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
Non solo le piscine erano una cosa per i bianchi, in America, ma soprattutto i neri ci sì bagnavano i capelli. Insomma, una questione di cuffie razziste.
Money quote: “Historically, swimming pools have played a murky part in racial segregation and disparity in the United States. Despite a public-pool boom in the 1950s and ’60s, generations of black people have not learned how to swim. In 2017, a report from the USA Swimming Foundation found that 64.2 percent of black adults said they had no or low swimming abilities, versus 39.7 percent of white people. Among the black parents in that group, 78 percent said their children had no or low swimming abilities, too.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/567398/
Money quote: “Historically, swimming pools have played a murky part in racial segregation and disparity in the United States. Despite a public-pool boom in the 1950s and ’60s, generations of black people have not learned how to swim. In 2017, a report from the USA Swimming Foundation found that 64.2 percent of black adults said they had no or low swimming abilities, versus 39.7 percent of white people. Among the black parents in that group, 78 percent said their children had no or low swimming abilities, too.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/567398/
The Atlantic
Swim Caps Are Keeping Black Women Out of Pools
Their limited design is yet another contributor to America’s racial disparities in swimming.
Più grosso l’animale, piu lunga la
vita, più alto il rischio di tumore. Eppure non è così. Come fa a difendersi ad esempio l’elegante, che ha un tasso di tumori molto basso nonostante la grande mole e la lunga vita?
Money quote: “This puzzling trend is called Peto’s paradox, named after the British epidemiologist Richard Peto, who described it in the 1970s. Since then, biologists have proposed hundreds of hypotheses to explain it. Some note that larger animals have lower metabolic rates; this reduces the rate at which they acquire mutations. Others have suggested that in big animals, tumors need more time to reach a lethal size; during that time, the tumors likely to grow debilitating secondary tumors of their own.
But perhaps the most common hypothesis is that big animals simply have more anti-cancer defenses, including the “tumor suppressor”
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/567583/
vita, più alto il rischio di tumore. Eppure non è così. Come fa a difendersi ad esempio l’elegante, che ha un tasso di tumori molto basso nonostante la grande mole e la lunga vita?
Money quote: “This puzzling trend is called Peto’s paradox, named after the British epidemiologist Richard Peto, who described it in the 1970s. Since then, biologists have proposed hundreds of hypotheses to explain it. Some note that larger animals have lower metabolic rates; this reduces the rate at which they acquire mutations. Others have suggested that in big animals, tumors need more time to reach a lethal size; during that time, the tumors likely to grow debilitating secondary tumors of their own.
But perhaps the most common hypothesis is that big animals simply have more anti-cancer defenses, including the “tumor suppressor”
https://www.theatlantic.com/amp/article/567583/
The Atlantic
Elephants Have a Secret Weapon Against Cancer
The biggest animals should have the highest risks of developing tumors, but they don’t.
Perchè Apple a ottobre potrebbe sorprendere con un iPad Pro 2018 con Usb-C - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/ipad-pro-usb-c/
https://www.macitynet.it/ipad-pro-usb-c/
Macitynet.it
Perchè Apple a ottobre potrebbe sorprendere con un iPad Pro 2018 con Usb-C - Macitynet.it
La mossa permetterebbe di rendere lo strumento più leggero, l’ideale per chi non vuole spendere i soldio necessari a prendere un MacBook Pro ma anche avviare la convergenza tra iOS e macOS in modo inatteso
Se volete leggere qualcosa sull'autore dell'unico film Pixar-Disney che mi ha fatto piangere (da adulto), Andrea Fiamma è il vostro uomo
Money quote: "«Fare film» è la risposta che diede, dieci anni più tardi, al consulente scolastico che gli chiese cosa avrebbe voluto fare da grande. «Per dissuadermi, chiese “E se i film non esistessero, cosa ti piacerebbe fare?”» ricorda Bird. «Risposi che allora avrei dovuto inventarli.»"
http://www.fumettologica.it/2018/09/brad-bird-incredibili/
Money quote: "«Fare film» è la risposta che diede, dieci anni più tardi, al consulente scolastico che gli chiese cosa avrebbe voluto fare da grande. «Per dissuadermi, chiese “E se i film non esistessero, cosa ti piacerebbe fare?”» ricorda Bird. «Risposi che allora avrei dovuto inventarli.»"
http://www.fumettologica.it/2018/09/brad-bird-incredibili/
Fumettologica
Brad Bird, regista incredibile
Un profilo di Brad Bird, animatore e regista di "Il gigante di ferro" e dello studio Pixar che è appena tornato nei cinema con "Gli Incredibili 2".
Forwarded from Scrivere zen
“Come mangiare sano senza spendere un patrimonio ogni giorno – se poi potete spendercelo, un patrimonio in cibo, ottimo!”. 🍧 I consigli adorabili di Susanna Villa https://susannasway.com/2018/09/19/mangiare-sano-senza-spendere-un-patrimonio/
Susanna's Way
Mangiare sano, spendere il giusto
Non voglio fare la guastafeste, sono la prima ad apprezzare ingredienti assurdi in cucina e il cibo è di gran lunga la cosa per cui spendo di più… però ultimamente ho spesso l’impressi…
Al largo della costa della Polonia c'è una struttura che i nazisti avevano usato per testare le torpedini (e poi dopo di loro anche i sovietici). Pensarla è già un momento di tristezza infinita.
Money quote: "The complex, which has since been nicknamed “Torpedownia,” was actively used for torpedo testing in German-occupied Poland for just a few years, from 1942 and 1945. After the war, when German troops were forced to retreat from Poland, the station was taken over by the Soviet Army. The Soviets used the facility for military dive training until it was eventually abandoned and fell into disrepair. The station’s technical equipment was taken to the USSR, and probably never reassembled or used again."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/torpedownia-torpedo-launch-station
9bcdf
Money quote: "The complex, which has since been nicknamed “Torpedownia,” was actively used for torpedo testing in German-occupied Poland for just a few years, from 1942 and 1945. After the war, when German troops were forced to retreat from Poland, the station was taken over by the Soviet Army. The Soviets used the facility for military dive training until it was eventually abandoned and fell into disrepair. The station’s technical equipment was taken to the USSR, and probably never reassembled or used again."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/torpedownia-torpedo-launch-station
9bcdf
Atlas Obscura
Torpedownia
A World War II torpedo launch station abandoned off the Polish coast.
C'è gente strana. Tipo questo tizio e il suo amore ossessivo per le mappe.
Money quote: "I’ve been called “The Human GPS” by friends. I’m not sure if I should consider that a complement, or an indictment of my navigational, exploratory fetish. When I’d play on the beach as a kid, I’d craft scale models of fantastic cities with intricate highway and irrigation systems to help fake sand-people get around and avoid rush hour traffic or high tides. One particularly elaborate ville took an entire week and stretched some 50′ by 50′, and contained an inner and outer beltway."
https://psiloveyou.xyz/the-navigator-f7f049399387
Money quote: "I’ve been called “The Human GPS” by friends. I’m not sure if I should consider that a complement, or an indictment of my navigational, exploratory fetish. When I’d play on the beach as a kid, I’d craft scale models of fantastic cities with intricate highway and irrigation systems to help fake sand-people get around and avoid rush hour traffic or high tides. One particularly elaborate ville took an entire week and stretched some 50′ by 50′, and contained an inner and outer beltway."
https://psiloveyou.xyz/the-navigator-f7f049399387
P.S. I Love You
The Navigator
Maps: A Love Story.
Un punto di vista forte - non lo condivido - su Apple e la sua attuale linea di prodotti. Interessante però.
Money quote: “The company used to stand for something. Now it’s just chasing profits.”
https://medium.com/s/story/apples-product-line-is-a-mess-5a9a5730cafa
Money quote: “The company used to stand for something. Now it’s just chasing profits.”
https://medium.com/s/story/apples-product-line-is-a-mess-5a9a5730cafa
Medium
Apple’s Product Line Is a Mess
The company used to stand for something. Now it’s just chasing profits.
Arriva iA Writer 5.1, pronto per Mojave - il mio articolo per Macity
Money quote: "Abbiamo potuto provare anche questa versione in beta del software iA Writer, che è uno dei due editor di testo preferiti di chi scrive, e abbiamo trovato un’ottima stabilità complessiva della app e un miglioramento della fluidità di utilizzo"
https://www.macitynet.it/ia-writer-5-1/
Money quote: "Abbiamo potuto provare anche questa versione in beta del software iA Writer, che è uno dei due editor di testo preferiti di chi scrive, e abbiamo trovato un’ottima stabilità complessiva della app e un miglioramento della fluidità di utilizzo"
https://www.macitynet.it/ia-writer-5-1/
Macitynet.it
Arriva iA Writer 5.1, pronto per Mojave - Macitynet.it
Arriva la nuova versione dell’app minimalista per la scrittura in Markdown più premiata. Hashtags, Quick Search, Smart folders e tante altre piccole e meno piccole novità
Letture per il fine settimana. Quando è morto John McCain ci sono stati i funerali di Stato, ai quali il morituro ha voluto che Donald Trump non parlasse. Sono intervenuti Barack Obama e George W. Bush. Due bei discorsi: è passato un po' di tempo e vale la pena riprenderli in mano.
Money quote Bush: "John was, above all, a man with a code. He lived by a set of public virtues that brought strength and purpose to his life and to his country. He was courageous, with a courage that frightened his captors, and inspired his countrymen. He was honest, no matter whom it offended. Presidents were not spared. He was honorable, always recognizing that his opponents were still patriots and human beings. He loved freedom with a passion of a man who knew its absence. He respected the dignity inherent in every life, a dignity that does not stop at borders and cannot be erased by dictators."
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/george-w-bushs-eulogy-john-mccain-funeral/569089/
Money quote Obama: "John understood, as JFK understood, as Ronald Reagan understood, that part of what makes our country great is that our membership is based not on our bloodline, not on what we look like, what our last names are, it’s not based on where our parents or grandparents came from, or how recently they arrived, but on adherence to a common creed: that all of us are created equal, endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights. It has been mentioned today, and we’ve seen footage this week John pushing back against supporters who challenged my patriotism during the 2008 campaign. I was grateful, but I wasn't surprised. As Joe Lieberman said, that was John's instinct. I never saw John treat anyone differently because of their race or religion or gender. And I’m certain that in those moments that have been referred to during the campaign, he saw himself as defending America's character, not just mine. For he considered it the imperative of every citizen who loves this country to treat all people fairly."
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/barack-obama-eulogy-john-mccain/569065/
Money quote Bush: "John was, above all, a man with a code. He lived by a set of public virtues that brought strength and purpose to his life and to his country. He was courageous, with a courage that frightened his captors, and inspired his countrymen. He was honest, no matter whom it offended. Presidents were not spared. He was honorable, always recognizing that his opponents were still patriots and human beings. He loved freedom with a passion of a man who knew its absence. He respected the dignity inherent in every life, a dignity that does not stop at borders and cannot be erased by dictators."
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/george-w-bushs-eulogy-john-mccain-funeral/569089/
Money quote Obama: "John understood, as JFK understood, as Ronald Reagan understood, that part of what makes our country great is that our membership is based not on our bloodline, not on what we look like, what our last names are, it’s not based on where our parents or grandparents came from, or how recently they arrived, but on adherence to a common creed: that all of us are created equal, endowed by our creator with certain inalienable rights. It has been mentioned today, and we’ve seen footage this week John pushing back against supporters who challenged my patriotism during the 2008 campaign. I was grateful, but I wasn't surprised. As Joe Lieberman said, that was John's instinct. I never saw John treat anyone differently because of their race or religion or gender. And I’m certain that in those moments that have been referred to during the campaign, he saw himself as defending America's character, not just mine. For he considered it the imperative of every citizen who loves this country to treat all people fairly."
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/barack-obama-eulogy-john-mccain/569065/
The Atlantic
Read George W. Bush’s Eulogy for John McCain
During a memorial service at the Washington National Cathedral, the former president delivered a tribute to the late Arizona senator, whose bid for the presidency he blocked in 2000.
Ma alla fine l'intelligenza artificiale in azienda a cosa serve?
Money quote: "Machine learning is enabling companies to expand their top-line growth and optimize processes while improving employee engagement and increasing customer satisfaction. Here are some concrete examples of how AI and machine learning are creating value in companies today"
https://hbr.org/2017/05/8-ways-machine-learning-is-improving-companies-work-processes
Money quote: "Machine learning is enabling companies to expand their top-line growth and optimize processes while improving employee engagement and increasing customer satisfaction. Here are some concrete examples of how AI and machine learning are creating value in companies today"
https://hbr.org/2017/05/8-ways-machine-learning-is-improving-companies-work-processes
Harvard Business Review
8 Ways Machine Learning Is Improving Companies’ Work Processes
Corporate investment in AI is predicted to triple this year.
La plastica dal mare ha trovato la via per entrare nella catena alimentare, cioè ce la mangiamo. E non ci fa bene.
Money quote: "The main cause for concern is that these chemicals can mess with our hormones. Specifically, they can mimic hormones like estrogen, interfere with important hormone pathways in the thyroid gland, and inhibit the effects of testosterone."
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/9/11/17614540/plastic-food-containers-contamination-health-risks
Money quote: "The main cause for concern is that these chemicals can mess with our hormones. Specifically, they can mimic hormones like estrogen, interfere with important hormone pathways in the thyroid gland, and inhibit the effects of testosterone."
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/9/11/17614540/plastic-food-containers-contamination-health-risks
Vox
The problem with all the plastic that’s leaching into your food
There’s mounting evidence that it’s a health hazard.
Il grande problema delle nazioni moderne sono le loro gambe, cioè le infrastrutture. L'esempio americano è inquietante, perché la prima economia al mondo ha un problema grosso. Ma la cosa non è banale come può sembrare, dal momento che dietro c'è un tema di inclusione e di democrazia. La tesi, non totalmente condivisibile per un pensiero sanamente critico, è comunque stimolante.
Money quote: "Can we make US infrastructure great again? Yes, and clearly financial investment is essential. But that is not all. Infrastructure is not, and never has been, simply a collection of material objects. The secret of the country’s infrastructure success lies in a forgotten political history: the demands by millions of Americans over time for fairer and more equitable access to rails, pipes, wires, roads and more. The wondrous US infrastructure achievements happened when citizens participated in infrastructure decisions. One can even propose a rule: the better the democracy, the better the infrastructure."
https://aeon.co/ideas/new-tech-only-benefits-the-elite-until-the-people-demand-more
Money quote: "Can we make US infrastructure great again? Yes, and clearly financial investment is essential. But that is not all. Infrastructure is not, and never has been, simply a collection of material objects. The secret of the country’s infrastructure success lies in a forgotten political history: the demands by millions of Americans over time for fairer and more equitable access to rails, pipes, wires, roads and more. The wondrous US infrastructure achievements happened when citizens participated in infrastructure decisions. One can even propose a rule: the better the democracy, the better the infrastructure."
https://aeon.co/ideas/new-tech-only-benefits-the-elite-until-the-people-demand-more
Aeon
New tech only benefits the elite until the people demand more
The United States faces an infrastructure crisis. Report after report warns that the nation’s networks are old, brittle and vulnerable. Systems that were once the envy of the world now suffer from chronic underfunding and neglect. If you’ve travel...