Letture della domenica. Daniel Fireside ha un hobby del quale è uno dei massimi esponenti planetari: fare le foto ai coperchi dei tombini. Dio mio, averci pensato prima!
Money quote: "Fireside is one of the Boston area’s most prolific and celebrated manhole cover photographers. While most people step around manhole covers—or on top of them, taking advantage of their textured, anti-slip surfaces—Fireside is pulled toward them, zigzagging from one to the next as though he is magnetic."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/massachusetts-manhole-photography-drainspotting
Money quote: "Fireside is one of the Boston area’s most prolific and celebrated manhole cover photographers. While most people step around manhole covers—or on top of them, taking advantage of their textured, anti-slip surfaces—Fireside is pulled toward them, zigzagging from one to the next as though he is magnetic."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/massachusetts-manhole-photography-drainspotting
Atlas Obscura
The Marvelous Manholes of Massachusetts
An afternoon with Daniel Fireside, one of the Boston area's most dedicated drainspotters.
Alla fine del 1800 Edison, conosciuto per invenzioni "elettriche" ma in realtà creatore industrioso e industriale di molte altre cose, ebbe l'idea di fondare un'azienda che realizzasse dei prefabbricati in cemento da un'unica colata: si costruiva la gabbia in legno a forma di casa, si colava il cemento dentro e voilà, ecco la vostra brown stone monofamiliare di cemento. "Stranamente" questa non gli è andata molto bene. Comunque in New Jersey un po' di casette di cemento stampato ci sono...
Money quote: "In theory, this would result in a whole new kind of home with various benefits: fireproof, insect-proof, easy to clean, and at a very affordable $1,200 per house. Edison saw this as a potential solution for cities with housing shortages, allowing people to move from slums to cheap new residential areas of poured concrete houses. To help with this, he chose to donate the patented information, completely free of charge, to qualified builders."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/thomas-edisons-concrete-houses
Money quote: "In theory, this would result in a whole new kind of home with various benefits: fireproof, insect-proof, easy to clean, and at a very affordable $1,200 per house. Edison saw this as a potential solution for cities with housing shortages, allowing people to move from slums to cheap new residential areas of poured concrete houses. To help with this, he chose to donate the patented information, completely free of charge, to qualified builders."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/thomas-edisons-concrete-houses
Atlas Obscura
Thomas Edison's Concrete Houses
Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.
Huawei passa alle vie legali: scatta la causa per il sequestro delle apparecchiature Tlc - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/usa-cina-contrattacco-huawei-parte-la-causa-al-dipartimento-del-commercio-usa/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/usa-cina-contrattacco-huawei-parte-la-causa-al-dipartimento-del-commercio-usa/
CorCom
Usa-Cina, contrattacco Huawei: parte la causa al dipartimento del commercio Usa - CorCom
L'azienda cinese va in tribunale denunciando il sequestro delle apparecchiature spedite dalla Cina negli Usa e poi trattenute sul suolo americano
Il Bitcoin oltre gli 11mila dollari, ma scatta l’allarme riciclaggio - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/allarme-riciclaggio-criptovalute-sotto-la-lente-dei-governi/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/allarme-riciclaggio-criptovalute-sotto-la-lente-dei-governi/
CorCom
Allarme riciclaggio: criptovalute sotto la lente dei governi - CorCom
Mentre il Bitcoin supera quota 11mila dollari, il gruppo di azione finanziaria si attiva per contrastare il rischio criminalità. pIù controlli sulle società e sui loro clienti, con segnalazione alle autorità delle transazioni sospette
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Quando è troppo? https://www.internazionale.it/opinione/annamaria-testa/2019/06/17/il-troppo-e-tossico 📣
Internazionale
Il troppo è tossico - Annamaria Testa
Esiste una quantità o una misura ottimale di tutto ciò di cui abbiamo bisogno, e di tutto quanto desideriamo e vorremmo procurarci. Leggi
Ci sono così tante cose che si possono leggere dentro questo articolo che racconta, in prima persona, l'esperienza di una donna americana di un aborto (di più di uno, in realtà), che posso solo consigliare di leggerlo. Perché c'è un aspetto fisiologico ma ce n'è uno enorme che è solo ed esclusivamente sociale.
Money quote "I have a precise memory of asking my mother what an abortion was. I was around 10. “It’s when you were going to be pregnant,” she said, “but they make it so you’re not.” I believed everything about this. On the day when I found out that I was pregnant for the second time in 2011, I wanted so much to snap my fingers and magically make the whole thing go away. I wanted abortion to be what my mother said it was, and even though I knew abortion was what she said it was, the actual experience had really never reflected that truth."
https://www.thecut.com/2019/06/the-best-abortion-ever.html
Money quote "I have a precise memory of asking my mother what an abortion was. I was around 10. “It’s when you were going to be pregnant,” she said, “but they make it so you’re not.” I believed everything about this. On the day when I found out that I was pregnant for the second time in 2011, I wanted so much to snap my fingers and magically make the whole thing go away. I wanted abortion to be what my mother said it was, and even though I knew abortion was what she said it was, the actual experience had really never reflected that truth."
https://www.thecut.com/2019/06/the-best-abortion-ever.html
The Cut
The Best Abortion Ever In my rural California county, it used to be impossible to get an abortion. When I was 41, I needed to have…
In the rural county where I live, it used to be impossible to get an abortion. The year I was 41, I needed two of them.
Bill Gates: “Il mio più grande errore? Aver lasciato spazio a Google” - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/telco/bill-gates-il-mio-piu-grande-errore-aver-lasciato-spazio-a-google/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/telco/bill-gates-il-mio-piu-grande-errore-aver-lasciato-spazio-a-google/
CorCom
Bill Gates: "Il mio più grande errore? Aver lasciato spazio a Google" - CorCom
Il fondatore di Microsoft analizza col senno del poi il mancato successo di Windows Mobile e l'avanzata di Android: "Eravamo consapevoli delle potenzialità del mobile. Ma abbiamo mancato l'obiettivo del primato per pochissimo". A pesare il caso antitrust…
Qualcomm alle strette: nuova multa in arrivo dall’Europa - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/telco/qualcomm-alle-strette-nuova-multa-in-arrivo-dalleuropa/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/telco/qualcomm-alle-strette-nuova-multa-in-arrivo-dalleuropa/
CorCom
Qualcomm alle strette: nuova multa in arrivo dall'Europa - CorCom
Sarebbe l'ultima operazione del commissario uscente Vestager. La società sotto accusa per le vendite sottocosto dei chip modem 3G integrati nelle chiavette mobili che avrebbero ostacolato Icea (Nvidia)
Il libro più famoso di George Orwell, 1984, è anche uno di quelli più grandemente fraintesi. Deve essere collocato nel suo contesto storico e critico per capire come mai lo leggiamo ancora. Ci prova il New Yorker.
Money quote: "The fundamental premise of the novel was its most quickly outmoded feature—outmoded almost from the start. This is the idea that the world would divide into three totalitarian superstates that were rigidly hierarchical, in complete control of information and expression, and engaged in perpetual and unwinnable wars for world domination. This was a future that many people had contemplated in the nineteen-thirties, the time of the Great Depression and the rise of Stalinism and Fascism. Capitalism and liberal democracy seemed moribund; centralized economies and authoritarian regimes looked like the only way modern mass societies could be governed. This was the argument of a book that is now almost forgotten, but which Orwell was fascinated and repelled by, James Burnham’s “The Managerial Revolution” (1941)."
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/1984-at-seventy-why-we-still-read-orwells-book-of-prophecy
Money quote: "The fundamental premise of the novel was its most quickly outmoded feature—outmoded almost from the start. This is the idea that the world would divide into three totalitarian superstates that were rigidly hierarchical, in complete control of information and expression, and engaged in perpetual and unwinnable wars for world domination. This was a future that many people had contemplated in the nineteen-thirties, the time of the Great Depression and the rise of Stalinism and Fascism. Capitalism and liberal democracy seemed moribund; centralized economies and authoritarian regimes looked like the only way modern mass societies could be governed. This was the argument of a book that is now almost forgotten, but which Orwell was fascinated and repelled by, James Burnham’s “The Managerial Revolution” (1941)."
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/1984-at-seventy-why-we-still-read-orwells-book-of-prophecy
The New Yorker
“1984” at Seventy: Why We Still Read Orwell’s Book of Prophecy
There are elements of the novel—such as its portrait of the surveillance state, or its portrayal of Newspeak—that seem never to fade from relevance.
Come funziona la versione beta di iPadOS - il mio articolo per Wired
https://www.wired.it/mobile/tablet/2019/06/26/come-funziona-ipados/
https://www.wired.it/mobile/tablet/2019/06/26/come-funziona-ipados/
Wired
Come funziona la versione beta di iPadOs
È uscita la prima versione preliminare pubblica del nuovo sistema operativo di Apple per i suoi tablet. La stiamo provando: ecco come va
Libra, Facebook nel mirino dell'Europa: la banche centrali pronte alla stretta - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/finance/libra-nel-mirino-delleuropa-la-banche-centrali-chiedono-a-facebook-i-dettagli/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/finance/libra-nel-mirino-delleuropa-la-banche-centrali-chiedono-a-facebook-i-dettagli/
CorCom
Libra nel mirino dell'Europa: la banche centrali chiedono a Facebook i dettagli - CorCom
Si punta a valutare gli effetti sul mercato ed eventuali impatti sulla privacy. Report S&P: "Troppi ostacoli nornali nel cammino della moneta digitale del social"
Caso Huawei, le telco Usa passano ai fatti: virata su Nokia ed Ericsson - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/telco/trade-war-nokia-ed-ericsson-allassalto-del-mercato-usa/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/telco/trade-war-nokia-ed-ericsson-allassalto-del-mercato-usa/
CorCom
Caso Huawei, le telco Usa passano ai fatti: virata su Nokia ed Ericsson - CorCom
Le piccole compagnie americane pronte a rimpiazzare l'azienda cinese, "bannata" dal mercato, e firmare contratti di approvvigionamento con i big player europei
Prima delle piante, c’erano i funghi. Letteralmente ovunque. Ci abbiamo messo un sacco di tempo per accorgercene.
Money quote: “Fossils of the organisms, known as Prototaxites, had peppered the paleontological findings of the past century and a half, ever since they were first discovered by a Canadian in 1859. But despite the fossil records, no one could figure out what the heck these giant spires were.”
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/long-before-trees-overtook-the-land-earth-was-covered-by-giant-mushrooms-13709647/
Money quote: “Fossils of the organisms, known as Prototaxites, had peppered the paleontological findings of the past century and a half, ever since they were first discovered by a Canadian in 1859. But despite the fossil records, no one could figure out what the heck these giant spires were.”
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/long-before-trees-overtook-the-land-earth-was-covered-by-giant-mushrooms-13709647/
Smithsonian Magazine
Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by Giant Mushrooms
Twenty-four feet tall and three feet wide, these giant spires dotted the ancient landscape
Facebook, ecco cosa che c'è dietro Libra. La criptovaluta solo la punta dell'iceberg - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/over-the-top/facebook-ecco-cosa-che-ce-dietro-libra-la-criptovaluta-solo-la-punta-delliceberg/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/over-the-top/facebook-ecco-cosa-che-ce-dietro-libra-la-criptovaluta-solo-la-punta-delliceberg/
CorCom
Facebook, ecco cosa che c'è dietro Libra. La criptovaluta solo la punta dell'iceberg - CorCom
Kevin Well, responsabile di Calibra, il portafoglio digitale che permetterà agli utenti di conservare il proprio credito "virtuale" spiega la strategia del social network. "Se avremo successo avremo potremo lanciarci in altri servizi finanziari"
Oxford Economics: l'economia dei robot più grande di quella dell'intera Germania - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/industria-4-0/oxford-economics-leconomia-dei-robot-piu-grande-di-quella-dellintera-germania/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/industria-4-0/oxford-economics-leconomia-dei-robot-piu-grande-di-quella-dellintera-germania/
CorCom
Oxford Economics: l'economia dei robot più grande di quella dell'intera Germania - CorCom
La stima al 2030: la crescita di installazioni crescerà di oltre il 30% a fronte del +5,3% all'anno del Pil mondiale. In ballo 20 milioni di posti di lavoro: a forte rischio le economie più "povere" a causa della scarsa presenza di figure specializzate. La…
Monaci fantasiosi nel 1100 “vedono” un meteorite che colpisce la Luna. Ma prendono un abbaglio.
Money quote: “The thing is, astronomers don't really know how young the crater is. While estimates at the time suggested that it might have been less than a thousand years old, more modern figures place it between one and 10 million years ago, most likely about four million. The other problem is that Giordano Bruno is pretty enormous. At about 14 miles (22 kilometers) across, the asteroid that caused it would have to be between a half-mile and 2 miles (1-3 kilometers) across — big enough to be a threat to human civilization if it had struck our home turf instead. That's a pretty close call, and it happened only a half-second ago if you think about it on a geological scale. It would be pretty weird if only five people on the entire planet witnessed an Armageddon-level event like that.”
https://curiosity.com/topics/these-12th-century-monks-may-have-seen-an-asteroid-strike-the-moon-curiosity/
Money quote: “The thing is, astronomers don't really know how young the crater is. While estimates at the time suggested that it might have been less than a thousand years old, more modern figures place it between one and 10 million years ago, most likely about four million. The other problem is that Giordano Bruno is pretty enormous. At about 14 miles (22 kilometers) across, the asteroid that caused it would have to be between a half-mile and 2 miles (1-3 kilometers) across — big enough to be a threat to human civilization if it had struck our home turf instead. That's a pretty close call, and it happened only a half-second ago if you think about it on a geological scale. It would be pretty weird if only five people on the entire planet witnessed an Armageddon-level event like that.”
https://curiosity.com/topics/these-12th-century-monks-may-have-seen-an-asteroid-strike-the-moon-curiosity/
Curiosity.com
These 12th Century Monks May Have Seen an Asteroid Strike the Moon
There's something both quaint and inspiring about seeing scholars from long ago attempting to wrap their minds around cosmic events such as eclipses, ...
Perché usare i DNS con HTTPS è peggio del problema che cerca di risolvere.
Money quote: “Why are you against changes in DNS?
I’m not. The DNS needs modernization. The DNS needs security features that prevent the peepers from reading your DNS traffic. I’m all in for it. But DoH is NOT the answer to this.”
https://www.bsdhowto.ch/doh.html
Money quote: “Why are you against changes in DNS?
I’m not. The DNS needs modernization. The DNS needs security features that prevent the peepers from reading your DNS traffic. I’m all in for it. But DoH is NOT the answer to this.”
https://www.bsdhowto.ch/doh.html
www.bsdhowto.ch
BSD How To
Apple, il capo del design Jony Ive lascia l'azienda. E fonda LoveFrom - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/apple-il-capo-del-design-jony-ive-lascia-lazienda-e-fonda-lovefrom/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/apple-il-capo-del-design-jony-ive-lascia-lazienda-e-fonda-lovefrom/
CorCom
Apple, il capo del design Jony Ive lascia l'azienda. E fonda LoveFrom - CorCom
Per alcuni un fulmine a ciel sereno, ma per i più mancava solo la comunicazione ufficiale. Lo "storico" designer della Mela, scoperto da Steve Jobs, ha deciso di darsi ad una nuova avventura professionale insieme con l'amico e collega Marc Newson. La notizia…
La svolta di Twitter: post "segnalati" per i politici che violano le regole - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/over-the-top/la-svolta-di-twitter-post-segnalati-per-i-politici-che-violano-le-regole/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/over-the-top/la-svolta-di-twitter-post-segnalati-per-i-politici-che-violano-le-regole/
CorCom
La svolta di Twitter: post "segnalati" per i politici che violano le regole - CorCom
Il social network ha deciso di uniformare alle regole di comportamento anche funzionari di governo e rappresentanti politici finora "graziati" anche in caso di tweet "borderline". Il regolamento sarà particolarmente stringente per chi supera i 100mila follower.…
Google riporta a bordo Chronicle. Obiettivo: rafforzare la cybersecurity del cloud - il mio articolo per CorCom
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/cloud/google-riporta-a-bordo-chronicle-obiettivo-rafforzare-la-cybersecurity-del-cloud/
https://www.corrierecomunicazioni.it/digital-economy/cloud/google-riporta-a-bordo-chronicle-obiettivo-rafforzare-la-cybersecurity-del-cloud/
CorCom
Google riporta a bordo Chronicle. Obiettivo: rafforzare la cybersecurity del cloud - CorCom
Il ceo di Google Cloud Thomas Kurian:."La necessità dei nostri clienti di archiviare in modo sicuro i dati e difendersi dalle minacce è una priorità assoluta". L'integrazione fissata per l'autunno
La difficile eredità di Ive, fuori e dentro i prodotti Apple - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/leredita-di-jony-ive-e-il-futuro-dei-prodotti-apple-per-il-resto-di-noi/
https://www.macitynet.it/leredita-di-jony-ive-e-il-futuro-dei-prodotti-apple-per-il-resto-di-noi/
Macitynet.it
La difficile eredità di Ive, fuori e dentro i prodotti Apple - Macitynet.it
La metà creativa di Steve Jobs lascia prima che sia troppo tardi: ora l'eredità di Jony Ive è cosa riserverà il futuro per Apple