Cresce lo spazio per GitLab, che ha dietro anche i soldi di Alphabet, cioè Google.
Money quote: “GitLab, whose customers include Intel Corp., Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Nasdaq Inc., saw a surge of users after Microsoft agreed in June to buy GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock. Some programmers were concerned about how Microsoft -- historically critical of open-source tools like GitHub and GitLab -- would change the platform as its new owner.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-19/alphabet-backs-gitlab-s-quest-to-surpass-microsoft-s-github
Money quote: “GitLab, whose customers include Intel Corp., Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Nasdaq Inc., saw a surge of users after Microsoft agreed in June to buy GitHub for $7.5 billion in stock. Some programmers were concerned about how Microsoft -- historically critical of open-source tools like GitHub and GitLab -- would change the platform as its new owner.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-19/alphabet-backs-gitlab-s-quest-to-surpass-microsoft-s-github
Bloomberg
Alphabet Backs GitLab's Quest to Surpass Microsoft's GitHub
GitLab Inc., a platform for sharing and collaborating on code, said it raised $100 million to expand its suite of tools as it fights for market share with with Microsoft Corp.’s GitHub.
La Ue ha dato disco verde alla acquisizione di GitHub da parte di Microsoft. Ci sono ancora dei ribelli che non ci stanno. Ecco sei alternative a GitHub.
Money quote: “Some of us working in IT for a long time. We have not forgotten big evil Microsoft. Microsoft is the same company that was behind the SCO Lawsuit against Linux and called open source cancer. It actively follows a policy of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. Microsoft is also known for its abuse of patents (see Netscape and Microsoft is generating $2 billion per year in revenue from Android patent royalties) and the recent Windows 10 Telemetry privacy issues. The list is endless. One should be a cautious trusting company that has a strong history of abuse towards open source communities and Linux operating system. Hence, installing your Git server is the best policy”
https://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/github-alternatives-open-source-seflt-hosted
Money quote: “Some of us working in IT for a long time. We have not forgotten big evil Microsoft. Microsoft is the same company that was behind the SCO Lawsuit against Linux and called open source cancer. It actively follows a policy of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish. Microsoft is also known for its abuse of patents (see Netscape and Microsoft is generating $2 billion per year in revenue from Android patent royalties) and the recent Windows 10 Telemetry privacy issues. The list is endless. One should be a cautious trusting company that has a strong history of abuse towards open source communities and Linux operating system. Hence, installing your Git server is the best policy”
https://www.cyberciti.biz/open-source/github-alternatives-open-source-seflt-hosted
nixCraft
6 Github alternatives that are open source and self-hosted
A curated list of six awesome open source Github alternatives that you can host on your own server.
Torna Nietzsche, per tutti gli appassionati di self help.
Money quote: ““Become who you are,” the quotation that Nietzsche chose for the epigraph of his graduate dissertation, is a line from the Pythian odes of the Greek poet Pindar. Bereft of context, this pronouncement can sound as flabbily vacant as the text of a self-help manual. After all, how could anyone fail to become who she is? Is there any instruction more trivial? The full Pindar quote, however, outlines a daunting assignment: “Learn and become who you are.” Nietzsche knew that if philosophy can serve as therapy, it’s by delivering an electric jolt to the soul.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/nietzsches-guide-to-better-living/568375/
Money quote: ““Become who you are,” the quotation that Nietzsche chose for the epigraph of his graduate dissertation, is a line from the Pythian odes of the Greek poet Pindar. Bereft of context, this pronouncement can sound as flabbily vacant as the text of a self-help manual. After all, how could anyone fail to become who she is? Is there any instruction more trivial? The full Pindar quote, however, outlines a daunting assignment: “Learn and become who you are.” Nietzsche knew that if philosophy can serve as therapy, it’s by delivering an electric jolt to the soul.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/10/nietzsches-guide-to-better-living/568375/
The Atlantic
How to Live Better, According to Nietzsche
John Kaag’s fascinating new book about the German thinker seeks to tether philosophy back to the mess of daily experience.
La trasformazione di Rocky con i due ultimi film (Creed e Creed II, appena uscito) è molto più profonda e simbolicamente importante di quel che non possiate pensare per l’immaginario dell’America bianca.
Money quote: “But of course, Ali himself said it best. “For the black man to come out superior,” Ali once told Roger Ebert, “would be against America’s teachings. I have been so great in boxing they had to create an image like Rocky, a white image on the screen, to counteract my image in the ring. America has to have its white images, no matter where it gets them. Jesus, Wonder Woman, Tarzan, and Rocky.””
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/11/how-creed-forever-changed-rocky-series/576757/
Money quote: “But of course, Ali himself said it best. “For the black man to come out superior,” Ali once told Roger Ebert, “would be against America’s teachings. I have been so great in boxing they had to create an image like Rocky, a white image on the screen, to counteract my image in the ring. America has to have its white images, no matter where it gets them. Jesus, Wonder Woman, Tarzan, and Rocky.””
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/11/how-creed-forever-changed-rocky-series/576757/
The Atlantic
How 'Creed' Forever Changed the 'Rocky' Series
Ryan Coogler and Sylvester Stallone profoundly altered the racial subtext of America’s most iconic sports-film franchise.
Qualcomm: «Vogliamo conquistare il cuore di 200 milioni di Pc» - il mio articolo per Il Sole 24 Ore
https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tecnologie/2018-12-10/qualcom-vogliamo-conquistare-cuore-200-milioni-pc-092444.shtml?uuid=AECJu3wG
https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tecnologie/2018-12-10/qualcom-vogliamo-conquistare-cuore-200-milioni-pc-092444.shtml?uuid=AECJu3wG
Il Sole 24 ORE
Qualcom: «Vogliamo conquistare il cuore di 200 milioni di Pc»
Presentato il nuovo processore Snapdragon 8cx, più potente, connesso e performante della concorrenza di Intel e di Apple. L'obiettivo è trasformare il computer portatile con Windows 10 Professionale
Punto di vista femminista-possibilista sul sesso coniugale (e gli stereotipi e fattori di crisi associati ad esso nella vita di coppia).
Money quote: “Sorry if that sounds judgemental--it's simply that sex should be pleasurable for both parties. If you or your partner feel like sex has become a burden, it's time to talk about it.
In talking about it, you want to find a way to make sex more satisfying. Sure, maybe it means spicing things up. But it might just mean taking a little pressure off too. Every couple's issues vary, but you've got to face them to get past them.”
https://medium.com/@Shesreallyfat/marriage-shouldnt-ruin-your-sex-life-99d898a1e971
Money quote: “Sorry if that sounds judgemental--it's simply that sex should be pleasurable for both parties. If you or your partner feel like sex has become a burden, it's time to talk about it.
In talking about it, you want to find a way to make sex more satisfying. Sure, maybe it means spicing things up. But it might just mean taking a little pressure off too. Every couple's issues vary, but you've got to face them to get past them.”
https://medium.com/@Shesreallyfat/marriage-shouldnt-ruin-your-sex-life-99d898a1e971
Medium
Marriage Shouldn't Ruin Your Sex Life
Because someone's got to give.
Epico articolo sulle lingue come sistemi complessi in costante evoluzione. Dopo averlo letto, non penserete più come prima a come si parla.
Money quote: "The thousands of words in the language are a swirling mass constantly on the move. Again, when one piece moves, threatening a gap or an overlap, something else moves too. The individual, short-term change is random; the overall, long-term change is systemic."
https://aeon.co/essays/why-language-might-be-the-optimal-self-regulating-system
Money quote: "The thousands of words in the language are a swirling mass constantly on the move. Again, when one piece moves, threatening a gap or an overlap, something else moves too. The individual, short-term change is random; the overall, long-term change is systemic."
https://aeon.co/essays/why-language-might-be-the-optimal-self-regulating-system
Aeon
Who decides what words mean
Bound by rules, yet constantly changing, language might be the ultimate self-regulating system, with nobody in charge
In prova la eSIM di iPhone XS negli Stati Uniti: piani, costi e come funziona - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/in-prova-la-esim-di-iphone-xs-negli-stati-uniti-piani-costi-e-come-funziona/
https://www.macitynet.it/in-prova-la-esim-di-iphone-xs-negli-stati-uniti-piani-costi-e-come-funziona/
Macitynet.it
In prova la eSIM di iPhone XS negli Stati Uniti: piani, costi e come funziona - Macitynet.it
Abbiamo provato la eSIM di iPhone XS negli USA. Gli operatori, i piani dati, quanto costa, cosa offrono, come configurarlo e come funziona
Leggete meno di cento libri all'anno? Siete dei falliti. Ecco qui come fare a toccare quota 150. Autoaiuto per la lettura massiccia e seriale. Ma perché poi?
Money quote: "In 2015, I read a mere 48 books, and thought that was a lot. If you had told me I’d triple that number in a few years, I would have asked you to share what you were smoking. But I believe that by applying the strategies I’m about to enumerate, you can easily double or triple your yearly book count — even if you have a 9–5 job, spouse, and 2.3 children. These strategies work with the life you have right now. My goal is to help you jettison your excuses into low earth orbit so you can get to enjoy reading all those books you’ve always wanted to read."
Money quote 2: "On your deathbed, what would you rather look back on: scrolling through thousands of eminently forgettable social media posts, or having read a heap of enlightening, enriching books?"
https://medium.com/@dralibinazir/9-simple-strategies-for-reading-more-books-how-i-read-130-books-a-year-554ef80006f9
Money quote: "In 2015, I read a mere 48 books, and thought that was a lot. If you had told me I’d triple that number in a few years, I would have asked you to share what you were smoking. But I believe that by applying the strategies I’m about to enumerate, you can easily double or triple your yearly book count — even if you have a 9–5 job, spouse, and 2.3 children. These strategies work with the life you have right now. My goal is to help you jettison your excuses into low earth orbit so you can get to enjoy reading all those books you’ve always wanted to read."
Money quote 2: "On your deathbed, what would you rather look back on: scrolling through thousands of eminently forgettable social media posts, or having read a heap of enlightening, enriching books?"
https://medium.com/@dralibinazir/9-simple-strategies-for-reading-more-books-how-i-read-130-books-a-year-554ef80006f9
Medium
9 Simple Strategies to Read More Books: How I Read 150+ Books a Year
I have a mini-confession for you: I love bookstores. Actually, that is not entirely true. I am crazy for bookstores.
Alla fine, poi, per diventare elettrici cosa ci voleva? Guardate Shenzen: autobus elettrici, -48% dell'inquinamento. Seguono obbligatoriamente i taxi. Facile, no?
Sono i costi e le stazioni di ricarica il problema? Se pensate al costo totale e non solo a quello dell'acquisto del bus o della costruzione della stazione elettrica, secondo me alla fine ci guadagnano piuttosto velocemente.
Ma certamente noi abbiamo le nostre buone ragioni per non fare una cosa del genere...
Money quote: "All 16,000 buses in Shenzhen are now electric. This will cut the city's CO2 emissions by 48% and help tackle their smog problem. Each bus costs 1.8 million yuan, so it's pretty expensive, but more than half the cost was paid for by government subsidies. Charging stations are a big bottleneck, so the city has built 40,000 charging stations. The buses can get 200 km per charge. By the end of the month, Shenzhen will require all 22,000 of the city's taxis to switch to electric as well. An interviewed passenger said "It's quieter, smoother and I only pay the same fare as before. I would say most people here are happy with the switch.""
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/dec/12/silence-shenzhen-world-first-electric-bus-fleet
Sono i costi e le stazioni di ricarica il problema? Se pensate al costo totale e non solo a quello dell'acquisto del bus o della costruzione della stazione elettrica, secondo me alla fine ci guadagnano piuttosto velocemente.
Ma certamente noi abbiamo le nostre buone ragioni per non fare una cosa del genere...
Money quote: "All 16,000 buses in Shenzhen are now electric. This will cut the city's CO2 emissions by 48% and help tackle their smog problem. Each bus costs 1.8 million yuan, so it's pretty expensive, but more than half the cost was paid for by government subsidies. Charging stations are a big bottleneck, so the city has built 40,000 charging stations. The buses can get 200 km per charge. By the end of the month, Shenzhen will require all 22,000 of the city's taxis to switch to electric as well. An interviewed passenger said "It's quieter, smoother and I only pay the same fare as before. I would say most people here are happy with the switch.""
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/dec/12/silence-shenzhen-world-first-electric-bus-fleet
the Guardian
Shenzhen's silent revolution: world's first fully electric bus fleet quietens Chinese megacity
All 16,000 buses in the fast-growing Chinese megacity are now electric, and soon all 22,000 taxis will be too
Il calendario dell'avvento del codice: è per informatici o amanti dell'informatica, ma in generale è divertente e non richiede competenze tecniche
Money quote: "Advent of Code is an Advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like. People use them as a speed contest, interview prep, company training, university coursework, practice problems, or to challenge each other.
You don't need a computer science background to participate - just a little programming knowledge and some problem solving skills will get you pretty far. Nor do you need a fancy computer; every problem has a solution that completes in at most 15 seconds on ten-year-old hardware."
https://adventofcode.com/2018
Money quote: "Advent of Code is an Advent calendar of small programming puzzles for a variety of skill sets and skill levels that can be solved in any programming language you like. People use them as a speed contest, interview prep, company training, university coursework, practice problems, or to challenge each other.
You don't need a computer science background to participate - just a little programming knowledge and some problem solving skills will get you pretty far. Nor do you need a fancy computer; every problem has a solution that completes in at most 15 seconds on ten-year-old hardware."
https://adventofcode.com/2018
È arrivato il momento di riscoprire la street photography, nell'accezione più ampia di fotografia che tratti "the interest and the investigation of people, architecture and forms that occur in public spaces and ran with it too". In questo caso, buona l'idea di arrivare lentamente al nocciolo della storia: la fotografia digitale declinata nei telefonini sta cambiando ancora il nostro sguardo. Ma alla fine, ammettiamolo, è un'arte.
Money quote: "The thing to note about photography is that it doesn’t take hours, days, months to make a good photo (circumstantially, in some cases it does waiting for the right season/weather/moment etc) but specifically with street photography, you have to consider all rules, forms and techniques of composition in less than a split second to create these moments. This is what HCB was on about when he coined the words “decisive moment”. This is an important factor to consider when viewing and considering the artistic value of an image, especially a street photo."
https://medium.com/photo-dojo/the-decisive-moment-street-photography-beyond-photojournalism-1a2dda1b23fd
Come bonus, ecco alcuni buoni motivo per scattare (qualche volta) con la pellicola.
Money quote 2: "Shooting film has slowed me down considerably but in a good way. The time between finishing a roll and seeing the results is roughly a week for me assuming I ship it to the lab as soon as I rewind. This separation time disconnects me emotionally from the work I did out on the street. When I see it again, it’s almost as with new eyes.
Writers are encouraged to adopt a similar process of separation or disconnecting from their work then returning to it later. It improves objectivity and thus makes you a better critic of your own work."
https://medium.com/photo-dojo/why-shoot-film-sometimes-113fee853fcf
Money quote: "The thing to note about photography is that it doesn’t take hours, days, months to make a good photo (circumstantially, in some cases it does waiting for the right season/weather/moment etc) but specifically with street photography, you have to consider all rules, forms and techniques of composition in less than a split second to create these moments. This is what HCB was on about when he coined the words “decisive moment”. This is an important factor to consider when viewing and considering the artistic value of an image, especially a street photo."
https://medium.com/photo-dojo/the-decisive-moment-street-photography-beyond-photojournalism-1a2dda1b23fd
Come bonus, ecco alcuni buoni motivo per scattare (qualche volta) con la pellicola.
Money quote 2: "Shooting film has slowed me down considerably but in a good way. The time between finishing a roll and seeing the results is roughly a week for me assuming I ship it to the lab as soon as I rewind. This separation time disconnects me emotionally from the work I did out on the street. When I see it again, it’s almost as with new eyes.
Writers are encouraged to adopt a similar process of separation or disconnecting from their work then returning to it later. It improves objectivity and thus makes you a better critic of your own work."
https://medium.com/photo-dojo/why-shoot-film-sometimes-113fee853fcf
Medium
The Decisive moment — Street photography beyond photojournalism
Street photography has become a very popular medium and practise. It’s gained a mass of attention on Instagram, as all sorts of scenes and…
Cydia è morto e il Jailbreak iPhone non sta troppo bene - Il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/cydia-morto-jailbreak-iphone/
https://www.macitynet.it/cydia-morto-jailbreak-iphone/
Macitynet.it
Cydia è morto e il Jailbreak iPhone non sta troppo bene - Macitynet.it
L’app store per gli iPhone jailbroken si avvia sul cammino del Dodo. Il fondatore: “Continuo a perderci soldi”. Finisce così un’era
Ci ha lasciato all’improvviso il curatore di Urania. Il mio ricordo su Fumettologica
Addio Giuseppe Lippi, e grazie per tutto il pesce - Fumettologica
http://www.fumettologica.it/2018/12/giuseppe-lippi-morto-urania/
Addio Giuseppe Lippi, e grazie per tutto il pesce - Fumettologica
http://www.fumettologica.it/2018/12/giuseppe-lippi-morto-urania/
Fumettologica
Addio Giuseppe Lippi, e grazie per tutto il pesce
È scomparso all’improvviso Giuseppe Lippi, classe 1953, storico curatore di Urania e colonna portante della fantascienza italiana.
Inchiestona di Pro Publica su una delle aziende che svuotano i cassonetti di New York (il servizio è appaltato ad aziende private). Non soltanto perché è interessante leggerlo, ma perché vi dà anche la misura di come sia fatta un'inchiesta.
Money quote: "An investigation by Voice of America and ProPublica, drawing on thousands of pages of public documents and interviews with more than a dozen current and former workers, depicts a workplace environment in which concerns about safety, as well as workers’ rights and compensation, are flouted despite years of complaints from workers to regulators.
Records show that more than three-quarters of Sanitation Salvage trucks have been ordered off the road after federal safety checks. Yet the company has paid lobbyists to fight local legislation that backers say would compel haulers to improve on working conditions and safety.
The Department of Labor several years ago found that Sanitation Salvage had cheated workers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in wages. Today, the New York State Insurance Fund is suing the company for $780,000 in unpaid workers’ compensation insurance obligations for on-the-job injuries."
https://features.propublica.org/sanitation-salvage/sanitation-salvage-accidents-new-york-city-commercial-carting-garbage/
Money quote: "An investigation by Voice of America and ProPublica, drawing on thousands of pages of public documents and interviews with more than a dozen current and former workers, depicts a workplace environment in which concerns about safety, as well as workers’ rights and compensation, are flouted despite years of complaints from workers to regulators.
Records show that more than three-quarters of Sanitation Salvage trucks have been ordered off the road after federal safety checks. Yet the company has paid lobbyists to fight local legislation that backers say would compel haulers to improve on working conditions and safety.
The Department of Labor several years ago found that Sanitation Salvage had cheated workers out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in wages. Today, the New York State Insurance Fund is suing the company for $780,000 in unpaid workers’ compensation insurance obligations for on-the-job injuries."
https://features.propublica.org/sanitation-salvage/sanitation-salvage-accidents-new-york-city-commercial-carting-garbage/
ProPublica
Hell on Wheels: The Rogue World of One of New York’s Major Trash Haulers
Fatal accidents, off-the-books workers, a union once run by a mobster. The rogue world of one of New York’s major trash haulers.
I benefici del roaming europeo: quintuplicato il traffico dati - Il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/i-benefici-del-roaming-europeo-quintuplicato-il-traffico-dati/
https://www.macitynet.it/i-benefici-del-roaming-europeo-quintuplicato-il-traffico-dati/
Macitynet.it
I benefici del roaming europeo: quintuplicato il traffico dati - Macitynet.it
Grazie alla mancanza di costi per usare il cellulare in Europa ne aumenta con decisione l'utilizzo. Ma rimangono alcune "isole": la Svizzera e il piccolo Principato di Monaco.
Cos'è la globalizzazione? Un fatto reale e analogico che cerchiamo di definire in maniera digitale, on-off, bianco-nero. Però un segnale di discontinuità esiste: è la "nave cinese". L'infografica del South China Morning Post è quasi un romanzo interattivo. Bastava poco più e ci facevi un'app a pagamento...
Money quote: "Globalisation is thought to have its beginnings in the 16th century when the Spanish silver dollar went transcontinental. Its acceptance as common currency arose when Spanish navigators in the Philippines established a circular shipping route, known as the tornaviaje, between Asia and the Americas. More than 250 years of uninterrupted trade ensued between Asia and the rest of the world. And the ships playing this route were known as China Ships"
https://multimedia.scmp.com/culture/article/spanish-galleon/chapter_01.html
Ps: per gli appassionati, c'è anche questo sul clima di Hong Kong che si sta devastando...
https://multimedia.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/extreme-weather/index.html
Money quote: "Globalisation is thought to have its beginnings in the 16th century when the Spanish silver dollar went transcontinental. Its acceptance as common currency arose when Spanish navigators in the Philippines established a circular shipping route, known as the tornaviaje, between Asia and the Americas. More than 250 years of uninterrupted trade ensued between Asia and the rest of the world. And the ships playing this route were known as China Ships"
https://multimedia.scmp.com/culture/article/spanish-galleon/chapter_01.html
Ps: per gli appassionati, c'è anche questo sul clima di Hong Kong che si sta devastando...
https://multimedia.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/extreme-weather/index.html
South China Morning Post
The discovery of the roundtrip and the beginning of globalisation
First chapter of “The China Ship” the story of the first globalization that connected Europe, the Americas and China through trade via @scmpgraphics
Il giorno in cui l’Internet Archive smise di salvare il web - il mio articolo per La Stampa (a pagamento)
https://www.lastampa.it/2018/12/18/tecnologia/il-giorno-in-cui-linternet-archive-smise-di-salvare-il-web-nmcaGEt2f8uT4Q0QcUb1TM/premium.html
https://www.lastampa.it/2018/12/18/tecnologia/il-giorno-in-cui-linternet-archive-smise-di-salvare-il-web-nmcaGEt2f8uT4Q0QcUb1TM/premium.html
LaStampa.it
Il giorno in cui l’Internet Archive smise di salvare il web
La paura di cause legali ha spinto l’organizzazione non profit americana che preserva le pagine della rete per le generazioni future a non salvare più quelle a rischio e a cancellare miliardi di altre pagine già registrate