Google insiste con i suoi telefoni: sulla carta belli, ma totalmente privi di infrastruttura di produzione, distribuzione, marketing, vendita, postvendita. Praticamente, gli costa meno farli che gestire una campagna di comunicazione globale. E magari ci guadagnano anche qualcosa
Money quote: "In the 16 months since its initial release in October 2016, Google’s Pixel family of phones has earned plenty of acclaim and scrutiny, but not very many sales. The latest update on Pixel sales comes from IDC’s Francisco Jeronimo, who notes that Google shipped 3.9 million Pixel and Pixel 2 devices in 2017. That’s no more than a rounding error when set against the global smartphone market that numbers 1.5 billion units, and it’s also less than a typical week’s worth of iPhone sales for Apple."
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/13/17007104/google-pixel-total-sales-idc-statistics
Money quote: "In the 16 months since its initial release in October 2016, Google’s Pixel family of phones has earned plenty of acclaim and scrutiny, but not very many sales. The latest update on Pixel sales comes from IDC’s Francisco Jeronimo, who notes that Google shipped 3.9 million Pixel and Pixel 2 devices in 2017. That’s no more than a rounding error when set against the global smartphone market that numbers 1.5 billion units, and it’s also less than a typical week’s worth of iPhone sales for Apple."
https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/13/17007104/google-pixel-total-sales-idc-statistics
The Verge
Google sold 3.9 million Pixel phones in 2017
Less than a week’s worth of iPhone sales
Letture domenicali. Un condominio pazzesco, l'Hotel house, a Porto Recanati: getto verticale, case di lusso abbandonate e abitate da migranti con la compiacenza di agenzie immobiliari e proprietari di casa italiani. Un laboratorio a cielo aperto nel quale si trova ancora qualche italiano, ma che è anche una grande possibilità sprecata di imparare a sperimentare sul serio con la multietnicità.
Money quote: "Nonostante tutto, La Rosa non ha mai pensato di vendere il suo appartamento di sessanta metri quadri perché apprezza la dimensione umana del condominio. Ma è uno dei pochi italiani rimasti nel palazzo. Molti hanno venduto, ma la maggior parte ha affittato gli appartamenti agli immigrati senegalesi, bangladesi, pachistani, tunisini. “Oggi il 40 per cento degli appartamenti è di proprietà delle banche, mentre gli italiani che hanno ancora degli appartamenti li danno in affitto. Ma poi spesso non pagano le spese condominiali”. A La Rosa piace il fatto che tra gli abitanti si sia creata una difficile, ma imprescindibile convivenza. Da quando è in pensione si è fatto promotore di corsi d’italiano per le donne straniere del palazzo e ogni tanto dà ripetizioni ai figli dei vicini.
“Sono figlio di un carabiniere. Sono nato a Sirte, in Libia, e poi con la famiglia abbiamo vissuto un po’ in tutta Italia, in base alle necessità del lavoro di mio padre, per questo ho imparato ad adattarmi in tutte le situazioni e ritrovo una parte di questa capacità di adattamento negli abitanti dell’Hotel house”, racconta. Il condominio multietnico gli ricorda la dimensione popolare di un palazzo in cui ha vissuto per qualche tempo da bambino, a Bari. “Nei caseggiati popolari tutto si svolgeva per le scale, tutti erano coinvolti nella vita degli altri. Questo aspetto mi piaceva molto, mi faceva sentire a casa. E provo la stessa cosa qui all’Hotel house”"
https://www.internazionale.it/reportage/annalisa-camilli/2018/05/03/hotel-house-porto-recanati-immigrazione
Money quote: "Nonostante tutto, La Rosa non ha mai pensato di vendere il suo appartamento di sessanta metri quadri perché apprezza la dimensione umana del condominio. Ma è uno dei pochi italiani rimasti nel palazzo. Molti hanno venduto, ma la maggior parte ha affittato gli appartamenti agli immigrati senegalesi, bangladesi, pachistani, tunisini. “Oggi il 40 per cento degli appartamenti è di proprietà delle banche, mentre gli italiani che hanno ancora degli appartamenti li danno in affitto. Ma poi spesso non pagano le spese condominiali”. A La Rosa piace il fatto che tra gli abitanti si sia creata una difficile, ma imprescindibile convivenza. Da quando è in pensione si è fatto promotore di corsi d’italiano per le donne straniere del palazzo e ogni tanto dà ripetizioni ai figli dei vicini.
“Sono figlio di un carabiniere. Sono nato a Sirte, in Libia, e poi con la famiglia abbiamo vissuto un po’ in tutta Italia, in base alle necessità del lavoro di mio padre, per questo ho imparato ad adattarmi in tutte le situazioni e ritrovo una parte di questa capacità di adattamento negli abitanti dell’Hotel house”, racconta. Il condominio multietnico gli ricorda la dimensione popolare di un palazzo in cui ha vissuto per qualche tempo da bambino, a Bari. “Nei caseggiati popolari tutto si svolgeva per le scale, tutti erano coinvolti nella vita degli altri. Questo aspetto mi piaceva molto, mi faceva sentire a casa. E provo la stessa cosa qui all’Hotel house”"
https://www.internazionale.it/reportage/annalisa-camilli/2018/05/03/hotel-house-porto-recanati-immigrazione
Internazionale
Dentro l’Hotel house, il ghetto verticale di Porto Recanati - Annalisa Camilli
Da decenni stimola il sensazionalismo della stampa, ma il grattacielo in cui vivono duemila persone nelle Marche rappresenta bene tutte le contraddizioni delle politiche italiane dell’immigrazione. Leggi
Questa recensione che appartiene al filone sempre più robusto di #iPadPrimarily parte con una premessa interessante: la maggior parte delle recensioni di iPad come unico computer hanno il problema di essere scritte da giornalisti che di lavoro scrivono e fanno un certo tipo di cose. Invece, la gente vera fa altre cose.
Ottimo. Poi però la recensione finisce come il 99% delle recensioni professionali. Mmmh.
Money quote: “This still is a device for people willing to make sacrifices and live with its limitations. For some, iPad might be perfect as a form of a self-imposed limitation: without the full power of desktop multitasking it’s harder to get distracted. Smaller screen almost forces you to work with one app at a time and makes you focus. ADD people rejoice (remember to keep your iPad in do-not-disturb mode at all times, though!)
What’s more, limitations spark creativity. When I encounter any obstacles, I find it fun to look for workarounds and test them. But I know that’s a niche kind of enjoyment.”
https://medium.com/@chrissobolewski/ipadprimarily-6eacadcc723c
Ottimo. Poi però la recensione finisce come il 99% delle recensioni professionali. Mmmh.
Money quote: “This still is a device for people willing to make sacrifices and live with its limitations. For some, iPad might be perfect as a form of a self-imposed limitation: without the full power of desktop multitasking it’s harder to get distracted. Smaller screen almost forces you to work with one app at a time and makes you focus. ADD people rejoice (remember to keep your iPad in do-not-disturb mode at all times, though!)
What’s more, limitations spark creativity. When I encounter any obstacles, I find it fun to look for workarounds and test them. But I know that’s a niche kind of enjoyment.”
https://medium.com/@chrissobolewski/ipadprimarily-6eacadcc723c
Medium
#iPadPrimarily
The problem with iPad reviews is that they’re written by professional reviewers: tech journalists and bloggers. Those people usually have a very specific workflow — centered around doing research…
Pare che dentro la sua testa con pochi capelli Jeff Bezos abbia idee interessanti, non solo di business.
Money quote: “"This work-life harmony thing is what I try to teach young employees and actually senior executives at Amazon too. But especially the people coming in," he said. "I get asked about work-life balance all the time. And my view is, that's a debilitating phrase because it implies there's a strict trade-off."
Instead of viewing work and life as a balancing act, Bezos said that it's more productive to view them as two integrated parts.
"It actually is a circle. It's not a balance," Bezos said.”
http://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezo-advice-to-amazon-employees-dont-aim-for-work-life-balance-its-a-circle-2018-4?IR=T
Money quote: “"This work-life harmony thing is what I try to teach young employees and actually senior executives at Amazon too. But especially the people coming in," he said. "I get asked about work-life balance all the time. And my view is, that's a debilitating phrase because it implies there's a strict trade-off."
Instead of viewing work and life as a balancing act, Bezos said that it's more productive to view them as two integrated parts.
"It actually is a circle. It's not a balance," Bezos said.”
http://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezo-advice-to-amazon-employees-dont-aim-for-work-life-balance-its-a-circle-2018-4?IR=T
Business Insider
Jeff Bezos' advice to Amazon employees is to stop aiming for work-life 'balance' — here's what you should strive for instead
"I get asked about work-life balance all the time. That's a debilitating phrase because it implies there's a strict trade-off," says Jeff Bezos.
Oggi sono perfettamente d’accordo con lui!
Money quote: “The most impressive people I know have strong beliefs about the world, which is rare in the general population. If you find yourself always agreeing with whomever you last spoke with, that’s bad. You will of course be wrong sometimes, but develop the confidence to stick with your convictions. It will let you be courageous when you’re right about something important that most people don’t see”
http://blog.samaltman.com/productivity
Money quote: “The most impressive people I know have strong beliefs about the world, which is rare in the general population. If you find yourself always agreeing with whomever you last spoke with, that’s bad. You will of course be wrong sometimes, but develop the confidence to stick with your convictions. It will let you be courageous when you’re right about something important that most people don’t see”
http://blog.samaltman.com/productivity
Sam Altman
Productivity
I think I am at least somewhat more productive than average, and people sometimes ask me for productivity tips. So I decided to just write them all down in one place.
Compound growth gets...
Compound growth gets...
La fine del mondo come lo si intendeva una volta, almeno fino a quando useremo i social media, cioè le macchine costruite per controllare i gruppi di persone: strumenti non nuovi su una scala e con una penetrazione prima impossibile.
Da questa prospettiva, capire il meccanismo messo assieme da Cambridge Analytica è quasi un viaggio nel nostro inconscio. Lettura vivamente consigliata.
Money quote: "The actual issues, for Wylie, are simply the “plain white toast” of politics, waiting for the actual flavour to be loaded on. “No one wants plain white toast.” The job of the data, he says, is to “learn the particular flavour or spice” that will make that toast appealing."
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/may/06/cambridge-analytica-how-turn-clicks-into-votes-christopher-wylie
Da questa prospettiva, capire il meccanismo messo assieme da Cambridge Analytica è quasi un viaggio nel nostro inconscio. Lettura vivamente consigliata.
Money quote: "The actual issues, for Wylie, are simply the “plain white toast” of politics, waiting for the actual flavour to be loaded on. “No one wants plain white toast.” The job of the data, he says, is to “learn the particular flavour or spice” that will make that toast appealing."
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/may/06/cambridge-analytica-how-turn-clicks-into-votes-christopher-wylie
the Guardian
Cambridge Analytica: how did it turn clicks into votes?
Whistleblower Christopher Wylie explains the science behind Cambridge Analytica’s mission to transform surveys and Facebook data into a political messaging weapon
Forwarded from MacchiaChannel
Il sequestro Moro dal punto di vista della Renaul 4 amaranto, raccontato (magistralmente) da Pietro Trellini sul Post in un pezzo long-read da-non-perdere.
Link: http://bit.ly/2wv5r3J
Link: http://bit.ly/2wv5r3J
Si sono offesi i suoi ambasciatori al posto suo: molto giapponese e molto appropriato. Perché, anche se non è un caso diplomatico "serio", il fatto che alla cena tra il primo ministro giapponese e quello israeliano a Tel Aviv lo chef abbia deciso di servire il cibo in delle scarpe, come trovata "scenografica", è considerato decisamente offensivo.
Money quote: "“This was a stupid and insensitive decision,” a senior Israeli diplomat, who had previously served in Japan, told Yediot Aharonot. “There is nothing more despised in Japanese culture than shoes. Not only do they not enter their houses while wearing shoes, you will not find shoes in their offices either. Even the prime minister, ministers and members of parliament do not wear shoes to work... It is equivalent to serving a Jewish guest chocolates in a dish shaped like a pig.”"
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Japanese-PM-Abe-served-offensive-shoe-dessert-at-Netanyahu-dinner-553671
Money quote: "“This was a stupid and insensitive decision,” a senior Israeli diplomat, who had previously served in Japan, told Yediot Aharonot. “There is nothing more despised in Japanese culture than shoes. Not only do they not enter their houses while wearing shoes, you will not find shoes in their offices either. Even the prime minister, ministers and members of parliament do not wear shoes to work... It is equivalent to serving a Jewish guest chocolates in a dish shaped like a pig.”"
https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Culture/Japanese-PM-Abe-served-offensive-shoe-dessert-at-Netanyahu-dinner-553671
The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com
Japanese diplomats appalled by offensive dessert at Abe-Netanyahu dinner
Celebrity chef Moshe Segev's culinary blooper ended the meal on the wrong foot.
L'ex direttore della CIA sull'importanza della verità (e contro Donald Trump)
Money quote: "The historian Timothy Snyder stresses the importance of reality and truth in his cautionary pamphlet, “On Tyranny.” “To abandon facts,” he writes, “is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power because there is no basis upon which to do so.” He then chillingly observes, “Post-truth is pre-fascism.”"
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/28/opinion/sunday/the-end-of-intelligence.html
Money quote: "The historian Timothy Snyder stresses the importance of reality and truth in his cautionary pamphlet, “On Tyranny.” “To abandon facts,” he writes, “is to abandon freedom. If nothing is true, then no one can criticize power because there is no basis upon which to do so.” He then chillingly observes, “Post-truth is pre-fascism.”"
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/28/opinion/sunday/the-end-of-intelligence.html
NY Times
Opinion | Michael Hayden: The End of Intelligence (Published 2018)
How do you brief a president who doesn’t distinguish between truth and lies?
Il progetto fotografico è semplice: lei, la fotografa, cerca persone, sconosciuti, con le quali condividere fotogrammi di intimità. Li cerca su Tinder o altro, scatta e pubblica su Instagram. Aggiunge lunghe didascalie. Quando le viene bene l'effetto della finta intimità secondo me è esplosivo.
Money quote: "There’s a time stamp in the bottom left corner of each photograph in the series. Hyld explains that the time stamps reveal exactly how much time has elapsed between meeting her subject for the first time and taking the photograph in question. They range from ten to thirty-five minutes. The time stamp on the toothbrushing picture reads, “16 min.”"
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/05/04/forging-intimacy/
Il suo feed su Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/mariehyld/?hl=en
Money quote: "There’s a time stamp in the bottom left corner of each photograph in the series. Hyld explains that the time stamps reveal exactly how much time has elapsed between meeting her subject for the first time and taking the photograph in question. They range from ten to thirty-five minutes. The time stamp on the toothbrushing picture reads, “16 min.”"
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/05/04/forging-intimacy/
Il suo feed su Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/mariehyld/?hl=en
The Paris Review
Forging Intimacy
In the work of Marie Hyld, a young Danish photographer who stages intimate scenes with strangers she has met online, Ariel Lown Lewiton recognizes something of Barthes—and of herself.
La meraviglia degli americani e della capacità che hanno di stupirsi delle cose. Di Bologna, la Manhattan del Medio Evo (ma anche le altre città...)
Money quote: "The exact number of towers built in medieval Bologna is not clear. It was suggested that up to 180 towers were present in the city as of the 13th century, but a more realistic amount is probably around 100, which is still very impressive considering how difficult it was to built such tall structures with the limited resources of medieval Italy."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/towers-of-bologna
Money quote: "The exact number of towers built in medieval Bologna is not clear. It was suggested that up to 180 towers were present in the city as of the 13th century, but a more realistic amount is probably around 100, which is still very impressive considering how difficult it was to built such tall structures with the limited resources of medieval Italy."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/towers-of-bologna
Atlas Obscura
Towers of Bologna in Bologna
Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.
Venti anni di iMac, il computer da cui è ripartito tutto - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/venti-anni-di-imac-il-computer-da-cui-e-ripartito-tutto/
https://www.macitynet.it/venti-anni-di-imac-il-computer-da-cui-e-ripartito-tutto/
macitynet.it
Venti anni di iMac, il computer da cui è ripartito tutto
iMac, Macintosh, Steve Jobs
Di solito non condivido i tweet, ma questo mi fa arrabbiare: la percezione della maternità e paternità da parte degli studenti
https://twitter.com/tryangregory/status/991819905677881344?s=12
https://twitter.com/tryangregory/status/991819905677881344?s=12
Twitter
T. Ryan Gregory
Two married colleagues each brought their son to a lecture because daycare closed last-minute. This was mentioned in both of their student evaluations. Try to guess which prof was called "unprofessional" and which was described as "a great parent". #EverydaySexism…
Meraviglioso articolo di Science: la ricerca operativa sull’intelligenza artificiale è diventata sostanzialmente una pratica alchemica, cioè non scientifica. Lo dice un ricercatore di Google, Ali Rahimi, e ci saranno delle conseguenze pesanti per tutti in questo settore.
Money quote: “As Rahimi puts it, "I'm trying to draw a distinction between a machine learning system that's a black box and an entire field that's become a black box."”
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/ai-researchers-allege-machine-learning-alchemy
Money quote: “As Rahimi puts it, "I'm trying to draw a distinction between a machine learning system that's a black box and an entire field that's become a black box."”
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/05/ai-researchers-allege-machine-learning-alchemy
Science
AI researchers allege that machine learning is alchemy
Study cites ways to bolster scientific foundations of artificial intelligence
La strana vita (e morte) delle femmine del polipo: una sola covata a cui danno letteralmente tutto.
Money quote: "A female octopus’ death is written into her genes. Octopuses only breed once throughout their lives, and the mothers-to-be die once their task is complete.
After laying a clutch of eggs, and attaching them to a sturdy substrate with tough biological cement, female octopuses have but one task left to them. They brood their eggs with a ferocious singularity of purpose, and once she has laid her eggs, a female octopus will not leave until they hatch. This can take months, in some cases years.
“When they’re ready to spawn eggs, all of the energy, all of the nutrients in their bodies are directed toward their eggs — they stop taking care of their bodies at a cellular level,” Voight says."
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/04/18/octopus-eggs-deep-ocean/
Money quote: "A female octopus’ death is written into her genes. Octopuses only breed once throughout their lives, and the mothers-to-be die once their task is complete.
After laying a clutch of eggs, and attaching them to a sturdy substrate with tough biological cement, female octopuses have but one task left to them. They brood their eggs with a ferocious singularity of purpose, and once she has laid her eggs, a female octopus will not leave until they hatch. This can take months, in some cases years.
“When they’re ready to spawn eggs, all of the energy, all of the nutrients in their bodies are directed toward their eggs — they stop taking care of their bodies at a cellular level,” Voight says."
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/04/18/octopus-eggs-deep-ocean/
D-brief
At the Bottom of the Ocean, a Gloomy Discovery
Octopus mothers all sacrifice their lives for their young, but here, their sacrifice may be in vain.
E così, almeno secondo questa lettura che risale al 2006, saremmo il quinto più intelligente paese al mondo. Il primo non asiatico.
Money quote: "Richard and Tatu argues that differences in national income are correlated with differences in the average national intelligence quotient (IQ). They further argue that differences in average national IQs constitute one important factor, but not the only one, contributing to differences in national wealth and rates of economic growth.
These results are controversial and have caused much debate, they must be interpreted with extreme caution."
https://iq-research.info/en/average-iq-by-country
Money quote: "Richard and Tatu argues that differences in national income are correlated with differences in the average national intelligence quotient (IQ). They further argue that differences in average national IQs constitute one important factor, but not the only one, contributing to differences in national wealth and rates of economic growth.
These results are controversial and have caused much debate, they must be interpreted with extreme caution."
https://iq-research.info/en/average-iq-by-country
Brainstats
World ranking of countries by their average IQ
The average IQ of more than 80 countries updated in real time.
Dopo solo 33 anni Microsoft mette a posto gli a capo di Notepad - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/dopo-33-anni-microsoft-mette-a-posto-gli-a-capo-di-notepad/
https://www.macitynet.it/dopo-33-anni-microsoft-mette-a-posto-gli-a-capo-di-notepad/
Macitynet.it
Dopo solo 33 anni Microsoft mette a posto gli a capo di Notepad - Macitynet.it
Nell’ultima Build di Windows 10 Notepad risolve il decennale problema degli a capo, almeno in parte, perché non si può avere tutto dalla vita: adesso apre correttamente i testi creati su Mac, ma continua a salvarli a modo suo