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Storie e pensieri suoi e di altri, raccolti da Antonio Dini http://www.antoniodini.com
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Volere meno, avere meno, vivere meglio.

Money quote: "I’ve noticed — after doing quite a bit of emotional reparation and resilience training since — that money did, in fact, play a marginal role in changing me. It made me kinder, more optimistic, more generous, more understanding, more compassionate and more even-keeled. I treat my parents like old friends. I give back to my community. I gently support political candidates I agree with. I share long, luxurious meals with people I adore. and don’t blink when the tab comes.

Minor inconveniences — flat tires, parking tickets, Buffalo Bills losses to the New England Patriots — no longer enrage me. Drifters no longer scare me. I don’t live and die from day to day. That’s what “enough” money can do for you — should you let it. It’s a light, yet powerful, feeling. It’s one I want to hold onto a while."

https://medium.com/@thisisgorman/freedom-from-want-34efc6ac7166
Incontrare Vladimir Putin faccia a faccia. Il racconto del primo incontro con Barack Obama neopresidente, fatto dall'ambasciatore Usa a Mosca dell'epoca

Money quote: "As I remember it, Putin spoke uninterrupted for nearly the entire time scheduled for the meeting, documenting the injustices of the Bush administration. This was a guy with a chip on his shoulder. Obama listened patiently, maybe too patiently. I was amazed. There was no way I could have sat for a full hour without saying something. I was also nervous. The meeting was scheduled for sixty minutes, and by minute fifty-five the U.S. president had not said a thing. It was my assignment to read out this meeting to our press corps later that day. I couldn’t tell them that Obama had merely listened the entire time!"

https://medium.com/freeman-spogli-institute-for-international-studies/whats-it-like-to-meet-putin-face-to-face-e357cd32ed5f
Letture per la domenica.

Il più grande exposé della storia: ecco a voi il sistema di riciclaggio (e non solo) della Russia rivelato e spiegato da OCCRP

Money quote: "The main purpose of the system we’ve named the Troika Laundromat was to channel billions of dollars out of Russia. But it was much more than a money laundering system: The Laundromat allowed Russian oligarchs and politicians to secretly acquire shares in state-owned companies, to buy real estate both in Russia and abroad, to purchase luxury yachts, to hire music superstars for private parties, to pay medical bills, and much more.

To protect themselves, the wealthy people behind this system used the identities of poor people as unwitting signatories in the secretive offshore companies that ran the system.

Read on below for the details."

https://www.occrp.org/en/troikalaundromat/
In tempi di fake news bisogna andare oltre il vero e il falso. Salvini e Trump l’hanno capito da tempo. Anche se a lungo abbiamo pensato il contrario. I soliti filosofi di sinistra...

Money quote: “As Avicenna, the father of Medieval Aristotelianism, declared:

Anyone who denies the law of non-contradiction should be beaten and burned until he admits that to be beaten is not the same as not to be beaten, and to be burned is not the same as not to be burned.”

https://aeon.co/essays/the-logic-of-buddhist-philosophy-goes-beyond-simple-truth
Il vostro emulatore di vecchio Pc nel browser, inclusi sistemi operativi piuttosto esoterici (tutti gli Windows e gli Ms-Dos più vari software come Explore Pc, Microsoft Adventure e Zork), e collegamenti a qualche altro emulatore piuttosto particolare (Space Invaders su un terminale VT100, Pdp-11, Ti-57 con Game of Life e Lite-Brite). Tutto solo con Javanoscript.

Money quote: "All PCjs machine simulations are written entirely in JavaScript. No Flash, Java or other plugins are required. Supported browsers include modern versions of Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Internet Explorer (v9.0 and up), Edge, and assorted mobile browsers."

https://www.pcjs.org
È un inganno ma rivelatorio. L'idea di superare il codice e passare alla programmazione visiva, senza dover "scrivere" niente, non è un cambiamento di paradigma, una rivoluzione. È semplicemente un modo per avere più forza lavoro digitale e portare il lavoro sempre più in profondità.

Money quote: "Visual interface is the key to the power of no-code platforms. Because it’s so easy to use, front-line managers and other nontechnical people can do front-end and basic functionality, such as building their own screens, designs, and features. Rather than trying to explain to developers what they want, they can show them."

https://medium.com/s/story/the-future-of-software-is-no-code-7140bd0c30e3