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Storie e pensieri suoi e di altri, raccolti da Antonio Dini http://www.antoniodini.com
Per contatti su Telegram: @antoniodini
Per iscriversi alla newsletter Mostly Weekly: https://tinyletter.com/MostlyIWrite
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Lo scrittore artificiale esiste! Il rapporto con l’editore è esattamente quello.
Sto finalizzando la newsletter di Mostly, I Write. Se c’è qualche volontario per ricevere il/i numeri zero, potete dm qui su telegram il vostro contatto email all’indirizzo @antoniodini
Pensierino serale. Il problema di una società bulimica, costruita per massimizzare i consumi, è che poi si trasforma in un ricettacolo di paradossi. Ad esempio, l'intersezione del rapporto con le tecnologie e la nostra vita privata

Money quote: "Instead of our devices being a distraction from our relationships, our relationships seem to be a distraction from our devices."

https://medium.com/s/story/have-we-married-technology-and-divorced-ourselves-from-people-21482c68b437
Gli ultimi eroi del volo sono i piloti che fanno trasferimenti da un continente all'altro di piccoli aerei privati per i loro proprietari.

Money quote: "My earliest memories are of lining up my stuffed toys and dolls in the cockpit of a small Cessna aircraft. As my father built up his flying hours, there would be afternoon trips to France - my tiny bicycle stowed away in the back. A cycle ride along the beaches of Le Touquet would be my reward for enduring the occasional bumpy flight without complaint.

Later, as a teenager, I loved listening to stories of his flying adventures. Yet I was aware those gripping tales of flights over war-torn countries or in icy conditions across the Atlantic Ocean were censored to protect me from worrying about his safety.
In 1999 my father was killed when the aircraft he was delivering crashed over the mountains in Canada."

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34484972
Ok, quasi ci siamo. Grazie a una pattuglia di volontari, il primo numero zero della newsletter di Mostly, I Write è andato. Ne faccio un altro prima di cominciare seriamente. Però, se intanto volete iscrivervi, si parte da qui:

https://tinyletter.com/MostlyIWrite
Per comprendere meglio l'attuale ossessione per gli assistenti intelligenti con i quali parlare. L'idea è antica e potente, a me pare odiosa e inutile.

Money quote: "Two decades later, with the rise of voice computing platforms such as Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant, the world’s biggest tech companies are suddenly, precipitously moving in Tunstall-­Pedoe’s direction. Voice-­enabled smart speakers have become some of the industry’s best-selling products; in 2018 alone, according to a report by NPR and Edison Research, their prevalence in American households grew by 78 percent. According to one market survey, people ask their smart speakers to answer questions more often than they do anything else with them. Tunstall-­Pedoe’s vision of computers responding to our queries in a single pass—providing one-shot answers, as they are known in the search community—has gone mainstream. The internet and the multibillion-­dollar business ecosystems it supports are changing irrevocably. So, too, is the creation, distribution, and control of information—the very nature of how we know what we know."

https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-alexa-search-for-the-one-perfect-answer/
Giocavate a D e D? Tempo di guardare le mappe

Money quote: "Whether you’ve diagrammed it out on graph paper, or jotted it down freehand; whether it’s a network of underground stone passages or a guide to the only path through a haunted swampland; whether it has a detailed key and spot illustrations or it’s just a bunch of lines, we want to see your original D&D adventure maps. If you’ve ever drawn a dungeon map in the past, send us a picture, and if you haven’t, now’s the time to dream one up. Use your imagination, be detailed, and have fun!"

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/send-us-your-dungeons-and-dragons-map
Tra poco mando il secondo (e ultimo) numero zero della newsletter di Mostly, I Write. Se avete voglia di iscrivervi, questo è il momento. Per chi ha già ricevuto il primo (e voi sapete chi siete), non c'è bisogno di fare altro.

Per iscriversi: https://tinyletter.com/MostlyIWrite

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