lantern,” as he called it, he set out to take photographs in the darkest and most obscure spaces he could find: the sewers and catacombs beneath the city. Over the course of several months, he took hundreds of photographs in subterranean darkness, each requiring an exposure of eighteen minutes. The images were a revelation. Parisians had long known about the cat’s cradle of tunnels, crypts, and aqueducts beneath their streets, but they had always been abstract spaces, whispered about, but seldom seen. For the first time, Nadar brought the underworld into full view, opening Paris’s relationship to its subterranean landscape: a connection that, over time, grew stranger, more obsessive, and more intimate than that of perhaps any city in the world."
https://longreads.com/2019/03/13/a-three-day-expedition-to-walk-across-paris-entirely-underground/
Money quote: "The first person to photograph the underground of Paris was a gallant and theatrical man with a blaze of red hair, known as Nadar. Once described by Charles Baudelaire as “the most amazing example of vitality,” Nadar was among the most visible and electric personalities in mid-nineteenth-century Paris. He was a showman, a dandy, a ringleader of the bohemian art world, but he was known especially as the city’s preeminent photographer. Working out of a palatial studio in the center of the city, Nadar was a pioneer of the medium, as well as a great innovator. In 1861, Nadar invented a battery-operated light, one of the first artificial lights in the history of photography. To show off the power of his “magic lantern,” as he called it, he set out to take photographs in the darkest and most obscure spaces he could find: the sewers and catacombs beneath the city. Over the course of several months, he took hundreds of photographs in subterranean darkness, each requiring an exposure of eighteen minutes. The images were a revelation. Parisians had long known about the cat’s cradle of tunnels, crypts, and aqueducts beneath their streets, but they had always been abstract spaces, whispered about, but seldom seen. For the first time, Nadar brought the underworld into full view, opening Paris’s relationship to its subterranean landscape: a connection that, over time, grew stranger, more obsessive, and more intimate than that of perhaps any city in the world."
https://longreads.com/2019/03/13/a-three-day-expedition-to-walk-across-paris-entirely-underground/
Longreads
A Three-Day Expedition To Walk Across Paris Entirely Underground
Journalist Will Hunt, who made the crossing with a group of urban explorers, recounts being menaced by rainwater and rats — and meeting fellow subterranean wanderers along the way.
Forwarded from Fumettologica
La libertà di essere se stessi è la fine di ogni paura.
👉 https://bit.ly/3aw3juh
👉 https://bit.ly/3aw3juh
È arrivato il momento di ripensare il nostro rapporto con la tecnologia quotidiana, soprattutto quella personale/portatile/mobile. Ma non in questo modo.
Money quote: "Moment’s popularity reflects a growing consciousness around “digital wellness”, the name given to lifestyle practices that encourage healthy device use. Wellness trends reflect the anxieties of the era in which they arise; this one is about time being stolen from us. If being on the phone 24/7, or having tech-savvy kids, was once a signifier of productivity and affluence, now device addiction signifies a loss of control.
Many digital wellness books, programs and apps encourage commonsense behavioral changes – say, leaving your phone outside your room when you go to sleep – aimed to help people regain control of their time in a digital economy designed to drip-feed information and dopamine in return for our data and attention."
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/mar/13/digital-wellness-phone-addiction-tech
Money quote: "Moment’s popularity reflects a growing consciousness around “digital wellness”, the name given to lifestyle practices that encourage healthy device use. Wellness trends reflect the anxieties of the era in which they arise; this one is about time being stolen from us. If being on the phone 24/7, or having tech-savvy kids, was once a signifier of productivity and affluence, now device addiction signifies a loss of control.
Many digital wellness books, programs and apps encourage commonsense behavioral changes – say, leaving your phone outside your room when you go to sleep – aimed to help people regain control of their time in a digital economy designed to drip-feed information and dopamine in return for our data and attention."
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/mar/13/digital-wellness-phone-addiction-tech
the Guardian
Why beating your phone addiction may come at a cost
Some worry the ‘wellness’ movement and its focus on personal responsibility let the tech industry off the hook
ThinkPad X1 Nano, recensione dell'anti-MacBook Air M1 - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/thinkpad-x1-nano-recensione-dellanti-macbook-air-m1/
https://www.macitynet.it/thinkpad-x1-nano-recensione-dellanti-macbook-air-m1/
macitynet.it
ThinkPad X1 Nano, recensione dell’anti-MacBook Air M1
L'ultraleggero di fascia alta di Lenovo punta sulla piattaforma Intel Evo con processori di 11ma generazione, batteria maiuscola e solo 900 grammi di peso. Ma come va su strada?
C’è stata un’epoca in cui gli Expo hanno preso forma e sono diventati uno strumento per il progresso. Alcuni anni fa, in occasione del secondo Expo di Milano, ho cercato di raccontarne la storia e le motivazioni. Questo è un breve saggio dell’epoca, ma ho pubblicato anche due ebook ora fuori commercio che presto rimetterò online qui sul mio sito
Ma a questo racconto sono particolarmente affezionato perché contiene al suo interno una piccola e insospettabile storia d’amore…
https://antoniodini.com/storie/articoli/expo-posto-innovazione
Ma a questo racconto sono particolarmente affezionato perché contiene al suo interno una piccola e insospettabile storia d’amore…
https://antoniodini.com/storie/articoli/expo-posto-innovazione
Un po' di belle foto del Café de Flore
Money quote: "After the war Juliette Gréco, Ernest Hemingway, Trumane Capote, later Roman Polonski, Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Belmondo and Yves Saint Laurent all were regulars. Juliette Gréco has said, “In Flore people are less ugly than anywhere else”."
https://flashbak.com/photographs-of-the-famous-cafe-de-flore-in-paris-409903/
Money quote: "After the war Juliette Gréco, Ernest Hemingway, Trumane Capote, later Roman Polonski, Brigitte Bardot, Alain Delon, Belmondo and Yves Saint Laurent all were regulars. Juliette Gréco has said, “In Flore people are less ugly than anywhere else”."
https://flashbak.com/photographs-of-the-famous-cafe-de-flore-in-paris-409903/
Flashbak
Photographs of the Famous Café de Flore in Paris - Flashbak
The Café de Flore, opened in the 1880s during the Third Republic, is celebrated for its famous clientele which have included some of the greatest French writers and philosophers. Georges Bataille, Robert Desnos, Léon-Paul Fargue, Raymond Queneau were all…
I migliori libri sul marketing: comunicazione per i prodotti e servizi nell'era digitale - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/migliori-libri-marketing/
https://www.macitynet.it/migliori-libri-marketing/
macitynet.it
I migliori libri sul marketing, comunicazione per i prodotti e servizi nell’era digitale
ebook, Libri, Social
Ci (ri)siamo, ecco a voi il nono episodio di Tilde, il podcast che conduco con Riccardo. In parecchi lo aspettavate (almeno, tra i miei parenti) ma non c'è una cadenza regolare, per cui esce quando esce, ogni 7-10 giorni o giù di lì. In compenso, ogni volta è sempre meglio. O perlomeno, così dicono i soliti parenti che l'hanno sentito.
Questa volta di roba di cui parlare ce n'era parecchia, quindi non mi dilungo oltre: si trova in tutti i soliti luoghi sospetti (Apple, Spotify, Spreaker., Google) e pure sul suo sito, che lo fa Riccardo ed è bellino parecchio. I testi sono miei, lasciate una recensione casomai, così la classifica cresce e diventiamo eroi del tempo perso. Buon ascolto!
https://tilde.show/podcast-09/
Questa volta di roba di cui parlare ce n'era parecchia, quindi non mi dilungo oltre: si trova in tutti i soliti luoghi sospetti (Apple, Spotify, Spreaker., Google) e pure sul suo sito, che lo fa Riccardo ed è bellino parecchio. I testi sono miei, lasciate una recensione casomai, così la classifica cresce e diventiamo eroi del tempo perso. Buon ascolto!
https://tilde.show/podcast-09/
Il futuro del mondo nel 2050: per me un traguardo piuttosto lontano ma l'idea è che siamo di fronte a un cambiamento di paradigma totale.
Money quote: "China’s rise is just one part of a larger shift that’s already under way and looks set to accelerate in the decades ahead.
Bloomberg Economics has used a growth accounting framework—adding up the contributions of labor, capital and productivity—to forecast potential GDP through 2050 for 39 countries, from the U.S. to Ghana. We’ve used that data to map some of the key geographic and political shifts in store for the world economy.
The results suggest that a remarkable period of stability, stretching from the end of World War II through to the early 21st century, is coming to an end. The center of economic gravity is shifting from West to East, from advanced economies to emerging markets, from free markets to state controls and from established democracies to authoritarian and populist rulers. The transition is already upending global politics, economics and markets. This is just the beginning."
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-global-economic-forecast-2050
Money quote: "China’s rise is just one part of a larger shift that’s already under way and looks set to accelerate in the decades ahead.
Bloomberg Economics has used a growth accounting framework—adding up the contributions of labor, capital and productivity—to forecast potential GDP through 2050 for 39 countries, from the U.S. to Ghana. We’ve used that data to map some of the key geographic and political shifts in store for the world economy.
The results suggest that a remarkable period of stability, stretching from the end of World War II through to the early 21st century, is coming to an end. The center of economic gravity is shifting from West to East, from advanced economies to emerging markets, from free markets to state controls and from established democracies to authoritarian and populist rulers. The transition is already upending global politics, economics and markets. This is just the beginning."
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2020-global-economic-forecast-2050
Bloomberg.com
An Economist’s Guide to the World in 2050
Nations with a high degree of state control will account for 43% of global output by 2050.
Oggi Steve Jobs avrebbe compiuto 66 anni: "smart but directionless"
Money quote: “Born in 1955 to two University of Wisconsin graduate students who gave him up for adoption, Jobs was smart but directionless, dropping out of college and experimenting with different pursuits before co-founding Apple with Steve Wozniak in 1976. Jobs left the company in 1985, launching Pixar Animation Studios, then returned to Apple more than a decade later. Jobs died in 2011 following a long battle with pancreatic cancer.“
https://www.biography.com/business-figure/steve-jobs
Money quote: “Born in 1955 to two University of Wisconsin graduate students who gave him up for adoption, Jobs was smart but directionless, dropping out of college and experimenting with different pursuits before co-founding Apple with Steve Wozniak in 1976. Jobs left the company in 1985, launching Pixar Animation Studios, then returned to Apple more than a decade later. Jobs died in 2011 following a long battle with pancreatic cancer.“
https://www.biography.com/business-figure/steve-jobs
Biography
Steve Jobs: Apple Cofounder and Tech Innovator
Apple cofounder Steve Jobs ushered in a series of revolutionary technologies, including the iPhone and iPad.
Ho usato il Mini Disc per lavoro e l'ho adorato. Mi piacerebbe averne uno, anche se mi rendo conto che è attuale come un Commodore 64. Forse un po' di più, ma mica tanto. Però era bellissimo
Money quote: "When digital music began to dominate, MD faded away with its niche no longer needed. MDs were unable to match CD’s quality for tangible media—though, the gap has closed in more recent years.
While Sony stopped selling MD players in 2013, it continues to make blank MDs and support its Mini-Disc players. Teac is currently the only Japanese company making and selling MD players."
https://kotaku.com/japan-hasnt-given-up-on-the-mini-disc-just-yet-1831454992
Money quote: "When digital music began to dominate, MD faded away with its niche no longer needed. MDs were unable to match CD’s quality for tangible media—though, the gap has closed in more recent years.
While Sony stopped selling MD players in 2013, it continues to make blank MDs and support its Mini-Disc players. Teac is currently the only Japanese company making and selling MD players."
https://kotaku.com/japan-hasnt-given-up-on-the-mini-disc-just-yet-1831454992
Kotaku
Japan Hasn't Given Up On The Mini-Disc Just Yet
The Mini-Disc never caught on in the U.S. But during the 1990s, the format did in its native Japan, where MD isn’t yet dead.
Il fantasy Made in Cividale del Friuli - il mio articolo per Anobii
https://blog.anobii.com/it/2021/02/16/il-fantasy-made-in-cividale-del-friuli/
https://blog.anobii.com/it/2021/02/16/il-fantasy-made-in-cividale-del-friuli/
Anobii
Beget
Abbandono di minore. C'è un lato del reato al quale non si pensa, e che è profondamente discutibile
Money quote: "I didn't think too much more about it, but then a month later a Child and Family Services worker showed up. I was busy in the kitchen -- I was canning or something. He said he was from CFS and a complaint had come in. And I realized right away what he was talking about. It was a stranger interaction than I'd had with the woman. If people are watching out for kids in the neighborhood, I think that's great! But this wasn't a helpful interaction, it was more suspicious and accusatory. So I said, "I think I know what you're referring to. Let me explain the situation. I was watching where they were going, it was to a familiar place," and all that. And he said, "Yeah. I know. But you can't let them do that. Things can happen. They can get kidnapped.""
https://letgrow.org/mom-lets-her-kids-walk-to-the-bakery-down-the-block-child-protective-services-tells-her-never-again-till-they-are-12/
Money quote: "I didn't think too much more about it, but then a month later a Child and Family Services worker showed up. I was busy in the kitchen -- I was canning or something. He said he was from CFS and a complaint had come in. And I realized right away what he was talking about. It was a stranger interaction than I'd had with the woman. If people are watching out for kids in the neighborhood, I think that's great! But this wasn't a helpful interaction, it was more suspicious and accusatory. So I said, "I think I know what you're referring to. Let me explain the situation. I was watching where they were going, it was to a familiar place," and all that. And he said, "Yeah. I know. But you can't let them do that. Things can happen. They can get kidnapped.""
https://letgrow.org/mom-lets-her-kids-walk-to-the-bakery-down-the-block-child-protective-services-tells-her-never-again-till-they-are-12/
Let Grow
When Did We Stop Letting Kids Walk to School On Their Own?
A report on children's independent mobility showed that in just one generation, the number of kids who walk to school dropped from 80% to 9%.
Caterina Emili: I polimeri di Olimpia - il mio articolo per Anobii
https://blog.anobii.com/it/2021/02/23/caterina-emili-i-polimeri-di-olimpia/
https://blog.anobii.com/it/2021/02/23/caterina-emili-i-polimeri-di-olimpia/
Anobii Blog
Caterina Emili: I polimeri di Olimpia - Anobii Blog
Torna la giornalista e giallista con una storia dura e un altro personaggio femminile indimenticabile. Ovviamente un'assassina
Mostly, I Write
Abbandono di minore. C'è un lato del reato al quale non si pensa, e che è profondamente discutibile Money quote: "I didn't think too much more about it, but then a month later a Child and Family Services worker showed up. I was busy in the kitchen -- I was…
Grazie a una gentile lettrice ho scoperto che l’articolo è stato cambiato e la storia è praticamente evaporata. Per fortuna c’è la copia nella cache di Google
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:XjdCrG8_Vm0J:https://letgrow.org/mom-lets-her-kids-walk-to-the-bakery-down-the-block-child-protective-services-tells-her-never-again-till-they-are-12&hl=it&gl=it&strip=1&vwsrc=0
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:XjdCrG8_Vm0J:https://letgrow.org/mom-lets-her-kids-walk-to-the-bakery-down-the-block-child-protective-services-tells-her-never-again-till-they-are-12&hl=it&gl=it&strip=1&vwsrc=0
Sviluppatori del software italici che sognano di andare a San Francisco, ecco a voi il racconto di chi lo ha fatto per un anno (ma non è italico)
Money quote: "On my first trip to SF, it was already quite telling. Flying from Toronto airport I noticed a higher than usual technology themed tees, stickers on laptops and black terminals. Pretty exciting! By chance My Uber driver to downtown told me he was applying to a free machine learning course ran by Google. On the way I noticed that the billboards next to the highways were directly targetting developers."
https://evertpot.com/a-look-back-at-sf/
Money quote: "On my first trip to SF, it was already quite telling. Flying from Toronto airport I noticed a higher than usual technology themed tees, stickers on laptops and black terminals. Pretty exciting! By chance My Uber driver to downtown told me he was applying to a free machine learning course ran by Google. On the way I noticed that the billboards next to the highways were directly targetting developers."
https://evertpot.com/a-look-back-at-sf/
Evertpot
One year in San Francisco as a Software Engineer