In realtà, sappiamo poco, molto poco di Messi e di tutti gli altri "bravi" del pallone. Un tentativo di essere quantitativi (all'americana) ma anche interessanti per quanto riguarda un mondiale per l'Italia molto poco interessante. Comunque, fantastico che ormai tutto sia diventato "quantità" e "fare".
Money quote: "Throughout his career, Messi has been criticized for walking. After an El Clasico match between Barcelona and Real Madrid in December 2017, there was widespread coverage of the fact that Messi walked 83 percent of the roughly 5 miles he covered that game. Despite this, he scored and assisted in Barca’s 3-0 trouncing."
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/messi-walks-better-than-most-players-run/
Money quote: "Throughout his career, Messi has been criticized for walking. After an El Clasico match between Barcelona and Real Madrid in December 2017, there was widespread coverage of the fact that Messi walked 83 percent of the roughly 5 miles he covered that game. Despite this, he scored and assisted in Barca’s 3-0 trouncing."
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/messi-walks-better-than-most-players-run/
FiveThirtyEight
Messi Walks Better Than Most Players Run
The Argentinian star doesn’t run as much as his peers, but he still manages to tactically position himself.
Il puzzle 3D dell'ungherese Erno Rubik, che ha tempestato la fanciullezza di molti della mia generazione e di quelle successive, è stato risolto da un algoritmo di machine learning senza una particolare inclinazione per questo tipo di gioco. Affascinante.
Money quote: "Yet another bastion of human skill and intelligence has fallen to the onslaught of the machines. A new kind of deep-learning machine has taught itself to solve a Rubik’s Cube without any human assistance.
The milestone is significant because the new approach tackles an important problem in computer science—how to solve complex problems when help is minimal."
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611281/a-machine-has-figured-out-rubiks-cube-all-by-itself/
Money quote: "Yet another bastion of human skill and intelligence has fallen to the onslaught of the machines. A new kind of deep-learning machine has taught itself to solve a Rubik’s Cube without any human assistance.
The milestone is significant because the new approach tackles an important problem in computer science—how to solve complex problems when help is minimal."
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/611281/a-machine-has-figured-out-rubiks-cube-all-by-itself/
MIT Technology Review
A machine has figured out Rubik’s Cube all by itself
Yet another bastion of human skill and intelligence has fallen to the onslaught of the machines. A new kind of deep-learning machine has taught itself to solve a Rubik’s Cube without any human assistance. The milestone is significant because the new approach…
Perché rivedere “2001 Odissea nello spazio” al cinema - il mio articolo per Fumettologica
http://www.fumettologica.it/2018/06/2001-odissea-nello-spazio-cinema-film/
http://www.fumettologica.it/2018/06/2001-odissea-nello-spazio-cinema-film/
Fumettologica
Perché rivedere "2001 Odissea nello spazio" al cinema
"2001 Odissea nello spazio" torna nelle sale il 19 e 20 giungo rimasterizzato in 4k e forse vale la pena chiedersi perché valga la pena rivederlo.
Qual è il giusto prezzo per uno smartphone? - il mio commento per Wired
https://www.wired.it/mobile/smartphone/2018/06/19/smartphone-giusto-prezzo/
https://www.wired.it/mobile/smartphone/2018/06/19/smartphone-giusto-prezzo/
Wired
Qual è il giusto prezzo per uno smartphone?
Oggi si possono comprare smartphone a un prezzo ragionevole senza fare (grandi) compromessi sulla qualità. Allora perché apparecchi da mille e più euro?
Nonostante in Asia sia molto popolare (cioè piace in paesi la cui cucina invece piace molto a me), la cucina coreana non mi piace particolarmente. Il suo centro di gravità è il kimchi. Dopo questo articolo ne saprete più del coreano medio.
Money quote: "Kimjang is a big deal in Korea, but paechu kimchi is just one of literally hundreds of kinds that can be made throughout the year. Other popular versions include those made with daikon, cucumber, oysters, and more. I have tasted subtly flavored kimchis made from mushrooms or burdock root, light and crunchy ones made with soybean sprouts, meaty ones made with tender chunks of pumpkin, and luxurious ones made with young octopus. Kimchi can be mild, like tongchimi, or water kimchi, a combination of ingredients like cabbage, Asian pear, pine nuts, whole chiles, and pomegranate seeds floating in a tangy brine. It can also be eaten before it is allowed to ferment, as with geotjeoli, or "salad," kimchi, which consists of raw leaves of cabbage dressed with kimchi fixings, a kind of coleslaw that heats the belly as it cools the throat. In all of these forms, kimchi is curiously refreshing, not just because of its heat, which shoots straight to the brain, but also because it effervesces on the tongue. Kimchi serves the same purpose in a Korean meal that palate cleansers serve in a Western one: when you are tired of eating, you take a bite of it, your eyes and mouth water, and you have the energy to begin eating again."
https://www.saveur.com/article/Kitchen/The-Art-of-Kimchi
Money quote: "Kimjang is a big deal in Korea, but paechu kimchi is just one of literally hundreds of kinds that can be made throughout the year. Other popular versions include those made with daikon, cucumber, oysters, and more. I have tasted subtly flavored kimchis made from mushrooms or burdock root, light and crunchy ones made with soybean sprouts, meaty ones made with tender chunks of pumpkin, and luxurious ones made with young octopus. Kimchi can be mild, like tongchimi, or water kimchi, a combination of ingredients like cabbage, Asian pear, pine nuts, whole chiles, and pomegranate seeds floating in a tangy brine. It can also be eaten before it is allowed to ferment, as with geotjeoli, or "salad," kimchi, which consists of raw leaves of cabbage dressed with kimchi fixings, a kind of coleslaw that heats the belly as it cools the throat. In all of these forms, kimchi is curiously refreshing, not just because of its heat, which shoots straight to the brain, but also because it effervesces on the tongue. Kimchi serves the same purpose in a Korean meal that palate cleansers serve in a Western one: when you are tired of eating, you take a bite of it, your eyes and mouth water, and you have the energy to begin eating again."
https://www.saveur.com/article/Kitchen/The-Art-of-Kimchi
Non c'è un altro modo per dirlo: le catacombe di Tokyo!
Money quote: "This complex- known as the ‘Underground Temple’ for its towering pillars and cavernous scale- is actually free for tourists to visit and photograph. I wanted to go but they only have opening hours on weekdays, and will only allow you on the tour if you speak Japanese- so you can heed directions in the event of an emergency. My Japanese skill is only luke-warm, so I decided to take a virtual Google Image tour instead."
http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2009/04/g-cans-underground-temple-saitama/
Money quote: "This complex- known as the ‘Underground Temple’ for its towering pillars and cavernous scale- is actually free for tourists to visit and photograph. I wanted to go but they only have opening hours on weekdays, and will only allow you on the tour if you speak Japanese- so you can heed directions in the event of an emergency. My Japanese skill is only luke-warm, so I decided to take a virtual Google Image tour instead."
http://www.michaeljohngrist.com/2009/04/g-cans-underground-temple-saitama/
Michaeljohngrist
Tokyo's vast underground temple-drains: the G-Cans | Michael John Grist | Michael John Grist
The G-Cans Underground Temple in Saitama is probably the most massive underground flood management system in the world- comprised of 100s of kilometers of tunnels up to 50 meters underground connecting 5 vast silos and one immense water tank: The Temple.…
Un libro, anche se non riesci a leggerlo, non si butta. Anzi, casomai è colpa mia se non va giù. Per me non è più così. Invecchiando, infatti, l'adorazione per i libri e la lettura - retaggio di una civiltà contadina che stava approcciando la cultura e per la quale qualsiasi libro era sacro e da venerare - è sfumata. Ne compro sempre troppi, alcuni li colleziono o comunque li desidero e cerco di possederli, più che leggerli. Però la cosa di fondo con gli anni è cambiata per sempre. Per questo nel ragionamento che segue in parte mi ritrovo: non bisogna leggere tutto. E: alcuni libri sono solo una perdita di tempo. Il trucco, spiega l'autrice, è come e dove impariamo a leggere libri, cioè la scuola, e l'attitudine e l'atteggiamento mentale che ci portiamo dietro. Perché...
Money quote: "reading is a joy. It’s a touch of growth, it’s a beacon of inspiration, and it’s source of connection. We are how we spend our time, and we become what we consume. It only makes sense, then, that what we read informs how we see the world."
https://medium.com/personal-growth/there-are-two-ways-to-read-one-is-useless-cc152cf4f51b
Money quote: "reading is a joy. It’s a touch of growth, it’s a beacon of inspiration, and it’s source of connection. We are how we spend our time, and we become what we consume. It only makes sense, then, that what we read informs how we see the world."
https://medium.com/personal-growth/there-are-two-ways-to-read-one-is-useless-cc152cf4f51b
Medium
There Are Two Ways to Read — One Is Useless
Right, wrong, and the value of reading.
Sul tempo e sul programmare cose che hanno a che fare con il tempo, tipo un calendario (qui si impara cosa siano i fusi orari e soprattutto cos'è "UTC")
Money quote: "Building a calendar sucks. Like there’s really cool shit you can do, since every calendar out there today is basically straight outta 2005, but at the end of the day you’re stuck dealing with all of the edge cases that all your dork friends have warned you about since the dawn of time. (Like literally, the dawn of time is a separate edge case you have to account for as well.) So there’s been a lot of heinous stuff we’ve had to work with."
https://zachholman.com/talk/utc-is-enough-for-everyone-right
Money quote: "Building a calendar sucks. Like there’s really cool shit you can do, since every calendar out there today is basically straight outta 2005, but at the end of the day you’re stuck dealing with all of the edge cases that all your dork friends have warned you about since the dawn of time. (Like literally, the dawn of time is a separate edge case you have to account for as well.) So there’s been a lot of heinous stuff we’ve had to work with."
https://zachholman.com/talk/utc-is-enough-for-everyone-right
Zachholman
UTC is Enough for Everyone, Right?
Programming with dates, times, and timezones is hard. But here's some help.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, al via investimento di 4 miliardi per l’intelligent edge - il mio articolo per Il Sole 24 Ore
http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tecnologie/2018-06-19/hewlett-packard-enterprise-via-investimento-4-miliardi-l-intelligent-edge--183921.shtml?uuid=AE0QIz8E
http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tecnologie/2018-06-19/hewlett-packard-enterprise-via-investimento-4-miliardi-l-intelligent-edge--183921.shtml?uuid=AE0QIz8E
Il Sole 24 ORE
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, al via investimento di 4 miliardi per l’intelligent edge
È una rivoluzione che potrebbe cambiare il modo con il quale le aziende creano valore attraverso il digitale
Ossessionati dalle scarpe da ginnastica. Anni fa avevo letto un libro molto interessante sulla nascita di Adidas e Puma (aziende "sorelle" nel senso letterale del termine: i due fondatori erano fratelli) con un twist ovviamente europeo. Questo articolo, visto dalla prospettiva americana, è una continuazione molto piacevole.
Money quote: "According to Smith’s research, sneakers as we know them may never have existed without Charles Goodyear’s serendipitous invention of vulcanized rubber in 1839. Despite his poor business sense that landed him repeatedly in debtor’s prison, the inventor saw an opportunity for technological advancement when he purchased hundreds of rubber life preservers in 1834 that had melted in the New York City summer heat. After years of fruitless experimentation, Goodyear finally happened upon the combination of lead, sulfur and heat that would allow the rubber to keep its shape."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/brief-history-americas-obsession-sneakers-180969116/
Money quote: "According to Smith’s research, sneakers as we know them may never have existed without Charles Goodyear’s serendipitous invention of vulcanized rubber in 1839. Despite his poor business sense that landed him repeatedly in debtor’s prison, the inventor saw an opportunity for technological advancement when he purchased hundreds of rubber life preservers in 1834 that had melted in the New York City summer heat. After years of fruitless experimentation, Goodyear finally happened upon the combination of lead, sulfur and heat that would allow the rubber to keep its shape."
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/brief-history-americas-obsession-sneakers-180969116/
Smithsonian Magazine
A Brief History of America’s Obsession With Sneakers
Invented for athletics, sneakers eventually became status symbols and an integral part of street style
Nella notte della ragione che segue l'inverno di Game of Thrones, il New York Times mette il suo speciale contributo: un imprescindibile articolo-tutorial su come mettersi in posa per farsi fotografare.
Money quote: "More symmetrical faces might look good straight on, but you’ll probably want to turn your head slightly to highlight a particular side. Hurley finds that most people have a more attractive “good side,” which tends to correspond with where they part their hair. To find yours, shoot a series of three selfies: First look straight at the camera, nose at 12 o’clock; turn to the right, nose at 1 o’clock; then to the left, at 11 o’clock. “Everyone has a sweet spot,” Hurley says."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/magazine/how-to-pose-for-a-photograph.html
Money quote: "More symmetrical faces might look good straight on, but you’ll probably want to turn your head slightly to highlight a particular side. Hurley finds that most people have a more attractive “good side,” which tends to correspond with where they part their hair. To find yours, shoot a series of three selfies: First look straight at the camera, nose at 12 o’clock; turn to the right, nose at 1 o’clock; then to the left, at 11 o’clock. “Everyone has a sweet spot,” Hurley says."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/30/magazine/how-to-pose-for-a-photograph.html
NY Times
How to Pose for a Photograph (Published 2018)
Elongate your neck. Find your good side. Don’t say “cheese.”
Apple con la versione 2018 dell’iPhone X cambierà connessione e metterà la USB-C al posto di quella Lightning attuale? Boh...
Money quote: “People hate connector changes. When the original 30-pin connector was dropped in favor of Lightning, there was a lot of brouhaha about having to buy new cables and adapters from Apple.”
https://www.cnet.com/news/2018-iphone-x-with-usb-c-why-we-want-it-and-wont-get-it-lightning/
Money quote: “People hate connector changes. When the original 30-pin connector was dropped in favor of Lightning, there was a lot of brouhaha about having to buy new cables and adapters from Apple.”
https://www.cnet.com/news/2018-iphone-x-with-usb-c-why-we-want-it-and-wont-get-it-lightning/
CNET
Apple, please add USB-C to the iPhone
But you probably won't, and here's why.
Secondo qualcuno la Generazione X, che sta arrivando al suo picco di maturità anagrafica, unisce il meglio dei due mondi: educazione old style e eloquenza digitale. Sarà...
Money quote: "While Gen X may be equally capable at digital tasks as millennials, they also show a mastery of conventional leadership skills more on par with leaders of the baby boomer generation. That includes identifying and developing new talent at their organizations and driving the execution of business strategies to bring new ideas to reality."
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/generation-x--not-millennials--is-changing-the-nature-of-work.html
Money quote: "While Gen X may be equally capable at digital tasks as millennials, they also show a mastery of conventional leadership skills more on par with leaders of the baby boomer generation. That includes identifying and developing new talent at their organizations and driving the execution of business strategies to bring new ideas to reality."
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/11/generation-x--not-millennials--is-changing-the-nature-of-work.html
CNBC
Generation X — not millennials — is changing the nature of work
Generation X is quickly occupying the majority of business leadership roles.
Non sono un grande appassionato di questo tipo di cose (utilizzo una app a pagamento per macOS e iOS: Things) ma devo dire che anche questa soluzione non è male.
Money quote:
Rhythm
a simple daily notebook, calendar, and task list
https://getarhythm.com
Money quote:
Rhythm
a simple daily notebook, calendar, and task list
https://getarhythm.com
Getarhythm
Rhythm App
a simple daily notebook, calendar, and task list
Avete voglia di disegnare con il computer? Vi piace la Ascii art? Beh, suppongono che non abbiate mai visto qualcosa di simile, ma potrebbe piacervi.
http://asciiflow.com
http://asciiflow.com
È tornato William Langewiesche; e: wow!
Money quote: “Of the original 2,000 isis fighters, many had died, but a good number had managed to slip away, even though checkpoints had been set up around Sirte. Africa Command knew it. In the Air Force, escapees are called “squirters” because, rather than being crushed, they squirt out from the pressure of strikes. In Sirte, some squirters turned around and launched attacks from the rear. Others squirted into the cities, where they disappeared. One relatively small group—no more than 100 men—squirted into the desert about 30 miles southwest of town. They established two camps, about 10 miles apart. The Pentagon would later state that they were planning attacks on Europe. On the evidence, they were also unusually ineffectual people. Despite the known presence of American drones overhead, they had chosen to congregate in the open desert, away from any protections offered by the presence of civilians. Their incompetence was Waldhauser’s liberation. For once there was no need to know who was who in the zoo”
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/561719/
Money quote: “Of the original 2,000 isis fighters, many had died, but a good number had managed to slip away, even though checkpoints had been set up around Sirte. Africa Command knew it. In the Air Force, escapees are called “squirters” because, rather than being crushed, they squirt out from the pressure of strikes. In Sirte, some squirters turned around and launched attacks from the rear. Others squirted into the cities, where they disappeared. One relatively small group—no more than 100 men—squirted into the desert about 30 miles southwest of town. They established two camps, about 10 miles apart. The Pentagon would later state that they were planning attacks on Europe. On the evidence, they were also unusually ineffectual people. Despite the known presence of American drones overhead, they had chosen to congregate in the open desert, away from any protections offered by the presence of civilians. Their incompetence was Waldhauser’s liberation. For once there was no need to know who was who in the zoo”
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/561719/
Forwarded from macitynet.it
Si dimette il CEO di Intel per la relazione con una dipendente https://www.macitynet.it/si-dimette-il-ceo-di-intel-per-la-relazione-con-una-dipendente/
Macitynet.it
Si dimette il CEO di Intel per la relazione con una dipendente - Macitynet.it
Intel ha annunciato le dimissioni di Brian Krzanich sia come amministratore delegato sia come membro del consiglio di amministrazione. Le dimissioni dopo la scoperta di una relazione consensuale con una dipendente.
Insomma. siamo prossimi all'Olocausto nucleare o altro. E per salvarsi, i ricconi della Silicon Valley hanno capito che esiste un solo angolo del pianeta dove andare: la Nuova Zelanda. Ottima idea, no? Suggerisco l'Appennino tosco-emiliano come alternativa.
Money quote: "If you’re interested in the end of the world, you would have been interested, soon after Donald Trump’s election as US president, to read a New York Times headline stating that Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist who co-founded PayPal and was an early investor in Facebook, considered New Zealand to be “the Future”. Because if you are in any serious way concerned about the future, you’re also concerned about Thiel, a canary in capitalism’s coal mine who also happens to have profited lavishly from his stake in the mining concern itself."
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/15/why-silicon-valley-billionaires-are-prepping-for-the-apocalypse-in-new-zealand
Money quote: "If you’re interested in the end of the world, you would have been interested, soon after Donald Trump’s election as US president, to read a New York Times headline stating that Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist who co-founded PayPal and was an early investor in Facebook, considered New Zealand to be “the Future”. Because if you are in any serious way concerned about the future, you’re also concerned about Thiel, a canary in capitalism’s coal mine who also happens to have profited lavishly from his stake in the mining concern itself."
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/15/why-silicon-valley-billionaires-are-prepping-for-the-apocalypse-in-new-zealand
the Guardian
Why Silicon Valley billionaires are prepping for the apocalypse in New Zealand
The long read: How an extreme libertarian tract predicting the collapse of liberal democracies – written by Jacob Rees-Mogg’s father – inspired the likes of Peter Thiel to buy up property across the Pacific
La Silicon Valley? Piace a quelli che non ci lavorano (e per questo vorrebbero imitarla).
Money quote: "Sure, the country’s burgeoning tech enclaves in Utah and Kentucky and Oregon draw inspiration from the original. And sure, they’d love to have even a tiny fraction of the wealth, power, and jobs provided by a massively successful tech company. And sure, the only proven way to do that is to follow the Silicon Valley recipe of accumulating engineering talent, venture investors, incubators, and mentors. And sure, for the last decade, many cities around the country have tried to import the valley’s spirit, work ethic, and culture. Plenty have copied the Valley’s penchant for hype, too. “Could Toledo, Ohio, be the next Silicon Valley?” the PR blasts wonder. “How about Jacksonville, Florida? Care to take a media junket to tour the St. Louis tech scene?”"
https://www.wired.com/story/everyone-hates-silicon-valley-except-its-imitators/
Money quote: "Sure, the country’s burgeoning tech enclaves in Utah and Kentucky and Oregon draw inspiration from the original. And sure, they’d love to have even a tiny fraction of the wealth, power, and jobs provided by a massively successful tech company. And sure, the only proven way to do that is to follow the Silicon Valley recipe of accumulating engineering talent, venture investors, incubators, and mentors. And sure, for the last decade, many cities around the country have tried to import the valley’s spirit, work ethic, and culture. Plenty have copied the Valley’s penchant for hype, too. “Could Toledo, Ohio, be the next Silicon Valley?” the PR blasts wonder. “How about Jacksonville, Florida? Care to take a media junket to tour the St. Louis tech scene?”"
https://www.wired.com/story/everyone-hates-silicon-valley-except-its-imitators/
WIRED
Everyone Hates Silicon Valley, Except Its Imitators
Leaders behind Silicon Prairie, Silicon Shire, and Silicon Holler say they see the flaws in the nation's tech hub, and hope to avoid the same mistakes.
Quest'uomo è un pazzo e un visionario (nel suo piccolo), però le sue idee mi piacciono. Qui parliamo di decentralizzazione.
Money quote: "The internet is the ultimate software-based network, consisting of a relatively simple core layer connecting billions of fully programmable computers at the edge. Software is simply the encoding of human thought, and as such has an almost unbounded design space. Computers connected to the internet are, by and large, free to run whatever software their owners choose. Whatever can be dreamt up, with the right set of incentives, can quickly propagate across the internet. Internet architecture is where technical creativity and incentive design intersect."
https://medium.com/@cdixon/why-decentralization-matters-5e3f79f7638e
Money quote: "The internet is the ultimate software-based network, consisting of a relatively simple core layer connecting billions of fully programmable computers at the edge. Software is simply the encoding of human thought, and as such has an almost unbounded design space. Computers connected to the internet are, by and large, free to run whatever software their owners choose. Whatever can be dreamt up, with the right set of incentives, can quickly propagate across the internet. Internet architecture is where technical creativity and incentive design intersect."
https://medium.com/@cdixon/why-decentralization-matters-5e3f79f7638e
Medium
Why Decentralization Matters
We’ve forgotten there’s a better way to build internet services