Lettura per il sabato. Il perché della lentezza necessaria nel software.
Money quote: “Researchers can test this with rigs that control exactly how much latency users see. They present a user with an interface having (say) 1ms latency and another with (say) 70ms and then ask them to perform operations like tapping a button. If the 70ms interface consistently feels slower than the 1ms interface, 70ms would be a "noticeable difference."”
https://www.inkandswitch.com/slow-software.html
Money quote: “Researchers can test this with rigs that control exactly how much latency users see. They present a user with an interface having (say) 1ms latency and another with (say) 70ms and then ask them to perform operations like tapping a button. If the 70ms interface consistently feels slower than the 1ms interface, 70ms would be a "noticeable difference."”
https://www.inkandswitch.com/slow-software.html
Inkandswitch
Slow Software
What it means for software to be fast, and why most software is not.
Lettura per la domenica. A breve in Svezia scomparirà il contante. Non è necessariamente una cosa buona.
Money quote: ““When you are where we are, it would be wrong to sit back with our arms crossed, doing nothing, and then just take note of the fact that cash has disappeared,” said Stefan Ingves, the governor of Sweden’s central bank, known as the Riksbank. “You can’t turn back time, but you do have to find a way to deal with change.””
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/business/sweden-cashless-society.html
Money quote: ““When you are where we are, it would be wrong to sit back with our arms crossed, doing nothing, and then just take note of the fact that cash has disappeared,” said Stefan Ingves, the governor of Sweden’s central bank, known as the Riksbank. “You can’t turn back time, but you do have to find a way to deal with change.””
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/business/sweden-cashless-society.html
NY Times
Sweden’s Push to Get Rid of Cash Has Some Saying, ‘Not So Fast’
Cash is disappearing in the country faster than anyone thought it would. Now, officials are trying to slow its demise as they determine the societal costs.
Ieri è morto uno dei più importanti fotogiornalisti del nostro tempo: Yannis Behrakis
Money quote: “Berharkis , 57, explained how, according to him, he has been changing the world in his own way and how he intends to continue doing so, always with a camera on his hands.”
https://www.estorilconferences.org/en/news-articles/how-yannis-behrakis-changing-world
Money quote: “Berharkis , 57, explained how, according to him, he has been changing the world in his own way and how he intends to continue doing so, always with a camera on his hands.”
https://www.estorilconferences.org/en/news-articles/how-yannis-behrakis-changing-world
Estoril Conferences
How Yannis Behrakis is changing the world
Berharkis , 57, explained how, according to him, he has been changing the world in his own way and how he intends to continue doing so, always with a camera on his hands. The Greek photojournalist told the floor how complex are the realities he has been witnessing…
La straordinaria traiettoria artistica e umana del cartoonist Edmond Baudoin
Money quote: “He came to cartooning relatively late in life—his first album (as the French call their bound comic books) wasn’t published until he was forty years old, in the early eighties. From his earliest works, Baudoin focused on autobiography, making him one of the first French cartoonists to explore this genre, which has gone on to become one of the most prominent features of European literary comics. At the same time, his art—already confident, with an inky expressionist manner reminiscent of his contemporaries Jacques Tardi and José Antonio Muñoz—evolved quickly into a daringly loose, calligraphic brush style that has made him one of the most respected and recognizable cartoonists in Europe.”
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/11/30/on-edmond-baudoin-an-ink-stained-proust/
Money quote: “He came to cartooning relatively late in life—his first album (as the French call their bound comic books) wasn’t published until he was forty years old, in the early eighties. From his earliest works, Baudoin focused on autobiography, making him one of the first French cartoonists to explore this genre, which has gone on to become one of the most prominent features of European literary comics. At the same time, his art—already confident, with an inky expressionist manner reminiscent of his contemporaries Jacques Tardi and José Antonio Muñoz—evolved quickly into a daringly loose, calligraphic brush style that has made him one of the most respected and recognizable cartoonists in Europe.”
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/11/30/on-edmond-baudoin-an-ink-stained-proust/
The Paris Review
On Edmond Baudoin, an Ink-Stained Proust
In many of his books, you see the same woodland paths, the same barren views of Nice harbor, the same faces: his own adolescent self, his parents, his brother.
Web Tax, Parigi non si ferma: pronto un piano da mezzo miliardo - Io mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/web-tax-parigi-non-si-ferma-pronto-un-piano-da-mezzo-miliardo/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/web-tax-parigi-non-si-ferma-pronto-un-piano-da-mezzo-miliardo/
CorCom
Web Tax, Parigi non si ferma: pronto un piano da mezzo miliardo - CorCom
Il ministro delle Finanze illustra l’imposta del 3% sulle vendite dei giganti hi-tech: “Serve un sistema di tassazione per il ventunesimo secolo". Sarà applicata a società con fatturato globale di oltre 750 milioni, di cui almeno 25 in Francia. Il progetto…
5G, il nodo dei piani tariffari: le reti "reggeranno" alle offerte flat? - Il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/telco/5g/5g-il-nodo-dei-piani-tariffari-le-reti-reggeranno-alle-offerte-flat/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/telco/5g/5g-il-nodo-dei-piani-tariffari-le-reti-reggeranno-alle-offerte-flat/
CorCom
5G, il nodo dei piani tariffari: le reti "reggeranno" alle offerte flat? - CorCom
La velocità e la capacità della prossima generazione brucerà bit in maniera rapidissima. Ma se la prospettiva è davvero quella di piani forfettari le infrastrutture avranno la capacità necessaria per sostenerle?
La mia recensione di Captain Marvel, no spoiler!
TLDR: bel film
https://www.fumettologica.it/2019/03/captain-marvel-recensione-film/
TLDR: bel film
https://www.fumettologica.it/2019/03/captain-marvel-recensione-film/
Fumettologica
"Captain Marvel", recensione no spoiler
La recensione di "Captain Marvel", ventunesimo film del film del Marvel Cinematic Universe, nei cinema italiani dal 6 marzo.
"Sorpresa" Google: ingegneri donne pagate più degli uomini - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/sorpresa-google-ingegneri-donne-piu-pagate-degli-uomini/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/sorpresa-google-ingegneri-donne-piu-pagate-degli-uomini/
CorCom
"Sorpresa" Google: ingegneri donne pagate più degli uomini - CorCom
E' il risultato di uno studio interno all'azienda effettuato dopo la protesta delle dipendenti contro il gender pay gap. Ma l'analisi è limitata all'equità retributiva e non tiene conto di altri fattori chiave come il livello delle mansioni
Svolta servizi per Apple: si apre la caccia a 1400 sviluppatori software - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/tech-zone/svolta-servizi-per-apple-si-apre-la-caccia-a-1400-sviluppatori-software/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/tech-zone/svolta-servizi-per-apple-si-apre-la-caccia-a-1400-sviluppatori-software/
CorCom
Svolta servizi per Apple: si apre la caccia a 1400 sviluppatori software - CorCom
Per la prima volta nella sua storia la Mela assume meno esperti di hardware. Si punta a sviluppare prestazioni ad alto valore aggiunto per i clienti che comprano meno device. Guanto di sfida a Netflix e Amazon. Tramonta l'era iPhone?
Alcune cose interessanti su "amb"
Money quote: "Back in 1961, John McCarthy (the inventor of LISP) described an interesting mathematical operator called amb. Essentially, amb hates to be called with no arguments, and can look into the future to keep that from happening. Here's how it might look in Ruby."
http://www.randomhacks.net/2005/10/11/amb-operator/
Tra le note, apprezzerete la citazione al noto talk: "Temporally Quaquaversal Virtual Nanomachine Programming In Multiple Topologically Connected Quantum-Relativistic Parallel Timespaces...Made Easy!
Money quote: "Back in 1961, John McCarthy (the inventor of LISP) described an interesting mathematical operator called amb. Essentially, amb hates to be called with no arguments, and can look into the future to keep that from happening. Here's how it might look in Ruby."
http://www.randomhacks.net/2005/10/11/amb-operator/
Tra le note, apprezzerete la citazione al noto talk: "Temporally Quaquaversal Virtual Nanomachine Programming In Multiple Topologically Connected Quantum-Relativistic Parallel Timespaces...Made Easy!
www.randomhacks.net
McCarthy's Ambiguous Operator | Random Hacks
Random code snippets, projects and musings about software from Eric Kidd, a developer and occasional entrepreneur.
L’azzardo di Apple: partita 5G rimandata al 2020 - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/telco/5g/lazzardo-di-apple-partita-5g-rimandata-al-2020/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/telco/5g/lazzardo-di-apple-partita-5g-rimandata-al-2020/
CorCom
L'azzardo di Apple: partita 5G rimandata al 2020 - CorCom
Secondo Tim Cook il nuovo standard non sarà rilevante a breve. Ma la realtà è che la dura battaglia legale con Qualcomm ha rallentato l'approvvigionamento dei componenti necessari per gli smartphone di nuova generazione. Un ritardo "obbligato" che rischia…
Mobile payment, il Messico in trattative con Amazon - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/finance/e-payment/mobile-payment-il-messico-in-trattative-con-amazon/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/finance/e-payment/mobile-payment-il-messico-in-trattative-con-amazon/
CorCom
Mobile payment, il Messico in trattative con Amazon - CorCom
Nel Paese metà della popolazione non ha conto corrente. La Banca centrale punta su un sistema di pagamento mobile, supportato dal governo, che consentirebbe ai consumatori di pagare per gli acquisti online utilizzando i codici QR
Devo preparare alcune cose sulla teoria dei giochi, logica e problemi vari. Un esempio, per capirci
Money quote: "The multi-armed bandit problem is a classic problem that well demonstrates the exploration vs exploitation dilemma. Imagine you are in a casino facing multiple slot machines and each is configured with an unknown probability of how likely you can get a reward at one play. The question is: What is the best strategy to achieve highest long-term rewards?"
https://lilianweng.github.io/lil-log/2018/01/23/the-multi-armed-bandit-problem-and-its-solutions.html
Money quote: "The multi-armed bandit problem is a classic problem that well demonstrates the exploration vs exploitation dilemma. Imagine you are in a casino facing multiple slot machines and each is configured with an unknown probability of how likely you can get a reward at one play. The question is: What is the best strategy to achieve highest long-term rewards?"
https://lilianweng.github.io/lil-log/2018/01/23/the-multi-armed-bandit-problem-and-its-solutions.html
Lil'Log
The Multi Armed Bandit Problem And Its Solutions
Una parola, anzi una comic strip definitiva sul voto elettronico (e sulla Regione Lombardia, che in Italia spinge da matti per questa pratica irreale). Ovviamente XKCD.
https://www.xkcd.com/2030/
https://www.xkcd.com/2030/
xkcd
Voting Software
Una strana storia che coinvolge Vice e una youtuber cinese. Il punto di vista della youtuber.
Money quote: "When the Vice reporter came in January 2018, I showed them around Shenzhen for three days. During this visit, I brought the reporter to my home, long enough for the reporter to get an in-depth idea of my circumstances. In my home, I worked on an automated bartender project I had built for a friends bar- to address with the best possible evidence the ongoing Internet smear campaign against me that only a White man could do work like mine. All this was apparently not juicy enough for Vice. Frankly, it’s very rare I get accused of not being click-baity enough just being myself."
https://medium.com/@therealsexycyborg/shenzhen-tech-girl-naomi-wu-my-experience-with-sarah-jeong-jason-koebler-and-vice-magazine-3f4a32fda9b5
Money quote: "When the Vice reporter came in January 2018, I showed them around Shenzhen for three days. During this visit, I brought the reporter to my home, long enough for the reporter to get an in-depth idea of my circumstances. In my home, I worked on an automated bartender project I had built for a friends bar- to address with the best possible evidence the ongoing Internet smear campaign against me that only a White man could do work like mine. All this was apparently not juicy enough for Vice. Frankly, it’s very rare I get accused of not being click-baity enough just being myself."
https://medium.com/@therealsexycyborg/shenzhen-tech-girl-naomi-wu-my-experience-with-sarah-jeong-jason-koebler-and-vice-magazine-3f4a32fda9b5
Medium
Shenzhen Tech Girl Naomi Wu: My experience with Sarah Jeong, Jason Koebler, and Vice Magazine
Translator and proofreader’s note: There are large parts of this document that don’t parse well either from Chinese or from Naomi’s written…
Today at Apple: impariamo a disegnare con Lorenza Natarella - Il mio articolo su una serata particolare per la La Stampa
https://www.lastampa.it/2019/03/07/tecnologia/today-at-apple-impariamo-a-disegnare-con-lorenza-natarella-YZl8KP61kl1vC3s4qH51WN/pagina.html
https://www.lastampa.it/2019/03/07/tecnologia/today-at-apple-impariamo-a-disegnare-con-lorenza-natarella-YZl8KP61kl1vC3s4qH51WN/pagina.html
LaStampa.it
Today at Apple: impariamo a disegnare con Lorenza Natarella
Una sera all’Apple Store di Piazza Liberty a Milano per disegnare le canzoni del cuore
Net neutrality, i democratici all'assalto di Trump: stop alle discriminazioni degli Isp - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/nel-neutrality-democratici-usa-affilano-le-armi-contro-trump-pronto-un-disegno-di-legge/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/nel-neutrality-democratici-usa-affilano-le-armi-contro-trump-pronto-un-disegno-di-legge/
CorCom
Nel neutrality, democratici Usa affilano le armi contro Trump: pronto un disegno di legge - CorCom
L'obiettivo del Save the Internet Act è quello di riattivare le regole volute dall'ex presidente Obama: stop alle pratiche discriminatorie degli Isp che limitano la velocità di navigazione
Addio web tax all'europea, la Ue accantona il piano: si punta a una riforma Ocse - Il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/addio-web-tax-alleuropea-la-ue-accantona-il-piano-si-punta-a-una-riforma-ocse/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/addio-web-tax-alleuropea-la-ue-accantona-il-piano-si-punta-a-una-riforma-ocse/
CorCom
Addio web tax all'europea, la Ue accantona il piano: si punta a una riforma Ocse - CorCom
L'Unione europea cambia approccio e si impegna ad aumentare la collaborazione per una misura "globale". Ma gli Stati non mollano: la Francia introduce una tassa del 3% sui big dell'hi-tech che varrà circa mezzo miliardo di euro