Il mondo dei colori. E soprattutto dei loro nomi. Come “orange”, che in inglese è sia colore che frutto. Ma quando nasce? Purtroppo la nostra Accademia della Crusca non è più in grado (se mai lo è stata) di parlare a dei lettori più giovani dei novecentenni suoi abituali fruitori.
Money quote: “Orange, however, seems to be the only basic color word for which no other word exists in English. There is only orange, and the name comes from the fruit. Tangerine doesn’t really count. Its name also comes from a fruit, a variety of the orange, but it wasn’t until 1899 that “tangerine” appears in print as the name of a color—and it isn’t clear why we require a new word for it. This seems no less true for persimmon and for pumpkin. There is just orange. But there was no orange, at least before oranges came to Europe.”
https://lithub.com/color-or-fruit-on-the-unlikely-etymology-of-orange/
Money quote: “Orange, however, seems to be the only basic color word for which no other word exists in English. There is only orange, and the name comes from the fruit. Tangerine doesn’t really count. Its name also comes from a fruit, a variety of the orange, but it wasn’t until 1899 that “tangerine” appears in print as the name of a color—and it isn’t clear why we require a new word for it. This seems no less true for persimmon and for pumpkin. There is just orange. But there was no orange, at least before oranges came to Europe.”
https://lithub.com/color-or-fruit-on-the-unlikely-etymology-of-orange/
Literary Hub
Color or Fruit? On the Unlikely Etymology of “Orange”
The human eye can distinguish millions of shades of color, subtly discriminating small differences of energy along the visual spectrum. No language, however, has words for more than about 1,000 of …
Un editor di codice molto semplice ma nient’affatto banale, che lavora con il Python ed è pensato per chi impara: bambini e non solo. Io con il Python ci sto giocando e trovo Mu ottimo pure per uno zuccone come me.
La frase portatrice sana di valore di questa breve meteora di contenuto su Mostly, I Write, è una citazione che appartiene ad Alan Kay, coioè a una generazione precedente a chi ha fatto questo editor, ma ha ispirato gli autori di Code with Mu.
Money quote: “It’s not a fake version of math. It’s kind of like little league, or even T-ball. In sports they do this all the time. In music, they do it all the time. The idea is, you never let the child do something that isn’t the real thing—but you have to work your ass off to figure out what the real thing is in the context of the way their minds are working at that developmental level.”
https://codewith.mu/
La frase portatrice sana di valore di questa breve meteora di contenuto su Mostly, I Write, è una citazione che appartiene ad Alan Kay, coioè a una generazione precedente a chi ha fatto questo editor, ma ha ispirato gli autori di Code with Mu.
Money quote: “It’s not a fake version of math. It’s kind of like little league, or even T-ball. In sports they do this all the time. In music, they do it all the time. The idea is, you never let the child do something that isn’t the real thing—but you have to work your ass off to figure out what the real thing is in the context of the way their minds are working at that developmental level.”
https://codewith.mu/
Non so se avete presente i fumetti di Julia Evans, ma sono spettacolari e informativi (su Linux, riga di comando, etc). Adesso sono anche testo universitario. Anche da noi https://jvns.ca/zines/
Parlare in modo critico e cospiratorio di grandi multinazionali del farmaco è come fare gol a porta vuota un mercoledì mattina quando gli avversari sono ancora a casa loro. Però ogni tanto ci vuole. Perché dopotutto capire che il business delle grandi multinazionali de farmaco è avere un pubblico di malatici cronici dipendenti un giorno ci farà capire che l’approccio stile cartello di Medellín all’industria farmaceutica è profondamente da ripensare.
Money quote: “In a private report leaked to news outlets in April 2018, the Goldman Sachs analysts caution against investments in pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies aiming to develop outright cures, and cite Harvoni as a case study. It’s a simple point to make – if profit is your goal, then a product that eradicates its own demand might not be a wise investment”
https://aeon.co/essays/will-medicine-ever-recover-from-the-perverse-economics-of-drugs
Money quote: “In a private report leaked to news outlets in April 2018, the Goldman Sachs analysts caution against investments in pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies aiming to develop outright cures, and cite Harvoni as a case study. It’s a simple point to make – if profit is your goal, then a product that eradicates its own demand might not be a wise investment”
https://aeon.co/essays/will-medicine-ever-recover-from-the-perverse-economics-of-drugs
Aeon
Will medicine ever recover from the perverse economics of drugs? | Aeon Essays
For big pharma, the perfect patient is wealthy, permanently ill and a daily pill-popper. Will medicine ever recover?
Uno degli effetti della capillarità di internet è la possibilità di connettere le persone. Tutte le persone. E scoprire cose nuove. Ad esempio che, visto da vicino, nessuno è normale.
Money quote: “Every day, millions of people around the world ask Google some variation of the question, “Am I normal?” “
https://medium.com/inc./yale-research-confirms-what-youve-always-suspected-nobody-is-normal-7653dee70b49
Money quote: “Every day, millions of people around the world ask Google some variation of the question, “Am I normal?” “
https://medium.com/inc./yale-research-confirms-what-youve-always-suspected-nobody-is-normal-7653dee70b49
Medium
Yale Research Confirms What You’ve Always Suspected: Nobody Is Normal
We’re all weirdos, science has confirmed, and that’s something to celebrate
La rivoluzione di Condé Nast International e la trasformazione digitale.
Money quote: “This summer, when Condé Nast announced it was merging the United States and international versions of its magazine Condé Nast Traveler onto a new single platform, and that it would be overseen not from its birthplace in New York, but from London, fashion and media heads were turned on both sides of the Atlantic.
After all, the world of the United States publisher and its flagships Vogue, Vanity Fair and GQ had always remained resolutely aloof from its international versions. What could the Traveler decision portend?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/style/conde-nast-international-wolfgang-blau-vogue-runway.html
Money quote: “This summer, when Condé Nast announced it was merging the United States and international versions of its magazine Condé Nast Traveler onto a new single platform, and that it would be overseen not from its birthplace in New York, but from London, fashion and media heads were turned on both sides of the Atlantic.
After all, the world of the United States publisher and its flagships Vogue, Vanity Fair and GQ had always remained resolutely aloof from its international versions. What could the Traveler decision portend?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/14/style/conde-nast-international-wolfgang-blau-vogue-runway.html
NY Times
Inside the Revolution at Condé Nast International
With more editorial firepower in London, and new noscripts opening in new markets, the spotlight falls on the publishing giant’s next moves.
3D Touch, tempo e risorse sprecate per Apple? - il mio articolo per Macity
Money quote: "È presente sui nuovi iPhone Xs e iPhone Xs Max ma non sull’iPhone Xr. E potrebbe essere il primo segnale che stia scivolando fuori dalle grazie di Tim Cook. Parliamo del 3D Touch, il costoso e complesso meccanismo per dare una dimensione in più al gesto di toccare lo schermo registrando la pressione di chi lo tocca."
https://www.macitynet.it/bye-bye-3d-touch/
Money quote: "È presente sui nuovi iPhone Xs e iPhone Xs Max ma non sull’iPhone Xr. E potrebbe essere il primo segnale che stia scivolando fuori dalle grazie di Tim Cook. Parliamo del 3D Touch, il costoso e complesso meccanismo per dare una dimensione in più al gesto di toccare lo schermo registrando la pressione di chi lo tocca."
https://www.macitynet.it/bye-bye-3d-touch/
Macitynet.it
3D Touch, tempo e risorse sprecate per Apple? - Macitynet.it
La tecnologia meno conosciuta degli smartphone di Cupertino non ci sarà nell’iPhone XR. L’inizio della fine per un’idea buona ma che forse non serve?
Verrà il caos per la troppa acqua e verrà il caos per la troppa poca. E arriverà in modo subdolo e strisciante. Almeno, così ci insegna la storia di Città del Capo.
Money quote: "“The purpose of all this (mis)information is clear: shifting blame from government,” reads an op-ed posted to the Water Crisis Coalition website shortly after the 50-liter household limit was passed by the local government. The Coalition asserted that “in fact, all tiers of Government is complicit through lack of foresight and mismanagement of our water resources.” Through a series of intense protests and heated confrontations with officials in the summer, members of the group stressed that a mobilization of citizens on the order of the old anti-apartheid movement would be required to create the political change necessary to secure the water future of the Western Cape and South Africa. A common refrain in their rallies, marches, and street arguments with Democratic Alliance politicians, the Coalition’s slogan is “water for all or the city must fall.”"
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/09/cape-south-south-africa-water-crisis/569317/
Money quote: "“The purpose of all this (mis)information is clear: shifting blame from government,” reads an op-ed posted to the Water Crisis Coalition website shortly after the 50-liter household limit was passed by the local government. The Coalition asserted that “in fact, all tiers of Government is complicit through lack of foresight and mismanagement of our water resources.” Through a series of intense protests and heated confrontations with officials in the summer, members of the group stressed that a mobilization of citizens on the order of the old anti-apartheid movement would be required to create the political change necessary to secure the water future of the Western Cape and South Africa. A common refrain in their rallies, marches, and street arguments with Democratic Alliance politicians, the Coalition’s slogan is “water for all or the city must fall.”"
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2018/09/cape-south-south-africa-water-crisis/569317/
The Atlantic
Cape Town Is an Omen
Climate change is going to revolutionize politics in cities across the world.
Arriva iOS 12: più privacy e Screen Time per misurare quanto usiamo lo smartphone - il mio articolo per La Stampa
http://www.lastampa.it/2018/09/17/tecnologia/arriva-ios-pi-privacy-e-screen-time-per-misurare-quanto-usiamo-lo-smartphone-gjq9ALJHPfcfIWpr26MiaN/pagina.html
http://www.lastampa.it/2018/09/17/tecnologia/arriva-ios-pi-privacy-e-screen-time-per-misurare-quanto-usiamo-lo-smartphone-gjq9ALJHPfcfIWpr26MiaN/pagina.html
LaStampa.it
Arriva iOS 12: più privacy e Screen Time per misurare quanto usiamo lo smartphone
L’aggiornamento gratuito per iPhone e iPad è disponibile sia dai dispositivi che tramite Pc e Mac. Si può installare su 14 modelli di iPhone e 11 di iPad: eccolo la lista dei modelli compatibili
Non vedo l'ora di incontrare gente che è stata flashata dentro un computer e vive nel silicio. Non vedo proprio l'ora.
Money quote: "Though there are still technical limitations to the future Graziano imagines—namely the ability to adequately image and map the brain in its intricate detail—philosophers and entrepreneurs are already picturing an AI afterlife in which the data of the deceased might be used to serve the bereaved. It sounds like an episode of Black Mirror—in fact, it’s very much like the plot of “Be Right Back” from the show’s second season—but startups like Luka are working with real people, not actors and special-effects artists."
https://qz.com/1367185/could-ai-allow-you-to-live-forever/
Money quote: "Though there are still technical limitations to the future Graziano imagines—namely the ability to adequately image and map the brain in its intricate detail—philosophers and entrepreneurs are already picturing an AI afterlife in which the data of the deceased might be used to serve the bereaved. It sounds like an episode of Black Mirror—in fact, it’s very much like the plot of “Be Right Back” from the show’s second season—but startups like Luka are working with real people, not actors and special-effects artists."
https://qz.com/1367185/could-ai-allow-you-to-live-forever/
Quartz
Could AI allow you to live forever?
Artificial intelligence will change the way we die—and the way we grieve for the deaths of our family and friends.
Questo tizio si è incazzato parecchio con Apple. Due volte di fila. E ha le sue ragioni
Money quote: "And if Apple are going to continue making their own computers — whether as now or alongside an OS licence programme — either Jony Ive needs to stop focusing on making everything needlessly thinner (to the point they don’t work), someone needs to tell him to stop, or he needs replacing.
Goodbye for now Apple hardware, may we meet again in happier times."
https://hackernoon.com/apples-number-is-finally-up-and-why-we-ve-gone-our-separate-ways-while-i-continue-to-use-macos-5471f1935ff3
Money quote: "And if Apple are going to continue making their own computers — whether as now or alongside an OS licence programme — either Jony Ive needs to stop focusing on making everything needlessly thinner (to the point they don’t work), someone needs to tell him to stop, or he needs replacing.
Goodbye for now Apple hardware, may we meet again in happier times."
https://hackernoon.com/apples-number-is-finally-up-and-why-we-ve-gone-our-separate-ways-while-i-continue-to-use-macos-5471f1935ff3
Hacker Noon
Apple’s number is finally up — and why we’ve gone our separate ways while I continue to use macOS
(And how you can get your Macbook keyboard problems fixed, for free)
Artista bipolare abbraccia la sua natura e la traduce nel suo modo di vivere e di creare (però è verbosa assai e inutilmente dettagliata)
Money quote: "I am very conscious about having a routine in order to keep myself functioning well, like a car engine that has all of its parts greased and liquids filled. Every morning I do “the usual”: the toothbrushing, getting myself in gear, 15 minutes of yoga and 15 minutes of meditation, and coffee. I have different coffee mugs I have different associations with. I have a New York Times mug, and those are the days I am a little more analytical and need to work very hard on things that are more administration-oriented. Then there’s a mug that has art by my favorite cartoonist, Kaz, on it, and that’s when things are more creative. There are two different handmade ceramics for days off, when things are a little slower."
https://magenta.as/how-a-bipolar-cartoonist-stays-creative-6b3284c59728
Money quote: "I am very conscious about having a routine in order to keep myself functioning well, like a car engine that has all of its parts greased and liquids filled. Every morning I do “the usual”: the toothbrushing, getting myself in gear, 15 minutes of yoga and 15 minutes of meditation, and coffee. I have different coffee mugs I have different associations with. I have a New York Times mug, and those are the days I am a little more analytical and need to work very hard on things that are more administration-oriented. Then there’s a mug that has art by my favorite cartoonist, Kaz, on it, and that’s when things are more creative. There are two different handmade ceramics for days off, when things are a little slower."
https://magenta.as/how-a-bipolar-cartoonist-stays-creative-6b3284c59728
Magenta
How a Bipolar Cartoonist Stays Creative
Ellen Forney, the author of “Rock Steady,” candidly explains how she achieves stability with a mental disorder.
Apple sdogana le eSim: presto le vedremo anche sui telefoni Android - il mio articolo per Wired.it
https://www.wired.it/mobile/smartphone/2018/09/18/apple-sdogana-le-esim/
https://www.wired.it/mobile/smartphone/2018/09/18/apple-sdogana-le-esim/
Wired
Apple sdogana le eSim: presto le vedremo anche sui telefoni Android
La seconda linea con eSim incorporata presto verrà adottata da tutti i produttori. Per gli analisti saranno 420 milioni nel 2022
La digital transformation fa i conti con le competenze carenti: assumere o formare? - Il mio articolo per Il Sole 24 Ore
http://mobile.ilsole24ore.com/solemobile/main/art/tecnologie/2018-09-17/la-digital-transformation-fa-conti-le-competenze-carenti-assumere-o-formare-125236.shtml?uuid=AEihG2pF
http://mobile.ilsole24ore.com/solemobile/main/art/tecnologie/2018-09-17/la-digital-transformation-fa-conti-le-competenze-carenti-assumere-o-formare-125236.shtml?uuid=AEihG2pF
Il Sole 24 ORE
La digital transformation fa i conti con le competenze carenti: assumere o formare?
Come si fa a far partire la trasformazione digitale in azienda? «È una questione di persone, non di tecnologia», dice Renzo Noceti, cofondatore e Ceo
Imbattibile Donald Trump
Money quote: "“I’ve always given Trump credit,” says Roberta Brandes Gratz, a journalist and an urban critic who was one of his harshest foes, “for recognizing that defeat was staring him in the face—and switching gears.”"
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/29/trump-robert-moses-new-york-television-city-urban-development-1980s-218836
Money quote: "“I’ve always given Trump credit,” says Roberta Brandes Gratz, a journalist and an urban critic who was one of his harshest foes, “for recognizing that defeat was staring him in the face—and switching gears.”"
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/06/29/trump-robert-moses-new-york-television-city-urban-development-1980s-218836
POLITICO
The Lost City of Trump
It was supposed to be his legacy. Today it’s a mere shadow of his dream—but he declared victory anyway. How the saga of Trump City foreshadowed the president’s chaotic path to the White House.
Storytelling made in San Francisco. Anche il caffè diventa epico quando si chiama Saint Frank.
Money quote: “But more specifically, the beloved Saint Francis who showed all things seemingly mundane and ordinary to be special. His life warranted the denomination of a saint while he would prefer a simple name like Frank. Saint Francis had a passion for life and connection with people and the world around him in a way that shapes our direction in coffee and service. He approached everything with a humble wide-eyed view of simplicity and courtesy. Everyone mattered to Francis. Everything was important and special, worthy of attention and service. We approach our craft with simple and restrained elegance that amplifies our values in coffee, people, and connection.”
https://www.saintfrankcoffee.com/pages/our-story
Money quote: “But more specifically, the beloved Saint Francis who showed all things seemingly mundane and ordinary to be special. His life warranted the denomination of a saint while he would prefer a simple name like Frank. Saint Francis had a passion for life and connection with people and the world around him in a way that shapes our direction in coffee and service. He approached everything with a humble wide-eyed view of simplicity and courtesy. Everyone mattered to Francis. Everything was important and special, worthy of attention and service. We approach our craft with simple and restrained elegance that amplifies our values in coffee, people, and connection.”
https://www.saintfrankcoffee.com/pages/our-story
Saint Frank Coffee
Our Story
We named Saint Frank after our city of San Francisco... But more specifically, the beloved Saint Francis who showed all things seemingly mundane and ordinary to be special. His life warranted the denomination of a saint while he would prefer a simple name…
Il mondo dei fake sui social
Money quote: “The issue of fake social media accounts masquerading as public figures is acute. Facebook, Instagram and Twitter teem with accounts that mimic ordinary people to spread propaganda or to be sold as followers to those who want to appear more influential. But millions of the phony profiles pose specifically as actors, singers, politicians and other well-known figures to broadcast falsehoods, cheat people out of money — or worse. Last year, Australian authorities charged a 42-year-old man with more than 900 child sex offenses for impersonating Justin Bieber on Facebook and other sites to solicit nude photos from minors.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/07/technology/facebook-instagram-twitter-celebrity-impostors.html
Money quote: “The issue of fake social media accounts masquerading as public figures is acute. Facebook, Instagram and Twitter teem with accounts that mimic ordinary people to spread propaganda or to be sold as followers to those who want to appear more influential. But millions of the phony profiles pose specifically as actors, singers, politicians and other well-known figures to broadcast falsehoods, cheat people out of money — or worse. Last year, Australian authorities charged a 42-year-old man with more than 900 child sex offenses for impersonating Justin Bieber on Facebook and other sites to solicit nude photos from minors.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/07/technology/facebook-instagram-twitter-celebrity-impostors.html
NY Times
Oprah, Is That You? On Social Media, the Answer Is Often No. (Published 2018)
The sheer volume of fake Facebook and Instagram accounts that pose as celebrities is bringing real-life headaches to those public figures, including Oprah Winfrey.
La storia di Yoshihisa Maitani, il genio delle macchine fotografiche
Money quote: “His career spanned more than forty years (twenty of which were spent personally designing some of the best cameras in the world), and his vision, dedication to his ideals, and tireless work ethic forged a path not just for Olympus, but for the entire worldwide camera industry over this period. And though he retired in 1996 and passed away in 2009, his influence can still be seen in today’s digital cameras.
His work is amazing. His story is worth telling. Let’s do it.“
https://www.casualphotophile.com/2018/01/12/yoshihisa-maitani-the-man-who-made-olympus/
Money quote: “His career spanned more than forty years (twenty of which were spent personally designing some of the best cameras in the world), and his vision, dedication to his ideals, and tireless work ethic forged a path not just for Olympus, but for the entire worldwide camera industry over this period. And though he retired in 1996 and passed away in 2009, his influence can still be seen in today’s digital cameras.
His work is amazing. His story is worth telling. Let’s do it.“
https://www.casualphotophile.com/2018/01/12/yoshihisa-maitani-the-man-who-made-olympus/
Vita e storie dei super ricchi. I quali, presi uno per uno, sono dei poveracci pieni di soldi.
Money quote: “As his hedge fund was imploding during the financial crisis of 2008, Homm, now 58, fled the €5m Majorcan villa he shared with a 27-year-old Russian lingerie model. With $500,000 stashed in his underwear and a humidor in hand, Homm boarded a plane to Colombia and disappeared for five years. We learn that he used his fortune to buy his son, then 15, the services of a Dutch prostitute. Homm was later arrested at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence”
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/jul/08/generation-wealth-how-the-modern-world-fell-in-love-with-money
Money quote: “As his hedge fund was imploding during the financial crisis of 2008, Homm, now 58, fled the €5m Majorcan villa he shared with a 27-year-old Russian lingerie model. With $500,000 stashed in his underwear and a humidor in hand, Homm boarded a plane to Colombia and disappeared for five years. We learn that he used his fortune to buy his son, then 15, the services of a Dutch prostitute. Homm was later arrested at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence”
https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/jul/08/generation-wealth-how-the-modern-world-fell-in-love-with-money
the Guardian
Generation wealth: how the modern world fell in love with money
Lauren Greenfield has spent years photographing the world’s richest people. Now she’s made a documentary on society’s obsession with extreme wealth – and its cost to us all
Se l’intelligenza artificiale legge il giornale - il mio articolo per La Stampa (a pagamento)
http://www.lastampa.it/2018/09/19/tecnologia/se-lintelligenza-artificiale-legge-il-giornale-e9Yap3iLK1n6oUyzWTR34N/premium.html
http://www.lastampa.it/2018/09/19/tecnologia/se-lintelligenza-artificiale-legge-il-giornale-e9Yap3iLK1n6oUyzWTR34N/premium.html
LaStampa.it
Se l’intelligenza artificiale legge il giornale
Dopo che i computer sono diventati capaci di riconoscere gli oggetti e le persone nelle fotografie, adesso è la volta di capire il senso delle parole