Men’s Health esiste ancora e pubblica articolo... beh stile Men’s Health. Come questo sull’orgasmo femminile che sarebbe un’ottima cura per molti mali. Donne, oggetti misteriosi...

Money quote: “Her focus: sex as a way to promote general health—as a treatment for depression, chronic pain, sleep disorders, even arthritis. Someday, Prause says, doctors could prescribe masturbation. “Natural, free, accessible—what more do you want from your health care?” she asks me.”

https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/inside-the-orgasm-lab

Tutte le novità delle “nuvola” di Amazon. Il machine learning è più facile - il mio articolo per il Sole 24 ORE

http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tecnologie/2017-11-30/tutte-novita-nuvola-amazon-machine-learning-e-piu-facile-103807.shtml

Incidenti nucleari di una volta, cinquantatre anni dopo

Money quote: "The courageous actions Hicks took that night and over the next several days were not publicized. The accident was not disclosed to the public until years later, when a government report on accidents with nuclear weapons included seven sentences about it. The report listed the accident as the nation's first involving a Minuteman missile."

http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/communities/belle_fourche/fifty-three-year-old-nuclear-missile-accident-revealed/article_653347a4-04e8-5c29-a778-3a6a6c3cfd84.html

Forse ci siamo: gli americani la stanno chiamando la "media apocalypse". La fine di una economia. E la pubblicità è solo uno dei motivi. Lo scenario è da film dell'orrore e questo è l'articolo che definisce lo stato dell'arte (The Atlantic è di proprietà della vedova di Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell).

Money quote: "Here is the briefest possible history of attention and advertising in the 21st century—they have both flowed from desktops to mobile devices and from publishers to platforms. In 2016, 90 percent of websites reported that unique visitors on mobile devices had eclipsed desktop; and 90 percent of the growth in digital advertising came from just two companies, Google and Facebook."

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/11/media-apocalypse/546935/

A San Francisco c'è un microscopico cinema in cui si guardano corti muti da un buco nel muro. Se vi capita, è divertente.

Money quote: "The small theater is the work of Laurie O’Brien, who created the Peephole Cinema in 2013 as a novel way to showcase films. O’Brien, who was originally trained as an animator, wanted to find a way to bring animations to a wider audience. She has also installed other similar cinemas in the Brooklyn and Los Angeles. She recently put one in San Francisco’s airport."

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/peephole-cinema

Il self-improvement ti rende una persona peggiore. Parola di questo tizio che l'ha praticato

Money quote: "Most people make poor choices. They don’t want to worry about money, or getting up early, or if what they do matters. They, however, would never consider these choices poor. That label is pure judgement on my part.

The problem is that with so much mindfulness, millions of mini comparisons, judgement itself becomes a habit. This is a common side effect of self-improvement. Since it’s all about getting better, you’re left with only two opinions of other people:

They’re better than you.

You’re better than them.

Whichever one you settle on, you lose. This is self-improvement’s dark secret."

https://medium.com/personal-growth/self-improvement-has-made-me-worse-a4cc23e93e7a

Questa è una che non sta tanto bene

Money quote: "I love being a writer. I really do. But I also put a lot of pressure on myself to succeed and build a successful business. And sometimes it all feels like too much."

https://writingcooperative.com/my-daily-routine-as-a-freelance-writer-9e494c4bf7ee

L’App di cui tutti parlano al momento (e che tutti prevedono verrà copiata di sana pianta nel giro di qualche settimana da parte dei colossi del web) si chiama HQ, ed è un quiz. Un normale quiz, in diretta, con tanto di presentatore (molto spigliato) e premio in denaro per i vincitori. Puoi giocare anche tu. Va in onda 2-3 volte al giorno (l’App ti avvisa quando), e il presentatore ti pone 12 o 20 domande che prevedono 3 possibili risposte, di cui una sola è corretta. Se rispondi esattamente (e hai poco più di 3 secondi per farlo), passi al turno successivo con tutti gli altri (ma ti dicono il numero di quelli che invece non ce l’hanno fatta). Se arrivi alla fine vinci il premio finale (che di volta in volta è tra i 1000 e i 2000 euro) ma devi dividerlo con quanti sono arrivati alla fine assieme a te (e possono essere tantissimi o pochissimi, dipende). Il tutto dura 10 minuti e, se io fossi un produttore televisivo - anche italiano - mi metterei subito a pensare a una versione in formato app di un quiz televisivo già famoso.

Link: http://apple.co/2jzjJ9w

L’assistente digitale Alexa di Amazon ora ci aiuterà anche nel business - io mio articolo per Il Sole 24 Ore

http://mobile.ilsole24ore.com/solemobile/main/art/tecnologie/2017-12-01/l-assistente-digitale-alexa-amazon-ora-ci-aiutera-anche-business-085954.shtml

Quantum computing e la fine della crittografia così come la conosciamo (ed è una cosa tremenda).

Money quote: “Now cryptographers think that a new kind of computer based on quantum physics could make public-key cryptography insecure. Bits in a normal computer are either 0 or 1. Quantum physics allows bits to be in a superposition of 0 and 1, in the same way that Schrödinger’s cat can be in a superposition of alive and dead states. This sometimes lets quantum computers explore possibilities more quickly than normal computers. While no one has yet built a quantum computer capable of solving problems of nontrivial size (unless they kept it secret), over the past 20 years, researchers have started figuring out how to write programs for such computers and predict that, once built, quantum computers will quickly solve ‘hidden subgroup problems’. Since all public-key systems currently rely on variations of these problems, they could, in theory, be broken by a quantum computer”

https://aeon.co/ideas/quantum-cryptography-is-unbreakable-so-is-human-ingenuity

Il denaro? È una illusione.

Money quote: “ U.S. dollars are not backed by anything other than the faith of the fools who accept it as payment and of other fools who agree in turn to accept it as payment from them. The main difference is that, for the moment at least, the illusion, in the case of dollars, is more widely and more fiercely believed”

https://medium.com/@mariabustillos/you-dont-understand-bitcoin-because-you-think-money-is-real-5aef45b8e952

Casper è l’unicorno dei materassi via internet e sta rivoluzionando il mercato dei letti e del sonno. Per adesso negli Usa, ma farà la rivoluzione anche da noi, quando arriverà. Perché arriverà, vedrete: arriverà

Tra le altre cose, hanno fatto una rivista trimestrale. Sul serio, però.

Money quote: “Though it’s considered a quarterly, Casper will set its own publishing schedule for any Woolly print editions. Earlier this year, two other tech companies launched print magazines: Away, a trendy luggage brand, and Airbnb with Airbnbmag, which is published by Hearst.

“A ​​mattress​​ company ​​launching ​​a ​​print​​ magazine ​​isn’t ​​the​​ weirdest​​ thing ​​that’s ​​happened ​​in 2017,​​ but ​​it​​ may​​ be ​​the​​ most​​ comfortable,” Casper wrote in its announcement”

http://www.adweek.com/digital/casper-launches-a-bespoke-quarterly-print-magazine-called-woolly

Il sonnambulismo è stato finalmente spiegato. Serviva alla sopravvivenza in tempi preistorici ma, con l’emergere dell’uomo moderno che parla e che ragiona, è nato un problema è adesso funziona molto, molto male.

Money quote: “Sometimes, of course, sleepwalking is dangerous. Somnambulists are in an irrational state during which they could harm themselves or others. Some extreme examples include the instance of the English teenager who in 2009 jumped eight metres out of her bedroom window, or the case of Kenneth Parks in Toronto, who in 1987 drove 23km and murdered his mother-in-law, all apparently while sleeping. Parks committed the act – if that’s the right word – despite an agreeable relationship with the victim and a lack of motive”

https://aeon.co/ideas/sleepwalking-is-the-result-of-a-survival-mechanism-gone-awry

Nuove frontiere del pensiero: contro i privilegi legali del matrimonio. (Pensa te...)

Money quote: “It seems, then, that single people have finally arrived, poised to take their rightful place alongside married couples when it comes to status, power and respect. Except for one thing: single people still don’t have access to the legal benefits and protections the government grants to those who get married. In the US, there are more than 1,100 laws benefiting married couples, and that’s just at the federal level; many states offer perks and protections as well”

https://aeon.co/ideas/marriage-should-not-come-with-any-social-benefits-or-privileges

Cos’è un computer? In uno spot per l’iPad Pro di Apple c’è l’idea di un nuovo mondo. Il target sono gli utenti pc. L’implocito però è molto più interessante.

Money quote: “Apple is targeting PC switchers with this ad, which is even noscriptd “What’s a computer.” The denoscription for the video also notes of the PC power, touting that “with iPad Pro + iOS 11, a post-PC world may be closer than you think.””

https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/16/ipad-pro-whats-a-computer-ad/

Come si fa a tenere un diario? Il suggerimento delle tre cose da scrivere ogni giorno, e il modo con cui farlo:

Money quote: “

- Thank
- Learn
- Connect

Your journal should just focus on these 3 components — at least to start. Write a few sentences for each heading. If you feel like writing more, great, but just to keep this habit as something that doesn’t create a lot of psychological resistance, keep it simple and short.”

https://medium.com/personal-growth/a-better-easier-way-to-journal-45e9245f8a57

Interessante riflessione sulla sharing economy e sull’equità del mondo che stiamo costruendo.

Money quote: “What I neglected to account for is that the foundation of the Sharing Economy is backed by the wealthy, who seek to become even wealthier, thus creating a greater economic divide. One can argue that startups generate new wealth as well as returns for investors, but that’s only a sliver of the pie. Like many technocrats, Paul Graham is vocal in his belief that economic inequality is central to the motivation of entrepreneurs and growth of new companies. This is fundamentally false — innovation would be even sexier to entrepreneurs if the majority were thriving. After all, a healthy middle class is good for business.”

https://hackernoon.com/the-sharing-economy-a-social-movement-dying-to-become-an-economic-one-5bbebddad96b

Il tizio turco che ha twittato per primo la falla di sicurezza di macOS “anyone can login as root” (lui si chiama Lemi Orhan Ergin) spiega com’è andata. Il racconto è fatto male nel senso che sembra un verbale dei carabinieri, ma vale soprattutto perché è la testimonianza della fonte assoluta, il ground zero (più o meno) della storia.

Money quote: “Then I decided to inform Apple via Twitter. The issue was very serious. It has already been mentioned in forums and revealed publicly few weeks ago. I thought I had to ask Apple “are you aware of it?”.”

https://medium.com/@lemiorhan/the-story-behind-anyone-can-login-as-root-tweet-33731b5ded71

Ok, è ufficiale: gli hipster stanno andando in campagna a zappare la terra, ma in modo biologico

Money quote: "For only the second time in the last century, the number of farmers under 35 years old is increasing, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest Census of Agriculture. Sixty-nine percent of the surveyed young farmers had college degrees — significantly higher than the general population.

This new generation can’t hope to replace the numbers that farming is losing to age. But it is already contributing to the growth of the local-food movement and could help preserve the place of midsize farms in the rural landscape."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/a-growing-number-of-young-americans-are-leaving-desk-jobs-to-farm/2017/11/23/e3c018ae-c64e-11e7-afe9-4f60b5a6c4a0_story.html

C'è questo tizio, su Internet, che ha una notevolissima collezione di vecchi computer perfettamente funzionanti (almeno, così dice lui). Le foto sono ben fatte, in alta risoluzione, e attendono solo di diventare il vostro prossimo salvaschermo o sfondo della scrivania.

Money quote: "From time to time I take photos of computers from my collection. These are all working computers or peripherals, ready to be used for work or gaming.

Click on an image to download a large version. Feel free to use these images, but please mention my name as the author and send me a short email describing where you are planning to use it."

http://podstawczynski.com/retro/beauty_shots.html

Quando Netflix prende le scorciatoie e, sostiene questo tizio su Internet, ti ruba le immagini che hai scattato delle videocassette VHS...

Money quote: "Maybe you’re aware of Netflix. Maybe you even have a subnoscription for their services. You might have also heard of or watched a series called Stranger Things, produced by Netflix. But did you know that Netflix has been selling a Collector’s Edition box set of Stranger Things that incorporates pictures from my webpage, The VHS Corner? I didn’t, until some kind netizens contacted me to tell me all about it."

https://petapixel.com/2017/11/27/netflix-stole-vhs-cassette-photos-stranger-things-boxed-set/