Una storia molto americana di uno scandalo che tocca qualcosa di ben conosciuto in quel Paese.
Money quote: "But wait, hold on—who said anything about a fraternity? This situation didn't involve a frat house. In fact, it was maybe the furthest thing, even the direct opposite of a fraternity. It was an a cappella group. And not just any a cappella group, but the a cappella group that inspired me to write a book called Pitch Perfect, which was adapted into a hit movie that's probably airing for the billionth time on HBO right now. (A third Pitch Perfect film is due out at Christmas.) The same a cappella group that I sang in—20 years ago—during my years as an undergraduate at Cornell. So no, not just any a cappella group. My a cappella group."
https://www.gq.com/story/cornell-a-cappella-hazing-scandal
Money quote: "But wait, hold on—who said anything about a fraternity? This situation didn't involve a frat house. In fact, it was maybe the furthest thing, even the direct opposite of a fraternity. It was an a cappella group. And not just any a cappella group, but the a cappella group that inspired me to write a book called Pitch Perfect, which was adapted into a hit movie that's probably airing for the billionth time on HBO right now. (A third Pitch Perfect film is due out at Christmas.) The same a cappella group that I sang in—20 years ago—during my years as an undergraduate at Cornell. So no, not just any a cappella group. My a cappella group."
https://www.gq.com/story/cornell-a-cappella-hazing-scandal
GQ
The Great Ivy League A Cappella Hazing Scandal
A cautionary tale of Icy Hot, brotherhood, and sequined vests from the group that inspired the book 'Pitch Perfect.'
Se arrivassero gli alieni, o comunque se scoprissimo l'esistenzaa di vita non terrestre, che impatto avrebbe sul nostro sistema di pensiero? Cosa accadrebbe delle nostre etiche e delle nostre filosofie?
Money quote: "Suppose we woke up tomorrow to learn that extraterrestrial life had been discovered. What difference would that make? Set aside the extreme scenarios of popular fiction. The truth will probably be more mundane – not massive spaceships suddenly filling the sky but, instead, microorganisms found deep inside an ice-covered Moon, a non-random radio signal from a distant star system, or the ruins of a long-dead alien civilisation. What difference might those discoveries make? Would they strengthen or weaken our faith in God, or science, or humanity? Would they force us to re-evaluate the importance of our own lives, values and projects? "
https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-discovery-of-extraterrestrial-life-would-change-morality
Money quote: "Suppose we woke up tomorrow to learn that extraterrestrial life had been discovered. What difference would that make? Set aside the extreme scenarios of popular fiction. The truth will probably be more mundane – not massive spaceships suddenly filling the sky but, instead, microorganisms found deep inside an ice-covered Moon, a non-random radio signal from a distant star system, or the ruins of a long-dead alien civilisation. What difference might those discoveries make? Would they strengthen or weaken our faith in God, or science, or humanity? Would they force us to re-evaluate the importance of our own lives, values and projects? "
https://aeon.co/essays/how-the-discovery-of-extraterrestrial-life-would-change-morality
Aeon
The ethics of ET
The discovery of independent life beyond Earth would have deep philosophical implications for us, and our ideas of morality
Diciamo che siate utenti un po' avanzati e che utilizziate VIm per editare file su server remoti. E che vogliate trovare un modo per farlo più comodamente, senza dover aprire nuove sessioni SSH per ogni nuova finestra del Terminale. La risposta c'è e si chiama Tmux: però non fatevi spaventare, se iniziate a usarlo in modo minimalista è molto molto semplice. Talmente semplice che ci riesco anche io...
Money quote:
To install tmux, you can run sudo apt-get install tmux on Linux with apt-get or brew install tmux on a Mac with homebrew. Once it’s installed, you can create a new tmux session simply by running:
$ tmux
https://medium.com/@peterxjang/a-minimalist-guide-to-tmux-13675fb160fa
Money quote:
To install tmux, you can run sudo apt-get install tmux on Linux with apt-get or brew install tmux on a Mac with homebrew. Once it’s installed, you can create a new tmux session simply by running:
$ tmux
https://medium.com/@peterxjang/a-minimalist-guide-to-tmux-13675fb160fa
Medium
A minimalist guide to tmux
Let’s say you’re using vim to edit code on a remote computer using ssh, and you want to open a new terminal tab to start a development…
Un vantaggio competitivo è vederci chiaro, in maniera sintetica e con gli indicatori giusti. Una parte della strategia di Elon Musk legata alla sua Tesla e alle altre cose che rigurdano l'elettricità è che ha capito qual è la tendenza del mercato per le batterie al litio. Cioè, i prezzi si abbassano. E lui scommette su questo.
Money quote: "With battery prices tumbling by almost half since 2014, large-scale projects are popping up around the world. Developers have announced lithium-ion battery projects with total capacity of 1,650 megawatts per hour in 2017, four times the amount for all of 2016, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-30/musk-s-battery-boast-will-be-short-lived-as-rivals-go-bigger
Money quote: "With battery prices tumbling by almost half since 2014, large-scale projects are popping up around the world. Developers have announced lithium-ion battery projects with total capacity of 1,650 megawatts per hour in 2017, four times the amount for all of 2016, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-11-30/musk-s-battery-boast-will-be-short-lived-as-rivals-go-bigger
Bloomberg.com
Elon Musk's Battery Boast Will Be Short-Lived
Large-scale projects are popping up around the world.
Il problema degli aeroplani con motore elettrico è che le batterie, che siano piene o che siano vuote, pesano sempre lo stesso. Questo pone importanti diseconomie. Però ci si lavora lo stesso, soprattutto per i voli a corto raggio, quelli da "pendolari" o "regionali". Il consorzio Airbus-Siemens-RollsRoyce è la punta di diamante nello studio per queste opzioni. Qui il comunicato originale di Airbus (che troverete straordinariamente simile a molto lavoro della stampa nostrana).
Money quote: "The E-Fan X hybrid-electric technology demonstrator is anticipated to fly in 2020 following a comprehensive ground test campaign, provisionally on a BAe 146 flying testbed, with one of the aircraft’s four gas turbine engines replaced by a two megawatt electric motor. Provisions will be made to replace a second gas turbine with an electric motor once system maturity has been proven."
http://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2017/11/airbus--rolls-royce--and-siemens-team-up-for-electric-future-par.html
Money quote: "The E-Fan X hybrid-electric technology demonstrator is anticipated to fly in 2020 following a comprehensive ground test campaign, provisionally on a BAe 146 flying testbed, with one of the aircraft’s four gas turbine engines replaced by a two megawatt electric motor. Provisions will be made to replace a second gas turbine with an electric motor once system maturity has been proven."
http://www.airbus.com/newsroom/press-releases/en/2017/11/airbus--rolls-royce--and-siemens-team-up-for-electric-future-par.html
Airbus
Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens team up for electric future Partnership launches E-Fan X hybrid-electric flight demonstrator
Il modo con il quale è stata pensata la Brexit non è dilettantesco, anche se le sue conseguenze lo fanno pensare, ma è basato su priorità dei suoi leader diverse e molto più personali. Una campagna populista per il bene di chi l’ha ordita. Però le cose poi succedono veramente.
Money quote: “When Brexit happens, it will create the U.K.’s first-ever land border with the E.U., on the frontier between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. This shouldn’t pose passport problems, because the U.K. and Ireland have a longstanding passport-free Common Travel Area agreement. But because Britain is on course to leave the E.U.’s tariff-free single market, imports and exports must somehow be monitored across this 310-mile-long barrier”
https://www.citylab.com/amp/article/546887/
Money quote: “When Brexit happens, it will create the U.K.’s first-ever land border with the E.U., on the frontier between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. This shouldn’t pose passport problems, because the U.K. and Ireland have a longstanding passport-free Common Travel Area agreement. But because Britain is on course to leave the E.U.’s tariff-free single market, imports and exports must somehow be monitored across this 310-mile-long barrier”
https://www.citylab.com/amp/article/546887/
Una cosa secondo me interessante: dopo aver costruito sistemi per il trattamento automatico dellì'informazione (quelli che tradizionalmente chiamiamo "computer") basati su una logica deduttiva (dall'algoritmo si deducono i passi necessari a risolvere un problema concreto) adesso con l'intelligenza artificiale andiamo nella direzione opposta, cioè quella della logica induttiva (il sistema deduce e costruisce le regole dopo aver analizzato un corpus di dati).
Tutto bello, ma già sappiamo, dopo qualche secolo di riflessione, quali sono i punti di forza e di debolezza del procedere di entrambi i metodi logici.
Se però volete rivisitare il problema dell'induzione di David Hume, cosa meglio dei suggerimenti di Sam Dresse, "I hope this helps"? (video in inglese)
Money quote: "Il ragionamento induttivo anche se non è logicamente inviolabile, esso sembra comunque un modo perfettamente ragionevole di formare credenze sul mondo.
Che cosa giustifica la nostra fede nell'induzione? Il filosofo scozzese David Hume argomentò che il principio di induzione non può affatto essere giustificato razionalmente. Hume ammetteva che usiamo continuamente l'induzione nella vita e nella scienza, ma insisteva nel sostenere che si tratta di una mera abitudine animale. Pensava che sfidati a fornire una buona ragione per l'uso dell'induzione, non avremmo saputo dare una risposta soddisfacente.
Hume notò che ogni volta che compiamo delle inferenze induttive, sembriamo presupporre ciò che chiamò "L'uniformità della natura"."
https://aeon.co/videos/can-the-problem-of-induction-save-anthony-s-dismal-dating-life
Tutto bello, ma già sappiamo, dopo qualche secolo di riflessione, quali sono i punti di forza e di debolezza del procedere di entrambi i metodi logici.
Se però volete rivisitare il problema dell'induzione di David Hume, cosa meglio dei suggerimenti di Sam Dresse, "I hope this helps"? (video in inglese)
Money quote: "Il ragionamento induttivo anche se non è logicamente inviolabile, esso sembra comunque un modo perfettamente ragionevole di formare credenze sul mondo.
Che cosa giustifica la nostra fede nell'induzione? Il filosofo scozzese David Hume argomentò che il principio di induzione non può affatto essere giustificato razionalmente. Hume ammetteva che usiamo continuamente l'induzione nella vita e nella scienza, ma insisteva nel sostenere che si tratta di una mera abitudine animale. Pensava che sfidati a fornire una buona ragione per l'uso dell'induzione, non avremmo saputo dare una risposta soddisfacente.
Hume notò che ogni volta che compiamo delle inferenze induttive, sembriamo presupporre ciò che chiamò "L'uniformità della natura"."
https://aeon.co/videos/can-the-problem-of-induction-save-anthony-s-dismal-dating-life
Aeon
The problem of induction
Can the problem of induction save Anthony’s dismal dating life?
Il futuro di Starbucks è in Cina
Money quote: “China is becoming crucial for Starbucks. Same-store sales gained 8 percent in the country during the most recent quarter, compared with 2 percent globally. Revenue from the Asia-Pacific region accounted for almost 15 percent of Starbucks’ revenue for the fiscal year ended in October. That’s up from 5.5 percent five years earlier”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-05/starbucks-woos-china-s-affluent-with-giant-cafe-in-overseas-test
Money quote: “China is becoming crucial for Starbucks. Same-store sales gained 8 percent in the country during the most recent quarter, compared with 2 percent globally. Revenue from the Asia-Pacific region accounted for almost 15 percent of Starbucks’ revenue for the fiscal year ended in October. That’s up from 5.5 percent five years earlier”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-05/starbucks-woos-china-s-affluent-with-giant-cafe-in-overseas-test
Bloomberg.com
World’s Biggest Starbucks to Open in Shanghai
Starbucks Corp. sees China surpassing the U.S. as its largest market within a decade as it counts on the country’s affluent consumers to offset stagnant growth in the rest of the world.
È il mistero di Cuba. Ventiquattro dipendenti dell’ambasciata americana a Cuba sono stati colpiti - o almeno, così si pensava - da una misteriosa arma sonora e rimpatriati in fretta e furia. O forse no, non sono stati colpiti. O forse sì, ma chissà. Un mistero minore ma affascinante.
Money quote: “It's the most specific finding to date about physical damage, showing that whatever it was that harmed the Americans, it led to perceptible changes in their brains. The finding is also one of several factors fueling growing skepticism that some kind of sonic weapon was involved”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doctors-identify-brain-abnormalities-cuba-attack-patients-110255428--politics.html
Money quote: “It's the most specific finding to date about physical damage, showing that whatever it was that harmed the Americans, it led to perceptible changes in their brains. The finding is also one of several factors fueling growing skepticism that some kind of sonic weapon was involved”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/doctors-identify-brain-abnormalities-cuba-attack-patients-110255428--politics.html
Yahoo
Doctors find brain abnormalities in victims of Cuba mystery
WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors treating the U.S. embassy victims of suspected attacks in Cuba have discovered brain abnormalities as they search for clues to explain hearing, vision, balance and memory damage, The Associated Press has learned.
Un po’ di sana psicanalisi (e meno neuroscience). Sarebbe l’ora...
Money quote: “What went wrong? In 1996, Tom Wolfe wrote that ‘the demise of Freudianism can be summed up in a single word: lithium’. The American author described how in the early 1950s, after years of psychoanalytic ineffectiveness, rapid physical relief for sufferers of bipolar disorder arrived in the form of a pill. Wolfe’s example is microcosmic of a wider state of affairs. The waning of psychoanalysis corresponds precisely to the rise of modern neuroscience, whose physicalist approach now drives psychiatry. Today, almost anyone could have a go at describing serotonin, or dopamine, or Prozac. Few of those same people could define the primal scene, or the super-ego. As the American author Siri Hustvedt puts it in The Shaking Woman, or a History of My Nerves (2010), Freud is now seen by many if not most as ‘a mystic, a man whose ideas bear no relation to physical realities, a kind of monster of mirage who derailed modernity by feeding all kinds of nonsense to a gullible public until his thought was finally shattered by a new scientific psychiatry founded on the wonders of pharmacology’.”
https://aeon.co/essays/can-neuroscience-rehabilitate-freud-for-the-age-of-the-brain
Money quote: “What went wrong? In 1996, Tom Wolfe wrote that ‘the demise of Freudianism can be summed up in a single word: lithium’. The American author described how in the early 1950s, after years of psychoanalytic ineffectiveness, rapid physical relief for sufferers of bipolar disorder arrived in the form of a pill. Wolfe’s example is microcosmic of a wider state of affairs. The waning of psychoanalysis corresponds precisely to the rise of modern neuroscience, whose physicalist approach now drives psychiatry. Today, almost anyone could have a go at describing serotonin, or dopamine, or Prozac. Few of those same people could define the primal scene, or the super-ego. As the American author Siri Hustvedt puts it in The Shaking Woman, or a History of My Nerves (2010), Freud is now seen by many if not most as ‘a mystic, a man whose ideas bear no relation to physical realities, a kind of monster of mirage who derailed modernity by feeding all kinds of nonsense to a gullible public until his thought was finally shattered by a new scientific psychiatry founded on the wonders of pharmacology’.”
https://aeon.co/essays/can-neuroscience-rehabilitate-freud-for-the-age-of-the-brain
Aeon
Freud in the scanner
A revival of interest in the power of introspection and thought has brought Freud’s ideas back into the scientific fold
Assurdo, ma c’è oggettivamente spazio anche per questo
Money quote: “Hey guys! I’ve heard way too many broflakes telling me they have no idea how to interact with women since Weinsteingate. Can you hug? Can you smile? Will you be arrested for opening a door? Dear god, won’t someone stop the madness? It’s almost as if men are expected to think about acting with empathy and reflection in their actions”
https://medium.com/athena-talks/the-hanson-test-are-you-safe-to-work-around-women-4a4876d8aea
Money quote: “Hey guys! I’ve heard way too many broflakes telling me they have no idea how to interact with women since Weinsteingate. Can you hug? Can you smile? Will you be arrested for opening a door? Dear god, won’t someone stop the madness? It’s almost as if men are expected to think about acting with empathy and reflection in their actions”
https://medium.com/athena-talks/the-hanson-test-are-you-safe-to-work-around-women-4a4876d8aea
Medium
The Hanson Test: are you safe to work around women?
The quick quiz to tell you whether you need to rethink your interactions with women
Pensavo fosse la classica presbiopia della mezza età, invece dopo aver letto questo articolo sto cambiando radicalmente regime di schermo digitali. Perché essi, gli schermi dei contenuti digitali, ci stanno mangiando letteralmente gli occhi.
Money quote: “After reading this story, you’ll know how to identify the damage they cause, and spot the early warnings of digital eye strain and computer vision syndrome. You’ll also learn how to protect your eyes while using technology and screens. Plus, you’ll find some extra tips about how to get the most out of your smartphone (without allowing it to damage your eyes!).”
https://medium.com/the-mission/digital-eye-strain-is-destroying-your-eyes-4ac7f8e87b24
Money quote: “After reading this story, you’ll know how to identify the damage they cause, and spot the early warnings of digital eye strain and computer vision syndrome. You’ll also learn how to protect your eyes while using technology and screens. Plus, you’ll find some extra tips about how to get the most out of your smartphone (without allowing it to damage your eyes!).”
https://medium.com/the-mission/digital-eye-strain-is-destroying-your-eyes-4ac7f8e87b24
Medium
Digital Eye Strain Is Destroying Your Eyes
This story will help you protect your eyes, and the eyes of those you care about
AlphaZero di Google batte il miglior computer per giocare a scacchi - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/alphazero-google-batte-miglior-computer-giocare-scacchi/
https://www.macitynet.it/alphazero-google-batte-miglior-computer-giocare-scacchi/
Macitynet.it
AlphaZero di Google batte il miglior computer per giocare a scacchi - Macitynet.it
Dopo il Go, fino all’anno scorso dominato da giocatori umani, adesso è la volta dei campioni di scacchi automatici, asfaltati dall’intelligenza artificiale di DeepMind
Il Michelangelo di Excel, che dipinge con il foglio di calcolo - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/michelangelo-excel-dipinge-foglio-calcolo/
https://www.macitynet.it/michelangelo-excel-dipinge-foglio-calcolo/
Macitynet.it
Il Michelangelo di Excel, che dipinge con il foglio di calcolo - Macitynet.it
Se pensavate di averle viste tutto, dovete fare un salto a Nagano, in Giappone, per incontrare un artista che utilizza la più improbabile delle tele per realizzare i suoi lavori
Una storia dalla quale dovrebbero fare un film. Bombardato da esattori privati che chiedono soldi (e minacciano la moglie) un agente di commercio americano comincia una straordinaria investigazione, una crociata che lo porta a fare delle scoperte straordinarie e a prendersi (parte della) sua vendetta. Uno straordinario viaggio nel mondo recupero crediti americani.
Secondo me non tanto la storia, quanto il modello di recupero crediti estremamente aggressivo sarà presto su di noi. Equitalia era solo l’inizio...
Money quote: “Therrien had been caught up in a fraud known as phantom debt, where millions of Americans are hassled to pay back money they don’t owe. The concept is centuries old: Inmates of a New York debtors’ prison joked about it as early as 1800, in a newspaper they published called Forlorn Hope. But systematic schemes to collect on fake debts started only about five years ago. It begins when someone scoops up troves of personal information that are available cheaply online—old loan applications, long-expired obligations, data from hacked accounts—and reformats it to look like a list of debts. Then they make deals with unscrupulous collectors who will demand repayment of the fictitious bills. Their targets are often poor and likely to already be getting confusing calls about other loans. The harassment usually doesn’t work, but some marks are convinced that because the collectors know so much, the debt must be real.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-06/millions-are-hounded-for-debt-they-don-t-owe-one-victim-fought-back-with-a-vengeance
Secondo me non tanto la storia, quanto il modello di recupero crediti estremamente aggressivo sarà presto su di noi. Equitalia era solo l’inizio...
Money quote: “Therrien had been caught up in a fraud known as phantom debt, where millions of Americans are hassled to pay back money they don’t owe. The concept is centuries old: Inmates of a New York debtors’ prison joked about it as early as 1800, in a newspaper they published called Forlorn Hope. But systematic schemes to collect on fake debts started only about five years ago. It begins when someone scoops up troves of personal information that are available cheaply online—old loan applications, long-expired obligations, data from hacked accounts—and reformats it to look like a list of debts. Then they make deals with unscrupulous collectors who will demand repayment of the fictitious bills. Their targets are often poor and likely to already be getting confusing calls about other loans. The harassment usually doesn’t work, but some marks are convinced that because the collectors know so much, the debt must be real.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-12-06/millions-are-hounded-for-debt-they-don-t-owe-one-victim-fought-back-with-a-vengeance
Bloomberg.com
Millions Are Hounded for Debt They Don’t Owe. One Victim Fought Back, With a Vengeance
Andrew Therrien wanted payback. He got it—and uncovered a conspiracy.
The Outline scopre e documenta un giro di blogger nelle galassie dei giornali americani (un trucco per fare click anche da noi: i blogger scrivono gratuitamente o quasi, con libertà di contenuto, e portano click al sito madre) che prendono soldi dalle aziende per citarle nei loro articoli e post.
Giornali scalcagnati? Siti di secondo ordine? No: parliamo di Forbes, Fast Company e HuffPost. E la difesa dei loro direttori è un allucinato esercizio di ipocrisia.
Money quote: “People involved with the payoffs are extremely reluctant to discuss them, but four contributing writers to prominent publications including Mashable, Inc, Business Insider, and Entrepreneur told me they have personally accepted payments in exchange for weaving promotional references to brands into their work on those sites. Two of the writers acknowledged they have taken part in the scheme for years, on behalf of many brands.”
https://theoutline.com/post/2563/how-brands-secretly-buy-their-way-into-forbes-fast-company-and-huffpost-stories
Giornali scalcagnati? Siti di secondo ordine? No: parliamo di Forbes, Fast Company e HuffPost. E la difesa dei loro direttori è un allucinato esercizio di ipocrisia.
Money quote: “People involved with the payoffs are extremely reluctant to discuss them, but four contributing writers to prominent publications including Mashable, Inc, Business Insider, and Entrepreneur told me they have personally accepted payments in exchange for weaving promotional references to brands into their work on those sites. Two of the writers acknowledged they have taken part in the scheme for years, on behalf of many brands.”
https://theoutline.com/post/2563/how-brands-secretly-buy-their-way-into-forbes-fast-company-and-huffpost-stories
The Outline
How brands secretly buy their way into Forbes, Fast Company, and HuffPost stories
An Outline investigation found that contributors to prominent publications have taken payments in exchange for positive coverage.
Dai cantanti mascherati thai, all’analista che si collega alla BBC dalla camera da letto: i video di tendenza di Youtube per il 2017 - Il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/la-classifica-dei-video-cult-tendenza-youtube-2017/
https://www.macitynet.it/la-classifica-dei-video-cult-tendenza-youtube-2017/
Macitynet.it
Dai cantanti mascherati thai, all'analista che si collega alla BBC dalla camera da letto: i video di tendenza di Youtube per il…
Dai fratelli che vanno a fare Carpool Karaoke al freelance che vede distrutto il suo “studio esterno” dai suoi figli in diretta sulla BBC. Dieci video divertenti ed estremamente popolari
Cybersecurity e storage: spesa in aumento grazie alla GDPR - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/cybersecurity-storage-spesa-aumento-grazie-alla-gdpr/
https://www.macitynet.it/cybersecurity-storage-spesa-aumento-grazie-alla-gdpr/
Macitynet.it
Cybersecurity e storage: spesa in aumento grazie alla GDPR - Macitynet.it
La nuova normativa europea per la progezione generale dei dati impatterà in maniera sostanziale i conti delle aziende europee da qui alla fine del 2018
Nel Regno Unito oltre alla Brexit adesso hanno anche le truffe bancarie hi-tech. Meno male che il Guardian vigila.
Money quote: “Following the Guardian’s intervention, Natwest has had a change of heart and has refunded Bowman the £2,500 he lost as a “one-off” gesture of goodwill.”
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/dec/09/text-bank-student-loan-money
Money quote: “Following the Guardian’s intervention, Natwest has had a change of heart and has refunded Bowman the £2,500 he lost as a “one-off” gesture of goodwill.”
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2017/dec/09/text-bank-student-loan-money
the Guardian
Text alert: the ‘bank’ message that cost a student £5,400 of her loan money
Fraudsters have found a new way to target young people, with some losing all their funds in the first few weeks of term
Dopo tanti secoli il culto di Mitra ancora resta un affascinante mistero.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mithraic-mysteries
Money quote: “Mithraism was an underground Roman religious group that worshipped a pagan deity called Mithras. All Mithraea featured a tauroctony, an image of the god Mithras slaying a sacred bull, as its centerpiece. Though the covert religion was once so widespread some historians considered it an early rival and “sister religion” to Christianity, little is actually known for certain about it.”
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mithraic-mysteries
Money quote: “Mithraism was an underground Roman religious group that worshipped a pagan deity called Mithras. All Mithraea featured a tauroctony, an image of the god Mithras slaying a sacred bull, as its centerpiece. Though the covert religion was once so widespread some historians considered it an early rival and “sister religion” to Christianity, little is actually known for certain about it.”
Atlas Obscura
The Ancient Roman Cult That Continues to Vex Scholars
The Mithraic Mysteries worshipped a pagan god from subterranean temples buried throughout the empire.