Facile facile, no? Basta volerlo.
Money quote: "I wanted to be a writer for a decade before I became one. All it took was a decision. At some point, you have to look at yourself and say, “I’m a writer.” And then, start doing your job by writing every day."
https://dariusforoux.com/daily-writing-habit/
Money quote: "I wanted to be a writer for a decade before I became one. All it took was a decision. At some point, you have to look at yourself and say, “I’m a writer.” And then, start doing your job by writing every day."
https://dariusforoux.com/daily-writing-habit/
Darius Foroux
Form A Daily Writing Habit—It Will Improve Your Life - Darius Foroux
One of the most important habits that I’ve formed in my life is daily writing. It brought me a better career, fulfillment, and self-improvement.
Una parola, anzi molte parole ma tutte piuttosto importanti di Andrea Tosti su Fumettologica per fare ottimamente il punto sulla direzione di Topolino di Valentina De Poli, che si è conclusa in maniera piuttosto brusca una settimana fa.
Money quote: "Senza conoscere i motivi alla base dell’uscita della direttrice – diverse indiscrezioni hanno riferito di licenziamento, dunque di una scelta aziendale (come peraltro ha facilmente lasciato intuire l’inusuale, per certi versi sibillino, comunicato del Comitato di Redazione apparso nel n. 3280) – resta però un dato: la sfida (complessità adulta & semplicità infantile) di cui si discuteva anche nell’intervista di pochi mesi fa, sembra sia stata perduta.
Sugli aspetti artistico-narrativi alla base di questo (parziale) fallimento, torneremo a breve. Ma innanzitutto va notata una débacle puramente commerciale, che peraltro non ha a che vedere con il nodo delle vendite: basta sfogliare qualche annata del settimanale per rendersi conto del drastico calo delle inserzioni pubblicitarie. Se è vero, infatti, che i 2/3 dei lettori di Topolino sono composti da adulti, è ai bambini che le pubblicità presenti sulla rivista si rivolgono.
Forse non è un caso che l’altra poltrona ad essere saltata è quella di Emanuela Peja, senior marketing manager della rivista, storica collaboratrice di De Poli, ovvero «la mia compagna di viaggio più stretta di questi 10 anni», come la definì nel 2017 in un’altra intervista."
http://www.fumettologica.it/2018/10/topolino-valentina-de-poli-disney/
Money quote: "Senza conoscere i motivi alla base dell’uscita della direttrice – diverse indiscrezioni hanno riferito di licenziamento, dunque di una scelta aziendale (come peraltro ha facilmente lasciato intuire l’inusuale, per certi versi sibillino, comunicato del Comitato di Redazione apparso nel n. 3280) – resta però un dato: la sfida (complessità adulta & semplicità infantile) di cui si discuteva anche nell’intervista di pochi mesi fa, sembra sia stata perduta.
Sugli aspetti artistico-narrativi alla base di questo (parziale) fallimento, torneremo a breve. Ma innanzitutto va notata una débacle puramente commerciale, che peraltro non ha a che vedere con il nodo delle vendite: basta sfogliare qualche annata del settimanale per rendersi conto del drastico calo delle inserzioni pubblicitarie. Se è vero, infatti, che i 2/3 dei lettori di Topolino sono composti da adulti, è ai bambini che le pubblicità presenti sulla rivista si rivolgono.
Forse non è un caso che l’altra poltrona ad essere saltata è quella di Emanuela Peja, senior marketing manager della rivista, storica collaboratrice di De Poli, ovvero «la mia compagna di viaggio più stretta di questi 10 anni», come la definì nel 2017 in un’altra intervista."
http://www.fumettologica.it/2018/10/topolino-valentina-de-poli-disney/
Fumettologica
Topolino: la fine della direzione De Poli e la sua eredità
Cosa e com'è stata la direzione di Topolino di Valentina De Poli, che lascia la rivista dopo un incarico durato undici anni.
Un tempo la cosa importante era fare il codice. Adesso, siccome gli algoritmi sono politici, conta anche lo scopo per il quale viene scritto. La Silicon Valley cerca di tornare ad essere la capitale morale dell'innovazione (ammesso che lo sia mai stata) e dare di nuovo spazio all'utopia della Summer of love (con i fiori nei capelli).
Money quote: "Across the technology industry, rank-and-file employees are demanding greater insight into how their companies are deploying the technology that they built. At Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Salesforce, as well as at tech start-ups, engineers and technologists are increasingly asking whether the products they are working on are being used for surveillance in places like China or for military projects in the United States or elsewhere.
That’s a change from the past, when Silicon Valley workers typically developed products with little questioning about the social costs. It is also a sign of how some tech companies, which grew by serving consumers and businesses, are expanding more into government work. And the shift coincides with concerns in Silicon Valley about the Trump administration’s policies and the larger role of technology in government."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/technology/tech-workers-ask-censorship-surveillance.html
Money quote: "Across the technology industry, rank-and-file employees are demanding greater insight into how their companies are deploying the technology that they built. At Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Salesforce, as well as at tech start-ups, engineers and technologists are increasingly asking whether the products they are working on are being used for surveillance in places like China or for military projects in the United States or elsewhere.
That’s a change from the past, when Silicon Valley workers typically developed products with little questioning about the social costs. It is also a sign of how some tech companies, which grew by serving consumers and businesses, are expanding more into government work. And the shift coincides with concerns in Silicon Valley about the Trump administration’s policies and the larger role of technology in government."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/technology/tech-workers-ask-censorship-surveillance.html
NY Times
Tech Workers Now Want to Know: What Are We Building This For? (Published 2018)
Tech employees concerned their products are being deployed for government surveillance or censorship are increasingly asking their employers how the technology is being used.
Ognuno affronta i passaggi dolorosi della propria vita come vuole e come può, ed elabora a seconda di tante variabili diverse - alcune interne ed altre esterne. In questo caso, l'idea che la madre morente possa vedere il marito (già morto da un paio di decenni) nella stanza è abbastanza inquietante. Raccontarla come se fosse una testimonianza e quindi un fatto che può essere generalizzato, è ancora più inquietante.
Money quote: "Dr. Martha Twaddle, chief medical officer of the Midwest Palliative & Hospice CareCenter, explains further: “You can write it off and say it’s a hallucination, they’re not getting enough oxygen in their brain, but no, it doesn’t apply to many people in these situations. I have to believe they are transitioning; they are in a phase we don’t understand physically or metaphysically. And it is profoundly reassuring to see it happen.”"
https://medium.com/@jenengevik/why-the-dying-see-their-deceased-relatives-before-they-go-and-what-my-dying-mom-told-me-she-saw-d4d30654488e
Money quote: "Dr. Martha Twaddle, chief medical officer of the Midwest Palliative & Hospice CareCenter, explains further: “You can write it off and say it’s a hallucination, they’re not getting enough oxygen in their brain, but no, it doesn’t apply to many people in these situations. I have to believe they are transitioning; they are in a phase we don’t understand physically or metaphysically. And it is profoundly reassuring to see it happen.”"
https://medium.com/@jenengevik/why-the-dying-see-their-deceased-relatives-before-they-go-and-what-my-dying-mom-told-me-she-saw-d4d30654488e
Medium
Why the Dying See Their Deceased Relatives Before They Go — And What My Dying Mom Told Me She Saw
My quest to understand what the dying see began when I found out that my mom only had a few months (if that) to live. I wanted to be…
Cos'è la scrittura? Perché esiste? Come è nata? Non è una domanda peregrina e tutto quello che avete studiato alle medie potrebbe essere sbagliato
Money quote: "Who needs writing, anyway? Seen through the filter of a military analogy, writing might be like nuclear weapons (which were developed specifically by the military), or it might be like gunpowder, which was discovered by alchemists searching for life-prolonging substances hundreds of years before its use in weapons. The question is this: is writing the product of the state in every single stage of its evolution, invented de novo by administrative elites? Or is it composed of pre-existing representational practices that expanded to fill the needs of the state and complex society?"
https://aeon.co/essays/the-roots-of-writing-lie-in-hopes-and-dreams-not-in-accounting
Money quote: "Who needs writing, anyway? Seen through the filter of a military analogy, writing might be like nuclear weapons (which were developed specifically by the military), or it might be like gunpowder, which was discovered by alchemists searching for life-prolonging substances hundreds of years before its use in weapons. The question is this: is writing the product of the state in every single stage of its evolution, invented de novo by administrative elites? Or is it composed of pre-existing representational practices that expanded to fill the needs of the state and complex society?"
https://aeon.co/essays/the-roots-of-writing-lie-in-hopes-and-dreams-not-in-accounting
Aeon
The deep roots of writing
Was writing invented for accounting and administration or did it evolve from religious movements, sorcery and dreams?
Il nuovo Kindle Paperwhite ha la stessa qualità della carta stampata e resiste all’acqua - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/nuovo-kindle-paperwhite-resiste-allacqua/
https://www.macitynet.it/nuovo-kindle-paperwhite-resiste-allacqua/
Macitynet.it
Il nuovo Kindle Paperwhite ha la stessa qualità della carta stampata e resiste all’acqua - Macitynet.it
nuovo kindle Paperwhite con risoluzione 300 ppi, è più sottile, più leggero ora anche resistente all’acqua. il prezzo si ferma a 129,99 euro
Sui fuochi d'artificio, sul loro significato e sulla filosofia che potremmo disgnarci attorno
Money quote: "Fireworks, hypnotic and sublime, are used to celebrate national independence around the globe, as signs of sovereignty or political autonomy. They are the window dressing of the modern state. The exploding rainbows are a tribute to the bloody wars that made the celebration possible. They are a reminder that—under that same sky and upon that same land to which the ashes float—we are kinfolk.
There is exactly one European thinker who could be considered the “philosopher of the firework”: Friedrich Nietzsche. “I am dynamite!” Nietzsche wrote in Ecce Homo. Dynamite, from dunamis, meaning power. Nietzsche, more than any other contemporary thinker, grappled with the draw and the danger of a fiery blaze."
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/07/04/the-philosopher-of-the-firework/
Money quote: "Fireworks, hypnotic and sublime, are used to celebrate national independence around the globe, as signs of sovereignty or political autonomy. They are the window dressing of the modern state. The exploding rainbows are a tribute to the bloody wars that made the celebration possible. They are a reminder that—under that same sky and upon that same land to which the ashes float—we are kinfolk.
There is exactly one European thinker who could be considered the “philosopher of the firework”: Friedrich Nietzsche. “I am dynamite!” Nietzsche wrote in Ecce Homo. Dynamite, from dunamis, meaning power. Nietzsche, more than any other contemporary thinker, grappled with the draw and the danger of a fiery blaze."
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/07/04/the-philosopher-of-the-firework/
The Paris Review
The Philosopher of the Firework - The Paris Review
“I am dynamite!” Nietzsche wrote in ‘Ecce Homo.’ Nietzsche, more than any other contemporary thinker, grappled with the draw and the danger of a fiery blaze.
Nel serraglio digitale, abitato da tante stranezze che hanno voglia di comunicare, è arrivato il momento dello scribacchino seriale affetto da celolunghismo.
Money quote: "At the time of my writing this, I probably average an output of somewhere in the ballpark of 10,000 words per day.
However, over the past 4 years, I can confidently say that I have averaged 3,000 words per day, minimum. If I’m not writing here for Inc, I am writing on Quora. If I’m not writing on Quora, I’m working on my next book. When I’m not working on my next book, I’m ghostwriting for someone else. Even before I had my own agency and I was working 9–5, I would still cram in 2–3 hours of writing every single night.
Writing is my craft, and I treat it like a sport (I grew up playing hockey)."
Uno psicotico affetto da un disturbo ossessivo compulsivo di personalità importante, oltre che un candidato 2018 al più spettacolare burn out del decennio.
Money quote2: "I remember reading a book a while back about writing output, and the author suggested aiming for 500 words per day.
“500 words?” I thought, almost insulted.
“I write 500 words on my phone while I’m waiting in line to ring up my groceries.”
When I tell people how much I write, most don’t believe me. They insist I’ve done the math wrong — which is fair, seeing as I failed math in high school and went to art school instead. But no, I got this equation right: 3,000 words per day is a minimum for me."
https://artplusmarketing.com/what-i-learned-writing-3-000-words-every-single-day-for-4-years-3f75f26d3021
(e comunque, ha ragione lui)
Money quote: "At the time of my writing this, I probably average an output of somewhere in the ballpark of 10,000 words per day.
However, over the past 4 years, I can confidently say that I have averaged 3,000 words per day, minimum. If I’m not writing here for Inc, I am writing on Quora. If I’m not writing on Quora, I’m working on my next book. When I’m not working on my next book, I’m ghostwriting for someone else. Even before I had my own agency and I was working 9–5, I would still cram in 2–3 hours of writing every single night.
Writing is my craft, and I treat it like a sport (I grew up playing hockey)."
Uno psicotico affetto da un disturbo ossessivo compulsivo di personalità importante, oltre che un candidato 2018 al più spettacolare burn out del decennio.
Money quote2: "I remember reading a book a while back about writing output, and the author suggested aiming for 500 words per day.
“500 words?” I thought, almost insulted.
“I write 500 words on my phone while I’m waiting in line to ring up my groceries.”
When I tell people how much I write, most don’t believe me. They insist I’ve done the math wrong — which is fair, seeing as I failed math in high school and went to art school instead. But no, I got this equation right: 3,000 words per day is a minimum for me."
https://artplusmarketing.com/what-i-learned-writing-3-000-words-every-single-day-for-4-years-3f75f26d3021
(e comunque, ha ragione lui)
ART + marketing
What I Learned Writing 3,000 Words Every Single Day for 4 Years
I am a professional writer.
Tsukiji l'hanno spostato così, in una notte. Video epico.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=19&v=z6oYk5PMb38
Per saperne di più:
https://www.sankei.com/photo/story/news/181007/sty1810070003-n1.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=19&v=z6oYk5PMb38
Per saperne di più:
https://www.sankei.com/photo/story/news/181007/sty1810070003-n1.html
YouTube
早朝都内を「ターレ」が大移動 築地から豊洲へ、自走で引越し
東京都中央区の築地市場で活躍した運搬車「ターレ」やフォークリフトが７日早朝、市場移転に伴って、１１日に開場する豊洲市場（江東区）まで約２.３キロを自走して引っ越しした。 都は築地が営業を終えた６日午後から１０日を業者の引っ越し期間に設定し、両市場を最短ルートで移動できるよう、供用前で一般車両が走っていない環状２号...
Nel caso non ve ne foste accorti, qui siamo amanti di ViM. Esperti no, appassionatamente curiosi sì. Funziona anche per la prosa, e non solo per il codice, per dire. Rispetto all'amico-nemico Emacs parecchie cose son fatte diverse, o vanno aggiunte dopo, ma va bene così perché ViM è bello pulito.
Ecco, però non è che non vado a cercare o guardare anche altre cose. Ad esempio, uso con passione Scrivener, iA Writer (e il markdown) e varie altre cose. Una di queste, per cui ho un'insana passione, è WorkFlowy. Un mondo.
Ebbene, esiste anche una versione online di ViM con storage nel browser che permette di usare ViM come se fosse WorkFlowy. Intrigante.
https://github.com/WuTheFWasThat/vimflowy
Qui si prova:
https://vimflowy.netlify.com
Invece, se volete la cosa vera, cioè il vero WorkFlowy, allora andate qua e iscrivetevi passando dal mio referral, così prendete più righe voi e più righe io. Non è necessaria alcuna esperienza di ViM e si possono usare sia il browser che le app gratuite per macOS, iOS e Android. WorkFlowy funziona perfettamente senza bisogno di pagare niente.
https://workflowy.com/invite/28da0735.lnx
Ecco, però non è che non vado a cercare o guardare anche altre cose. Ad esempio, uso con passione Scrivener, iA Writer (e il markdown) e varie altre cose. Una di queste, per cui ho un'insana passione, è WorkFlowy. Un mondo.
Ebbene, esiste anche una versione online di ViM con storage nel browser che permette di usare ViM come se fosse WorkFlowy. Intrigante.
https://github.com/WuTheFWasThat/vimflowy
Qui si prova:
https://vimflowy.netlify.com
Invece, se volete la cosa vera, cioè il vero WorkFlowy, allora andate qua e iscrivetevi passando dal mio referral, così prendete più righe voi e più righe io. Non è necessaria alcuna esperienza di ViM e si possono usare sia il browser che le app gratuite per macOS, iOS e Android. WorkFlowy funziona perfettamente senza bisogno di pagare niente.
https://workflowy.com/invite/28da0735.lnx
GitHub
GitHub - WuTheFWasThat/vimflowy: An open source productivity tool drawing inspiration from workflowy and vim
An open source productivity tool drawing inspiration from workflowy and vim - WuTheFWasThat/vimflowy
Hanno finalmente chiuso Google+. E licenziato un botto di gente. Uno di questi non ci sta e lava i panni sporchi in pubblico su Twitter. Un thread epico. Mai visto uno sputtanamente simile. Se Facebook sta precipitando (ne riparleremo) anche Google non scherza. Sono aziende-Emmenthal, piene di buchi.
Comunque, questo designer spiega con quali forme di ricatto si convincessero tutti i team ad integrare Google+. E molto altro
Money quote: "If your team, say on Gmail or Android, was to integrate Google+’s features then your team would be awarded a 1.5-3x multiplier on top of your yearly bonus. Your bonus was already something like 15% of your salary.
You read that correctly. A fuck ton of money to ruin the product you were building with bloated garbage that no one wanted. No one really liked this. People drank the kool-aid though, but mostly because it was green and made of paper."
https://twitter.com/morganknutson/status/1049523067506966529
Ps: una spettacolare autobiografia su Twitter. Più la leggo e più è geniale.
Comunque, questo designer spiega con quali forme di ricatto si convincessero tutti i team ad integrare Google+. E molto altro
Money quote: "If your team, say on Gmail or Android, was to integrate Google+’s features then your team would be awarded a 1.5-3x multiplier on top of your yearly bonus. Your bonus was already something like 15% of your salary.
You read that correctly. A fuck ton of money to ruin the product you were building with bloated garbage that no one wanted. No one really liked this. People drank the kool-aid though, but mostly because it was green and made of paper."
https://twitter.com/morganknutson/status/1049523067506966529
Ps: una spettacolare autobiografia su Twitter. Più la leggo e più è geniale.
Twitter
Morgan
Now that Google+ has been shuttered, I should air my dirty laundry on how awful the project and exec team was. I'm still pissed about the bait and switch they pulled by telling me I'd be working on Chrome, then putting me on this god forsaken piece of shit…
La domanda è: si tratta di un ipotetica regola oppure della proverbiale eccezione? Comunque, questi qua hanno fatto un'azienda da 700 dipendenti che non ha una sede: lavorano tutti da casa (o dal bar, che più o meno è la stessa cosa). Io ho ancora voglia di essere un nomade digitali. Ma ci vogliono tante cose nella cultura aziendale prima di arrivare a questo livello...
Money quote: ""People always ask, 'Where does Clark go to work?'" said InVision's chief people officer, Mark Frein. "Well, he goes to his desk to work. Sometimes at a coffee shop. Sometimes at his home. It's a very important piece of the puzzle for us, to make sure we all operate the same way. The culture is very strong about leaning into the remote model."."
https://www.businessinsider.com/invision-startup-all-employees-work-remotely-2018-9?IR=T
Money quote: ""People always ask, 'Where does Clark go to work?'" said InVision's chief people officer, Mark Frein. "Well, he goes to his desk to work. Sometimes at a coffee shop. Sometimes at his home. It's a very important piece of the puzzle for us, to make sure we all operate the same way. The culture is very strong about leaning into the remote model."."
https://www.businessinsider.com/invision-startup-all-employees-work-remotely-2018-9?IR=T
Business Insider
All 700 employees at this startup work remotely. Here's why one of its top execs says it's given them a major edge over the competition.
InVision is a 7-year-old software company that has no physical headquarters and whose employees work everywhere from Nigeria to Argentina. "It's about results, not where your IP address is," said InVision's chief people officer, Mark Frein.
Il più grande flop nella storia degli aeroporti è legato a un gigantesco flop nella storia degli aerei di linea: il supersonico americano (che non c'è mai stato, per l'appunto). Signore e signori, ecco a voi il non-aeroporto di Dade-Collier: la Malpensa della Florida. (Scherzo, eh!)
Money quote: "The Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, constructed in 1968 about 50 miles west of Miami, was once intended to have six runways, cover 39 square miles of terrain, and serve 35 million passengers a year. Size projections would have placed the airport as larger than the Los Angeles, O’Hare, JFK, and San Francisco airports combined. The grand plans even included a 50-mile monorail from the airport to downtown Miami."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dadecollier-training-and-transition-airport-everglades
Money quote: "The Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport, constructed in 1968 about 50 miles west of Miami, was once intended to have six runways, cover 39 square miles of terrain, and serve 35 million passengers a year. Size projections would have placed the airport as larger than the Los Angeles, O’Hare, JFK, and San Francisco airports combined. The grand plans even included a 50-mile monorail from the airport to downtown Miami."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/dadecollier-training-and-transition-airport-everglades
Atlas Obscura
Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport
It was supposed to be the largest airport in the world.
“First Man – Il primo uomo”, la mia recensione per Fumettologica
Money quote: "La pellicola è difficile da inquadrare. Dovrebbe essere la storia dello sbarco sulla Luna, almeno dal punto di vista dello spettatore che non ha ben capito che film sia. Lo è, per carità. Ma è anche la storia di un uomo, Neil Armstrong, che incidentalmente è anche il primo uomo ad aver messo piede sulla Luna. Ma che soprattutto è un uomo che ha perso la figlia ancora molto piccola per un tumore. Un uomo che è in difficoltà, fa comprensibilmente fatica a rimettere assieme i pezzi del suo cuore e della sua famiglia, per andare avanti fino alla missione dell’Apollo 11 che l’ha in effetti portato sulla Luna. Insomma, c’è la Luna, ma non è realmente di quello che parla il film."
http://www.fumettologica.it/2018/10/first-man-il-primo-uomo-la-recensione/
Money quote: "La pellicola è difficile da inquadrare. Dovrebbe essere la storia dello sbarco sulla Luna, almeno dal punto di vista dello spettatore che non ha ben capito che film sia. Lo è, per carità. Ma è anche la storia di un uomo, Neil Armstrong, che incidentalmente è anche il primo uomo ad aver messo piede sulla Luna. Ma che soprattutto è un uomo che ha perso la figlia ancora molto piccola per un tumore. Un uomo che è in difficoltà, fa comprensibilmente fatica a rimettere assieme i pezzi del suo cuore e della sua famiglia, per andare avanti fino alla missione dell’Apollo 11 che l’ha in effetti portato sulla Luna. Insomma, c’è la Luna, ma non è realmente di quello che parla il film."
http://www.fumettologica.it/2018/10/first-man-il-primo-uomo-la-recensione/
Fumettologica
"First Man - Il primo uomo", la recensione - Fumettologica
Com'è First Man - Il primo uomo, il nuovo film di Damien Chazelle con Ryan Gosling, che racconta la storia di Neil Armstrong, il primo americano sulla Luna.
Essere licenziati non è piacevole. Essere licenziati da una macchina? Ancora meno piacevole. Sarebbe bello dire "kafkiano", ma in realtà è esattamente il contratio di kafkiano. Però rende l'idea.
Money quote: "Inside the building, my card failed again, and the loud grumpy beep made sure everyone was aware of it. Jose let me in once more.
It wasn't the first time my key card failed, I assumed it was time to replace it. As soon as I got to my floor, I went to see my manager to let her know. She promised to order me a new one right away. In the meanwhile, every morning the security guard would have to print a temporary badge for me that would expire by 7pm. Small price to pay.
I went to my desk and worked for a few hours on hardware. When I was done, I logged into my Windows machine to mark my Jira ticket as completed, that's when I noticed that I had been logged out of Jira. I tried my jira credentials multiple times and they did not work."
https://idiallo.com/blog/when-a-machine-fired-me
Money quote: "Inside the building, my card failed again, and the loud grumpy beep made sure everyone was aware of it. Jose let me in once more.
It wasn't the first time my key card failed, I assumed it was time to replace it. As soon as I got to my floor, I went to see my manager to let her know. She promised to order me a new one right away. In the meanwhile, every morning the security guard would have to print a temporary badge for me that would expire by 7pm. Small price to pay.
I went to my desk and worked for a few hours on hardware. When I was done, I logged into my Windows machine to mark my Jira ticket as completed, that's when I noticed that I had been logged out of Jira. I tried my jira credentials multiple times and they did not work."
https://idiallo.com/blog/when-a-machine-fired-me
Ibrahim Diallo Blog
The Machine Fired Me
It was 7am when my phone rang. Instead of an alarm, it was my recruiter disturbing me from a pleasant dream. It was too early for a phone call or to be caught off guard, so I did not answer. I went to
Il più grande problema verso il quale corriamo come un treno con i freni rotti sono le foto e i video fake. Una startup americana ha fatto un plugin per il browser che analizza in tempo reale e becca le foto false.
Money quote: “What we really need, says Ash Bhat, is a tool that proactively tells people when their media diet has become infected with misinformation, at the very moment they’re seeing it. So Bhat and his business partner, Rohan Phadte, both UC Berkeley undergrads, came up with a browser plug-in that does just that”
https://www.wired.com/story/surfsafe-browser-extension-save-you-from-fake-photos/
Money quote: “What we really need, says Ash Bhat, is a tool that proactively tells people when their media diet has become infected with misinformation, at the very moment they’re seeing it. So Bhat and his business partner, Rohan Phadte, both UC Berkeley undergrads, came up with a browser plug-in that does just that”
https://www.wired.com/story/surfsafe-browser-extension-save-you-from-fake-photos/
WIRED
This Browser Extension Is Like an AntiVirus for Fake Photos
Two UC Berkeley undergrads developed SurfSafe to alert people that their media diet is infected with misinformation, right when it happens.
Before I learned software development, API sounded like a kind of beer.
Today I use the term so often that I have in fact recently tried to order an API at a bar.
The bartender’s response was to throw a 404: resource not found.
Today I use the term so often that I have in fact recently tried to order an API at a bar.
The bartender’s response was to throw a 404: resource not found.
Le persone non sono tutte uguali. Viviamo in una Repubblica fondata sui valori dell'antifascismo, nata dalle ceneri della Seconda guerra mondiale, costruita da partigiani cattolici, laici, socialisti e comunisti. Ma la nostra memoria sta svanendo. Mi rendo anche conto, scrivendo queste parole, di suonare anch'io come uno dei vecchi tromboni che ci ricordano dei partigiani e tutto il resto della stessa vecchia solfa. Però è vero, e dimenticarlo è uno sbaglio doloroso.
Il musicista ebreo Enrico Fink spiega ad Alessandra Mussolini che Benito Mussolini ha ucciso suo nonno.
Money quote: "Ti capisco benissimo: tuo nonno è stato ammazzato, non l'hai potuto conoscere, e te ne dispiace; e vuoi difenderne la memoria. È comprensibilissimo, e anche giusto direi in una qualche misura. Mi permetto di darti del tu perché in questo siamo simili: anche mio nonno è stato ammazzato, anche io non ho potuto conoscerlo, anche a me dispiace. Anche io voglio difenderne la memoria. Solo che il responsabile della morte del mio, di nonno, è il tuo."
https://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2018/10/19/news/il_musicista_fink_ad_alessandra_mussolini_anche_mio_nonno_e_morto_ma_il_responsabile_e_il_tuo_-209364496/
Il musicista ebreo Enrico Fink spiega ad Alessandra Mussolini che Benito Mussolini ha ucciso suo nonno.
Money quote: "Ti capisco benissimo: tuo nonno è stato ammazzato, non l'hai potuto conoscere, e te ne dispiace; e vuoi difenderne la memoria. È comprensibilissimo, e anche giusto direi in una qualche misura. Mi permetto di darti del tu perché in questo siamo simili: anche mio nonno è stato ammazzato, anche io non ho potuto conoscerlo, anche a me dispiace. Anche io voglio difenderne la memoria. Solo che il responsabile della morte del mio, di nonno, è il tuo."
https://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2018/10/19/news/il_musicista_fink_ad_alessandra_mussolini_anche_mio_nonno_e_morto_ma_il_responsabile_e_il_tuo_-209364496/
Repubblica.it
Il musicista Fink ad Alessandra Mussolini: "Anche mio nonno è stato ucciso, ma il responsabile è il tuo..."
La lettera su Facebook dopo che europarlamentare del Ppe ha detto di voler querelare chi offende la memoria del Duce
Una buona lettura che viene da lontano per la domenica. Il buon dottore Isaac Asimov recensì ai tempi "1984" di George Orwell. In questa stagione turbolenta, grillina, leghista, putinina e trumpiana, ne consiglio vivamente la lettura. Per rimettere un po' le cose in prospettiva e capire come una narrazione tira l'altra, portandoci là dove nessuna psicostoria è in grado di prevedere.
Money quote: "Even if Stalinism and McCarthyism are disregarded, however, more and more Americans were becoming aware of just how 'big' the government was getting; how high taxes were; how increasingly rules and regulations permeated business and even ordinary life; how information concerning every facet of private life was entering the files not only of government bureaux but of private credit systems.
1984, therefore, came to stand not for Stalinism, or even for dictatorship in general - but merely for government. Even governmental paternalism seemed '1984ish' and the catch phrase 'Big Brother is watching you' came to mean everything that was too big for the individual to control.
It was not only big government and big business that was a symptom of 1984
but big science, big labour, big anything."
http://www.newworker.org/ncptrory/1984.htm
Money quote: "Even if Stalinism and McCarthyism are disregarded, however, more and more Americans were becoming aware of just how 'big' the government was getting; how high taxes were; how increasingly rules and regulations permeated business and even ordinary life; how information concerning every facet of private life was entering the files not only of government bureaux but of private credit systems.
1984, therefore, came to stand not for Stalinism, or even for dictatorship in general - but merely for government. Even governmental paternalism seemed '1984ish' and the catch phrase 'Big Brother is watching you' came to mean everything that was too big for the individual to control.
It was not only big government and big business that was a symptom of 1984
but big science, big labour, big anything."
http://www.newworker.org/ncptrory/1984.htm
Su Mostly, I Write abbiamo già affrontato un paio di volte il tema degli ascensori. Ne sono completamente affascinato, stregato. E soprattutto in posti come New York. Dopodiché, pensare a chi soffre di fobie legate agli ambienti chiusi o in movimento verticale, diventa davvero intrigante.
Money quote: "Once—during a time in my life when the phobia’s grip happened to be particularly weak—I got in the elevator with my fellow commuters at the 168th Street subway station in Washington Heights to head down to the subterranean 1 train platform. It was a foreboding specimen of an elevator, stainless steel and poorly lit. And then it didn’t move. Five seconds. Ten seconds. Nothing. I panicked. “We’re stuck!” I shouted, and began pacing the small space, staring at the ground, trying to ignore my heart spiking out of my rib cage. Then a fellow passenger noticed an important detail—no one had actually pressed the “down” button. We made it to the platform soon after. But it was too late: the phobia had rushed back in, at full strength. And for years after, I was back to avoiding every elevator I possibly could. "
https://www.topic.com/the-elevator-phobes-of-a-vertical-city
Money quote: "Once—during a time in my life when the phobia’s grip happened to be particularly weak—I got in the elevator with my fellow commuters at the 168th Street subway station in Washington Heights to head down to the subterranean 1 train platform. It was a foreboding specimen of an elevator, stainless steel and poorly lit. And then it didn’t move. Five seconds. Ten seconds. Nothing. I panicked. “We’re stuck!” I shouted, and began pacing the small space, staring at the ground, trying to ignore my heart spiking out of my rib cage. Then a fellow passenger noticed an important detail—no one had actually pressed the “down” button. We made it to the platform soon after. But it was too late: the phobia had rushed back in, at full strength. And for years after, I was back to avoiding every elevator I possibly could. "
https://www.topic.com/the-elevator-phobes-of-a-vertical-city
Topic
The Elevator-Phobes of a Vertical City
The elevator-phobic and the city.